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"What are they doing? Someone tell me, what are they doing?"

"Our satellite observation resolution is a bit low, we can only vaguely see their Lunar Palace-2 and Chariot spacecraft, the rest... we can't see clearly."

"Yeah, the astronauts are too small, the satellite's observation ability is limited, sometimes we can capture a pixel, sometimes we can't even capture a pixel, how are we supposed to analyze this?"

"Our analysis requires a lot of samples, but what you're giving us, let alone a lot, we can't even put together a decent sample, we can't do this work."

The conference room at the American Aeronautics and Space Administration was in chaos. Although people in the aerospace field were also very curious about Tianxia's lunar base, they also knew that curiosity was useless. Although the two countries said on the surface that they would share information and cooperate, neither side had taken any action.

The best method now is for them to land on the moon themselves and then build their own lunar base.

But this is obviously not realistic, so most people in the aerospace field are busy with the return to the moon.

Deep Blue Origin has been working around the clock, 24 hours a day, and most people have thrown themselves into this aspect.

However, after Tianxia's astronauts successfully landed on the moon and moved into Lunar Palace-2, the American military got excited and ran to the American Aeronautics and Space Administration every day.

Their military modification of the space shuttle is progressing smoothly, but those things can't leave Earth's orbit, which makes them very upset.

After all, they can modify the space shuttle for military use, and Tianxia can also modify it, and Tianxia's orbital shuttle is more flexible than their space shuttle.

Tianxia says they haven't made any military modifications, who believes it?

America: Do you believe it? Anyway, I don't believe it.

So from this perspective, the two countries are on the same starting line.

But now Tianxia's people have landed on the moon, and the Chariot spacecraft obviously has the ability to return. Tianxia's people are even building a base on the moon, which adds an attack dimension compared to America, which is very uncomfortable.

Oh, Tianxia also said that it is for scientific research purposes, but America is still of the mind of "Do you believe it? Anyway, I don't believe it."

It's obvious, if my great America establishes a base on the moon, I will definitely add military uses to it, how could other countries not add it?

It's just that they came to the Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Aeronautics and Space Administration couldn't do anything.

Since the end of manned lunar landings, America has not been interested in the moon, and has begun to toss deep space missions, going to explore other planets and satellites.

The equipment for observing the moon has not been updated for a long time, and the observation accuracy of the moon has naturally stagnated. If it were not for the fact that partners had launched lunar orbiters, they would not even be able to obtain the latest lunar data.

It's just that the lunar data obtained by the partners is not accurate. The most accurate lunar data now is in the hands of Navigator, but they want to monitor Navigator.

Without sufficiently accurate data, analysts cannot analyze anything, let alone obtain the information the military wants.

【Is Tianxia's lunar base a military base?】

【Did they dig missile silos on the moon?】

【Are their spacecraft lunar fighters?】

【Did they deploy laser weapons in the lunar base?】

What kind of questions are these?

Analysts can only see pixels in blurry photos. These questions should be answered by going up there and taking a look.

Of course, it's not that they haven't gotten any information at all. They can't see the small things clearly, but they can still distinguish the big things.

Just like the lunar rovers cleaning the temporary landing site before, the lunar surface was modified, and unnatural circles appeared. They could roughly see them clearly.

Then, combined with the situation, they guessed what it was.

In addition to the modification of the lunar surface, after the astronauts landed, they discovered another ground modification.

Not far from Lunar Palace-2, outside a base construction site, on a hillside, the orbital probe photographed long shadows that did not conform to the terrain.

The appearance of shadows in the original sunlit area indicates that the terrain there has changed, and the change is not small.

They definitely can't see things that are too small.

The question 【Did they dig missile silos on the moon?】 is related to this situation.

However, the analysis experts repeatedly checked the relevant photos and then compared the data, and felt that the thing did not look like a missile silo construction site.

Besides, how can four people build missile silos? How long would that take to build?

They were discussing with the military about the expanding trend of Lunar Palace-2's reflectivity when the latest data came from outside.

"Take a look, this is the latest image taken by the orbiter, several pixel-sized reflective spots, long and narrow."

Not only are there pictures, but there is also the latest analysis from the analysis center.

"According to our analysis, it should be several of the seven lunar rovers, lined up in a row."

"We found that the lunar rover gathering area, which previously gathered together and showed a high-light reflection area, has dissipated. Now this shape of reflective area has appeared in another place. We suspect that it is the previous lunar rovers."

"Of course, if they only changed their position, we wouldn't pay attention, but we found that those lunar rovers are not simply moving to another place, but are continuing to move forward."

"We also roughly calculated their forward speed, which is basically between 25 kilometers per hour and 35 kilometers per hour, a very terrifying speed on the moon."

"Ground control cannot reach this speed, and autonomous driving is even more unlikely to reach this speed. Its speed is faster than the manned lunar rover speed in the Apollo program. We have reason to suspect that Tianxia's astronauts have modified them and turned them into transportation tools."

"According to our analysis, their destination should be the permanently shadowed area, which is where Navigator wanted to find water ice before. This time they sent people directly. We suspect that they may have made new discoveries before."

"Including the damage to the previous lunar rover, the cause of the damage may not be as simple as they claimed."

As soon as this analysis came out, everyone in the conference room felt that this was a major piece of news.

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Leaving aside the secrets of the shadow area, just talking about those modified lunar rovers, their speed has definitely exceeded America's previous manned lunar rovers. In the same amount of time, they can carry Tianxia's astronauts to farther places.

Not to mention that they can originally obtain energy from solar energy. As long as the astronauts can hold on, then in theory Tianxia's astronauts can go to farther places, and traveling all over the moon is not a dream.

This has pinched America's ulnar nerve, or in simpler terms, the "funny bone". It's numb when touched, and most people will say "damn" when they touch it themselves.

If someone deliberately touches it, people with bad tempers will hit someone.

Although international law stipulates that no country can declare sovereignty over the moon, it also stipulates that any country has the right to explore the moon. The moon belongs to everyone, but the artificial facilities on it belong to the country that built them.

Even the unspoken rule is that not declaring sovereignty, but the actual control area is equivalent to some kind of claim.

And the premise of actual control is that you have to get there first.

Now that Tianxia's people have modified solar-powered lunar rovers, the control range can definitely cover the entire Bolide crater.

According to the modified lunar rover's speed of twenty or thirty kilometers per hour, the other party can easily break through the crater's range, after all, the crater is only sixty kilometers in diameter.

As long as they spend some time finding a suitable road out of the crater, Tianxia's people can go outside the crater at any time!

In ancient times, every travel revolution was accompanied by the expansion of territory.

In the present, this situation is likely to be replayed on the moon.

"No, this is absolutely not allowed!"

The military people spoke first, they absolutely would not allow this to happen.

"What about our lunar spacecraft? Hasn't the partner company built it yet?"

No one spoke.

Some people don't know the situation, some people know the situation, but in this situation, some people dare not say it.

But in the end, they still said it, because that was his job.

"Your Excellency, our lunar spacecraft may be a bit troublesome, because the partner company is now operating non-stop 24 hours a day. A production machine has a problem, so an important part was damaged, and our spacecraft launch time may have to... be postponed."

"What?! Say that again!"

Faced with the military's man-eating gaze, the aerospace people also had a surprised look. The man, having nothing to lose, said it again.

Anyway, he was just delivering the message.

The military people refused to do it. They were more anxious than the aerospace people: "Let them quickly replace the new equipment, the progress must be caught up, we absolutely cannot change the launch date!!"