Chapter 6 Moon Base
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I remember that since more than 50 years ago, under the leadership of Hua Guo, the whole world has aimed at the moon, and Hua Guo's goal is the far side of the moon, and the moon rabbit 1, 2, and 3 have been launched in succession to land on the far side of the moon. India's A-3 wanted to launch a lander to seize the south pole of the moon and occupy the moon's water resources, but after the lander became a free-fall object and embedded it in the lunar soil twice in a row, it was silent for a long time. When Ah San was preparing to plan the third launch, Huaguo launched Yuetu-4 and Yuetu-5 at the same time, of which Yuetu-4 still landed on the far side of the moon to prepare for the establishment of an unmanned lunar miniature base, and Yuetu-5 went straight to the hinterland of the moon's south pole, and planted a five-star red flag there to swear sovereignty. Therefore, 35 years ago, when Hua Guo had completed the exploration of the far side of the moon and the south pole of the moon, and Shi Hao began to set off on the mission to explore the B52 asteroid, the moon began to plan to establish a miniature base, and there were many technical problems that had not been solved.
"General, our current speed is 30 km/s, and the current straight-line distance from the moon is 230,000 kilometers, and we will be able to reach the moon in more than two hours. Deng Yuan said to Shi Hao, who was deep in thought, of course, what he saw in his eyes was Shi Hao sitting there in a daze.
"I'm right here, 35 years... I have so much to learn. Shi Hao's five fingers flew in only a few seconds, which shows his ability to learn and adapt.
Shi Hao was casually walking around the command room, observing. The crew did not have the feeling of shame when they saw such a funny antique, and there was only respect in their eyes. Two hours is just a moment for a starship that has been in space for a long time, and the moon appears in view, rapidly growing in size.
"Report to the captain, currently 10,000 kilometers from the moon, request to slow down and make an alternate landing." Wang Runfei reported. He is the first mate of Starship 1, much like the first mate of an ocean ship on Earth. Originally, when he went to greet Shi Hao's evacuation from the B52, he could use a bionic robot to operate, but in order to express his respect for Shi Hao, he specially assigned Deputy Captain Wang Runfei and Minister of Administration Li Kun to greet him.
"Agreed to slow down, enter the lunar airspace at an altitude of 10,000 meters, and cruise the moon for a week at a speed of 7,200 kilometers per hour." Deng Yuan ordered.
"Yes." After receiving the order, Wang Runfei began to operate the starship.
After hearing the order, Shi Hao hurriedly returned to the leisure area and sat down and fastened his seat belt, so as not to appear foreign again. But this time he was too worried, the deceleration process of Starship 1 was very smooth, not as violent as when intercepting the asteroid, there was no discomfort in the deceleration process, and Deng Yuan was still standing in the center of the command room.
The final interception of the asteroid B52 is on the side of the earth, and the moon is running to the other side of the earth at this time, and it is about a 120-degree obtuse angle to connect with B52 and the moon from the earth, while Starship 1 is running in a straight line to the moon, and now it gradually slows down from the frontal side into the lunar airspace, and then starts cruising along the lunar equator.
Don't look at Deng Yuan's sturdiness, but he is quite careful, arranging this cruise to let Shi Hao thoroughly understand the layout of the moon, at this time, the center of the screen is projected on the surface of the moon where the starship flies.
"Most of the front side of the moon is occupied by the US Federation and the European Union, and a small part is occupied by India. The water resources of the south pole of the moon account for 80% of the total water resources of the moon, so the closer to the south pole of the moon, the better the location, most of the territory of the US Federation is close to the south pole, and the European Union occupies a small part of the remainder. Deng Yuan was like a tour guide and began to explain to Shi Hao.
Shi Hao looked carefully and saw that there were three regional building complexes on the front of the moon, the largest one, needless to say that it was of the United States, which was equivalent to the area of a small county town, about three or four square kilometers. The second largest is the European Union, which is only half the size of the US Federation. And the third brother is a village and town.
The starship soon flew over the front of the moon, and the sci-fi world was greeted by a semi-circular glass cover clasped to the ground, through which the sunlight spread silver light on the building and the ground. Such covers are large and small, the diameter of the large is 1000 meters, the small is about 100 meters, the covers of various sizes are staggered and buckled on the ground, they are not so close together, and there is a distance of about 50-100 meters between each cover.
