Chapter 163, Convergence on the Moon
More than 20 lunar rovers in Chang'e City on the moon drove out of Chang'e City full of supplies at this time, and more than 20 wealthy people in spacesuits controlled the lunar rover through virtual machines one by one.
"Haha, let's go, I'll open the road in front, and everyone will line up in a long line."
Bezos excitedly said in the public call channel that there is no air on the moon, so the communication between Chang'e City can only be achieved by radio.
Of course, at this time on the moon, Huaxia has established a global positioning system and a global communication system, and they can not only chat with each other, but also connect to the network on this side of the earth through virtual machines and interact with this side of the earth.
Bezos's lunar rover is specially modified, with a bulldozer-like device in front that can push away some rocks on the moon that block the road, and large rocks that can't be pushed away can only choose to detour.
At this time, Bezos drove his lunar rover to lead the way in front, and at the same time did not forget to take pictures of the convoy behind him with his camera, and then connected to the virtual machine to start updating his homepage, circle of friends, etc.
"We set off with a full load of supplies, and we are still 180 kilometers away from our own base, and according to the current forward speed, there are about 4 hours to arrive, and the speed of this lunar rover in Huaxia is too slow."
Bezos told the photos and the planned route and the approximate time point one by one, and finally couldn't help complaining, he didn't know that the lunar rover had been improved for several generations, and if it was the first generation of the lunar rover, the speed would be even slower.
Each lunar rover is relatively large, about the same size as a large forklift, not only able to carry load, but also has two mechanical arms, with many functions, mining, digging soil, burrowing, cutting stones, etc.
Of course, one of the most important functions of this lunar rover is the life-sustaining function, and there is a separate life-sustaining system on the lunar rover, which can be started in case of emergency, and the power is a magnetic field battery, which is enough to last hundreds of hours.
Uncle Sam on Earth at NASA headquarters in China, all the people are looking at the big screen, which is playing the picture monitored by the lunar satellite, in the absence of air here on the moon, the satellite in space can shoot everything on the surface of the moon very clearly.
The convoy of more than 20 huge lunar rovers naturally can't escape the eyes of the satellite, and the picture is very clear, on one side is the picture of the convoy advancing, and on the other side is a map of the moon, on which a red dot is constantly moving towards the green dot.
"This time the materials they purchased are very huge, if we use rockets to launch spacecraft to transport, we need to launch dozens of times to be able to transport such huge materials to the moon, the cost of financial resources will exceed 200 billion, and we can save nearly 2 years of time, so calculated, in fact, we still have a great advantage."
Lawrence looked at the picture, and the whole person was a little emotional, he didn't expect to be able to operate like this anyway.
"Yes! This time, we have taken a big advantage, but when we think about Huaxia's space technology, we don't feel happy at all, they have aerospace aircraft, the transportation cost is very low, and the advantage in the space competition is too great. ”
James on the side nodded, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Is there really no way we can get a space plane? If we still rely on traditional rocket technology to launch spacecraft, it will be difficult for us to stick to it in the end in this fierce space race, and the cost will be too high! ”
"Especially once the moon base is built, we will be stationed for a long time, and we will have to regularly transport materials and personnel, and our expenses in this area alone will be enough to drag us down."
Lawrence looked worried, he is an important person in charge of NASA, of course he knows that building a base on the moon is completely burning with money, and how many or hundreds of millions are invested in it at every turn, even Uncle Sam's wealth can't withstand such a huge investment, not to mention that Uncle Sam's economy is also getting worse and worse, and the domestic situation is getting worse and worse.
"The G20 summit is coming soon, and I think something will change."
James said kissingly, as a key member of Uncle Sam's government, of course he knew some very important information.
On the other side of the ocean, the Huaxia Space Agency, when the huge amount of more than 150 billion US dollars arrived, the entire aerospace department couldn't help but cheer, such a huge amount of money is enough for Huaxia to do a lot of things.
Especially now the funds earned by the aerospace department only belong to the space department, although the above appropriation has been very large, but all aspects are still a little stretched, but since the beginning of the development of lunar tourism, all aspects of the funds seem to be relatively sufficient.
