The central control cabin, which is not too big or too small, can accommodate nearly twenty people. It is slightly crowded. Even so, everyone still does not feel that it is small.
As a spacecraft, this is only one of six main cabins, which is already very large.
Where the control cabin comes into view is a platform.
The platform has an obvious mechanical structure, as if there is something hidden inside, and there are various indicator lights, about one and a half meters in diameter, waist high, and embedded in the ground. Next to it is a console. Judging from the partitions and text marks of the buttons, this is the button that controls which cabin.
Everyone else found a relatively convenient location and watched Chen Mo walk over curiously.
"This is the energy source for the aircraft."
Chen Mo pressed a button and entered his fingerprint and password information.
In an instant, the bright silver metal cover on the top of the platform spread out like a turbofan, and a transparent glass cylinder as thick as a calf slowly rose.
The two ends of the glass column are fixed by a complex mechanical structure, like the poles of a battery, which is filled with a transparent blue liquid. In the middle of the liquid, everyone can see a lavender polyhedral crystal the size of a goose egg. The crystal is covered by a thumb-thick The conduit is fixed, and together with the two ends, it looks like a battery.
There are eight of these 'batteries' arranged in a circle on the platform.
"This is the energy battery." Chen Mo said.
There is no need to hide some things. When aerospace planes and ion engines appear, it is time to announce them.
When the aerospace plane was being developed, he thought about the time when these technologies would be revealed to others.
"impossible."
Several experts lost their voices almost simultaneously.
Can so many goose egg-sized crystals provide power for such a huge aircraft
impossible.
The existence of such a thing is beyond the scope of their current knowledge.
If Chen Mo said that a small nuclear fusion reactor provided energy, their reaction might not be that big. Because Chen Mo has successfully researched controlled nuclear fusion, it is technically feasible to miniaturize the controlled nuclear fusion reactor.
Now Chen Mo told them that this crystal, which was not as big as a fist, provided the energy for the ion engine.
It sounds too exaggerated and incredible.
"Academician Chen, is this a joke?" Yang Wei obviously didn't believe it.
It's not that he doubted Chen Mo, but it was all too unbelievable and completely subverted their cognition.
This kind of thing currently only exists in movies, not even in theory.
"It's indeed a bit magical." Chen Mo didn't care about the questioning looks of everyone: "But this is a fact. These 'batteries' are the energy source of the aircraft."
"Crazy, crazy."
After hearing Chen Mo's confident words, several experts found it difficult to accept.
Here today, they have refreshed their world view. Whether it is ion engines or various other technologies, they are things that should not appear now.
He was wondering if Chen Mo was crazy and talking nonsense, or if he was dreaming.
What would the world look like if this energy really existed? Human development will be accelerated by decades.
"This is a new element crystal that has undergone high-energy transformation. It has specificity. Under the catalysis of strong light, it can radiate high-energy beta particles. The radiated particles increase with the increase of light intensity, so it can be used to control Generate electricity.”
new element
With this explanation, everyone on the field was silent.
New elements represent gaps in knowledge about which current knowledge is unknown.
No one thinks that their current periodic table contains all the elements in the universe. The universe is so big and there are so many unknown substances. They may not even know one percent of them. It is not uncommon to have a special element.
The people on the field were all scientific researchers, and they accepted new things quickly. Chen Mo's explanation made everyone less excited, but they were still full of doubts and disbelief.
"Can this substance replace controlled fusion as an energy source?"
"cannot."
Chen Mo shook his head.
"According to the current laws of physical understanding, energy is conserved. This kind of crystal has been transformed, and the internal atoms are in a critical state of excitation. It can radiate high-energy particles under strong light stimulation because it absorbs a large amount of energy during the transformation. The bright light only acts as a catalyst.
We can think of this new element as an energy storage substance that simply releases the absorbed energy. After the energy is released, it loses its function and becomes a waste battery.
There is also a limitation. The volume of the elemental crystals of this element cannot be too large, and there is also a limit to the energy they can absorb. Once the energy is overloaded, they will be useless. "
Chen Mo briefly introduced the characteristics of this new element to everyone. In order to study these elements, the company's electricity bill was hundreds of millions every month, but Zhao Min saw the data and called him a pervert.
For these crystals, it would be better if he went to Science Island and used the controlled nuclear fusion star ring to generate electricity, so the cost would not be so scary.
The experts on the field looked at each other, including the materials expert. The materials expert has come into contact with many magical materials, but this element is beyond the scope of his knowledge.
Although everyone had doubts, they still suspected that Chen Mo was lying, but because of Chen Mo's authority, they could only suppress their doubts for the time being. Because there are too many things in the technology that Chen Mo studies that are beyond the scope and they don't understand it, it doesn't mean that Chen Mo doesn't understand it either.
New elements are unknown to any of them.
Seeing everyone's silence, Chen Mo turned around and closed the energy battery platform, restoring it to its original appearance.
Without his codes and instructions, no one would be able to access the batteries unless the plane was dismantled.
"How do you use beta particles to convert them into electricity?"
"This reactor has a thermoelectric conversion system made of new materials. The new materials can absorb beta particles and thermal energy and convert it into electrical energy."
Chen Mo patted the control platform.
"Theoretically, it can absorb high-energy electrons radiated by all radioactive elements. However, the radiation of radioactive elements is uncontrollable and fixed. The difference is that the high-energy electrons radiated by the elemental crystal of this new element can be controlled through laser catalysis. "
hiss…
It is another kind of content that is not in their knowledge reserve.
This question is beyond the scope again.
Especially the material expert, who was looking at Chen Mo more eagerly than the Miss World champion. If possible, he wouldn't mind having a good chat with Chen Mo, even if he was a student.
After taking a tour inside the aerospace plane, a group of people came out of it, still in a trance, and the shock had not faded away.
Chen Mo answered everything they knew. After going around, he received too much new information and new technologies, and they were all brand-new knowledge points.
Not to mention the value of this aircraft, the new element of the battery is already priceless. There are also reactors that use high-energy electrons to generate electricity, ion engines, and many unknown technologies and new materials.
The experts on the field all feel like they have lived half their lives in vain.
Any kind of technology is beyond their imagination.
This is not an airplane, it is a technological treasure trove.
The value of all the technologies they research is not as valuable as the one technology contained in this aircraft.
Now there is only one last doubt left.
Can this plane fly
If it can fly, it proves that all the technologies Chen Mo mentioned are true and feasible.
If any one of the technologies in it is released to the public, it can cause a magnitude 10 earthquake in the science and technology circle. If all the technologies of this aircraft are exposed, wouldn't Mars hit the earth
After everyone left the aerospace plane, they all looked at Chen Mo.
They were eager to watch the plane test fly, but they were a team sent to observe and were considered guests. It was Chen Mo who had the final say on what to do next, not that they could see whatever they wanted.
"Next, prepare for the test flight." Chen Mo said to the Mo girl beside him.
Today's mission was originally a test flight. This expert team just came to visit. The weather outside is good now, which is a good time for a test flight.
(End of chapter)