From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

After the Que-07 detection work was completed, the plan for the Thousand Falcon spacecraft to land on Europa was officially launched.

According to the established plan, the Thousand Falcon spacecraft will fly around Europa more than two times, constantly adjusting its orbit and speed during the process, synchronizing the rotation speed of Europa as much as possible, and landing along the flight path of Bird-07.

Its main consideration is safety. The surface of Europa is not safe. In some places, very high groundwater will erupt, just like volcanoes on Earth.

At the same time, the eruption of groundwater will also cause a series of chain reactions, which will lead to possible risks in the air.

The flight path of Quenia-07 has been determined to be safe. Only by carrying out the landing work along the path of Quenia-07 can we avoid risks as much as possible and land at the closest position to the established landing point.

After the Europa landing mission is confirmed to begin, the first thing to take action is the spacecraft. The spacecraft will fly to the direction of Europa facing away from Jupiter, and will be 3,000 kilometers to 4,000 kilometers away from Europa.

The spacecraft will stay at a fixed position to allow the Thousand Falcon spacecraft to return to the cabin.

After the plan was officially confirmed and started, everyone started doing their own work. All the work on the spacecraft revolved around the landing plan.

Of course, most of the people had nothing to do with the mission, but they were also very concerned about the progress of the landing work. The trio of Ding Zhiqiang, Alvalier, and James didn't even have the intention to stay in the workroom, but went to the corridor and looked towards Europa. Look over.

The three of them were relatively leisurely, as if they were traveling, and they kept taking pictures at the light holes.

In fact, not only them, many people came to take pictures in the corridor. From the perspective of the corridor, you can clearly see Europa under the sunlight. Most of them appear earthy white, and some places appear light blue.

From the perspective of the corridor, you can also see the huge Jupiter behind Europa. The overall yellow color of Jupiter is weird and changeable. Just seeing a corner of it can give people a big shock.

Ding Zhiqiang and the other three had been in the corridor for more than ten minutes when they saw a middle-aged man in his early forties walking over. His name was Shao Enqiang, and he was the equipment cabin controller of the spacecraft.

Shao Enqiang greeted Ding Zhiqiang and asked casually, "Are you taking pictures?"

Ding Zhiqiang held a camera in his hand and pointed out the light-transmitting window, "It's beautiful, right? I even took a selfie. It's really memorable, but the light-transmitting hole is too small."

"Go to the weightless room." Shao Enqiang said.

"Weightless room?"

Shao Enqiang nodded and said, "There is a light-transmitting window that faces downward in the weightless room. It is several times larger than this one and can be seen more clearly. Also, wood eclipse will happen soon."

"Wushi?"

Ding Zhiqiang sounded a little confused.

"Yes, Jupiter." Shao En explained with a strong smile, "Our newly coined vocabulary, the spacecraft is now on the dark side of Europa facing away from Jupiter. Have you seen the light outside? The dark side of Europa will soon face the sun. , when the time comes, Europa will be completely inside Jupiter from our perspective."

"But it's still early. Europa's revolution speed is too slow. Jupiter's eclipse will last for more than ten hours. In a few hours, you can still see the wonder of Europa covering the center of Jupiter. By then, It must be shocking!”

Shao Enqiang finished speaking expectantly, waved his hand towards Ding Zhiqiang and walked towards the control cabin.

James and Alvalier did not understand Chinese. They did not understand the conversation between the two, and they all looked at Ding Zhiqiang together.

Ding Zhiqiang gave a simple explanation.

James hurriedly said, "Then what are you waiting for? Come over quickly, it seems you can go in and experience the weightless space at will..."

The other two people also nodded in agreement, and they soon arrived at the weightless cabin. The weightless cabin is a spare cabin. There is no gravitational field equipment installed in it. People will become weightless after entering.

The weightless cabin has two downward-facing light-transmitting windows, which allow you to see Europa more clearly. Standing on the corner of the ground, you can also take in the entire Jupiter.

From the perspective of the light-transmitting window of the weightless cabin, you can see the wonders of Europa, Jupiter and sunlight.

The location of the spacecraft is on the shadow side of Europa facing Jupiter. When Europa turns to the side facing the sun, from the perspective of the spacecraft, it will always be a very special "eclipse" scene. The only difference is whether there is sunlight or not.

