Great Country Academician

Yuehuatai.

The two lunar rovers slowly drove to the front of this silver-white base. After verification, the gate of the base was opened first.

When the two lunar rovers entered the base one after another, the first thing they saw was not the internal scene, but a simple silver-white space.

Xi Hongwen observed with interest and soon understood.

As a physicist, he knew very well what this space was for.

Simply put, this is an airtight door to protect the environment inside the base.

The surface of the moon is close to a vacuum, and there is basically no atmosphere. For people who are active on the lunar base, it is impossible to wear a space suit all the time.

Whether it is a space suit inside or outside the cabin, as long as it is worn, it is very inconvenient to work and conduct scientific research experiments.

Therefore, in addition to gravity, the environment inside the base must be kept the same as that on Earth.

And this simple silver-white space, after the lunar rover outside comes in, the atmosphere inside will leak.

But the leakage will not be much, after all, the space is only so big.

When the first door is closed, the base will replenish the atmosphere to this space again, thus forming an environment the same as the inside.

At this time, the second airtight door is opened again, and the lunar rover and astronauts can enter.

When the second airtight door is closed, the airtight space will become an independent system and can be reactivated.

In this way, the internal environment can be guaranteed to be stable, and entry and exit can be achieved at the lowest cost.

Just as Xi Hongwen speculated.

In the simple airtight space, after waiting for a while, he suddenly heard some sounds from the outside.

It was not inside the space suit, but came directly from the outside, very subtle, like the "click" sound of the door opening.

Not far away, the second airtight door also opened.

The lunar rover restarted and drove towards the inside of the base.

When it stopped again, a bright incandescent light had fallen on everyone's head.

Next to him, a staff member from the base who was dressed in plain clothes and had been waiting there for a long time came forward, cleaned the lunar dust outside the car with professional equipment, and helped them open the door.

After unbuttoning the helmet of the space suit, opening the buckle and taking off the helmet, and taking a deep breath of fresh air in the base, Bu Qi smiled and got out of the car.

Looking at Xi Hongwen who was looking around the base with a look of curiosity and a bit of helplessness, he smiled and said:

"We are here. This is our lunar base, Yuehuatai."

Taking off the helmet of the space suit clumsily, Xi Hongwen took a deep breath, looked around curiously, and moved his body.

It felt magical that his light body could touch the ceiling with a casual jump.

Looking at Xi Hongwen who was experiencing the environment of the lunar base, Bu Qi smiled and said: "Get used to it. There are still heavy tasks waiting for you next."

After a pause, he continued: "Let's go, leave this to others, I will take you to handle the relevant entry procedures and other things."

"Here, you can't move without permission. Let alone do experiments, you can't even go to eat."

Smiling, Bu Qi then took the lead and walked into the base, while briefly introducing the internal situation of the base.

Aside, Xi Hongwen hurriedly followed.

As he walked, he looked curiously at the situation inside the core of the base and listened to Bu Qi's introduction.

If the buildings and landscape outside the base shocked him, then the situation inside the base was somewhat mediocre.

Everything here seems to be no different from what it looks like on Earth.

Overall, it looks a bit like a combination of a hotel + a research institute.

The core of the base is 36.7 meters high, 28.4 meters underground, and 8.3 meters above ground, with a total of ten floors.

The heights of different floors are also different. The floors in the residential area are lower, only 2.6 meters, which is lower than the standard height of ordinary residential areas on Earth.

However, this is on the moon, and this height is enough to meet the daily living needs of astronauts and working scientific researchers.

The floor heights of the work area and the test area are much higher, generally more than three meters, or even higher.

After all, some experimental equipment may be more than three meters high.

In addition, in order to ensure the physical and mental health of astronauts, staff and scientific researchers, the base is also equipped with various facilities such as a small library, a gym, and an entertainment room.

Overall, this base has taken into account all possible situations that may occur to the residents.

If there is any shortcoming, it is probably that the living room is not large.

The area of ​​the rooms here is basically the same, and each room is less than 20 square meters.

There is nothing else in the room except for simple facilities such as beds, wardrobes, and work tables.

There are no living rooms, kitchens, or bathrooms.

For people living in this base, they either eat through various bagged liquid or solid foods distributed, or go to the canteen.

Daily washing and toileting are also carried out in a centralized area.

Although the environment is a bit simple, Xi Hongwen has nothing to complain about.

Apart from other things, the construction cost alone is probably higher than any other place on earth.

In places like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, I'm afraid that a hundred square meters there can't be exchanged for one square meter here.

According to Bu Qi, China has invested more than 100 billion yuan in the construction of this Yuehuatai Scientific Research Outpost Base.

Of course, the specific number is unknown. Although this number is not a secret, it is not something that people like them can know.

However, it is estimated that this more than 100 billion is definitely not just over 100 billion, and it is hard to say whether the number at the top will change.

This is also the reason why Xu Chuan wants to develop a second-generation aircraft, take off and land vertically on the moon and Mars, and build a lunar base by splicing.

Because the cost of building a lunar base is really too much.

And the assembly cost of the space shuttle, even the second-generation aircraft, can be compressed to about 1 billion after the industrial assembly line production is realized.

Even if ten second-generation aircraft are spliced ​​into a lunar base, the cost is only 10 billion.

So to be honest, it is quite a luxury to provide them with a living room of nearly 20 square meters.

In fact, if it is just to provide a sleeping environment, ten square meters, no, five square meters are enough.

Taking Xi Hongwen to a dormitory with a number, Bu Qi took out a card from his pocket, handed it over, and said with a smile:

"This is the dormitory assigned to you. It has all the daily necessities. If you have any other needs, you can contact me or the management staff in the base."

