Chapter 717: Catching an Asteroid

"What the hell is this for?" Zhu Xiaotong couldn't help but ask, Xingxing also came over, he knew it. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Before Xingxing entered the university, Lu Yang would take him with him whenever he had the opportunity, and it can be said that Xingxing was the person who knew the most about the secrets of Penglai Island besides Lu Yang.

It is precisely because of this understanding that the stars are more and more interested in the stars.

"To put it simply, it is the main material for the manufacture of aerospace planes and spaceships, and in the distance, it is also the main material for building star fortresses." Lu Yang Road.

"The most important thing is ......," Lu Yang turned to Li Yilong and said, "If we find it, our aerospace aircraft will be able to be mass-produced!" ”

Li Yilong is also excited, he has always wanted to increase the number of aerospace aircraft. In Li Yilong's view, only when the scale of aerospace aircraft is formed can the pace of human space exploration be accelerated. If it takes several years to build a space city with only three aerospace planes in the hands of Penglai Aerospace Company, when will human beings really go out of the earth?

Thinking of the mass production of aerospace aircraft, Li Yilong couldn't help but feel hot. That picture is exciting to think about. Hundreds of space planes traveled back and forth to the earth and the moon, thousands of space planes flew around the solar system, and human beings rushed out of the solar system and began to explore the galaxy that had been fascinated for countless years......

Lu Yang also looks forward to the mass production of aerospace aircraft, but he is more pragmatic, or more calm.

"Lao Li, the closest time this asteroid group is to Earth is in July this year, right?"

Li Yilong said: "Yes, around July 18, the nearest distance is 30 million kilometers. ”

"What about the asteroids that have scarry?"

"This asteroid is on the edge of the asteroid group, and according to our calculations, its closest approach to Earth is April, but its closest approach to Earth is more than 60 million kilometers."

Lu Yang asked Pangu to open the star field map and did a simulation.

"It's the beginning of April, our time is very tight, if we miss this time, it will quickly move away from the earth, and it may drift to other places......" Lu Yang felt a little more urgency in his heart, judging from the results of the Pangu simulation, he almost only had one chance to capture this asteroid.

"Fortunately, this asteroid is not big, less than 300 meters in diameter, and the density of the asteroid is much lower than that of iron, Pangu, calculate its mass." Lu Yang said.

Two seconds later, Pangu gave the answer: "According to the information currently available, the mass of this asteroid is between 40 million and 56 million tons. ”

"Are you really going to ship this asteroid back to Earth?" Zhu Xiaotong said in surprise.

The stars listened, and their eyes shone brightly.

Lu Yang built a model of transporting asteroids with Pangu in his living room.

"Of course, I searched for four years, and finally found the shop, and after this village, who knows when I will meet the next store. Besides, it is not difficult to transport tens of millions of tons of asteroids in space......," Lu Yang said without looking back.

In the living room, Zhu Xiaotong stood aside with two children, and Li Yilong also stepped back, they all watched Lu Yang quickly operate on the virtual screen, which was filled with a bunch of numbers and a clear asteroid model.

"To get this asteroid back, we need 61 superion engines...... In order to be able to capture it without damage, 40 superion engines were also installed on the front...... According to this track, a month is enough time to ......"

Half an hour later, Lu Yang finally came up with a plan.

"Lao Li, you will be very busy next......" Lu Yang said directly to Li Yilong.

Li Yilong stepped forward and said, "Boss, if you have any orders, just say it, I will definitely complete it!" ”

"Good. We only have three months and we have to race against the clock. The iron ore asteroid will be put aside first, and the construction of the space city will also be suspended, and all the next work will be in the service of capturing the ore asteroid......" Lu Yang said apologetically to Zhu Xiaotong, "Wife, I have to go to the company now, I can't spend New Year's Day with you this year, you can take your children to the mall." ”

Zhu Xiaotong said understandingly: "You go, don't worry about us." ”

"Dad, I want to go with you." Star said.

Lu Yang didn't think about it: "Then let's go together." Lingling, you go to play with your mother, your father and brother have to work, you have to listen to your mother. ”

Lingling said obediently: "Dad, you and my brother don't work too hard. ”

After New Year's Day, the staff of the International Space Agency returned to work and were surprised to find that the space agency's largest project, the "Sky City" project, had been suspended! Soon, the news of the suspension of the lunar base project came out, causing everyone to speculate.

"What's going on?"

"Space City is suspended, the space plane is gone, is there something wrong with the International Space Agency?"

"It may be that Penglai Aerospace and the International Space Agency are at odds......"

The people of the International Space Agency were panicked, and soon representatives of member states came to Li Yilong.

"Director Li, why has the Space City project been suspended? This is a trillion-dollar project, and the loss of a single day is hundreds of millions......"

"We in the UK have invested £2 billion and we have the right to know everything about Space City!"

"We invest no less in France than in the UK......"

For those deputies' questions, Li Yilong had already prepared: "Don't worry, the reason why the 'Sky City' project was suspended was because there was a little technical problem. Soon, though, these issues will be resolved and will not affect the entire project. ”

Li Yilong made great efforts to appease these deputies, and public opinion in the outside world pushed the International Space Agency to the forefront of the storm.

In this age of advanced information, there are few things that can be hidden from the public's eyes, and those media outlets will do almost anything to get news, and this matter of the International Space Agency is quickly known to the outside world.

"The 'Castle in the Sky' plan has been aborted, and the $200 billion investment project has been aborted!" The Washington Post broke the news on January 2, and the news immediately attracted widespread attention.

"Member states are dissatisfied, and the ISA is at risk of disbanding!" The Los Angeles Times immediately followed suit, and the words were not shocking.

"Lu Yang embezzled funds from the 'Sky City' plan, and the half-finished space city wandered the universe." It was a tabloid story that was trying to attract attention, but it was quickly criticized in the wrong direction.

"No matter what happens to Lu Yang in other aspects, there is one thing that no one can deny, that is, he is very rich, and he will neither embezzle funds nor leave unfinished projects." The opinion of a certain netizen is shared by the vast majority of people.

Amid outside speculation, the International Space Agency held a press conference to make clarifications.