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Chapter 446 Time Bomb
At the same time, astronomical observation centers such as the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii, the Chabot Space and Science Center in California, and the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in the Andes Mountains observed abnormal flashes in the Swallow star field almost simultaneously.

[…Based on the above analysis, we believe that Tianwen-2 is likely to have had a serious accident in the Swallow star field, just like Lucy. This also indirectly proves that there may be something unknown there! ]

The major observatories quickly reported the data intelligence to higher levels, which quickly attracted the strong attention of major space agencies.

After seeing the intelligence, Freya Hawke slapped the table excitedly and said, "I told you, the Chinese never do anything without a reason!"

"Now what should we do now?"

"What should we do?" Hawke said without hesitation, "Of course, we should ask Oumeng for money!"

"By the way, remember to ask China what the situation is. If they are unwilling to disclose it, you can try to put some pressure on them and force them to clarify to the public... Although the credibility of such clarification is low, it is better than saying nothing."

"understood."

……

However, China seemed to have predicted their predictions.
When they asked the China National Aerospace Administration about the situation of Tianwen-2 and received only an ambiguous answer, they were trying to mobilize the Internet trolls to lead the trend by using the "waste of scientific research funds" as an entry point, but the China National Aerospace Administration took the lead and issued a notice.

[The Tianwen-2 probe arrived at the designated target area at 2 a.m. yesterday and confirmed the existence of an unknown asteroid in the Swallow star field. We have temporarily named the asteroid Weird Mystery Star.
In order to obtain more information about the mysterious star, chief engineer Zhang Peirong, under the advice of technical consultant Academician Kang Chi and orbit designer Professor Ye Hualiang, decided to conduct an impact experiment on the asteroid. The experiment was a complete success and a large amount of important data about the mysterious star was obtained.

Our bureau will continue to pay attention to the mysterious star and will not rule out the possibility of launching the next round of exploration plan.

This announcement told the world without any reservation that they had indeed discovered an unknown asteroid there, but it did not mention any specific information about the asteroid.

The main reason was that Zhang Peirong was very clear that most of the world's observatories had already focused on Tianwen-2 in advance. The explosion could not be concealed at all, and it was only a matter of time before they knew there was an asteroid there, so he simply admitted it openly.

As for the accidental explosion? Waste of money?
It doesn't exist at all!
This is a serious collision experiment!

Especially since Kang Chi's name was specifically added above, this decision suddenly became more convincing.

Ok,

There is actually a little thought behind this.
That is to dig a small hole and wait for their "impact experiment"...

If they ask for specific information about the Mysterious Star, just say "scientific research secrets" and they'll be fine.
This can also arouse their curiosity and launch exploration plans in this area.

When we already have great advantages in all aspects, provoking a new round of space race will tie up the opponent's attention and make them unable to cope with it. This will be beneficial to us from every angle.

……

Although the announcement from the Space Agency was handled perfectly, the members of the Tianwen-2 project team themselves knew very well that this exploration plan was actually half a failure.

Fortunately, after Zhang Peirong listened to Professor Ye Hualiang's advice in time, Tianwen-2 did obtain a lot of useful data before it crashed. The most critical of these was the main cause of the accident: the magnetic field strength of the mystery star.

7.8 Gauss!

At the discussion meeting the next day, everyone exclaimed as soon as they got the latest analysis data. "The magnetic field strength of that thing is 13 times stronger than that of the Earth, and the magnetic moment is 261 times greater?!"

"What's the difference between this and a big magnet? No wonder their Lucy crashed so quickly. It's not unfair for us to fall this time..."

"It's not just fair. If Tianwen-2 wasn't equipped with a quantum communication device, we would probably be as confused as Old M right now!"

"Well, no matter what, it's not a loss this time if we can figure out the problem." Zhang Peirong first comforted everyone, and then said meaningfully, "What we need to consider now is what to do next."

Director Ge knew that Zhang Peirong was actually talking to him. To put it bluntly, it meant: For such a weird thing, there is no reason for the Space Agency not to allocate money to continue exploring it, right?

After pondering for a moment, Director Ge finally turned his gaze to Kang Chi.

Kang Chi didn't say, "Professor Ye, have you come up with the results of the simulation calculation I asked you to do yesterday?"

Ye Hualiang nodded, glanced solemnly at everyone in the meeting, then took a deep breath and said, "The situation is not good, but it is not too bad either."

"I have calculated based on the data I have obtained so far, and have preliminarily confirmed that the Mystery Planet is clearing the asteroids in Jupiter's orbit at a very fast speed. If it is allowed to continue to develop, the asteroid belt in the Jupiter Lagrange L4 region will most likely cease to exist."

After hearing this, Director Ge suddenly looked a little nervous and asked, "Will that have any impact on us?"

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"It's hard to say. Without more detailed data support, the accuracy of this calculation model cannot be guaranteed. But based on the current calculation results, I think the best scenario is that the Mystery Planet becomes a satellite of Jupiter."

"What's the worst?" Director Ge asked.

"The mysterious planet completely disrupts the balance of Jupiter's satellite system, thus affecting the orbits of all the planets in the solar system. Our Earth may be closer to the sun, or it may be farther away. Humans will either die of heat or freeze to death..."

Seeing Director Ge's face turn pale with fear at these remarks, Ye Hualiang quickly explained: "But as I just said, the situation is not good, but it is not too bad either."

"Because even if this model is true, it may take thousands or even tens of thousands of years for the mysterious star to clear its orbit. We don't need to worry too much about the possibility of the 'end of the world' happening so far in the future."

"And there's no point in worrying. Mystery Planet has no atmosphere, and there's no parachute to cushion the fall. Plus, it has a strong gravity and magnetic field. With our current aerospace technology, it's impossible to land smoothly. And even if we can land there, what's the use?"

"According to the information we have collected so far, this planet made of mysterious matter is likely to be much harder than diamond. We can neither blow it up nor dig it up..."

"My suggestion is to just carry out the exploration plan normally. There is no need to spend too many resources on it. At the same time, this is a problem for all of humanity. We don't need to shoulder all the problems ourselves."

"Well... Professor Ye has a point, but its existence is always a time bomb." Director Ge was a little worried.

"We should take things that involve the survival of human civilization seriously, even if they may only happen tens of thousands of years later."

Having said that, he turned his gaze to Kang Chi again, obviously still wanting to hear the advice of this 'backbone'.

(End of this chapter)