The location of the Hawke Island lunar outpost, where the Luna-1 lunar module landed, is at 67 degrees 18 minutes south latitude and 160 degrees 18 minutes west longitude, at the edge of the moon's south pole.

Because the moon has no atmosphere, the day and night are extraordinarily long, up to 14.77 days, equivalent to half a month, so the climate change here is extremely great, the maximum temperature during the day can reach more than 100 degrees, the temperature difference at night can reach minus 180 degrees, and the temperature can even reach minus 230 degrees Celsius in craters or shadow areas that can never be reached by individual sunlight......

Of course, this is only the most extreme temperature, not every place is like this at all times, and astronauts can choose the time to walk on the lunar surface and other activities according to the actual situation.

However, for those craters or shadow areas that the sun can never reach, the temperature will always be below 200 degrees, and with the current level of human technology, it is still possible to enter this area.

However, the lunar rovers produced by Hawk Island can, and there are now 7 lunar rovers in the outpost, namely Queen's 3, Queen's 4, Queen's 5, Queen's 6, Queen's 9, Queen's 10 and Queen's 13.

Why isn't the middle continuous? Because the models that are missing are experimental lunar rovers, they are still on the Blue Star and have not been sent to the moon.

These seven lunar rovers are divided into three levels, No. 3 to No. 6, which are the generation of lunar rovers on Hawke Island, with relatively small mass, all of which are below 1.5 tons, and their functions are relatively simple.

The Queen-9 and Queen-10 are second-generation lunar rovers with a mass of 3.7 tons and 4.8 tons respectively, which is basically equivalent to the mass of a mini excavator......

The most advanced is the Queen-13, which is the first third-generation lunar rover developed on Hawke Island, with a mass of 10.8 tons, and it is also the largest landing detection equipment launched by humans at present! And it's far ahead of the curve!

For example, the Mars rover Perseverance in the United States only has a mass of about 1 ton...... The Yutu series lunar rover and the Zhurong system rover in the east are only a few hundred kilograms......

The reason why the lunar rover on Hawk Island can be so big is that, on the one hand, the carrying capacity and carrying cost are far lower than those of other countries, and the second is because of the production technology of nuclear batteries, which allows them to provide kinetic energy for this tonnage of lunar rover at a very cheap price.

The fundamental reason why the lunar rovers and Mars rovers in the United States and the east are so small is that they are still powered, and there are not enough nuclear batteries, which cannot provide them with long-term stable and sufficient power, and if they can't move, it's meaningless.

Just like the Queen-13, which carries 1,200 kilograms of plutonium-238 nuclear batteries, it can provide more than 1,000 electric power and more than 15,000 thermal radiation, which is more than enough power for it to go anywhere, considering the small gravitational pull of the moon.

The large amount of heat radiation released by the nuclear battery can maintain its temperature at extremely low and low temperatures, so that the instrument will not be damaged by the low temperature.

It also makes it possible to explore craters or shadow areas on the moon where the sun never shines!

Why explore these areas, as there may be a lot of water ice here!

Because the moon has no atmosphere and the daytime temperature is extremely high, human scientists once thought that there could be no water on the moon.

After all, with a temperature of more than 100 degrees during the day and no atmospheric pressure, it is impossible for water to exist in a liquid state, either gaseous or solid water ice, and at such a high temperature during the day, even if there is water ice, it will have already evaporated into water vapor and escaped......

However, later the Chandrayaan-1 of the South Union and the lunar crater observation and remote sensing satellites of the United States have proved that there may be water ice in the craters and permanent shadow areas of the north and south poles of the moon, and there may be a lot of reserves!

These places can never be exposed to direct sunlight, so the water can be preserved in a solid form, which has remained in the present day.

But there is a problem that these areas are basically located in the moon pit, not only the terrain is extremely "low-lying", but there are also towering craters around, the height of these craters is usually more than 7,000 meters, which is basically equivalent to the height of Mount Everest on the blue star......

It is too difficult to climb over these craters and enter the inner cavern of the crater, and it is impossible for the lunar rover to do it......

It's possible to drop the probe directly, but there's no point in it, you can't mine water ice and transport it to the base this way......

Build a lunar base directly in the pit? That's even more fantastical, with such a low temperature and no solar energy, it is impossible to maintain such a base before the development of fusion energy, and they all have to freeze to death......

This is actually the reason why the Blue Star countries have not established a permanent base on the moon for a long time, if there is not enough water, the moon base will always be a money-losing thing, you know, if you send water from the Blue Star to the moon, a ton will cost at least tens of millions of dollars, who can afford it!

However, the Hawk Island Moon Outpost has found a possibility.

They found that there was a hidden mountain pass in the Colin crater behind the outpost!

This pass is so narrow that it cannot be observed on the blue star at all, and even a probe has to fly a very close distance to be able to observe it......

Through this pass, it seems that it is possible to enter the inner circle of the crater and probe!

This discovery surprised Zhao Tianyang and the other six astronauts, and they were lucky!

It's really so lucky, it's like God and Buddha blessing together!

With the existence of this mountain pass, as long as enough water ice can be found in the permanent shadow area inside the crater, it can definitely be said that the location of the Hawk Island moon outpost will be the most important strategic point on the moon for a long time to come!

It is countless times more important than what Lanxing is on Shanhaiguan, Xingpo Island, Banama, and Su Yinshi......

The future first city on the moon must also be built in this location!

This discovery was soon sent back to Hawk Island via encrypted messages.

After Roger Andre received the news, he was overjoyed and hurriedly found He Xiao and informed him of the good news as soon as possible.

"Not bad! That's great! Well done! He Xiao pretended to be excited as much as he could.

But he actually didn't have any waves in his heart, how could there be such a coincidental thing in this world, The reason why such a magical mountain pass appeared was because he had done something on a topographic map of the moon before, and then made up a related entry......

This mountain pass was actually painted by him.

On Earth, it is not difficult for him to generate an island out of thin air, and on the moon, he can build a mountain pass.

In fact, there are many craters on the moon, and the reason may be caused by the impact of lava or new meteorites in the early days of the moon...... Therefore, the difficulty of deducing this entry is not very high, only 540,000 readers......

It was precisely because he had tested the feasibility of this entry before, and if the Antarctic was limited, the difficulty in this location was the lowest, so He Xiao decided to choose the site in the Rainbow Valley, and he tested it, and there is indeed water ice in the permanent shadow area inside the Colin crater!

Not a coincidence.

If there is God blessing, then God is Himself.

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