cosmic hegemony

Chapter 133, Moon Base

The area of ​​the moon base is not large, only less than 1000 square meters, all made of alloy steel plates, which are divided into many independent rooms, each room is independent of each other, each has its own independent survival system , the purpose is naturally to prevent a problem in one place, and other rooms can still be used normally, so as to fully ensure the safety of the moon base.

"Start the detection system!"

After moving various equipment and instruments into the lunar base, Nan Junpeng activated the automatic detection equipment.

The compressed air is slowly released in the lunar base, and soon the independent rooms in the entire base are filled with air from the earth. At the same time, the temperature adjustment equipment starts to adjust the temperature in the base, constant temperature and humidity, which is the most basic conditions.

"Beep! Found a leak, please fix it immediately."

"Li Yang, go to Room 8 to fix the air leak. Huh, fortunately, there is only one air leak, and everything else is perfect."

Hearing the alarm sound from the central computer of the lunar base, Nan Junpeng breathed a sigh of relief, because there was only one air leakage problem, which was a small problem and could be easily resolved.

After all, this lunar base is made of alloy steel plates that have been planned in advance. Even if the combination and design are more precise, there will inevitably be one or two small problems. After all, it is spliced ​​​​on the moon, and there is only one leak. Gas is nothing at all.

"The repair of the air leak is completed, the condition of the moon base is detected to be perfect, and the trial operation is started."

Soon, Li Yang repaired the air leak, and the central computer of the lunar base began to automatically control the operation of various equipment in the base to ensure that the lunar base can operate perfectly without serious hidden dangers and problems. Knowing that this base is the bridgehead for China to enter the moon.

In the future, Huaxia will definitely build more lunar bases with better functions and larger scales on the moon, but everything cannot do without the current small moon base as the foundation and springboard, so there must be no problems.

Nan Junpeng, Li Yang, Xiao Mingguang and other seven astronauts returned to the "Houyi" aerospace plane. After eating and replenishing energy, they began to fall asleep one by one. In order to complete the work of the moon base in one go, It has been working for more than ten hours.

Wearing thick spacesuits on the moon for so long and working with such intensity, even though they were in good physical condition, they were already quite tired at this time, and soon, each of them fell into a deep sleep.

According to the lunar landing plan, they will work on the moon for several days to complete the construction of the lunar base runway and the construction of the lunar base. Later, they will drive the lunar rover to conduct resource exploration on the moon, collect lunar resource samples, and many other tasks. They are expected to return. The time to set sail and return is October 2019, 10.

Earth, the command center of the Jiuquan Space Center, the actions of the seven astronauts on the moon are naturally strictly in accordance with the command of the command center. At this time, the faces of the scientists in the command center are full of smiles, because until now So far, everything has gone perfectly.

After successfully landing on the moon, building the moon base, and the perfect operation of the moon base, it can be said that the only thing left to worry about is when the "Houyi" aerospace plane takes off from the moon and returns.

"There is nothing to worry about below. After the lunar runway is completed, our aerospace planes will be able to land directly on the surface of the moon in the future. Later, this runway will be continuously lengthened and widened to build a large airport. In the future, it will be even more convenient to travel to and from the moon." convenience and speed.”

"It's just that this moon base is too small, and it's quite troublesome to build. It seems that we still need to build a larger aerospace plane in the future, and directly transport the completed base to the moon, and finally form a large moon. The base will do."

Liu Shiying looked at the various data sent back from the lunar base. It was already the morning of October 10, and many scientists stayed up all night, because no one knew whether there would be any critical situation. Everyone needs to find ways to remedy it.

Seeing that everything was running perfectly, Liu Shiying also stretched, ready to go back and take a rest like other scientists, after all, there are still several days to be busy.

"Well, let's go back and take a good rest. With our current space power, the construction of the moon base will be very fast. I guess it won't be long before we can all go to the moon base for scientific investigation."

Li Fu also nodded. With China's current space technology, landing on the moon is really not too difficult, and the cost is far lower than that of the moon landing in the last century.

