Chapter 373, Fireflies in the Night Sky

At the Mt. Fuji Space Base, more than 100 carefully selected astronauts are waving goodbye to the camera as they board the Kaguya spacecraft to mine asteroids.

Because it uses traditional rocket thrust technology, whether this technology can withstand the test or not, everyone has no confidence in their hearts, so this asteroid mining team is also very large, with 120 people, unlike the Qinglong spaceship, a huge spaceship, only 22 people can operate.

These 120 people, including astronauts, engineers, scientists, astronomical scientists, doctors, cooks, etc., are not only mining asteroids, but also carrying out scientific research.

After all, it is not easy to go to an asteroid, and collecting information about the asteroid belt and studying the origin and evolution of the solar system are all things that scientists have always wanted to do.

"Gentlemen, please!"

When it was time to set off, Masao Nakamura bowed deeply to everyone.

"Hi~"

Everyone spoke in unison, put on their space helmets one by one, and began to board the Kaguya spaceship in a very orderly manner.

The Japanese broadcast it live this time, such a big event, it is definitely a good opportunity to boost the self-confidence of the people, naturally they will not miss it, to capitalize the close-up, these 120 people who went to the asteroid belt are said to be heroes and warriors.

"Why don't you set off yet, what are you waiting for?"

Inside the Kaguya spaceship, James appears very impatient.

"Maybe it's going on some kind of ceremony, it's almost time to leave."

"But the design of this Japanese spaceship is so aggrieved that I've kowtowed several times."

Truss said with a smile.

James and Truss are both Uncle Sam, and this time they also brought a scientific team of 10 people into the Kaguya spacecraft in advance, of course, nominally, they were invited by the Japanese Space Agency to do the knowing work, and they have never made a public announcement, and the people of Japan don't know that there are 10 Uncle Sam on the Kaguya spacecraft.

Going to the asteroid belt, this is also what Uncle Sam has been longing for, this time to be able to take the Japanese spaceship over, understand the asteroid belt in advance, understand the whole long process in advance, which is very important for Uncle Sam to mine the asteroid himself.

For this matter, Uncle Sam has been negotiating with the Japanese for a long time, and at the beginning, the Japanese would not agree to it anyway, making jokes, and wanting to send people to their spaceship without paying anything, how can there be such a good thing in the world.

However, soon Uncle Sam touched the head of the Japanese and ripped off the dog chain in his hand, and the Japanese had to reluctantly agree, there was no way, who called Uncle Sam the father of the Japanese, and there was a military base for Uncle Sam on his own territory.

So James, Truss and others boarded the Kaguya spacecraft in advance and were about to accompany these Japanese to the asteroid belt.

Soon, the Japanese entered the Kaguya spacecraft one after another, and the hatches of the Kaguya spacecraft began to be replaced.

"Kaguya requests to go!"

In the cockpit of the Kaguya spaceship, the captain of the Kaguya spaceship, Hiroyoshi Ota, and the deputy captain Saburo Nishizawa stood together, and applied to Nakamura Masao to set off in a loud voice.

"Let's go!"

Nakamura Masao and the assistants beside him confirmed, and also nodded and ordered.

Soon, the Kaguya spacecraft began to slowly break away from Mt. Fuji Space City, and on the huge spaceship, bright tail flames gushed out, forming long tail flames.

"Speed 20 km/s!"

"Keep accelerating!"

In the cockpit, Ota Hiroyoshi looked at him with a cold expression, like a generous samurai in ancient times.

Eight heavy launch vehicles, full power, terrifying chemical reaction produced a powerful thrust, and the speed of the Kaguya spacecraft began to soar continuously.

At the same time, the powerful thrust and huge force of the 8 launch vehicles acted on the spaceship, making the spacecraft constantly tremble and shake violently, making everyone on the spacecraft fearful, for fear that the spacecraft would be torn apart by this terrible force.

"shiit~ I didn't know I shouldn't have come like this, and the hell knows if the Japanese spaceship can hold up."

James felt a huge tremor, and the rocket produced a huge roar, and the whole person felt as if he had entered the end of the century, and he couldn't help but regret it.

