Great Country Academician

On the other side, Jinling.

In Xia Shu Space Base of Xinghai Research Institute.

Wu Yuankang, director of the space agency, was quietly admiring the beautiful scenery of his astronauts working on the moon.

After confirming that something unexpected happened to NASA's Artemis lunar module, the corners of his mouth never closed.

Although a space accident is not something worth celebrating, at least the two American astronauts are still alive, and people can be saved without sacrifice, right?

In the traditional Chinese concept, the loss of equipment or something is a trivial matter, as long as the person is fine.

What's more, this accident will be beneficial to them.

After staring at the live broadcast for a while, the door of the main control center was suddenly knocked open.

A middle-aged man walked in quickly, walked to Xu Chuan and Wu Yuankang, smiled and said: "The latest news, five minutes ago, NASA proposed a 'lunar rescue' to us through formal channels. ask."

Upon hearing the news, Wu Yuankang's eyes suddenly lit up.

Lunar surface rescue is a solid achievement and political achievement for the space agency. More importantly, being able to launch a lunar surface assistance operation for NASA not only confirms to the outside world the strength of China's aerospace industry, but also The first victory in the space race.

Now that the world recognizes that the other country is the largest aerospace power, their ability to overtake and rescue the other side in a corner will play an extremely critical role in guiding future changes in the aerospace pattern.

After a quick report, the middle-aged man came forward with a smile on his face, extended his hands to greet Xu Chuan enthusiastically, and introduced himself with a smile: "Hello, Academician Xu, I am Fu Qing. .”

Xu Chuan smiled and shook hands, said hello and then said: "It seems that NASA and Baiwu are very fast this time. Counting the time, it should not have been more than ten years since the Artemis accident. Five hours.”

Fu Qing nodded and said with a smile: "Well, we have obtained some information about the Artemis lunar module from NASA. According to the data they provided, it is true that the lunar module has had only one accident so far. Fourteen hours.”

"in addition."

As he spoke, he handed over the brown paper he carried with him.

"Here are some summary materials that I hastily prepared before coming here. There is also a USB flash drive in it, which contains the detailed data of the Artemis lunar module transferred from NASA. You can take a look first."

Xu Chuan took the document bag smoothly, opened it, took out the USB disk and handed it to a staff member beside him, while he picked up the summary information and read it.

Looking at the information above, he touched his chin and thought: "The oxygen reserve is more than three days and less than four days. NASA's preparations this time are a bit insufficient."

Fu Qing smiled and said: "That's not the case. It can only be said that they are relatively unlucky."

"How do you say it?" Xu Chuan asked curiously.

"The oxygen and material reserves they carried for this moon landing were actually sufficient, enough for two astronauts to be active on the moon for a whole month. But the oxygen reserve carried by the Artemis lunar module actually only lasted two days. The remaining oxygen reserves are on that life support unit."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Chuan suddenly understood.

This is true. In fact, as long as the astronauts can successfully get out of the lunar module, they can turn on the life support unit and hold on until NASA re-launches the BRF heavy rocket to rescue personnel.

But unfortunately, the lunar module was damaged during landing and the hatch could not be opened, so it was impossible to obtain oxygen supplies from the life support unit.

After briefly explaining the relevant information, Fu Qing looked at Xu Chuan, the smile on his face faded, and he said seriously: "The oxygen reserve on the Artemis lunar module still has about forty hours left. In other words, we need to rescue the two astronauts within forty hours."

"Of course, if something cannot be done, forget it. Everything is focused on ensuring the safety of our own astronauts."

Moon rescue is actually very difficult based on current aerospace technology.

After all, mankind has only just taken its first step towards the universe. A manned landing on the moon requires a long period of preparations, including orbit calculations, simulation experiments, etc. Not to mention temporarily changing orbits and dispatching spacecraft to carry out rescue work in other places.

Although it is not difficult to switch orbits to the lunar South Pole based on the performance of the Xinghai, it was not the Xinghai that actually landed on the lunar surface, but the lunar module that was launched.

The launch and docking of the lunar module still cannot guarantee a 100% stable success based on current aerospace technology. Once the docking fails, it will have a great impact on the life safety of the astronauts.

Just like the United States' Artemis lunar module this time, the failure to launch caused damage to the lunar module, endangering the lives of astronauts.

