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When the speed of the spacecraft is very fast, it is impossible to investigate the planet, and it will even flash past the entire Proxima Centauri! Therefore, they must slow down to be captured by the gravity of Proxima Centauri and enter the galaxy for observation.

This process will also be long, and they will probably need a few months of deceleration before they can slow down.

Adjust the attitude of the spacecraft so that the engine nozzle of the spacecraft is forwarded to slow down the spacecraft. At the same time, the observation equipment equipped on the entire spacecraft, including the high-power radar for galaxy exploration, are all activated, ready to search for planets in the galaxy.

After all, even if it is speculated that Proxima b is a place where intelligent life may exist on the earth, it is only speculation.

Proxima b was calculated based on the observation data of the European Southern Observatory and other astronomical observatories. The detection found that Proxima Centauri sometimes approaches the earth at a speed of 5km/h, and sometimes moves away from the earth at the same speed. Such a small change is caused by the gravitational force of other nearby planets. After calculation, the reason for this result may be the existence of a planet about 1.27 times the mass of the Earth.

"Chris, send a message to the earth and tell the earth that we have come to the vicinity of Proxima Centauri." Bella said to the correspondent: "We are very lucky, on the way from Mars to Jupiter, we accidentally discovered a channel that can travel between stars, and got here."

Now, wormholes are still theoretical, and no astronomers have really discovered wormholes. We can say that we are the first spacecraft to travel through wormholes.

"Understood." Chris operated the communication system, aimed at the position of the earth according to his current position, and then, with maximum power, transmitted the communication information.

"Chris, why don't you use quantum communication?" Bella asked right after Chris finished communicating. When Chris was communicating just now, he used conventional radios, but quantum communication can complete the largest communication tasks with less power, saving energy.

"The quantum communication system went down, probably when I just passed through that wormhole, and I need to fix it," Chris said.

Bella nodded.

The interstellar voyage is long, even if it reaches the vicinity of Proxima Centauri, it will take another half a year to finally reach Proxima Centauri b.

At this time, Proxima Centauri can also see clearly. This is a huge red dwarf star, which is at the end of a star. The size of this star is huge, all of which are red, and it looks a bit hideous.

"Our astronomers have done a good job. Sure enough, there is a planet here. Now, we need to adjust our orbit to enter the orbit of Proxima b." Bella said: "This planet is more massive than our earth. , so its gravitational force will also be very large, all members pay attention, we are about to enter the orbit of the second planet."

It is larger than the earth's gravitational force, which means that if you want to get rid of it, you will consume more energy. If you consume too much energy, there may not be enough energy to return!

However, the only good thing is that we still have quite a lot of materials left. We originally planned to carry materials for decades of long voyages. Now, we have arrived here in less than two years!

Enter the orbit of Proxima b!

"Of course, there are advantages. Now we can finally be sure that there must be no aliens here! Or, even if there are, they are all bug-like characters." Another said.

No aliens! If there is really such a powerful alien in the legend, when one side is close to the neighboring galaxy, it will be intercepted by the other side! And now, we have been flying to the orbit of Proxima b, and we have not seen it! This can only show that there are no alien civilizations here, and even if they can evolve, they are only bug-like characters at most!

"This planet also has an atmosphere." Now, as they got closer, they finally saw more and more clearly that this was a planet with an atmosphere, and the surface looked white!

"The white surface may be condensed water. Near the central equator, there may be liquid water. However, the planet seems to be colder than the earth."

Although it is close to a red dwarf star and is much closer to the sun than Earth is, Proxima Centauri is a terminal star after all, providing too little energy.

The biologist in the spaceship, François from France, also had a twinkle in his eyes: "It seems that we need to send someone down. I request to be the first echelon to go down and observe."

On this huge spaceship, there are several small spaceships, this kind of detection task can only be carried out by small spaceships!

"Yes, we have to send a spaceship down to observe first." Bella said: "Fransva, Simonhof, you go down first, see what's on it, and report at any time."

"OK."

"Attention, prepare to release Explorer 1, prepare to release Explorer 1." Following Bella's words, the entire spaceship was busy.

The Explorer 1 is mounted on a docking port in the center. It is absolutely impossible to fly out of the spaceship like in a sci-fi movie. This docking port is somewhat similar to that of the Mir space station. Explorer 1 is also very similar to the Goddess of Dawn aerospace fighter, except that it is replaced with a nuclear fission engine, which can have enough specific impulse to detach from the surface of the planet.

If it is a chemical-fueled spacecraft, if you want to escape from Proxima b, UU read www. uukanshu.com That would be too difficult, it would require a rocket as powerful as the Proton.

Franswaal and Simonhof both floated and climbed into Explorer 1, making preparations for the flight.

On the Mir space station, there are a lot of experiments related to the long-term storage of the spacecraft. Many aerospace planes, lunar spacecraft, etc., have been parked on the Mir for the past year, and have been subjected to the impact of various cosmic radiation. Finally, It is still intact and can complete the role of a taxi.

Now, with the shell made of new elements, this kind of spacecraft has a higher safety factor.

"The system self-check is normal."

"Fuel pump normal, ready to start engine."

"start up."

"Boom!" At this moment, a sudden, violent explosion sounded in the ears of the two of them. A huge fireball instantly surrounded both of them!

No, Explorer 1, at the moment of activation, a violent explosion occurred!