After Ding Zhiqiang and others entered the weightless cabin, they lay on the edge of the light-transmitting window and saw the large yellow circle of Jupiter obscured by the earthy white of Europa. Coupled with the wonderful scenery shining from the side of the sun, they could not help but marvel at the scene in front of them. .

Ding Zhiqiang quickly asked James and Alvalier to take photos for him. James was not used to the weightless environment and could not even control his body, let alone the camera.

Alvalier's performance was much better. He was originally an astronaut and had experience working on the space station, so he adapted very well to the weightless environment.

Alvalier was still a little dissatisfied and sighed, "High technology can really degenerate people. Gravity field technology is a subversion of human space activities... I found that I am not very adaptable to the weightless environment."

"You've done a great job, but now I feel like I can't control my whole body and I feel uncomfortable..."

Ding Zhiqiang said depressedly.

James nodded, "Me too. It seems completely different from training now, maybe it's because I've gained weight in the past few days." He said and touched his belly, which made the other two people laugh.

James continued to look out the window and exclaimed, "It's so beautiful! Before approaching Jupiter, it's all pitch black, and you can only see the sun at most. Maybe whenever you approach a planet, it will be a very beautiful scene, even if it's Considered the Venus of Hell.”

"Looking at this little white planet, our perspective now reminds me of a word -"

"romantic!"

He said and shook his head depressedly, "Unfortunately, I can only find red wine, but no beautiful women."

"Speaking of which, there are only a dozen women participating in the plan. Is it sexist?"

Ding Zhiqiang tugged at the corner of his mouth and said, "Are you thinking about women or sexism?"

James shook his head and said, "So you don't understand romance. Look at the environment here, look outside, weightlessness, beautiful planets, spaceships, what an attractive combination. If there can be a beautiful woman here, come with me." Taste the wine and have an off-planet conversation..."

He closed his eyes and seemed to be lost in his imagination, then opened his eyes and continued, "It's impossible for me, but Xiao Ding, I think you have hope. If you can bring a beautiful woman here, or Talk about taking a month-long trip to Jupiter with her, and she will definitely not mind spending a more memorable 30 days with you..."

Ding Zhiqiang was not deceived, but continued to complain, "You are right, but the spaceship is not named Ding."

"Why?"

Alvalier asked with confusion.

The other two looked over together.

Alvalier said, "I mean, why bring a woman up here?"

"To chase women?"

"To make her willing...with us...I mean, with me...ahem."

"I understand what you mean." Alvalier continued incomprehensively, "I mean, I know that women need romance, but it doesn't have to cost such a big price, right? And women themselves will know romance, and we enjoy it. That’s it.”

"——?"

"??"

The faces of Ding Zhiqiang and James showed incomprehension, and they felt challenged by cultural differences.

Alvalier continued, "I have never romanced a woman, but I would enjoy it. I remember when I was in school, there was a beautiful girl named Selena. She invited me to a party and waited until I arrived. Later I found that the decoration inside was very romantic..."

"There are colorful ribbons, red wine, cute dolls, and a big bed inside. The most important thing is that there are only two of us."

"Selena said she only invited me."

"She's such a romantic woman, so I didn't say no to a wonderful night."

After telling a short story, Alvalier continued, "Not only Selena, but also Bess and Qolissa. I remember there were only three of them, and the others rejected it."

"I'm not a casual person."

James stared at Alvalier carefully and found that the other person was indeed sincere. He suddenly said depressedly, "I understand."

Ding Zhiqiang nodded vigorously, "I understood from the beginning that we are not from the same world at all."

"yes!"

"Alas~~~"

The two of them sighed together, international handsome men don't understand the pain of ordinary men!

Alwaleer has the genes of the Saudi royal family, and his appearance can be called "handsome" in any country. Coupled with the aura of a prince, there will naturally be many women willing to take the initiative to create romance.

them……

Even James, who looks good, feels like he is about to cry when compared with Alvalier.

This world is so unfair!

Both James and Ding Zhiqiang no longer want to be friends with Alvalier.

While the three were chatting, the landing plan had already begun.

The Thousand Falcon spacecraft exited the capsule and flew towards Europa. The spacecraft performed the mission of landing and bringing back samples.

In the established plan, they hope to bring back three samples, one of air, one of soil, and finally a sample of groundwater or surface ice.

