On January 18, after three days of high-speed sailing, Xinghai Explorer-1 is about to approach the asteroid belt.

It began to shut down its main engines and use its inertia to fly towards the asteroid belt.

When the main engine is turned off, the intelligent computer sends a message to the Earth about the impending arrival of the asteroid belt through the neutrino communication instrument.

This information goes through multiple relay satellites deployed by the spacecraft along the way.

It only took more than ten seconds to start transmitting the information back to Earth. The Earth received a message from Star Ocean Explorer 1.

Li Hao looked at the information sent back by Xinghai Explorer 1, and said with satisfaction: "It seems that the method of deploying neutrino communication relay satellites through spacecraft has been successful. ”

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the virtual light curtain, which showed a map of the deployment of neutrino communication relay satellites in space.

The densest place in miniature is around the Earth, where a total of ten neutrino communication relay satellites are orbited.

This is followed by three neutrino communication relay satellites on the Moon.

A neutrino communications relay satellite orbiting Mars.

At the Lagrange point between Earth and Mars, there is also a neutrino communication relay satellite.

There are a total of 15 relay satellites that make up the neutrino communication network. It only takes a dozen seconds of delay to communicate with the spacecraft.

The bandwidth of their composition is so large that it is possible to view even high-definition images captured by spacecraft.

Niu Zhengfeng asked Li Hao, "Mr. Li, Xinghai Explorer 1 has reached the periphery of the asteroid belt.

Whether to let it start catching asteroids now. ”

Li Hao nodded in agreement: "Since it has reached the asteroid belt, let it show its skills." Shows the capabilities of the spacecraft that we have worked so hard to design. ”

After Niu Zhengfeng heard Li Hao's order, he immediately gave instructions to the spacecraft and agreed to launch an asteroid capture plan.

After he gave the order, his nervous mood suddenly relaxed a lot. Everything awaits the performance of the spacecraft.

"Mr. Li, is the silicon gold crystal material really consistent with the test results? The spacecraft is equipped with a five-centimeter-thick silicon-gold crystal shell.

The asteroids in the asteroid belt travel very fast.

With the relatively large hull of the spaceship, it can only dodge large asteroids, and it is impossible to dodge small asteroids at all.

After entering the asteroid belt, it can only rely on its hard shell to block the asteroid's attack. ”

Li Hao said confidently: "You don't need to worry about this kind of thing, don't look at it is only five centimeters thick, but the silicon gold crystal of this thickness, its data is many times stronger than the five-meter-thick super-strong steel plate." ”

While they were talking, the Star Ocean Explorer 1 in the asteroid belt had sent back a high-definition video of its entry into the asteroid belt.

At a speed of ten kilometers per second, Xinghai Explorer-1 cut into the edge of the asteroid belt.

When the massive hull entered the asteroid belt, it was hit by a lot of material.

Many dust-sized materials are not asteroids, but can only be said to be cosmic floating objects.

There are also fist-sized asteroids that crash into Deepsea Explorer 1 at varying speeds.

The relative velocity of the formation of the asteroid and Star Ocean Explorer 1 is enormous.

They carry enough kinetic energy to destroy several meters of super-strong alloy steel plates.

Star Sea Explorer One, without any dodging moves. Go straight to the established route.

When the asteroid hits the shell of Star Ocean Explorer 1.

The asteroid was immediately destroyed by the huge kinetic energy, but the shell of Star Ocean Explorer 1 did not change at all.

Not even the dent happened, it was intact.

Star Ocean Explorer 1 directly ignores these very small asteroids.

There was an asteroid crashing into the shell, like rhythmic music. A ding-dong sounded in the universe.

Only when it encounters an asteroid with a diameter of more than ten meters. The universal secondary ion engine installed on the bottom of the Star Ocean Explorer 1 will start.

It explores its surroundings with all its might, and begins to predict the trajectory of an asteroid impact to avoid such an asteroid attack.

Star Ocean Explorer 1 is doing various difficult maneuvers in the asteroid belt.

At the same time, it is exploring the target it is preparing to capture.

Doppler radar and neutrino scanners are constantly scanning the asteroids near Xinghai Explorer 1.

A trip to the asteroid belt is worth a lot of energy and mechanical wear and tear on equipment.

Asteroids are chosen to repair the Moon, and small asteroids have no effect at all.

It is exploring asteroids with diameters ranging from three to five kilometers.

Asteroids smaller than this diameter are not worth the shot at all, and they are too expensive to cost.

An asteroid larger than this diameter is completely beyond the capabilities of Sky Explorer 1.

Forcibly capturing such an asteroid would most likely cause damage to the spacecraft.

While Xinghai Explorer 1 is looking for targets, he is also collecting some asteroids that he thinks are valuable.

Xinghai Explorer-1 detected an asteroid with a diameter of more than ten meters ahead.

Neutrino scanners have detected the interior of this asteroid with rare and valuable items.

The giant manipulator of Star Ocean Explorer 1 immediately went out of the capsule to capture the asteroid.

The manipulator with a huge bite force directly grabbed the asteroid tightly and dragged it into its warehouse.

Coming to the asteroid belt isn't just about finding asteroids that can repair the moon.

If a valuable asteroid is encountered. A robot will also be dispatched to collect the data.

Star Ocean Explorer 1 has never found an asteroid that meets his goal.

But with the high penetration of neutrinos, many valuable asteroids have been discovered. are all collected in the cabin of the ship.

Star Ocean Explorer 1 is like a fishing ship traveling in space. While pursuing the goal it wants to find, it also catches the "fish" that it thinks is valuable.

Suddenly, an asteroid that meets his goal is detected ahead.

This asteroid is also a hard asteroid composed of materials such as iron and silicon.

It is not like an asteroid composed of materials such as floating and sinking ice crystals.

Star Ocean Explorer 1 simply cannot collect the latter asteroid.

He immediately went to the asteroid of this target, according to the results detected by the neutrino scanner. The diameter of this asteroid is about 3.5 kilometers.

Star Ocean Explorer 1 immediately circled behind the asteroid.

The giant manipulator in front of it immediately stretched out ten meters outwards and stuck directly on the spaceship.

After Star Sea Explorer 1 saw the location. The main engine starts up and accelerates in a pulsed manner.

He directly gave the asteroid a thousand-year kill.

Star Ocean Explorer 1 crashed directly into the target asteroid.

Directly hit the asteroid with a crater more than ten meters deep.

Star Ocean Explorer One slowly spat out the giant manipulator.

Under the thrust of the manipulator, the spacecraft comes directly to the surface of the asteroid.

The giant manipulator was stuck directly on the asteroid, and it was stuck very tightly.

Star Ocean Explorer 1 began its next move.

It treats itself as a pendulum, with the ion engine starting.

Like a rat pulling a cart, it uses the power of the engine.

Pulls the asteroid and changes its direction of travel.

The force of the asteroid's forward motion is still due to gravity and inertia.

Star Sea Explorer No. 1 is just acting as a helmsman.

It only slightly controls the direction of the asteroid's travel.

But in the vast universe, it is already remarkable to have this ability.

It is through this ability that Star Ocean Explorer 1 begins to adjust the trajectory of the asteroid.

The speed of this asteroid is even faster than the acceleration of the spacecraft at full power.

A large arc orbit is formed, crashing into the direction of the Moon.