Chapter 399

Even so, many people still believe in the natural existence of silicon-based organisms, because human beings can't know everything. Among all kinds of science fiction, silicon-based life is so popular that people are eager to find them.

Maybe a so-called miracle was born on a certain planet?

Faced with this view, some good people even wrote a long speech to refute this view.

Including the poor connection ability of silicon, the number of silane silicon can only reach 8 and is unstable, and the composition of the material can not be too complex; Silane and its derivatives have poor thermal stability and easy condensation, which is undoubtedly contrary to the high temperature environment required by silicon-based life;

In addition, silicon hydrogen bonds and silicon silicon bonds are easy to be completely destroyed by various proton solvents, which means that common solvents such as water, ammonia and even hydrogen fluoride can not be used as the carrier of silicon-based life, and so on

Shu Xiao said seriously, "in fact, I don't believe in natural silicon-based organisms. Even if there are, it is probably artificial life. On the contrary, boron based life with boron as the core is more likely! Alas, the difficulty of creating a kind of life is really comparable to the creator. We are still far from this! "

The more human beings know about the universe, the more they can rule out certain options.

In short, people have great expectations for this planet with complex life.

The vigorous design is continuing. Anyway, it will soon reach its destination. In a few years, it will be able to supplement resources. All kinds of high-performance materials will die without money. There is a small centrifugal wheel inside Kunlun Mountain, which can rotate at high speed to simulate the high gravity environment. It has been proved that no matter how difficult it is, it is easy to break through as long as it is smashed with massive resources.

When Zhang Yuan saw the list of materials he needed, he was stunned. He looked at the aggressive scientists in front of him and couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

"You mean that the current budget is enough to build a falcon class destroyer?"

The scientist was not embarrassed. He was afraid that the world would not be chaotic. The lion said, "Captain, the exploration in the high gravity environment is an area that has not been explored by human beings. So far, there are few areas that human beings have not explored, and the rest are big fish that no one can catch. This is a rare fish that can chew... "

"Anyway, we don't have any good research direction... Even if it's just a small fish."

Zhang Yuan nodded slightly. What people are better at now is the industrial system in the low gravity environment. Especially in heavy industry, low gravity is many times better than high gravity environment.

"You mean not only making a few robots, but also a complete set of industrial systems operating in a high gravity environment?"

"Yes, indeed... Although this system is theoretically impossible to compare with the low gravity environment, it may have some special inspiration? It's always good to develop more science. "

Zhang Yuan sighed. Now the progress of scientific development is too slow. There has been no significant progress in decades and a hundred years. So that scientists began to pick up what they had abandoned before and intend to come back, and the whole process was actually painful.

It sounds like nothing to look for, but just like the biochip technology abandoned at the beginning, if it is not practiced, who knows it will have such great potential?

There are many things that cannot be imagined by imagination alone. We must know the mystery through practice. The breakthrough point of the whole civilization may be among these abandoned things?

He nodded: "well, I still support it for the time being... But this resolution still needs to be demonstrated by the scientific conference. Anyway, it's just some resources. There shouldn't be any big problems."

The scientist was relieved. "We also applied for two interstellar ramjets to be installed on our scientific research spacecraft."

Zhang Yuan raised his eyebrows. This guy is pushing an inch!

He was not angry, but looked at each other meaningfully. If he could give a qualified reason, it would not be impossible: "it's a military engine... The yield rate is very low. Only five or six are qualified, and these qualified products have to be used as military reserves."

"Well... With the progress of technology, the cost of ramjet will be gradually reduced. We might as well take this opportunity to test the performance of civilian spacecraft. On this planet, although ordinary nuclear fusion engines are enough, what about a planet with higher gravity? Since the ramjet has to be installed in the transport plane sooner or later, it's better late than early. "

"Well... That sounds reasonable." Zhang Yuan frowned and meditated. The young scientist is really eloquent.

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In this way, the three-year preparation time soon passed, and the Kunlun Mountain fleet has gradually approached its destination.

According to the conservative policy, in order to strictly ensure the safety of the Mothership, people will choose an outer planet similar to Pluto in the solar system as the landing point.

In this way, in case there is a powerful civilization here, the whole fleet can also communicate with it calmly, and can leave directly if it is not good, so there will be no positive contradiction.

And generally speaking, planets without atmosphere are more suitable for mineral mining.

The observatory is always the busiest area. When the spacecraft chooses the landing position, scientists are closely observing the specific trend of "TEP star".

The first man-made exploration satellite has also been launched ahead of schedule.

Yes, this super earth that may exist life has been officially named "TEP star", instead of just one code name as before.

It is surrounded by three satellites, one of which has a mass of 88% of the moon and is about 360000 kilometers away from TEP.

The other is smaller, with a mass of 7.5% of the moon.

Finally, the third one is a large meteorite with a diameter of 20 kilometers. It is not a real satellite. It rotates in a large circle around the periphery. There should be no risk of collision for a while and a half.

The mass of TEP is much larger than that of the earth. It has many satellites, but it's nothing. Like Jupiter and Saturn in the solar system, there are at least 70 or 80 satellites, and the small Mars also has two natural satellites. As long as the mass gap between these satellites and the planets is relatively large, the so-called "three body motion" will not be formed.

After these days of observation, people have not observed traces of man-made satellites above the atmosphere of TEP.

The news also let all scientists breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time, they feel a little sorry that they can't tell what the psychology is.

"The absence of man-made satellites does not necessarily mean that there is no intelligent civilization, because the gravity and pressure of the planet are all too large, which makes it extremely difficult to launch satellites. Even we have to rely on interstellar ramjet technology to barely carry out aerospace activities. "

"That's true... Our exploration satellite should be about to enter orbit!"

"Yes, first-hand information will be sent back soon!"

Everyone was very curious about the first data. Although it was time to get off work, everyone was still waiting quietly in front of the big screen in the astronomical observation room.