Military Technology

After comforting Shi Zhaoping, Wu Hao gave Zhou Xiangming a big hug, then hammered his junior and said softly: "Thank you for your hard work!"

Compared with Shi Zhaoping's maneuver, Zhou Xiang was obviously much more restrained. He nodded and a huge smile appeared on his face.

The pressure he had endured for so long was finally relieved today, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, and a long-lost bright smile appeared on his face.

"When will the first photo come out?" Wu Hao asked with a smile.

Hearing Wu Hao's question, Shi Zhaoping quickly answered: "It will take about thirty minutes. First, we need to unfold the solar panels to ensure the safety of the power supply for our entire "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface patrol and exploration vehicle. Secondly, , it is to deploy communication antennas and other detection equipment. The whole process will last about an hour.

At the same time, the panoramic camera installed on the "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface patrol vehicle will also collect the environment around the vehicle and generate the first panoramic photo, which will then be transmitted to the earth through the orbiter.

Of course, it can also be transmitted directly to the earth without going through the orbiter, but the speed will be relatively slower. This time, we have specially developed high-speed communication equipment for the "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface patrol rover and orbiter, which can establish a high-speed, large-capacity and low-latency communication network with the earth. Theoretically, we can receive 8k high-definition video live broadcast from the "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface patrol and exploration vehicle. "

At this point, Shi Zhaoping softened his tone and said: "This is only theoretical. In fact, it is impossible for us to use precious bandwidth resources for 8k video live broadcast, and it does not have much scientific research value.

So under normal circumstances, 1080p video can already meet our needs. If necessary, we can switch to 4k or 8k mode, shoot and transfer video image clips. "

Wu Hao smiled and nodded: "Thirty minutes is not long, so let's wait and leave after seeing the photos."

After hearing his words, Zhang Jun and the others nodded in agreement.

When Shi Zhaoping heard this, he smiled and nodded, then said hello to Wu Hao and the others, and then returned to work. You must know that landing is the beginning of the entire lunar exploration mission. There is still a lot of work for Shi Zhaoping and others to do next.

In comparison, Zhou Xiangming's job is relatively easy. Therefore, he sat next to Wu Hao and the others and began to answer their questions.

"Solar panels deployed!"

As the announcement was broadcast, everyone could clearly see on the big screen the simulated "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface patrol vehicle model. The solar panel on the roof of the vehicle had been unfolded, like a sail, and began to Slowly adjust the angle to aim at the sun.

Immediately, not long after, the images sent back through the detection camera on the roof also verified that the solar cell sail panels had been successfully deployed.

Bang bang bang bang...

There was a round of warm applause again. As long as the solar panels were unfolded and powered on, there would be no problem. In fact, whether it is a satellite or a variety of spacecraft or detectors, this step is the most nervous and worrying. If the solar panels are not deployed, it means that the satellite Hu Zong's spacecraft detector will lose its power source, and it will not be able to support it for long depending on the power stored in its own battery.

Of course, Wu Hao's "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface patrol and exploration vehicle does not have these, because it has prepared two power supply methods or power sources from the beginning of its design. One is naturally powered by conventional solar cell sail panels, and the other is powered by radioactive isotope batteries, which can also be called nuclear batteries. Several of Laomi's Mars rovers use this radioactive isotope battery as the power source.

This kind of radioisotope battery can provide power independently without relying on the outside world, and can continue to supply for decades. However, the power of this radioactive isotope battery is limited and can only maintain the operation of some system devices. It is still very difficult to directly drive the servo motor of the detector.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, an energy storage battery will be installed on the detector. The radioisotope battery charges the energy storage battery. After it is fully charged, the energy storage battery begins to drive the detector's servo motor. When the power is exhausted, the detector stops working, and the radioisotope battery continues to charge the energy storage battery. When it is full, it can proceed to the next mission.

The "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface patrol and exploration vehicle is equipped with a radioisotope battery, which will be able to provide continuous power supply to the entire vehicle. Although the power is limited, it can meet the operation of some key equipment. . One of its important tasks is to ensure that the detector is powered on during the long moonlit night, to insulate key equipment components, and to maintain necessary communications with the Earth.

The main power source of this "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface patrol and exploration vehicle still relies on the solar cell sail panel above to generate electricity. The electricity it generates will be continuously stored in the "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface patrol vehicle. The super solid-state battery in the lunar lunar surface patrol and exploration vehicle serves as the main energy source for the operation and travel of the entire vehicle.

At the same time, these two batteries or two power generation devices back up each other and jointly provide power energy for the "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface patrol and exploration vehicle. When one of the batteries fails, the other battery can still provide electrical energy for the entire vehicle.

In this way, it can be ensured that the "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface patrol and exploration vehicle will not shut down or be directly damaged due to battery failure, so that the patrol can be further extended. The working life of the rover.

To this end, Shi Zhaoping and others also designed a self-maintenance mode for the "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface patrol and exploration vehicle, which means that it can repair itself through its own intelligent robotic arm. It can even release a small robot to help it perform its own maintenance work.

While Wu Hao and the others were chatting, a blurry mosaic photo suddenly appeared on the big screen. A square on the photo moved rapidly. Every time a square was moved, the picture became clearer. It's like 3D software rendering a picture, except that there is only one block running inside, but it runs very quickly.

Soon, everyone saw the entire photo. It was a panoramic photo, which was a photo of the surrounding environment taken by the panoramic camera installed on the "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface patrol rover.

I saw a sandy field around the vehicle with various rocks and some large and small meteorite impact craters. In the distance, about a hundred meters away, were the fragments of the previously crashed aerial crane. Further away, there are some vague mountain shadows and a curved horizon. Beyond the horizon is a large expanse of black starry sky.

But in the left corner of the picture, there is a moon the size of what we see on the earth, with blue and white textures distributed on it. This is our home planet, the earth.

At this moment, He is particularly beautiful and moving against the backdrop of the dark night sky!