Class B base.

"The problem is in the telemetry phase, which is the only place where the Off-Fire launch mission maintains close ties with the space agency."

At about 5 o'clock in the morning, the base was once again lit up all night.

The information sent back by Lin Ju attracted everyone's attention, and they didn't even think about calling "Shanhai" immediately, and began to search and summarize the relevant content without dead ends like last time.

The rest of the people were not idle, secrecy has always been the focus of the base, there are not many places where there are risks, and they quickly found a breakthrough.

There are two routes for the communication channel between the base and the extraterrestrial probe, one is to receive and relay through a multi-functional large satellite with a large antenna in a synchronous orbit, and the other is to receive signals with the help of the telemetry antenna array of the space agency at home and abroad.

Following this clue for dragnet screening, coupled with several important time nodes that are thought to have been set, "Shanhai" found the clue effortlessly.

However, the next investigation involving secrecy took a lot of time, but fortunately, "Shanhai" has a strong ability to associate and summarize, and the patchwork also restores the direction of the matter.

The root of the vulnerability goes back to the day when the comet-fire assembly released the camouflaged radio beacon:

Fake radio beacons can not only simulate the same radio signals, but also create similar radar reflection signatures from folded aluminum foil, but this does not solve the problem of detecting the signal signature of the detector during separation.

The Base's solution to this problem is to take advantage of the monitoring gap, where the domestic ground-based monitoring network is not as spread around the globe as NACA does, providing accurate signal receiving/transmitting services at all times, with a window of time when facing away from the detector.

During this time, the main probe detached from the beacon, and the former accelerated around a bend and then went to its destination, and in the vast space beyond the earth, it was much smaller than the smallest meteorite, and it could only be found by a blind cat touching a dead mouse.

There are two potential risks:

First, there is a possibility that a blind cat will encounter a dead mouse;

Second, the space agency is not a blind cat, but rather a small group of people who are the smartest, most patient, and most responsible.

After the probe released the beacon, it took the space agency a moment to reconnect to the monitoring network, and the accident came from the Yuanwang-6 survey ship, which was cruising in the Indian Ocean at the time and was the first to reconnect the signal.

At that time, the Yuanwang-6 had only found a camouflaged radio beacon, but it was designed for military use and was able to record a faint and brief thermal signature, which was recorded in the system log.

The 'Comet' thruster is nuclear-electric powered, using a nuclear reactor to power the Hall thruster, the disadvantage is that the acceleration is very small, so when the beacon is dropped, it carries out a short period of large-scale overpower operation to get rid of the original course as soon as possible, resulting in a large amount of heat energy emitted from the heat sink to the outside world, which was captured by the sensitive Yuanwang-6 for a short moment.

This is not a conclusive evidence, and it has been shelved until Zhong Cheng took office, and he revisited all the projects related to Xinyuan in a responsible manner, and did not let go of this detail.

At first, he wondered if there was something wrong with the probe, and asked for an update on the "fire", but was told that the probe was under the direct control of the base, and the space agency did not pay much attention to it before reaching the destination to save trouble.

Zhong Cheng realized that in the past six months or so, the probe had only sent back basic data, and nothing except location coordinates and logs.

If this is a conventional probe, it is normal to try to save power when flying in deep space, but "Lihuo" is equipped with a nuclear reactor, and the power is abundant and can work at maximum power at any time.

Now that there is suspicion, the remaining steps are much easier, as of the latest clues consulted by "Shanhai", Zhong Cheng has basically confirmed that the one that is flying is not "Lihuo".

As for the specific investigation to which step, "Shanhai" is powerless, but this is enough.

When everyone in the base sent the conclusion to Lin Ju, he just looked at it hastily and couldn't suppress his sleepiness anymore, and fell asleep.

……

On the morning of January 23, according to the schedule, the above preliminary opinions will be conveyed today, simply put, there will be a morning meeting.

The meeting started at half past eight, Zhong Cheng sat on the throne early, his eyes were bloodshot, it was obvious that he was also busy last night, and he could smell the strong smell of tobacco when he was close to him.

Until most people arrived at Qi Lin Ju did not appear, this was in Zhong Cheng's expectation, if everything went according to his thoughts, Lin Ju's state today should be extremely exhausted......

"Morning, everybody."

Lin Ju with soy milk flashed at the door, his whole person looked radiant, without any worries or a lot of pressure, he felt more relaxed than usual, and his face was completely devoid of the panic that he tried to hide yesterday.

The others didn't feel anything, but Zhong Cheng couldn't help but start to doubt his memory, if the events of last night weren't dreaming, why could this young man still behave like this?

He carefully observed Lin Ju's demeanor and movements, and indeed he couldn't see any flaws, and there was no trace of staying up late at all.

Am I wrong?

This thought flashed in his heart, but when people arrived, it meant that he had to get to the point, and he could only force this huge doubt in his heart, and coughed a few times to become serious:

"Ladies and gentlemen, we confirmed through multiple sources last night that Aramco will be carrying out Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn related landings in sequence, and there is a lot of evidence that multiple space companies are involved in NACA's workshops on these.

At the same time, the relevant proposals have been submitted to the National Assembly for approval, and NACA is also recruiting scholars in related fields from the public to form a deep space exploration research association. ”

This news immediately caused an uproar among everyone, and they all showed a look of disbelief.

Zhong Cheng observed everyone's expressions and continued:

"At the same time, I have also received the latest instructions from my superiors, believing that deep space exploration is indeed related to the progress of space, which will help astronautical technology to reach a new level, break through new fields in the scope of exploration, and create a new development trend of human civilization to the outside world.

Therefore, it is hoped that on the premise of not affecting the existing space program, we will set aside some manpower to form a research group for the deep space exploration program beyond the orbit of Mars to discuss the possibility and scientific significance of unmanned exploration and manned landing, and request that the information be summarized within two months and a feasibility study report will be submitted.

I propose that the leader and deputy leader of this group be myself and Vice Chairman Lin respectively, and that the rest of the group members should also be temporarily selected from the existing scientific research personnel. ”

(End of chapter)