"Jeremy, can you see us?"

"Of course, I'm here waiting for you to get home."

"We'll take off in 1 hour, thank you for waiting."

Victor hung up the phone and began to check the parameters of the "Origin" for final preparations before takeoff.

It's January 4, Aramco Central Time, and the Artemis III crew spent more than eight days and 10 hours on the moon, setting a new record for the longest human stay on the moon.

Since the second Jiuzhan landed more than 200 kilometers away, they were not able to meet with the payload specialist, which was a small regret.

Of course, other regrets are not without it, such as the secret mission requested by NACA.

Victor and Wiseman tried three times in a row to enter the Qom impact crater and approach the bases of Yushu and Guanghan Palace to find clues, but they either had no trace or were politely stopped by the spider robots, and in general they gained nothing.

But they weren't disappointed, and finding aliens was an impossible task at this stage anyway.

For Artemis III, its mission has been successfully completed, sweeping away the haze of Artemis II's failure, setting a new record for the length of stay on the moon and the New Year's Eve (Gregorian calendar), and injecting another shot of strength into the Aramco space community.

Wiseman counted the supplies in the cabin, and suddenly said in a loud voice:

"Glover, have the two lunar rovers been powered off?"

"Uh...... I think it should be, at least the 'Black Mamba' is definitely turned off and doesn't run out of power. ”

"Well, hopefully the next batch of astronauts will have spacesuits light enough, otherwise there won't be two people on one motorcycle."

If there are many answers to what impressed them the most about this mission, the "Pioneer I" passive exoskeleton spacesuit is one of them, and the ones they wear are like big potatoes compared to them.

NACA's similar spacesuit research has been underway for more than three months, and it will be at least a few months before a batch is produced for astronauts.

"Reed, should the next landing mission be three or four."

"Then maybe we have to learn from the Indians, you must have seen their performances, is it true that every Indian knows motorcycle acrobatics, just like Chinese kung fu?"

"I don't think so...... Hey, I'd like to tune into the public channel and say goodbye to our miner friends, Houston, I hope to get permission. ”

“…… Houston received, you can say goodbye, but not too long. ”

……

"Yang Zhongkai."

"Ding Biyun."

Two middle-aged men of similar age introduce themselves to each other, but the latter appears to onlookers to be at least a dozen years older.

Ding Biyun is still working at the test base at the foot of the Qinling Mountains, and the local environmental protection bureau has cut down a large area of economic forest after thinking twice about the aerospace industry, and the central government has issued special subsidies for the lost economic benefits.

After more than three months, a larger, more complex microwave receiving antenna array was built here, consisting of transverse antennas of different heights in the center and a ring of parabolic reflectors on the outside.

When Yang Zhongkai came here, the No. 2 microwave test base had just passed the acceptance, and Ding Bijun rarely had time to leave the construction site to greet him.

More than a month ago, he was recruited into the base in a wonderful way, and his full-time job was to form a cosmic sociology research group to study the basic norms of interstellar civilizations and the types of technologies that must be mastered.

It's a complex job, and the team is slowly populating linguists, astrobiologists, physicists, and even retired military officers to prepare for the aliens.

Feeling under pressure, Yang Zhongkai also began to work hard to learn scientific knowledge on his own, and soon became interested in various space projects, and went around to observe and experience in depth.

"Teacher Yang, what you are about to see is an amazing miracle."

Ding Bijun was not too curious about Yang Zhongkai's work, anyway, Boss Lin always had his own reasons to throw money around, as long as he didn't reduce the budget of the day-by-day project.

It just so happened that Base 2 had just been built, and it was just when he was eager to announce the results.

He proudly pointed out the window to the magnificent white steel buildings:

"Base 2 can handle up to 50 megawatts of electricity, do you see the snow outside the window?"

Yang Zhongkai nodded, the forest at the foot of the Qinling Mountains was already completely covered with snow at this time, and from the base built on the mountain, it was a vast snowfield, and it would be very uncomfortable to look at the eyes for a long time if you didn't wear sunglasses.

"Then let me tell you, when Chiwu-3 transmits power here, all this snow on the surface may evaporate, and the temperature around the antenna will rise by several degrees."

"Chiwu Three?"

"Yes, the second-generation daily engineering space power transmission test satellite has a total power of more than 2,000 kilowatts, which is four times that of Chiwu-1!"

Ding Bijun looked at the sky from the window and introduced yearningly:

"The total power of Chiwu 1 is only more than 400 kilowatts, and we originally planned to launch the same Chiwu 2 and Chiwu 1 network operation, but with the strong investment of Xinyuan Company...... You can't imagine how fast their technological breakthrough is, and the efficiency of one month is comparable to that of others in a year!

Our K2 battery is half as early as expected! It then took them only 40 days to build the Chiwu 3 with K2 solar cells.

With a total of 24 K2 cells and an area of more than 5,000 square meters when unfolded, Chiwu-3 can generate 2,500 kilowatts of power, with a conversion efficiency of up to 92%, or 2,300 kilowatts of electricity, transmitted to the ground.

With a total weight of only 19 tons and a cost of 1.8 billion yuan, as long as it is successfully operated, we will be able to realize the super space power station in Rongcheng and bring 160,000 kilowatts of clean energy to this land! ”

“…… Tut. ”

Yang Zhongkai couldn't quite understand the meaning of these numbers, but he calculated in his heart and said:

"This satellite costs 1.8 billion yuan, is the cost of power generation too high?"

"No, it's just the price of the trial.

Now the cost of one square meter of K2 battery needs 260,000 yuan, but the scale after mass production is 100 times that of now, and we now expect that one square meter will not exceed 9,000 yuan, even if all of them are counted at that time, it is cost-effective.

Let's go, let's go to the safe house over there, we're going to have the first trial at 17 o'clock. ”

"Wait, can I put something here?"

Yang Zhongkai touched his body for a long time, and finally took out a plastic bag.

"The turtledove I bought at the market is already cold, can I warm it up on the antenna?"

“…… I'll find you a place. ”

Ding Biyun didn't expect this person to be so improper, and took him outside only to find that his student Xiong Cheng sneaked over and collided with him, and the thing in his hand fell down without holding it steady.

He picked it up first and found that it was a piece of tin foil, and his face immediately darkened, and when he opened it, it turned out to be a pickled chicken.

"Teacher Ding......"

"Forget it."

Ding Biyun waved his hand to interrupt Xiong Cheng's quibble, and by the way, he put Yang Zhongkai's things in and re-wrapped the tin foil, and walked to the fixed base in the center of the antenna array and put it down.

"Let's go, if your chicken is roasted just right, our experiment will be successful."

(End of chapter)