My science and technology museum

"Old Wu, come and see what I got out of the sea today. There are just a few yellow croakers!"

Dengtian Island Pier.

As soon as the fishing boat docked, Xu Lei greeted Wu Chuping, who was already waiting on the shore. He looked like a tourist who had just returned from the sea, with no nervous expression on his face.

Wu Chuping is much older than Xu Lei in terms of age, but because of the space elevator incident, the two have become very close to each other during this time, so the way Xu Lei is addressed is more like acquaintances.

But Wu Chuping is obviously not as ambitious as Xu Lei.

If you look closely, you can see that his brows are slightly furrowed, obviously he has something on his mind.

Almost as soon as Xu Lei got off the ship, he hurriedly walked over and said, "There is something new overseas. They are preparing to launch a rocket to the moon tomorrow."

"Well, I already know." Xu Lei nodded.

With Xingtong by his side, Xu Lei would certainly not be able to hide the situation overseas. When he heard Wu Chuping hurriedly calling him back to discuss matters, he guessed that it was most likely related to this matter.

Wu Chuping was not surprised that Xu Lei knew what he was going to say, but he was quite nervous. He quickly asked: "If the other party takes the lead in occupying the lunar base area we have planned, it will not be a good thing for us. Don’t we need to advance our space elevator moon landing plan?”

In order to ensure the success of the moon landing and the construction of the lunar base, Wu Chuping can be said to have been worried.

After learning that Bei Magnesium was going to launch the rocket ahead of schedule, I immediately understood that this was the next move for the space elevator.

In this case, if the other party is allowed to launch, there is a high probability that the other party's astronauts will reach the lunar surface first, so they will be passive.

Therefore, in Wu Chuping's opinion, it is the best way to advance the start time of the space elevator.

So he quickly communicated with Xu Lei and asked him to come back from the sea to discuss the matter together and issue the order as soon as possible.

Xu Lei undoubtedly knew what Wu Chuping was thinking, but after hearing these words, he did not make an immediate decision. Instead, he first turned his attention to Gu Sanlin and Cheng Fei next to him: "You guys give these fish to the canteen first. Over there, Commander Wu and I have something to discuss."

"Then let's go over there first, Dean." Gu Sanlin picked up the water tank containing the fish and walked straight towards the cafeteria.

Cheng Fei didn't say anything and just followed Gu Sanlin.

After settling what he had gained at sea for several hours, Xu Lei turned around and smiled at Wu Chuping: "Let's go to the control center first and let's talk while walking."

After saying that, the two of them plus Xingtong went to the ground station control center.

"I don't think we need to advance to the moon landing." Xu Lei suddenly expressed his attitude on the way.

Wu Chuping was puzzled when he heard this: "The Shenzhou spacecraft, Yutu lunar module and life capsule are all ready. With the space elevator, we are capable of landing on the moon in advance."

"According to the feedback results from the exploration rover on the moon, the time we have determined for the moon landing is very suitable. If we advance it rashly, it will only increase the probability of an accident to the spacecraft." Xu Lei knew that Wu Chuping was also thinking about the lunar base project, so he explained in detail The reason why he chose not to advance the time: "In addition, I don't think the other party can successfully build a temporary base on the moon, so we don't need to rush."

The environment in space and on the moon is changeable. When Xu Lei proposed starting the space elevator on the 10th to send astronauts to the moon, his decision was based on various feedback data.

Unless there are special circumstances, there is really no need to advance.

Xu Lei's statement that it would be impossible to build a temporary overseas lunar base certainly makes sense.

The addition of Marsne's Space Exploration Technology Company has indeed improved rocket-related technology, but the supplies that the spacecraft can carry are still limited.

It is completely unrealistic to rely on this to allow astronauts to survive on the moon.

Because they cannot transport supplies, fuel, etc. to space as easily and frequently as a space elevator.

Since it is to occupy the lunar resource area, there must be astronauts staying behind. If they cannot stay on the moon for a long time, even arriving in advance will not have any effect.

What's more, the other party chose to launch the rocket in advance at this time, which shows that they are the ones who are nervous.

After listening to Xu Lei's analysis, Wu Chuping's mood suddenly calmed down a lot. It does make sense after thinking about it carefully.

With just one space elevator, no matter what methods the enemy uses, the advantage will always be on your side, so there is nothing to worry about.

After Wu Chuping figured this out, he stopped worrying about starting the space elevator in advance, and immediately said: "This matter is because I am seriously ill and have to seek medical treatment. The moon landing mission will still be on schedule."

But at this moment, Xu Lei suddenly thought of something and explained again: "The time of the moon landing mission remains as planned, but we still have to take precautions in advance to prevent the other party from jumping over the wall and doing something crazy."

