The Heavens From the Wandering Earth

Chapter 152 Space Defense Facilities
Speaking of the asteroid belt crisis, we must first talk about the route of the wandering earth itself in the universe.

The earth shuttles on the ecliptic plane, crosses the asteroid belt and reaches Jupiter, only then can it be affected by the gravitational slingshot effect and obtain the acceleration away from the gravitational force of the sun.

First of all, the first point is to be clear that Jupiter will be the closest to the earth, and it may be the only planet encountered on the journey. People on the earth in other times will not have the opportunity to touch the next planet so close.

So the asteroid belt is a big problem they have to cross!

To talk about this question, we must first talk about the zodiac plane. What is the zodiac plane?

The earth revolves around the sun, and a line is connected between the earth and the sun, and this line forms a circle after one revolution, and the plane formed by this circle is the ecliptic plane.

And all the planets in the solar system float up and down on this ecliptic plane, so the previous approach of the United Earth Government is no problem. Constantly adjusting the power of the planetary engine around the orbit of the earth can make the earth move faster on the ecliptic plane. Go further and further until you get close to Jupiter.

Then it will use Jupiter's huge gravitational force to have an excellent push on the earth itself, giving the earth an acceleration capable of breaking away from the sun's gravitational force, and throwing the earth out of the ecliptic plane. This is the gravitational slingshot mentioned in the original book effect.

Don't look at the densely packed solar system where the earth is located. Planets, asteroids and various satellites seem to fill up the space here, but in fact, at the level of the earth, the entire solar system is as empty as a pond. A few grains of sand.

The sun is the central celestial body of the solar system, occupying 99.86% of the mass of the entire solar system, but the size of the sun is so small that it almost does not exist compared with the gravitational range of the solar system which is close to one light-year, so once the earth pops out of the ecliptic plane through the gravitational slingshot effect, That would truly be saying goodbye to the solar system!
Because in the solar system, apart from the ecliptic plane, basically nothing exists in the other regions, that is, the dead and desolate cosmic starry sky, and even the light can rarely be seen.

This solar system is like a big pie with a round shell. Except for the thin shell called the Oort cloud around it, there is only the big pie of the ecliptic plane, and the existence of matter can be seen. Other than that, the rest of the place is more Jedi than Jedi!
Having said that, let’s go back and talk about the asteroid belt again. As a dense and special isolation link between Mars and Jupiter, the asteroid belt is almost a special obstacle that humans cannot escape, and there is no way to escape. Once the earth Breaking into this area, the asteroids who have never felt such a huge gravitational force will definitely rush towards the earth one after another.

And because of the acceleration, the distance from the Earth to Jupiter has been calculated. It cannot turn or slow down. It is impossible to say that it takes more time to clean up the asteroid belt. With the strength of science and technology now, if it is really clear that there is a road that can allow the earth to pass, the sun is probably impatient.

Those asteroids will keep falling on the earth due to the huge gravity of the earth, causing various accidents!
Small meteorites are fine, because of the direction of the earth's movement, most of them will fall in the uninhabited southern hemisphere and become part of the "mass" of the earth itself, and maybe they will be thrown back into the planetary engine for burning in the future.

But those large meteorites, comets, and asteroids are much more difficult to deal with. There is no shortage of large asteroids in the asteroid belt. There are many powerful asteroids that wiped out the dinosaurs. If they really fall on the earth, everyone It's time to pack up and die together!

So in the final analysis, there is only one way left for them, and that is to establish a complete air and space army. When passing through the asteroid belt, try to push away or blow up those large meteorites, comets, and asteroids. So as not to affect the future of the earth.

Zhuang Quan was very curious, what exactly was this executive Leon looking for him for?
"You know, when passing through the asteroid belt in the future, the southern hemisphere must be in front, and most of the asteroids fall on the southern hemisphere, so we don't really worry about it a lot of the time, but now we have observed a surge in the gravitational force of many planets, Everyone is a little worried..." Leon said, "Shouldn't your sky screen plan be put on the agenda earlier, after all, we need to defend a lot more than before!"

"The technology is not so mature, and it may not be possible to activate it immediately during this period of time, Leon will execute it!" Zhuang Quan knows their urgent attitude, and the staff of the Earth United Government have not been idle at all during this period, in order to be able to They really did their best to let everyone live decently in this world.

Therefore, in order to prevent the special crisis caused by crossing the asteroid belt, it is inevitable to plan ahead and even urge Zhuang Quan to implement his "Sky Curtain" plan.

"What else is missing? Scientists? Workers? Or iron materials? If it's just a lack of materials, we can dig mountains directly in Australia, digging directly into the ground, whether it's iron or other metals, and we can even take a little risk and directly Extract from the mantle layer, as long as the plan can be completed ahead of schedule!" Leon said, his success in execution is inseparable from his iron-blooded performance in that large-scale disaster.

