Black tech predators

Chapter 332 [Moon Antarctic Ice]

The outpost base of the Shackleton impact crater in the Hengyin area of ​​Antarctica is not large, equivalent to about 15% of the total base of the Mendeleev impact crater.

However, this is relatively speaking. The area of ​​1000 square meters is comparable to the area of ​​a small villa. Li Peng served as the person in charge of the outpost base. The distance between them and the general base is more than [-] kilometers. Keep this radio up.

After spending about two days, they finally completed the construction of the outpost base and brought the entire base into normal operation.

On the third day, Li Peng officially set off with Wang Ke and six others. Their mission was to explore the permanent shadow area at the bottom of the impact crater.

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The eastern rim of the crater.

"Brother Li, I circled the crater, and the survey and mapping results have been completed. This is the image. There is no specific terrain to descend, and the lunar rover cannot go down."

At this moment, Li Peng and Liu Yiming were standing above the crater, and the ground laser mapping data was uploaded to the personal computer soon. Li Peng looked at the model on the HUD head-up display interface, looked at it for a while, and then closed it.

"The drop in the direction of seven o'clock is relatively large, more than 400 meters, but after descending more than 400 meters from there, the terrain behind is flat." Li Peng looked in the direction he could see.

Then the plan was finalized.

Li Peng led Liu Yiming and another team member down the crater, and the other three team members were on the top of the crater, and everyone performed their duties.

The three of them went back to the lunar rover, replenished the supplies of the power armor out of the cabin suit, and started to set off. They descended with a pulley through a cable. The diameter of this rope is only 1.5mm, but it uses the strength known to human beings. Made of the best carbonyne material, this thin rope can suspend the materials they brought on this trip, including the lunar rover, without any pressure.

About half an hour later, Li Peng and the three of them successfully descended 422 meters to the ground, and then sent down a batch of carrying materials.

Then the three of them continued to go to the bottom of the Shackleton impact crater with supplies. As we all know, climbing up a mountain is easier than going down. What's more, this is the moon, and the gravity on the surface is only one-sixth that of the earth. If you don't handle it well, you may jump out.

Space exploration is a high-risk activity, and this exploration mission can be said to increase the risk factor again, but there are risks in doing anything, and the young and middle-aged teams recruited are not lacking in adventurous spirit and courage .

It took about five and a half hours to finally reach the bottom of the Shackleton impact crater, but it took about two hours to walk to reach the permanent shadow area of ​​the destination.

At this moment, Li Peng and the three of them did not continue to move forward at the bottom of the crater, and they all found a rock to sit down on the way to rest and replenish a little energy at the same time.

When deciding to eat something, a straw will be automatically extended inside the helmet to the person's mouth. The supplementary nutrients are liquid mixed food, which is specially designed for this situation. The power armor out of the cabin suit The life support system can maintain a person's food for two to three days, and the shelf life of this specially prepared special food can reach 95 days.

"Brother Li, I'm in big trouble, it's over!" At this moment Liu Yiming said in a panic on the communication channel.

"What?" Li Peng became subconsciously nervous when he heard that, including Wang Ke and others at the outpost base. Everyone could hear Liu Yiming speaking on the public channel. After a while, he said anxiously and embarrassingly: "I...I...I want Lamy Tiangong?"

When Li Peng heard his eyes widened, his expression suddenly became extremely distorted, and he swallowed the food in his mouth abruptly, almost spit it out, choked up internal injuries several times, and instantly said angrily: "Liu Yiming, what the hell? My Nima..."

The public channel suddenly sounded like a pig-killing cry, and Liu Yiming almost cried: "I can't hold it any longer, what should I do?"

Li Peng cursed viciously: "If you can't hold it back, you will be held back by the labor and management. This suit can only provide a solution for urination. The big one will honestly wait until you return to the outpost base."

After a while, Li Peng shivered for a while and immediately showed a happy expression. In the inner area of ​​the power armor exit suit below the lower abdomen, there was only a "chi" sound similar to the opening of an air valve.

Li Peng went down and took out a flat sealed urine bag from the outer valve. A string of data information was recorded on it, and 289 ml was also marked on it.

It freezes immediately when pushed to the outer valve.

Li Peng said: "Let me remind you, don't leave these secretly outside. The identity and other data information is clearly marked on it. It will continue to expand in the future. If it is picked up by later colleagues, it will be ashamed and thrown on the moon. .”

