Chapter 143: Driving a lunar rover on Earth
Yuegong-2 stood firmly on the surface of the moon.
Of course, a little crooked.
It landed at the same place as the Pollid Crater, the same place where Kanyue 2 landed, but the two were separated by 26 kilometers.
Not far from them is the permanent shadow area, which, according to the Tianxia Space Agency, should have a large amount of water in the crater, which is underground, preserved in a solid form.
And those permanent shadow areas, and even the presence of water ice on the lunar surface, are not hidden in the ground, and there is no need to break the lunar surface to excavate, and a piece can be directly knocked off with a hammer and brought back to be processed into domestic water and rocket fuel.
Of course, these are uncertain and need more data and information to support them.
Two devices landed here for this.
However, human beings know too little about the moon, and the data shows that it should be a flat land, but I didn't expect it to have a 10-degree slope.
Fortunately, the overall is indeed flat, and if the angle is a little larger, the landing of "Moon Palace-2" will be in danger.
In fact, the landing place of "Kanyue 2" is not flat, but it does not need to live people, and its size is also small, which basically does not affect the use, and can put down two lunar rovers to take shape.
"Moon Palace-2" is different, it is very tall, it needs to live in it, and there are many precision instruments to ensure that scientific researchers can directly do experiments on the moon, so the tilt is unbearable.
Fortunately, this problem was taken into account when the "Yuegong-2" was designed, so the landing bracket can be raised and lowered separately.
In the ground command center, they just cheered a little, and then continued their work, just landing smoothly, their task was not completed.
"Unfold the solar panels."
There is a battery on the Moon Palace-2, after all, the Pollid crater where it is located has only 80% of the sunshine rate, and 20% of the time is in the dark, which is converted into Earth time is 27 days and nights of the moon, and more than 5 days have to rely on batteries to survive the darkness.
The batteries are rechargeable batteries, which are charged by solar panels during the day, which can theoretically consume four astronauts at full power for one week.
Enter the general energy-saving mode, which can be used for 10 days.
Enter the second ...... cough, enter the extreme energy-saving mode, that is, only ensure the survival of astronauts, and these stored electricity can last up to 3 weeks.
Using the electricity in the battery, the camera transmitted the image of the solar panel unfolding back to the ground and broadcast it live.
It's just that in order to ensure safety and success, this unmanned equipment does everything slowly, very slowly, and it takes more than ten minutes to unfold several large solar panels.
The command hall definitely needs to be watched all the time, but the audience watching the live broadcast may not like to watch it, but fortunately, there are many cameras on the "Moon Palace No. 2", which allows the audience to look at other places.
For example, watching the beautiful earth from the moon is a live broadcast.
Admire the eight trolleys hanging from the bulkheads, all of which will be lowered for a walk on the moon.
Looking at the hatch of the Moon Palace-2 from a more partial angle, this is where the astronauts will go out of the capsule in the future.
Looking at the moon outside from the porthole, it is quiet and desolate, but it is the hope of mankind to go to deep space.
You can even see the internal structure of Moon Palace-2.
Because the new loads were suddenly announced, the various structures were not announced to the outside world.
It just so happens that now that we have landed on the moon, I will let you take a good look.
The internal structure of the manned spacecraft and the space station has never been secret, at least part of it is not secret, and the interior of Yuegong-2 naturally does not need to be covered from being seen.
When the internal structure of the live broadcast was broadcast, the layman watched it lively, and the barrage kept going, and the insiders were staring at it, and even the barrage was blocked.