"We will provide it to you if it is reasonable."

"This card is your pass in the base, and it is also the dormitory access card and your ID card."

"The relevant access rights and information have been sent to your email. Please be sure to understand it clearly. It is strictly forbidden to go to areas without access rights without permission."

"Of course, if you need it, you can apply."

"In addition, please keep this permission card safe. If you lose it, please report it immediately."

"This card is not only used for your travel, eating, bathing, and sleeping, but also represents your personal situation. If you lose it, it will be very troublesome. It is not a simple replacement."

Reaching out to take the card, Xi Hongwen nodded seriously and said, "I understand. Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Bu Qi smiled and continued, "I won't bother you any more. Have a good rest. I wish you can adapt to the environment on the moon as soon as possible."

After explaining the relevant matters clearly, Bu Qi turned around and left here. He still had a lot of other work to do.

At the same time, Xi Hongwen also closed the door of the dormitory, put the luggage he brought with him in the corner, and sat down on the soft bed.

After a long sigh of relief, he touched the mattress under him. The soft touch came from his hand, and he fell down and lay on the soft bed.

This is a completely different feeling from sleeping on the Xinghai space shuttle.

In space, because the whole person is floating in the air, he always wants to grab something when sleeping in a weightless environment.

Here, although there is also a light floating feeling, there is still some gravity on the moon.

Although it is not much, it is enough for a person to stick to the bed completely. The comfort level is definitely better on the moon.

Looking at the silver-white ceiling and feeling this wonder, Xi Hongwen couldn't help but grin.

Although he has some research in the field of physics, he is not the top among the many scientific researchers who apply to go to the moon.

And if he is placed in the entire physics community, he can only be regarded as an ordinary scientific researcher.

However, the reason why he can stand out from the competition of hundreds of people is just because he comes from the Xinghai Research Institute.

There is no doubt that this is the most glorious time in his life.

Starting tomorrow, he will shoulder the heavy burden and carry the mission of civilization.

While Xi Hongwen is holding his dream, on the other side

In Jinling, in a villa at the foot of Zijin Mountain, after the family reunited and had dinner, Xu Chuan rarely took the initiative to turn on the TV and tuned the news to the CTV channel.

On the TV, the news broadcast channel was playing some random evening news.

On the sofa, Xu Xiao, who was sending messages to her bestie, heard the noise and glanced at the TV and complained.

"Brother, when did you start watching the news channel like dad?"

Xu's father was famous in the family for watching the news channel. This farmer, who usually didn't have many channels to get external news, could only watch the news through TV and news.

Of course, in addition to the news channel, there were also anti-Japanese war dramas that Radar didn't understand. After dinner every day, it was almost his happy time.

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "There will be a special 'news' today."

Hearing this, Xu Xiao immediately became interested and asked gossipingly, "What special news? Brother."

Xu Chuan smiled mysteriously and said, "You'll know in a moment."

"Tsk, boring!"

Xu Xiao muttered, holding her phone and continuing to chat with her bestie. But it was obvious that she was also attracted by Xu Chuan's words, and she looked up at the TV from time to time.

Time passed little by little, and it was soon seven o'clock in the evening.

Accompanied by the familiar melody, a blue earth appeared on the TV.

The evening news officially began.

"Good evening, everyone."

"Today is September 17, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. The Mid-Autumn Festival is full of love and reunion. Here, we send our most sincere blessings to overseas Chinese at home and abroad."

Aside, the female host took over the topic with a friendly smile on her face, and then said: "Before officially introducing today's program, we received a special blessing."

"Its specialness is not in who sent it. It comes from the moon, 380,000 kilometers away from us!"

The moment the voice fell, the picture on the TV screen quickly switched to the moon 380,000 kilometers away.

At the outpost research station, the female astronaut Liu Yang, who had been prepared long ago, and Han Kangping, the head of Yuehua Station, waved to the camera with a smile.

"Hello, friends in front of TVs across the country, this is Yuehua Station · Qianshao Research Station, the moon 380,000 kilometers away from the earth."

"Mid-Autumn Festival, the sweet osmanthus is fragrant. On this special day, on behalf of all the researchers and colleagues of Yuehua Station, I wish the people of the country a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, a happy family, and all the best."

After a brief blessing, the screen quickly switched to the evening news.

A reunion blessing from the "moon" brought a unique warmth on this special day.

On the sofa, Xu Xiao looked at Xu Chuan with a curious look, and said lively: "Brother, is this the special blessing you mentioned?"

Xu Chuan smiled and said: "Mid-Autumn Festival, people and the moon are reunited, isn't this blessing enough?"

Xu Xiao gave a thumbs up and laughed: "Great, my brother!"

At this moment, Xu's father, who had been staring at the TV for a long time and was also sitting next to him watching the evening news, suddenly said: "Yuehuatai?"

Xu Chuan smiled and nodded, saying: "Yes, a scientific research base on the moon."

Xu's father nodded and said: "Yuehua Yuehua, this name is well chosen! The moon has been ours since ancient times!"

Hearing this, Xu Chuan couldn't help laughing.

The world in the eyes of the older generation is really interesting.

Although the meaning of Yuehuatai is that this lunar base will become a platform for human exploration of the new world under the illumination of the moonlight.

But as Old Xu said, there are some other meanings.

Although the international convention stipulates that the moon belongs to all mankind, for now, isn't it whoever can grab the territory first, it will belong to him?

The moon and China have a bond that has never been broken for thousands of years since ancient times.