The situation in Merriken's space agency conference room will not affect the moon, at least not at all until their lunar spacecraft lands on the moon.

On the way, geologist Peng Zizhen took the lead, dragging a tanker truck behind the lunar rover he drove to hold ice cubes.

Lin Yang followed behind, and there was a simple board car hanging behind the lunar rover she was driving, oh, it wasn't even a board car, there was no board on it, in order to reduce weight, it was just a welded shelf.

The shelves have four small wheels, the unpowered ones, all by dragging, and there are a lot of tools and boxes on the shelves.

Both cars were racing at a speed of 32 kilometers per hour, and if it weren't for the fenders on the wheels that restricted the raised lunar soil, Lin Yang, who was walking behind, would definitely be shrouded in the high lunar soil and lunar dust.

They shouldn't have been driving so fast, because you have to be careful when driving in pristine places, because you don't know where it looks fine, but there is only a thin structure on the top and a bottomless fault below.

If the vehicle rushes up at once, it is likely to turn into an archaeological site and a monument to the human moon landing.

However, the road they took was already a proven one, and the lunar rover had to find water, so they had to attack everywhere, and in ten months, they had already made several safe routes between Yuegong-2 and the shadow zone.

If it's really the first time to take this route, the two will stop and go according to the pathfinding protocol, and the leader will change people every once in a while.

In fact, Peng Zizhen, who took the lead in front, has wanted to stop countless times, and as a geologist, he has not yet carried out geological surveys on the moon, so he has packed sandbags for several hours.

Ah Fu laughed that it was also a geological expedition, but he didn't recognize it in his heart, it was a geological expedition of a ball.

Now all the way over, he was also observing the surroundings when he was driving, and found a lot of excellent inspection points, he wanted to get out of the car and take the geological hammer to knock the stones, but unfortunately no, their task this time was to enter the shadow area to retrieve the ice.

It's even better to figure out the ice reserves there at once, if you can.

At a high speed of more than 30 kilometers per hour, maneuvering in a crater with a diameter of only 60 kilometers, they came to the edge of the permanent shadow zone not far from the base.

According to the multiple rut prints there, 20 meters further on, there is the "entrance".

The car of the two gradually slowed down and stopped here, Peng Zizhen came over to help Lin Yang move the box down, and then began to assemble a piece of equipment.

Something called "Solar Capture & Reflection Tracking Device".

"Zizhen, you put up the shelf first." Lin Yang said carrying a box.

"Okay, Sister Lin."

Hearing this, Peng Zizhen picked up the bracket, first used a laser leveling device and a shovel to tidy up a small piece of flat land, and then opened the bracket and put it in the middle.

The two took out the battery, the rotor, the smart controller, and so on, and all of them were installed.

Finally, Peng Zizhen opened a box, took out several smooth metal lenses, put them together, and installed them on the steering head at the top of the bracket.

"Okay, Zizhen, you put the beacon on your lunar rover, and we'll test it."

Lin Yang activated the device, and the telescopic metal pole with the metal mirror surface began to rise, and finally fixed at a height of ten meters, and then the solar panels on both sides of the bracket also stood up, automatically adjusting the direction and angle, and posing the most suitable angle for solar energy acquisition.

Because the beacon tracking signal has not yet been activated, the metal mirror on the top does not adjust the exact angle, but slowly rotates.

Over there, Peng Zizhen installed the beacon and turned it on, "It's okay, Sister Lin." ”

"Hmm."

Lin Yang responded, looked at the metal lens and began to look for the beacon, the reflected pillar of light swept in front of the two of them, and gradually shone on the lunar rover where the beacon was located, and then stabilized.

"Haha, it's done, Sister Lin, the solar energy acquisition rate of my car has increased!"

Seeing that the light intensity and energy conversion rate data received by the lunar rover have been improved, Peng Zizhen jumped happily.

As the first wave of astronauts stationed on a lunar base in human history, it can be said that their every move is part of the test and represents a verification project of the program.

If this device can meet the experimental requirements, then they will be much less difficult to mine water ice mines, and even the simplest method can be used to directly build a refining center here.

"Don't be too happy too early," as the deputy commander, Lin Yang is not as optimistic as a geologist, and said: "You get on the car and move to the shadow area, we need more comparative data." ”

"Okay, Sister Lin."

Peng Zizhen was ordered to stand in the driver's seat, and the joystick drove his lunar rover forward, because of the accuracy of the beacon and the flexibility of the lens turn, the tracking of the light source has been very stable, and there is no big fluctuation.

Enter the permanent shadow zone, and even if the rover's searchlights are not turned on, there is some light around it.

One is that the reflective lens is relatively large, and the reflected light source area is also large, so some light will be projected onto the lunar surface through the vehicle structure and the surroundings, and the other is that some smooth surfaces of the lunar rover will reflect the light, which can also make the surroundings slightly brighter.

Entering the shadow area, there is no original sunlight blessing, only the light from the mirror, and Peng Zizhen may block some light when driving the car, but in general, at least 60% of the solar panels receive light, and the energy conversion rate is okay.

Coupled with the addition of a large battery, it is more than enough for the modified lunar rover to get to the position of a lunar rover without electricity.

If you want to go deeper, I am afraid that it will not work, because the height of the light reflecting device is limited, and the surface curvature of the moon is large, if the vehicle goes down a slope or crater, it will not be able to illuminate.

However, this is enough, as long as the test proves that this solution is available, the ground will make a larger device to send it, and a more professional light receiving device will be built, and sooner or later humans will be unimpeded in the permanent shadow area.

"The test is complete, and the device is ready to use."

Lin Yang checked the reflection function system and said: "Zizhen, then go according to the plan, three tasks, one is to drag out the lunar rover that has no power, the second is to collect ice, and the third is to confirm the impact of reflected light on the permanent shadow area." ”

"We have enough time, the mission is going according to plan, don't be impatient, always keep in communication with me, with the base, and with the ground command center, and ask questions if you have questions, understand?"

"Understood."

In the shadow area, the lunar rover searchlight has been turned on, and Peng Zizhen, who is looking firmly at the darkness in the depths, said.

The vehicle follows the rut marks that were pressed out earlier, and the outer reflector rotates, and the reflected beam of light pierces the darkness like a sharp sword, providing inexhaustible energy for the rover, as well as providing heat for the astronauts and the rover, reducing energy consumption.

According to the plan, Lin Yang and the others were at the edge of the shadow area, just like the previous grouping plan, leaving rescue forces and carrying out other tasks by the way.

Lin Yang took care of the reflex equipment, and then reported the situation to the ground command center.

The ground command center can see the data, hear the astronauts throughout the communication, and even see everything from the camera perspective of the spacesuit, but some things still need to be reported and confirmed by the astronauts themselves.

"Yes, Mr. Tang, Peng Zizhen has already driven the lunar rover into the permanent shadow area."

"The specular reflector has proven to be effective in the early stages, with stable reflected ray tracing, a high energy conversion rate, and a continuous supply of electricity."

"The after-effects are to be seen......