The size of the universe as a whole is unknown, after all, the universe is expanding. According to the universe's equation of cosmic expansion, it currently has a diameter of about 93 billion light-years, so despite the continuous advancements and innovations of modern technology, science has not really found a way to shorten the time of interplanetary travel. The question of the origin of the solar system remains controversial. Astronomers believe that the solar system was originally formed by a planet orbiting the sun. However, scientists now know that there is a huge and mysterious passage between the Earth and the moon. To this day, the vastness of the universe remains fascinating, seemingly endless outer space, and even if it were only an important part of the universe, it would take generations of life to approach discovery and make further progress at the current speed that modern technology has provided us.
Interestingly, this will all change over time, and Elon Musk and his spacex team may have just cracked the lightspeed code, as scientists may have found a way to travel at the speed of light. This speed can range from Earth to Mars, from south to north and beyond – as long as there are enough photons! This is called "quantum teleportation (QED)"! It's a huge, shocking process, and once the technology breaks through, the physical world as we know it could change radically, and our laws of physics will undergo a radical shuffle.
It is no exaggeration to say that space exploration in physics began with high-altitude balloon flights in the 20th century. However, in the past few decades, humans have never attempted to send themselves into a distant space to carry out a detection mission. It wasn't until the end of the 19th century that people realized that going into space had to rely on manned spacecraft or space shuttles. But. Since then, our space dream has never been realized. There are two specific reasons that limit our exploration of the universe. The first is current space technology, which so far has been rather limited. Take NASA's Juno, for example, which holds the record for the spacecraft's fastest speed, flying at 74 kilometers per second; even at Juno's speed, it would take us 17,151 years to reach our destination if we launched the probe to the closest star to Earth.
Obviously, this speed is unrealistic and completely meaningless on a cosmic scale. In addition, a spacecraft that can accelerate to a speed sufficient to carry people has not yet been invented, and it can be said that the current state of space exploration is still a bottleneck. Therefore, if human beings want to return to the solar system in the future, they must rely on new technologies and new equipment to break through this bottleneck. And all of this is inseparable from the advancement of space technology. Since the 1970s, the space shuttle has been regarded as a very important means of transportation. According to NASA, it takes about 21 months for the most advanced spacecraft to travel to and from Mars. Imagine how much time it takes for a planet farther away from Mars. To that end, there is an urgent need for an upgrade of space technology.
Musk has been expressing his dream of building a permanent settlement on Mars for humanity. He believes that if humans can fulfill this wish, then they will be able to build a city on the moon and live for a while, and then go elsewhere to find a new place to live. He said: "I'm confident of doing that. His vision includes building schools, a financial trading system and plenty of jobs. Despite Musk's many accomplishments, we know he's not a rhetoric, especially when it comes to technology. In fact, SpaceX was founded by Musk in 2002 not only for the space transport revolution, but also for human immigration. The multi-planetation of life is Musk's goal. Musk believes humans must do this to protect our species from a devastating cosmic catastrophe that could eventually lead to our extinction. In fact, settling on another planet is the only way to ensure our survival, so a breakthrough in speed is key.
Interestingly, a scientist's concept of a lightspeed engine, called a spiral engine by Dr. David Burns of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, could break this deadlock. Dr. Burns conceptualized the idea and published a paper on NASA's Technical Reports Server explaining the concept. So what is a screw engine? What exactly is NASA going to do with such technology? Will it have an impact on our lives? Is it really as simple as you think?" Is the screw engine "a new thing, or is it a very mysterious thing?" Can it be mastered by humans? How did something that seemed to violate the laws of physics happen? What technical support will be behind the manufacture of such an engine? Which propellant will the engine use?
According to the current laws of physics, it seems impossible for an engine to reach the speed of light. The principle of conservation of momentum shows that momentum is constant in the absence of external forces, which is why space rockets use blasting propellant to provide enough thrust to fly in the other direction. However, if there is power, then the vehicle can be propulsed in this way, without having to rely on fuel and other energy sources as before. Now it seems that this idea is very absurd. In fact, the screw engine has done a good job. Space technology as we know it to date has never violated the laws of physics, so it's doubtful that screw engines will be the first to do so.
Engineers say the spiral engine could theoretically accelerate to 99 percent of the speed of light, using not propellant but microwaves to generate thrust, which is reflected in a closed chamber, a model that ignores the law of conservation of momentum and other basic scientific concepts. If this technology can be applied to the field of spaceflight, then human beings can realize the "flying dream". Today's space vehicles are designed in the traditional way. For example, rockets, satellites, etc., they must rely on launch vehicles to take off. But so far, all successful rockets have followed the law of conservation of momentum. In layman's terms, to move an object, you first need to push it off the ground. Airplanes use fuel to push themselves off the ground, which is why the screw engine is beyond our current understanding of physics.
Officials have not yet revealed all the information about the project, nor how they plan to make the thrusters work, or what parts are needed to make them work. After completing an experiment called "time acceleration," scientists have begun to design a new tool that could help humans achieve time travel. Of course, this mysterious way of driving has sparked a lot of interest in space technology, and while it may not have been as successful as David Burns said, this time the possibility of breaking the speed of a lightweight engine was discovered. So how does the spiral engine work?
In this engine, you can imagine a box with a pole inside it and a slip ring on it, and now imagine a spring in the box that pushes it in one direction as it slides in the other direction. When the ring reaches the end of the box, the box bounces back. Collision occurs when two objects touch the same point at the same time. When one object leaves, it returns to its original position, while another object is pushed back to its original location. This is the famous theory of three movements. It bounced back, which changed the recoil direction of the box. This is the proof of the third law of motion, which is that each action has an equal and opposite principle of reaction force, preventing the box from swinging back in the same way. If the ring slides in one direction, the mass on one side is greater than the mass on the other side, pushing the box forward, so in this case, the effect is greater than the reaction of generating momentum.
But Einstein's special theory of relativity says that when a particle moves in one direction in another, it can gain the same or even greater acceleration as it did; conversely, it can achieve a smaller acceleration if the particle moves in the other direction. Why? We know. The mass increases as an object moves toward the speed of light, and particle accelerators must take this effect into account, and the simple operation of the Burns concept is to replace the ring with a circular particle accelerator. In a circular particle accelerator, iron accelerates rapidly at a relativistic speed at one time and then decelerates at another speed to create momentum, which requires the accelerator to be in the shape of a spiral, 200 meters long and 12 meters in diameter in an actual experimental chamber, in addition to 165 megawatts of energy to generate thrust Newton. Of course, this is just theoretical data, and it is undeniable that the advent of the propeller engine broke the physical conventions, but why didn't our space exploration?