Chapter 281: The Moon Landing
"That's the Shenlong manned space plane, right?" In the Shenzhou spacecraft, medical officer Liu Xiao looked at the broken Shenlong space plane and couldn't help but say: "It's been several years, and it's still flying in lunar orbit." ”
"If nothing else, it's going to keep going like this." Xia Yu looked at the Shenlong nostalgic and said: "The orbit of the Shenlong around the moon is very stable, under the gravitational pull of the earth and the moon, as long as it is not disturbed by other factors, the Shenlong will continue to float like this for a long, long time." ”
"The attack on Tiangong-1 by space junk was big news, and the whole world was paying attention." Search and rescue team member Ivy sighed: "All the people think that Tiangong-1 will definitely be destroyed by space junk, even our country's own media can't be optimistic, and they are almost about to sentence the people above to death, but the Shenlong appeared, and in order to save people, even they were destroyed, it's a pity." ”
"Yes, if it weren't for the Shenlong flying up to the rescue, Tiangong No. 1 would definitely not be able to survive, and I have also watched the documentary of this incident." Another member of the search and rescue team, Jin Ming, also praised: "At the beginning, the crew members of the Shenlong were all heroes, but it is explained in the documentary that the crew members of the Shenlong were disobedient to the order to save people, and they still flew up to save people without hesitation when they knew that they might also be hit by space junk, which is really a heroic act." ”
"Speaking of which." Hearing the talk of the search and rescue team members, Xia Yu couldn't help but touch his nose and said, "I think the original Shenlong was very unlucky. You must know that it only took two seconds for the Shenlong to rush through the area of the space junk attack at that time, and it was still possible to be hit like this, I really don't know which god it provoked at that time. ”
"That seems right." Luo Xiang was stunned and said with a smile: "But if you want to say this, Tiangong-1 is also very unlucky, not only was the Shenzhou spacecraft knocked away, the test module was also damaged, and it also lost an astronaut." In contrast, even if the Shenlong was hit, it did not suffer any casualties, which was already a blessing in misfortune. ”
"That's true." Xia Yu nodded approvingly, now thinking about it, if the piece of space junk that hit the left wing of the Shenlong deviated a little to the right and directly hit the wing root or even the position of the engine, let alone save people, everyone including himself would probably die directly in that accident, and even the opportunity to fly around the earth in space would not be there, so he could only be dragged down by the earth's gravity, and finally burned in the atmosphere, with no bones left.
Chat is chatting, the Shenzhou spacecraft is still scheduled to orbit around the moon, and at this time everyone is starting to get busy. Put on a spacesuit, check the equipment you need to carry, warm up the landing capsule, etc., and then it's time to prepare for the moon landing.
"Ten minutes to get to the landing window, and we'll all double-check our respective gear." Seeing that the team members had already entered the landing capsule, Xia Yu asked to check the equipment again, and after receiving a positive answer, Xia Yu informed Luo Xiang: "All are ready, there are still eight minutes before they reach the landing window." ”
"Understood." Luo Xiang replied, and then concentrated on making the final adjustments to the landing module.
As the landing window approached, Luo Xiang immediately pressed the separation button, and in the silent space, at the junction between the landing module and the Shenzhou spacecraft, a white air flow erupted, and the landing module successfully separated from the Shenzhou spacecraft.
"Enter the attitude adjustment, the engine starts." Luo Xiang said that the landing module also slowly adjusted its attitude on the track with Luo Xiang's operation, and then the tail thruster spewed flames and pushed the landing module into the landing orbit.
There was no air on the moon, so it was not at all as hot as when it landed on Earth, and it was accompanied by a shaking that made people think it was almost doomsday. Just like when it flew in, the process of landing on the moon was still silent, until the landing module adjusted its attitude and turned the tail vent downward, and everyone sat up straight, and then began to slowly feel the faint gravity.
It didn't take long for the landing module to sound a "snort", followed by a sudden pause and vibration, and after Luo Xiang said the words "landing successfully" loudly, the others realized that they had reached the moon. The sense of gravity that made people feel more curious than the weightlessness in space made Xia Yu couldn't help but shake his arm up and down, and lifted a toolbox to try this feeling.
"Alright, let's all pick up our things and get ready for a moon walk." Xia Yu suppressed his curiosity and said to his teammates: "The commander of the lunar base is already waiting for us. ”
Hearing this, the members of the search and rescue team picked up their respective toolboxes and got ready, seeing the novel expressions that everyone couldn't hide no matter how serious they were, Xia Yu didn't say much, just stood up and came to the hatch gently, and then glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, are you all ready?" ”
"Captain, we're all set." Medical officer Liu Xiao couldn't hold back and said, "Open the hatch quickly." ”
Xia Yu smiled and pressed the pressure relief valve, as the sound of "snort" became smaller and smaller, and in the end, it could no longer be heard, the original green light on the pressure relief valve turned red, Xia Yu knew that the landing module had completed the pressure relief, and then directly turned the sealing lock on the hatch and pushed the round hatch open.
The landing capsule was small, and when it stood up, its head was pushed against the bulkhead above, and it was actually very crowded for six people to sit together, and the hatch was also very small, so they could only get out with their backs and climb down the escalator. The narrow hatch restricts the line of sight, and he doesn't feel it when he is in the cabin, but when Xia Yu drills out of the hatch and looks at the black and gray vast land, he still can't help but feel an emptiness in his heart.
There is no color on it, except for the bright white gray, that is, the inky black, about 300 meters away, dozens of metal cabins connected together are the lunar base that China has been building. There, Xia Yu finally found a bit of brilliant color that only belonged to the earth, and other places, except for dead silence, were still dead silence.
looked down at the ground, although it was only a distance of more than one meter, if it was on the earth, it would go down with a jump, but this is the moon, and in the case of not adapting to the gravity of the moon, Xia Yu does not plan to jump around at will, God knows if he will jump six or seven meters high, so that even if he can't fall to death, he will scare people to death. So Xia Yu still turned around honestly and climbed down the escalator.
When Xia Yu stepped on the ground full of sand, he inexplicably gave birth to a heroic feeling, and he really wanted to look up to the sky and yell, but Xia Yu didn't want to do that kind of thing, so he didn't look around, but raised his head and raised his hand, and said to the others in the landing capsule: "I've come down, you guys hand me all the tools first." ”
Luo Xiang came to the hatch first, and like Xia Yu, he also enjoyed the surrounding scenery, and after sighing well, he handed all the tools to Xia Yu in turn, and then followed the landing module and stepped on the ground of the moon.
"Drink!" Unlike Xia Yu's behavior of suppressing his mood, Luo Xiang still couldn't hold it back, and let out a short roar, which gave a little vent to his feelings, but before Luo Xiang was embarrassed to explain anything, Liu Xiao, the medical officer who had just poked his head out to see the moon scenery, couldn't help but shout several times, if it weren't for the lack of air on the moon, it is estimated that these roars would be heard clearly by the lunar base.
After everyone came down, Xia Yu said to the commander of the lunar base: "The search team has landed on the moon and asked for a work vehicle to carry it." ”