The thrusters began to ignite.

Compared to an asteroid with a diameter of 20 meters, a thruster of 5 meters is like an ordinary person standing next to an African bull elephant.

If you try to stop this seven-ton behemoth that is speeding at a speed of thirteen kilometers per second...... Apparently impossible.

What's more, the mass of this rocky asteroid is not just seven tons, but thousands of tons.

But the capture is not to stop it, but to change its direction only slightly and bring it into a near-moon orbit.

When the time comes, there is naturally the strong gravitational pull of the moon to educate it.

……

On the Invitation Moon, the other crew members of the spacecraft had already gone back to the cabin to rest, including Ye Ming and Peng Xiaofei, who had already gone offline, and it was estimated that they had also rested.

In the entire capture team, only Li Lei is still holding on with the students, constantly staring at the various correction data of Aita's attitude engine.

At this time, the captain Tang Bo walked down the gangway, and when he saw that Li Lei was still holding on, he couldn't help but shake his head: "Lao Li, you can't go on like this, it will take three hours to merge, don't you squint for a while?"

"There's no way to squint, Captain Tang, Mr. Ye and they are all offline, so let's keep someone, otherwise it will spread out in the future, saying that we didn't do any work, it was all done by Aita, how embarrassing it would be!"

Captain Tang laughed, "Okay, okay, then I'll sleep first."

"Go ahead, it's up to you to capture tomorrow in a spaceship."

"Hey, it's all Aita's work, so let's put it on a name."

As Captain Tang left, Li Lei looked at the home screen again.

He really wanted to see the asteroid merge with his own eyes.

As time passed, three hours passed quietly.

Li Lei raised his hand to look at the time, and then looked at the main screen - at this time, the asteroid had entered the gravitational range of the moon.

Ye Ming should have woken up too, right?

Sure enough, in the next second, Ye Ming's voice came from the command cabin: "Lao Li, have you entered orbit?"

"Almost, right now."

"Okay, I'm in bed, so I won't take the video."

"Haha, it's four o'clock in the morning, if you want to get up and sit upright, then I'm really going to admire it."

Ye Ming laughed: "You say so, beware that I really got up to have a video conference - by the way, Xiaofei didn't come?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Peng Xiaofei's voice rang out: "It's coming, it's coming."

All three laughed at the same time.

Catching a 20-meter asteroid is a job...... Compared to the grand plans currently underway in space, it is indeed a bit of a small amount.

But this first experience was invaluable and will be the basis for future projects in the Asteroid Belt.

According to the news, the other side has given up the Mars plan for next year, but the country has not given up, but the country has given up the manned landing on Mars, but instead uses a small spacecraft under construction to transport a batch of probes to Mars.

At that time, it will perform three tasks.

The first mission is to release a number of Mars rovers equipped with instant messaging modules for real-time control and real-time scientific research on the Martian ground.

The second mission is to release multiple probe satellites to explore Jupiter, as well as Europa and Europa.

The third mission is to release several small asteroid probes to conduct a deep survey of the asteroid belt.

These three tasks, the first two, are essentially to deepen mankind's understanding of the universe and alien bodies. But the last mission, in addition to increasing our understanding of asteroids, is also relevant because these asteroids are not only rich in mineral resources, but also have water ice.

In fact, multiple models of Earth's evolution suggest that Earth's water comes from a water-ice-rich asteroid that turns into water vapor when it collides with Earth, and the high temperature of the impact causes it to turn into water vapor and eventually remain.

In space development, water has always come first, more than any other resource.

Why should the Guanghan base be built at the south pole of the moon, endure half

Years of darkness, half a year of light torture?

Essentially, the moon's south pole is by far the most water ice found – the other being the moon's north pole.

Since the moon went to space, it has been surveying the geological resources of the moon, and has come to the conclusion that although the water ice resources on the moon are there, they are really not as rich as imagined - there is obviously no problem in supporting the scientific research base, but it is necessary to support the operation of the moon factory including smelting...... That's not going to work.

Then obtaining water ice resources from asteroids and even comets is the only way to go in the future.

At this moment, Aita's voice rang out.

"The target has been captured by the moon and is in the process of entering lunar orbit."

"Correction."

"Correction complete."

"Orbit Prediction ......"

"The target orbit is in line with the plan."

"The target is in orbit completed."

With Aita's voice, the hall suddenly resounded with applause.

……

A day later, the live broadcast channel of the Invitation Moon suddenly started a live broadcast of "Catching the Stars".

- Yes, because the asteroid capture program was not a regular program before, and it was not as eye-catching as the ambitious goals currently underway in space and on the moon, and it even had a good chance of failing.

Therefore, at first, everyone did not announce it.

It's normal for a space mission to fail, but after all...... The confidence of the domestic people in the aerospace industry is now bursting, and there is no need to make ordinary people unhappy, right?

And to broadcast live, not only is the first vision not easy to play, but the duration is also as long as 24 hours......

But after the first two stages, it's different.

As the Invitation Moon left the L1 Lagrange point, the live broadcast also started at the same time.

First of all, a female student of Li Lei made a guest appearance as a beautiful anchor, took everyone to watch the beautiful space scenery that can only be enjoyed on the Invitation Moon, and then introduced the general plan and progress of this mission.

Subsequently, the Invitation Moon went into orbit around the Moon.

Under the high-definition camera of the Invitation Moon, everyone can clearly see the asteroid ahead.

Immediately afterwards, the Moon Invitation adjusted its speed, and after two hours of stable orbit in parallel with the asteroid, the Moon Invitation launched a huge "net".

After tying up the asteroid, the Moon began to slowly descend with it towards the moon.

Thanks to the small gravitational pull of the moon, the asteroid landed steadily at the landing site two kilometers away from the Guanghan base after a three-hour landing under the backlash of the Yueyue engine.

……

At Xichang Space Center, Ye Ming took off his glasses and took a long breath.

He closed his eyes and rested for a few seconds before starting to summon the system.

The quest to catch the stars shows that it has been completed, and a new quest has been spawned.

[Current Mission: Relics of Civilization - You have mastered the power to obtain space resources, please find the relics of civilization scattered in the starry sky and use them.] 】

[Mission Level: S]

[Mission Progress: 1%]

[Task reward: 95000 free experience, 9000 exchange points, node simulation X10]

Ignoring the sound of Director Zhang's first person laughing while saying goodbye, Ye Ming was stunned at first, and then his brows furrowed instantly.

Looking for the relics of other civilizations?

Is this a "poor dagger"?