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This technology has also been proposed for many years, but the capture rate and cost are too high, and it is almost a shutdown. However, the biggest problem of both BECCS technology and DACCS technology is the storage of captured carbon dioxide.
Even if it is stored in the ground and reacts with basalt, stable minerals will be formed within two years, and it can be stable for thousands of years at room temperature, but how much carbon dioxide is replenished, and where does so much basalt come from?
And there are no guarantees that there will be no surprises.
So the sequestration of carbon dioxide has become the biggest problem.
But when Chen Nuo mentioned that he would transform the earth in the future, he suddenly thought of Mars.
It is scientifically proven that Mars is the twin brother of the earth, and has great similarities. It may have bred life in the past, but it is now desolate.
Because Mars has no geomagnetism, the solar wind blows away the gas and moisture on the surface of Mars.
However, there are solid water and solid gas at the north and south poles of Mars. If the temperature of Mars rises, the gas at the north and south poles is released, the solid water melts, and then some plants are planted to produce oxygen. Perhaps the Martian atmosphere can be reshaped.
But to melt solid gas and solid water, you need to heat up Mars.
Scientists now propose to place some huge mirrors with a diameter of 250 kilometers at a distance of 32 kilometers from Mars, and use the mirrors to reflect solar radiation to increase the temperature of Mars.
This is completely nonsense, how can it be made with a diameter of 250 kilometers?So many mirrors weigh 20 tons, how can the earth's technology transport them?The place 32 kilometers away from Mars is an endless void, how to place it?
But Chen Nuo found another way, transporting the carbon dioxide captured on the earth to Mars by spaceship, sending hundreds of millions of trillions of tons of carbon dioxide to Mars, which raised the temperature and melted the solid gas and water at the north and south poles.
This not only solves the problem of sequestration of carbon dioxide on the earth, but also slowly transforms Mars.
Now that the controllable nuclear fusion has been solved, the earth will build a hundred and eighty ostriches to transport carbon dioxide, and it will take 42 hours for the ostriches to travel from the earth to Mars.
If the earth's carbon dioxide is not enough, then go to Venus to get carbon dioxide, go to Jupiter to get oxygen, and so on.
But the premise of doing all this is to restore or increase the magnetism of Mars. It is unlikely to recover from the data collected so far, so only humans can do it.
Because the magnetism of Mars is very weak, if there is no magnetism, no matter how much carbon dioxide is transported, it will be blown away by the solar wind.
Chen Nuo proposed two paths. One is to build a magnetic orbit along the Martian equator to generate a magnetic field, and the other is to accelerate Deimos, because Deimos has its own ions. If it is accelerated, it can add a magnetic field to Mars.
In summary, the Mars transformation plan is divided into four steps: the establishment of a magnetic field, the heating of Mars, the melting of solid water, and the transformation of the atmosphere.
As long as the first two steps are resolved, the remaining two steps are only a matter of time, and the first two steps are based on controllable nuclear fusion and ostriches, otherwise they are just empty talk.
Looking at the transformation plan, Chen Nuo smiled. According to this plan, even with controllable nuclear fusion as an energy source, it would take trillions of funds and several years of time.
With this money, it is better to transform the earth and transform those deserts.
But whether it is from the theory of population export, the theory of Mars reduction and human nature, or the exploration of the starry sky and other factors, the transformation of Mars is bound to be put on the agenda in the future.
In other words, if a huge meteorite comes towards the earth one day, then Mars will be the second base of mankind.
"Forget it, let's have fun with this matter now, and leave it to future generations! Let's get things done on Earth first!"
Chen Nuo looked at the plan again, then bound the materials and put them in a corner of the bookcase.
He had just put the materials away when the voice of number one sounded in the study.
"Professor, the star thruster simulation is over!"
Chapter 726 The Ultimate Performance of Qingluan
"Professor, the star thruster simulation is over!"
The voice of brain No. [-] rang out in the study, and Chen Nuo showed an expectant expression on his face.
Design belongs to design. Before it is proved, it is all nonsense.
The thrust of the stars determines whether the Qingluan can fly. If the thrust is not good, it must be exchanged from the system, or continue to study superconducting magnets to increase the energy output of nuclear fusion.
"Professor, I have embodied the Qingluan in virtual reality, would you like to take a look first?"
