Chapter 652: A pillar of light in the sea, a thousand falcon spaceship lands on Europa and sets sail!
The sea is pitch black at night.
The sky and the sea have been connected by darkness, and the vast, dark distance seems like a light that can swallow everything.
In the haze, the small boat with a shimmering light was falling with the waves, and several figures on the boat were talking in low voices, and their words couldn't help but show doubts and worries, "How can there be burnt fish in the sea?" ”
"Only the broken part is cooked, and the head part is still raw......"
"How is it cooked? Could it be a fish that fell from another boat? ”
"It's impossible to bake such a big fish whole, right? The raw part is still fresh, and the fish doesn't seem to have been processed. ”
"It shouldn't be artificial."
"Not man-made? Will there be a fire-breathing fish in the sea? Or, was it hit by an engine or something under a certain ship? ”
"That's a bit more reliable."
"This is not the time for jokes!"
It was pitch black all around, which also made the light in the sea appear brighter, and the light in the sea seemed to be a pillar of light, extending a certain distance from the sea, and then rushing out far away.
Whatever the reason behind it, but letting them collect information is certainly not a death.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared blankly at the bottom of the water.
"The sea is lit up!"
The others reacted immediately.
The others breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't think about it, we'll just carry out the mission." Zhang Yaokun hurriedly interrupted the others' discussions.
Zhang Yaokun reacted immediately and shouted scoldingly, "What are you talking about!" Don't remember the news? Forget what we're here for! ”
"What's that!"
Zhang Yaokun couldn't help but open his mouth wide and exclaimed, "What's that?" ”
The others immediately went over and looked, "It looks like there's a bubble!" ”
"I just said that it feels like I'm in hell, but it's not really a hell gate, right? The gates of hell that rushed out of the sea? ”
Some people couldn't help but look around, as if they wanted to see other ships, but as far as the eye could see, there was nothing but darkness and darkness, and the sound of the waves crashing against each other made people feel a trace of fear in their hearts.
The long rod is specially made of many metal hollow tubes, which can be continuously lowered to a maximum depth of more than 100 meters.
A shout came from the side, "Look! ”
"Huh?"
Actually, it's really just bubbles.
"That's a coincidence!"
Zhang Yaokun immediately commanded the start of the mission, and their main job was to put a long pole down, and then drive the boat for a certain distance, and then fish up the pole after a period of time.
Someone took a long pole and tried it, scooped up some bubbling seawater, and after putting it in a bag, he found that the seawater was still cold, "It seems to be just bubbles, nothing has changed." ”
Someone said suspiciously, "Don't you think it's strange? This phenomenon has not appeared in the sea surface for a while ago, and we appeared as soon as we came? ”
Several people gathered together and continued to talk in a whisper, and some of the bolder ones continued to look at the sea, when suddenly someone pointed to the sea and shouted, "Look! It's bubbling! ”
Suddenly the bottom of the sea is bright! ….
As has been reported in the news, there are a lot of bubbles in the sea at the site of the sinking of the cargo ship, and their job is to investigate this phenomenon and gather as much information as possible.
Before the others could speak, they saw that the light gate had disappeared, and there was no more light in the sea, as if what they had just seen was just an illusion.
"Isn't there a big guy down there, otherwise how could there be bubbles......
"It seems like so......"
Zhang Yaokun shook his head, "I won't worry." We came by small boat, I saw the news last time, the large cargo ship was melting at the very bottom, our ship is not deep into the water, there should be no problems. ”
If you suddenly encounter a similar phenomenon, you will definitely feel very scared, and people will always be afraid of the unknown.
In the vast sea, even if the temperature is high, no matter how strong the reaction, the heat will be lost rapidly, and the sea surface is not boiling, but the gas created by the thermal reaction below floats out of the sea.
I thought it would be nothing, but I didn't expect to find bubbles on the surface of the sea.
"Maybe there's some chemical in it." Zhang Yaokun shook his head and said.
In the process of putting the long pole, Zhang Yaokun kept holding the fixture, and shining a flashlight on the sea, staring carefully at the downward pole, suddenly his eyes were stunned, and he immediately rubbed his eyes with his hands to look at the past again.
When the pillar of light broke out of the sea, it was already faint, but it still formed a hazy light, and against the background of the darkness and the sea, it seemed to be a gate of light from a distance.
"Really?"
At this time, everyone was not afraid.
