Two years have passed hurriedly, and the space construction project has been accelerated. A large number of Carters boarded the transport ship and rushed to the asteroid belt from Soli all the way.

Myron, who was directing the deployment of resources, suddenly received a message from an engineering ship manager.

"Mr. Myron, the current construction plan is proceeding very smoothly. A total of one million large engineering ships have been completed. When will we build our first space warship?"

"Some key factors have not been resolved. Wait for a while."

"Mr. Myron, our time is pressing. Amoeba only gave us dozens of revolution wheels. If we don't start building warships now, I'm afraid it will be too late."

The captain of the engineering ship affirmed his anxiety. This is not just for him. He is just a representative, representing the Carters of the entire engineering ship, as well as one million other engineering ships. They have been waiting for Myron. They who gave the order watched the gradual passing of time, but they were unable to receive the construction task for a long time, and inevitably became anxious.

"Then you should design and manufacture the keel of the battleship first. Remember, it can only be the keel. Don't make extra considerations. It will take a lot of time to modify the battleship that has been finalized at that time."

Myron emphasized that only the design and layout of the keel of the battleship can be started, and the captain of the engineering ship is a little unclear.

"By the time?"

"The technical team led by Dopps is intensively developing nuclear pulse engines and new weapons that can be used in space operations." Myron explained.

Nuclear pulse engines, something that only existed in science fiction concepts in the past, were to be manufactured. The captain of the engineering ship almost thought he had heard it wrong, but he also realized that Myron’s intention to wait, relying on chemical propulsion to fight a space war would be looking for death. , The specific impulse will be the dead spot of chemical propulsion warships, so nuclear propulsion engines are needed.

With good psychological quality, the captain of the engineering ship quickly accepted the reality and asked.

"How long do we have to wait?"

Myron shook his head, "It doesn't take long, it will be soon."

At this moment, in a certain scientific research institute on Sori's side, a bunch of scientists are making noise. The tables and papers all over the conference room are all messy formulas written on them. The walls and doors are also It is a variety of formulas.

The air in the room is very turbid. Except for excretion, these people have never left the room. The boxed lunches piled up in a corner of the room are good proof.

Everyone can't hide their fatigue, but their eyes are still so energetic.

"I repeat again, we need to use nuclear energy as the propulsion power of warships and rely on chemical propulsion to fight space battles. That is looking for death!"

"But what should we do? As mentioned last time, relying on the continuous blasting of small nuclear bombs as a driving force has proven infeasible. The utilization rate of nuclear energy is very low. Most of the explosion energy of nuclear bombs is not projected onto the hull of the ship and converted into power. At the same time, a large amount of waste heat will accumulate on the buffer plate, continuous blasting without cooling, no material can withstand such high temperature."

"Then we can inject nuclear energy into other materials in another way, and use other materials to efficiently convert nuclear energy into kinetic energy."

"How to bet?"

"We can try to use nuclear energy to heat matter to a plasma state, then use an electric field to confine the plasma, and finally rely on the electric field to emit ions in the plasma. After calculation, if the load mass is 4 kilotons, the speed of the spacecraft It can be raised to one-eighth the speed of light."

Everyone focused their thoughts on him because of the idea of ​​this academic member.

At this time, someone raised questions.

"But what about the temperature? The temperature of the plasma must be extremely high, which will require a lot of cooling agents."

"There is no need for a large amount of cooling agent. The vacuum environment of the universe itself is a natural temperature barrier. If the plasma wants to transfer heat energy to the inner wall of the reaction chamber, it needs to come into contact with the inner wall. However, under the control of a strong electric field, This is impossible to happen.” The proponent of the plan explained.

But the doubters still feel wrong.

"However, the scattered ions will still carry out the heat, and there will still be heat accumulation on the inner wall. Although the heating rate will not be very fast, it does not mean that there is no such thing."

"Yes, so I don't deny that a cooling agent is still needed. I think only a small amount is enough. We can discuss the issue of cooling. The top priority is to solve the nuclear space engine."

The final decision of the plan is to hand it over to Dopps, who is highly respected in the Carter civilization and science community, and is also selected as the commander-in-chief at the same time.

Dopps pondered for a while, then slowly said, "Very interesting plan, but the question is...what's the matter?"

Before he finished speaking, someone rushed in from outside the room. He was panting and leaning against the door, holding a stack of paper in his hand, looking tired, but his eyes didn’t look tired at all, some were just excited. .

"Huh...huh, exploded, exploded!" The man yelled excitedly.

"What did it explode?"

Other academic members in the room looked strangely at the excited person at the door~lightnovelpub.net~Hydrogen Bomb! Mr. Dopps, your nuclear fusion theory has been confirmed! "

The man quickly went to Dopps and handed out the stack of paper in his hand. Dopps, who took the paper, scanned the data on the paper with a serious face, and at the same time took a disk clamped in it from the paper.

Fortunately, there is a projector in the room, and the image from the disk is projected. From the slightly curved horizon, an extremely strong and dazzling light is released. After the light is a huge shock wave and a mushroom cloud. Its power lies in academics. Above the atomic bomb that the members knew.

That is a hydrogen bomb, and this hydrogen bomb represents more than just great power, it means that nuclear fusion is a feasible theory!

The room was silent for a while before Dopps broke the silence.

"How about the production of deuterium?"

"The deuterium reserves in the Sori ocean are extremely rich, accounting for one-eighth of the total ocean mass, and a large amount of deuterium can be produced by simple centrifugation." The reporter answered truthfully.

"I see, thanks for your hard work."

After the person who gave the report left, they just proposed to use ions as a promotion medium for academic members to speak.

"Mr. Dopps, may I ask the question you just said..."

Dopps stopped the other party's words, he was smiling, and no one could see how happy he was at the moment.

"No, it's not a problem anymore. Just now, the problem I wanted to say has been resolved."

"Everyone, nuclear fission is not suitable as the main energy source for nuclear power engines. The scarcity of reactants and the harsh conditions for energy release. I decided to add nuclear fusion to the design." Dopps solemnly announced.