If it had not happened that their Xinghai was also on the moon on a lunar landing mission this time, the two astronauts would have died on the distant lunar surface.

After hearing the request, Xu Chuan smiled and said: "I will organize the aerospace technical personnel to discuss as soon as possible and come up with a stable plan."

After a slight pause, he continued: "Don't worry, lunar rescue is not very difficult for us, and there are still more than forty hours, so we can definitely make it in time."

Fu Qing nodded and said, "As for the rescue of the American astronauts, I leave it to you."

In the office, after receiving the information provided by Fu Qing, Xu Chuan immediately organized a small meeting with technical staff from the space agency and Xinghai Research Institute to discuss relevant rescue operations.

For them, going to the south pole of the moon to rescue two NASA astronauts is not a difficult task, but it does not mean that they can just drive the Xinghai there without making any preparations.

At least before that, it is important to determine the complete track and plan.

Of course, this didn't take them long.

The only thing that needs to be discussed for a longer period of time is whether to let the two astronauts suspend their scientific research and experimental work and set off now, or whether to wait until their work is completed before setting off for rescue.

After all, there were still forty hours left, which was quite generous for them.

In the office, hearing that Xu Chuan was preparing to let his astronauts complete their scientific research work before setting off for rescue, Wu Yuankang from the space agency couldn't help but smile bitterly, coughed lightly and interjected:

"Ahem, Academician Xu, since we have decided to rescue, I think it would be better to set off earlier. After all, we don't know much about the specific situation of Artemis at the moment. In case the rescue process costs too much, If an accident occurs due to the timing, there will also be greater pressure from international public opinion."

After a pause, he continued: "Although this will delay some of my own work, we did not arrange much scientific research work for our first moon landing. The symbolic significance is greater than the scientific research significance."

"And with our current aerospace capabilities, it is not difficult to resume manned moon landings and build bases in the future."

"As for subsequent space-related funds"

Wu Yuankang smiled and knocked on the table, and continued: "The diplomatic side has already thought about it. We will definitely publicize this rescue and show that we have to interrupt our moon landing work because of the rescue of NASA astronauts. In this way, When negotiating with the United States in the future, they can also find a reason to ask for more money, and then I will give you more."

Hearing this reason, Xu Chuan pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "In this case, it's better to just live broadcast the entire process. Our current live broadcast channel is still there anyway."

Before he finished speaking, he changed his words and said to himself: "It doesn't seem possible to live broadcast the whole process. Their life support unit is right next to it."

How much money to charge or what the technology is, that is something that the country needs to consider. They are only responsible for saving people, regardless of collecting money. Anyway, after the money or technology is collected, they will be subsidized.

But this does not mean that they cannot take advantage of the autumn breeze during the rescue process. The aerospace technology of the Americans is still worth taking a look at.

In fact, even if the Americans don't ask for help this time, because they are concerned about the life support unit and humanitarian reasons, he will probably make suggestions to the superiors and arrange for action.

It's just that without the accurate data about Artemis provided by NASA, if you wait until your moon landing is completed, there is a high probability that only the remains will be saved.

On the side, hearing that Xu Chuan was still thinking about the life support unit, Wu Yuankang was also dumbfounded.

But he didn't say anything about this kind of thing.

After all, if there is a chance to obtain some technological blueprints from that life support unit, it would be a very good choice.

Although they have caught up with the United States in the field of aerospace, they have also achieved manned moon landing together. Even because of the relationship between miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion technology and aerospace engines, transcendence has been achieved in some aspects of aerospace.

But it has to be said that Americans have been working in the aerospace field for so many years, and the technology they have developed is worth taking a look at.

For example, the life support unit that landed on the lunar surface with Artemis contains technology from various high-tech companies in the United States.

Such as communication devices, life support systems, superphage propellants, supercritical storage pressurization technology, etc. These things are still very helpful to them.

Just taking a look at it can save a lot of time, not to mention the astronauts who find opportunities to go over and take pictures.

After all, for them with strong copying abilities, they can sometimes get a rough idea of ​​many things at a glance.

Isn't that how their original nuclear submarines came about?

When the nuclear submarines of that year were designed and manufactured, the only information available were a few blurry photos of American nuclear submarines, and at most a toy model.

Then after just a quick glance, they copied it.

As for the wrangling work afterwards, let's talk about it later, anyway, you won't get pregnant after just looking at it.

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