Just after the detector inspector reported to Wang Wei, the bridge of the Ziweixing spacecraft, which had been a little depressed because of the damage to the detector, was suddenly detonated by the news.

You must know that Ceres is one of their most important tasks in detecting the asteroid belt this time. Before arriving in the asteroid belt, Zhang Yi had already told them to explore the asteroid belt. It doesn't matter if other large asteroids are not found.

You can look for it again next time, but you must find Ceres. After all, Ceres is the largest asteroid that has been discovered in the asteroid belt and can even be called a dwarf planet. Therefore, Ceres plays a large role in the Earth’s solar system defense plan.

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And because of the size of Ceres, Zhang Yi and the others are planning to build a large number of defense facilities on Ceres. Building these defense facilities requires a lot of time, and what the entire earth and mankind lack now is precisely time.

Because according to the estimates of scientists from various countries on the earth, if the previously unknown civilization obtained the specific technological information of the earth and planned to invade the solar system, it would not give humans too much time. Otherwise, human beings’ solar system defense plan would not be able to

In such a hurry, all the major countries of human civilization have invested manpower and material resources in the solar system defense plan regardless of the cost.

So after entering the asteroid belt, Wang Wei and others have been looking for traces of Ceres.

Although Ceres is also an asteroid in the asteroid belt, it is somewhat different from the ordinary asteroids in the asteroid belt. Ceres is not only the largest known celestial body in the asteroid belt, but Ceres also has a relatively stable orbit.

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Of course, this is not the most important thing. What is more important is that based on the analysis of previous data observed on Ceres, it is concluded that there is a large amount of water on Ceres, which is even more important for the solar system defense plan.

After all, human beings need water for survival, and there is a lot of water on Ceres. This will play a very important role in the construction of various defense facilities in the asteroid belt in the future, and it will also be very important for the personnel stationed in the asteroid belt in the future.

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Because if there is no water, whether it is the engineering personnel building defense facilities in the asteroid belt in the future, or the water needed by the soldiers stationed here in the future, they can only be transported from Mars or the Earth. This will definitely be a huge problem for human civilization.

The burden, and more importantly, once a war really breaks out, the number of personnel stationed here will definitely increase geometrically, and the consumption of water will naturally increase geometrically, which will lead to the difficulty of defense.

Increase, not to mention that once the logistics are cut off, the personnel stationed here will face a situation where there is no water available.

Therefore, for Zhang Yi and for earth civilization, the most important thing is that there is water on Ceres. Of course, scientists on the earth have already determined that there is water on Ceres. However, due to the limitations of the imperial examination level of previous earth civilizations, human beings

Civilized scientists are still unable to figure out how much water there is on Ceres, so the most important purpose of Wang Wei and his team's search for Ceres this time is to locate Ceres and detect how much water resources there are on Ceres, and whether there are liquid water resources.

, of course, in addition to this, they are also responsible for the puzzle of detecting whether there is life on Ceres, even the most primitive and ancient life.

Because if there really is life on Ceres, it will greatly promote human exploration of the universe. It means that the emergence of life in the universe is not as difficult as many scientists imagine, and it means that the emergence of life in the universe is not as difficult as many scientists imagine.

Existence is very common, and even under relatively harsh environmental conditions, life can appear and survive.

"Report the status data of Ceres immediately?" Wang Wei, who came back to his senses, immediately ordered the staff in the spacecraft.

"Yes! Ceres' current speed is 16.1 kilometers per second, and its distance from our Ziweixing-1 is 3.5 million kilometers."

Wang Wei said, "Immediately report the current speed of our spacecraft."

The nearby crew member monitoring the status of the spacecraft replied: "Reporting to the captain, the current speed of our spacecraft is 17.5 kilometers per second."

"The spacecraft will immediately increase its speed to about 30 kilometers per second, wait until it is 400,000 kilometers away from Ceres, then slow down, and finally maintain the same speed as Ceres when it is 200,000 kilometers away." Wang Wei ordered.

"Yes, Captain! Crew members, please note that the spacecraft will accelerate after thirty meters. All personnel are asked to return to their posts and secure themselves, and always pay attention to the trajectory of all celestial bodies within a range of 100,000 kilometers around the spacecraft. If any abnormality occurs, please

Report immediately."

Soon, the nozzles of each engine of Ziweixing 1, which was originally moving at inertial speed, suddenly ejected streams of fire, and the spacecraft also gained acceleration power from these fires.

At the same time, the news that the spacecraft had discovered Ceres and was preparing to detect Ceres was also sent back to the earth under Wang Wei's order. However, at this time, because the spacecraft was not in the closest position to the earth, on the contrary, this

There is a distance of nearly 400 million kilometers between the spacecraft and the earth at that time. Even if the radio signal reaches the earth, it takes more than five hours. Fortunately, it will take some time for the spacecraft to reach the vicinity of Ceres, which is enough for the information sent by the spacecraft to be transmitted back to the earth.

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After all, even if the spacecraft travels at a speed of 50 kilometers per second, it will take nearly 20 hours to fly 3.5 million kilometers, and it also takes a certain amount of time for the spacecraft to speed up and decelerate, so it will take at least about 25 hours for the spacecraft to reach the predetermined position, so it is enough information

It spread back and forth.

Sure enough, 13 hours after they sent the information back to Earth, Wang Wei and the others received a reply from the command center, telling them that they must put the crew's business safety first when exploring Ceres, and told them,

Their parents, wives and children, as well as the entire earth civilization and human civilization, all hope that they can return safely.

When Wang Wei and others saw this piece of information, the entire crew on the spacecraft was a little excited. After all, they set off from the moon base and have been in the cold space for more than a year. As the saying goes,

Yes, the war lasted for three months, and a letter from home was worth ten thousand yuan, let alone more than a year.

Although it is said that the current development of human science and technology has become the distance between countries on the earth, it is no longer a distance, but this is only limited to the earth. If placed in the vast solar system and the vast universe, human technology

It's simply insignificant.

Take them now as an example. The fastest communication method of human civilization has not exceeded the speed of light. Therefore, their current location is only about 400 million kilometers away from the earth. However, the information sent from them must be
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