"You mean..." Wu Chuping's expression became solemn.

The launch times of the two companies are very close to each other this time, and they are both going to the moon. It is inevitable that astronauts from both sides will be on the moon together.

If the other party uses dirty tricks to harm its own astronauts, the consequences will be very serious.

Since there is such a hidden danger of instability, it is necessary to take precautions in advance. After all, each astronaut is trained with a large amount of resources, and even the loss of one is unacceptable.

After all, Wu Chuping is also an old man in the space agency, and he is also responsible for the manned moon landing project. At this moment, he can't hear what Xu Lei means.

Needless to say, it will be arranged immediately.

In addition, because Xu Lei and the others went out to sea today and got a lot of fish, a seafood feast was served on the island during meal time, which not only whetted the appetite but also made the atmosphere extremely harmonious.

that's all.

The next day.

Dali Rover Island.

La Jor Space Force Base.

Under Hayden's personal command, the rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft and astronauts was successfully ignited and lifted off.

Rushing out of the Earth Star at a very fast speed.

Although Western media magazines reported on the incident, not many viewers were willing to pay attention due to the disgusting incident last time.

All attention is on the futuristic space elevator.

It is not difficult to understand this result. Both parties are going to the moon. One only publishes a few photos of footprints, while the other wants to live broadcast the entire process from multiple perspectives. There is simply no comparison between the two. Anyone with any brains will know what to do. choose.

In addition, there is another thing worth mentioning. Compared with the last launch mission, Marsen has almost become an outsider this time.

Basic command rests with Hayden.

Of course, there is nothing that can be done about this happening. Hayden knows very well that the core of this launch mission is to gain leverage for himself so that he can negotiate cooperation on a more equal basis.

It is definitely impossible to cooperate with Marsen's space exploration technology in the future.

Knowing what the final result will be, we will naturally distance ourselves intentionally or unintentionally.

But Marsen didn't have any displeasure about this. He seemed to have thought it through, and seemed to have much less desire for the world.

Mainly, he also knows that as the space elevator forms an absolute influence in the world, it will only attract more forces to seek cooperation. Under this development trend, it will be difficult for his space exploration technology company to achieve results, which is equivalent to the road ahead being blocked. It was blocked directly.

What follows will only be continued decline and decline.

And with the experience of the previous two times, this launch mission was also very smooth.

As the heavy-lift launch vehicle carried the Orion spacecraft to the predetermined altitude, the spacecraft also successfully separated from it, carrying the lunar module, several astronauts, and equipment for building a temporary base to the moon.

During this process, all the staff of the Dengtian Island Space Elevator are also well prepared to conduct final inspections of various main bodies of the space elevator.

Ensure that no accidents occur during the climb, affecting the smooth progress of the mission.

Although this kind of thing is almost impossible to happen, it still requires a rigorous scientific attitude.

In addition, the four outstanding astronauts who carried out the moon landing and built the temporary base also arrived at the Tiantian Island from the headquarters of the Imperial Space Administration, and their health status was checked by a professional medical team.

In the past, they went to the Changhai Launch Center to enter the rocket and ascend to the sky. This time, they took the newly built space elevator. It was inevitable that they would be a little excited to experience this for the first time, and they were also looking forward to the upcoming mission.

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October 10, 2026, Saturday, 02:15 am.

In the Dengtian Island Ground Station Control Center, although it is still dark outside, many nervous and busy figures can be seen here.

Standing in front of the podium were Xu Lei and Wu Chuping.

According to the original schedule, the space elevator will start in another fifteen minutes, transporting the four astronauts to the Tiangong space station. After completing the handover with the three stationed astronauts in the space station, they will enter the Shenzhou spacecraft to dock with the Tiangong in advance. Within, the Shenzhou spacecraft then left the space station and headed for the moon.

At this moment, the four astronauts had already entered the car wearing space suits and were waiting.

"There are still fifteen minutes left before the start. The live broadcast can start." After glancing at the time, Xu Lei gave the order in a deep voice.

The emergence of the space elevator has allowed Yan Guo to successfully occupy an absolute position in the aerospace field. In addition, the materials required for the cables can only be produced by future technology, so there is no need to worry about the leakage of secrets.

So when Xu Lei proposed to broadcast the entire mission live, the space agency and the higher-ups agreed directly without any hesitation.

After all, from a certain perspective, broadcasting this exciting mission live on a global scale is also an effective promotion of its own strength.

When Xu Lei finished speaking, without waiting for the staff below to take action, Xingtong directly started the live broadcast. The view of the screen temporarily showed the four astronauts in the car getting ready for departure.

Because the official announcement from the space agency stated the specific start time, there were still many viewers watching even in the early morning. After seeing that the live broadcast room was finally connected, they immediately swarmed in.