This time, a huge amount of more than 150 billion US dollars has arrived, and this time there is even a surplus, so that he can speed up his space progress and do some things that he couldn't do because of the lack of funds.
"Tell Li Fu this kid, hurry up and produce an aerospace plane for me, don't think I don't know his output, sell me 100 Hercules aerospace planes first."
Tang Yunshan had a huge amount of money in his hands, and the first thing that came to mind was to purchase aerospace aircraft, the more aerospace planes there were, the greater Huaxia's power in space.
"I have more confidence to speak with food in my hands, aerospace aircraft must be purchased, and the mining of lunar resources must be stepped up, rare earths are good things."
"Well, there are also iron ore resources on the moon, if iron ore is smelted on the moon, and then used to build Chang'e City on this side of the moon, it can also be used in space to build a space factory, and so on."
"Uncle Sam has already occupied the Wells district, it seems that it is time for us to build other moon cities, anyway, first occupy the good place, and then talk about it, next year there will be more countries announcing manned moon landings, polar bears, foot basin chickens, India, the European Union, all of them are not to be outdone."
"Humph! I'll take all the good places first, and I'll kill you in a hurry. ”
Tang Yunshan, the person in charge of the Huaxia space field, can be said to be wealthy at this time, and his little abacus jingle in his heart.
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The site of Uncle Sam's manned lunar landing in the Moon Wells area, that is, here at Uncle Sam's Moon Base, Alan ~ Glenn, John ~ Sheppard, and Gaine ~ Collins The three astronauts have been on the moon for a day and a night, and most of their time is building a lunar base except for rest time.
At this time, a lunar base that is not very large, but very fully functional, can almost see the prototype, they only need to continue to work for another day or so, and the lunar base can almost be built, which can be stationed for a long time.
"Hey guys, it's time for a break, everyone take a break, I have good news for you."
Alan ~ Glenn stopped his work and summoned his two teammates through the communicator, just now, he received news from this side of the earth that someone would come to visit them soon, and the reason why he didn't tell them in advance was to let them work with peace of mind, but the convoy of Bezos and others was about to arrive, and it didn't matter if he told them now.
"What's the good news?"
John ~ Sheppad couldn't help but smile and asked, what can be considered good news on this barren moon.
"Haha, wait until we have steak for lunch."
Alan ~ Glenn continues to sell off-the-top.
"Steak? God, I'm going to drool over that, but where did the steak come from on the moon? ”
Gayn ~ Collins couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, eating compressed food every day for the past few days, the whole person felt bad, and now when he heard the steak, he was naturally drooling.
"Haha, the moon takeaway I ordered, from Chang'e City in the Chinese Moon, is here!"
Alan ~ Glenn looked at the direction of Chang'e City on the moon, and the convoy of Bezos and others finally arrived after a few hours of travel, and more than 20 lunar rovers lined up in a long line and drove rapidly on the desolate surface of the moon.
"Oh God!"
The other two also saw it at this time, and the whole person couldn't help but marvel at it, in this inhospitable moon, he could see a convoy driving towards him, and suddenly his heavy mood these days suddenly relaxed.
Soon, Bezos and others drove the lunar rover to the three of them, and the three of them looked at the lunar rovers full of supplies, and the whole person couldn't help but widen their eyes, at this time they had received relevant detailed information.
"Hey guys, are you all right?"
"Look what we've all brought you, steak, how's it going, do you like this gift?"
Bezos and the others stepped off the rover and walked over to greet them.
"Wow, I love you guys so much, thank you so much."
Alan ~ Glenn went up to greet him, both of them were wearing thick spacesuits, so they could only fist each other to express their inner feelings, and this scene happened to be filmed by the camera that had been prepared a long time ago and sent to this side of the earth, and suddenly the whole Uncle Sam rejoiced.
"On the moon, 380,000 kilometers away, the fist of Alan ~ Glenn and Jeff ~ Bezos marks a new chapter in human history, we have been able to walk with each other on distant planets, and soon the moon will become a new home for us human beings, just like the earth."
The latest issue of Time magazine decisively adopted this photo as its cover, accompanied by passionate text, announcing the arrival of a new era.
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