Zhang Yaokun opened his mouth slightly, looked into the distance in shock, took a deep breath, calmed down and commanded, "Drive over there!" ”
At this time, someone suddenly said, "Our ship ...... Won't it break too? ”
However, by associating the mission with the appearance of bubbles on the surface of the sea, they can easily analyze that the bubbles were artificially created, and it is likely that the superiors received the news in advance, or that the superiors knew how they were created and asked them to come and collect information.
It was pitch black again.
After a long time, someone asked blankly, "Team Zhang, are you still driving over there?" ”
Zhang Yaokun swallowed his saliva, but still said resolutely, "Put the pole down first, and then drive that way!" ”
At this time, even he was a little scared.
In the dark environment, a bright light suddenly rushed out of the sea, and a light gate was faintly formed, which disappeared after just a few seconds, and I felt very scared when I thought about it.
Science seems to be inexplicable!
After a while, everyone calmed down and began to analyze various possibilities, "It can't be a warship, right?" ”
"Submarines?"
"If it's a submarine, it's possible, maybe it's just a light from the submarine, but the submarine ...... Surely you know us, right? ”
"Maybe it's just a passing boat?"
"Or is it a submarine on a mission? But what shall we do? How does it feel as if we are caught up in some kind of big event? Why let's investigate? ”
"Is it possible, for example, that the military of a country has come into contact with aliens, and then our superiors know about it and let us collect intelligence?" ….
"This ......"
"Your imagination is rich!"
"If it's true, don't get caught, maybe aliens are more interested in human flesh...... I don't know what aliens are like, will they be beautiful? ”
"What a mess, you want women to be crazy!"
Someone joked that it made the atmosphere much better, and a few people continued their mission.
Zhang Yaokun urged the work, "Hurry up and finish, hurry back, discuss it and discuss it again." ”
"Team Zhang is right."
"I don't want to stay in this hellish place for a second!"
"Let's go!"
Strong S-wave experimental base.
After the high-energy laser irradiated the black ball, the researchers recorded how long the black ball lasted, then let the device continue to run for more than ten minutes, and turned off the device after making sure that nothing was found.
This concludes the experiment.
Wang Qiang, Zhou Jun and others all felt a little regretful, because there were no new discoveries during the experiment, and high-energy laser irradiation did not seem to be any different from ordinary laser irradiation.
As for the situation where the Mediterranean Sea has created a strong S-wave position, we can only wait for the news to come back.
After the experiment was over, Wang Hao also talked to Wang Qiang, and found that Wang Qiang seemed to be a little lost, and encouraged him not to be discouraged, "Research is like this, it is difficult to make discoveries." ”
"You've got a good idea for your experiment, maybe you'll find something on the other side."
"When there is news, I must tell me as soon as possible."
Wang Hao was also very curious about what Zhang Yaokun's team would find, but he didn't expect any big discoveries in his heart, after all, strong S waves were created in seawater, even if there were some new phenomena, conventionally speaking, endless seawater could cover up some.
He continued to move on the spacecraft.
The spacecraft has completed the release of the probe as planned, and has been captured by Jupiter's gravity and operated to control the orbit around Jupiter.
The work of releasing probes is huge, because there are more than 50 probes, of which more than 30 belong to the spacecraft company, and most of the probes will be used to explore the asteroid belt.
After that, it takes a long time to approach and orbit Jupiter, from approaching Jupiter to the moon flying around Jupiter, it takes at least more than three days, Jupiter's gravitational pull is very strong, and there are many uncertainties in the environment near Jupiter, the spacecraft must approach slowly, and the orbit around Jupiter will slowly shrink until the orbital altitude is close to Europa.
In this process, the main vent of the spacecraft is facing the direction of Jupiter to ensure the stability of the spacecraft.
After approaching Europa in orbit, the spacecraft will perform two probes on Europa, one time launching a normal probe that will fly around Europa and send back a lot of data.
The purpose of the first probe is to determine that Europa's surface is landfallable, after which a second probe will be performed.
This time it was a small spacecraft, the 'Bird' unmanned spacecraft ordered from the Space Agency, which did not use lateral anti-gravity technology, and the hull was only composed of superconducting batteries and Hall thrusters, which carried some high-end detection equipment. ….
The 'Sparrow' unmanned spacecraft does not have an anti-gravity function, and is used for planet landing exploration, which is a one-time use.
