Chapter 166: Planet Engine
The deep starry sky is vast.
The majestic celestial bodies all move according to their own laws, and everything is so calm.
Suddenly......
A landing module without any symbols or signs crossed several moon-exploration satellites and landed smoothly on the moon.
As a landing module jointly produced by the four major powers, it has not yet been determined by a logo and name.
The lunar soil splattered with dust, revealing a silvery-gray appearance in the light.
Compared with the past, it can be said that it is a manned space technology at the level of "flying with great power and throwing iron boxes on it".
After combining the technology of the four great powers that can fully represent all mankind, and using meteorite material to make some black technology-level strides.
The space exploration technology produced in the joint lunar landing program of the four countries is completely different from what it used to be.
The new dropship is incredibly versatile, and the interior is completely large enough to carry the first mining vehicles and a few more advanced sounding instruments.
Not long.
The hatch of the landing module opened smoothly.
A manned rover slowly drove out, its solid tracks pressed against the lunar soil.
"Report to the Lunar Command Center, everything is in good condition at the moment, and all instruments are operating normally."
Astronauts inform Earth about their situation.
Seeing this, everyone on the earth, who was always paying attention to the progress of the moon landing, breathed a sigh of relief.
The scientists of the four major countries couldn't help but smile at each other, relieved by the overtime work these days.
The upper echelons want speed and quality this time, and these days it really makes their scalps tingle when scientists and workers are busy.
And seeing that everything was not unexpected, Detlin, who temporarily took the post of supreme commander of the moon landing program, breathed a sigh of relief.
He had participated in the core project of the space arms race in the disintegrating superpower, and although he did not know much about various science and technology, he understood that any step in the space program was risky.
Now that everything had gone smoothly after landing, Detlin's nervousness from the launch of the rocket had finally eased.
This time to go to the moon to share the cake.
With the almost full cooperation of the four major powers, coupled with the participation of those meteorite materials, the moon landing program was already advancing at an unusually rapid pace.
After Tom and Jerry presented their findings to their superiors, the project immediately accelerated like a wind-up toy.
After all, Jerry and the others didn't know the meaning of what they had discovered, but the executives who organized the moon landing were too clear.
After watching the footage a few times, they could determine that the golden symbol that flashed on the shiny black substance was the pattern of the sun of eternal day.
This shocked them and they couldn't help but want to go further immediately.
Do you want to know if it's really something left over from Eternal Day?
Want to know what Eternal Day did on the moon.
Too much curiosity filled everyone's hearts.
As a result, the joint lunar landing scientific research team, which was like an open hanging, directly filled up the parameters, and soon produced a usable lunar landing rocket and a lunar module full of various high-tech technologies.
And at this moment, the lunar module has successfully landed.
"Everything went according to plan."
Detling gave the order.
Hundreds of small spider-like robots left the lunar module in unison at the sound of a command.
They headed in the direction of Bailey's crater.
Next, under the watchful eyes of the command center on the earth side, the rover was extremely skillfully controlled by the astronauts, and also went all the way to the direction of Bailey Crater according to the original plan.
Because the landing position of the landing module was carefully selected and calculated, the astronauts did not need to drive the rover too far.
The huge 295-kilometre-diameter Bailey crater is already visible from the point of view.
But then there was still a long trek.
After all, although you can see Bailey Crater in the field of vision, there is still some distance in between.
And the rover can't do it too fast.
So a few hours later, the rover arrived at the foot of Bailey Crater, which was almost indifferent from the original calculation.
A large number of spider-like robots on the road are no longer around at the moment. They all have their own predetermined schedules, and they travel evenly to all corners of Bailey Crater.
At such a close distance, with the rover's 360-degree ultra-large high-definition camera function without dead ends, the magnificence of Bailey Crater can be seen at a glance.
It's just that judging from the rough data of the lunar exploration satellite, 295 kilometers does not give people a strong sense of impact.
But if you compare it, it's different.
The provincial capital of Shu is only a little more than 200 kilometers in diameter, far less than the 295 kilometers diameter of this crater.
The sheer extent of this Bailey crater can completely fit the provincial capital city of Shudi.
Such a size, it is simply breathtaking.
