Super Copy of Great Power Technology

Chapter 569 Drilling Begins

Just over ten minutes later, the earth-boring probe went under the ice and disappeared completely from the live broadcast. The following live broadcast automatically switched to the lunar rover's perspective, taking more than 20 million viewers in the live broadcast room to tour the Aitken Basin at the South Pole of the Moon. The main mission of the Pioneer's trip, the process of finding and exploring the cause of the lunar South Pole's gravitational anomaly, will not be broadcast live. If the source of the huge gravitational force is really found, whether to announce it to the public will also depend on the situation.

At this point, the Pioneer's lunar landing mission was perfectly completed. Most of the researchers and staff sitting in the control center left the hall and returned to their original jobs. Only a few operators of the lunar rover, lunar robot dog, and earth drilling probe, as well as a dozen experts, were left on site to be responsible for subsequent data analysis, route planning, and problem solving. Qiao Ruida also returned to the laboratory to continue building the Little Flying Stick asteroid probe. The detection results of the lunar South Pole will be uploaded to the company's internal communication platform in the form of a briefing. People who have permission and are curious about this can log in to the relevant page at any time to view the briefing and understand the progress of the lunar exploration, and even participate in the analysis and discussion of the relevant detection results in the discussion section below.

The earth-drilling probe was originally designed to drill through the earth's crust and into the depths of the mantle. The drill head is made of super-strong alloy, which is resistant to high temperatures, corrosion, wear and high hardness. Now it is used to drill ultra-low temperature water ice, and the speed is also not slow. In just one afternoon, the earth-drilling probe penetrated more than 78 meters below the ice surface. At this depth, a second sampling analysis was conducted, and the results showed that "the content of water molecules was 21%, the content of methane was 1%, and other impurities were reduced to less than %." In addition, extremely trace amounts of organic components were found in the samples collected this time. This discovery is earth-shattering, and has attracted countless Ruida Aerospace employees and researchers to leave messages for discussion.

"I didn't expect this water ice area to be so deep. We drilled more than 60 meters down and still couldn't get to the bottom."

"Let's do a rough calculation. The surface area of ​​the water ice region is about 0.9 square meters, and the depth is more than 10 meters. Even if the cross-sectional area below is relatively small, averaging 5.4 square meters, this is 78 cubic meters of water ice. The density of ice is 4×kg/m, and the weight of water ice is about tons. The water molecule content in the mixture is %, which means that at least tons of pure water can be extracted from this water ice. What an exaggerated number."

"Your calculation is too imprecise. The density of ice on Earth is 0.9×10 kg/m. In the low gravity environment of the moon, it is hard to say what the density is. We need to measure it on the spot. Also, the current earth-drilling probe has not yet drilled into the lunar soil or lunar rock, which proves that the depth of water ice is still more than 60 meters. We should wait until we drill through the water ice area before estimating how much water is contained."

"There is more than one area of ​​water ice in the Aitken Basin at the lunar South Pole. There are many areas. In just one afternoon, the lunar rover and the lunar robot dog discovered 11 large and small water ice areas nearby. This proves that the fresh water reserves in the lunar South Pole area far exceed expectations."

"You guys didn't even finish reading the briefing before you came here to comment. You completely missed the point. Who would have thought that organic matter could be found in the South Pole region of the Moon where there is no sunlight all year round? This is too fantastic."

"Since organic matter has been found in that piece of water ice, there is a certain probability that carbon-based life exists. If extraterrestrial life is discovered on the moon, it will be very interesting."

"Where do you think the water ice found at the South Pole of the Moon came from, and how were the organic matter formed?"

"The water ice is likely to have come from a comet impact, but it's hard to say for sure about the organic matter. It could have been brought by a comet, or it could have been formed during the impact, when it underwent a high temperature process and underwent a complex chemical reaction with some lunar rock."

"I never thought that the small moon could hide so many secrets. I really hope that one day I can land on the moon and uncover its mysteries."

The exploration of the lunar south pole is ongoing, and various new discoveries are announced on the company's internal communication platform every day. After get off work and before going to bed every day, logging on to the internal communication platform to check today's lunar exploration briefing and participate in related analysis and discussion has become the fun of many Ruida Aerospace people.

