Chapter 348: The Astronaut's Busy Life on the Moon

"Uhhh

Four white powertrains...... Oh no, it's the astronauts in white rigid spacesuits, they open the metal door and "clang" into the Moon Palace-2, after closing the hatch, the airlock cabin immediately swelled.

Waves of air are sprayed on the spacesuit from all directions, not only inflating and pressurizing the airlock, but also blowing away the fine lunar soil and lunar dust that adheres to the spacesuit.

At the same time, the electromagnetic fields of the airlock begin to change, and they also attract the fine moon dust with an electric charge, which is then pumped away by the exhaust system and finally collected in a special device.

A few minutes later, the moon dust on the spacesuit was cleaned up.

These moon dust is a big killer, the dust on the earth is very weathered, basically spherical, there is no wind and flowing water on the moon, what the moon dust here looks like when it breaks, and what it is still like now, basically with sharp spikes.

If they are inhaled into the nose and then into the lungs, a small amount can cause physical discomfort to the astronaut, and a large amount can be life-threatening for the astronaut.

After the pressurization was completed, Peng Zizhen opened the hatch on the other side, and the four of them entered in turn, successively hung the auxiliary backpack in the original place with their backs against the wall to charge and inflat, and then turned over and stood in the specified area with their hands slightly raised.

"Disarm the spacesuit, password 343, confirmed."

"Click~"

With a mechanical sound, the back armor of the spacesuit opened, and the astronauts could exit from the inside.

"Whew~"

Peng Zizhen was the first to come out, and complained with a smile: "My first job as a geologist on the moon turned out to be to load sandbags, and there is no one to do this kind of special work in this special place, hahaha." ”

"Isn't this a good professional, geologists came to the moon to deal with lunar soil," Tong Anfu turned around and patted him on the shoulder, "After shoveling lunar soil for 5 hours at once, your peers will envy you to death." ”

"Hey, the first 5 hours are my home field, the last 5 hours are your home field, take a break after eating, and you're going to do the work that you can only do as an aerospace mechanical engineer - modified cars."

Peng Zizhen smiled and slapped Tong Anfu's shoulder with his backhand, "Ah Fu, change the battery of the car and install a steering wheel, it's so difficult~"

Five hours of sandbag work is not tiring at all, because this is the moon, which is only one-sixth of the gravity of the Earth.

And there is also a powered rigid spacesuit, which also plays a significant auxiliary role.

However, because there is still work to be done in the back, Lin Yang, the only female astronaut among the four, said: "Okay, you two don't make trouble, hurry up to the restaurant, the 'lunch' we put in in advance should have been heated by the 'little rabbit', take a break after eating, we have to complete the next task." ”

"Obey, Sister Lin!"

The two of them pretended to receive the order, and then climbed the stairs upstairs to the dining room.

Xiaotu is the intelligent assistance system in Moon Palace No. 2, the name was given by Lin Yang, as the only woman on the moon, she was nicknamed "Chang'e" by the people in the group, and she has this qualification.

The rabbit is similar to most smart homes on Earth, although it can't help astronauts with all kinds of work like superintelligence, but it's still okay to have a hot meal.

Even if the astronaut doesn't put the meal in the heater in advance, the rabbit can follow the menu formulated by the astronaut and then control the robotic arm to complete the process of "cooking".

In this respect, it is a little more powerful than the average smart home housekeeper.

Taking off your heavy spacesuit and walking in a warm, bright and sturdy survival capsule in an incapsule is always a good mood.

The Moon's gravity is very small, only one-sixth that of the Earth, but it is this one-sixth that sets it apart from the completely weightless space.

The weightless environment is a novelty for tourists, but it is not so friendly, if not at all, for astronauts who live and work for long periods of time.

Being in a weightless environment for long periods of time can be physically uncomfortable, and there are too many restrictions on eating in a weightless environment, so although the gravity on the moon is small, it also allows them to experience a precious sense of "groundedness" and let them know where to go down and where to go up.

Sitting on a chair now is sitting on a chair, and it will not be "sitting is equal to not sitting, but it is more uncomfortable" in space.

There is gravity, although it is a little smaller, but they can eat normally.

The more the process of eating is like the earth, the more it can relieve their anxiety.

Of course, they have just arrived on the moon and have not yet been anxious, but they will stay on the moon for two months, and after a period of time, the effect of the "earth-like" diet environment will be reflected.

Cheng Dong took out a bag of hot beef fried noodles, opened the seal, took out a plate, and then the bag was facing down, gently shaking it up and down, and the fried noodles were poured into the plate.

Put the bag in the garbage bag, then pick up the chopsticks and stir the fried noodles on the plate, and after a few clicks, a plate of steaming beef fried noodles appears.

As long as the movement is a little smaller, not so wide opening and closing, he doesn't have to worry about the noodles flying out as if they were in space.

Take out a deep bowl again, tear open the soup packet, take out a piece of egg soup compressed block and put it in the bowl, then flush the hot water, stir again, and a bowl of seaweed egg drop soup appears.

The staple food and soup were placed on the table in front of him, and Cheng Dong felt satisfied.

As a national astronaut who has participated in manned space missions before, he knows how happy he is now.

The others did the same, completing the final step of the luncheon.

In addition to the main dishes and soups, there are also main dishes and snacks such as rabbit meat with pickled cabbage, corn with pine nuts, braised bamboo shoots in oil, spicy peanuts, beef in sauce, braised eggs, chicken wings, dried tofu, and chocolate.

There are some dishes that Cheng Dong and Lin Yang, who have been to space, have eaten, but eating in space and eating in such an environment are two states.

Cheng Dong looked at the others, and the others were also looking at him, and suddenly everyone laughed.

"Hahaha, okay, don't laugh, let's eat!"

Cheng Dong first picked up the soup bowl and took a sip of soup.

"Let's eat, let's eat!"

"It's nice to sit in a chair and eat with chopsticks!"

"Yes, on the way here, I took the bag and gnawed it directly, which is like ...... now"

"Hmm, drink soup with a bowl, it's refreshing ......"

For a meal, the four of them had a very happy meal.

After eating, the garbage generated is disposed of, compressed, and put in the warehouse, and when it is time to leave, a piece is brought back to Earth.

I disposed of the household garbage, then disposed of the garbage in my body, and took turns to go to the toilet.

After another half-hour rest, they were back to work.

They didn't come to the moon for vacation, and they didn't have an eight-hour workday, except for the time to eat, sleep, exercise, and take a break.

After resting, put on a spacesuit and leave the Moon Palace-2, and then go to the Moon to get some tools and parts and start working.

They were going to modify the rover, adding a manual drive in addition to automatic, ground-based remote control and adding their battery modules.

They need the rover to become a drivable, longer-range vehicle that can be used as a fast-moving means of transportation.

Some rovers also need to be equipped with improvised buckets so that they can carry more things.

For example, carry more external batteries, carry more gas tanks, carry storage tanks for ice, and some messy equipment, etc.

There is a hanging bucket, and you can put whatever you want.

Once the modification is complete, they will be able to go to their previous location to find ice, and if they can bring some back, they will be able to get the Luna spacecraft's fuel-making equipment running.

Whether they can successfully produce fuel from the moon's water ice is very important to them.

If successful, some plans in the later stage can be carried out smoothly, and the construction of the forward base can be accelerated.

If it fails, then the ground will have to re-plan and the construction of the forward base will have to be postponed.

Even their return plans had to be reworked and other ships needed to take them away.