At 20 o'clock on the evening of July 5, the ascent vehicle of Shuguang-3 detached from takeoff and prepared to dock with the command module in low-earth orbit.

The television broadcast camera next to the landing site saw that the angular ascender in the upper part of the lander spewed out a burst of gas and then rose rapidly, because of the extremely small gravity on the lunar surface, they tilted their attitude to enter orbit at the fastest speed when they took off, and disappeared into the picture after a few flashes.

There is still a lot of equipment and tools around the remaining landers, and about a third of the experimental projects have been canceled and are waiting for the next mission to continue.

Strictly speaking, both Aurora 3 and Artemis 2 failed to complete all of their scheduled plans, and their time on the moon was much shorter than expected.

"Victor, are you okay?"

"yes, that's great, I've never been on a rocket like that."

Victor's voice was a little dull, because his current posture was wonderful.

Because there were no more fixtures in the cabin, both he and Koch had to rely on the bulkhead to secure the slots, and because the survival backpack behind them was too large, they were both tied to the bulkheads......

At this point, the "Portal" was also running into the moonlight, and Reed Wiseman finally managed to get in touch with them.

"Thank you, Victor and Christina, you are all the bravest Ami, and you are all heroes like never before."

"Uh...... Let's talk about it later, brother, Zhang said that we are about to dock with the command module, and we will see you on Earth. ”

The docking process was also fully automatic, and Ding Jihua opened the hatch from the side of the command cabin.

Two before leaving, four came back.

Zhang Zhiguang and Fang Lin gave up almost all the sampling tasks, and only one person grabbed a small handful, maybe two or three kilograms as a commemorative significance, but fortunately, they harvested two humans who added up to more than 100 kilograms and a set of Artemis 2 extravehicular walking spacesuits (damaged commemorative version), which was not too much of a loss.

The command module of the Dawning spacecraft could originally support a maximum of 7 people, so it was okay for five people to squeeze in there, but there were more materials in the cabin.

Due to the fact that the amount of lunar dust brought back by the four people on the lunar surface was seriously exceeded, the command center decided to abandon the docking mission with the Wutu space station after their return, so as not to contaminate the space station.

Instead, Ding Jihua went to a set in the morning, took some supplies and experimental samples, and then left, ready to pick up people, and immediately set off home.

Now seeing the situation inside the four people and the rising period, Ding Jihua knew the necessity of issuing this order.

The four people who came back took off their spacesuits before entering the command module, and then packed them in bags and sent them back to Earth as souvenirs.

In this process, Ding Jihua saw the moon dust particles that reflected light almost everywhere on the spacesuit, some of which were deeply embedded in the surface, and the damage was indeed very serious.

Fortunately, several astronauts were wearing coveralls that only showed their faces, and their skin did not get these things on them, which could have caused itching or other problems.

It took almost an hour to carefully process the samples and spacesuits, and the five astronauts were finally able to relax.

Ding Jihua brought out the zongzi that had been prepared long ago and the vegetables pinched on the black rabbit space station as their celebration feast.

The other four were already hungry and tired, and their appetite was even more upset when they saw fresh vegetables.

"Lao Ding, how is the black rabbit above?"

While eating zongzi and bean sprouts, Fang Lin asked about the situation on the Black Rabbit space station.

Ding Jihua: "Actually, it's not much the same as the core cabin of Tiangong, although it's a little heavier, but the equipment is more, and I see that it's basically running normally."

I heard that the ground underestimated the impact of moon dust at that time, and I was also considering whether I could add another airlock cabin with a cleaning effect to the space station. ”

Fang Lin: "Actually, there shouldn't be so much, the main reason is that the work is too easy to get into, and the number of normal activities should still be controllable." ”

"Be prepared, wait for the four of you to prepare, the experts of Concord will remotely diagnose to see if you have inhaled an excessive amount of moon dust, tsk, the inside of the riser is almost the same as on the construction site."

Victor and Koch couldn't interject because they couldn't understand Chinese, but they kept gobbling up, and the food on Dawn III was much better than Artemis.

At 1 a.m. on July 6, the ascent vehicle detached from the command module, and the little fuel left was ready to be used to slow down the ground around the Qom impact crater to help the seismic detector better understand the geography and mineral distribution around it.

Immediately after that, the Dawning 3 spacecraft began to accelerate and officially began its journey back to Earth.

……

"Sir, this is their response."

John took the document from his assistant, and it was a report written by McMaster.

In order to negotiate the issue of the cooperation (fee) of the two sides, he sent McMaster to the capital to negotiate with him, and he had to stay until the astronauts landed, and then bring them back together.

As soon as McMaster landed, he directly put forward John's conditions, but the other party expressed extremely strong dissatisfaction:

The so-called partial trade and reopening of high-end chips alone is purely a mosquito leg, but the lithography machine said that it was acceptable, requiring the purchase of 20 of the latest EUV lithography machines at a parity price;

In the airworthiness certificate of the three aircraft, the C810 can not be replaced with the An-1250, and the remaining C822 and C832 must also be given;

The docking of survey ships can be abandoned, but the restrictions on international satellite launches must be lifted: satellites containing Argentine and US dollar components are "sensitive" and cannot be allowed to undertake them by force, and the opposition is very strong;

The International Joint Rescue Command must be a neutral organization with no position and welcome Aramco to join.

Obviously, the first exchange of views on the ground was completely chicken and duck, and only slight concessions were made on the surface, and the core interests were still firmly grasped.

The differences are too big, and the Aviation Development Commission thinks that it can't be sent away so easily if it gives up most of the follow-up work and risked his life to save two astronauts, and if Victor and Koch really die, the impact on Ami is extremely exaggerated, and it must not be easily fooled.

John also knew that he could only advertise "90% success" with this premise, but the offer was too harsh for him to sign.

After thinking about it, he called Piot and was about to call Boeing and Lockheed Martin, the most important airworthiness certificate infringed on the interests of these two aviation giants, and the Artemis II mission They are also the main contractor, how can they take some responsibility, right?

As for satellite launches...... Or shake people, ask McMaster and the Hexagoon for their opinions, and see if you can get a compromise result.

As for the EUV lithography machine, if you really sell the past 20 advanced process lithography machines, Semiconductor Manufacturing and Intel will have to face unprecedented competition, and 20 EUVs are Asmail's production capacity for several years.

(End of chapter)