Chapter 14: Pushing the Stars
With the landing of the spacecraft, soon the three Yanguo astronauts also walked out of the spacecraft, each holding a tool and getting busy.
Meteorites have a very limited amount of time to pass through the moon's orbit, and if they want to use the influence of the moon's gravity to push the meteorite off the impact orbit, they will have to race against time.
Looking at the astronauts on the screen who were busy on the surface of the meteorite in heavy spacesuits captured with the help of the spacecraft camera, Chen Xin couldn't stop cheering for them silently.
This is no better than just now when the Federation team rushed down and there was no news, and the Yanguo team was a live broadcast of the whole process without interruption, so the progress of the project can be seen at a glance.
In addition, there is a narration from the TV station to explain, so the audience doesn't even need to watch, just listen to it to know the progress of the project on the spot, where the astronauts have done, and how far from completion.
Compared to the Federation team to drill holes in meteorites, the Yan Nation team's task is easier, although they also have to drill holes, but the Yan Nation team only needs to drill bolt holes to fix the thrusters, instead of drilling a deep hole hundreds of meters deep like the Federation people.
So although there were a little more holes to be drilled, with the hard work of the three astronauts, the work was completed quickly.
Seeing that they finished punching, Chen Xin became as excited as everyone who watched the live broadcast together in front of the TV, and even the excited voice of the host as a narrator came from the TV: "Okay! Now all the bolt holes have been punched! Next, the astronauts only need to install the bolts to end the ground operation, return to the spacecraft to activate the thrusters, and use it to propel the meteorite! ”
Hearing this, Chen Xin couldn't help but stand up, watching the three astronauts on the TV install the bolts slightly clumsily with their hands with thick gloves, and he even wanted to reach out to help them tighten the bolts.
But at a distance of 380,000 kilometers, Chen Xin's hand couldn't reach even if he could reach into the TV, so he could only watch it in a hurry.
Fortunately, the astronauts took into account the problem of tightening the bolts before they set off, not only equipped with professional power tools that can tighten a bolt in one second, but also a three-person collaboration, in the case of three people working at the same time, all the bolts are also being screwed one by one under the watchful eyes of six billion people around the world.
Seeing that the astronauts had completed all the ground work, the commander-in-chief in charge of on-site command in the space center simply grabbed the microphone excitedly and yelled at the astronauts: "Return to the spacecraft immediately and start the thrusters!" Leave that pile of chickens and dogs on the ground alone! ”
Looking at the screen when he happened to switch to the white-haired commander-in-chief in the space center, Chen Xin really couldn't imagine that this old expert could be so excited, which couldn't help but make people worry about whether his heart could stand it.
However, it is understandable that the commander-in-chief is so excited, after all, at this time, even Chen Xin couldn't help but shout to tell the astronauts to ignore the tools on the ground, go directly to the spacecraft, and leave after starting the thrusters.
Compared with the time it takes to clean up the tools on the ground, the astronauts can start the thrusters one second earlier when they get on the spacecraft, start the thrusters one second earlier, push the meteorite off the impact orbit one second earlier, and save the blue star one second earlier.
Under the premise of saving the Blue Star, the Federation's multi-billion dollar space shuttle has blown up, not to mention just a bunch of tools.
The commander-in-chief's order was immediately carried out by the astronauts, who simply checked that the bolts on the ground were in place, quickly returned to the spacecraft, and then activated the thrusters under the watchful eyes of six billion people around the world.
As the tail of the thruster specially built for the mission burst into flames, the astronauts' spacecraft separated from the thruster and quickly ignited and lifted off the surface of the meteorite.
When the federal team leaves the surface of the meteorite, they can use the impact of the nuclear bomb explosion to blow away the debris flow on the surface of the meteorite, and the Yan Nation team naturally cannot enjoy such convenience because they did not use the nuclear bomb.
However, the heavy thrusters they installed on the meteorite were not as effective as the impact of a nuclear bomb explosion, and although they could not blow away all the debris streams on the surface of the meteorite in an instant, the continuous spray of the thruster's tail flame could create a gap in the debris flow on the surface of the meteorite.
Taking advantage of this gap opened by the tail flame of the thruster, the spacecraft of the Yan Nation successfully left the surface of the meteorite, returned to space, and joined the Endeavour of the Federation team, and the two embarked on the return journey back to Blue Star together.
When the spacecraft of the Yan Kingdom and the Federation returned home, the meteorite also shifted under the thrust of the thrusters and the gravitational pull of the moon.
"With the unremitting efforts and heroic sacrifices of the astronauts of the Yan Kingdom and the Federation, the huge meteorite rushing towards the Blue Star is now gradually being pushed out of the impact orbit, according to the prediction of scientists, this meteorite will be completely pushed out of the impact orbit within a few hours, and in the next few days, it will pass near the Blue Star, and the threat of human extinction has been lifted!"
Listening to the cheers of the good-looking hostess on the TV, Chen Xin couldn't help but shout loudly, although this meant that all his preparations were in vain, but if he could avoid the meteorite hitting the blue star and continue to live in the sun in the future, he would rather all his preparations be in vain.
shouted and howled loudly, and it wasn't until his voice was hoarse that he wanted to drink water, and Chen Xin's emotions calmed down again.
It's just that as Chen Xin calmed down, he found a key point that was deliberately ignored by the TV station, that is, the meteorite had been blown into two fast, and the Yan Guo team installed the thruster and is now pushing away the larger one, and the smaller one has not been pushed away!
Thinking of this, Chen Xin hurriedly ran to the computer, looking for the latest information, and the TV was also on, he kept switching channels, wanting to see if there was any latest news about the meteorite.
However, there was already a lot of laughter on TV at this time, it seemed that the crisis had been resolved, everyone was very optimistic at this time, and the TV station's report became relaxed, which made Chen Yu, who wanted to hear if there was important information, was very disappointed.
But fortunately, some information can still be found on the Internet, and some people have raised the same question as Chen Xin, will the smaller meteorite hit the blue star?
Regarding this question, someone on the Internet has given an answer, and it is very reasonable, that is, "the Lucia will blow it to pieces with a nuclear bomb".