There was silence in the room.

No one dared to make any suggestions.

Because...... When they heard that the heat insulation tile "seems" to have "scratches", everyone's mind rises to the disaster of 23 years ago.

- In 2003, the Columbia also lifted off here, but disintegrated on its way back to Earth.

The bones of the seven astronauts are gone.

The cause of the accident was that during takeoff, a piece of foam fell off at high speed and hit and damaged the heat insulation tile of the wing.

During the return, the high-velocity friction with the air allowed the hot air currents to enter the wings, which eventually led to the disintegration of the entire ship.

NASA slowed the pace of space exploration in the years that followed, with the crash of Columbia and the previous Challenger accident being important reasons.

It can be said that the three words of heat insulation tile make people tremble when they hear it.

In silence, Director Bowers exhaled slowly.

"Prepare a plan and give it to the white house."

……

There was a lot of chaos in the white house.

"President, the cause of the failure can be preliminarily determined to be because the material cabin is too heavy, and the center of gravity has shifted so that the attitude has changed, and it is too late to adjust, and it is the best choice to abandon the material cabin."

"What can be established at the moment is that they have lost part of their equipment and part of the materials and tools for building the base, there are no problems with food and space equipment."

"In other words, when they go up, they can only do a little basic research and investigation, and bring back lunar soil and other mineral resources."

"Of course, these are not important, the important thing is that the ship's heat insulation tile has scratches, and it is very likely that it has been damaged, but how serious it is will have to wait until the deceleration is completed and someone is sent out of the cabin to inspect it."

"But it doesn't matter either......"

Listening to the scientific advisor's verbosity, the master, who was already a little impatient, roared angrily: "Then what is important? ”

"As long as the insulating tile is flawed, we will not dare to let them return in Artemis."

The scientific advisor looked at the owner of the house: "None of us can afford another Columbia accident. ”

When the owner of the White House heard the Columbia, he immediately fell silent.

"Is Colombia because of the insulating tile?"

"Yes, sir."

Kennedy gave three options, the first of which was to carry out Plan D and transfer to orbit, and be picked up and returned by other spacecraft. The second is to carry out Plan C, land again, and transfer to orbit after completing a small number of tasks. The third is the same to land, and then ask them for help. ”

The scientific advisor pursed his lips and looked at the TV.

Of course, there is no news on TV now.

"Now, the Inviting Moon has entered the landing phase. Their ship is fully loaded with eighty people, and there is plenty of space......"

The master's eyebrows instantly raised, and an irrepressible surprise rose in his eyes.

"Sir, this is the best ...... at the moment It is also the most secure and the most cost-effective solution. ”

"And how can you be sure they'll be able to bring people back?"

After a few seconds of silence, the scientific advisor whispered, "If you can't bring it back, it's not our responsibility." ”

*

*

When NASA announced that Artemis was back in orbit and the live broadcast was interrupted, most of the audience focused on the moon landing.

At the Provincial Communications Brain Computer Center, everyone gathered again in the café on the fifth floor.

The picture of the TV is showing the Invitation Moon Horn descending in the air "leisurely and happily".

In the picture, the main engine of the Moon has stopped spraying matter, leaving only the Attitude Engine spraying plasma beams.

Such a landing has been almost naked to show, and the Invitation Moon is using the anti-gravity force field.

Moreover, in the connection between the command center and the Invitation Moon, in addition to the attitude engine, the most mentioned status report is about the "force field".

You say, with the blessing of such "black technology", what suspense is there?

So everyone's mood was very relaxed, and inevitably they talked about Artemis's situation again.

It's just that because there are no more details, everyone can only guess.

"First of all, exclude them from carrying forward their style, so that the Invitation Moon will win the first landing on the moon this century."

"Hahaha, I think the most likely thing is that the landing attitude is wrong, and then re-launch and do it again."

"Possibly, but maybe you forgot something? Didn't they prepare very well this time, and they sent the supplies to the orbit several times just in the early stage. ”

"You're guessing too amateurish...... How could aerospace engineering be so disadvantaged? ”

"I can't say, Lao Mei has dropped the space shuttle twice."

"Ahem...... Okay, if they get into trouble, we'll be saved. ”

"Well, but it's too late to save now, the Yueyue is about to land, and it will be at least a month before it takes off."

Everyone was talking about it, but Qi and Mo were still holding their cousin Yingying's slender waist, and their eyes were watching TV without blinking.

At this time, the screen has switched to the visual of the Moon Invitation.

On the screen, the Moon Invitation is getting closer and closer to the moon, and it can already clearly see the desolate and vast lunar surface.

"Xichang, the Yueyue will start the landing procedure in three hundred seconds."

"Xichang received, invited the moon number, and performed a pre-landing force field inspection."

"The invitation number was received, the force field generator is in good condition, the operation is stable, and all the data is normal."

"Xichang received, invite the month number, pay attention to the posture maintenance."

"Invitation to the moon number."

As the conversation progressed, the Inviting Moon began to initiate the landing procedure.