If there is no data assistance brought by lunar exploration satellites and many other equipment, the lunar exploration vehicle driven by astronauts is afraid that they will also get lost in this huge spectacle.
It is big enough to make it difficult for people to see the whole picture, and people don't know the true face of Lushan.
And Detlin, who was far away in the Earth Command Center, and Zhang Shouquan, Hansen, Andrew and others beside him couldn't help but look at each other.
Looking at the rover that was climbing along the gentle slope all the way to the crater, several high-level executives had complicated thoughts flashing in their hearts.
Is there really a man-made object inside such a huge crater?
That's 295 kilometers in diameter!
If there is a man-made object of equal size hidden in it, it is definitely a shocking and super majestic spectacle.
Such a spectacle is a great wonder that is difficult to reproduce even on earth.
If it's on the moon, it's even more incredible.
At 295 kilometers in diameter, this is a city.
Even Zhang Shouquan, who had guessed that the power of Eternal Day might extend to the universe, never imagined that the scale of the extension might be so large.
If the power of eternal day has reached such a point that it can come and go freely in the universe at will, then will there be traces of eternal day beyond the earth?
Could there be a story about the moon, the sun, and the many stars that really describes the eternal day and their extraterrestrial world?
These two doubts were Zhang Shouquan's first reaction after seeing the meteorite being shattered before.
Now, it's time to test his guesses.
Looking at the almost real-time footage from the probe vehicle, Zhang Shouquan swallowed nervously.
Soon.
The rover stopped, and it reached the top of the cliff on the side of the crater.
It did not go directly to the area where the shiny black substance had been found, but chose to come to a certain high place in the Bailey crater.
Then, under the control of the astronauts, the rover controlled the hundreds of spider-like robots.
These are all detection robots jointly researched by the four major powers, and their scientific and technological level is quite high. After all, this is the cutting-edge technology researched by the four major powers, plus a lot of meteorite materials have been invested, which can be said to be the product of a wave of small technology explosion.
At this moment, the hundreds of spider-shaped detection robots have arrived in all corners of Bailey's crater.
Although the distribution density is not large, after all, there are only a few hundred spider-like robots, but this distribution is definitely uniform enough.
Under the control of astronauts.
Hundreds of spider-shaped robots less than a meter long metal tube protruded from their abdomen and pierced straight into the lunar soil below.
Next, the probing begins.
The astronauts, on their part, also began to receive and aggregate data.
The ground command center quickly received the synchronized data here.
"Seismic wave detection data has been imported, and some of the structures and properties of all the materials in the subsurface are being mapped, and images of special substances are being drawn in the subsurface."
"Electromagnetic wave detection data has been imported, and the conductivity and partial properties of all substances in the subsurface are being analyzed."
"Thermal probing is being deployed and is awaiting the completion of the remaining probing program."
The sound of reports sounded in the command center, and it was a number of professionals who were combining the data from the moon to conduct a unified analysis.
The astronauts sent to the moon are mainly to deal with special situations, and they know a little bit about any field, but they can't be said to be very proficient.
In such a normal situation, it is natural to rely mainly on a team of experts on the ground to take over the work of data analysis and integration.
The shiny black material suspected to be hidden under Bailey's crater is particularly special for the rebound of shock waves, so it is quickly possible to analyze the shape of all the shiny black materials in this underground according to the seismic wave data.
Soon, Zhi Brain drew a sketch based on the uploaded seismic wave data and electromagnetic wave data.
And everyone who stared at the big screen in the center opened their mouths in shock at this sketch.
Just looking at the data doesn't reveal anything.
However, when the data was transformed into a picture of the shape and size of the man-made object underground, a strange feeling came over me.
In an instant, the ground command center was silent.
Everyone is engaged in technology in the aerospace field, and there is an inexplicable sense of familiarity with the sketches intelligently drawn on the screen based on the detection data.
Even Zhang Shouquan and other high-level officials who were engaged in intelligence were staring at each other in surprise at this moment.
For a moment, the ground command center fell into a strange silence.
Everyone was stunned by the sketch in front of them, which was being continuously refined by the intelligent system based on the data.
The shock is not that this giant Bailey crater is really just a shell of a giant man-made object.
