Chapter 666: The Way to Destroy Asteroids
Time goes back to when Lu Qiujian proposed a plan to Qin Feng for the first time! Qin Feng took the tablet that Lu Qiujian handed him, and in the opened folder were several Hollywood science fiction blockbusters, directed by Michael Bay.
"Meteor" starring Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck
"Collision", also released in 1998, starring Robert Duvall and Morgan Freeman, and "Collision" adapted from the classic novel "Star Troopers" by the famous American science fiction writer Robert Heinlein.
The successful "Starship Fleet" and more!
"Meteorite Impact" tells the story of NASA's discovery that a meteorite with a diameter the size of Texas is flying towards the earth and will hit the earth in 18 days. In order to deal with this huge disaster, the Americans came up with a way. They found it from all over the world.
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Workers, transport them to the meteorite, let them drill a hole in the meteorite to put the nuclear bomb in, and then destroy the meteorite! After staged scenes of thrilling stories, Bruce Willis stayed on the meteorite to manually detonate the nuclear bomb,
He sacrificed himself to save mankind.
The plot of "Collision" is similar to the previous one. An asteroid is about to hit the earth, and then humans send out a spaceship to destroy the asteroid with a nuclear bomb. In the end, the entire spacecraft team is sacrificed to preserve the safety of mankind.
At the beginning of "Star Fleet", humans were attacked by Zerg meteorites. Many large cities around the world were razed to the ground by the impact of meteorites! Then humans began to fight back and tortured the Zerg into dregs.
There are several other films like this. One common feature of these films is that meteorites have become the biggest threat to human safety. Indeed, this possibility really exists in reality! For example, the Tunguska explosion more than a hundred years ago, such as
The extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago!
But in response to the solutions proposed in these Hollywood movies, whether it is drilling a well to plant a nuclear bomb, or a spacecraft hitting a meteorite, Lu Qiujian only has four words to describe it: "Fucking retarded!"
As we all know, a nuclear bomb is a powerful weapon. If the structure of the meteorite is relatively loose, the meteorite will definitely be blown into pieces under the power of the nuclear bomb. In this way, you cannot guarantee how many remaining fragments will still fall on the earth.
!Humanity will also suffer huge disasters! "Heaven
This was the case in "The Great Impact". The first nuclear bomb blew up the meteorite in half, and the smaller half still crashed on the earth, destroying several cities! And according to Bruce Willis's method, in
Detonating a nuclear bomb from the meteorite core will only cause more fragments! The consequences will be more serious.
So is there a better way to solve this problem? Of course there is, scientists have already given many answers, and nuclear bombs are just one of them.
A more scientific method is to detonate a nuclear bomb near an asteroid. The strong radiation produced by the nuclear explosion can evaporate part of the surface of the asteroid, causing it to spray surface materials into space. This injection is like installing countless miniature rockets for the asteroid.
And then achieve the purpose of changing its orbit. The universe is so vast, the impact of an asteroid on the earth is almost equivalent to a bullet hundreds of meters away trying to hit a small house. As long as the angle is slightly changed, the bullet will deviate from the intended target.
The track passes by the house, and so do the meteorites!
NASA has also proposed a kinetic interceptor method, which is like firing a spinning bowling ball with a pellet gun, using the impact to push the asteroid away from the orbit of the Earth. According to NASA's calculations, if this method is launched 20 years before the predicted impact,
A kind of "bowling ball", an impact at a speed of 1.6 kilometers per hour is enough to deviate the asteroid from its original orbit by 273,500 kilometers, which is enough to deviate from the orbit of the earth.
Another method is to send a spacecraft to install a giant solar sail on the asteroid, using the powerful solar wind to deflect the asteroid from its original orbit and prevent it from hitting the earth. In some of the ideas proposed by scientists, solar sails can even
Make adjustments to allow remote control to a certain extent, and achieve the purpose of accurately controlling the movement trajectory of the asteroid to a certain extent! However, the asteroid is always in a state of tumbling and rotating. Even if we can send an unmanned spacecraft to land on the asteroid, we still cannot
It is difficult to set up a solar sail that can change its orbit.
NASA, which is very imaginative, has also proposed an even more exaggerated plan, using a carbon fiber net weighing about 249 kilograms to change the orbit of incoming asteroids like Destruction. The material used in this sky net can
The function of the solar sail is to increase the solar radiation absorbed and emitted by the asteroid. This method can keep the asteroid away from the earth's orbit when it comes to the earth again in 2036.
Similarly, this disaster can also be avoided by using the method Archimedes used to deal with the enemy fleet. We use a huge mirror to focus sunlight, heat a small area of the asteroid's surface, and cause it to eject steam outward. This material
The jet will generate thrust and change the orbit of the asteroid.
We can also drill a hole in the asteroid like Bruce Willis, but without a nuclear bomb, we can place a rocket at that location, then ignite the rocket, and use the thrust of the rocket to change the orbit of the asteroid on a cosmic scale.
, even changing the direction of the asteroid by just one degree is enough to keep the earth safe! There is no need for Bruce Willis to sacrifice his own statement.
We can also send the aircraft to lightly nudge the asteroid at a certain key angle, just like the chip in snooker, subtly changing its flight trajectory; there are too many methods like this! In addition to using nuclear bombs
It is more violent and has no benefits other than accelerating the secretion of adrenaline. Of course, Hollywood blockbusters want this kind of effect! If you make a film about a solar sail changing the orbit of an asteroid, this kind of visual effect will definitely make the investment company lose money.
Drop your pants.
Lu Qiujian was thinking about various ways to destroy asteroids while paying attention to Qin Feng's expression! Qin Feng's brows furrowed more and more as he watched. After fast forwarding to the last movie, he asked, "Professor Lu
!Do you want to use this method to sink the US aircraft carrier?"
"Yes! There are many ways to control the trajectory of meteorites! As long as we can be precise enough! We can completely control an asteroid to crash at the location we want according to our requirements!" Lu Qiujian explained the methods.
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"Oh? What method do you plan to use? Nuclear bombs or solar sails? But it seems a bit loud, right? We will be hostile to the world!" Qin Feng disagreed.
Chapter completed!