Chapter 802: Prologue
Passing from the side of the moon, the flint space city slowly rotated in two huge annular capsules.
The plasma, heated to millions of degrees, is ejected from the vent at a speed of nearly 500 kilometers per second under the control of an electromagnetic field.
Against the dark background of deep space against the tail flames of the 17 thrusters, there is an intoxicating halo.
It seems that such a powerful thruster only increases the speed of the flint space city by a few centimeters per second.
And ahead, there is a journey of billions of kilometers.
Gu Song confirmed that all the data was okay and left the bridge.
The big head, which had just arrived in the bridge, followed him, slowly moving along the magnetic guide rails in the bulkhead of the passage.
Gu Song kind of liked the feeling of floating and gliding forward, as if in a dream.
After a while, they came to the moon gate passage of the scientific research module.
Gu Song adjusted the direction of his body and entered the elevator.
In the absence of gravity, the sense of direction is strange.
Looking over from the core cabin, Gu Song and Datou were both upside down.
Then the elevator started, and Gu Song gradually felt the gravity.
When he arrived at the scientific research cabin, the elevator door opened, and Gu Song could already walk out. The body is light, and the gravity standard here is 0.4 Gs.
"Captain!"
People passing by greeted Gu Song.
Gu Song responded with a smile and walked straight to Wang Suizhen's laboratory.
The ground is curved, and walking on it is a very unique experience.
But now, everyone is used to it.
Gu Song entered Wang Suizhen's laboratory.
Inside, Wang Suizhen led a team and continued to conduct material research.
Among them, there is also Deng Yihui.
Seeing Gu Song come in, the others said hello and continued the work at hand.
Wang Suizhen stood up from his seat and asked, "What's the situation?"
"Nothing, look around. ”
"Patrol, you're fine, I'm busy. ”
"Is there any progress? Look at you're excited. Gu Song asked curiously.
"There are some different properties in the low gravity environment, and I'm doing some comparative analysis. ”
Gu Song was a little speechless when he saw that he was too busy to take care of himself.
Leaned over and looked at the information on his screen, and casually pointed to it: "There should be something to dig up in this place." ”
Wang Suizhen turned his head uncertainly and asked, "Really?"
"You change the parameters and test them against each other. ”
Wang Suizhen thought for a while, his eyes lit up, and he began to work cracklingly, writing a new experimental plan.
Even Deng Yihui didn't pay much attention to himself, and Gu Song felt as if he was a big idler.
In the long journey, there is nothing else, it is really boring and boring.
Leaving the materials laboratory, Gu Song continued to rotate in the scientific research cabin, as if inspecting the territory.
Flint Space City doesn't have that good opportunity to plan an ideal route and use Mars Jupiter's gravitational slingshot to accelerate along the way.
This road is destined to be lonely.
The big head is no longer behind him.
It has its own set of artificial intelligence programs that determine what kind of footage is worth recording.
Perhaps, it also felt that Gu Song was boring.
Gu Song came to the living cabin again.
At this time, Zhao Xin and those people are too young to directly participate in research projects for the time being, and they are all continuing to study in the living cabin.
In addition, there are some family members.
Gu Song looked at the black starry sky outside the porthole, and sighed helplessly.
It is estimated that for more than a year, it will basically be like this.
Fortunately, this is probably the most leisurely period of my life.
The ship has been built and is on its way. When the "seed sequence" status has been obtained, it will be busy again.
Let's continue to study the theoretical content of the "Basic Encyclopedia of Astronautics", as well as the textbook for the "Enlightenment Project".
The life of the strongest human brain is so boring and tasteless......
……
In Titan's orbit, the "Eye of Deep Sky" has already circled here.
Now, after a long journey, a probe has finally arrived here.
This probe was named the Envoy.
In the No. 2 hall of the Space Mission Control Center in Xinghai City, everyone stared at its orbit change data.
The signal was delayed by more than 78 minutes.
"Get ready! Have you communicated with the supercomputing center of Flint Space?" asked the commander.
"Waiting to receive data at any time. ”
The commander nodded, and waited quietly.
How difficult is it for the envoy to enter a certain moon in such a complex gravitational environment as the orbit of Saturn, and also to enter a precise orbit of the moon itself in order to observe the alien creation?
No one is sure.
As long as it can get into Titan first.
Then, it is necessary to use specific orbit data to let the quantum supercomputing of Flint Space help calculate further orbit change schemes, and realize the synchronization with the orbit of alien creations little by little.
HSDA's quantum supercomputing is not dedicated to the aerospace field, and it is still more reliable for Flint Aerospace.
In Titan's outer space, the envoy is slowing down.
I don't know how long it's been slowing down.
After all, ESG did not share Cassini's core detection data, and HSDA had to calculate the mass of Tulados as much as possible and analyze its gravitational environment based on its own deep space exploration equipment.
From this, based on the emissary's course, a deceleration time is calculated to reduce it to the point where it can be captured by Titan.
As the envoy slowed down, its direction of flight finally began to slowly deflect at an angle invisible to the naked eye.
In space, relative velocity is so important. At the speed of everyone at the level of kilometers per second, a slight miss may be missed.
In the control hall of Xinghai City, someone raised and asked, "You say, that enlightenment probe, will it affect the envoy?"
"It should ...... Won't it......"
"What if it does?"
"What do you want?" said another person next to him, "What's the use of taking one of our probes if it's really malicious?"
The mission of the envoy is mainly three.
The first is a close-up sustained observation of the alien creation named the Enlightenment Probe.
Secondly, the test of whether a special unmanned probe is used to enter the distance range required in the "Enlightenment Plan" under unmanned conditions can also trigger the so-called Enlightenment Program.
Finally, try to establish a point-to-point connection channel with the Enlightenment Detector.
Looking at the data fed back one after another on the big screen, the new tracks that are constantly calculated are bending.
From straight lines to arcs, keep moving closer to the preset track.
The changes on the screen, so slowly, millimeter by millimeter, moved.
High in the air of Titan, the envoy streaked through the void for kilometers in a second.
Finally, the envoy's track, which was displayed on the screen, stopped on a closed oval. The small point of light that represents the Envoy no longer deviates.
A burst of cheers rang out.
The commander said with a smile: "Don't relax, the next step, share the data in the past, and continue to adjust the track!"
Spanning more than a billion kilometers, this is a prologue that has just begun to enter the formal work stage.
Around this satellite, which was only more than 1,000 kilometers in diameter, the envoy changed its orbit and attitude little by little, and chased after the enlightenment probe.
A few days later, an invisible signal emanated from it, pointing at the Enlightenment Probe.
In the control hall of Xinghai City, everyone waited with bated breath.
Since that broadcast of the "Enlightenment Project", it has fallen silent.
Now, will it react to messages sent by humans from close proximity?