Voyage of the Stars

Chapter 41 The Hibernation Project
If it is true that only antimatter can start this engine, then humans have nothing to do now. If charged antiparticles can also work, then there is still some hope.

After all, if humans make another breakthrough in magnetic confinement technology, there is still hope to separate some charged antiparticles, but the most important thing is to first understand the operating mechanism of this fuel storage device.

Anyway, I really found a treasure this time.

Although it could not solve the urgent need, Yue Yuan, Liu Miyan and others were still very happy.

In the following time, Liu Miyan continued to tell Yue Yuan about the progress of their work during this period.Yue Yuan also gradually understood the general situation of the engine while asking and answering questions.

Generally speaking, the core components of this engine are intact, and components such as the nozzle have been repaired by the engineering department and can be considered restored to their original appearance.

There is currently no in-depth understanding of force field generators. We can only speculate based on existing human theories that this thing should be the core component of the warp engine and the component that generates warp bubbles or curvature fields.

As for the fuel storage device, humans currently know that it is an engine accessory component. That is to say, the fuel must first be placed in the storage device or fuel package before it can be used by the engine.

After understanding this, if you know how to use the fuel storage device in the future, then the research direction on how to replenish fuel will be clear, which is nothing more than how to put fuel into the device.As the crew discovered, there was a special slot for the fuel storage device and the engine.

An engine has two slots. Since the material of the fuel storage device is very high-grade, although humans currently only have one engine, they have four fuel storage devices.

It would be even better if it was discovered later that these four sets of fuel storage devices actually contain residual fuel as Yu Nanfeng said.

After encouraging several scientists, Yue Yuan left the underground base and returned to his daily work.

For more than two years, with the joint efforts of surviving humans, many technologies that were retrograded due to the disaster have been slowly recovered, but there are still no signs of a breakthrough in controllable nuclear fusion in a short time.

Under this situation, Yue Yuan had to consider reversing the hibernation plan that had been temporarily shelved.

In another year, Callisto's energy consumption will reach the critical point predicted by experts. If it continues like this after one year, humanity will have only the last two paths left.

The first is to stay on Callisto for 70 years, betting that mankind can turn controllable nuclear fusion into a reality within 70 years. If it succeeds, it will survive, and if it fails, it will perish due to energy exhaustion.

The second is to build the spacecraft and go directly on the road, betting that mankind can rely on the remaining nuclear fission fuel to lie through interstellar dust, cross the sea of ​​​​stars, and reach the nearest star system.

Actually speaking seriously, these are the only two real ways.

As for the hibernation plan, it is an optimized version of the second path, allowing most people and most engineering and research projects to enter hibernation, leaving only projects related to building spacecraft.

Experts estimate that if this plan is launched, two-thirds of the population will enter hibernation, and three-fifths of engineering and research projects will be paused.

The result is a more secure fuel inventory.

Compared to the first path, Yue Yuan prefers the second improved version.

Because there are too many elements of gambling on the first path, and scientific research progress and breakthroughs cannot be predicted in how many years it will be achieved. Sometimes it is common that the last step is missing but cannot be achieved.As the leader of civilization, he would not dare to gamble when there are other more reliable plans.

Of course, there is actually another hope, which is to bet that humans can figure out how to use the warp engine within 70 years, and that there is still enough fuel in its fuel storage device. "It seems that the hibernation plan is safer." Yue Yuan recalled the contents of the hibernation plan from the computer, reviewed it, and then walked out of the office.

After being improved by relevant experts, the hibernation plan is no longer just a simple meal for the second year of life as it was at the beginning.

Now, it includes a detailed industrial plan, including which part of the population will go into hibernation, which part of the population will continue to work, and a set of related hibernation rotation plans.

Of course it has to be rotated, otherwise it would be unfair to those who have been working.

Think about it, you have worked hard for decades to build the spaceship, and others will enjoy the fruits of your labor as soon as they wake up. You are still dozens of years older, and everyone else will feel uncomfortable.

Of course, the government can indeed impose regulations on who hibernates and who works, but that will undoubtedly leave dissatisfaction and resentment in people's hearts, which may eventually become a destabilizing factor for future society.

You can't expect everyone to be a saint, and you can't expect everyone to be selfless.

Therefore, work must be rotated, and when rotating work, it must be ensured that everyone who rotates understands the work and can seamlessly connect to the ongoing work when they wake up.

As a result, the requirements are very high.

Therefore, rotation work cannot be done by all humans, only those who have passed functional training.

To this end, the hibernation plan also proposes a supporting plan, which is to provide professional functional training to the right people, including how many workers an expert will lead, and how many apprentices an engineer will accompany, all of which are arranged in detail.

However, after this, some people will still be unable to participate.This cannot be forced, such as scientists and experts in other professions who have failed to pass functional training.

In order to alleviate the conflicts here as much as possible, the hibernation plan also stipulates a compensation plan.

That is, after the spacecraft is built and humans begin the voyage planning phase, those who originally hibernated and did not contribute to the construction of the spacecraft will be given more waking time in order to allow them to maintain various instruments and equipment on the spacecraft during the voyage. , to ensure navigation safety.

In order to cooperate with this plan, more than a dozen supporting laws and regulations will be promulgated.

It involves labor remuneration, skill appraisal, social welfare, resource allocation and many other aspects.

In addition, in order to encourage people to work hard, the new government has also thrown out a big picture, namely the "White Paper on Application Standards of Life-Related Technologies".

It probably talks about the standards for the use of life-span-related medicines in the future after they mature, which stipulates such things as what kind of contribution talents have to be qualified to use them.

In order to prevent the painting from looking like a painting, the "White Paper on Application Standards of Lifespan-Related Technologies" also provides special instructions for people who meet the conditions but are aging. If the technology is immature and those who are about to end their lifespan If they can't wait, then these people can be allowed to hibernate for a long time until the day when the technology matures.

　Thanks to Nuan Songyan, the final master of the multi-dimensional empire, for the reward, thank you to Fanxingju for the 2000-coin reward, and thank you, Yuanhang, for the 10000-coin reward.

　　
　
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