Chapter 131 Mercury
"Dark matter, dark matter..."
Zhou Cheng murmured the word, his thoughts drifting away.
Is it possible that dark matter is at the heart of everything?
The Moon God's mode of existence, the reason why she attacked humanity, the inherent threat to humanity that had nothing to do with technology, the source of the Moon God's ability to predict the future, and the method she used to sterilize humanity...
Is all of this related to dark matter?
The evidence for this possibility is not limited to the two previous ones. First, neon trifluoride may interact with dark matter; second, the original correct path may be one's own job, dark matter research.
Now, there is a third reason.
Before, even though I and the entire human world had exhausted all our wisdom, we could not imagine that humans themselves could possess any ability to threaten the outside world.
But if dark matter is the medium, then everything will hopefully make sense.
Dark matter is diffused throughout the universe and does not interact with ordinary matter in any known way except through gravity.
So, is it possible that dark matter actually has a completely new interaction mode with ordinary matter, including humans - humans are also made up of ordinary matter - that is unknown to humans?
Is it possible that humans influence dark matter through this interaction mode, and then transmit it to the Moon Goddess through dark matter, thereby causing influence and threat to the Moon Goddess?
Zhou Cheng currently has no actual evidence to prove that it is dark matter.
But, just like the chemist who used the process of elimination to guess the cause of the abnormal vibration of neon trifluoride molecules, after eliminating all other possibilities, only dark matter remained as an alternative.
At this moment, Zhou Cheng seemed to have only dark matter as an alternative.
Therefore, Zhou Cheng has three reasons in total for guessing that the core of all problems is dark matter.
First, neon trifluoride may interact with dark matter;
Second, the original correct path might be one’s own job, dark matter research;
Third, at this moment, dark matter is the only alternative left, and all other known possibilities have been ruled out.
Then... further exploration of the characteristics and properties of dark matter may become the key to solving all problems.
Under normal circumstances, even in the heyday of human civilization, it would be so difficult, even impossible, to advance this work.
I don’t know how many outstanding scientists have devoted their entire lives to exploring this problem, but in the end they got nothing.
Not to mention that at this stage, humans are already in their twilight years and have long lost most of their scientific research capabilities.
but……
Looking at the results of his calculations in front of him, Zhou Cheng knew that the situation was different at the moment.
In a strong gravitational field and high-energy environment, dark matter particles may cause some extraordinary phenomena.
Humans in their prime didn't know this, but I do know it now.
"If we can figure out what exactly happens, we might be able to gain a deeper understanding of dark matter, get closer to the truth, and ultimately understand the true nature of the catastrophe."
Zhou Cheng thought silently: "According to the calculation results, the strength of the earth's gravitational field does not meet the requirements.
If we want to meet the requirements, then we have to..."
Zhou Cheng raised his head and looked out the window.
At this moment, the sun is shining brightly outside the window. A dazzling sun hangs in the sky, casting infinite light on the earth.
In the entire solar system, only near the sun can the strength requirements be met.
But the sun is too hot. Even from a distance of tens of millions of kilometers, the temperature is too high and the radiation is too strong.
In this case, there is only one suitable testing site left.
Mercury.
It is close enough to the sun and can provide sufficient shelter to block the strong radiation and high temperature from the sun.
Mercury……
Zhou Cheng raised his head, blocked the sun with his hands to avoid it from shining directly into his eyes, and then tried hard to search around the sun.
But he did not find Mercury, because Mercury was too close to the Sun and was now submerged in the Sun's light.
Normally, it can only be seen when the sun rises and sets and the light is dim.
"Going to Mercury is unrealistic..."
Zhou Cheng murmured, "What's more, not only do we have to go, we also have to bring the particle collider equipment...
Even if it's just a small particle collider, it would weigh at least several hundred tons. Even humans in their prime couldn't do it, and now in their twilight years, they can't do it at all..."
Zhou Cheng shook his head and threw the thought out of his mind.
But in the following period of time, this thought would always pop up in Zhou Cheng's mind uncontrollably.
On this day, he somehow came to the only space launch site in human civilization at this stage.
He had been here twice before.
One was when inspecting the original "Starry Sky Barrier" plan, and the other was when conducting the previous space sperm-egg combination experiment.
Because of the space sustainment program, a high level of maintenance is always maintained here.
Hundreds of engineers work here year after year, carefully maintaining the space launch equipment left over from this heyday.
Moreover, the last rocket launch also proved that their work was effective.
As early as when he was investigating the starry sky barrier, Zhou Cheng already knew that even people in their twilight years still had the ability to launch a payload of about 10,000 tons into space.
The person in charge of the launch site warmly received Zhou Cheng and invited him to visit the launch site.
After taking a quick look, Zhou Cheng finally asked the question that had always been hidden in his heart.
"Professor Li, I'd like to know, at this stage... are we capable of launching a spacecraft to Mercury and landing on it?
Well, this spacecraft is a manned spacecraft with one astronaut on board, and it also needs to carry about 300 tons of equipment and perform a Mercury landing mission."
According to Zhou Cheng's calculations, a small particle collider and various supporting equipment weigh 300 tons.
Professor Li looked at Zhou Cheng in surprise: "Professor Zhou, you want to..."
Zhou Cheng shook his head: "Just curious."
Professor Li calculated silently for a moment and said, "No, it's impossible.
Our current launch capacity of over 10,000 tons is only for launching into Earth orbit.
But if heading to Mercury, the launch capacity is much lower, at most only 1,500 tons.
As for the spacecraft manufactured according to your requirements, the hull itself is calculated as 500 tons, plus 300 tons of equipment, 200 tons of supplies needed to maintain the survival of the astronauts, and fuel... Fuel is the bulk, at least 1,000 tons or more, plus redundancy, plus some other miscellaneous items, the mass of the spacecraft itself must reach at least 3,000 tons.
That’s twice as much.”
Zhou Cheng was silent for a long time before he said quietly, "What if we only consider the outbound journey and not the return journey?"
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