Chapter 349 [Impact Incident]
"Act fast and recycle as many facilities as you can!" David Thackis yelled at his own people on the public communication channel,
As the spacecraft landed, one or two hundred people on both sides were busy, and David Sackis couldn't help but look at the crash countdown, there were only 40 minutes left.
He looked around again, and the facilities recovered were only more than 30% at the moment, and he couldn't help but ask Li Peng why he didn't have big transportation equipment?
The answer to him was that in the Mendeleev impact crater, the Sky Blade spacecraft itself was not carried, in order to free up a larger carrying capacity, the loading was on the earth, and the unloading was also at the base of the Mendeleev impact crater, so naturally there was no reason to have another one on the spacecraft.
This answer left David Thackis speechless, the Skyblade spacecraft was already on its way back, and he never thought about the current rescue mission.
"The spacecraft will take off in 10 minutes, and everyone is immediately inside the capsule." At this time, Li Peng conveyed the latest news in the public frequency band, and the members of his Tianqing Technology immediately put down their work and went to board the ship after receiving the news.
David Sackis saw that in the past few days, the boss has made a lot of efforts to dismantle the base facilities, but only 34 percent of them have been recovered, and the remaining 60 or 70 percent will all fall here.
It hurts to change anyone.
Don't look at the fact that this base was initiated by the Indian Space Research Organization, but in fact, everyone paid for it, and the United States did not contribute money, but it also brought a lot of expensive research equipment itself.
"Units, board the ship immediately!" David Thackvis immediately delivered the news on the communicator, and the astronauts or payload experts from various countries also put down their affairs and jumped towards the Sky Blade spacecraft.
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Earth, NASA Headquarters.
"Damn, these bastards are thinking of today as a Christmas night?" Jim Bridenstine turned off the TV with a scolding curse, just turned on the TV and watched the CNN news, and the more he watched, the more angry he became.
Now the last half hour countdown to the impact of the asteroid on the moon helicopter by Phae, and it is night in the Western Hemisphere, and this epic "space crash" can be observed.
The excited expressions of the general public, observed from the major media and a large number of telescopes, are a manifestation of the great sadness in their hearts......
According to incomplete statistics, on the European continent and the American continent tonight, melon-eating people in Europe and the United States used nearly 100,000 astronomical telescope equipment at the same time to observe the asteroid impact event.
They can't wait to hit ......
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Moon, Quiet Sea Zone.
All personnel on the surface of the Silent Sea have boarded the Celestial Blade, and in the last thirty minutes from the impact of the Asteroid with Fareriton, the Celestial Blade has started its engines again and slowly lifted into the air.
Many astronomy enthusiasts on the earth have seen a dazzling point of light appear in the Jinghai area, witnessing the launch of the Sky Blade spacecraft.
Many people who eat melons on the ground are also enthusiastic when they see this scene, and now they can appreciate this epic celestial impact without any psychological baggage, but ESA, NASA and other institutions are in pain.
The sky-high price of more than $10 billion was originally going to a permanent research base, but I never expected it to be so short-lived.
The spacecraft took off and did not leave the Moon, but instead flew to its own Mendeleev Crater base on the far side of the Moon
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Finally, around the early morning local time in North America, an asteroid with a diameter of about 5 kilometers collided with the moon in the presence of the world.
The asteroid, which was closest to Earth two days ago, was thrown away by gravity and accelerated further towards the Moon due to the gravitational slingshot effect.
During the asteroid impact on the Moon, there was no huge flame as one might expect, because the Moon itself has no atmosphere.
But when it collided with the moon, the world witnessed something devastating, and the energy of the most terrifying nuclear weapon ever erupted by mankind was so small compared to this impact event.
If this asteroid hits the moon but towards the earth, thinking of this, some excited melon eaters feel a chill inexplicably.
The asteroid Phaethon with a diameter of about 5 kilometers formed an impact crater with a diameter of about 142 kilometers in the still sea area of the Moon.
The Jinghai area has been inundated with dust and debris, some of the moon's surface rock fragments have been thrown 1,500 kilometers away, and almost a third of the moon's front surface is in danger zone.
Due to the low gravitational pull of the Moon, a large number of rock fragments are thrown into outer space due to the impact of the explosion's world-destroying ability, and some of them will fly to Earth.
Astronomers on Earth have already calculated this result, and in about a week or so, the Asia-Pacific region of the Earth will present a spectacular meteor shower.
However, there will be no moon stones hitting the earth's surface, but after entering the upper atmosphere, they will be dissipated by atmospheric friction and other factors.
However, during this time, the Tianzhou space station and some other low-orbit satellites all had to take shelter on the other side of the earth for safety reasons, although the law of being hit by these meteorite fragments was one in a million, or even one in a million.
But even a billionth impact event can be encountered by humans, and the Tianzhou space station is also a bit empty, this kind of thing is not afraid of 10,000 just in case.
It's just a matter of spending a little more fuel to change the course and adjust the course, and now the supplies are already very cheap, so you can't take this risk.
After the Asteroid hit the Static Sea Zone, this powerful energy spread to almost the entire Moon, and even the base at the Mendeleev Impact Cratter on the far side of the Moon was detected a few minutes later.
Farger and the asteroid hit the moon, but the impact caused a whirlwind on the earth, and the celestial impact became the hottest topic nowadays, and various related reports were endless.
At this time, the major astronomical institutions and aerospace agencies were not idle.
NASA decisively released a schematic diagram of the orbit of the asteroid densely packed around the earth, combined with the current situation, NASA really can't get rid of the suspicion of intimidating the public.
But the people who eat melons are really bluffed.
Against this backdrop, Jim Bridenstine launched a call called the International Planetary Defense Organization, and many space agencies such as ESA and the Indian Space Research Organization jumped out to express their support.
The celestial impact incident that just broke out is still fresh in the memory of the people who eat melons in various countries, and they used to think that this was unfounded, but this time they were extremely lucky, but no one can guarantee that they will be so lucky next time.
Therefore, the voice of the people to support this is very loud.
Don't just support, get funding!
Taking advantage of such a high public support rate, I feel that the appropriation budget will be passed.
There are not many people who know the real inside story, but Gu Cheng is one of them, NASA and other institutions are clearly cheating taxpayers of their money, if they don't cheat, how can they afford the huge amount of 5.1 billion US dollars owed to Gu Cheng?
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