Chapter 9 How many steps are there to land on a meteorite?
In the silence of space, the moon is quietly revolving around the blue star.
Not far from the moon's orbit, a meteorite with a long, bright, sparse tail is heading towards the blue star, which, if nothing else, would hit the blue star in a few days, causing the same mass extinction as it did 65 million years ago.
It's just that it is humans who rule the blue star now, not the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, and the wisdom and technology we have can make it possible for us to fight and survive in the face of such a huge meteorite.
At this time, in the orbit of the moon, three vehicles that have completed acceleration are flying towards the meteorite with the most powerful weapons of mankind and hope, hoping to destroy the meteorite and prevent the catastrophe and catastrophe from coming.
"Houston, this is Endeavour, we are close to the meteorite, and we are asking for permission to begin the execution of the rescue plan." On the space shuttle Endeavour, the captain is talking to Blue Star.
The seven astronauts in the cabin looked very nervous at this time, and at the same time they were a little excited and extremely mission-oriented.
Because they carry the hope of all mankind, if the action is successful, they will also be heroes who will save the world.
Maybe Hollywood has made too many movies to save the blue stars, and these astronauts more or less have a bit of federal-style heroism, thinking that they are the protagonists and will definitely be able to save the world.
This self-confidence gave the seven astronauts a lot of confidence, and along with the other seven astronauts on the other Atlantis, the astronauts from the Federation maintained a positive and optimistic attitude that they would be able to complete the mission successfully.
Optimism is not a bad thing, after all, if they fail, what awaits the Blue Star will be a devastating end, and the burden they carry is the survival of trillions of creatures and species on the Blue Star.
In fact, the astronauts of the Federation team, the Yanguo team and the Lucia team responsible for this mission all had special psychologists to guide them psychologically after knowing about this mission, so that they were in a positive and optimistic state.
Because the responsibility they bear is too heavy, the life and death of all mankind and the fate of the entire Blue Star are imposed on them, and if their psychological tolerance is slightly worse, they are likely to have an emotional breakdown.
Although the astronauts themselves are carefully selected people with good psychological quality who have gone through layers of screening, and the astronauts with the most experience and the best quality have been selected for this mission, no one dares to bet that these astronauts can really withstand such great psychological pressure for this kind of mission that is related to the safety of the world.
If any astronaut on the space shuttle can't bear the pressure and has an emotional breakdown, it is likely to ruin this only chance for humanity to save itself.
Therefore, the United Nations action team deliberately kept these astronauts in a more optimistic attitude, which can not only make them more emotionally stable, but also allow them to have a better state when performing the mission, which can improve the success rate of the mission.
At a time when the fate of the world's six billion human beings is pinned on this mission, any possible way to increase the success rate of the mission will be tried by the action team, as long as it really works.
It's just that although the United Nations Action Team has mobilized all the resources of the world and is doing everything possible to escort and support this rescue plan, hoping to maximize the success rate of the mission, in fact, everyone knows that this mission is nothing more than a gamble, a near-small chance to gamble on the fate of all mankind.
However, despite the gamble, humanity still has the hope of victory, that is, the astronauts of the three countries can successfully complete their mission and eliminate the threat of this meteorite impact.
So under the attention of six billion people around the world, the two space shuttles Endeavour and Atlantis, which were replied by NASA, flew towards the meteorite, while the spacecraft piloted by the astronauts of the Yan Kingdom was left behind, and they needed to wait for the Federation to complete the mission before they could start their mission.
On the blue star at this time, Chen Xin was swiping his mobile phone and discussing the topic of this rescue mission with his friends in the survival group, while watching the picture of the two space shuttles of the Federation flying towards the meteorite captured by the footage of the Yanguo spacecraft that was being broadcast live on TV, and he really sweated nervously for them.
Landing on the surface of a meteorite is not so simple, even if the Federation uses a spacecraft like the Space Shuttle, which has the ability to take off and land like an ordinary aircraft, it is very difficult to land on the surface of the meteorite.
First of all, the space shuttle did not rush directly towards the meteorite, in that case, even if the space shuttle would have difficulty landing due to the relative speed between the two, or even crash directly on the meteorite.
Therefore, the two shuttles must maintain the same direction as the meteorite, and maintain a relatively stable state with the meteorite at sufficient speed in order to land on the surface of the meteorite.
Because the orbital junction was calculated in advance, Endeavour and Atlantis, after accelerating through the moon's gravity, approached the meteorite in a synchronized flight before landing on a relatively flat surface of the meteorite.
But the meteorite has now formed a comet tail as it moves closer to the Sun.
This is the trajectory of the material on the surface of the meteorite in space due to the influence of the solar wind, and it would be a beautiful band of light if viewed on a blue star.
But if you want to pass through it, it is the equivalent of driving in a sandstorm or hail for the space shuttle and astronauts, and life and death depend on luck.
Luckily, it might just be a windy sandstorm, and the landing will be difficult but not fatal.
But if you're unlucky, it's a hailstorm, and you can still smash the window glass and hit the roof of the car with a big hailstone, enough to destroy the space shuttle.
At this moment, the astronauts on the two space shuttles, Endeavour and Atlantis, are really gambling with their lives to have a chance to land on the surface of the meteorite.
"Houston! We're in trouble, the meteorite is surrounded by debris flows, they're blocking our way, we need help! The voice of the federal astronaut on the TV made Chen Xin's worries come true.
Because it is a simultaneous live broadcast of six billion people around the world, there is no pinch of this part of the advertisement or cut the camera back to the studio or anything, this cry for help from the federal astronaut can be said to have made the whole world in an instant commotion.
In the small group established by Chen Xin and his friends, many people have begun to lament that this rescue operation is going to fail, and they feel that they will have to live in a shelter for the rest of their lives.