Chapter 1254: Earth and Moon Control!

Aerospace ground command center.

At this moment, a group of people were standing in the dark.

Among them are Director Li, the top leader of the Science and Technology Bureau, Hou Guang, director of the Aerospace Research Institute of Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, academician Yuan Huanmin, chief engineer of the Aerospace Corporation, and Lu Zhou who just rushed over from Shangjing...

And, an old man with a special status.

At this important moment related to the aerospace industry and even the future of the Republic, almost all the senior officials of the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee appeared here.

On the large floor-to-ceiling screen directly in front of the control room, there are a couple of sights full of expectations and various complex emotions, just like the closed door of the delivery room.

It's just that behind it is not a baby.

It's a thing called hope.

"It doesn't matter if we fail, we can still try slowly."

Hearing the voice from the side, Lu Zhou shook his head slightly.

"Impossible to fail."

Not only the people of the whole country are waiting for the result, but the eyes of the whole world are gathered here.

He can even bet that media such as BBC and CNN must have already written two press releases. One of them corresponds to a successful outcome, while the other corresponds to a failure.

Exactly which press release will make the headlines tomorrow depends entirely on their results today.

Hearing Lu Zhou's confident speech, the old man smiled and nodded.

"It's best to succeed once, and I'm just telling you the truth. Aerospace is a century-old undertaking, and it will benefit the future. We can win this marathon about the future, and we can also afford to lose it."

"But speaking of it, building a city on the moon...is it really feasible?"

Upon hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou immediately understood what the old man was thinking.

Apparently, the celebration program called "Us" may have infected the entire audience and moved him emotionally.

For this question, Lu Zhou seriously thought about it for a while.

It took about half a minute before he opened his mouth to answer.

"From a practical point of view, there is a need, and from a technical point of view, there are difficulties, but it is not completely hopeless."

In fact, the moon is not a perfect candidate for colonization, with too low gravity, large temperature difference, no protection of atmosphere and magnetic field. However, at present, it is the new continent that the earth civilization is most likely to reach first and benefit from its development.

Its existence is like Terceira Island in the Atlantic Ocean. Although it is small in size and not rich in products, it became a springboard for the Renaissance from Europe to the New World.

With the breakthrough of controllable fusion technology, the civilization of the earth has entered the second half of the early space age, and got the ticket to the distant world. However, to go to more distant places, the earth civilization also needs a springboard.

Clearly, the Moon has such potential.

It is simply a natural "harbour" and an experimental field.

If they can overcome the harsh lunar environment and go further afield, there should be no big problem.

Seemingly getting the expected answer from Lu Zhou, the old man nodded and put his hands behind his back.

"Then I'm relieved... Speaking of which, how long will it start?"

Lu Zhou glanced at the time on his watch and replied.

"It's about to start!"

While talking, the hour hand has come to the right hour.

The uniformed staff in the command room are like clockwork gears that have been wound up, busy in an orderly manner.

The units quickly completed the final inspection of the equipment, and with the reply that everything was normal came from the moon, the commander of the ground command center finally issued the command to "start loading".

Following this command, on the moon more than 300,000 kilometers away, an experimental cargo capsule shaped like a bullet was installed on the launch track with the efforts of the staff of the lunar scientific research station.

The total weight of the entire cargo compartment is six tons, and it is filled with biological research samples such as lunar soil rocks collected from the moon, space crops and seeds harvested by planting units, and Dr-111 active substances.

If these goods were brought back to Earth through the original method, the cost per kilogram would be at least 200,000 yuan or more.

And if the almost zero-cost superconducting magnetic track can be used instead of the return capsule driven by chemical propulsion, the cargo can be launched directly from the surface of the moon to the earth-moon transfer orbit, and then the Queqiao will move back and forth along the specific orbit. These goods are collected and brought back together, and the cost per kilogram of goods can even be reduced to less than 2,000 yuan.

This may sound unbelievable, but in fact it is.

If this project can be realized, at least dysprosium and terbium with a value of more than 1,000 yuan per kilogram, and scandium group rare minerals with a value of more than 10,000 yuan per kilogram—these strategic resources that are related to the lifeblood of high-tech industries can all be obtained from the moon. Get it on

If this project can be realized, this will undoubtedly become a milestone in the history of spaceflight.

Now, all the preparations are in place.

Everything is on the line!

As the green lights on the floor-to-ceiling screen turned on one after another, everyone standing in the command room involuntarily clenched their fists, waiting for the sound of the fate-determining countdown.

"ten."

"Nine."

"eight."

"..."

"three."

"two."

"one."

"zero."

"emission!"

The sonorous and forceful sound was like the firing of a starting gun.

After a delay of one second, a slight tremor sounded suddenly under the lunar land 300,000 kilometers away, and climbed onto the boots of the astronauts standing beside the launch track along the solid lunar rock. end.