"Brother Li, what's wrong with me?"

"Hey, I'm really convinced that a pig teammate got mixed up in the team. I lost the chain at the critical moment. Zhang Junsheng, you take him back to the outpost." Li Peng said helplessly, not to mention the complicated mood, but people have three urgencies. Can't hold back for too long.

Fortunately, the return is up the mountain, and the auxiliary cables have been laid along the way, so the speed of going back is fast.

"Boss, what about you?"

"I've come here, I can't leave empty-handed, and I can finish it by myself." Li Peng looked at the time and immediately urged: "That's it, keep the radio communication open."

The three separated, and Li Peng walked to Hengyin District alone with his carrying tools and equipment. It must be said that he was very courageous and courageous, and it was not without reason that he became their leader.

About two hours later, Li Peng stepped into the permanent shadow area of ​​the Shackleton Meteor Crater alone.

In such a short two-hour walk, Li Peng watched the temperature change along the way, from a maximum of 121 degrees Celsius to the current minus 247 degrees Celsius. Such a drastic temperature difference is simply unimaginable.

After Li Peng entered the permanent shadow area in the crater, he immediately began to set up the portable survey equipment he brought, which was not very large, with a total mass of 105 kilograms, which was more than enough for the power armor out of the cabin suit.

Soon, the on-site survey data was transmitted to the outpost base through wireless signals, and Wang Ke was comparing and analyzing the data.

"The measurement data of the detection equipment shows that the hydrogen signal value around the shadow area is much higher than that of the near-surface layer in the polar area. If it exists in the form of water molecules, then the intensity of the hydrogen signal can be converted into the ice layer in the constant shade area." The average content, the result is that the average value of the total amount of ice material in the constant cloudy area is... Calculated, it is about 2.15%. "

Wang Ke immediately called up the public data obtained by NASA's lunar sensing and sensing satellite impact mission on the moon in 2009 for comparison, and said after a while: "It is consistent with the water content of the moon calculated by the American impact mission. "

On the other side, Li Peng who was in the shadow area immediately turned on the strong light, illuminated the surrounding area for a week, and said to the communicator: "But within the range of my eyesight, all I can see is moon dust soil. , not to mention the open-air ice, there is no frost at all.”

Wang Ke stroked his chin and said thoughtfully: "Strange, the data we have obtained during this period is almost the same as that of the Americans. Before that, a large number of near-infrared spectroscopy instruments were used to detect the existence of water and hydroxyl substances in the constant yin area. Signal, the data measured by another instrument also shows that the hydrogen content in the crater is significantly higher than the general level on the lunar surface, which indicates that water ice is very likely to exist, but the hell is that the albedo of the bottom of the crater The display is again consistent with the far side of the Moon, suggesting that there is no exposed surface ice at the bottom of the crater."

Li Peng, who was far at the bottom of the pit, suddenly felt moved when he heard this, and immediately stared at the moon soil under his feet, and said, "Is it possible that it is covered under the surface?"

As soon as he thought about it, Li Peng immediately took out a shovel from the carrying toolbox and started digging on the spot.

"Old Li, what are you doing?"

"Dig a hole in a hole."

After a few minutes, Wang Ke suddenly noticed some tiny crystal-like things in the dug out soil layer by sharing Li Peng's first-person perspective.

Seeing these unknown objects mixed in a very small proportion in the sudden, Wang Ke couldn't help but hold his breath. He was suddenly excited, but he held back. It's hard to make a judgment now, so he quickly operated on the control panel and started to image Control analysis.

At this moment, Li Peng suddenly felt strongly that he had shoveled a very hard object. He threw the shovel aside and immediately turned over a layer of soil with his hands. After a while, he took out a hard object from it, filled with various kinds of soil. Impurities.

"This lump..." Li Peng stared at it: "...a scan, the data shows that it contains 88.2% water."

Li Peng was stunned for a moment, and then muttered to himself: "Sometimes, in fact, thinking about the problem in a simpler way can lead to the truth quickly."

Wang Ke in the outpost base said excitedly: "Wo's horse duck, Lao Li, you may be stepping on a vast frozen world under your feet, it is definitely a big news on the front page!!"

Li Peng: "Then the flag must be planted first!"

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(End of this chapter)