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Chapter 269: Enhanced, Superconducting Particle

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After ending the communication, Tang Rui instructed Red Lotus to present the model of the large spacecraft that Feng Yuanxing and his team had recently designed.

They had finished the design a few days prior.

At that time, he was preoccupied and didn’t pay much attention to it.

Now that he was free, he decided to examine the design model to evaluate its quality.

Swipe!

As the model of the spaceship appeared, Tang Rui was left speechless.

Impressive.

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But truth be told, the design of this spaceship is truly stunning.

Tang Rui reviewed the specifications designed by Feng Yuanxing’s team: the spaceship measured 120 meters in length, 36 meters in width, and 28 meters in height.

The specifications were satisfactory; they didn’t simply replicate the original spaceship’s parameters.

The exterior remained largely unchanged.

But the interior had undergone significant modifications; amenities like swimming pools, dance halls, entertainment areas, and sky gardens…

All of these were eliminated.

Tang Rui’s initial task for them was to design a civilian manned spacecraft for Earth-Moon travel.

Therefore, they transformed the interior into high-end business-class cabins, each a separate isolation chamber, equipped with its own emergency life support system.

In case of any incident on the spaceship, the passengers in these chambers could survive for 12 hours using the emergency life support system.

This design served as a safety precaution.

Besides the passenger cabins, there were other areas like meeting rooms, lounges, dining areas, observation sections, and storage spaces.

The entertainment facilities were minimal, at most providing access to Earth’s network.

Tang Rui found no significant issues with the interior design.

However, according to Feng Yuanxing’s design, the total weight of the spaceship was 625 tons, with a maximum loaded takeoff weight of 1200 tons. This design was indeed ambitious.

It was feasible to build, but the engine issue required further research and development.

Nuclear-powered rocket engines.

Tang Rui had no intention of continuing with those, as they were too complex and cumbersome to use.

“It’s time to upgrade and enhance the electric propulsion engine.”

In the era of interstellar exploration, not having an electric propulsion engine would be unthinkable.

By dinnertime, he had largely deciphered the principles behind the electric propulsion engine.

Fundamentally, the working mechanism of the system-enhanced electric propulsion engine still relied on the Hall effect, with no theoretical divergence. But practically, the technological difference between the two was substantial. The key factor was superconductivity.

The robust magnetic confinement and powerful ion thrust of the superconducting magnetic field were beyond the capabilities of the current electric magnetic fields.

Not to mention, this also involved quantum tunneling and quantum transition effects.

Of course, the main challenge lay in superconductivity.

Once the superconducting coils were resolved, and the confinement magnetic field’s strength reached 160T, any physics graduate student could construct this propulsion device.

In essence, as long as he could produce room-temperature superconducting materials, manufacturing an electric propulsion engine would pose no challenge.

“Master, the test results are in.”

“What’s the thrust like?”

“The maximum thrust is 10 tons, and the minimum is 1 newton.”

“That powerful? Display the test data.”

“Immediately, master.”

Tang Rui examined the data Red Lotus recorded during the test. Indeed, the electric propulsion engine started with a thrust of 1 newton and could steadily increase to a thrust of 10 tons. Even with increased energy supply…

Was this energy supply realistic?

It was only then that Tang Rui noticed the energy supply data, which he had previously overlooked.

too gigawatts?

This power level was no laughing matter.

It equated to 10 gigawatts per 1 ton of thrust.

If equipped with twenty such electric propulsion engines, even relocating a nuclear reactor onto the spaceship wouldn’t suffice for power generation. Not just any small nuclear reactor.

Even a large terrestrial nuclear reactor wouldn’t provide enough power.

“Red Lotus, analyze the superconducting alloy, then document the formula and process.”

Tang Rui inhaled deeply and instructed.

“As you wish, master.”

Developing superconducting materials was imperative.

Not just superconducting materials, but also controlled nuclear fusion.

Without a nuclear fusion reactor, using an electric propulsion engine was out of the question.

The two were interdependent; without sufficient energy, it was futile.

Fortunately, he already had materials resistant to neutron radiation, suitable for the inner walls of a nuclear fusion reactor.

With room-temperature superconducting materials for magnetic confinement, the remaining challenges would be more manageable.

Whether it was developing tokamaks or stellarators, both were feasible options.

He also had an ample supply of deuterium and tritium.

Reflecting on this, Tang Rui realized that he had already assembled all the necessary components for controlled nuclear fusion, ready to commence at any moment..

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