"Too bad, my poor boy, and my beautiful wife, if I die in space, I don't know if I'm going to be cheaper that bastard."

Truss is the same at this time, swearing in her mouth, thinking a lot, a lot.

In contrast, the Japanese on the Kaguya spaceship seemed much calmer, and they were all silent, silently enduring and waiting.

Like a firefly, the Kaguya spaceship flew in the dark void with a bright and dazzling light, getting farther and farther away from Earth.

"At a speed of 30 kilometers per second, the first batch of fuel has been consumed."

"Turn off the engine, refuel."

With Ota's order, all 8 heavy carrier rockets were shut down, the shaking of the spacecraft disappeared, and the terrifying noise disappeared all at once.

Because the rocket burns too fast and the fuel consumption rate is very fast, the acceleration phase has to be divided into several phases to accelerate, and there is no way to accelerate all the way to the predetermined speed like the Qinglong spacecraft.

The Japanese team was so efficient that after just a few hours, the eight launch vehicles were refueled, and soon they were spewing out long blazing flames, and their speed began to soar.

"Speed 50 km/s ~ reach the predetermined speed!"

"Turn off the engine and get the engine serviced!"

A few days later, after several days of continuous acceleration, the speed of the Kaguya spacecraft finally reached the predetermined speed, which was also carefully calculated by scientists.

If the speed is too low, the journey to the asteroid belt will be very long, and it will be delayed for too long, which is just right.

Relying on inertia to fly in the void, the entire spaceship became quiet, and the rocket maintenance work lasted for several days, and the nozzles of the eight launch vehicles were replaced.

There were no other problems with the rocket, the fuel was full, and the rest of the days were very quiet and leisurely, just waiting for the deceleration phase when the asteroid was about to be reached.

"Yaga, these rascals."

"Tell them to be honest, or I'll just throw them into space and make them space junk."

Ten days later, Ota Hiroyoshi couldn't help but angrily gave an order to his deputy, it turned out to be Uncle Sam who had nothing to do and molested the female members on the spaceship, Uncle Sam's urine sex is like this, there are Uncle Sam military bases stationed all over the world, I don't know how much such things have happened.

The Japanese have also suffered from this loss, and all kinds of things have emerged around the military base, but every time, the Japanese can only break their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs, because they have no power to dispose of Uncle Sam's soldiers at all.

Unexpectedly, on the Kaguya spaceship, these Uncle Sam were dishonest again, and they had nothing to do when they were full, and they actually molested the female members on the spaceship.

"The spacecraft is almost about to fly through the orbit of Mars, and in about ten days, we will almost reach the asteroid belt."

Dealing with the troublesome things, Ota Hiroshi also focused his attention on this mission, because the distance from the earth is getting farther and farther, and the connection between the spacecraft and the earth side is getting longer and longer.

They don't have quantum communication technology, and they can't communicate in real time, so as the captain, Ota Hiroshi has a very big responsibility, and of course he has a lot of power, and everything on the spaceship is up to him.

"Let's hope we're lucky, we can meet the right asteroid as soon as we enter the asteroid belt, we don't have much fuel left, and we have very little fuel left for us to use other than the fuel to accelerate back."

Deputy Saburo Nishizawa also nodded, everyone was actually more irritable, because there was no way for the spaceship to contact the earth in real time, and in terms of the design of the spacecraft, a huge part of the space used storage fuel, and the space for controllable activities was relatively small.

Being in such a cramped, cramped, and sealed environment for a long time will stimulate people's negative emotions, become irritable, and their temper will become bigger and bigger.

In addition, now that the spacecraft is in the process of inertial flight, everyone has nothing to do, except for fitness every day, it is to eat and sleep, and the Japanese are still living, and these Uncle Sam are a little unbearable.

"James, I'm going crazy, when will such days come to an end, this damn mission, damn Japanese monkeys, this damn spaceship, why is it designed so cramped."

In the small room of James and Truss, Truss grabbed his hair a little frantically, and lived in such an environment for more than ten days, and he almost collapsed.

The design of this Japanese spaceship is very exquisite, every detail is very final, but these designs are designed according to the Japanese people's own living habits, Uncle Sam lives in it, it is okay for a short time, and after a long time, I can't stand it at all.