The long-accumulated electric energy was released in an instant, converging into a solid plasma in the vacuum titanium alloy pipe, pushing the silver "bullet" forward with terrifying thrust.

In an instant, that white light seemed to pierce the space and distort the light!

The tens of kilometers long track was instantly crossed in less than a minute!

The cargo hold suddenly shot from the surface of the moon to the sky, like a bullet from the muzzle of a gun, and along with the billowing moon dust that was lifted up, they rushed to the vast starry sky together.

The angle of view gradually lengthened, and the camera switched to the Moon Palace.

Under everyone's gaze, the silver-white bullet looked like one of thousands of stars, with a green beacon flashing above its head, rising rapidly from one side of the moon, and then drawing a long and narrow arc , galloping towards the direction of the earth-moon transfer orbit...

Half the battle has been done!

However, everyone in the ground command center did not dare to take it lightly.

The first half of the launch mission is mainly responsible for the moon palace, while the second half of the merging, docking and final return is completely provided by the ground command center for navigation guidance.

The battlefield that belongs to them has just begun!

"The control system of the cargo compartment is connected successfully, and the operation of the instruments is being checked..."

"The instrument parameters are all normal! Connect to the active navigation system!"

"The navigation system has been successfully activated! The speed of the cargo compartment is 2.77km/s, and it is approaching the Queqiao 3 cargo spacecraft. The relative distance is 507 kilometers, and it is expected to contact in 183 seconds!"

In the radar, the arcs outlined by two light yellow curves intersect together, and the two flashing green dots are slowly moving along the two arcs respectively, and slowly approaching.

As they got closer, the heartbeats of everyone standing in the command room started to speed up.

Many young scientific research dogs with average psychological quality took deep breaths repeatedly, trying to control the disordered heart rate. And some old engineers, even though they are experienced, are not very optimistic about the situation at the moment. Some people have even taken out the prepared heart-saving pills from their pockets and are ready to swallow one at any time.

It is impossible not to be nervous.

There is only one chance!

Whether it is success or failure is all in one fell swoop!

It is not considered a victory just to hit the cargo hold into the sky with a cannon, but to bring it back to the sky is considered a real success. Otherwise, no matter how high the initial speed they can return to the cargo hold, it cannot be regarded as a real victory.

When the distance unit between the two flashing green dots dropped from km to m, almost everyone's heart rose to their throats, and they subconsciously held their breath.

This quarter of a second seems to be as long as a century.

Without the slightest sound, the two flashing green dots on the screen, under the watchful eyes of countless expectations, merged together as if it was a matter of course.

Everything is so natural.

No fragmentation occurred.

So much so that, even some...

Simple?

However, it was such a simple result. At the moment when the distance number returned to zero, deafening cheers exploded in the entire command room like a ignited detonator.

"Oooo!"

"We made it!"

"Woooooo... Finally, finally... GTMD, we really did it!"

applause.

whistle.

Cheers.

Excitement and joy filled everyone's chest, and also filled everyone's eye sockets.

Director Li clenched his fists excitedly.

Academician Yuan Huanmin chewed tears in his eyes, and his dry lips trembled slightly, not knowing what he was talking about.

Numerous engineers from Air Science Group, as well as researchers from the Aerospace Research Institute of Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, all gave out excited shouts.

Even the old man standing next to Lu Zhou couldn't help raising his arm and waving his right fist, shouting "Okay!"

Years or even decades of hard work have all been given realistic meaning at this moment.

Just today, they conquered the moon!

Bathed in the thunderous cheers, Lu Zhou stood motionless in the center of the command room like a statue. The ecstasy that was about to overflow from his chest made him speechless for a moment...

Through the noisy voice, Lu Zhou vaguely heard the communication from the Queqiao 3 cargo spacecraft announcing victory from the earphones on his head.

"This is the Queqiao 3 cargo spacecraft, and the package has been successfully recovered."

"We will bring back a gift from the moon in three days."

"Please remember to catch the wind for us!"

In fact, for him, this declaration of victory seemed a bit redundant.

Because at the moment when those two green dots met, a line of light blue dialog boxes had gradually been printed in those black eyes that were suddenly blurred due to excitement.

When Lu Zhou saw that line of text appearing, he didn't know how to describe the emotion in his heart at the moment.

How long has it been?

From the successful entry of the first aerospace plane into orbit, to Huaguo's first manned landing on the moon, to the full-scale catch-up of the Moon Palace and the Lunar Hadron Collider, and the subsequent boiling of the world caused by it...

All the hardships and sweat are connected in series at this moment.

This task chain, which has spanned a long time, has finally come to an end by him.

["Earth and Moon Control" task chain——]

【Finish! 】