Chapter 128 Pluto!
At this moment, there is a straight-line distance of about 5.6 billion kilometers between Pluto and the Earth. However, because the spacecraft's navigation route is not a straight line, it is calculated that the Fuxing-1 spacecraft needs to fly a total of about 6.7 billion kilometers to reach the destination.
This process will be divided into three parts.
One, acceleration.
The Fuxing-1 spacecraft will accelerate at a speed of 0.4 meters per square second for a month, and its maximum speed will reach approximately 1,037 kilometers per second.
Second, inertial navigation.
During this stage, the Fuxing-1 spacecraft will shut down its main engine and rely solely on inertia to sail through the vast space for one and a half months, covering a distance of approximately 4 billion kilometers.
Third, slow down.
The Fuxing-1 spacecraft will reverse the jet direction and start the deceleration process. It will also decelerate at a speed of 0.4 meters per square second. It will take another month. While the speed is reduced to almost stationary, it will accurately enter the Port of Pluto, where it will Deliver the goods.
It took about three and a half months in total.
At this moment, the Fuxing-1 spacecraft is in full acceleration.
A total of dozens of high-speed ion engines, under the huge energy provided by the nuclear fusion reactor, are spraying bright blue light with all their strength. The huge spacecraft with a total weight of more than 200,000 tons is accelerating every moment. At speed.
The acceleration of 0.4 meters per square second provides the shipping team members in the control room with a gravity equivalent to approximately one-fifth of the Earth's, allowing them to step on the ground without being suspended without gravity.
At this moment, the captain felt slightly nervous.
No matter how well-trained he is, no matter how high the salary offered by Fuxing Group is - three and a half months one way, seven months round trip, plus half a month at the port, and some other arrangements, the total time is about nine months. The salary is as high as 3 million human coins, which is far higher than the level of his peers. He is still a little scared in his heart.
This is a renovated spaceship that was scrapped! If something happens in space, I might be dead.
He was nervous, and so were the people on the ground.
The spaceship has really left the maintenance base. If it is like being in the maintenance base, no matter what the fault is, thousands of robots will be deployed at once, and all kinds of spare parts are readily available. It is impossible to happen again. .
At this moment, the ground support team can only use a hundred robots, and most of the work still relies on the shipping crew to perform on-site maintenance. At the same time, the number and types of spare parts are also limited.
If there was another major failure, it would be all over.
Han Yang had a smile on his face, calm and calm.
When the spacecraft was being repaired, he established a leading principle. In the name of being intelligent and making it easier for the ground support team to understand the status of the spacecraft, he installed far more monitors than usual on each system of the spacecraft.
There are millions of them.
Monitoring temperature, monitoring flow rate, monitoring air quality, monitoring gravity, monitoring heading, communication, positioning, etc.
Everywhere.
Through long-distance communication technology, these millions of parameters can be presented in Han Yang's mind almost in real time.
With Han Yang's computing power, it is also possible to monitor these parameters in real time and calculate the relationship between different parameters in real time to fully understand the status of the spacecraft.
In his opinion, the ship is currently in very good condition.
Occasionally, there were a few sudden glitches, and Han Yang directly controlled the robot to solve them without even requiring the shipping team to take action.
Its speed and efficiency made team members sigh once again: "Even though so many people have resigned, our teamwork is still as efficient as ever, and our teammates are as reliable as ever."
Time passes little by little. Soon, the Fuxing-1 spacecraft crossed the orbit of Mars, passed directly through the asteroid belt, and passed the orbit of Jupiter.
Jupiter is the most important planet in the solar system after the Earth.
It is a gaseous planet that contains an almost infinite supply of fusion fuel. More than 80% of the fusion energy used in the solar system today is mined from Jupiter.
It is also a heavy industrial base in the solar system. On those dozens of satellites, there are nearly a hundred large cities, with more than a billion human beings living.
Farther away, Saturn has fewer people, with only about 900 million people.
After Saturn, there is the orbit of Uranus. Further out, is the orbit of Neptune.
Beyond the orbit of Neptune, we are still billions of kilometers away from Pluto.
At this time, the Fuxing-1 spacecraft had already stopped accelerating and was now in an inertial navigation state.
Gravity disappears in the spacecraft, and when taking a break, the crew will return to the hula hoop-like ring.
The ring is constantly rotating, creating a gravity that is approximately 0.6 times that of the Earth.
The crew members on duty in the control room can only work in the absence of gravity.
But before waiting too long, the spacecraft turned the jet direction and entered a deceleration action. About one-twenty-fifth of the earth's gravity, which had disappeared in the control room, reappeared.
Driving all the way to the Pluto port, everything went smoothly and there were no major failures.
"The Fuxing-1 spacecraft successfully entered the port!"
The employees who had stayed at their posts for more than three months with trembling fear, even if nothing happened, had to stay here with food and accommodation, and were afraid that if something happened, they would not be able to find anyone. After Han Yang announced the news with passion, he immediately There was a loud cheer.
A distance of more than 6 billion kilometers! A mass of more than 200,000 tons! A scrapped and broken spaceship!
We did it! We did it!
At this moment, I don’t know how many people were so excited that they burst into tears.
Upon receiving the news that the Fuxing No. 1 spaceship had successfully entered the port, You Jun, director of the procurement department of the Hades Development Department, quietly breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, and finally let go of his worries after several months of worry.
The transportation of materials is planned. You Jun also took a great risk by agreeing to let Han Yang transport it himself. If there is an accident with the Fuxing No. 1 spaceship, resulting in the failure of the materials to be delivered in time, he will also be responsible.
Now it’s good, the materials have been delivered smoothly, and everything is fine.
The materials with a total FOB price of 3.7 billion were successfully delivered to Pluto, and the CIF price became 4.7 billion.
On behalf of the Hades Development Department, You Jun happily transferred the funds to the account of Fuxing Group.
The funds of up to 4.7 billion immediately eased the tight cash flow of Fuxing Group.
At this moment, at the Pluto No. 7 space elevator port, many mechanical equipment have begun to unload.
One by one, huge and heavy containers were loaded onto the "shuttle bus" of the space elevator and rapidly descended along the space elevator.
After arriving at the ground base, these materials will be transported to tens of thousands of already built Pluto bases through rail transportation and into the hands of thousands of people.
At this moment, through the telescope on the Fuxing No. 1 spacecraft, Han Yang had a panoramic view of the scene on Pluto.