The Penglai Space Center, located in the Sanxian District, has become a landmark on Penglai Island, home to Penglai Aerospace, the world's largest private space company, and the International Space Agency, the world's largest space organization. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 As early as a few years ago, it surpassed NASA in the United States and became a space center recognized by the international community.

Since the first flight of the space plane, the space center has been very busy, and this busyness has reached its peak after the three space planes entered service and the "Space City" was built. At present, there are more than 200,000 aerospace talents from all over the world working here, and the space center is a bit crowded.

Normally, there are many reporters from the International Space Agency, but today because of the press conference, there are even more reporters on the scene. Before Li Yilong walked into the press conference hall, reporters from more than 200 media outlets were already waiting.

Prior to the press conference, many media reported on the situation at the International Space Agency, and the suspension of the "Castle in the Sky" project attracted the attention of many people. Not only Lu Yang, countless people have high expectations for this project, yearning for space is almost human instinct, and everyone hopes that the space city can be built as soon as possible to complete more people's space dreams.

In order to show his attention, Li Yilong personally presided over the press conference. Before the press conference, he discussed with Lu Yang that the matter of transporting asteroids would not be announced to the public for the time being, so this time he had to find a suitable reason.

Li Yilong was busy with the press conference here, and Lu Yang took the stars to the aerospace aircraft manufacturing factory.

The Aerospace Aircraft Manufacturing Factory is one of the most mysterious places on Penglai Island, and so far only Lu Yang and his son have visited. Since its completion, a total of 11 aerospace aircraft have been produced here: 3 aerospace transport aircraft and 8 aerospace fighters. Other times, the Pangu-controlled smart factory is mothballed, guarded by mecha warbands.

"Dad, how are you going to transport the asteroid?" Star asked.

Lu Yang said as he walked: "The mass of the asteroid is too great for the aerospace plane to tow, so I can only install a super engine on it, treat it as a flying machine, and transport it back directly." ”

"Install the engine? Is there such a powerful engine? How to solve the problem of energy? ”

Lu Yang: They have come to the control center of the factory.

"Of course ordinary engines can't do it, even the engine power on the aerospace plane is not enough, but I also have a secret weapon, the super plasma engine!" Lu Yang said, "Pangu, open the three-dimensional design drawing." ”

In the control center, Pangu's projection suddenly appeared, and then a huge image of the engine was displayed on the virtual screen.

"Super-plasma engine...... This ......"

Xing Xing has been studying at Penglai Aerospace University for 4 months, and his understanding of space engines has made great progress compared to before, but he still has a lot of questions about the engine in front of him, which has never appeared before.

"This is the most suitable engine for space at this stage, and it is an advanced version of the plasma engine used in aerospace aircraft. It has a lot of power, and with enough energy, it is able to accelerate Space-One to sub-light speed, which, of course, is ideal, in fact simply not reached. Lu Yang explained.

"So powerful!" Star exclaimed, but he soon regained his composure. Xingxing knows that his father has a lot of secrets, and Penglai Island even has many mecha and aerospace planes, so it is not surprising that there is such an engine.

"Pangu, how many super-plasma engines do we have now?" After speaking, Lu Yang asked Pangu.

"20 units."

"So little? It's simply not enough! Star said.

Lu Yang nodded: "Because the super-plasma engine is not suitable for installation on existing spacecraft, we have only produced 20 experimental models. Pangu, when will the remaining 81 super-plasma engines be completed? ”

Pangu immediately gave the answer: "It takes 33 days to produce at full capacity." ”

Lu Yang shook his head and said, "This can't be done, we don't have that much time." The asteroid will be far from Earth in April, and may even wander into space, and we must capture it by March. At the current pace, the engines will be completed by the beginning of February, and we will also use an aerospace aircraft to transport them to the asteroid, and then install them, reserve fuel, ignite them, and control the transport...... It's just too late. ”

Lu Yang thought for a while and said, "In this way, the first batch of 20 engines will be installed first, at least it can ensure that the ore asteroid will not escape." ”

Xingxing immediately understood what Lu Yang meant: "Dad, you mean to install it in batches?" ”

"Well, that's all that can be done now. Pangu, you immediately go all out to produce the engine. Also, inform Li Yilong that the aerospace plane will be prepared immediately. ”

After the major projects of the International Space Agency were stopped, more than 200,000 people were idle. However, they found that the Penglai Aerospace Company next door to them was busier than before, and this aerospace organization, which was not inferior to their own, was preparing something intensively, and the three aerospace planes had also entered the pre-takeoff preparations.

"What big moves does Penglai Aerospace Company have?" Many people came to ask Li Yilong, but he blocked them back.

Two days later, three aerospace planes took off from the space center, one of which carried 20 superplasma engines and the other two with engineering robots and helium-3. Flying at full speed, in less than two days, they were already close to the asteroid.

Lu Yang of Penglai Island put other work aside, watching every move of the space plane and the asteroid contact.

The asteroid is very small, about 280 meters in diameter, 48 meters less than the length of an aerospace aircraft. In the universe, both are in a state of high-speed motion, and it is very dangerous to get close to each other.

"Pangu, it's up to you next." Lu Yang couldn't help but get nervous when he saw the picture transmitted back from more than 50 million kilometers away.

"Don't worry, boss."

In order for the space plane to approach the asteroid smoothly and install the superplasma engine on it, it must rely on Pangu. Manual operations cannot be said to fail, but the probability of failure is definitely more than 90%. Only artificial intelligence with powerful computing power can ensure the safety of aerospace aircraft and complete their missions.

Each of the three aerospace planes has a quantum computer with Pangu's subroutine on it, and this connection is controlled by the subprogram.

Under Lu Yang's attention, it took more than three hours for the three aerospace planes to successfully capture the asteroid.

"Phew......" Lu Yang couldn't help but let out a long breath, "The first step is finally completed, Pangu, keep an eye on the situation here, and in two weeks, the engine will be ignited on time, and the asteroid and the earth will be close according to the predetermined trajectory!" ”

"Yes, boss!"