When viewed from a close distance, Saturn looks like a ball made of many rings.
The khaki planet's surface is matched with the circular ring of Zhou State, which looks indescribably beautiful.
Because the Pioneer's speed was too fast, Jiang Cheng could not watch Saturn for a long time. Soon the Pioneer skipped Saturn and continued to fly towards Neptune.
Jiang Cheng had nothing to regret for not being able to observe Saturn properly.
Anyway, you can come over anytime you have time in the future, but this trial voyage is more important.
After seeing the scenery of Saturn, Jiang Cheng sat back in his seat with satisfaction.
Showing the scenery of different planets in the solar system is also the main purpose of Jiang Cheng following Ruo here.
Since there was nothing to see now, Jiang Cheng sat back obediently.
Next is the journey from Saturn to Uranus, but this time Jiang Cheng can't see Uranus.
Because Uranus is on the other side of the orbit, running behind the sun, and is not on the same side of the orbit as Neptune.
The Pioneer will not take detours at such a long distance, so we have to wait until next time.
After seeing the scenery outside the spaceship, Jiang Cheng quietly waited for the spacecraft to arrive at its destination.
After several hours of flight, the Pioneer finally arrived at the end of the trial. The image of Neptune, the most distant planet in the solar system, slowly appeared in Jiang Cheng's eyes, forcing him to get up and walk to the ship again. In the front section of the bridge, I carefully observed this mysterious planet.
The planet has a light blue appearance, and especially when viewed from a slightly farther distance, Neptune looks like it is filled with sea water.
Maybe this is the origin of Neptune's name. It looks like a planet full of sea water.
Neptune, the farthest planet from the earth, has now lifted the veil on its face, revealing its mysterious appearance.
The entire planet Neptune is a shining light blue and looks extremely beautiful.
This blue color is not because Neptune is filled with sea water, it has nothing to do with water points.
Neptune appears this color because its atmosphere is filled with methane.
Methane gives Neptune a light blue color, which is why the planet appears to be filled with seawater. It has nothing to do with real seawater.
The reason why Neptune was originally named was because the planet looked like it was covered by sea water, so it was named after the sea god in Roman mythology.
In fact, there is not even liquid water on Neptune, let alone seawater covering 680" of the entire planet's surface.
Therefore, the name of Neptune does not fit his status. This is not the leader of Poseidon. It is just a beautiful fantasy of mankind.
Jiang Cheng is more interested in Neptune than Zha. At least he likes the appearance of this planet.
Seeing the light blue planet in front of him getting bigger, Jiang Cheng's desire for knowledge became even more intense.
This time Jiang Cheng came to Neptune on the Pioneer, not just for a mock trial of the spacecraft.
Detecting Neptune is also an important purpose, and it is also the reason why Jiang Cheng decided on the destination of this trial voyage.
No probe has ever landed on Neptune, and it is a completely unknown land for humans.
Except for the brief passing accident of Voyager 2, mankind knows nothing about Neptune.
Humans don’t know anything about what is on this planet or what the specific conditions on the surface are.
It is precisely because of the mystery of Neptune to human beings that Jiang Cheng wants to explore it.
Jiang Cheng brought a special detector on board the Pioneer this time, just to land on Neptune and investigate.
While Jiang Cheng was still admiring the beautiful scenery of Neptune, a crew member walked up to him.
"Captain, now that the spacecraft has reached the orbit of Neptune, will it start to slow down
Now everyone is accustomed to reporting the situation to Jiang Cheng, completely treating him as their captain.
The real captain is now ignored by everyone, and all they can do is watch Ruo Jiangcheng command over there.
After the spacecraft arrives at Neptune, it must decelerate for a period of time before it can approach Neptune's orbit.
If the Pioneer continues to maintain its current speed, it will hit its head on Neptune.
If it hits Neptune at such a fast speed, not even a single person on the entire spacecraft may survive.
No one wants to see this situation, so we must slow down immediately.
Slowing down from half the speed of light to a standstill is not something that can be achieved by just destroying it. The spacecraft needs to slowly drop from a speed of 150,000 kilometers per second to a standstill bit by bit.
The entire deceleration process also takes a while, so this crew member came to ask Jiang Cheng's opinion.
Start slowing down immediately and slowly dock the spacecraft to the orbit of Neptune.
“Remember not to get too close to Neptune, lest the spacecraft be captured by Neptune’s gravity.
After hearing the crew's inquiry, Jiang Cheng turned his head and issued his own instructions. Following Jiang Cheng's order to slow down, the propellers on the Pioneer adjusted their direction and began to spray flames in the opposite direction, causing the opposite direction. thrust.
This thrust will continue to slow down the spacecraft until the Pioneer can dock smoothly in Neptune's orbit.
It took more than ten minutes to accelerate to the maximum speed of the spacecraft. Of course, it also took the same time to decelerate. This was determined by the power of the spacecraft. It was impossible to go faster.
After more than ten minutes of speed, the spacecraft slowly approached Neptune.
Now the entire Neptune has become very huge in Jiang Cheng's eyes.
Observing Neptune from its entire position is a completely different scene.
The planet that originally looked like sea water can now see the flow of layers.
Light blue clouds move high above the surface, the result of storms on Neptune
Don't forget that the storms on Neptune are the most violent in the solar system, with maximum speeds of more than 2,000 kilometers per hour.
The landscape caused by such a violent storm still looks magnificent.
Jiang Cheng saw rapidly moving storms one after another, constantly colliding on Neptune.
When the Pioneer finally stopped, half of the work of this trial was completed.
The next step is to explore Neptune, and then we can set off back to Earth.
At this time, Jiang Cheng sat back in the captain's exclusive seat and began to direct the crew to land the detector.
Start releasing the detector and pay attention to detect the status of the detector.
Don't let the detector go too fast. Neptune's atmosphere is full of methane, and too fast a speed will cause the detector to burn.
After Jiang Cheng finished talking about the precautions, Jiang Cheng's crew began to take action.
(End of chapter)