In 2342, the "Galaxy Global Observation Array" (composed of hundreds of millions of distributed micro-detectors) covering the entire solar system's ecliptic plane captured key data: the helium burning rate in the core of the massive star "Fire Core" 42 light-years away from the solar system soared abnormally, and spectral analysis confirmed that it would explode into a Type II supernova in 750,000 years. Simulations show that the gamma-ray burst produced by the explosion will penetrate the solar system's magnetosphere within 100,000 years, and the interstellar shock wave will strip away the Earth's atmosphere within the next 500,000 years, completely destroying the biosphere.
Humanity's only survival plan is the "Starship Project" - led by the "Interstellar Survival Alliance" (a supranational organization that integrates global technology and resources) to build the first Kaplan thruster. Its technical core fully follows Matthew Caplan's theoretical framework, consists of three indivisible subsystems, and requires breaking through a number of physical and engineering limits.
Of course, this book also has bugs.
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The author takes the future solar system as the background and tells the story of scientists' various efforts to solve the problem of human beings leaving the solar system and their struggles with various difficulties and hardships. Worth reading!
The author takes the future solar system as the background and tells the story of scientists' various efforts to solve the problem of human beings leaving the solar system and their struggles with various difficulties and hardships. Worth reading!