NAS quickly reported these anomalies to the Octagon.

After seeing the report, GF Director Ed's brows gradually furrowed: "It will soon be the time agreed with Great Xia." ”

"When the time comes, the space station of Great Xia will be evacuated."

"They can't be trying to break their promises, are they!?"

This is undoubtedly a disgraceful thing for a country with great influence.

But fortunately, after communicating with Da Xia on the phone, I got that Da Xia would carry out the evacuation of the space station at the agreed time.

Although they still have some doubts in their hearts.

But thinking that Great Xia seemed to be a relatively trustworthy big country, he was slightly relieved.

Only the director of NAS always felt that it was impossible for Daxia to give up so well and crash a super-large space station that had just been built not long ago into the Blue Star.

However, he had no evidence to support his suspicions, other than his suspicions.

Compared to the case of the discovery of NAS.

SPX found more details in the comparison of data from space observations.

Mark is an aerospace fanatic himself.

He has been watching the actions of Daxia Aerospace in the past few months.

Let's be honest.

Da Xia's terrifying rocket with carrying capacity is even more powerful than the super-heavy rocket he developed!

And the spacecraft on board doesn't seem to be worse than a starship at all!

Such a strong opponent, if you don't study the other party carefully, I am afraid that you will lose very badly in the future Blue Star commercial aerospace market.

Formal this thought.

As a result, Mark discovered the spacecraft of Great Xia, which have frequently appeared abnormally recently.

He knew about Da Xia's cleanup of space junk, so at first, he also thought that the many unknown spacecraft that suddenly appeared in space were collected space junk.

However, with the in-depth and detailed comparison of those strange spacecraft that are considered space junk.

Through the reflected radar waveform, Mark found that many of the so-called space junk were of the same configuration!

This is not a coincidence!

Because he found that the 'space junk' with the same shape turned out to be not ordinary!

How can all that garbage in space look the same!?

Suddenly!

A terrible thought popped into Mark's head!

Those 'space junk' with the same configuration, could it be that Great Xia thought it was made!?

It is a compression of the original space junk and easy to recycle!?

Or are those that aren't space junk at all!!

It is a large spacecraft component made in Great Xia!!???

As soon as this idea came out, it was unstoppable and wildly spread in Mark's mind!

The idea of making spacecraft parts in space has been around for many years.

Even related experiments, NAS had been done in space back then.

However, due to the manufacturing accuracy and the problem of raw materials, these can only be reflected as experiments for the time being.

It cannot be used in practical applications.

If Great Xia has been collecting space junk, but has not seen that space junk has been recovered or destroyed.

It was probably just as he guessed.

Daxia is in space preparing to use space junk to make spacecraft parts!

Even if these parts are made from garbage, they can only be used in spacecraft shells, or auxiliary modules such as trusses.

That's also much more convenient than launching a rocket directly from the blue star and transporting it into space!

Mark quickly passed on his guess to the Octagon.

As if to confirm Mark's conjecture.

After the Octagon got Mark's news, it immediately conducted an all-round observation of space!

……

The vastness of space.

A massive space station orbiting the Blue Star.

Compared to the beginning, the size of the space station has changed significantly!

The most significant point is that I have gained more than one lap!

At present, only the core hexagonal module of the space station is still functioning.

But according to the observed volume.

The space station has more than tripled in size!!

If the modules of each module that have been detached from the main body of the space station are reinstated.

The scale of the space station will probably reach an unbelievable level!

And that day is coming soon!

From the synchronous orbit of the blue star, all the way to the huge space range of low earth orbit, space junk has been swept away!

Instead.

It's a large part with a complex configuration!

These parts are like building blocks, and they are being assembled and built in space!

The modules that detach from those space stations, do these things at the same time.

Space station in low-Earth orbit of the Blue Star...... It's moving!!

But the space station is not retreating towards the blue star!!

Instead, they are heading further into outer space!!

This moment!

Many countries with space observation capabilities on the Blue Star all looked at the monitoring screen of their respective countries' space observation in shock!

NAS Headquarters.

Many astronauts, including the director of NAS, witnessed all this with their own eyes on the big screen!!

"The space station of Great Xia...... Ran away!? ”

"Oh my God! A long-manned space station heading for deep space!! Are they crazy!! ”

"Is this what Great Xia said about evacuation!??

"Judging from the previous situation, there are still more than a hundred astronauts in the space station of Great Xia!?"

"Could it be that Great Xia is going to give up those people!?"

Many NAS engineers and researchers are a little difficult to understand at the moment.

Why didn't the space station of Great Xia not come back, but sailed deeper into space!

It is necessary to know the most suitable orbital altitude for a space station with a long-term human stay.

It's low earth orbit!

One is that it is more convenient to transport materials and personnel, after all, it is closer to the ground!

The other is that the astronauts in the space station stay in space for a long time, and if they are in low earth orbit, it is better to say that they belong to a microgravity environment.

It's really in deep space.

Gravity will be lower, making it more difficult for the human body to adapt.

If you stay for half a year, or even a year.

When astronauts return to the Blue Star, unpredictable conditions may arise.

And in deep space so far away, if something goes wrong at that time, the ground may not even have time to rescue!

Therefore, it is difficult for these senior aerospace industry practitioners to understand why Daxia did this.

SPX Headquarters.

When Mark saw this, his face became even worse!

He seems to have seen Great Xia's intentions!

That's what he'd thought about in his dreams!!

I didn't expect that Great Xia was going to realize it now!!

The construction of large spacecraft is carried out in space!!

What a crazy and exciting thing to do!!

But it's not him who is doing this, but Da Xia, who thinks that aerospace technology can only rank third in Blue Star!!

This made him feel very uncomfortable!!