The extensive use of aerospace planes can transport materials to space very quickly, cheaply, and efficiently. Even to the moon, it is cheaper than other countries on the earth by launching rockets to transport materials to space. I don’t know how much times, and the amount of transportation is far beyond what rockets can carry.

A giant rocket like this looks very huge, but the material it can transport is pitifully small, and the cost is high. A carrier rocket used to launch satellites or spaceships and other spacecraft costs hundreds of millions of dollars. .

The cost is high, the transportation volume is low, and it is prone to accidents. Even Uncle Sam with the most advanced technology has had two serious accidents in the history of launching rockets to carry space shuttles, resulting in the sacrifice of more than a dozen astronauts and even more losses. It is very serious, which is why Uncle Sam gradually retired the space shuttle.

But now Huaxia, which has mastered the aerospace plane, is different. The aerospace plane is very safe, reliable, convenient, and because it only consumes electricity and compressed air, it is very cheap. What is more important is that Li Fu has researched black gold. The cost of materials and even the aerospace plane was reduced to 30 billion Chinese dollars at once, and the overall cost is actually less than one percent of the launch vehicle.

In the future, if Li Fu's spacecraft company develops a cheaper aerospace aircraft, this cost can be further reduced. This is why Huaxia can ambitiously propose to develop the space industry, and the source of confidence is the space industry as the core and pillar.

Eight hours later, the time has come to 8:10 on October 2, Chinese time. The seven astronauts at the moon base woke up one after another. Started a tense and busy work.

"The moon base is very good, there is no problem."

Nan Junpeng first checked the operation of the lunar base. After more than 8 hours of trial operation, there were no problems. This made everyone feel relieved, because according to the plan, 7 of the 2 people will stay at the lunar base this time. Here, only after the next wave of astronauts arrive on the moon to replace them will they return to the earth, so whether the moon base can operate well is also very important.

"Lan Yu and Liu Qi stayed at the base and the aerospace plane, while the others drove the lunar rover to explore resources."

Nan Junpeng began to divide the labor, and today their tasks are still very heavy, to complete the exploration of resources around the moon base, collect samples and so on.

5 lunar engineering vehicles left 5 long traces on the surface of the moon. Nan Junpeng and 5 people divided into two groups and began to explore resources in two directions, while Lan Yu and Liu Qi stayed at the base. On the side of the aerospace plane, set up solar panels, move materials in the aerospace plane, and so on.

The original energy source of the lunar base used the same magnetic field battery on the aerospace plane. The two large magnetic field batteries have millions of kilowatt-hours of electricity, which is enough to ensure the operation of the lunar base for a long time. However, for safety reasons, solar system energy panels It is also essential and can be used as a supplementary energy source.

Xiao Mingguang, Yu Haitian, and Ouyang Hao are driving three lunar rovers on the surface of the moon. The surface of the moon is very desolate, with potholes everywhere. These are all formed by the impact of meteorites in space, like a large basin on the moon, The maria and so on are all formed by the impact of large meteorites.

And these potholes are caused by impacts such as small meteorites, because the air on the surface of the moon is very, very scarce, not even one-hundredth of the air on the earth. It can be said that there is no air at all, so it comes from space. Meteorites and so on will not be burned due to air friction like the earth.

Whether it is a large meteorite or a small meteorite, etc., they can make craters on the surface of the moon. After a long time, the current landform on the surface of the moon has gradually formed. Basins and maria, and small meteorites are the pits that hit the surface of the moon.

From this point alone, why the earth can give birth to life, because the huge atmosphere on the surface of the earth helps to reach many meteorite impacts from space. Ordinary small meteorites impacting the earth will not have any impact on the earth at all. Burned cleanly in the atmosphere.

As for a large meteorite hitting the earth, it will also burn due to air friction, which will greatly reduce its mass and volume. After hitting the earth, its power will also be greatly reduced, and it will definitely not be as direct as the moon.

Moreover, cosmic astronomers have studied the surface. In fact, the moon, the earth’s satellite, has served as a shield many times in history. There have been several times in history that large meteorites capable of causing devastating disasters have to hit the earth, but they are finally blocked by the moon. From another On the one hand, the moon can also be regarded as the bodyguard of the earth.

(End of this chapter)