Interstellar Industrial Age

In the vast cosmic starry sky, the distance between the earth and the moon is simply insignificant.

But even this insignificant distance is still very far away for humans, and even the most advanced spaceships take hours to travel.

June 24, 2021, at 3 pm.

On the 'Houyi' spaceship, Li Haiyang, the captain of the moon landing team, woke up from his sleep. He had been training deliberately for a long time, so when it was o'clock, the biological clock would automatically wake him up.

Looking at the time, he was 2 minutes away from the scheduled time. He didn't disturb the sleep of his teammates and looked forward.

In the field of vision, the moon is already very huge, and it can be clearly seen with the naked eye.

The moon shows that there is no moon palace in fairy tales, and naturally there cannot be Chang'e and the little white rabbit. As for Wu Gang, who chopped down the osmanthus tree, there is no trace of it.

On the contrary, the surface of the moon is very desolate. There are large and small craters formed by meteorite impacts everywhere. Some craters are so huge that they even form huge basins. Some craters are very small and very small. formed by the impact of meteorites.

Barren, desolate, without any color, this is the original appearance of the moon.

Looking back at the direction of the earth, the earth has become very small at this time, as if a bright disk lies in the void, and the blue light makes it look like a pearl, very dazzling. , eye-catching.

"Om~Om~"

At this time, a sound came to mind in the spacecraft, and the alarm clock that was set to wake up the astronauts was at this time.

"The ground calls Houyi~The ground calls Houyi~Please answer when you hear~"

Soon, the voice of the liaison officer of the ground control command center came from the headset that Li Haiyang was wearing.

"Houyi received~houyi received~"

"Request instructions~"

Li Haiyang looked at the teammates around him, all of them had woken up from sleep at this time, and began to look at the moon and the direction of the earth in high spirits.

"The spaceship starts to slow down after 5 minutes~The spaceship starts to slow down after 5 minutes~"

"Received~The spaceship starts to slow down after 5 minutes~"

Li Haiyang repeated what the other party said, and then everyone on the spaceship became nervous.

Everyone knows that when the spacecraft reaches the moon, whether it can be captured by the moon's gravity is a very critical step, which is directly related to the success or failure of the manned lunar landing plan.

Here in the ground control command center, scientists and engineers are also busy, the detailed information about the spacecraft is constantly updated, and the supercomputer is constantly performing simulations to ensure that it can smoothly decelerate to a speed that can be captured by the moon's gravity. into lunar orbit.

Through the cameras installed inside and outside the spacecraft, the ground control command center can also clearly see everything inside and outside the spacecraft.

Everything went very well~

The state of the spacecraft and astronauts is very good. Next, as long as they can successfully enter the lunar orbit, the manned lunar landing can basically be declared a success. It's a piece of cake.

After 5 minutes, the deceleration engines on the two spacecraft began to decelerate. The deceleration engines also used fuel injection propulsion engines, but the installation direction was the opposite.

With the start of the deceleration engine, in front of the spacecraft, a bright tail flame began to slowly elongate and become brighter, and the speed of the spacecraft began to slowly decrease.

As it gets closer to the moon, the speed of the spacecraft decreases.

Half an hour later, the moon was already close at hand, and at this time, even without any tools, everything on the moon could be seen clearly.

The air shown by the moon is very thin. Yes, the moon shows that there is still air, but it is not even one-hundredth of the air of the earth. The gravitational force of the moon is too small.

Inability to hold the indicated air.

The air shown by the moon is so thin that it is indistinguishable from no air. Without the protection of the atmosphere, the moon shows that everything can be seen clearly in space.

It is precisely because there is no protection of air that no matter how big or small the meteorite hits the moon, it can leave large and small impact craters on the moon.

The earth is very lucky. As a satellite of the earth, the moon is like a shield. It has resisted many bullets from the universe for the earth. The pitted surface on the moon is the best proof.

If there is no moon, life on Earth may be destroyed again and again by the impact of extraterrestrial meteorites.

Of course, the earth's own thick atmosphere is also a protective umbrella. Small meteorites rub and burn with the atmosphere. When they actually land on the earth, their mass will be much smaller. As long as they are not particularly large meteorites, they will not be able to form on the earth. too big a threat.

Under the dual protection of the moon and the atmosphere, the earth is the cradle of life.

