Earth-Moon L1 Lagrange point.

The Inviting Moon is floating quietly in the darkness of space.

Half of the ship's crew are international astronauts. In the past two months, I have been doing flying around the earth and conducting scientific research experiments. Didn't arrive here until two days ago.

Today, everyone stopped what they were doing and gathered in the main control cabin.

There were not enough places, and many people sat on the gangway, staring intently at the large screen in the main control cabin.

Although there is no glass, the large screen can clearly show the space scene outside the spacecraft.

At this time, the top of the screen is a brilliant galaxy, and below is the halo of sunlight obscured by the earth and the moon.

Gradually, something seemed to flicker in the quiet aura.

Someone in the hall immediately whispered, "Are you coming?" ”

"It seems to be coming."

"It's coming, it's Chang Five."

At this time, Ye Ming's voice also sounded in the broadcast of the hall: "Professor Li Lei, I am Ye Ming, the thruster has flown out of orbit, you should be able to see it." ”

Hearing Ye Ming's voice, everyone immediately closed their mouths.

Li Lei adjusted the headphones, suppressed his excitement, and said in a deep voice: "Professor Ye, I'm Li Lei." Yes, we've seen that. ”

"Okay, now I'm going to take over the main display screen of the Invitation Moon and split the screen."

As Ye Ming's voice fell, the main display screen flickered slightly, and two main windows and two character windows were suddenly separated.

One of the main windows is the sensor screen of the current Invitation Moon Number, and the other window is to capture the sensor feedback on the thruster.

There are two character windows, one is Ye Ming, and the other is Peng Xiaofei who is located in the Guanghan base.

After a brief greeting, Ye Ming appeared in the small window, and it was obvious that he was also sharing the picture: "There are still five minutes, Xiao Fei, ready to perform the thruster turn." ”

"Understood." Peng Xiaofei's words are concise and neat.

The reason why he was asked to carry it out was naturally because he had basic skills.

Although the control of the vehicle can theoretically be completely handed over to Aita, the closer it is to the surface of the asteroid, the more "people" are needed to make judgments, especially after landing on the asteroid, it is even more necessary for people to operate and fix the thrusters and the asteroid.

The clock ticked by.

When Ye Ming's voice sounded again, everyone saw that the main screen had switched to a simulated scene again.

In the scene, the thruster launched by Shen 5 is moving rapidly towards the asteroid.

"Start the transition."

"The transition begins."

As Peng Xiaofei's voice fell, I saw that the thruster immediately began to change orbit, turned into a big circle, and landed behind the asteroid.

"Thruster acceleration."

"Thruster acceleration."

"Thrusters slow down."

"Execution slowed down."

……

As the minutes ticked by, the distance between the asteroid and the thrusters in the simulation became closer and closer, and everyone began to hold their breath and look at the largest main window.

That's a picture of the thruster's sensors.

I saw that on the screen, a small bright spot that was almost invisible gradually rose.

"Keep slowing down."

"Start the Attitude Engine."

"Attitude engine starts."

Peng Xiaofei's voice continued to echo in the hall, and it could be heard that his voice was full of suppressed excitement.

After all, this is the first time humans have "captured" an asteroid in the true sense of the word.

Although as early as 2013, Lao Mei proposed a plan to capture asteroids, but it was only a plan after all, and it was a plan that didn't sound very reliable.

Lao Mei's plan is to find an asteroid with a diameter of five meters, water ice, metals, and silicate ore. When you are done, approach it with a rocket, then release a large special bag to wrap it up, then turn on the booster, push it off the orbit, take it to the near-moon orbit, and finally launch the rocket to the gravitational equilibrium point.

There is no plan for landing research, and it can only be studied in the sky......

Ye Ming's plan is much simpler.

He just needs to do a miracle with a strong force.

If the asteroid is close enough and the right size, then no problem.

As the thrusters approached the asteroid, the "big rock" that was constantly tumbling could already be clearly seen in the video.

"Attitude Engine Synchronous Deflection."

In the communication screen, everyone saw that Peng Xiaofei had already put on glasses.

It was clear that he was now fully immersed in the first view of the thrusters.

The attitude engine adjusts again and begins to synchronize with the asteroid's deflection.

It's as if two dancers, one big and one small, are slowly approaching in space while dancing a graceful waltz.

"The lights are on, ready to land."

Peng Xiaofei's voice fell, and the surface of the asteroid was also shown on the main screen.

Therefore, the deflection of the two sides has been synchronized, so that everyone can no longer feel the rotation of the asteroid, only feel that under the light, the big black and brown stone is slowly approaching.

In the glow of light, the thruster came to a steady stop on the surface of the asteroid.

"Landing complete."

Ye Ming's voice sounded at the same time: "Hard work, Brother Fei." ”

Peng Xiaofei smiled: "It's okay, I'll drink saliva, and I'll come to drill and fix it later-Professor Li, you can operate the robotic arm to analyze the strength and composition remotely, just be careful not to move the attitude engine." ”

"Okay, you take a break." Li Lei exhaled slowly.

……

In Xichang, Ye Ming was eating a boxed lunch while looking at the big screen.

There was already a lot of people in the conference room.

There are three key technical points in this asteroid capture.

The first is naturally landing, which is the premise of all actions.

And then came the most important and difficult fixed thruster.

The reason why it is difficult is because I don't know what the specific situation of the meteorite is - although the composition can be analyzed in the early stage, the real strength, texture, and fixed conditions can only depend on the destiny of heaven.

But now look at ...... Seems to be lucky.

"Dumbo, good luck. You seem to have landed on top of a normal rock, and the hardness is just right. ”

Li Lei's laughter came from the picture: "Wait for two holes to drill and hit two." ”

"Professor Li, I'm afraid this is bad luck." Peng Xiaofei replied with a smile: "Even if there is no vibranium, Nine Heavens Xuantie and the like, gold is fine...... You give me a plain rock ......"

Everyone in the room laughed in unison.

Although they are not mainly involved in the capture project, they also know that the cost of this asteroid has long been analyzed through spectroscopic analysis, and it cannot be said to be 100% accurate, but it is not far from ten.

For now, this should be an ordinary rocky asteroid with nearly half of iron, nickel and other metals on it.

Ye Ming also smiled and put down the fast, he glanced at the time, and leaned towards the microphone.

"Xiaofei, you can do it."

"Okay."

As he spoke, Peng Xiaofei began to control the robotic arm to drill holes.

Ye Ming, on the other hand, called up the task interface in his mind.

He noticed that the progress of the task had increased by 10 percent.

Seem...... Such a small one, the system also recognizes it?