"Are you going to lift the mantle? No, absolutely not!" Zhuang Quan shook his head and vetoed it. Their behavior was too risky. "The pressure of the mantle is 100 million times that of the surface, and the magma inside is at least 3000 degrees. Just opening a hole will cause a terrible eruption of lava, which cannot be stopped!"

"I have a preliminary idea, but we have to wait until our Aerospace Force plan is established. Since you have said so, let's take a look at the application of superconducting ore first!" He did not deny the other party's intention, after all Their starting point is for human beings.

The two got out of the car, and the people behind them also got out of the car. Except for Zhuang Quan who had two bodyguards, the executives such as Yu Shouzhuo, Mark, and Leon only followed a recorder. It is really based on practicality, and the rest can be a little behind.

The Department of Aeronautics and Space Administration is also located in Siberia, but it is not in the headquarters area, but closer to North America to facilitate the relocation of China and the United States.

The aerospace companies, groups, or national departments that were once the strongest on the entire earth have been integrated here, becoming the world's largest space center and control center. The center of the Navigator space station and the main engine room of Moss are also in this location.

With Leon leading the team, Zhuang Quan didn't need to go through the main entrance or greet the smiling face of the chief officer here, which really made him heave a sigh of relief.

They passed the main office building and the launch site directly, and came to a huge and empty site, which is in the middle of a mountain, and it has been completely hollowed out now, leaving only various lighting devices and Huge open space for monitors!

And the main character they need to see is this weird little gadget in front of him that looks more and more like a "flying saucer"!

It is said to be a gadget, but upon closer inspection, it is found that it is also more than five meters wide. The disc-shaped body and the total height of three meters are also much larger than some small breads. It looks like it should be able to seat four or five people.

Of course, these are not the key points. What Zhuang Quan cares about is the application method of superconducting ore.
With the arrival of the two people, the superconducting experiment that had been suspended was resumed. Among these engineers, there are all kinds of people. Zhuang Quan also saw many black engineers holding computers and working non-stop. Estimates-it seems that the French engineers, that is, the Indian engineers, have been transferred to another hangar after hearing about the last crisis.

They really don't dare to let these people do some high-tech work anymore, delaying time is secondary, if it affects the future asteroid project, it will be a big crime!

Fortunately, these things are only small episodes compared to the entire system of the wandering earth. Zhuang Quan is very curious about another thing. He looked at the trembling flying saucer in front of him in the wind tunnel experiment, casually asked:
"Execute Leon, I heard that you once conducted an experiment called digital life, is there such a thing?"

This is also something he dug out from the pile of old papers, but these things have no defense against him at all, so it's not surprising to find them out.

"There is such a thing that is led by Indian engineers, and at the same time there is the 'Spark' project led by us!" Leon also looked at the spacecraft with Zhuang Quan, and sighed, "I don't care about those few The capitalists died, but the collapse of the space elevator caused by the flight of the spaceship faction is my eternal pain!"

"If the space elevator is still there, many of our operations can save a lot of people, and they can be piled up without human lives at all. Our pilots don't need 15 years to return to Earth once!"

"There will be, there will be!" Zhuang Quan said firmly, "We will rebuild our own space elevator and install it on every sky!"

"We will make the death of the previous people no longer in vain, and every path we take is on the most correct route!"

"Our footsteps will set foot on every corner of the earth again, and our children can run on the grass, row on the lake, and climb the mountain... All this will come again, I promise!"

In front of them, this spaceship, who didn't know where to add the superconducting ore, had already started the part they were most concerned about, which was to stop the air supply and start the levitation!

In fact, this is the true meaning of superconducting ore. Its most important thing is never any economic value or energy attribute. To be honest, no one is interested in the energy of this material, whether it is the Wandering Earth or RDA. It's not the silly country of Wakanda.

RDA needs this kind of ore to build their high-speed maglev train, and Zhuang Quan and the others want to use this kind of ore that can have a special balance with the magnetic field to explore the shadow of levitation technology and even anti-gravity technology!
You must know that their future plan for the sky, in theory, relies on the gravity of the planet and the gravity of the sky, and the special balance coordinated. If they can directly rely on anti-gravity technology to levitate on the planet, they will not worry too much about energy in the future. supplementary question.

But now the planetary engine itself is not short of energy, and even in the case of more and more frequent refusion in the future, they will not even lack iron, because refusion is actually the process of fusing silicon into iron.

Both of them stared nervously at the spaceship. Lan Youyou didn't eject any energy from the nozzle, but they were still floating successfully without any support, without any intention of falling!

"Success!"

"ncie!"

"Ula!"

The engineers of the entire base boiled up!

At this time, the two people breathed a sigh of relief, and realized that they were on the earth and could breathe!
"By injecting electricity into the superconducting ore, enough magnetic force can be generated, which means that we can use this method to send all the mechanical structures we want to send to the sky under the premise of sufficient energy support. Go up!" The engineer from the Aeronautics and Space Administration reported to them excitedly.

Zhuang Quan smiled, "I will approve the use of superconducting ore, and the Sky Screen Project will also be part of the superconducting ore project!"

(End of this chapter)