The last human in the universe

Chapter 99 The Navigator

Regarding this issue, Zhao Changxing convened all the high-level civilizations and many relevant experts for a long discussion.

The final decision is that human civilization as a whole still stays here on Sedna Star, and only regards the inner solar system as a place to obtain supplies.

There are two main reasons for this.First, the difficulty of overall relocation is too high. It can even be said that human civilization has no ability to relocate millions of people, nearly a hundred space cities, countless space bases, factories, etc. to more than 100 billion kilometers. other places.

Second, it is about resources.Like Sedna and other asteroids, the so-called resource depletion is actually only part of the resource depletion.But there are also many resources with huge reserves, and there is no possibility of depletion in the long run.Such as iron ore, such as silicon ore,
And this part of minerals is also used in a huge amount during the development of civilization.

After comprehensive consideration, Zhao Changxing finally made a decision.That is to say, the civilization main body continues to stay here, and only sends a team of planet reclamation to the inner solar system.

Under the guidance of this principle, human civilization has concentrated all industrial forces and worked together to build an unprecedented super giant spaceship in 14 years.

Its name is the Voyager spaceship.

It takes a similar shape to the original Tinder spacecraft, but it is much larger than the Tinder spacecraft.

Its total length has reached an astonishing 7 kilometers, and the diameter of its main shaft is as high as more than 300 meters. A large number of factories are integrated inside and it carries a large amount of materials.

在它上面总计有50个直径高达1公里，长与宽分别高达100和60米的巨大圈层。每个圈层分成6层，则每一个圈层之中的可利用面积就高达180万平米左右。50个圈层，就是9000万平方米，等于90平方公里。

A total of 3 people have obtained the qualification to travel to the inner solar system on the Voyager spacecraft.Among them, men and women in the prime of life are the main ones, and single men and women born through artificial cultivation with the whole family and no father or mother are given priority.

Because of this mission, the outbound journey plus the return journey plus the time required to stay in the inner solar system will be at least 25 years.It is inhumane to abandon a family and children to participate in this mission.

But if you move with your family, or if you have no parents, no children, and you are single, then there is no such problem.

Among the 3 people, there are about 1000 minors.They will also embark on the journey with their parents.

To this end, the Voyager spacecraft needs to have various facilities such as kindergartens, schools of all levels, hospitals, parks, municipal centers, and commercial streets.

This is basically equivalent to a small society.

In fact, in the positioning, the captain of the Voyager spaceship is equivalent to the mayor of the major space cities.In order to express his importance, Zhao Changxing gave the captain the same rank as the mayor of Human City, which is the capital city of human civilization at the moment.

But when it came to selecting the captain, Zhao Changxing had a difficult time.

This is the largest long-distance voyage exploration mission in the history of human civilization.Moreover, the success or failure of this mission is directly related to the fate of human civilization.Therefore, the person serving as the captain must have a high sense of civilized responsibility, have an overall concept, be able to look at problems from the overall perspective, and must have the ability to be calm in times of crisis and make correct decisions under heavy pressure.

Compared with these abilities, the rest, such as daily management ability, administrative ability, coordination and overall planning ability, etc., can only be regarded as basic requirements.

The mayor of any space city has these abilities.But not just the mayor of a space city can become the captain of Voyager.

At present, four or five candidates have entered Zhao Changxing's sight.But which one to choose, Zhao Changxing is still deliberating.

At this moment, Cheng Xuanjia, one of the war commissioners in Human City, War Committee Building, has dark skin and a firm face, wearing a neat military uniform. Even though there is no wrinkle in the clothes, he is still carefully tidying them up in front of the mirror.

After completing this work, he left the building, took an unmanned vehicle to the human government building, and under the leadership of the secretary, he came to Zhao Changxing's office.

At this moment, in a trance, Zhao Changxing seemed to see the shadow of his grandfather, Cheng Kaitian, from Cheng Xuanjia.

Both of them have the same seriousness, the same calmness and determination, and the same meticulousness.

At the beginning, after Zhao Changxing chose to temporarily abandon the military development plan and focus on social development, Commissioner Cheng Kaitian, who originally hoped to display his ambitions in the military field, could only bury his head in documents, books, theoretical meetings and computer models all day long. Studying war theories all day long, but never having the opportunity to actually apply these theories.

Until he finally died in depression, he did not wait for this opportunity to come.