With the intelligence of the No. 10 brain and the super computing power of the future supercomputer, the value of simulating a thruster is only a matter of ten, twenty, ten minutes.
Originally, when the result came out, he wanted to find Chen Nuo, but when he saw Chen Nuo was busy, he turned Qingluan into reality.
There was a smile on the corner of Chen Nuo's mouth. Brain No. [-] was getting smarter. Then he walked into the movie room and put on the virtual helmet.
When it reappeared, it was in a huge production workshop surrounded by robots.
"Professor, let me demonstrate to you the process of assembling Qingluan in the smart factory at ten times the speed. Afterwards, as long as the smart factory is built and the parts are in place, it can be assembled in up to ten hours."
As soon as the No. [-] brain's voice fell, the robots started to move.
Chen Nuo just watched it quietly for half an hour, and the Qingluan that he saw in the holographic image last time appeared in front of his eyes from scratch.
The whole body of the Qingluan is silver, with a cold light, every arc is natural, and the tentacles have a slight warm feeling.
After turning around the Qingluan, the natural Qingluan suddenly opened a door, and an escalator appeared.
"Professor, welcome to the Qingluan!"
After Chen Nuo stepped on the escalator, he discovered that the escalator was electric. As soon as he stepped into the Qingluan, the voice of No. [-] brain brain rang in the Qingluan.
After walking around for half an hour, Chen Nuo visited the control room, power room, etc. Although this is a virtual reality, he was extremely satisfied with every detail.
Sitting on the captain's exclusive seat, Chen Nuo said, "Number One, let's get down to business!"
"Professor, there is good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
A smart voice sounded from No. [-] Brain, and Chen Nuo said speechlessly, "Can't we talk together?"
"The good news is that the thrust of the Astral thruster is 100Kw/27.8N, which is 65.5% higher than before, and is 5 times that of the strongest thruster on Earth today."
No. 139 sounded, and without waiting for Chen Nuo to be pleasantly surprised, he continued: "With the fusion output of Qingluan, the final thrust is [-] tons."
Hearing this voice, Chen Nuo's face was first happy, and then a bad thought arose in his heart.
"What about the bad news?"
"Qingluan's empty load is 128 tons. With Qingluan's structure, it needs two starburst propellers. A single starburst has a diameter of 3.6 meters, a length of 6.8 meters, and a net weight of 3.9 tons. The two weigh 7.8 tons, totaling 135.8 tons. Payload is 3.2 tons."
"Is it only 3.2 tons?"
Chen Nuo was very speechless, feeling lonely after working for several days.
The spacecraft is flying, but the payload is only 3.2 tons, which is very painful.
This is not even counting the propellant required by the astral thruster. With this thrust, no matter what, space travel must carry a few tons, which has already consumed the spare load.
Not to mention bringing some food and other necessities when you go surfing.
If this is the case, the Qingluan can only make a lap in the earth space, or transit on the moon to replenish.
"Professor, there is good news and bad news."
"Let's talk about the bad news first, and I'll see where it can get worse."
Chen Nuo stared at the big command screen, how can you still whet your appetite with only an intelligent brain.
At the same time, the glass at the porthole of the spacecraft returned to normal after a moment of illusion.
"Professor, based on the Earth's strongest glass you stored on your computer a few days ago and the modification requirements of the Qingluan, the weight of the modified Qingluan is about 130 tons. That is to say, if you use the strongest glass to make an observation Scene window, the final payload is only 1.2 tons."
"I... what's the good news?"
Chen Nuo almost spat out a mouthful of blood depressed.
"The good news is that the theoretical value of the magnetic field strength of your room-temperature superconducting magnet is 64t. If it reaches the theoretical value, the energy output of the optimized fusion reaction device on the Qingluan is expected to reach 6200Mw, the final thrust is 168.6 tons, and the final payload It is 38.6 tons, you can go to Mars for a few months with this load. Or..."
"Or what?"
"Or I will reduce the size of the Qingluan, and it is estimated that the empty load will be 10-15 tons less."
"Let's do this for now, I'll take a look first and then talk."
Chen Nuo shook his head. It is impossible to reduce the size. Wouldn't the size of Going to the Starry Sky be smaller than the prestige of the earth?
The key is that he has a system and a polar magnetic superconducting magnet.