The speed at which the ship landed also slowed down at a speed visible to the naked eye.

If the previous Moon Invitation was like a ship sinking in the water, now it has turned into a light leaf.

Thereupon...... The barrage of all live broadcast platforms has a magical scene.

"Damn, this speed...... I can see that my high blood pressure is coming out. ”

"The speed at which this old woman crosses the street...... What is the speed of that hanging buddy? ”

"According to visual inspection, the speed per second is no more than 2 meters, which is pure elevator speed."

"Steady batch!"

"Come on!"

In the midst of countless anxious "urgings", the earth is getting closer and closer. 、

With a puff of smoke, the picture of the Moon Invitation no longer changes.

Everyone held their breath at the same time.

On TV, it's just as silent.

Yang Hongbo, the captain of the Yueyue who has been in contact with Ye Ming and is also a veteran astronaut with many aerospace experiences, took a deep breath.

This was heard by the people of the whole world.

After a moment, Captain Yang's voice sounded with a smile.

"Xichang, this is the Invitation Moon, I have successfully arrived on the Moon, and the Invitation Moon is in good condition."

"Xichang received, invited the monthly number, ready to connect the capital communication."

……

In the Xichang command hall, everyone stood up at the same time, and applause and cheers resounded.

From the week before the ignition of the Yueyue, the scientists and engineers in the entire command hall have entered a state of tension, especially in the past few days, many of them have not even slept in a nap.

All of them were visibly in circles.

Now that the Moon has landed successfully, that means ...... Half of the long march has been completed.

The rest of the mission, although also dangerous, is at least not as terrifying as it is now.

Ye Ming hugged and shook hands with Director Zhang, and then waved to everyone behind him...... He walked briskly to his lounge.

He desperately needed to close his eyes and rest, even if he couldn't sleep.

……

In the evening of the same day, the news channel broadcast the landing of the Invitation Moon at full length, and all the leaders attended the congratulatory meeting and the connection with the Invitation Moon at the same time.

Of course, without the deliberate "show-off" of the news channel, the whole country has already fallen into a collective carnival.

Countless people are raising their glasses to invite the moon - although they can only invite the first quarter moon.

All social media, as well as media pages, were dominated by the news that the Invitation Moon carried more than 60 people to the moon.

The space circles of various countries have expressed their congratulations.

This also includes NASA.

Of course, not all media congratulated them.

In particular, some media outlets that are committed to smearing the country have expressed a strong sourness in their words, and they have said something "I hope this is not the beginning of a space monopoly and colonization."

Well...... This shows how wise it was that the Moon Invitation did not continue to broadcast the execution of the mission to the moon.

……

Eight p.m. Earth time.

Six hours after the landing of the Invitation Moon No.

The south pole of the moon.

Invite the moon number base.

As the first batch of human beings to land on the moon, Captain Yang Hongbo did not say anything "pride and affection" at the moment he stepped on the moon, but directly pulled everyone to take a group photo and started work.

After all......

The phrase "It's a small step for a person, but it's a big leap for humanity" is really awesome.

No matter what you say on the moon, no matter what you say, you can't go beyond that.

And...... There is still so much work to be done, is it necessary to say?

That's it!

The first thing to do is, of course, to build an energy system.

Under the sun, dozens of people went out in unison to unfurl the prefabricated solar panels to the sun.

Subsequently, Li Dongsheng and other engineers began to use the construction robotic arm to complete the line docking.

"The solar panel connection in the fourth area is complete."

"The first area of the solar panel connection is complete."

"The third area solar panel connection is complete."

"All the solar panels were laid and connected to the grid."

"Xichang, I have completed the grid connection of solar panels."

"Invite the month to carry out the auxiliary project of grid connection."

"Roger."

Listening to Ye Ming's voice coming from the command center again, Li Dongsheng looked back at the sunlight that was so dazzling that he couldn't look at it directly, and he pressed down the private intercom.

"Commander Ye, take a break."

"Haha, Team Li, you don't rest, how can I be embarrassed to rest."

After a while, Ye Ming's voice continued: "How is the plant equipment?" Is the inspection done? ”

"Lao Liu, they are checking, everything is going well at present, and we will determine the address of the factory tomorrow."

Saying that, Li Dongsheng looked around.

Under the sun, the members of the geological exploration team are already returning from the lunar rover.

"Well, can you make it back...... It's up to you. ”

"No problem!"

"By the way, haven't you seen Artemis yet?"

"No, aren't they coming?"

"Hmm...... You may have to be prepared for the fact that according to the news, there is something wrong with Artemis' insulation, and re-entry is difficult. ”

"it?!"

Li Dongsheng stood on his tiptoes and walked briskly on the lunar soil: "Do they want us to help?" ”

Ye Ming laughed: "At the moment, they just released the news, I guess...... Sooner or later, we'll have to help. ”

During the conversation between the two, the lunar rover is also approaching.

A moment later, the voice of the geological captain rang in everyone's ears.

"Good news! We found a lot of water ice! And there is an iron ore next to it! ”

(End of chapter)