Compared with ordinary probes, the carrying capacity of the 'Bird' unmanned spacecraft is much higher, and it can install a lot of precision detection equipment, and even a landing vehicle that can be remotely controlled, and the landing vehicle will send back many data such as temperature, air density, wind power, and ground hardness.
The main task of the 'Bird' unmanned spacecraft is to find a suitable landing site for the manned Thousand Falcon spacecraft.
Europa, unlike the Moon, is not all the surface, in other words, not every location can be landed.
In addition, Europa has many 'groundwater' vents on its surface, similar in shape to volcanoes on Earth, and the water spewed out underground is very large, and can also form water or ice on the surface for a short period of time, similar to the environment that can be fatal to the landing of the Falcon spacecraft.
Space Spacecraft Control Center.
Wang Hao and Zhu Qiqiang sat together, constantly checking the information sent by the Tianhang spacecraft-
"The orbit of the spacecraft is close to Europa, and the data sent back by the probe shows that Europa can land ......"
"The orbit of the spacecraft is stable, and the ...... of the Bird 07 probe spacecraft is released"
"Bird 07 has found a suitable landing site, has released the landing vehicle, and controls the ...... in operation"
"Everything is normal, whether to let the Thousand Falcon spacecraft land, wait for instructions......"
Looking at the messages sent one by one, Wang Hao asked Zhu Qiqiang, "When did you receive the last one?" ”
Zhu Qiqiang said, "Half an hour ago, the spacecraft was still orbiting Jupiter normally, and now it is continuing to collect Europa information. ”
Wang Hao said, "Just let them decide, if everything is normal, just land according to the plan, tell them that they must not take risks, safety is the most important thing." ”
Zhu Qiqiang nodded and shouted into the microphone, "Send a message, just say that the command center agrees, and let them judge and deal with it for themselves." ”
Space spaceship.
The control module has been waiting for the message from the ground command, and everyone is very much looking forward to receiving the message of 'the command center agrees'.
They also immediately got to work in an orderly manner.
Some were responsible for preparing the Falcon spacecraft and the landing crew, others continued to process the information sent by the landing vehicle, and some were responsible for checking that the filming equipment was working properly.
During the landing on Europa, the entire process will be filmed and the images will be sent back to the ground control center.
If all goes well in the landing and the Thousand Falcon successfully returns to the spacecraft, the ground control center will send a part of the video footage to the television station for 'live broadcast'.
It's said to be a live stream, but it's actually just a video.
Of course, to some extent, it can actually be regarded as a live broadcast, after all, there is no delay for too long, and the signal transmission speed from Jupiter to Earth is too delayed, and the delay of several hours is 'understandable'.
The mission to land on Europa was the Falcon 02, the pilot of the Falcon 02 was Wang Hui, and the person who carried out the sampling mission was Du Junsheng, that is, the team that landed on Europa was only two people.
The reason why there are only two people is that the Senfalcon spacecraft has a limited number of people and has to carry more materials for the operation of the life support system in the limited space of the cockpit. ….
Even if a part of the space is reserved to carry resources, the spacecraft can carry out the landing mission for no more than 14 hours, and it is not the electrical energy that limits the operation time, but the life support system.
The capsule of the Senfalcon spacecraft does not have a complete oxygen supply system, and uses high-pressure oxygen cylinders, including the life support system in the spacesuit, which also uses high-pressure oxygen.
At the same time, the cockpit of the spacecraft also needs to continuously maintain a stable pressure, temperature and air environment, which requires continuous consumption of resources.
This limits the time of manned landings.
14 hours, the time is still relatively tight, the Falcon spacecraft detached from the space spacecraft to fly close to Europa and stably synchronized orbit, it will take more than two hours.
Because of the limited performance of Hall thrusters, it takes at least four hours for a spacecraft to take off from Europa and back to the spacecraft.
Then there are no more than seven hours left for landing on Europa, collecting samples, and other work.
Seven hours sounds like a long time, but after landing on Europa, the surroundings are not the peaceful environment of Earth, and it will take a long time for the spacecraft to land steadily.
Various tests are needed to allow the astronauts to slowly walk off the spacecraft and then collect samples.
It takes a lot of time to get some of the equipment down from the spaceship and get it up and running.
Despite the daunting task ahead, everyone is looking forward to the landing as they are about to make the first human landing on a planet outside the Earth-Moon system.
This is sure to be a landmark event that will go down in history!
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