Class B base.

Seryov swiped the mouse, and pictures of different colors flashed on the computer screen.

Xiao Okada stood behind him, pausing from time to time, and then continued browsing.

Although there was no progress in the exchange with the International Astronomical Union a few days ago, they succeeded in prostituting the data of the "Cassini" and its sub-probe "Huygens" on Titan, which was directly transmitted to the computer at the base.

As Saturn's largest gas satellite with an atmosphere, Titan is the focus of Cassini's exploration, Xiao Okada originally thought that there would be a lot of valuable results, but the actual situation made him a little disappointed.

After all, it is a probe with 90s technology, and it is not a satellite with Titan as a single detection target, and the data obtained by Cassini, although valuable, is not as high as imagined.

Most of the results are very rough and cannot be used as a reference standard, and it is necessary to launch a dedicated probe as comprehensive as the "Lihuo" and a lander capable of conducting large-area landing exploration.

"These things are kind of helpful for astronomy, and it's too chicken for us."

Seryov shook his head again and again, his original plan was to obtain basic geographic data and launch a powerful rover directly according to the environment, but the reality is that a simple pre-probe is needed to "explore the way" first, which is equivalent to wasting 13 months.

"Yes, it may not be possible to have the IAU fund our program either."

Xiao Okada also frowned, the IAU has no plans to land people on Titan, they are more concerned about the celestial body itself, hoping to use a nuclear-powered probe to visit the four giant planets and all their moons in one go, rather than focusing on a certain target, which is very different.

"Then we'll do it ourselves, strictly speaking, most of the difficulties in landing on Titan can be easily solved, and they are not technically obstacles."

As for how to land on Titan, Seryov had already figured out the general way, and the trip would definitely have to use Advance, which itself is a nuclear-powered artificial gravity spacecraft, as long as there is enough fuel and supplies to fly anywhere.

There are two landing vehicles, thanks to Titan's 1.5 times the atmosphere and gravity close to that of the moon, theoretically both the nuclear-powered space shuttle and the XN90 spacecraft can be used, but considering that the former requires a runway, it is more convenient to use the XN90.

Of course, in addition to these two things, you will need a lot of logistical supplies and exploration aids, but in the end, the most troublesome thing is money and reason.

The Advance is now in a state of "public-private partnership", and such a big operation needs to be approved by the Aviation Development Commission, regardless of whether the plan to land on Titan is led by the government or Xinyuan itself, it must always give a reasonable reason.

Can't just say that there are aliens in Titan?

Fortunately, this reason can be thought about for several years, so at this stage only the question of funding remains.

It's just that the likelihood of getting a lot of money on Earth with as little or no cost as little as possible is relatively small, and only space may have huge opportunities that have yet to be discovered.

Xiao Okada couldn't help but think of the "Changsi" probe, which was still on its way to Lingshenxing, if a huge amount of gold could really be found there, a lot of money could be harvested by copying a wave of concept stocks.

……

While the advance team is returning to lunar orbit, the Dawn-1 ferry ship has also set off from Earth orbit again, heading to the moon with three pure payload specialists.

It flew faster than normal because it was not fully loaded, but the passengers on it were completely unaware of the nuances of the nuclear engine.

Jamie, the only nuclear expert, was pondering the propulsion source of the ship beneath him, and Roco spent a lot of effort analyzing the A100 engine and trying to replicate it, only to find that it was impossible to do so.

The specific impulse of the A100 is close to the theoretical limit, and it is completely unachievable in practice, and even with the most optimistic predictions, the performance of the same product is only about 25% of that of the A100, and it is completely uncontrollably excellent in volume and quality.

They even seriously suspect that this is not a fission engine at all, but in any case, the A100 has not only proven its performance with practical actions, but has also produced many units.

Nuclear engines are much more promising than super nuclear bombs, and one of the main purposes of building a good relationship during this period of time is to try to obtain some of the technology of the A100, and it is okay to buy two finished products in retreat.

However, the Aviation Development Commission kept the A100 strictly secret and received nothing other than the published parameters.

It was the first time Jamie had come up close and personal with this engineering marvel, and all his thoughts were on it.

And Yang Xinjun and his assistants are not idle, even during space travel, they do not forget their work, and even discuss ideas for improvement with others on the ground through email.

This is mainly because United Mining, or Xinyuan put forward a request, in the two construction plans to add a speed, fortunately, both teams have rich experience in Party A's halfway requirements, without the slightest complaint in accordance with the improvement requirements of the study.

After all, Jamie, who was next to him, couldn't disassemble the spaceship to study the engine, so he gave up his efforts after a while, and simply took the initiative to join the discussion between Yang Xinjun and his assistant.

“…… Yang, how many vehicles are going to be on the highway you're building? ”

"Four hundred to five hundred tons, maybe a thousand tons is possible."

This answer made Jamie a little incredulous, and curiously asked why.

Yang Xinjun: "The main thing is wear and tear, unless we build a closed railway pipeline or make a breakthrough in other aspects, we must consider the problem of rapid wear and tear of machinery in harsh environments, and minimize the working time to improve efficiency."

A mass of several hundred tons is nothing on the moon, and the pressure on the road surface is limited, in fact, it is not as high as the standard of road compression on Earth. ”

Jamie: "So...... In fact, the main thing is to solve the problem of moon dust, if you use a heavy enough roller to run over the effect, am I right? ”

Yang Xinjun: "To some extent...... It's pretty much the same, but the lunar soil is too loose for the rollers of the rollers to suffice, and it's just an ideal design. ”

Jamie didn't speak, just nodded, then stared at the schematic diagram of the construction route drawn by Yang Xinjun a few times, thought for a while, and then drew a circle around the road with his finger, and then stopped his finger on the largest mountain range in the vicinity.

"If the bedrock here is thick enough, we can dig a shallow diffuse hole in the mountain and detonate a hydrogen bomb in it.

As long as the calculations are properly calculated and the shape of the hole is adjusted, there is a way to direct and release the thermal radiation of the nuclear bomb to this area, directly heating the surface layer of several meters of lunar soil to make it integrate.

At least according to the ingredient list above, in my experience, there is a good chance of success, so that you can directly get an extremely large, solid plain without having to build a road. ”

“……”

(End of chapter)