Chapter 430
Chapter 430: Chapter 62 Heading to the Skies (Extra for Alliance Leader Hanyun!!) Chapter 430: Chapter 62 Heading to the Skies (Extra for Alliance Leader Hanyun!!) Lin Xian nodded.
This conclusion wasn’t hard to deduce; he had also thought of this point just a moment ago.
Only in this way could one explain why the space-time particles, unaffected by external forces and not interacting with any material energy, persistently adjusted their direction to relentlessly pursue Earth.
[Either there is something on Earth that is attracting them, or they are attracting each other, just like universal gravitation, an attraction force unique to these two entities!]
“Is it possible that there is another space-time particle on Earth?
Are they attracting each other?”
Lin Xian asked.
Liu Feng shook his head:
“That should be impossible.
If there were, I ought to be able to detect it.
But nothing is absolute.
Currently, we haven’t seen anything and haven’t found anything, so we can’t irresponsibly jump to conclusions, can we?”
Lin Xian sighed,
and stood up.
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He walked over to the globe model:
“Let’s sort out the clues.
So, in about two months, the space-time particle will arrive at Earth.
We can only conduct further research on it, including calibrating the Space-Time Clock and investigating space-time curvature and the cosmological constant, after capturing it…”
“Can you specify the time?
And the location where the space-time particle will reach Earth: will it be the 380,000-kilometer Earth-Moon orbit, the thousands of kilometers high where the satellite space stations are, or the Kármán line, 100 kilometers above Earth’s surface?
Or could this thing ultimately land on the surface, where we could simply scoop it up with a long pole and a fishing net?”
Liu Feng shook his head and held up a finger:
“First, the specific time of its arrival on Earth, the location, the altitude—all of that is currently uncertain.
I can only assert that the space-time particle is definitely headed towards the Earth.
From what I analyze of its trajectory, I think its likelihood of landing on Earth’s surface is not high; it should skim through the atmosphere…
Of course, I’m referring to if it doesn’t change its direction significantly again.
I can’t say for sure.”
“However, being uncertain now doesn’t mean we will be uncertain in the future.
About a week before, or 10 days before, the space-time particle reaches Earth, I should be able to accurately determine the height and location where it will pass by Earth.
Therefore, I suggest that when considering the capture plan for now, we should target the near-Earth space region between 10 kilometers and 500 kilometers.”
Then, Liu Feng raised a second finger:
“Second, as this space-time particle has no mass, no substance, conventional means would surely fail to capture it.
It could only be bound by a special kind of [field], and that’s not difficult for me.
Since I can find it, I’m confident I can capture it!”
“Give me a month, and I will definitely be able to manufacture the Space-Time Particle Captor.
Once the space-time particle is caught in the captor, it will immediately be bound, unable to move, becoming one with the device…
Wherever the captor goes, it can take the space-time particle with it.”
“By then, we’ll be able to study the space-time particle up close and use it for research.
For example, we can calibrate the Space-Time Clock using this particle from another dimension as a reference coordinate point; further investigation into space-time curvature and the cosmological constant will follow naturally.”
“Therefore!
The most core, most urgent matter to consider right now is—”
“How to approach and capture this precious space-time particle with the Space-Time Particle Captor, whether in the atmosphere or near-Earth space.”
…
Lin Xian and Liu Feng exchanged glances.
The answer
was self-evident.
[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.]
Huang Que, that woman, truly never missed a shot; she had known everything all along!
She was aware of the existence of the space-time particle, knew that it would pass through Earth’s atmosphere, and understood that only rockets and spacecraft could capture it!
Currently, the maximum flight altitude of civil airplanes is 15,000 meters.
The highest flying altitude for manned fighter jets is roughly around 25,000 meters.
Unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, as well as planes designed specifically for altitude, hold the world record for the highest flying altitude, which is just over 30,000 meters.
A bit more than 30,000 meters…
That’s merely the altitude of the stratosphere, still far from the Kármán line, 100 kilometers above, let alone the even higher outer space.
Therefore.
Just as Huang Que left the note in the lab for the two of them,
only rockets, spacecraft, satellites, and even…
China’s newly successful Skyspace Aircraft could carry out this “Space-Time Particle Capture Mission.”
“Lin Xian.”
Liu Feng patted the table, anxious:
“I’ll go to Gansu, to Jiuquan!”
Roar roar roar————
The jet plane’s wings blasted out scorching streams of gas, propelling the heavy airliner to take off, climbing towards the clouds.
Gansu.
Located in the northwest of China, it is often associated with the Loess Plateau in many people’s minds.
Because it sits at the intersection of the East Asian monsoon region, the northwestern arid and semi-arid region, and the Qinghai-Tibetan cold zone, it is characterized by an extremely complex climate and is known as the region with the most complex climate in the country.
And Jiuquan is situated in the northwest of Gansu; the famous Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center lies to the northeast of Jiuquan City.
The terrain here is flat, mostly dry and rain-free, sparsely populated – an excellent area to set up a space launch site.
As the plane swooped down to land, Lin Xian saw through the window a landscape utterly different from that of the southern lands—
Yellow.