The spacecraft continued to decelerate. At about 4 o'clock, the speed of the spacecraft had dropped to a speed of 2 kilometers per second, which was enough to be easily captured by the moon's gravity.

"Whoo~"

Li Haiyang took a deep breath and looked at the huge moon outside.

At this time, the earth control and command center has handed over the authority of the spacecraft to him. The distance between the earth and the moon is nearly 400,000 kilometers. It takes 1.3 seconds for electromagnetic waves to propagate at the speed of light, and 2.6 seconds for one round trip.

This seemingly insignificant time difference is very likely to cause fatal mistakes.

Therefore, at this time, the control of the spacecraft is in the hands of the astronauts on the spacecraft, and they need to make timely judgments based on their previous training experience to successfully fly the spacecraft into the lunar orbit.

Li Haiyang carefully drove the spacecraft to slowly approach the moon. Soon, the spacecraft was captured by the moon's gravity very smoothly, and began to enter the orbit around the moon, flying around the moon continuously.

Immediately after that, the 'Chang'e' spacecraft also entered the lunar orbit very smoothly, and also began to circle continuously in the lunar orbit.

"Houyi called the ground, Houyi called the ground, and successfully entered the lunar orbit~"

"Chang'e called the ground, Chang'e called the ground, and entered the lunar orbit smoothly~"

When the news that the two spacecraft successfully entered the lunar orbit was sent back to the ground control command center, the entire ground control command center couldn't help cheering.

Qin Yi, who had been doing nothing all the time, couldn't help standing up with the crowd and began to applaud constantly.

It entered the lunar orbit very smoothly, which basically means that there is no problem with the moon landing. The next step is to wait for time. When the time is up, the spacecraft will fly into the moon, and the descendants of Yan and Huang will set foot on this magical land.

When the spacecraft arrived in lunar orbit, it was around 4 o'clock, and the actual moon landing time was at 6 o'clock, and there were 2 hours of busy time in the middle.

In the 'Houyi' spacecraft flying in lunar orbit, all nine astronauts began to get busy.

The orbit of the spacecraft was constantly adjusted, and at the same time, the hatch of the spacecraft was slowly opened, and satellites were continuously released, and soon a lunar global positioning system was established on the side of the moon.

With a large anti-gravity spacecraft, launching satellites is really no different from eating. It is simple and without a trace of difficulty. Building a lunar positioning system is just a matter of launching dozens of satellites.

The establishment of the lunar global positioning system is also for the follow-up plan. These satellites can not only be used for positioning, but also can be used for communication. In the future, bases, mining bases, lunar factories, etc. on the moon will need to use this positioning and communication system.

Of course, communication satellites, resource exploration satellites, etc. have already been launched on the moon side in advance, and there are even several unmanned spacecraft full of materials that have been launched in advance.

These spaceships are ordinary spaceships, not anti-gravity spaceships, filled with various materials.

At that time, after the two spacecraft unload the materials in the spacecraft to the moon, they can fly into space to transport these materials.

To build a permanent base, the materials needed are still too large, and people need to be stationed for a long time in the back, so the materials are also prepared as much as possible.

Of course, this is only limited to the case of having an anti-gravity spaceship. If there is no anti-gravity spaceship, everything must be calculated carefully. It is impossible to be so extravagant, and the spaceships will be loaded and launched in advance.

The two spacecraft on this side of the moon are constantly busy.

On this side of the earth, Huaxia has also arrived at get off work time. On this day, almost all enterprises, units, etc. leave work half an hour earlier, leaving time for everyone to watch the live broadcast of the manned moon landing.

This is a great moment for the whole country and also for the descendants of Yan and Huang. The 1.4 billion people in the country, as well as overseas Chinese and compatriots of Chinese descent, witnessed this great moment together.

Companies and factories leave work early, and schools close early. Even high school seniors who are the most stressed and will take the college entrance examination soon, put down their pens and books at this time, and sit in front of the TV set, ready to watch the manned moon landing. Holy moment.

From the leaders of the country to the common people, everyone stopped their busy work.

Adults hold ignorant children, very patiently and proudly tell their children what is the moon and what is manned moon landing. When these children grow up, they will understand that the strength of this country and national pride will be enhanced. Deep into the marrow and soul.

Overseas Chinese people gathered together, set out the wine, and waited for the moment to raise their glasses to celebrate.

PS: Go to chapter 2 first, there are still more today~~