[This bed is better than the steel frame bed in our school dormitory, I'm sour. 】
[Wow, independent bathroom, better than the house I rented, I was also sour. 】
[This porthole is so big, you can see the scenery outside really clearly. 】
[What's so nice, it's gray and bare, it's a waste to make such a big porthole, and it's dangerous, a meteorite will explode. 】
[Here it is again, the loquat in your yard is ripe, let your dad pick it for you to eat.] 】
[I feel that the test area is so practical, and the equipment is very advanced, which is more advanced than those in our school laboratory.] 】
[It's amazing, it's good, I want to live in it too.] 】
[Hey, wake up, the foreman is looking for you to move bricks. 】
[I don't know if the Navigator company will establish its own astronaut department and recruit scientific researchers? 】
[Actually, I want to know that Yuegong-2 is owned by the Navigator, and the National Space Administration paid for it? ] 】
[The solar panels are all unfolded, and the lens is cut again, is this about to start?] 】
Ten minutes later, the solar panels were deployed, and the auxiliary systems in Yuegong-2 went online, first adjusted the balance, and then tested the data of each system, all of which were normal.
Since it is not yet inhabited, some systems and equipment that require the cooperation of astronauts are not yet easy to measure, so one last thing remains.
Unleash the lunar rover.
Eight!
After completing this project, the Yuegong-2 test mission will be considered a complete success.
In the presence of all the live viewers, the eight lunar rovers hanging outside the bulkhead were lowered one after another, and then they also unfolded their solar panels, turned on all the equipment, raised their cameras and probes, and began to walk into the distance.
Just now, Yuegong-2 has done a detailed scan of the surrounding ground, and there are no big craters or large rocks, so the eight lunar rovers can drive a little faster.
When they reached a position, they turned around and shot back at Moon Palace-2.
Eight cars in eight directions, the photos sent back were processed and quickly put together into a panoramic photo.
Now there are two panoramic photos.
One is a panoramic photo of the landing taken with the Moon Palace-2 as the center.
One is a panorama of the Moon Palace-2 taken with eight lunar rovers as the base.
The audience who watched it was hooked.
Then, six unmanned lunar rovers drove slowly towards different targets designated by engineers and scientists, leaving two with the view on two simple consoles.
There's not much on the console, just a joystick, a few buttons, and an all-key keyboard, but the screen is not simple.
In the upper right corner of the screen, "7 cars" and "8 cars" are written respectively, corresponding to the two lunar rovers that have not gone on the mission.
[, no, this is to drive a car on the moon on Earth? 】
[The signal transmission between the earth and the moon is delayed for several seconds, can you control it when you drive fast?] 】
[Isn't it, you can drive in this situation?] 】
[The lunar rover is so precious, don't play with this, overturn or break one, how much does it cost?] 】
[It's not actually a matter of money, if you break one, all the tasks will be delayed.] 】
[Wait, did you forget that they released a few cars at once, this is just now.] 】
[This...... That's right, eight cars were released at once, and two of them were used for driving tests, which doesn't seem too ...... Waste. 】
[Gan, if you have more cars, you can do whatever you want! 】
Lunar rovers are really rare on the moon, and before last year, there were only seven lunar rovers on the moon.
Including two unmanned vehicles of White Bear, three manned lunar rovers of Merriken, and two unmanned vehicles of Tianxia.
Merriken's manned lunar rover was a one-time ride, and it was useless to drive a few times and wait for their people to return to Earth, and they were lost on the moon.
And the only one that is still in operation is Tianxia's Yutu-2 unmanned lunar rover.
Last year, Merriken's private space company partnered with Sakura's private space team to send one, and the number of lunar rovers on the moon became eight, and two were in operation.
Then there is this year's Kanyue 2, which sent 2 at once, making the lunar rover 10 and 4 in operation.
Now, Yuegong-2 has 8 vehicles at once, directly bringing the number of lunar rovers on the moon to 18, of which 10 are from the Navigator Company.
The number of lunar rovers in operation skyrocketed to 12, of which 10 were Navigators.
Gan!
Fierce batch!
Coming back to their senses, the audience watched the Navigator test the manual handling with two lunar rovers, and they just wanted to say, "Just drive!" Hurry up! ”
They hadn't really seen a lunar rover on Earth, and it must have been exciting!
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