Underneath the canopy are a variety of buildings, including residences, factories, shopping malls, etc. The number of these hoods is about 100, making up a small city. There are also many large buildings far away from the city, which look like factories, and there are no glass covers on them.
"The area on the far side of the moon near the south pole belongs to China, and the part near the equator belongs to the Russian Federation. In addition, half of Antarctica belongs to China. Deng Yuan then introduced.
"Didn't our country swear sovereignty at the south pole of the moon 35 years ago? Why is it only half left? Shi Hao asked curiously.
"At that time, this was indeed the case, but our country has always advocated the equality of people all over the world, and the people of the world advance and retreat together, so we have shared a lot of technology and resources, and the whole world has worked together in order for mankind to enter the space age as soon as possible, so half of Antarctica has been divided into an international sharing area."
"Of course, if they want to share, they have to pay a price, those foreign devils were still very powerful 35 years ago, they have money, technology, and resources that we don't have, which can save us a lot of detours." Deng Yuan said with emotion.
"Yes, they were very powerful at the time, but why are they on the moon, why are they developing so much faster than us?" Shi Hao asked suspiciously.
"It's because of the dozens of kilograms of rock you brought back 35 years ago. After more than a year of testing, research and analysis were finally found that there are three elements that do not exist on the earth, one of which accounts for about 80%. After two years, the scientific research team found a way to purify and separate, after all, China's rare earth refining technology is the world's top, and it is easy to purify the three elements in it by improving the rare earth refining technology. Deng Yuan sat down as he spoke.
"These three elements, the highest content of a kind of coating film made by nanotechnology, this coating film sprayed on the surface of ordinary alloy can greatly improve the strength and toughness of the alloy, so that the alloy can be more wear-resistant, high-temperature resistant, and more suitable for the harsh environment of large temperature difference and strong radiation in space. Our Starships 1 and 2, as well as engineering, reconnaissance and passenger ships, were all built because of this coating. There is another element that is silicon-friendly, and the scientific research team has made the glass cover you just saw after many experiments, which is very thin, but very hard and tough, and can completely filter out ultraviolet rays, so it was applied to the establishment of a lunar base. There is another element that I don't know exactly what it does. ”
"It was the rock you brought back that allowed us to build 200 engineering ships, 10 reconnaissance ships, 10 passenger ships, 20 cargo ships, and 10 multi-purpose ships. It is these engineering ships that have made our country a 'infrastructure maniac' on the moon. And those glass covers, as you can see, are very practical. When Deng Yuan said these words, he became more respectful of Shi Hao.
"How did the US Federation, the European Union, the Arab States, and the Russian Federation establish bases? Do they also have these ships? Shi Hao asked.
"As I said earlier, the purpose of our country is to develop together, and of course we will not be selfless enough to provide them with everything. The U.S. Federation went to negotiate more than 10 times, and finally exchanged 30 of our engineering ships for dollars + aerospace technology + some top-secret documents related to aliens. The EU also exchanged 10 engineering ships for a certain price. The Russian Federation sold half and half gave away 10 engineering ships, because during that period, the Russian Federation sold the space station technology they mastered to China at a relatively low price, and some of the technology can also be used by us, thus speeding up the construction of China's space station. As for Ah San, their tradition is to like to lend, and we have satisfied them. As for the glass cover, we don't have enough of it ourselves, so we don't sell it to the outside world. ”
"Report to the captain, it's been cruising for a week, please instruct!" Wang Runfei reported at this time.
"Let's start landing back to port." Deng Yuan ordered.
I saw Starship 1 swoop down towards the edge of the city, which was the starship's home port. In the middle of the home port is the conning tower, but unlike the normal airfields on Earth 35 years ago, there is no runway here, because the starship is designed to rise and fall vertically. Shi Hao felt that the landing process of Starship 1 was very smooth, and the contact with the ground was also very gentle, indicating that the current vertical lifting technology is very mature, and it is estimated that the aircraft on the earth have also adopted this technology.
"General, because Starship 1 and 2 are too large to land on the Earth's space station platform, the passenger transportation between the Earth and the Moon is completed by the international airport located at the south pole of the moon. At present, the 10 passenger ships and 20 cargo ships operating at the international airport are all operated by China's Longxiang Airlines, and we have arranged a special plane at the international airport to send the general back to Earth as soon as possible. ”
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