"coming."

"Let me see how many people are awake."

"Exciting!"

"We descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties are finally going to land on the moon."

"I wonder if our astronauts can meet overseas astronauts on the moon. The scene will be absolutely shocking!"

"I haven't slept until now, but I finally waited."

In addition to the lively live broadcast rooms in China, there are even more people online in overseas live broadcast rooms because it happens to be during the day.

And the refreshed barrages are basically words of praise.

This was absolutely unthinkable before. It can only be said that when the strength is strong enough, even enemies will become followers.

Soon when the time comes to 2:20, the control center needs to have a final call with the astronauts on the ground, usually with words of encouragement so that the astronauts can perform the mission in the best mental state.

Xu Lei knew that he was not very good at this kind of work, so he left it all to Wu Chuping. After all, he was a professional.

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Ye Junmin is a new generation of astronauts of the National Space Administration. Today is his first space mission.

As a newcomer to the bureau, he encountered the moon landing and construction of a lunar base during his first space mission, and also took a ride on the newly built space elevator. This luck is undoubtedly strong enough to make anyone envious.

Even if Ye Junmin's own grades are very good, he still believes that he is indeed very lucky.

But because of this, he cherishes this hard-won opportunity even more, hoping that with his good luck, the mission will be successfully completed and a temporary base will be successfully built on the lunar surface.

After listening to what Wu Chuping said, he immediately responded through the communication equipment: "Please rest assured, the command center, astronaut Ye Junmin promises to complete the mission."

The other three astronauts responded similarly.

Time passed minute by second, with the astronauts in the ground station control center car and the hundreds of millions of viewers in the live broadcast room looking forward to it, it finally came to 2:30, and Wu Chuping also immediately issued the command to start. Order.

"Start the ladder." The operator repeated the command and decisively pressed the start button.

As the car gradually accelerated its climb, it soon rushed out of the tower and entered the cable track, successfully escaping the tracking of the ground station equipment.

At the same time, the view from the car in the live broadcast room was also switched to the view from the external camera and Ye Junmin's view, truly achieving a first-person perspective.

When the space agency made the announcement, it had already pointed out that this live broadcast will add a first-person perspective to allow the audience to have a more immersive visual experience. If you use a holographic screen device to watch it, it will almost feel like you are immersed in it. territory.

The space suit worn by Ye Junmin added this function, so the live broadcast task naturally fell on him.

The only drawback is that the audience in the live broadcast room can no longer see his full body.

Originally, the audience didn't take this matter to heart. They thought that the live broadcast was already over 100,000 miles overseas, so how could they still care about the perspective issue.

It wasn't until I manually switched to Ye Junmin's perspective that I finally understood the meaning of Zhenxiang.

That is simply too delicious!

Almost instantly, the number of barrages in the live broadcast room increased several times.

"Damn, I love this perspective!"

"It's a completely immersive experience, okay? How about I give Mr. Xu a kiss first?"

"Kowtow for me too."

"To round things off, I've also gone to the moon. If I can put it on my resume in the future, I'll be proud of my ancestors!"

"Haven't you noticed that there are no lags in the live broadcast room so far? Quantum Network is awesome!"

"Finally, it is no longer a secret picture handed down from our ancestors. This shows that we have truly reached the top ranks in the world."

In the control center, while Wu Chuping devoted himself to monitoring the climbing status of the car, Xu Lei quietly controlled his consciousness and entered the hall of the Science and Technology Museum to check the changes in influence.

And if you don’t know this, you will be shocked when you see it.

In just a few minutes, the influence increased by tens of thousands of points. Although it was not as fast as the growth rate during the space elevator operation test, it was still beyond expectations.

After all, the audience watching the live broadcast has already repeated it, and the space elevator of this mission only plays a boosting role, so it is normal for the influence to grow slowly.

Anyway, before the start of this live broadcast, Xu Lei's influence gap was still about 300,000 points. Even if the growth rate of influence will continue to slow down, it will be enough to collect 5 million points to unlock new technological exhibits.

Although the two-hour climbing process is not slow, it is inevitably a bit boring to stare at the live broadcast screen that has not changed much.

Besides, there are still a few hours until dawn, so many viewers choose to catch up on their sleep first.

Because the Shenzhou spacecraft takes several days to fly from low-Earth orbit to lunar orbit, as long as the most critical live broadcast of the moon landing is not missed, the boring schedule is really not very attractive to the audience.

However, there are also many liver emperors who choose to stay up all night until dawn. No matter what, they have to see the astronauts who landed on the moon meet with the astronauts stationed in the space station, and then enter the Shenzhou spacecraft to leave the space station and rush to a specific orbit.

Two hours passed quickly.

