On Mars, it's very lively these days, and as the science summit unfolds, the entire base and Tissot are almost boiling.

This is the second day of the science summit, and after more than 4 hours of science summit exchanges in the second half, Toni, Xu Shuwei and others are still unsatisfied.

Chen Mengchuan found them with a smile: "We are about to start the capture of the first asteroid!" ”

Xu Shuwei was excited, and his eyes widened a little: "Really? Ready to catch the first asteroid? ”

"It's arriving soon, and our operators will soon be in manual operation to arrest, let's go and have a look." Chen Mengchuan said with a smile.

"Yes!" Xu Shuwei laughed, and a group of people quickly headed towards the main control room.

After coming to the main control room, Chen Mengchuan looked at the virtual 3D renderings of the asteroid belt on the screen and waited quietly.

The asteroid belt is a dense area of asteroids between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in the solar system, and the asteroid to be captured this time is a thunderous olive-shaped asteroid with a diameter of 5.32 kilometers.

Although the asteroid was precisely located this time, it took several extra days to find and reach the asteroid's surroundings.

The many asteroids in the asteroid belt are mostly made of rock or metal, and they also move around the sun, and Chen Mengchuan's many astronomical telescopes have further confirmed the number of asteroids in the entire asteroid belt during these times, and the number exceeds 316 million! Its total mass far exceeds previous human estimates, and is likely to reach a level of more than 420 times the mass of the Earth! The degree of its exploitability is unimaginably high.

"There are still 1,200 kilometers to the target number LKUJ-782719 asteroid, continue to open space travel and get closer!"

A huge asteroid appeared in front of everyone's eyes on the screen, its shape seemed to be a large, irregularly twisted olive, and there was no other material around, just flying slowly and lonely.

It may seem slow, but it's not slow at all.

"It's coming!" Li Shuo, the commander in charge of the asteroid capture spacecraft, opened his mouth and shouted.

Then the asteroid capture spacecraft quickly confirmed the coordinate data of both sides, and soon a light blue source circle was activated and opened, and the asteroid capture spacecraft was quickly activated.

The next moment! The video camera device passed through the source circle with the asteroid capture spacecraft, and in an instant, the entire screen suddenly turned gray and black, and the camera device quickly refocused, and an incomparably huge meteorite appeared in front of everyone!

"Hopefully this will be an M-shaped metal-bearing asteroid!" Xu Shuwei opened his mouth and said.

Chen Mengchuan smiled: "Brother Xu, these asteroids are basically composed of rocks or metals, and there are only three classifications of carbon, silicate and metal, judging from the data of NASA, the probability is very high, and our recent observations and discoveries have also reached the same conclusion." And this asteroid numbered LKUJ-782719 is an M-type metal-bearing asteroid in terms of observation! So the probability of getting a complete M-type metal-bearing asteroid is very high. ”

"Even if this asteroid is not a complete M-type metal-bearing asteroid, it will still have a lot of carbonaceous and silicate, which will help us. However, this probability is very small, less than 7% probability. ”

After Chen Mengchuan's words were finished, the asteroid capture spacecraft on the screen quickly moved.

"Proofread the direction of the spacecraft, start the capture plan, and confirm the capture point!" Commander Li Shuo shouted again.

Under the command, the asteroid capture spacecraft quickly flew around the asteroid.

A few minutes of flight time, little by little data is collected.

"Brother Chuan! Data collection complete! Li Shuo turned his head and said to Chen Mengchuan.

The picture on the big screen changed, and a huge three-dimensional asteroid was outlined.

Soon more data was on the screen.

The huge length, width, and volume data make everyone look forward to it.

50.965 cubic kilometers!

It is undoubtedly a very huge volume.

"The core capture point has been confirmed!" Artificial intelligence Yue'er's voice sounded.

On a huge three-dimensional asteroid image, a dimple is marked.

"The capture site has been identified, the capture has begun, the drill is ready to be carried out, and the analysis of the asteroid composition has begun!"

Chen Mengchuan and the others looked at the screen quietly, and the asteroid capture spacecraft flew to the position of the concave on the three-dimensional imaging, and then quickly fell!

The asteroid capture spacecraft did not stop, and after a slight tremor, dozens of thin robotic arms slowly stretched out. Then the high-hardness drill bit above the robotic arm quickly activated instantly, spun up, and almost instantly drilled into it like tofu.

Robotic arms at different angles are drilling holes very quickly.

On 3D imaging, the screen is quickly stretched, and after sliding, the trajectory of the borehole appears. In the picture, it is as if dozens of needles have been pierced into a translucent potato, and from the data panel, each borehole is drilled nearly 50 meters deep!

"Drilling done! Release the gravitational bee colony, locate the gravitational bee colony attachment point, and start the full gravitational coverage. Li Shuo's voice echoed in the main control room, and with his words, dense black dots were quickly thrown out.

The screen widened and opened, revealing hundreds of palm-sized special gravitational bees.

After the gravitational bees dispersed, they quickly attached to the ground according to the spatial coordinate points, and then began to drill holes, nailing the roots to the surface of the asteroid.

A large number of gravitational bees began to attach more and more, and it didn't take long for almost the entire asteroid to be attached.

In the next moment, all the gravitational bees bloomed, as if they were blooming, slowly stretching out pieces of high-intensity gravitational nodes folded in their caudal sacs, and each gravitational bee colony was almost a square meter in size.

"The gravitational swarm is attached! Start spinning proofreading! ”

After Li Shuo's voice fell, the screen changed again, and a huge virtual star map appeared, one point marked the clear location of Mars, and the other with an arrow was the current asteroid capture spacecraft.

As the gravitational bee began to work, the direction was quickly rotated, and a beautiful arc soon appeared on the virtual star map.

"The return route has been confirmed, and we are ready to open the space source point circle. It is planned to arrive at the Martian base in 9 days! ”

Li Shuo's voice was full of power.