On the third day of the moon landing, the earth drilling probe finally drilled through the water ice layer, and the drilling depth at this time was 142 meters. At this depth, the earth drilling probe encountered a huge rock suspected to be a meteorite or the core of a comet. After sampling and analysis, it was found that this was a meteorite containing a large amount of iron, carbon, and oxygen elements, and more types and quantities of organic matter were also found. At this location, the earth drilling probe collected more rock samples and water ice samples, followed the down channel, returned to the ground, and handed them over to the pioneer for in-depth scanning and analysis to see if there were any traces of life activities found in them.

On the fourth day, the driller returned to a depth of 142 meters and continued to drill down. The hardness of rock is much harder than water ice, so the drilling speed of the driller has been reduced, but the energy consumption has increased a lot. Fortunately, the driller uses the same Ark reactor as the Mark Armor, so there is no need to worry about energy consumption for at least a few months.

With the joint efforts of Qiao Ruida and dozens of researchers, the Xiaofei stick exploration spacecraft was finally developed and completed before May Day, and two were assembled to ensure that everything was foolproof. Perhaps due to the rush, the shape of the finished exploration spacecraft is a bit ugly, and the outer shell is not streamlined, which does not conform to the aerodynamic shape. However, the main journey of the exploration spacecraft is all carried out in a space close to a vacuum, so whether it conforms to the aerodynamic shape or not has no effect.

The head of the exploration spacecraft is a bullet-shaped cabin, which is equipped with high-resolution cameras, radars, infrared detectors, spectrometers, and other scientific payloads. The cabin shell uses the highest strength composite materials and is equipped with three special force field generators derived from anti-gravity engines to defend against possible cosmic meteorite impacts. In the middle is a barrel-shaped energy warehouse, which is equipped with 18 Ark reactors to ensure sufficient energy. Outside the energy warehouse is a huge cross structure, which is densely packed with twelve ion engines and twenty-four anti-gravity engines. After a series of ground tests, all parameters of the spacecraft have reached the design requirements, and in terms of power, it has even exceeded expectations.

At the same time, the prototype of the passenger version of the space plane was also produced and entered the test flight phase. Based on the original space plane, the passenger version of the space plane has greatly increased the cabin cross-sectional area and length, and can accommodate 158 passengers and 16 crew members. More glass observation windows have been added to facilitate passengers to watch the space scenery. The protection system has been comprehensively strengthened. The fuselage adopts a double-layer shell design and is equipped with three special force field generators to generate a gravitational field. While intercepting harmful cosmic rays, it can also protect against meteorite impacts, space debris impacts and other low-probability events. The number of anti-gravity engines remains five. The passenger version of the space plane is mainly used to pick up passengers. The flight process strives to be stable. It cannot make sudden starts and stops, nor does it need to make large-angle maneuvers. Five anti-gravity engines are enough. On April , Ruida Aerospace once again launched a star arrow to send the No. small flying stick exploration spacecraft into low-Earth orbit. After entering space, the probe spacecraft circled the earth for half a circle, and after adjusting its position, the twenty-four anti-gravity engines were fully fired, pushing the spacecraft to rapidly increase its speed, leaving the earth's orbit, and flying rapidly towards the inner circle of the solar system. When the flight speed of the No. probe spacecraft reaches one tenth of the speed of light, the energy-consuming anti-gravity engine will be shut down to save energy, and the ion engine with relatively small thrust and relatively small energy consumption will be turned on to keep the speed of the probe spacecraft from decreasing.

The launch mission was not publicized or broadcast live, and the mission was reported to the government as a deep space exploration spacecraft, not a spacecraft to detect Xiaofeigun. The reason for this mystery is that the information about the discovery of Xiaofeigun, an asteroid from outside the solar system, is still kept secret and has not been announced to the public.

There are some disputes within the company about whether or not to release information about the small flying stick and when to release it. The reason is that an astronomer in the company proposed a collision hypothesis for the formation of the small flying stick's orbit, and used supercomputers to make a modeling analysis to prove that the collision of two or more asteroids may also create the current flight orbit of the small flying stick. Although the possibility of two Kuiper belt asteroids colliding is very small, the probability of two asteroids with a specific mass, specific orbit and speed colliding together can be ignored. However, the universe is vast and boundless, and the range of the Kuiper belt is also very wide. The number of asteroids running in it is infinitely large, and it is not impossible for such a coincidence to occur. In this way, there is controversy as to whether the small flying stick comes from outside the solar system. After discussion among everyone, it is still felt that it is better to announce it to the public after the detection of the small flying stick is completed and its identity and origin are determined.

