Chapter 158: The Beginning of Bad Luck
In June 2030, a fleet of 3 Henglun-class spacecraft, loaded with 10,000 migrants and 15,000 tons of supplies, set off from the Lunar City Airport and set off for Jupiter.
"This is a new journey for East Galaxy Company!" Xu Bochen delivered a speech on behalf of the entire Jupiter development team, which was reprinted by a large number of media, announcing the launch of the Jupiter development plan.
At this moment, many people are enjoying a moment of honor full of achievement, but on the contrary, Xu Bochen is so busy, opening more than 50 communication windows in the personal assistance module at the same time, accumulating more than 200 unread messages.
"Miss Bailian, is the fleet running normally?" Xu Bochen asked.
"Of course, Engineer Xu, do you question my ability?" Bai Lian replied angrily.
"No... It's just a routine inquiry..."Xu Bochen said indifferently, and said in his mouth: "The speed of the Hengyue-class spacecraft is 350 km/s, and the journey to Jupiter lasts 1 month, okay, confirm that it is correct." “
Xu Bochen recorded in his small notebook, processing information in an orderly manner, he thought that joining the exploration department would enjoy the fun of adventuring in the universe, but what he didn't expect was that because of his special identity, he was still pulled out from time to time, and even had such a big event in this stall.
"The last time was years ago... At that time, the East Galaxy Company was so weak, and even the fusion energy technology was helped by me... And now, we come to Jupiter! When Xu Bochen thought of this, he would notice that their progress was rapid, what force could have developed to such a scale in less than 10 years? It's really a bit of luck to join such a company by yourself.
He thought that when the spacecraft entered the state of inertial navigation, he would have to take a vacation if he had time, otherwise, even if he engaged in wisdom stimulation and the second phase of physical strengthening, he was afraid that he would not be able to bear such a workload!
After recalling for a while, he had to hurry up and work, and such days lasted for almost 3 days before he really laid back.
"Doot toot!" There is a new message from the Cosmic Disaster Prediction Channel: "In the area of 3127.3123,9981.5879,0051.5650, due to the intensification of solar activity, a strong solar wind has erupted, please pay attention to protection and avoid traveling during this time!" ”
"No, it won't!" When he heard the news, Xu Bochen was a little depressed, why did the solar activity suddenly increase, although the influence of the solar wind on them was limited, in order to reduce the risk, the fleet that originally planned to fly over the asteroid belt had to drill into the asteroid belt, so that the countless asteroids around him, as well as the dense cosmic dust, would provide them with more shelter.
The fleet changed direction, and with the consent of the accompanying Minister Sophia, it was finally implemented, just because there were no higher-level employees in the fleet for the time being, and the remaining ministers, even if they were looking at Red Jupiter and sending their little brothers, were naturally inferior in terms of discourse.
After receiving the command to calculate the coordinates, direction, and speed, and plan the new course, Bai Lian began to happily execute, and it seemed to be more interesting to sail in the asteroid belt than to sail in the open space.
Inside the ship, meanwhile, the 10,000 migrants entouraged in a vision of the future are enveloped in a beautiful imagination of the future, and they exchange and learn every day, further understanding the work they will be engaged in, and the rest of the time is rest and recreation until the sun blows.
Smack! There was a circuit failure in the crew's cabin.
Smack! The lighting in the corridor inside the hull was extinguished.
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The solar wind did not paralyze their voyage, but it still caused all kinds of minor problems, so that the maintenance robots inside the spaceship had to be fully dispatched and busy.
"It should be okay at last!" Xu Bochen considered: "In the asteroid belt, the possibility of us being affected by the solar wind will decrease, and the losses we receive will also decrease, although it will take an extra two days of voyage, which is worth the effort." ”
"Doot toot!" I thought that after solving the problem, I could breathe a sigh of relief, but a new alarm sounded, "It's gravel!" Engineer Xu, the front end of our spaceship was hit by rubble, and the outer armor plate was damaged! ”
Hearing this, Xu Bochen's blood pressure suddenly rose, "How is the loss?" Is it big or not? ”
"It's not big, but we have to send someone to repair it!" In the asteroid belt, it is common to be hit by gravel, and Bai Lian has long been experienced, so he said strangely.
After a while, the loss report came out, and when he saw the specific figures, Xu Bochen still jumped up, "11 immigrants died, 1,000 tons of materials were lost, so much?" ”
"Isn't this loss of interplanetary trade normal?" Bai Lian responded, gritting her teeth and controlling the spaceship, trying to avoid the rubble area, so as not to make matters worse at this time.
Xu Bochen thought about it quietly and found that what Bai Lian said was really right, he patiently recorded the loss in his personal auxiliary module, imagining how much trouble the loss would bring them, and how to deal with inquiries from other departments.
After another three-day journey through the asteroid belt, they finally avoided the front of the solar wind, avoided the threat of debris, and plunged headlong into the edge of the solar system.
"Jupiter is still 80 million kilometers away." When they arrived in this area, the most familiar with them was undoubtedly the employees of their exploration department, who had gone to Jupiter many times to explore, and even suffered heavy losses for this, and naturally accumulated incomparably rich blood lessons.
"In the last half, there must be no more problems!" He asked himself, also full of confidence, they actually encountered such a few things on this departure, and suffered a lot of losses, from the perspective of probability, how is it abnormal, so it means that the probability of suffering bad luck in the future will be greatly reduced?
Sure enough, as he expected, their ordeal to Jupiter seemed to be over, the following trip was peaceful and calm, nothing happened, Xu Bochen enjoyed a weekend without any worries, and then, the fleet approached 2 million kilometers from Jupiter and began to land.