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Chapter 206 The first hibernation

After 81 hours after leaving Earth, the Futuristic spacecraft passed through Saturn's orbit, with a speed of 8760 km/s.

After 149 hours after leaving the earth, it passed through the orbit of Neptune with a speed of 16,092 km/s.

After 228 hours after leaving the earth, I happened to pass by Erik, with a speed of 24,624 km/s.

The planet Eris, named after the Greek mythology Eris (pi), is the second largest dwarf planet known to belong to the Kuiper Belt and Neptune's outer celestial bodies.

Erik is about 68 astronomical units away from the sun (10.1 billion kilometers) in diameter, slightly smaller than Pluto. Its orbit is extremely inclined and its orbit is 557 years. It is classified as a discrete celestial body of the ecliptic (stars that deviate from the plane of the Earth's orbit).

"It's incredible. We have already flew to the Elysium in less than 10 days."

Lynn looked at the Ape in the distance through the porthole with shocking face.

He comes from the Atlantic Base of the Interstellar Exploration Alliance. Although he has participated in the construction of the main part of the Future spacecraft, there has been few opportunities to contact the Creator's science and technology. Therefore, along the way, he was particularly moved by the amazing technology displayed by Future.

You should know that it will take at least nearly ten years to fly to Eris according to the Earth's technological level.

"Future, this is a greeting from the Earth Command Center. Is the flight going smoothly?"

The call system of the Future Control Center begins to broadcast messages sent by the Earth Command Center.

"The Future Flight is in good condition and everything is running normally. We just passed by Erik. This is a very desolate dark planet. We have collected a lot of image information. In about 9.5 hours, you will see what she looks like."

According to the current location of the Future spacecraft, it is nearly 10.1 billion kilometers away from the earth, and the back and forth communication will generate a 19-hour delay.

Moreover, this delay time will continue to grow as the speed of the future increases and the distance increases.

Soon, the Future spacecraft passed the Sedna again, which was about 88 astronomical units (13.2 billion kilometers) away from the sun. When it was discovered, it was the natural celestial body farthest from the sun in the solar system.

This means that the Future has arrived at the edge of the solar system, and Harashi Chen and others will soon become the first humans to leave the solar system.

After two months of continuous acceleration, the Future finally reached the theoretical maximum flight speed - 49.5~50.2% speed of light.

Although this is much worse than the flight speed of Earth's Eyes, the speed of Future is obviously more significant.

Because this is the first time in human space history that a manned spacecraft has a speed that is barely comparable to the speed of light.

"Prepare to shut down the main power system, the Future spacecraft is about to enter a smooth flight stage." The intelligent navigation flight system began to broadcast flight instructions.

The three of Hakuchen, Smith and Lynn have sat steadily in the safety seats, because with the shutdown of the main power system, the Future spacecraft will begin to adjust the flight attitude and the working parameters of the artificial gravity system.

"The main power system has been closed and the flight attitude has been adjusted successfully"

After some trouble, the Future finally restored its horizontal navigation direction and the artificial gravity system also returned to normal numerical indicators.

"This is the Future, I am Yuan Shichen. The current actual speed of the spacecraft is 50.1% of the speed of light. The Future spacecraft has entered a stable flight stage. We will prepare to enter the hibernation capsule for dormant. In the next year, the intelligent system will continue to send comprehensive data to the Earth Command Center."

When the spacecraft began to fly smoothly, Yuan Shichen turned on the safety device and gave a brief work report to the Earth Command Center.

After the three men of Yuan Shichen and the other two were dormant, the intelligent flight system of the Future spacecraft will not only continue to control the route, but will also package the comprehensive operation data of the spacecraft, including the physical health data of Yuan Shichen and the three men in the hibernation cabin, and continue to send it to the Earth Command Center.

However, all this work does not require Yuan Shichen and the others to worry about.

After completing the last work report before hibernation, Yuan Shichen turned around and said to the other two partners: "Guys, prepare to start a long sleep!"

"To be honest, I'm a little nervous. This is the first time I'm using a dormant device." Smith said as he stood up.

"I heard that long-term hibernation feels very uncomfortable, but I have never tried it," Lynn echoed.

"I have learned about these problems from Dr. Mingqi, but if I don't try it myself, no one knows what it feels like." Yuan Shichen added.

"Okay, I have to wait until we all wake up a year later and continue playing the game of [Fighting the Rich Man]." Smith said with regret.

"I hope you will have such a good mood at that time." Yuan Shichen said with a chuckling.

In order to eliminate the loneliness during the long journey, and to adjust the boring aerospace life, simple entertainment facilities were also prepared for astronauts on the Future.

As the saying goes, if you often play cards, your mind will not become stupid. Among the many entertainment facilities, you will naturally have a place for chess and card games.

During the two months of the spacecraft being accelerated, Harashi Hashi once introduced Smith and Lynn a card game that is very suitable for three people to play together during the break.

It is exactly what Smith said about [Fighting the Rich Man]. In fact, this is a card game that is extremely popular in China. It has a very down-to-earth name called Doudizhu.

"According to the plan, we must go to dormant state as soon as possible."

In the second half of the space of the Futuristic spacecraft, there is a knee-high platform, and the three hibernation compartments are arranged on them in a "human" shape.

Yuan Shichen, Smith and Lynn took off their coats and put on tight vests.

Opening the hibernation hatch, Yuan Shichen tried to lie in, a cold feeling penetrated his bone marrow.

"God, I remembered the experience of performing missions on the Himalayas." Smith said while rubbing his dark thighs, "We have been in the ice and snow for a whole week!"

"The quality of sleep like this must be very bad. If you don't cover yourself with a quilt in the middle of winter, you will catch a cold," said Lynn.

Yuan Shichen didn't say much and began to set the operating parameters of the hibernation cabin.

Dormant duration: 335 Earth days;

Accidental awakening conditions: unstable healthy signs, unstable spacecraft operation,

After setting up, the hibernation hatch begins to slowly cover, the nutrient solution begins to be filled, and the anesthesia sleep aid gas begins to be released

Yuan Shichen couldn't remember what happened afterwards, and the three of them quickly entered a deep dormant state.

In the subsequent time, in order to save energy, the intelligent operating system of the Future spacecraft began to turn off all non-essential lighting, insulation, and air circulation equipment.
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