Chapter 54: A Happy Hustle

There was still a great deal of detail to discuss about the laser ignition system, and the two men were working on it with great interest.

"We plan to shoot a super-intense laser pulse into the tetrahydrogen nuke. This laser pulse will then pass through a prism built into the nuke and be broken up into a hundred or so slightly weaker lasers."

Each of these hundred or so lasers, each still possessing tremendous energy, would simultaneously hit a single hydrogen sphere, one millimeter in diameter in size, which would be heated to over 100 million degrees in a flash, explode instantly, and then ignite all the ordinary hydrogen bombs at the same time.

Then the explosion of the outer ring will detonate the innermost hydrogen layer!

"Just like that, the four hydrogen nukes exploded with a bang!" Ding Yidong said, already began to excitedly brainstorm that explosion scene, this idea is too wonderful and too exquisite. The key thing is that theoretically it is humanly possible!

The propagation speed of light is very fast, close to 300 million meters per second, according to such a laser ignition scheme, the time gap between the explosion of individual nuclear bombs is at most a few nanoseconds, but also really almost detonated at the same time.

"Such a super-intense laser pulse would need to be more than ten times more powerful than the American's! But we should be able to do it ..." Ding Yidong looked at Oliver hopefully.

Oliver frowned tightly ... well, he was calculating the exact cost aspect.

Get a more powerful laser system than the Americans, no problem, he was completely confident. Now that the industrial capacity on Noah is so strong and there are so many scientists, building a superb laser system is basically no longer a problem.

But ... with the nuclear bomb together, the cost of this is too big, right? With the current technology, there is no way to miniaturize it, the whole laser system is bound to be huge, as big as a few houses.

Does a four-hydrogen nuclear bomb should be paired with a house-sized ignition system? After all, after the nuclear bomb exploded, the laser system must have been blown to dust.

The U.S. national ignition device, costing $3.5 billion, just became a disposable consumable?

Such consumption is also too big ...Oliver heart calculating, he felt some meat pain, a nuclear bomb equipped with a laser system, even if the new human civilization is rich in money and resources, but also a little can not afford ah!

He sighed a long sigh, this is really a big problem, although now the Noah's industry is strong, there is no shortage of resources, but it is impossible to be so extravagant a nuclear bomb equipped with a laser system of several hundred tons.

Ding Yidong also thought of this problem, adding, "If it is cosmic space okay, we can launch the nuclear bomb first, and then through the laser pulse, ignite it from a distance."

Such a nuclear bomb explosion would have to leave a safe distance of at least several hundred kilometers or even several thousand kilometers. But Oliver understood in his heart that Ding Yidong was just saying that even long-range ignition would require extremely high shooting accuracy.

Thousands of kilometers apart shot outside the nuclear bomb tiny laser receiver, still very difficult, human can do or not is still a question.

"Not if it's on a planet with an atmosphere, the laser will quickly weaken in the air and will also refract and deflect ... really need a nuclear bomb equipped with a laser device to do it." Ding Yidong said with a bit of frustration, he was also stunned by the cost.

"Unless we have a qualitative change in laser technology and can make it more miniaturized ..."

Hearing this, Oliver shook his head and said, "Forget it, you guys build the laser system first ... and we'll talk about the rest later please." No matter what, this laser is definitely something to get.

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The next thing is simple, the Noah added another small thing, that is, the super laser device research, manufacturing.

This kind of thing for the people on the Noah, is really just a small thing, in the newspaper is also a sentence news, people have seen the strange. Building something that already exists on Earth, people simply do not have any interest in paying attention to ... only a large number of vacant research staff were placed in related positions.

In the days that followed, with the rapid development of intelligent industrialization, the entire Noah had a sense of day-to-day change.

Physical labor was almost wiped out, and most people were engaged only in mental labor.

Mining, smelting, industrial production are basically fully automated, even sweeping, cleaning, cooking, cooking and other daily life, there are special robots researched to provide jobs for humans.

One cannot help but sigh that the changes on the Noah are really getting bigger every day.

In this way, a large number of jobs are in research, design, and machine maintenance, requiring even more knowledge from people. The good thing is that people here are elite, and everyone has a strong self-learning ability and motivation.

Many people like to run to the library in their spare time to recharge and increase their knowledge ...

In the dining room somewhere on Noah, super engineer Quentin is wolfing down a chicken leg over rice. Among the side dishes on the side were cassoulet, scrambled eggs, and a few stalks of cabbage, finished with a bowl of clear soup.

The meal looked great, but it was actually only 5 SGD. All these dishes were made by robots according to an automatic program and were inexpensive and good value.

The living supplies on the entire Noah had a tendency to get cheaper and cheaper, which meant that the purchasing power of the new coins was starting to increase vaguely, and everyone was able to live a better life.

Quentin was eating while thinking about his laser system, there were several critical issues inside that had not been solved. Because of his special ability, he has always been responsible for building such ultra-high precision things.

"The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility." After the Mars virus incident and many big scientists stepped forward, this phrase has become a new fashion on the Noah.

If one has the ability but is not willing to give, the new human civilization will definitely be lost in the dark universe ... Therefore, more and more people are willing to show their talents and contribute to the progress of civilization.

The one sitting opposite Quentin is his girlfriend Judith. oh, no, I should say his wife, they were married five months ago.

Judith's belly is slightly bulging, about four or five months pregnant. She watched with a smile on her face as Quentin wolfed down his food, and the more she watched, the more she liked it, and a warm feeling flooded her heart.

It wasn't until a good half day later that Quentin looked up and burped with satisfaction, while thinking through some key issues that soothed him.

"Quentin, I am five months pregnant, according to government regulations, I was transferred out of my job, so I can rely on you to support me in the future ..." Judith looked at Quentin and suddenly wanted to pamper him a little.

But Quentin, who was obviously not in his mind, suddenly came out with a sentence: "Doesn't the new government have a special regulation that the living materials of pregnant women are basically free? Why do we have to keep them?"

Judith was almost angry half dead, she did not mean it, just a petty ... this man's brain circuit is really different, emotional intelligence is almost zero.

She really does not know how she saw him, can only say in a good mood: "Hey, I want to eat strawberries, that is not free, now expensive!"

"Okay, I'll go get them!" As soon as Quentin heard that his wife wanted something to eat, he immediately got up and ran out, with his characteristic pace frequency.

Judith was amused by his action, and the depression in her heart dissipated; this man, despite his low emotional intelligence, was still very good to himself.

"Ugh, you can't be like your father, too stupid ..." she said half-jokingly to the child in her stomach.

"You can't find a girl this way ..." Although she had no idea whether the one in her belly was a boy or a girl, the five-month-old seemed to understand a bit and suddenly moved a few times in her belly.

She suddenly stopped. She felt that she was a little wrong. Even if she didn't marry Quentin, surely there were girls who would want to marry him, after all, he was a super engineer! Her heart thumped and an indescribable flavor surrounded it.

Quentin this person although the emotional quotient is a bit low, but really is a good man, both career and family aspects ... Since she was pregnant, even if he was busy, he would take time to accompany her every day, so that the family and career of both.

He is responsible for the manufacture of the laser ignition system, Judith knows that this is very important engineering, to be able to find time for himself has also been good ...

This is the difference between a woman and a girl, she already knows how to think about her husband. the key to Quentin's attraction is a temperament, a maturity, with a sense of responsibility and burden.

"It's not like the old days, it's now a time of knowledge and wisdom." Judith shook her head and rubbed her stomach, "The rest is not important, only knowledge and wisdom are most important."

"You have to be as wise as your father ..."