……

In space.

The space station is traveling at an incredible speed, thinking of a more far-reaching outer space!

Generally speaking.

This large spacecraft, in microgravity or zero gravity, only needs Hall thrusters to drive.

But that's only for gesture adjustments, or for minor actions like track fine-tuning.

To really travel ultra-long distances in space, you still need traditional chemical energy thrusters.

I saw that in the propulsion modules under several core modules of the space station, blue tail flames were sprayed at the same time.

The speed of the space station is getting faster and faster!

3km/s……

5km/s……

8km/s……

11km/s……

By the end, the speed of the space station had stabilized at 15km/s!

The speed that can make a spacecraft escape from the constraints of gravity and orbit outside the earth is called the first cosmic velocity.

At 7.9 km/s, the first cosmic velocity has been reached.

The second cosmic velocity is the detachment velocity, reaching 11.2km/s, which can completely break free from the gravitational pull of the blue star and fly to other celestial bodies.

The third cosmic velocity is called the escape velocity.

It reached 16.7 km/s.

This velocity is the minimum velocity of a spacecraft launched from a blue star to break away from the gravitational pull of the Sun.

The speed of the space station has not yet reached the third cosmic velocity.

But it has also far exceeded the second cosmic velocity!

After dozens of minutes of sailing.

The space station has surpassed the Blue Star synchronous orbit and reached an altitude of 38,000 kilometers above the ground.

At this time.

The space station is already on top of high-altitude satellites such as Blue Star Synchronous Orbit and Blue Star Geostationary Orbit!

Those countries that had been observing the movements of the Great Xia space station lost all of a sudden!

……

Great Xia's space station was lost.

on the ground.

In the Octagon, it's a mess at the moment.

After a period of adjustment, under the command of the Octagon, the various observation stations on the ground began to operate at full capacity.

Searching hard for the figure of the Great Xia space station.

It didn't take long.

The Deputy Director-General, the Director GF, and the Director of NAS all came.

Gathered in the Octagon's emergency conference room.

The deputy commander's face was ugly, he never thought that he would unite everyone and force Great Xia to agree to evacuate the space station at the joint conference.

Great Xia will be such an evacuation method!!

Why are you still retreating farther and farther!?

Banish your own space station!?

Or is there some unknown attempt!?

"What exactly does Daxia want to do!??

Everyone present had such a thought in their hearts at this moment.

Just when people are overwhelmed.

Amelica is located at one of the observation stations of the Blue Star and has spotted traces of the Great Xia Space Station!

When the news reached the Octagon.

Everyone was shocked!

Finally found the Great Xia Space Station, and finally knew what Great Xia wanted to do!

After a real-time connection with the observatory.

A restored picture appeared in front of everyone.

This was accompanied by a report from the staff of the observatory.

"The observatory has found traces of the Great Xia space station at an altitude of 38,000 kilometers from the Blue Star!"

"At the same time, there are a huge number of unidentified spacecraft that are sailing towards the location of the space station in Great Xia!"

I saw that the footage processed by the observation station showed that a hexagonal space station was quietly moored in space at a distance of 3.8w kilometers.

In the radar simulation screen, there are large and small points of light, sailing towards the space station.

"How did the space station of Great Xia run into the synchronous orbit of the Blue Star!?"

"That's nearly 40,000 kilometers in the air!! What does Great Xia want to do??? ”

"It's unbelievable! The space station of Daxia has such a powerful power system, which can sail tens of thousands of kilometers in just a few tens of minutes!! ”

Although traces of the Great Xia space station have already been seen.

But everyone still didn't know what Great Xia wanted to do.

Just when people are guessing their own ideas.

The NAS director received a call from SPX boss Mark, and he didn't hesitate to connect the call directly to the big screen.

Mark's figure also appeared, and his face was very solemn at this moment.

"Gentlemen, I think I already know what Daxia is going to do!"

The NAS Director hurriedly asked, "What is the purpose of Da Xia's this!?" ”

"Build! They are building new spacecraft! Mark said in a dull voice.

"What!?"

"Building a New Spacecraft !??"

"It's in space!! And it's up to nearly 40,000 kilometers of space!! ”

"Oh my God! How is this possible!! Building spacecraft in orbit is just a direction for future exploration!! How could anyone make it happen right now!! ”

"Impossible!! It's absolutely impossible!! ”

Everyone present was a little incredulous.

In the past, some people have experimented with using 3D printers to make some parts in space.

But that's just an attempt.

Whether it is the performance of the 3D printer, or the basic materials required for printing, the accuracy of the printed parts.

are nowhere near the level of direct use.

And that's just the construction of some small parts, you have to say that in the next few years, more than ten years, to build and assemble a small satellite in space or something, maybe it can be possible.

But look at the battle that has come out of Great Xia now.

This is to build a small satellite, it is to build another space station, and it is not so powerful!

See people don't believe it.

Mark sent the appearance of the unidentified spacecraft restored by SPX through the analysis of various data to the Octagonal computer.

"This is what we have restored through technical means, and the size of these parts is very huge!"

"If it were to be built on the ground of the Blue Star, it might not be able to be transported by launch vehicle at all!"

"But in space, these huge alien components can be made!"

"A lot of the big parts here are almost identical, which only says a thing!"

"Great Xia has mastered the ability to build large equipment components in space!!"

"And, they're now demonstrating their capabilities in space assembly!"

After Mark finished speaking.

The entire conference hall was silent.

I saw it on the big screen.

The points of light in space, which represent the components of the equipment, have come to the vicinity of the Great Xia Space Station!

It seems that as Mark said.

Great Xia is preparing to build a brand new large spacecraft in space of up to nearly 40,000 kilometers!

……

(End of chapter)