What shocked me was not that the real size of this man-made object buried deep in the ground was far beyond imagination.
Rather, I was shocked by something else!
It took a long time before someone spoke.
"Well, it's not going to be a thruster, is it?"
Hansen swallowed, and even though he had always been steady, he felt a trace of sweat on his forehead.
After staying in the four-nation joint moon landing program project team for so long, he can be regarded as knowing some things in the aerospace field.
And this huge structure of the screen in front of it, regular and orderly, is definitely man-made.
And how to look at how it looks like a thruster that releases chemical fuel from the tail of a rocket.
And if this is a thruster, how much thrust does it have to be? And what should be used as energy?
Doubts followed by shock.
Andrew on the side didn't speak, just silently looked for milk candy in his pocket to suppress his anxiety.
His first thoughts were the same as Hansen's.
At first glance, this really looks like a thruster.
Although the internal structure of this man-made object buried deep in the ground cannot be obtained from the detection data, the specific composition of the object is completely obscured.
But only look at the approximate shape of the exterior that is detected.
I vaguely saw the smell of rocket thrusters.
Devices similar to energy storage, jet ports, devices similar to nozzle steering adjustment, devices similar to heat dissipation ports...... There are a series of structures, although there are many differences from the rocket propulsion of the earth, but Andrew feels like a god no matter how you look at it.
Isn't the huge Bailey crater on the ground formed by the horn-shaped vent of the thruster being covered by lunar soil dust?
The 295-kilometer-diameter object is not actually a Bailey crater.
It's a huge jet hidden underneath, a huge jet with a diameter of 295 kilometers and the size of a provincial capital!
Thinking of this, Andrew couldn't help frowning.
After groping around finally found the milk candy on his body, Andrew, who ate it in one bite, muttered a little calmly: "If it is a thruster, then this 295-kilometer diameter jet port, is it a bit exaggerated, what is this to propulsion?" ”
No one in the silent ground command center answered Andrew's muttering.
Even Zhang Shouquan, who had always felt that Yong Sun would not surprise him no matter what surprises he gave him, were deeply suspicious of his life at this moment.
Is this eternal day really a force that came out of the ancient times of the earth?
Zhang Shouquan always felt that living on the same earth with them might be a bit high?
When he saw that there were people in Eternal Day who could travel into space and smash meteorites, he felt that if he vigorously developed aviation technology and went to the depths of space to explore seriously.
Maybe on the Moon, Mars, Io...... And even more cosmic celestial bodies, traces of eternal day's activities there have really been found.
It didn't take long for the day to go to space in search of traces of eternal daylight.
But looking forward to what kind of extraordinary power and black technology would be left behind in those places, he couldn't help but be a little timid at the moment.
Even if he thinks he knows enough about Eternal Day.
At this moment, I can't help but feel that some Ye Gong is a good dragon.
After all, every time you see the power of Eternal Day, you will keep the level of Eternal Day in your heart.
Now......
It's like reaching a new level again.
The facts of the moment have been proven.
Eternal Day was able to leave the Earth and reach the Moon some time ago.
The so-called great leap of mankind has long been taken by eternal day in the ancient years.
Then, after arriving on the moon, Eternal Day built a huge thruster with a 295-kilometer-diameter jet port.
Naturally, there is no need to mention the magnificence of this.
The most important thing is that at this moment, Zhang Shouquan feels that he is vaguely aware of the meaning behind such a spectacle.
This big outrageous thruster......
It can't be a planet engine, right?!
Thinking of the movie "Wandering Little Wrecking Ball" that he once watched, Zhang Shouquan felt that this guess was very close to the truth.
Perhaps, the former eternal day thought of using a planetary engine to sail the moon? But what happened to terminate this plan?
The more I thought about it.
Zhang Shouquan felt that the more he felt powerless for the existence of Eternal Day.
Whether it is extraordinary means or technological means, others can build planet engines.
The struggle between humans on Earth can really be stopped.
He had only expected that humanity might be led by eternal daylight in the future, but he didn't know exactly when that future would come.
Now he just wanted to vote right away.
Don't fight, isn't it good to sit in a trailer obediently?
(End of chapter)