Chapter 11 voyage

AD 2482. People who lived in 1982 couldn't imagine what it was like in 2482, just like people who lived in 1482 couldn't imagine what it is like now. Imagination is limited by the living conditions at that time, and only those with particularly rich imagination can break through.As an example, take transportation.Five hundred years ago, humans used horses as a means of transportation. Therefore, people five hundred years ago, when they thought of the development of means of transportation, imagined that there was a thousand-mile horse that could travel thousands of miles a day and eight hundred miles at night, or that the horse had wings and became a horse. Pegasus that can fly in the sky.I can't think of a fast transportation tool anymore, and I don't need a horse at all, it uses another kind of power.

It is also difficult for people today to imagine the transportation method five hundred years from now without modern transportation tools.Einstein's famous theory says: If any substance reaches the speed of light, its mass will become infinite, that is to say, the speed of any substance cannot exceed the limit of the speed of light. According to this theory, how can humans still explore outer space?A constellation 230,000 light-years away from the earth is the closest in the vast universe, but it takes at least 230,000 years to fly. No one can have such a long lifespan. Think about it, The human beings on the earth have only been recorded as civilization for more than 5,000 years!The time difference is too far away.

Therefore, the transportation method in the future must be completely different from the current transportation method. Maybe there is no transportation at all, and another method is used to solve the distance and achieve the purpose of transportation.As for what kind of method it is, modern people can't think of it, just as ancient people thought about it, at most they thought that horses would fly in the air. What has become of the earth in 2482 A.D.? He sat in front of a series of dashboards. Remote spaceships do not need to be controlled at all, and all operations are handled by computers. He stared at the instruments on the console, not trying to control them, just watching, the instruments There is a number on the board that shows that on earth, it is now AD 2482.

The year 2482 on the earth does not mean that the spaceship he was in was also the year 2482.Time is just a concept, in fact it does not exist, who has seen time?Have you ever touched time? No one has it. The concept of time is created by human beings, but they have been subject to it all the time. This is the best example and a typical example of human beings being self-confident in their thinking methods. In terms of feeling, although he feels that he has been flying for a long time, it will never be a hundred years. He took off in 1982. No matter how long it is, it is impossible to have five hundred years. The human life span is simply impossible. Five hundred years, if five hundred years have passed, he should have died long ago, but he clearly knows that his physical condition is no different from when he took off.

However, the numbers on the dashboard indicated that it was 2482 A.D. on the earth. Of course, he knew that he was in a spaceship flying at a high speed, whose speed was slower than the speed of light. During the operation, his time and the time on the earth have become different. His year, on the earth, is already a thousand years, and the number showing the year on the earth is beating quite fast. He sleeps Suddenly, the numbers can jump to the past three to five years. In this spaceship, he can live at least another 30,000 years the age of the earth! He took part in the long and aimless flight voluntarily.When this spaceship is completed, in theory, as soon as it leaves the range of the earth's atmosphere, it can approach the speed of light and fly in space almost endlessly. The most serious problem arises. The question is: who will What about driving this spaceship that can travel far beyond human imagination?

No matter who is driving, this person is equivalent to leaving the earth forever. Perhaps, he has a one-in-a-million chance of returning to the earth, but that is also equal to no, because when he returns, several years may have passed on the earth. Ten thousand years, what's the use of him coming back? Everyone understands the situation: in that spaceship, you can live thirty thousand years the age of Earth, but you can never get out of the spaceship, ever! Relevant parties have considered using robots to drive, but if the spacecraft encounters alien creatures in the vast space, will the aliens think that the earth people are robots at all?Of course, this situation is far from ideal, so there must be a person in this spaceship who has been flying outwards.

He volunteered to be the pilot of the spaceship, fully aware of the situation he would find himself in. He was the only applicant and the application was naturally considered immediately.Relevant agencies repeatedly explained to him that after the beginning of the voyage, he would never turn back until he felt bored. He had resolutely stated more than once: I know, I know it all! A team of psychiatrists was in charge of examining his mental state, and the chairman of the team told him again: Once you start, you can't end halfway, you are in a spaceship, you are alone, you can't get in touch with anyone, everything You have to solve it by yourself. Due to the extremely high speed, you can’t leave the cabin to take a space walk. Your food is only a synthetic nutrient. Of course, it can be changed through synthesis to produce various flavors. .You can also make your own wine, which may become a necessity in your future life. Sorry, or you are very strong-willed, but no matter how strong a person is, they cannot endure such loneliness for a long time.Everything you need to live is absolutely no problem, your life, in a spaceship, can outlast any earthling, you

The chairman of the group wanted to continue talking, but he was extremely impatient, so he asked: How many times do you want me to say it?I got it, got it, got it, got it Since his attitude was so firm, his application was finally approved. When the news was announced, he became the most eye-catching person on earth. He was called the one who completely sacrificed himself for the future of the earth. Everyone looked at him with reverence, and journalists all over the world Ask him the same question: What made you decide to become a pilot of a remote spaceship? He didn't answer this question, even if he answered, it was sideways: I think someone has to do it, and so on.

The journalists questioned him to no avail, and it seemed that he had nothing special about him other than his resolute expression. Since his other conditions met, and it was obvious, indeed, that he did it voluntarily, so this No one is going to delve into the problem any further. So, on the appointed day, he entered the spaceship, and hundreds of millions of people on the earth watched him board the ship. He felt extremely relaxed, and felt a strange joy in his whole body: he thought that he was finally free! How could being trapped in a spaceship on an endless flight remind him of freedom?If the psychologists had known that he had such thoughts, they would not have hesitated to conclude that he was a mentally abnormal person and would not let him board the spaceship.

But psychologists don't know, although psychologists have made many tests, but he concealed it very well.Now, there is no need to hide it anymore, which is the main reason why he feels relaxed, natural, and happy.He doesn't need to hide anymore, he doesn't need to hide his thoughts through words and actions, he doesn't need to be on guard, he doesn't need to be careful, he doesn't need to be nervous, he doesn't need to be afraid of hurting anything, because here, there is nothing but himself. Only here can he truly keep himself completely free from any outside influence!

So, when the deep blue, endless space appeared in front of his eyes, he lay comfortably on the chair, closed his eyes, he didn't have to think or do anything, he just had to wait for time to slowly In the past, waiting for the quiet end of life. Five hundred years of earth time have passed in a short time, five hundred years, the grievances and resentments between all the people on earth when he left, have long since vanished!When these grievances and grievances exist, how tragic and painful is the struggle? When he thought of this, he couldn't help laughing, he was the only one who got real relief, completely detached from the human life on earth without himself, and lived a brand new life! Of course he will not feel lonely, because his purpose is to be alone, really alone, no one can find him, he doesn't have to listen to anyone, and he doesn't have to talk to anyone! Looking at the dashboard, he laughed again: when journalists from all over the world asked him why he had made this decision, he didn't answer.He wondered, his answer was actually very simple, why no one thought of it? His answer couldn't be simpler! Why would he volunteer for an endless voyage? Because he's tired of endless hypocrisy! Today, what more can be said?There is only one person in total, and there will always be only one person. What could be better than this environment? Satisfied, he leaned back, put his feet on the dashboard, closed his eyes again, and could sleep for another three to five earth years.