Twenty minutes earlier, Heinrich carefully examined the hard drive seized from the test subject Adams. At first, he had not paid it much attention.
But when he saw the meticulously categorized databases for every section of the propulsion system, he realized this did not seem like something drawn up for fun.
"There are even engineering test conclusion data?"
With that, it meant it had already been built and tested in a vacuum.
"A single Ion Thruster has an operating power of 800 PW. Accelerating a hundred-ton craft, it can reach a maximum speed of 315 km/s in a vacuum."
"The acceleration duration is three hours... What? Only three hours?"
"It can actually achieve an acceleration of 3 G!"
Heinrich was stunned. The best Ion Thrusters available now could only achieve an acceleration of 0.028 G.
And after prolonged acceleration, they could only reach a top speed of 40 km/s.
According to his own design schedule, he hoped to create an Ion Thruster capable of accelerating to 100 km/s within ten years.
Within twenty years, he could design a thruster with a maximum speed of 220 km/s. Yet even improved to that extent, it would still need to accelerate nonstop for more than ten days!
"Are these experimental data real?"
Heinrich carefully checked the calculations for this unknown Ion Thruster and found that the conclusion was correct.
At least judging from the data recorded on the hard drive, it only needed three hours to accelerate a hundred-ton object to three hundred kilometers per second.
"This is incredible..."
Heinrich immediately returned to examine the thruster's design model. The more he looked, the more engrossed he became. The overall design was practically perfect.
Its structure was simple yet precise, lightweight yet efficient.
More importantly, most of the materials and technologies it used could