"What is the relative distance now?"

"263.95 km. ”

The commander looked at the time.

It's been more than 3 hours since the first message, but there is still no response.

The enlightenment probe of the alien civilization is still as silent as it has been for more than three years.

"Let's move on to the second message. ”

Beside him, Liu Liangmu said, "How far is the flintstone space city from Saturn?"

The commander shook his head: "It's still far away, just past Jupiter's orbit." ”

"If there is still no response, does it mean that it has to be a manned spacecraft?

"Presumably, if it's really the creation of an alien advanced civilization. "I don't know if it's the same as our unmanned spacecraft, and when it's not on mission, its main functions will enter a low-power state on standby." ”

"That is, you need to trigger a wake-up?"

The commander nodded: "I thought about this situation, so I designed some information, and then I will try it all." If there is still no response, you can only wait for the arrival of Flint Space City. ”

Liu Liangmu nodded, in short, the envoy probe successfully entered the orbit of Titan, after all, it is good news.

Merely...... It's like an envoy, but you don't necessarily have the opportunity to communicate with each other......

……

The flint space city that has just passed through Jupiter's orbit is actually not a close pass by the largest planet in the solar system.

But it's so close that it's not like on Earth, where you can't see more detail when you look at it from hundreds of millions of kilometers away.

Flint Space City was not idle along the way, but when it passed through Mars and the asteroid belt, some unmanned probes were scattered.

Among them, there are both their own and HSDA's made.

The same is true of Jupiter. As a huge gaseous planet, it also has a whopping 79 moons of all kinds.

This means that Jupiter will definitely become a very important location in the future era of the great development of the solar system.

The resources are too abundant!

After HSDA's dedicated Jupiter probe was launched from Flint Space City, the images it sent back are a feast for the eyes of scientists on board.

Suddenly, Fan Yuanbai's voice sounded in Gu Song's ears: "Boss, there is a discovery!"

The sound is sounded directly in the ears through the temple sensors of the signal converter glasses.

Fan Yuanbai used a peer-to-peer communication channel.

Gu Song said: "I'll come over right away, let's introduce first, what's the situation?"

"There were some slight deviations from the pre-calculated orbital data. ”

"Why did it deviate?" Gu Song was shocked, "According to the star map, is the calculation correct?"

"The inertial navigation system was the first to give an early warning, and after calculating and comparing the pulse signal data of known pulsars, the deviation was indeed found!"

"There's nothing unusual about the ship, right?"

"No!" Fan Yuanbai's voice was actually not too panicked, but there was some excitement, "This slight deviation is easy to adjust, but this is the case, a bit like there is an unknown gravitational source." It is possible that our ship has just passed through its gravitational range. If that's the case, then we'll find an unknown star!"

"Did you do the calculations along this line?"

"It's not arranged yet, it's an unexpected event, wait for you to decide, you're the captain." ”

Gu Song Yile: "I'll take a look right away, and in addition, let Ning Qiwei take those students to do the math." ”

……

When Zhao Xin and the others heard the mission, they were extremely surprised: "Calculate the orbital data of an unknown star that is likely to exist?"

Ning Qiwei nodded and said, "Yes, now the orbit of the spacecraft has deviated slightly, and in order to get more data, the parameters of the propulsion system have not been adjusted in any way. This is most likely a moon of Jupiter that has not yet been discovered. We need to work out its orbital data as soon as possible, and then try to find it with the observation instruments on the spacecraft. ”

The young man, who had only been able to learn on the spaceship, was immediately eager to try.

"Part of the computing power resource permissions of the shipboard computer have been issued to your personal terminals, and various data related to this matter are also among them, time waits for no one, let's start!"

As a mathematical genius who first participated in the quantum computer project at that time, Ning Qiwei entered the Flint Research Institute after graduation.

Gu Song asked him to take a few young students to calculate this question, and probably had some meaning to examine these students.

Zhao Xin and the others followed Ning Qiwei all the way to the scientific research cabin.

In addition to the first two visits, this is the first time I have officially come to work here.

But at this time, they did not have time to observe too much, and they immediately threw themselves into the calculation.

The spacecraft now maintains a steady propulsion acceleration.

Initial route data......

Data for each second of deviation from the start of the course......

An unknown star may be an unknown planet or asteroid orbiting the Sun, or an unknown Jupiter of Jupiter, which must also be in a high-speed orbit......

Relying purely on current data and mathematical methods, they needed to locate its orbital position.

Accurate location data is needed for an observing instrument to accurately capture a star that may be hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of kilometers away!

It's a challenge!

……

In the control center of Xinghai City, the people on duty also discovered the orbit deviation of the flint space city through the deep space exploration network.

It was a high-level emergency, and the commander was called back again.

"How long will it take for the signal to come back?"

"It's going to be 57 minutes. ”

"What do you say?"

The subordinate shook his head: "There are too many possibilities. No one knew what was going on over there until the signal came back. ”

They are here, and they can't read the core data on the flintstone space city in real time.

Now the communication delay is so big, and I have to wait a long time to receive a reply from that side.

Fortunately, the return signal has been relatively stable, at least proving that the flint space city has not been destroyed.

So, did the thrusters applaud, or did the flintstone space city take the initiative to adjust the course?

The commander frowned, looking through the flint Space City route data recorded in the database.

The information is asymmetrical, and it is really impossible to see the eyebrows......

"Have you been in contact with Flint Aerospace?"

"Contacted, they are also confirming. In addition, they are also simulating calculations for several possible scenarios. ”

"What about their opinions, what are the possible scenarios?"

"Thruster failure, changes in the gravitational perturbation environment of Jupiter and its moons, gravitational influence of unknown stars, these are the three scenarios they think are the most likely. Of course, it could be a worse outcome, so we can only wait for news. ”

The commander nodded, and could only continue to monitor its course.

I found that I was off track, why haven't I adjusted back yet?

The greater the deviation, the greater the cost of readjusting the track!