Chapter 902: Asteroid Mining Plan

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Although Hawking has left his British nationality, the Queen of England and the Prime Minister still sent him a letter of blessing, and at the same time sent a letter of thanks to Jiang Chen. Although the relationship with Europe is gradually deteriorating, the Future Group unexpectedly won the friendship of the United Kingdom.

Maybe it's because of historical factors, or maybe it's because the Rothschild family's control over their hometown in England is not as good as it used to be, or it's just because of an old man who is well-known in the scientific community.

Jiang Chen did not charge Hawking for the operation, but instead asked him to join Korot University as a professor of physics. Although under Jiang Chen's money offensive, Keluo University has poached a large number of excellent teachers from all over the world, except for the seventeenth president of MIT, Raphael Leif, there is really no face here. Enough top professors to put on admissions ads.

The arrival of Hawking undoubtedly solved this problem. Because of his joining, the influence of Keluo University has been abruptly raised by more than one level.

Of course, Jiang Chen didn't just cure Hawking's frostbite for the purpose of advertising future life and placing a signboard for Keluo University. These are secondary, what he really cares about is Hawking's attainments in the field of universe research.

On the second day after he recovered, Jiang Chen went to the Keluo Central Hospital to find him again, and after asking his wife and children to avoid him, he explained his reason for coming.

"Asteroid mining plan?" Hawking frowned slightly.

"We have taken note of your research on the Bennu asteroid and your prediction that it will collide with the Earth in 2135. It would be helpful if you could provide us with research information on this asteroid I'm very busy," Jiang Chen said.

In fact, Hawking's accomplishments in the profession of prophets are far less outstanding than his accomplishments in physics and cosmology. Like a series of predictions he made before, this prediction that the Bennu asteroid will collide with the earth in 2135 also did not come true...Because as early as the beginning of the 22nd century, this asteroid with a diameter of about 500 meters It was mined by NATO.

In terms of aerospace technology, NATO at the end of the world has gone a little farther than PAC and NATO, and is quite cautious about the confidentiality of related technologies.

The library database of the Pan-Asian Cooperation does not record detailed information about the Bennu asteroid, such as the most critical orbit. However, in the database compiled by the technicians at Camp No. 27, Jiang Chen accidentally discovered a model related to the asteroid capture technology.

According to Lin Ling's description, the Bennu asteroid is one of the earliest asteroids to be captured, and it is also one of the easiest to capture. Taking this asteroid as an operation is undoubtedly a very suitable training tool for the star ring trade, which is in the "infancy stage" of aerospace technology!

But after hearing Jiang Chen's plan,

Hawking was extremely worried.

"Have you thought about the disaster of mining failure?"

"Bennu orbits so close to Earth that we can even 'see' it from Earth every 6 years when it crosses Earth's orbit. If you mine it almost slows it down, causing it to be Gravitational capture, the only result is a direct collision with the earth! Have you considered this consequence?" Hawking looked at Jiang Chen and said seriously.

"Of course I've considered it," Jiang Chen said with a smile, "because our plan is to let it slow down, and finally be captured by the gravity of the Earth-Moon system, and stay within the Earth-Moon system at a height lower than the Moon's orbit, together with the Moon. Orbiting the Earth. Our scientists have calculated the best orbit to 'storage' the asteroid,"

Hawking stared at Jiang Chen speechlessly, before speaking after a while.

"Either you're a genius or you're a madman. If you miscalculate by a single decimal point, all of humanity will be buried with you for your mistake."

"It's a great honor to receive this honor, but such an accident is simply impossible." Jiang Chen said with a smile, "I swear, my plan is perfect."

Staring straight at Jiang Chen with cloudy eyes, Hawking was silent for a while, and finally Hawking sighed.

"Although I want to stop you, I'm afraid I don't have that ability at all. If it can increase the success rate of your plan, you can take the results of my research on the Bennu asteroid. In addition, although spacecraft and mining It’s not my field of expertise, but if it’s a field related to cosmology, if there’s anything I can use, just tell me.”

After hearing Hawking's words, Jiang Chen smiled and nodded.

"Thank you for your understanding. Speaking of which, apart from the Bennu asteroid, I have one more important thing that needs your help."

"what's up?"

"In an experiment, our scientists accidentally observed a particle from the high-dimensional universe...we call it the Crane particle. It contains some mysteries related to cosmic phenomena such as time and black holes, but it is a pity Yes, we have little value for it. If you are interested, I hope you can participate in related research."

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As early as the beginning of the year, Jiang Chen had planned to capture this asteroid with extremely rich mineral reserves. Although it was not made public due to various practical issues, the relevant preparations have never stopped. Such as R&D and construction of mining rockets, design of capture schemes, etc...

The asteroid capture plan will be divided into three steps, namely landing, weaving nets, and traction.

The so-called landing is to launch a mining spacecraft, accelerate to the same orbit as the asteroid, and land on the surface of the asteroid to start construction.

Weaving a net is to weave a sufficiently tough "net" to wrap the asteroid shell with a diameter of about 500 meters. The preferred material is naturally graphene, which is very suitable for weaving this giant net in terms of toughness and strength.

The last is traction, which is also the most difficult and critical link, which involves quite complicated mathematical problems. In addition, according to the estimate of the Space Launch Center, to complete the artificial orbit change of the asteroid, decelerate it and be captured by the Earth-Moon system into a safe orbit, at least eight RM-320 rocket engines need to be deployed at the end of the trawl, and through ignition, The flameout sequence and the speed difference are used to control the trajectory of the asteroid.

If one is not careful, the asteroid will leave the earth forever, and the asteroid will slam into the earth severely. The star ring trade can only reduce the ecological impact caused by the "Bennu" asteroid by blowing up the earth. disaster.

If it weren't for the quantum computer responsible for data processing, Jiang Chen wouldn't have dared to implement such a complicated project.

And even with a quantum computer as a data processing tool and a few words about the Bennu asteroid in the end of the world, there are still many uncertainties in this project. As Hawking said, the person who made this decision was either a genius or a complete lunatic.

But the first step is to go out after all.

Therefore, after repeatedly reviewing Kerwin's plan, Jiang Chen neatly signed his name on the document and approved the implementation of the plan. In order to avoid unnecessary consequences, Jiang Chen did not report to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs according to the procedure, but launched five mining rockets into space under the guise of building a "large space station".

The Bennu asteroid has already moved near the earth and will pass through the earth's orbit at the end of December. At that time, it will be the best time to complete the last link of the asteroid capture plan - "orbit change". If you miss it, you can only wait another six years.

In order to seize this once-in-six-year opportunity, the asteroid capture program will be synchronized with the space elevator! (To be continued.)

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