Chapter 135: Investigating Spies

Truth be told, it's not uncommon for sensors in aerospace equipment to sound alarms.

Not even to mention aerospace sensors, even aviation sensors are allergic.

It's better to misreport than to make a situation unreported, basically "I'd rather misreport 10,000 than let one go".

Multiple sets of sensors are generally installed on the spacecraft, which are redundant and corroborating each other, and the alarm of a single sensor is likely to be a false alarm, but it must not be reported.

As soon as there is an alarm, it is necessary to manually confirm that there is no problem before dismissing the alarm.

If you get annoyed and lower the sensitivity of the sensor, it will be a big death.

In the history of astronautics, there are too many such things.

Especially in the early days of space activities, there was no experience, the sensors were not sensitive, there were errors and no alarms were raised, and then the astronauts died.

All kinds of safety designs are explored by predecessors.

Just like when a manned spacecraft is launched and re-entered the atmosphere, astronauts wear helmets.

Now that sensors are very sensitive, spacecraft often have false alarm events.

For example, on the International Space Station, a little dust falls on the smoke detector, causing a smoke alarm, or a system judgment failure, causing a toxic gas leak alarm.

There is also a fire alarm that sounded when the astronauts carried out the first extravehicular walk in Tianxia, which was also a false alarm.

In the end, it was found that the sunlight shone on the equipment in the cabin after the hatch was opened, causing the temperature to rise, and the computer misjudged that it was a fire, which triggered the fire alarm.

Don't look at every alarm that will make the astronauts toss around for a while, and in the end it is determined that it is a false alarm, but this is their life guarantee.

This time it was a false positive, but next time, even the slightest negligence could have wiped out their lives.

It may even be possible to reimburse expensive spacecraft and leave large swaths of space junk in orbit to cover humanity's path to the stars.

This time too, the computer automatically alarmed, and the command hall quickly locked the alarm location, and then asked the engineer to check.

"Fuel filler port No. 6 is abnormal."

When they heard that it was probably not the cause of the rocket, most people were relieved, and now they only look at the inspection manual of the engineer, hoping that the problem is not big.

Engineers quickly inspected the No. 6 fuel filler and found that there was nothing wrong with it, it was a false alarm.

Since it was a false alarm, the launch mission naturally continued, but after a while, the system alarmed again.

The engineers were patient and quickly conducted a manual inspection of the alarm location, but the result was a false alarm.

Well, twice, it's always going to work.

They've been checking until now and they've determined that there's nothing out of the ordinary.

The technology purchased from Tang Chao is indeed a good batch.

But after a while, the system alarmed again.

Not only engineers, but also the general public felt that something was wrong.

Obviously there is no problem with the check, why does the system keep reporting errors?

Quick manual confirmation, sure enough, false positive!

There is no problem with the rocket, that is, there is a problem with the system of the launch center.

Examine!

I didn't know if I didn't check it, but I was shocked to find that it was an employee of the launch center, who inserted a USB flash drive into the computer.

A thought flashed through people's minds.

"Espionage!"

Unbeasurably, the pickets entered directly, and everyone stayed where they were and did not move.

And Tang Chao and Zhao Li were invited to a conference room.

They had been to this conference room two days ago, and they were still those big guys, but they were different from the smiles on their faces two days ago, and now they all looked solemn and frowned.

It was also after they came in that the two learned that there were spies at the launch base, and the first few false alarms were not accidental.

Only one spy has now been found and is being interrogated.

This spy is an internal staff, belonging to the kind that has been temporarily bought, and has no professional espionage skills, so he quickly told what he knew.

It's just that the information is really limited.

He had never seen a real spy, and the USB stick was obtained in a box at the door of his house, which contained a letter of coaxing and intimidation, as well as 100,000 in cash.

In the letter, he asked him to plug the USB flash drive into the computer in the launch center, and the 100,000 yuan was his, and there were 400,000 more after success.

A total of half a million.

If he doesn't do so, or even call the police, he will be killed, because the police can't protect him for the rest of his life, and if he has the chance, he will be killed.

Along with his family, they all had to die.