That night, Qiao Ruida received a call from Du Qingqing. A familiar sweet female voice sounded in the receiver, "Honey, tomorrow is May Day. Do you remember what to do?"

"Of course I remember, marriage registration? How could I forget such an important thing?" Qiao Ruida raised his left hand and wiped off the few drops of cold sweat on his forehead. In the past two months, he has been busy with company affairs and participating in research and development work, and he really forgot about the marriage registration. Fortunately, Du Qingqing called and gave a clear enough hint, which allowed Qiao Ruida to pick up the conversation and avoid making his girlfriend angry.

"You've passed the test, husband. The school is closed for the May Day holiday, which is seven days in total. In addition to registering for marriage, we can have some fun."

"Okay, I'll drive back to Decheng City tonight, and we'll meet up in my hometown, register for marriage first, and then go out for fun. You decide where to go."

"It's not safe to drive at night. How about this? You can leave tomorrow morning. It won't be too late to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to register and get the certificate on the 2nd. Xiaoxue and I have discussed it and we will also drive back to our hometown tomorrow morning."

"Okay, I was too anxious. I'll listen to you and drive back to Decheng City tomorrow morning. I hope that during this year's May Day holiday, not so many people will drive back home and cause traffic jams. By the way, May Day is a statutory holiday, so the staff of the Civil Affairs Bureau will not also have a holiday, right?"

"May 1st and October 1st are the times when the most people register for marriage. The Civil Affairs Bureau is an institution that serves the people, so why would they choose to close at this time? Don't worry, my dad has already inquired about it. Tomorrow the Civil Affairs Bureau will not only work as usual, but will also extend its working hours. As long as we rush over early and handle the marriage registration procedures, there will definitely be no problems."

"Then I'm relieved, honey. The day after tomorrow we'll go register and we'll definitely have to take a group photo. What do you think I should wear? Do I need to get my hair done?"

"You guys don't need to dress up too much, just wear a suit and tie, or just a white shirt. You don't need to style your hair too much, just keep it clean and tidy. If you look too eccentric, you won't look good in photos. In fact, the photo used in the marriage certificate is only two inches in size, so no matter how elaborate it is, it won't be visible."

Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing talked on the phone for half an hour, discussing some details of the marriage registration, and then they hung up the phone reluctantly. In his emotional excitement, Qiao Ruida suffered from insomnia, which was rare. He lay in bed, tossing and turning, counting tens of thousands of sheep, but still couldn't fall asleep. Thinking back to his previous life, Qiao Ruida lived to be in his forties, but was still a lonely man. He dated several girlfriends, but they were not destined to be together, and they never got to the point of marriage. After his rebirth, he had a golden finger, opened a company, ran a business, became the richest man in the country, and was admitted to Peking University with his first love goddess Du Qingqing. They lived together and achieved a happy marriage. It can be said that he had a double harvest in career and love, which was much better than his experience in the previous life.

Recalling the events that happened after his rebirth, especially the bits and pieces of his relationship with his girlfriend Du Qingqing, Qiao Ruida couldn't help but smile happily. Qiao Ruida kept thinking and laughing, and fell asleep unconsciously. That night, Qiao Ruida had a dream. He dreamed that Du Qingqing was wearing a bright red wedding dress, covered with a red veil, sitting on the big bed. Qiao Ruida, who didn't know how much wine he had drunk, staggered and pushed open the door and entered the room. Then he lifted the veil, drank the wedding wine, and couldn't wait to throw the little white sheep on the big bed.

The next day, Qiao Ruida woke up early, opened the curtains and looked at the sky outside. The eastern sky was just beginning to brighten, and the sun had not yet risen. It was still early. Qiao Ruida packed his luggage slowly, had breakfast, and drove out of Ruida Aerospace City before eight o'clock, setting off on the road back to his hometown, Decheng City. (End of this chapter)

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