The second solar storm is coming.

On the side of the Homo sapiens space station, it still resisted the baptism of solar storms with a strong magnetic field shield and a composite layer of lead plates.

The damage caused by the solar storm more than a week ago has been repaired at this time.

That's right, it's just fixed.

Although the outbreak of the second solar storm once again damaged some components, it was not a big deal for the Homo sapiens space station.

After all, the three-fold redundancy design of the spacecraft is also very important to Homo sapiens.

In addition, there are 3 special maintenance modules inside the Homo sapiens space station, which use biosynthesis technology and can synthesize many components.

From the very beginning, in the design scheme of the Homo sapiens space station, modularization, fast repair, and self-production of parts were planned in advance.

The design of various parts and components is specially prepared to facilitate the rapid production of outer space.

In addition, some parts of the Homo sapiens space station have self-healing capabilities.

In the case of heavy protection, self-repair, and self-produced parts, the Homo sapiens space station can basically sit back and relax, and some of the damaged parts can be repaired in less than a few days.

And the other side.

The second X2 solar storm is coming.

The new International Space Station, which was already in danger, has fallen into an even more dangerous situation.

Over time, there is an increasing number of satellite debris and debris in low-Earth orbit.

This also means that the risk of traffic accidents in space between the Earth and low-Earth orbit is increasing.

What's even more terrifying is that the ability of the Starlink satellite itself to adjust its orbit is too poor, and in the face of dense debris clouds, it is basically impossible to avoid the first day of the new year, but not the fifteenth.

Three days have passed since the rescue spacecraft accident, and at this time, 376 Starlink satellites and 21 other satellites have been destroyed in low-earth orbit.

The satellites further sputtered more debris and debris.

If it is a fragment of wreckage with a diameter of more than 10 centimeters, it can barely be monitored.

The problem is that there are a lot of fragments that are small fragments of a few centimeters in diameter, or even a few millimeters in diameter.

For a spacecraft, being hit by debris with a diameter of tens of centimeters is actually similar to being hit by debris with a diameter of several millimeters.

And the number of small debris is very large, forming a lot of debris clouds, and it is difficult to lock it comprehensively, which is simply a spacecraft assassin, or an unguardable state.

Whether it is the management of the Earth Federation Association, or the space agencies of each member, everyone is numb in the face of the debris scurrying everywhere in low earth orbit at this time.

What is cocooning?

This is cocooning.

Musk was at NASA's headquarters at this time.

Bill, who couldn't bear it anymore, said very directly: "Those Starlink satellites of your company must be allowed to fall into the atmosphere as soon as possible, and they can no longer be allowed to stay in low earth orbit." ”

"Director Bill, it doesn't matter what you say, I can't help it either." Musk spreads his hands.

"......" Bill was very angry, of course he knew that the reason why Musk had no fear, it was nothing more than the Pentagon's support behind it.

Bill resisted the urge to roar filial piety, gritted his teeth and asked, "What is the use of Starlink satellites now?" Is the Pentagon still that naïve? Let's take a look at the situation this time! Open your eyes and see! ”

Sean, the head of the Pentagon's Space Equipment Office on the side, had a little embarrassment on his face.

They did miscalculate this time the Pentagon.

Originally, for the Starlink satellite system, the Pentagon's positioning was to destroy the dead light satellite in low earth orbit arranged by Homo sapiens through a suicide impact at a critical moment.

However, in this accident, the performance of Starlink satellites is simply rubbish.

The hundreds of dead satellites placed in low earth orbit by Homo sapiens were not affected at all.

The Pentagon found that the maneuverability of these dead satellites was too strong, generating electricity through their own cobalt rods and constantly adjusting their trajectory using EFI thrusters.

In addition, the shell protection capability of the dead light satellite is very strong, and small debris cannot threaten the dead light satellite at all.

In fact, other satellites of Homo sapiens have very good protection and maneuverability, because these satellites have been positioned as "quasi-military satellites" from the beginning.

When Li Qingye was developing the aerospace industry in Homo sapiens, he set the tone and was always on guard against América carrying out suicide attacks.

The situation at this time has long been expected by Li Qingye.

The Pentagon's shady ideas fell through.

Not only did it not threaten the satellites of Homo sapiens, but it scrapped 21 professional satellites in the free world, plus the more than 300 lost by SpaceX, adding up to nearly 400 satellites and creating a large pile of wreckage and debris.

Bill stared at Sean with a straight look: "What do you Pentagon think?" If you still insist on keeping Starlink satellites running, then I will resign tomorrow. ”

"Don't be angry, Director Bill, it's not that serious." Sean reassured.

"I'm quitting immediately." At this time, there was only one thought left in Bill's heart: tired! Destroy! I don't want to do it anymore!

"Don't be impulsive! NASA still needs you, and we can discuss. ”

Bill finally couldn't help but burst out: "Shet! What to discuss? Don't you Space Equipment Office know what's going on? If we don't destroy the remaining Starlink satellites, the scale of space junk will get bigger and bigger, and then we will be completely trapped on Earth, and you can only watch Homo sapiens control the Moon and Mars. ”

Sean certainly knows something, but he and the Pentagon executives are lucky.

And Musk on the side was also full of entanglement at this time.

On the one hand, he thinks that the Starlink satellite at this time is out of date and has seriously threatened human exploration of outer space; On the other hand, because of the interests of his own company, he is reluctant to export and deny the existence value of Starlink satellites.

That's the mixed emotions that come with his identity.

Therefore, he chose to remain silent at this time.

As the head of NASA, Bill is more inclined to the space industry itself and will not care too much about the loss of Space Exploration Company.

In short, the positions of the three are somewhat different, which leads to a very big disagreement on whether to continue to keep the Starlink satellites.

As for the astronauts of the new ISS, Bill, Sean, and Musk have no idea of discussing it, because they don't need to worry about it.

Even if those astronauts died, it would have no effect on the three of them.

Now their focus is actually on the space junk caused by Starlink satellites, blocking the shipping lanes in low-earth orbit.

Sean thought for a while, then turned his head to Musk and asked, "Elon, can you increase the operating altitude of the Starlink satellite and increase its orbit to more than 700 kilometers, so that the probability of being hit will be reduced a lot." ”

"Is that so?" Musk thought for a moment: "Will this reduce the lifespan of Starlink satellites by 30~50%, is it acceptable to the Pentagon?" ”

Sean nodded helplessly: "Yes." ”

Bill's face was still as black as the bottom of a pot: "Even if this is the case, the remaining space junk is a big trouble." ”

But Sean was prepared: "Isn't the space tower project on Jeju Island starting to enter the trial operation stage in the near future?" Let them use small launch vehicles to pull down the debris of relatively large satellites in near-earth orbit and destroy them. ”

Although Bill is not satisfied with the Pentagon's intervention, he can now only use dead horses as live horse doctors.