His son, that is, Cheng Xuanjia's father, inherited Cheng Kaitian's will, but he also didn't wait for the opportunity.Until now, Cheng Xuanjia has also become a war commissioner with excellent grades and theoretical level, and when he is middle-aged, the opportunity has still not come.

Zhao Changxing was a little surprised by Cheng Xuanjia's sudden request to report in person.But he still agreed.

"Commissioner Cheng, sit down."

Even if Cheng Xuanjia sat down, his body was still straight.

"Leader, I am here this time because I hope to become the captain of the Voyager spaceship."

Zhao Changxing's expression immediately became serious.

Frankly speaking, even if the position of captain of the Voyager spaceship has the same political status as the mayor of the capital city, it is still not a good position.Most of all, it is destined to be far from the center of humanity, and the work is too hard and too significant to be lost.

The shortest is 25 years, the longest is 30 years, and the longest is 40 years. You may die in office before you come back.

It is precisely because of this that some candidates that Zhao Changxing was very interested in finally chose to reject.

This work is so important, if you don't want to, it's obviously not okay.So Zhao Changxing did not force them in the name of organizational arrangements.

It doesn't make sense.

Cheng Xuanjia was the first high-ranking civilized person who approached him proactively, hoping to take up this position.

"Tell me your reasons."

Cheng Xuanjia's voice was still calm and firm: "If we can continuously, long-term, and obtain a large amount of resources from the inner solar system, our civilization will have the strength to build an army."

Zhao Changxing was slightly moved.

Turning theoretical research into reality and building a powerful space fleet with his own hands is the wish of Cheng Xuanjia's grandfather and Cheng Xuanjia himself, which has lasted for hundreds of years.

"This position has great responsibilities and many difficulties. Do you have the confidence to do this job well?"

"Our civilization needs a powerful fleet. Whoever dares to block the realization of this goal is the enemy of our civilization."

Cheng Xuanjia's murderous aura was revealed.

This is the wish of his grandfather, his father, and himself for three generations.For this wish, he can give everything!He will kill anyone who dares to stop him!

Zhao Changxing tapped lightly on the table: "Okay! I can make the decision now. The Voyager captain's seat is yours."

Zhao Changxing found that under the premise of having a strong will, Cheng Xuanjia seemed to be the most suitable candidate from any aspect.

He has enough level, ability, and willingness.In that case, it was him.

Cheng Xuanjia stood up abruptly, raised his arms to the level of his temples, and solemnly saluted Zhao Changxing with a military salute inherited from the ancient earth era.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

"Get ready! Open up a channel for our civilization to obtain resources on a large scale. There will be a powerful fleet you want."

"Yes!"

It took another full year for the expedition plan of the Voyager spacecraft to finally complete all preparations.The astronomical amount of wheat, rice, millet, soybeans, oilseeds, salt, sugar, etc., which is enough to feed 3 people for 8 years, is transported together with medicines, medical equipment, consumables, and numerous industrial machinery, fuel, etc. To the Voyager spacecraft.

During the expedition ceremony, Zhao Changxing held Captain Cheng Xuanjia's hand tightly under the shooting of many cameras.

"This trip is far away and takes a long time, so we must be careful."

"Please be civilized, please rest assured leaders."

Cheng Xuanjia turned around and entered a ferry ship parked at the space base.He will take this spacecraft to the Voyager spacecraft parked in high orbit.

At this moment, a total of [-] humans have been placed in various rooms and dormitories of the Voyager spacecraft in advance.

Countless people are holding mobile phones, saying their final farewell to those they care about.

After this visit, the next meeting will be at least 20 years later.

However, for the future of civilization, people must do this.

Someone has to take the responsibility.

The giant antenna equipped on the Voyager spacecraft can smoothly complete the signal transfer between the two.However, as the distance increases, the communication delay will also become longer and longer.Until the one-way communication delay is as high as 12 hours or more.

Zhao Changxing raised his head, and through the porthole on the top, he saw a bright blue light appearing in the dark and deep space.

He knew that it was the light from the stern of the Voyager spacecraft, a total of 49 ultra-high-power ion thrusters running at full power.

A total of 49 ultra-high-power ion thrusters powered by the fusion power station will be able to provide an acceleration of 6.4 meters per square second for this huge spacecraft with a total mass of 0.002 million tons.

It needs to accelerate for a full year before it can reach a top speed of about 60 kilometers per second.After that, it will coast at this speed for 6 years, and then it will take another year to slow down, so that it can reach its final destination.

Jupiter.

(End of this chapter)