Chapter 513: The First Step of Tedious Life on the Moon
The lunar spacecraft spewed out scorching flames, and under the effect of this reverse thrust, the four landing devices at the bottom of the lunar spacecraft were firmly parked on the lunar surface.
There was not one, but three ships in succession, all of which were parked on a very close piece of flat ground.
The arc spacecraft is different from the old moon spacecraft that has to be counted for every gram of fuel, the engine and fuel technology of arc space are quite advanced, the same power is very economical for the use of fuel, and they are loaded with a lot of fuel, which can adjust the attitude many times during the landing process, and finally land in the right position.
After all the spacecraft had landed, the lunar spacecraft did not rush out of the capsule, but checked all the equipment and the external lunar environment, and waited for the six living and cargo compartments, which were where they were going to live, as well as the living supplies for the next few days.
After not waiting for a while, the six-section large rectangular compartment turned on the thrust reverser system and landed steadily on the lunar surface, not far from them.
At this point, the first manned lunar landing of the Arc Group was completed.
This place is the base site mentioned by Arc Aerospace in the press conference, next to a large crater, and the "flat land" where they landed is an even larger ancient crater.
On the mountain next to it is a karst cave discovered by the arc space exploration satellite, which is said to be a karst cave, but it is actually a lava tunnel.
This cave, which was found by Arc Space and used as an early base, came from an asteroid impact.
The high temperatures from the asteroid's impact on the Moon cause lava to form, and when lava flows below the lunar surface, it may form such holes, similar to volcanic activity on Earth, when magma flows beneath a solidified crust and later depletes the lava tubes.
The same process can occur on the Moon, especially in the larger impact craters, where the interior of these craters takes hundreds of thousands of years to cool down, and the amount of lava flow can be imagined.
Previous arc space exploration satellites have also found lava tubes formed by the moon's ancient volcanic activity, but they are either not in the right place or have collapsed, and this lava cave is the most suitable cave they have found recently.
The astronauts in the three lunar spacecraft have confirmed through signals and visual that all the cabins have landed safely, and this time the team leader Yang Nianming replied to the aerospace transport plane in lunar orbit, "Confirm that the moon has landed safely, all the materials have arrived correctly, and you can return home." ”
This time they were sent by the old driver Zhu Heshu, who is also the captain of the pilot of this flight mission, confirmed the reply from the ground, and he also said, "Understood, Captain Yang, the mission is complete, confirm the return." ”
"The next batch of supplies will arrive in a week's time, and I wish you all the best in your mission."
Yang Nianming said, "I understand, and I wish you a smooth return." ”
"Okay," replied Yang Nianming, and Zhu Heshu contacted the earth again to report on the corresponding mission.
Yang Nianming, who was on the moon, also made a corresponding report, and it was more detailed than Zhu Heshu's report.
Until the Arc Command Center allows their next plan, they will get out of the cabin.
After several upgrades, the extravehicular spacesuit of Arc Aerospace has become much lighter, although it cannot be compared with the almost close-fitting cabin spacesuit, but compared with the previous extravehicular spacesuit, the flexibility and lightness have been greatly improved.
Under the leadership of Yang Nianming, fifteen people came out of the moon landing spacecraft in full dress, which was also the first time that a private group successfully sent humans to the moon, and it was also the first time that such a large-scale moon landing activity.
The people on the earth who watched this scene couldn't wait to cheer, and they were even more excited than the previous Chinese people who landed on the moon.
China's previous moon landing was a state act, and landing on the moon has nothing to do with ordinary people, and they will not send them on a trip to the moon, and there are many countries in the world that do not deal with China, and there are many influences on this aspect.
Arc spaceflight is a different behavior.
Before the arc space entered space, then then people saw the dawn of space tourism, this time the arc space landed on the moon, and then think about the previous plan of the arc spaceflight, then the moon travel should not be far away, can not be happy.
At this time, Yang Nianming and the others were quite excited after coming to the surface of the moon, but in the end, they were also well-trained, and there were several construction personnel who had participated in the construction of the space station, and they immediately suppressed their excitement.
Yang Nianming instructed everyone, "Go to the living cabin first, and let's settle down first." ”
"Understood, Team Yang!"
The crowd replied in unison.
The living and cargo compartments that fell were not far from the lunar spacecraft they were on, and after confirming the mission, they jumped and ran over.
Everyone watching on the earth felt strange that the first thing Arc Space did when it came to the moon was not to plant a flag or shout slogans, but to run directly to the habitation module.
Because the previous press conference was about a general plan, they didn't know the specific details, they thought it would be similar to the previous national moon landing, but they didn't expect it to be different.
Seeing that their extravehicular spacesuits are relatively thin, although the introduction is the use of new technology, the audience is thinking, "Is it sacrificing some protection?" ”
"Also, didn't you say that you were going to live in the cave next to you in the beginning? How did you land directly in the open space outside the cave? ”
In fact, the previous steps to the moon are no different from the country's steps to the moon, but the aircraft they took is not quite the same, and there are just a little more things thrown down, and the real difference starts here.
Since they are not in a hurry to go back and will be on the moon for a long time, they are not in a hurry to engage in formality, but focus on practical work.
As the saying goes, "sharpening a knife is not a mistake for a woodcutter", in the moon, a helpless and dangerous place, the most important thing is to immediately arrange a place to live.
With a reliable place to stay, everything else can be carried out.
There are four sections in the living module, but only two of them have special lunar access doors, so they can't rush when they enter, because they have to "dust off" before they enter the living module.
Dusting dirt before entering the door on Earth is to be clean, but doing it on the Moon is to survive.
Lunar dust is mainly produced by the repeated impact of meteorite bodies on the moon, including crystalline particles, igneous rock fragments, vitreous fragments and trace metal particles, etc., and because there is no erosion over the years like the earth, the edges and corners of these lunar dust are very sharp.
Lunar dust is attached to the spacesuit and brought back to the living module, where the astronauts are essentially the same as on Earth, and the low gravity on the lunar surface only helps the dust penetrate into the body tissues more easily.
Therefore, once it enters the eyes or is inhaled into the lungs, these ultra-fine, sharp and angular moon dust can cause a series of negative effects, causing eye pain, respiratory and cardiovascular problems, which are all trivial.
Many of these lunar dusts have been subjected to cosmic radiation for millions of years, and many of them contain radioactivity that may react with certain tissues in the human body when they enter the human body.
If you succeed in evolving in the process, then congratulations, you have finally paid off after being a good person for ten lifetimes.
If not, but you just hang up, then it doesn't matter, that's normal operation.
If you didn't hang up directly, but there were some changes that made you miserable and tormented, then it must be that you did too many bad things in your previous lives.
In addition to people, moon dust is also very corrosive and abrasive for some equipment with poor protection, so it has to be prevented.
When the astronauts arrived next to the living module, the special transition chamber was opened, and their new extravehicular spacesuit did not carry much moon dust, and after passing through the charge channel at the entrance, they took some of it away, and then entered the airlock cabin and were blown by compressed air, and all the moon dust carried outside the spacesuit was cleaned.
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