After retrieving the capsule, the Glowing continued its orbit around Mars for 3/4 of a week, and then initiated the re-entry process and began to switch orbits to return home.

Before returning home, Xu Zhenghong took out a key from his chest, inserted it under the console and twisted it. Then a black dot was thrown down by the Glow's cargo bay and fell towards the fiery red planet.

Seeing the fleeting glimpse through the porthole, Liu Biao craned his neck to look out the window, but he couldn't find the trace he had glimpsed before.

"Did you just see anything outside the window?" After looking at it for a long time, he asked.

Staring at the speed gauge on the console, Xu Zhenghong reached out and opened the button that controls the nozzle of the main engine, and replied casually.

"I didn't see it, I guess you were dazzled."

Liu Biao was convinced that he could not be mistaken.

Before entering the astronaut brigade, he was flying a fighter jet, and even if a fly flew by the side of the cockpit, he would never be able to look away.

"Couldn't it be that they fell?"

"No," replied casually, and Xu Zhenghong skillfully diverted the topic, "Wait for a while to speed up, you go and say hello to them, and then tell them what they need to pay attention to on the Xiaguang, and by the way, separate them and settle them in the cabin." By the way, remember to turn on the 'Law Enforcement Recorder', and also, put away the black box. ”

Liu Biao responded with a smile and made an OK gesture.

"Understood."

……

From the time the return capsule broke through the Martian atmosphere to the successful recovery of the return capsule by Xiaguang, it only took more than ten minutes in total. The camera mounted in the belly of the Xiaguang's cabin perfectly captured this historic moment.

When the video, which is more than 20 minutes long, crossed a distance of tens of millions of kilometers and was transmitted back to the Jinling Ground Command Center, it was included in the database and sent to the editing room of CCTV's "The Martian" program team to form the last paragraph of the documentary.

The filming work, which lasted more than 40 days, was finally completed at this moment.

Almost the day after the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee announced the success of the Martian Rescue operation, CCTV released the full version of the "Martian" documentary in prime time.

The whole documentary is 120 minutes long, and after a certain degree of artistic processing, it basically restores the historic moment from the distress signal from the discovery of Mars by the Qianzhou Radio Astronomical Observatory, to the call for help from the White House, to the immediate instructions of the central high-level, and the Xiaguang spacecraft, which is on a mission on the moon, rushed to Mars within 15 minutes of receiving the distress signal.

At the same time, the electronic version of the documentary was also released on major domestic video websites and social media, which caused huge repercussions on the Internet for a while.

In the comment area of a video website, in less than half an hour, it was swiped by excited netizens.

[Xiaguang is awesome! Professor Luk!! (National Flag) (National Flag)】

[From receiving the rescue signal to the departure of the Xiaguang, it took fifteen minutes! It makes my blood boil! (Tears Run) (Tears Run)】

[Strongly request that the Moon Palace open the general recruitment of astronauts!! Give me a chance to go to heaven!! (pitiful)]

[The United States sent people up and couldn't bring them back, so we went over and brought people back, emmm...... So who should be counted on this fire? 】

[Gorgeous co-production, stylistic and stylistic...... Forget it, let's just bloom. (Dog's Head) (Dog's Head)】

[Only I noticed that the rescue funds totaled 1.714 billion, and the United States only bore 1 billion?] Why are we spending $714 million to save Americans, don't you know that we are in the space race? If I were the chief designer, I would definitely force the Americans to pay back the money, and pay the money with one hand and the other hand! Don't give money to tear up tickets! (Anger) (Anger)】

[Thank goodness, you're not.] (Erha)】

【……】

The buzz was like a boiling flood, swept from the intranet to the extranet as the documentary of "The Martian" was carried to YouTube.

Although NASA's inefficiency and inability in the entire rescue operation made many North American netizens feel ashamed, the call made by the White House at a critical moment to put down its sense of confrontation still won a lot of points for the then president.

The open and responsible attitude shown by Huaguo from beginning to end in this rescue operation also added a touch of luster to Huaguo's national image and won praise from netizens around the world.

Although there is competition between countries on the earth, when it comes to space beyond the earth, everyone comes from the same blue planet and is the same earthling.

No matter what kind of untold stories or exchange of interests exist behind this, the brilliance of humanity reflected in this rescue that spans tens of millions of kilometers is worthy of being remembered by history.

Of course, among them, the most eye-catching is the performance of the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee.

From receiving the order to the rescue team's departure for a total of 15 minutes, the efficiency and execution shown in it have deeply shocked netizens from all over the world, and countless Chinese people are proud of it......

The third day after the press conference.

In the office of the dean of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, Lu Zhou was drinking tea with Director Li, who had come from Shangjing, while chatting about what had happened recently.

happened to talk about the trend of public opinion on the Internet, Lu Zhou said in a tone that couldn't help but be a little emotional.

"Sometimes I find that if you don't occupy the high ground of public opinion, others will occupy it, and we have been too passive in this regard."

It has been more than a year and a half since the official start of this space race.

The Lunar Orbit Construction Committee has been established for some time, and even the space station has been sent to the lunar orbit. However, in this public opinion position, it is the first time that they have won so heartily.

Director Li nodded, and his tone of voice was also a little emotional.

"yes, but that's not something that can change overnight."

Nodding in agreement, Lu Zhou did not continue to elaborate on this topic.

As Mr. Lee said, some things don't change overnight.

Whether it is the construction of the material level or the spiritual level, it takes time to complete.

After a pause, Director Li suddenly asked.

"By the way, speaking of which, did you get the black box for the BFS spaceship?"

Lu Zhou nodded: "I got it." ”

Director Li pondered for a moment and said, "I'm afraid this matter is a little difficult to handle. ”

It's impossible to hide it.

There are at least three astronauts, and there is no reason to keep it a secret for them.

Although this "trivial" is nothing in the face of the glory of humanitarianism, it will still stain this glory somewhat.

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "There's nothing to do, just copy the data and return the original to them." ”

Director Li's eyes rolled, and he suddenly spoke.

"You guys will do an accident appraisal over there, and then we will send them the accident appraisal report and the black box together."

Lu Zhou was slightly stunned, he didn't understand at first, but he quickly reacted and couldn't help but sigh.

"You're still darker."

Director Li was slightly stunned for a moment, and asked with a frown.

"What is a black belly?"

Lu Zhou coughed lightly and said.

"Nothing...... It's probably the meaning of smart, and it's an Internet term. ”

"You young people, say something difficult to understand," Shaking his head, Director Li stood up from the sofa with a smile, "Okay, I won't bother you anymore, I'm going to go to the launch base for a meeting in a while, do you want to come over too?" ”

Drinking all the tea in the cup, Lu Zhou smiled slightly and stood up.

"I'll take you to the door."

"I knew you weren't too lazy to go," Director Li shook his head with a smile, "I'll go and drive it myself, and I'll take it to the door of the office." ”

"Then you go slowly."

The send-off was sent out of the office, looking at Director Li who disappeared around the corner of the corridor, Lu Zhou took out his mobile phone and looked at the time.

Speaking of which, after all this time, it was time for him to land what he had entrusted Captain Xiaguang to leave in orbit around Mars......