Chapter 497: The Return of the Third Batch of Mining Ships (3)

Dai Mo, the head of the Aegis Earth Command Center, replied: "Please adjust your orbit to avoid collision with meteorites,

Also be careful not to be pulled into the atmosphere by the gravitational pull carried by meteorites, and we will be responsible for contacting the observation posts of the Space Defense Council! ”

After hanging up the communication, Dai Mo took a closer look at the information sent by his observation post 13.

Looking at the orbits of these nine unidentified meteorites, it seems that they came from the vicinity of Mercury.

However, there is no asteroid belt around Mercury, and it may be a free meteorite in the solar system, which was blown out because of the solar wind.

Since the establishment of the three space early warning platforms of the Asian Space Force, the Space Defense Council, and the Aegis of the Earth, there have been thousands of such data.

Dai Mo, who had been in command of the early warning center for several months, was already familiar with this situation.

However, when the data presented by the computer was constantly being transmitted, Dai Mo's brows were deeply twisted, and at the same time, drops of cold sweat couldn't help but break out on his forehead.

Because the news transmitted from the 13th observation post showed that these nine meteorites had passed by the Earth a week ago.

However, these nine meteorites, while flying into Jupiter's orbit, used Jupiter's gravitational slingshot to perform three circular accelerations.

In the end, it orbited in a very complex orbit, almost across the distance of the five celestial bodies of the solar system, and ran directly towards the Earth!

Gravitational slingshot!

These four words, for them astronomers, are as sensitive as a little girl's skin.

Because the asteroid that hit the Earth on the day of the natural disaster used the gravitational slingshot to accelerate continuously, and finally hit the Earth directly like a missile.

Although the volume of these nine meteorites is simply the difference between the earth and a sesame seed compared to the asteroid on the day of the natural disaster.

And there is a high probability that these nine asteroids will be turned into ashes due to violent friction with the atmosphere, and even the remaining part will fall into the Pacific Ocean, which will not pose any threat at all.

But the asteroid's orbit and method of breaking into the earth are simply too similar to the asteroid on the day of the natural disaster.

All of this points to other intelligent life from Earth.

God knows if these nine meteorites will be spaceships with extraterrestrial intelligent life?

"Shet, what are those guys at the Space Defense Council doing, trying to be smashed into parts by a meteorite?!"

Dai Mo glanced at the observation post of the Space Defense Council, which was almost "stagnant" in orbit, and then at the collision trajectory of the meteorite, and couldn't help but curse secretly.

The Observation Post is a small artificial satellite, much smaller than a space station, with limited fuel and limited engine power.

It's just because its cost is very cheap compared to the space station, and there is no need to do scientific research on it, but it is just used as an early warning radar, so there is no need to make such good equipment.

The cost of a normal space station is almost 30 such observation posts, which is also a cheap version of the option of seizing satellite orbits and building a space early warning platform at the same time.

With the power of the Space Defense Council's observation post, it would take at least half an hour to accelerate the orbit change if you want to dodge these nine meteorites.

And their Aegis Command Center on Earth has successfully received the early warning information from their own observation posts, and the people in the Space Defense Council are all veterans of playing with space equipment, so it stands to reason that they will not be delayed.

"Hello, give me the Space Defense Council Command Center, I'm Dai Mo, the head of the Aegis Earth Command Center."

"Chief Sam, nine meteorites are about to hit Earth in an hour, and according to my intelligence, one of your observation posts is in collision orbit,

The situation is very dangerous, but we are unable to make effective contact with your observation posts, so please call them to avoid this crisis. ”

"What?! You've lost contact with the Observation Post as well? Disconnection with the observation post? Or is it done manually inside the observation post? ”

"I've been to your Space Defense Council training base, and Hans and Karavsky are both very good astronauts, how could they disregard the safety manual and cut off contact with the ground?"

"The information on my side is that these nine meteorites have a very peculiar orbit and use a gravitational slingshot to accelerate, and directly crash into the earth.

Your observation post has lost contact again, and I suspect it's the work of intelligent alien life, though we don't know what the damn aliens are up to.

But this is a matter of the lives of the four astronauts, and I hope you will take it seriously, and I will contact the Asian Space Force and wish you good luck. ”

"Hello Director Guan, this is the Aegis Earth Command Center, I am the person in charge, Dai Mo, and now nine meteorites have been detected to hit the Earth,

At the same time, there is an observation post in the Space Defense Directorate, which has lost contact with the ground, do you know the details? ”

"What? You don't know the details? It's none of your business? Will you keep a close eye on it? ”

"No, space belongs to all mankind, and at the same time, it is also about the safety of all our human lives, we can't just guard our own information, we should share it,

Although the safety of the four astronauts of the Space Defense Council has nothing to do with our Aegis on Earth, we are all astronauts, and we must do our best to rescue them. ”

"No comment? Director Guan, these nine meteorites will eventually fall into the western Pacific Ocean, which is very close to your territorial waters, which is related to your safety. ”

"Huh? Are you ready to deal with it? Director Guan, listen to me, these nine meteorites were all accelerated by Jupiter's gravitational slingshot and flew towards the earth, which sounds familiar, right?

Identical to the asteroid on Cataclysmic Day, and with the fact that an observation post was inexplicably missing during this time and in impact orbit, I have reason to suspect that this is an alien conspiracy, or perhaps a conspiracy from within our human race. ”

"I didn't say you did it, and the aliens threw nine useless meteorites at us, and it's not the kind of idiotic behavior you said, Director Guan!"

"Hey! Director Guan!! Feed! ”