"But... this is metallic hydrogen. Our company can produce it now, but the cost is too high, and we can't manufacture it on a large scale," Wang Lei said. "Even if we can't obtain any this time, shouldn't we at least confirm that it really exists on Jupiter? If we just go in and take a look around, there shouldn't be any danger."
Chen Bing hesitated, then nodded in agreement.
To everyone else on Earth, several million kilometers was still an insurmountable gulf. For the Hope, however, it was less than half an hour's flight—and that was without reaching sub-light speed.
In the distance, an enormous planet appeared before every crew member aboard the Hope.
They had already been informed that the Hope would soon reach Jupiter and enter its interior to explore.
They all crowded around the windows to experience humanity's first close-up view of Jupiter.
In truth, they were no longer as excited as they had been before. Only a few days earlier, they had landed on Mars, and almost everyone had experienced walking on its surface.
Naturally, the beautiful reporter Xiao Ran was there for the occasion.
"Dear viewers, our spacecraft is currently traveling at ten thousand kilometers per second, and directly ahead of us is the familiar planet Jupiter. That's right, that enormous, colorful object is Jupiter. You might think what we're seeing is its surface, but that isn't actually the case. According to what I've just learned, everything we can see on Jupiter is gaseous. Astronomers currently believe Jupiter very likely has a rocky core, but that has yet to be verified. Our visit to Jupiter will lift that veil of mystery."
"The spacecraft is slowing down now! Because Phantom Immortal Technology equipped this vessel with advanced Gravity Control Technology, we can't feel any of