The ground station control center finally sounded a report from the Tiangong space station.

"Tiangong reports that the space elevator has arrived successfully and the lunar astronauts are entering the space station."

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"I am astronaut Ye Junmin. We have successfully reunited with space station astronaut Nie Huamao and the others, and now we are applying to enter the Shenzhou spacecraft."

"Permission to enter the Shenzhou spacecraft."

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"The Shenzhou spacecraft and Tiangong were successfully separated and the astronauts are in good condition."

As this report sounded, all the staff in the ground station control center finally relaxed a little. The four astronauts successfully entered the Shenzhou spacecraft. In the next few days as they rushed to the moon, they only needed By monitoring the flight attitude of the spacecraft and calibrating it in time, the pressure will naturally be much less.

The separation of the main Shenzhou spacecraft and the Tiangong space station is also very important. The separation may not be successful during the process, which will have an impact on both the spacecraft and the space station.

The result that will be faced by then is that the astronauts will return and the moon landing plan will be cancelled.

Fortunately, with the cooperation of the space station astronaut Nie Huamao's ground station control center and the astronauts in the Shenzhou spacecraft, the separation was finally completed successfully.

"Academician Xu, there is nothing going on here right now. You should go and have a rest early." Wu Chuping, who looked obviously much more relaxed, turned around and said to Xu Lei at this time.

After all, a night without sleep is a drain on the body and spirit.

Xu Lei knew that the ground station control center would be much more relaxed in the next few days, so he didn't show off at this time. He nodded directly and said, "Okay, you should go and have a rest early." After saying that, he walked towards the room outside. .

After a busy night, the first wave of influence that should be earned has been earned. At this time, I must first recuperate.

Who told him that after all, his body is still in the category of an ordinary person, and it is incomparable to a brain like Xingtong, so he can only rely on sleep.

The Shenzhou spacecraft used for the moon landing this time was modified through the design drawings provided by Xu Lei. The internal space was enough to carry seven astronauts. However, because this moon landing was responsible for the construction of a temporary lunar base, only four were ultimately dispatched. An astronaut will use the remaining space to load equipment and other supplies needed for the base.

Since the overall performance is much higher than that of previous Shenzhou series spacecraft, the process of changing orbits to the moon was very smooth, and the final time it took was shorter than expected.

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A few days later.

All the staff, including Xu Lei, gathered again at the ground station control center. If you observe carefully, you can see excitement on everyone's faces.

Because today the dream of five thousand years will be realized.

"How is the situation now?" Xu Lei, who had just walked in from outside, arrived at Wu Chuping and asked concernedly.

Wu Chuping immediately replied: "The Shenzhou spacecraft is currently flying around the moon. It is expected to reach the target area in two hours, and then the astronauts will land on the lunar surface in the lunar module."

"Great, I believe everyone has been waiting for this day for too long." Hearing this, Xu Lei nodded and couldn't hide his excitement.

Since ancient times, both ancient and modern people have had deep feelings for the moon. It is a place where wanderers miss their hometown. It is where everyone yearns for the myth and legend of Chang'e flying to the moon. In short, they want to go there. The idea of ​​seeing the moon has not gone out for five thousand years.

Even with the development and progress of modern scientific and technological civilization, this idea has become stronger.

Today, the dream has been turned into reality, and under the great expectations of the global audience, we have actually set foot on the moon.

But at this moment, Wu Chuping looked embarrassed, and then said with some worry: "But we discovered the North Magnesium Orion spacecraft, and it is estimated that their astronauts have reached the lunar surface in the lunar module."

When Xu Lei saw that Wu Chuping was worried about this, a disdainful smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he comforted him very domineeringly.

"Just monitor their movements. As for us to land on the moon as usual, this mission is about who can stay on the lunar surface longer. There is no advantage in arriving first."

Everyone understands that in this lunar landing mission, both parties are aiming to build a temporary base on the lunar surface. It is not about who sets foot on the moon first. Therefore, the most important thing is to see how long their respective astronauts can stay on the moon. This is related to Construction progress of the lunar base.

With Xu Lei's words, Wu Chuping's expression immediately returned to its original state, and he waited patiently for the spacecraft to reach the target area.

As for the live broadcast room that took place a few days ago, the excitement has almost reached its peak at this time, and everyone is waiting for this shocking moment.

"We're finally going to the moon. It's no secret that I watched the live broadcast for a few days and didn't even turn off the toilet."

"So excited!"

"Today will be our home court."

"I don't know if there is Chang'e on the moon. I'll wait and see if I actually see it."

"Where did the elementary school students come from? There are obviously only rabbits on the moon."

"Who do you think will step on the lunar surface first? This is definitely a milestone step in the history of our aerospace development!"

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