Chapter 426 Site Selection

From a subjective point of view, many first-generation elders prefer the blue planet; but from an industrial point of view, Auriga 4 defeated Auriga 2 with an overwhelming advantage.

Faced with this result, Yu Yifeng felt a little complicated. But he had to admit that "Auriga 4" was a better choice.

For current science and technology, low gravity and cold environments are easier to accept than complex microbial environments...

"Humanity has grown up."

He suddenly felt that civilizations that are not attached to their mother planets can go further...

Humanity actually chose a cold planet as the main base instead of a life planet. In fact, this was caused by a qualitative change in technology. At the current level, humans can survive on almost any planet, it's just a matter of difficulty or ease...

The voting results came out, and as expected, Auriga 4 was elected with more than 80% of the votes.

After selecting the general main base, people made various revisions to the details.

"Auriga 4" is about 2.3 astronomical units away from the star, and the average density is about 3.6 grams per cubic meter. In theory, such a planet can find any resources needed by humans.

And with the size of a planet, it is enough for humans to eat...

360 million kilometers away, there is a gas planet with a mass of 1.44 times that of Jupiter, namely "Auriga 5". Because of its huge gravity, it has a small impact on the revolution of Auriga 4.

Astronomers are very interested in this big guy and focus on detecting it.

"Auriga 5" is rotating at high speed, and it can rotate once in about nine hours. Various turbulence and vortices appear on the surface of the planet, forming large and small storm turbulence.

Compared with the tornado on Earth, this turbulence is simply the difference between the sea and a glass of water.

If "Auriga 4" is selected as the main base, "Auriga 5" can be observed and used at the closest distance.

For existing technology, as long as people don't commit suicide, there shouldn't be too much danger.

"Auriga 5 has at least 80 satellites. We can also find a larger one and build a sub-base as a nuclear fuel collection base. In this way, there is almost unlimited energy..." suggested astronomer Professor Thomson.

Because the upper atmosphere of this gaseous planet contains 87% hydrogen and 12% helium, as well as a small amount of methane, water and other gases.

What people value most is, of course, the "helium" element!

As an inert element, helium usually exists in the form of gas. This element is very stable, and even after high-temperature ionization, its chemical properties are not active, so it has a wide range of industrial uses.

The application of high-energy plasma is the cornerstone of the current development of electrical engineering and an important distinction from low-level industries.

Helium is an important medium in the ion industry. Helium can be used to smelt metals after high-temperature ionization of helium and hydrogen. Its ultra-high purity is difficult to match with ordinary smelting methods; helium ions can also serve as the power generation medium of magnetohydrodynamic generators. Because of their inactive chemical properties, they are not particularly corrosive to the machine, greatly reducing maintenance costs...

But on ordinary planets, the mining of helium is too troublesome, and even because of its small atomic weight, it has become a relatively rare element in terrestrial planets.

This is because the gravity of ordinary planets is too small, and helium escapes on a large scale, so the reserves are generally not high, and can only be mixed with natural gas to extract a small amount.

"We can obtain a large amount of helium from this gas giant planet. Helium-3 can be separated and used as nuclear fuel, and helium-4 can be used as ordinary industrial materials. A gas planet has endless resources, and the distance is relatively close!"

"Establish a sub-base, no problem!"

Seeing everyone's ambitious discussion, Yu Yifeng was full of joy.

Auriga is really a Feng Shui treasure land, which is almost the same as the original solar system. It is safe, stable, and rich in resources. There is even a planet similar to the earth for people to explore and play.

The vision of the "seeder" is really good.

This time, humans must hold back more and more spacecraft!

"By the way, we also need to provide some cover for the Deep Space to prevent it from being discovered by the possible natives of 'Auriga 2'. Does anyone have a solution to this problem?"

"Because this star was found by the Seeder civilization, we will temporarily adopt a non-interference policy towards the possible native civilizations. Let's observe carefully first... What do you think?" Yu Yifeng suddenly thought of a question.

Everyone thought about it and didn't have too many objections.

However, how to conceal such a large spacecraft?

"This problem...I think we can use a visually invisible material and stick it on the surface of the Deep Space." A materials scientist named Wilf stood up and said.

"On the one hand, we will stop at Auriga 4 and won't get too close. There is Auriga 3 in between... The two planets are 1.3 AU apart, which is a long distance. If we keep radio silence, low-level civilizations may not be able to detect us.

"Second, this visual invisible material can deflect light at a certain angle to reduce the possibility of being discovered..."

While speaking, Wilf debugged a video on the screen.

Several young people were holding a piece of transparent cloth for demonstration. They covered themselves with the transparent cloth, and their entire bodies actually disappeared.

When the cloth was removed, the body reappeared.

"It's amazing. It can be said to be an invisible cloak." A scientist nearby laughed and said, "Did these young people make it? It's quite interesting."

Wilf nodded and said with a smile, "In fact, the principle is very simple. It deflects the surrounding light, but it can only maintain visual invisibility at certain angles, including visible light, infrared, microwaves, etc. ... Is that enough?"

After this problem was solved, there were basically no more details. Finally, Yu Yifeng made the decision, "Then let's do it. After the maintenance of this spacecraft is completed, we will set off for Auriga 4 immediately. For industrial problems, please prepare first..."

"Dismissed!"

Time passed, and a month passed quickly. The speed of the Deep Space was getting lower and lower.

When the spacecraft passed the huge gaseous planet "Auriga 5", huge red spots were clearly observed, which were very similar to the red spots on Jupiter.

It was the first time that humans observed this astronomical phenomenon at such a close distance.

The maximum speed of the Great Red Spot is up to 42,000 kilometers per hour. It is an extremely complex anticyclonic storm. From the perspective of a large astronomical telescope, you can still see the thick lightning inside jumping, drawing a series of fierce and violent power grids.

These super lightnings have a power of up to 100 billion kilowatts. The energy of a lightning is equivalent to that of a small nuclear bomb!

The largest Great Red Spot has a diameter of about 2.4 Earths. The air flow material contains a large amount of red phosphide, so it is a dark brown.

There is a very small particle in the center of the Great Red Spot, which is the core of the Great Red Spot. Its size is about 600 kilometers.

It is very strange that this core remains motionless in the surrounding counterclockwise vortex motion, and a magical calm area appears.

"The calm in the chaos, I really want to run into the core to take a look..." Yu Yifeng looked at the core of the Great Red Spot and said with some sighs.

A nearby scientist shook his head with a smile on his face: "... This is an extremely complex turbulent motion caused by the rotation of the planet and gravity. Perhaps only after our calculations have been developed to the extreme and mathematics has made great progress can we accurately simulate the state of the next minute."

After passing over this gaseous planet, the Deep Space is about to reach its destination...Auriga 4!

More and more people are coming to the observatory, and cheers break out from time to time.

Happy, really happy, after a long journey, people have finally reached the next stop.

Darkness is not the most frightening thing in the universe. People have gradually become accustomed to darkness.

This dark planet will be a brand new beginning, carrying new hope.