That's all, that's all.

He didn't know which country the other party was, he didn't know if anyone else had been bought at the space center, and he didn't even know what was in the USB flash drive.

Because the spy letter says that he is not allowed to view it, once he is plugged into the computer, the program will start.

Waste a USB stick on other computers, and he'll be dead.

Even the first and second alarms, he thought it was an accident.

It wasn't until the third time, when his colleagues felt that something was not quite right, that he became suspicious.

Finally, when he saw the picket walking towards him, he realized that it was him who did it, and that his own affairs were exposed.

Soon, the picket found the money at his house, and it was a lot of money, 100,000 yuan.

According to his words: "Don't dare to spend a penny." ”

And his situation is really hard to say, he is not actually corrupted by money, but is threatened by his life, not only his own, but also his family.

Thinking of this, the space center contacted the police and protected the man's family.

Thinking that there might be other spies lurking in the base, they could make trouble at any time, and it was no longer a luxury for them to launch on time, they just wanted to make sure that the Long March 9 rocket was okay now, so they sent someone to surround the rocket three layers inside and three layers outside.

Not a single fly wants to fly over.

All that's left is to get all the spies out.

It's also strange to say, it was impossible for the base to identify the first spy so quickly, but when they checked the computer system, they suddenly found abnormal information, and then found this brother by the way.

Tang Chao also noticed this problem, he carefully looked at the information he had obtained so far, and found that the anomaly was indeed a little abnormal.

Well, it's like playing a game and taking the initiative to report points.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Zhao Li for no reason, and found that this thing was also looking at him.

This made Tang Chao suddenly remember that this product seemed to be the captain of an information collection team at the earliest, and he was very sensitive to information, comparable to aerospace sensors.

"You also feel like this is a sound blow?"

"Yes," Zhao Li nodded, "These false alarms are actually not destructive at all, but every time they call the police, they can keep the entire base busy, especially now, after finding a spy, the whole base is even busier, I feel that the real spy must be planning something, just using this kind of time to procrastinate." ”

Tang Chao very much agrees with this opinion, but what does that real spy want to do?

Just like Zhao Li said, the other party is definitely not as simple as coming to get a few false positives, after all, the false positives will not work after one or two tests.

The ultimate goal is definitely on the Long March 9.

Stop it from launching?

Definitely.

Even, spoil it?

If there is a chance, it will be.

Tang Chao's brain was running wildly, he was analyzing all the information.

Let's say the other side wants to sabotage the rocket, but there are several layers of pickets there, and now it is safe.

Even if the pickets came out of the traitors, they had no guns or explosives, and it was impossible to destroy the rockets.

Once someone makes an extra move, they will definitely be caught.

In the same way, if someone wants to start with the program again, it's the same, it's impossible.

It's impossible inside, then it can only be outside the base.

Yes, the other party wants to keep the entire base busy, so that everyone's attention is in the base, so naturally there is no time to pay attention to the outside.

It is even conjectured that there should be only one decoy in the base.

Now that the base has been controlled, it is impossible for anyone to sabotage it, so it can only take advantage of the fact that the base has no time to focus on the outside to prevent the launch of the rocket from the outside, or cause damage to the rocket.

With what destruction?

Gun?

No way.

The closest place to here, where the Long March 9 can be directly observed, is also several kilometers, and the gun can't shoot so far.

The cannon can be hit, but then it is even more impossible, this is not a war zone, and it is not Merriken, where is the artillery?

He thought about it for the time being, and after telling everyone here what he thought, they also felt that it made sense.

If that's the case, wouldn't that be a problem?

Even the Long March 9 can be launched as usual.

After tossing for such a period of time, it is almost time for the previously announced opportunistic launch.

Although so many things have happened here, the news of the "termination of the launch" has never been announced, so the outside has always thought that the launch will be on time.

Now the weather is good, cloudless, and there is less floating debris in the air, which is ideal for rocket launches.

And when Tang Chao heard this, he suddenly reacted, such a pure sky seemed to be suitable for a new weapon.

Laser cannons! (Recommended reading: Reading Files 2013)