Find some time to go to the Future Technology Laboratory to do it yourself. If you can't handle superconducting magnets, the reputation value in a few months can probably be replaced with a new set of ion engines.
"No. [-], can this thing fly?"
"Yes, but it can only simulate the parameters of the earth's space. Do you want to experience it?"
"Then what are you waiting for? Take me for a walk."
Chen Nuo was a little excited.
The next moment, he was in tragedy.
The extremely fast acceleration directly pressed him to the ground, and through the viewing window, the scenery outside the window changed rapidly.
"Professor, Qingluan flies in earth space. Its maximum flight speed can reach Mach 28. It can accelerate to Mach 3 within 7 seconds. It can reach its maximum speed within 12 seconds. It can circle the earth for 70 minutes and avoid any missile on earth!"
At the same time, No. [-] introduced the performance of Qingluan.
After more than ten minutes, the Qingluan stopped, and Chen Nuo limped off the Qingluan, muttering to himself: "Damn it, if the artificial gravity is not resolved, I will not fly anymore. It's so f*cking uncomfortable." gone."
After a few minutes of delay, Chen Nuo looked at Qingluan and continued: "Store the drawings of Qingluan's fusion reaction device and astral thruster in the computer."
"Roger that!"
After arranging the affairs of the Qingluan, Chen Nuo left the void reality and returned to the real world.
As soon as he walked out of the movie room, he found Wei Bing standing at the door. Before he could ask, Wei Bing spoke up.
"Professor, Mr. Yu from the final assembly is here. He is in the living room now. He has been here for half an hour."
"understood!"
While talking, the two arrived in the living room.
Seeing Yu Chongyang drinking tea, Chen Nuo immediately stepped forward to say hello, and after a few polite words, Yu Chongyang made it clear that he was here.
"Professor Chen, the vertical fighter has been test-flyed many times. Recently, it is going to do the last test, and then it will go offline for mass production. We will try to complete the assembly of several aircraft carriers before the controllable nuclear fusion is ignited."
As Yu Chongyang said, his eyes were full of excitement.
At the beginning of the year, Chen Nuo gave the design drawing of the vertical fighter, and then gave the new type of high-energy aviation fuel. They followed Chen Nuo's suggestion and spent money to complete the test, and the results were extremely satisfactory.
Chapter 727 Performance of Vertical Fighter
"Professor Chen, the day after tomorrow morning we are going to do the last live ammunition training in a certain part of the Northwest, do you want to go and have a look?"
"Okay! You just need to make a phone call on this matter, and I need you to go there yourself."
Chen Nuo didn't hesitate at all. The past three months were either in retreat or on the way to retreat. It was also time to go out for a walk and change his mind.
It is estimated that after returning, he will be busy with the assembly and debugging of the controllable nuclear fusion reactor.
"Then let's make an agreement. We will leave tomorrow afternoon, and a car will pick you up then."
Yu Chongyang was very happy.
Let's not talk about Chen Nuo's status in the military, just because of his status in the country, he has to come here in person.
Not to mention that in theory, Chen Nuo is the chief designer of the vertical fighter, providing structural design and new high-energy aviation fuel, which is the root of the success of the vertical fighter.
After seeing off Yu Chongyang, Chen Nuo checked the time and went straight to the Future Technology Laboratory.
"Professor Chen, you are here."
Zhang Qing, the director of the material laboratory who had been notified earlier, came up to him.
Looking at Zhang Qing who was coming up to him, Chen Nuo was a little surprised. Zhang Qing's eyes were red and bloodshot, with dark circles like giant pandas.
"Director Zhang, how long has it been since you took a break?"
"The electromechanical superconducting magnet has entered a bottleneck period. Dozens of experiments have yielded no results. I..."
While talking like this, the two entered the materials laboratory.
"Professor Chen!"
"Professor Chen, you are here!"
The researchers who passed by were very happy to see Chen Nuo's arrival, but no matter how happy they were, they couldn't hide the tiredness on their faces.
Along the way, Chen Nuo saw that every scientific researcher was in the same state as Zhang Qing, and his face darkened immediately.
"Fuck!"
After cursing in a low voice: "Director Zhang, let everyone stop their work now, go back to rest immediately, and come back in three days."
"Professor Chen, the controllable core..."
"It's not bad, go back and rest immediately!"