Chapter 133, Moon Base

The area of ​​the lunar base is not large, just less than 1,000 square meters. It is entirely made of alloy steel plates. It is divided into many independent rooms. Each room is independent of each other and each has its own independent survival system. , the purpose is naturally to prevent that after a problem occurs in one place, other rooms can still be used normally, fully ensuring the safety of the lunar base.

"Start the detection system!"

After various equipment and instruments were transported into the lunar base, Nan Junpeng started the automatic detection equipment.

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

"Dudu! If you find a leak, please repair it immediately."

"Li Yang, go to room 8 to repair the air leakage. Huh, luckily there is only one air leakage problem. Everything else is perfect."

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

After all, this lunar base is made of alloy steel plates that have been planned in advance. Even with the precise combination and design, one or two small problems will inevitably occur. After all, it was spliced ​​together on the moon, and there is only one leak. Anger is nothing.

"The air leakage point has been repaired, the lunar base has been tested to be in perfect condition, and trial operation has begun."

Soon, Li Yang repaired the air leakage point, 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 could operate perfectly without serious major hidden dangers and problems. We know that this base is China's bridgehead to march on the moon.

In the future, China will definitely build more lunar bases with more complete functions and larger lunar bases on the moon, but everything depends on this small lunar base as the foundation and springboard, so there must be no problems.

Seven astronauts including Nan Junpeng, Li Yang, and Xiao Mingguang returned to the "Hou Yi" space shuttle. After eating to replenish energy, they began to fall asleep one by one. In order to complete the work of the lunar base in one go, I have been working for more than ten hours.

Wearing thick space suits on the moon and working so hard for so long, even though they were in good physical condition, they were already quite tired. Soon, all of them fell into a deep sleep.

According to the moon landing plan, they will work on the moon for several days to complete the construction of the lunar base runway and the lunar base. Later, they will also drive a lunar rover to conduct resource exploration on the moon, collect lunar resource samples, and many other tasks. They are expected to return The time for sailing back is October 4, 2019.

On Earth, here at the command center of the Jiuquan Space Center, the actions of the seven astronauts on the moon were naturally carried out strictly in accordance with the instructions of the command center. At this time, all the scientists in the command center had smiles on their faces, because until now So far, everything is going perfectly.

After successfully landing on the moon, building a lunar base, and operating the lunar base perfectly, 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 aircraft can land directly on the lunar surface. Later, the runway will be continuously lengthened and widened to build a large airport. Traveling to and from the moon will be more convenient in the future. Convenient and fast.”

"It's just that this lunar base is too small, and it's quite troublesome to build. It seems that in the future we will have to build a larger aerospace aircraft to directly transport the completed base to the moon, and eventually form a large moon Just the base.”

Liu Shiying looked at the various data sent back from the lunar base. It was already the morning of October 2nd, and many scientists stayed up all night because no one knew whether there would be any critical situation. Everyone needs to think of ways to remedy this.

Seeing that everything was running perfectly, Liu Shiying also stretched and prepared to go back and take a rest like other scientists. After all, there were still several days of busy work ahead.

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

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

The extensive use of aerospace aircraft can transport materials to space very quickly, cheaply and efficiently. Even transporting to the moon is much cheaper than other countries on the earth transporting materials to space by launching rockets. times, and the amount of transportation is far beyond what rockets can carry.

A behemoth like a rocket looks very huge, but the materials it can transport are pitiful and the cost is high. A launch vehicle used to launch satellites or spacecrafts and other spacecrafts can easily cost hundreds of millions. .

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

But now China, which has mastered the aerospace plane, is different. The aerospace plane is very safe, reliable, and convenient, and because it only consumes electricity and compressed air, it is very cheap. More importantly, Li Fu has developed black gold materials, and the cost of the aerospace plane has been reduced to 3 billion Chinese yuan. 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 plane, this cost can be further reduced. This is why China can ambitiously propose to develop the space industry and take the space industry as the core and pillar of confidence.

8 hours later, it was already 14:00 on October 2, China time. The 7 astronauts far away in the lunar base woke up one after another. After eating to replenish their energy, they put on their space suits and drove the lunar rover to start their intense and busy work.

"The lunar base is running very well, without any problems."

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

"Lan Yu and Liu Qi stay at the base and the aerospace plane, and the others drive the lunar rover to explore resources."

Nan Junpeng began to divide the work. Today, their tasks are still very heavy, and they have to complete the exploration of resources around the lunar base, collect samples, etc.

Five lunar engineering vehicles left five long traces on the lunar surface. Nan Junpeng and his five companions were divided into two groups and began to explore resources in two directions. Lan Yu and Liu Qi continued to stay at the base and the aerospace plane to set up solar panels and transport materials in the aerospace plane.

The energy source of the lunar base was the same magnetic field battery on the aerospace plane. The two large magnetic field batteries had millions of kilowatt-hours of electricity, which was enough to ensure the operation of the lunar base for a long time. However, for safety reasons, solar energy panels were also indispensable and could be used as supplementary energy.

Xiao Mingguang, Yu Haitian, and Ouyang Hao drove three lunar rovers on the lunar surface. The moon was very desolate and full of potholes. These were all formed by the impact of meteorites from space. Large basins and lunar seas on the moon were all formed by the impact of large meteorites.

These pits and bumps are caused by the impact of small meteorites. Because the air on the surface of the moon is very, very rare, even less than one billionth of the air on the earth, it can be said that there is no air at all, so meteorites from space will not burn up like the earth due to air friction.

Whether it is a large meteorite or a small meteorite, they can make pits on the surface of the moon. Over a long period of time, the current landforms on the surface of the moon have gradually formed. Large meteorites hit huge basins and lunar seas, and small meteorites hit the surface of the moon and made pits and bumps.

From this point alone, why can the earth breed life? Because the huge atmosphere on the surface of the earth helps to receive many meteorite impacts from space. Generally, small meteorites hitting the earth will not have any impact on the earth at all, and will burn cleanly in the atmosphere.

As for large meteorites hitting the earth, they will also burn due to air friction, greatly reducing their mass and volume. After hitting the earth, the power is also greatly reduced, and it will never be as direct as the moon.

Moreover, research by cosmic astronomers has shown that the Earth's satellite, the Moon, has actually acted as a shield many times in history. There have been several times in history when large meteorites that were large enough to cause devastating disasters were about to hit the Earth, but they were ultimately blocked by the Moon. From another perspective, the Moon can also be regarded as the Earth's bodyguard.