Among them, air samples are the easiest, and soil or rock layer samples are not difficult either, because the landing site is just above the soil layer, and you only need to put down the equipment to automatically dig to the soil layer.

Groundwater samples are the most difficult. There is no ice near the landing site. They need to search the surrounding area. If they can find ice or 'puddles' left by natural activities on the surface of Europa, they can obtain groundwater samples. Otherwise, you have to give up.

These need to be judged by the login personnel themselves, and all work must be carried out under the premise of ensuring safety.

The control center is always paying attention to the Europa landing plan, and each progress message is also sent over, "The spacecraft has reached the established position, distance from Europa..."

"Thousand Falcon 2 has undergone final testing and everything is normal and can take off..."

"Astronauts board the Thousand Falcon 2."

"The Thousand Falcon 2 spacecraft is preparing to leave the cabin to perform its mission..."

"Approaching..."

Wang Hao has been staying in the control center, keeping an eye on the implementation of the plan to land on Europa.

Although the delay of the message sent by the spacecraft was very high, even more than forty minutes, and it was impossible to carry out real-time command operations and could only continue to receive messages, he still stayed in the control room. He wanted to ensure that the landing plan was carried out. Something went wrong.

"Everything goes well with the plan. The landing site that Ship 7 is looking for is very safe. There are no traces of ice in the surrounding kilometers. It is a rare soil surface on Europa." Zhu Qiqiang said, "Academician Wang, you don't have to worry too much."

Wang Hao nodded lightly and sighed, "I still feel uneasy. After all, it is a brand new planet, and we still know very little about Europa..."

At this time, the receptionist came over and whispered, "Academician Wang, I have your phone number. It's from the Strong S-wave Research Group."

"Get in."

Wang Hao nodded towards the messenger, then picked up the phone, and soon heard an excited shout from the other party, "Academician Wang! Academician Wang!"

"Director Wang Qiang, don't be so excited..."

"Academician Wang, Academician Wang, big discovery! Big discovery!" Wang Qiang's voice was still very excited, "I'm sorry, I can't control it. There is a big discovery, the light is seen over the Mediterranean!"

"ah?"

Wang Hao didn't react for a while, "What do you mean? Why did you see the light?"

"Over there in the Mediterranean Sea! Investigator! Team leader Zhang Yaokun reported that they saw bubbles in the sea water, and they also saw light appearing under the sea water, which lasted for about a few seconds. The time is completely consistent with our experiment!"

Wang Hao was stunned for a while, then asked seriously into the receiver, "Are you sure?"

"certainly!"

Wang Qiang said, "I didn't believe it at first, and I confirmed it several times. Their report was like this. Zhang Yaokun's team has three days to go back to China. By then, it will be even more certain."

"Three days? Then wait a little longer..."

Wang Hao took a deep breath. He already believed what Wang Qiang said. Generally speaking, it was impossible for investigators to make such a joke. The information received must be true.

If the strong S-wave thin layer created by the Mediterranean Sea suddenly appears, what does it mean?

"Transmission of light?"

"Or is it a penetrating stimulating effect?"

Wang Hao frowned and thought carefully. He also felt Wang Qiang's excitement. There are two possibilities for light to be transmitted from one side of the earth to the other side of the earth. One is to follow the excitation effect of strong S waves penetrating conventional field forces. The other kind can simply be understood as 'energy transmission'.

But no matter which explanation it is, the result is the same, that is, light from one side to the other.

Wang Hao put down the phone and took a deep breath again.

Zhu Qiqiang came over and asked doubtfully, "Academician Wang, what happened?"

"You would never imagine." Wang Hao said seriously, "A beam of bright light spans nearly one-third of the earth, from one side of the earth to the other..."

"??"

Zhu Qiqiang's face was full of incomprehension.

Wang Hao didn't explain much. He thought about the problem carefully. The new discovery is definitely not a trivial matter. They may have discovered the 'energy transmission effect', which is very magical just thinking about it.

If it is really an energy transfer effect, will it be possible to further transfer matter?

Could this be wormhole technology?

Even if it doesn't involve the wormhole technology full of science fiction, it does involve energy transmission, or even just the excitation effect of penetrating field forces. There is a lot that can be studied.

That's like opening a door to 'magical physics' that goes beyond conventional imagination!