Endless light and heat radiated on the huge film of torch 1, and some of the intercepted light and heat radiation began to be transformed into its own energy by the mechanical insect.
"The energy interception rate is 35%, and the stored energy of flare 1 is being improved..."
In the system prompt sound in the virtual command room, Lawrence looked at the picture nervously.
With super materials that can withstand high temperature, how to convert energy and compress and store the violent huge energy without being burst is the key step to determine the success or failure of the "Prometheus" plan.
It's not difficult to "steal kindling" from the sun. The difficulty is how not to burn yourself!
"Zizi!" soon, a blue arc began to flash on the huge umbrella film, which is a unique energy overflow phenomenon of mechanical insects.
Then, the enormous energy was transformed into electric energy and concentrated on the hemispherical pod. I saw that there was a complex light path in the pod gradually lit up. It looked like a... Cannon?
"Di! When the energy reaches the threshold, start laser positioning... Confirm that the torch bearer receives the positioning signal! The torch bearer is ready for docking!
Torch lighting countdown! 10, 9... 3, 2, 1! "
The next moment, the light in the pod is full!
"Zi!" a bucket thick high-energy laser was excited and shot straight into the void from the pod away from the sun!
This high-energy laser passed through a long distance at the speed of light at an angle slightly deviated from the ecliptic plane of the solar system. Finally, it was received by a strange aircraft 30 million kilometers away!
The aircraft is named "torchbearer". The core parts are still constructed by mechanical insects. Its appearance looks like an old-fashioned single barrel telescope with a little bending radian, large in front and small in back.
I saw that after a long distance, the huge light column that has spread to tens of square meters accurately drilled into the larger entrance, and then drilled out of the smaller exit, it has been re compressed into the thickness of the bucket. The laser turned a small angle and shot again towards the ecliptic of the solar system
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Solar system, mercury base.
Different from the noise in the past, the base has temporarily closed all functions and stopped opening to the outside world.
All virtual helmet users who want to log in to mercury base will receive a strange prompt of "system upgrade, the map is temporarily closed".
The nuclear fusion energy of the base has been turned off and changed into a backup energy system. Therefore, it is dark in the base at the moment, as if in a deep sleep.
Just then, a huge pillar of light fell from the sky!
Through the distant space, the distant beam of light directly hit another "torchbearer" in Mercury's orbit.
The beam is compressed and gathered again. The next moment, it refracts straight towards mercury below. After a moment, it will accurately sink into the mercury base below!
"Zi ~" the surging energy is like injecting the soul into this base. The light is centered on a straight light column and quickly lights up outward in turn!
"Roar!" the machine began to roar again, and the stopped automatic production line resumed operation! The furnace heats up again and ignites a dazzling flame
The whole base is like a giant beast, waking up from a deep sleep in an instant!
"The No. 1 energy transportation line has been established, the equipment operates normally, and the track is stable and normal... The energy transmission loss is 6%, and the energy obtained per unit time is 235247755.54 kW... The energy reserve of mercury base continues to increase..."
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In the "Prometheus" plan, the way of energy transmission is not to use energy storage materials for energy transportation, but to use high-energy laser to realize the speed of light energy express!
The energy storage medium can not be transported by the way of "hard landing" like mechanical insects, so the long distance from the sun to various bases in the galaxy determines the long transportation cycle calculated in months by the traditional transportation mode!
This way not only needs to consume a lot of energy in the transportation process itself, but also the transportation efficiency is extremely low. For Nie Yun, who lacks transportation spacecraft, it is not a way that can be realized in a short time.
However, it is very convenient to transfer energy by means of high-energy laser!
According to the speed of light, it only takes 5.6 hours from the sun to the farthest Pluto, which can fully realize the "intraday arrival" in the solar system!
However, although this method is efficient, it also has its disadvantages. First, the transportation process will be disturbed by cosmic dust and various orbiting celestial bodies.
Therefore, the transportation route of the "Prometheus" plan is outside the ecliptic plane of the solar system. Through the refraction of the "torchbearer", it will deliver energy to mercury in a triangular path!
The solar system is a galaxy formed by supernova explosion. The original nebula at the beginning of galaxy formation has its own rotation, so a large number of planets, asteroids and cosmic dust gather on the ecliptic of the solar system.
On the ecliptic, all kinds of celestial bodies run around, just like the busy land traffic on earth.
The area outside the ecliptic is relatively "clean", like air routes, which is the best choice for establishing semi permanent transportation lines.
Another problem with transport is the diffusion effect of light.
Even if there is no medium interference, the artificial laser itself will diffuse with the increase of distance in a complete vacuum environment. If it is previous earth technology, it is impossible to excite ultra long-range laser with low diffusion.
In addition to the amazing machining accuracy of the mechanical insect, nature must also be attributed to the generous Gemini.
However, low diffusivity does not mean non-proliferation, so it is necessary to use the "torch bearer" as the relay to compress the diffused light back.
About every 30 million kilometers, such a transfer is needed to ensure the high cohesion of energy!
If the distance between earth and day is about 150 million kilometers, it takes about six transfer stations to complete the relay. This number is not much. With Nie Yun's current productivity, it is not difficult to cover the solar system with this set of energy transmission lines.
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Virtual command room.
"Pa Pa Pa!" everyone stood up and applauded for this historic moment.
Although only the torch 1 was successfully launched, it is still far from the huge idea of Dyson ball, but this is the first step!
"I... we succeeded?" Lawrence was still a little incredible.
In particular, the data of energy transmission loss of 6% almost blinded his presbyopia!
Roughly speaking, this is almost equivalent to almost no loss in the whole energy transport process except the energy dissipation of the laser itself?!
How did you do it? Hey!
"Well, the system works well. The energy transmission power is almost equivalent to a large energy center, and it is almost permanent! We did succeed!
However, this is only "torch 1". The subsequent "Torch" series will be launched from mercury base one after another. The parallel operation of multiple "torches" also needs to continue to be improved and tested.
In addition, the relay route of the "torchbearer" also needs to be well planned. I need to fully spread the energy transmission line to the important base of the whole solar system, so the whole project has just begun! "Yu said with a smile.
The trial operation of the "Prometheus" plan was successful, and the boss promised another R & D Fund. Naturally, he was happy and looked more and more pleasing to Lawrence.
"The basic model of Prometheus has been established, and the rest of the follow-up work is not difficult. We just need to find someone to watch. However, everyone here has a large number of scientific research projects on hand, so I'm afraid we can't afford it, so..."
"I will!" Lawrence said with a look of "let me come" before he finished.
"Er..." Yu's eyelids jumped, and he was shocked by these three words.
"Cough! Very good. Then, Miss code will go through the entry formalities for you. Is there a problem during the one month internship?"
"No problem!" Lawrence answered firmly, not even asking about his labor contract and welfare benefits.
As long as he can enter the cloud Research Institute, he is willing to paste it upside down! This is an opportunity many people dream of.
After this period of contact, he has been completely conquered by everything here. No scientist can withstand such temptation.
"Well, don't worry, the boss will never treat people who work for him badly. The welfare of our newcomers here is definitely beyond your imagination, ha ha..." Yu Lao smiled with profound meaning.
The people around showed the same smile.
The so-called solo music is not as good as public music. Since you are unlucky, you naturally need more people together to be fair
Lawrence couldn't see the smiles, but he just felt a little chilly behind his back
Naturally, he didn't know that the new welfare has a nice name - "always eighteen"!