On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, just after the Lantern Festival, it was time for the Star Catcher spacecraft to set off.
Here at the Xinghai Space Base, the huge Star is parked quietly in the open mountain. The huge hatch has been opened. There are supply trucks supplying materials to the Star. Several small anti-gravity spacecraft are also flying slowly.
Inside, engineers are fixing it.
In a nearby hall, the crew members who took the Star Catcher spacecraft to the asteroid belt this time were saying goodbye to their families.
It will take at least half a year to go there, and if you are unlucky, it may take up to a year to come back.
Although Xinghai Technology has strong technological capabilities and its spacecraft is the best spacecraft currently available, there are still many risks involved in mining asteroids, which is one of the factors that everyone is very worried about.
But there is no way. This time it is the company's order to mine asteroids. If you don't go, it won't work. If you don't go, if he doesn't go, the company won't be able to operate.
What's more, the company also made an offer that no one could refuse.
Needless to say, promotions and salary increases are natural, and the salary package provided during the trip to the asteroid belt is also extremely impressive, five times the usual amount. Working for one year is equivalent to working for five years.
Considering Xinghai Technology's extremely good salary package, this is very impressive.
Even if you are a chef on a spaceship, you can get one or two million for one trip. Other scientists, engineers, astronauts, etc. will also get at least tens of millions.
Is it possible not to go for such generous treatment?
"Take the baby at home."
Shi Kai kissed his wife gently, then squatted down against her belly to listen to the baby inside. He was the captain of the Star Catcher and the person in charge of capturing the asteroid this time.
He is very young, only twenty-seven years old, but he is already the father of two children, and this wife has another child in her belly.
"Hmm~"
"Don't worry, I will take care of myself."
Shi Kai's wife Yao Hong's eyes were slightly red. She was pregnant and needed her husband's company. However, her husband needed to go on an interstellar mission to mine asteroids in the asteroid belt. The journey was a full 200 million yuan.
kilometers, it will take at least half a year.
She was very reluctant to part with her, but she knew it was related to her husband's future.
The competition within Xinghai Technology is very fierce. There are a lot of talents, and everyone is young. Whoever climbs up first will have a great advantage. If he can get in touch with the boss Liu Yuan and leave a good impression, the value will increase in the future.
Soon.
This time when I went to the asteroid belt, the income was secondary. The key was to be promoted after I came back. This was something that countless people in the company envied.
Shi Kai also struggled to get such an opportunity, so naturally he couldn't miss it.
Even if you are reluctant to give up, you have to give up.
"Hmm~"
Shi Kai looked at his eldest son and second daughter next to him. The eldest son was already four years old, and the second daughter was just over one year old.
"Dad, are you on a business trip for a long time?"
The eldest son looked at Shi Kai and asked.
"This time, Dad is going to pick stars from the sky. When Dad comes back, will he bring you a little care?"
Shi Kai touched his son's head and said.
"Are you really going to reach for the stars?"
When his son heard this, his little eyes suddenly lit up.
"Of course, Dad never lied to you."
"After dad goes out, you will be the man in the family. You will be responsible for protecting mom, sister and the baby who is about to be born."
"Can you do it?"
Shi Kai said with a smile.
"Of course I can, I will protect my mother and sister."
"Then you're awesome. Come on, let's fist bump."
Shi Kai reluctantly said goodbye to his family. Just like other people in the hall, many people had already started crying. It took too long to leave this time, and because it was in the asteroid belt, there was no video call.
Nothing like that can be done.
"Time is up!"
Soon it was time to set off, and Shi Kai said goodbye to his family with his own salute.
After boarding the Star Catcher spacecraft, all the members quickly got busy, preparing for the final work before takeoff.
"Supply supplies completed~"
"Fuel loading completed~"
"The self-test system starts and starts automatic system check~"
"Engine No. 1 is normal!"
"Engine No. 2 is normal!"
"..."
In the control cabin of the Star Catcher, Shi Kai was lying on his captain's space chair, and the virtual machine in his mind was constantly reporting many data and situations on the spacecraft.
"Close the hatch!"
Soon, following Shi Kai's order, the hatches of the spacecraft began to slowly close.
"Ground command center, Star Catcher applies for takeoff!"
"Allow takeoff, have a safe trip!"
Soon, the ground control center approved the takeoff application.
"All crew members on the Star Catcher, please pay attention. The Star Catcher will take off in three minutes. Please do all the work before takeoff and prepare to take off!"
The announcement sounded again, and everyone on the spacecraft became nervous, lying on their seats, waiting quietly, waiting for the start of this voyage, and looking forward to having a new experience in space.
"take off!"
Soon, three minutes passed. Following Shi Kai's order, the Star Catcher began to tremble slightly, and its powerful anti-gravity engine began to work.
I saw that the Star Catcher was like a weightless feather, floating very lightly, rising continuously, getting faster and faster, and soon turned into a small dot and disappeared into the blue sky.
Within a few minutes, the Star Catcher flew into space and began to enter orbit around the Earth. While flying around the Earth, it constantly adjusted its orbit and gained an increasingly faster initial velocity.
"Out of Earth orbit!"
After several orbital changes, the speed, direction, angle, etc. of the Star Catcher have been adjusted. Everything is running according to the computer calculations. It also decisively begins to leave the earth's orbit and move towards the area in front of the earth's revolution direction.
The asteroid belt flies away.
"Start accelerating!"
Following Shi Kai's order, all the engines on the Star Catcher began to fire up, and the heavy-duty rocket engines ejected long, dazzling white flames, providing strong power, causing the Star Catcher's speed to continue to soar.
"50 kilometers per second!"
"70 kilometers per second!"
"100 kilometers per second!"
The speed of the Star Catcher is getting faster and faster, and it is getting further and further away from the earth.
Shi Kai turned back and looked in the direction of the earth. The blue planet was emitting a charming light, like a bright pearl in the vast starry sky, bright and eye-catching.
"gorgeous!"
Although this is not the first time I have seen the Earth from space, I am deeply attracted, shocked and amazed by its beauty every time.
This is the cradle of humankind and the paradise of life!
"Stop all engines and enter coasting flight mode!"
"Turn on the gravity generating device!"
After the Star Catcher accelerated to the predetermined speed of 150 kilometers per second, Shi Kai decisively issued the order.
Soon, the slight trembling on the spacecraft stopped, and at the same time the gravity generating device was turned on. Everyone who was originally light and airy suddenly felt a force of gravity.
"This gravity generating device is really amazing. It can actually generate gravity in space."
"It's much more comfortable this way. Without gravity, it would be a bit uncomfortable, cause too much inconvenience, and have a huge impact on the body."
Shi Kai carefully felt the gravity on the Star Catcher and nodded with satisfaction.
I have carried out missions in space many times. This is the first time I have been on a spacecraft with a gravity generating device. It feels quite good. It is almost the same as on the earth. Life and work are convenient and comfortable.
too much.
The Star Catcher spacecraft is advancing rapidly in the starry sky, with a speed of 150 kilometers per second, which can be said to be an extremely terrifying speed on earth.
However, in the vast starry sky, it seems to be motionless, and everything around it seems to have not changed at all.
The universe is so vast!
At such a speed, there is no difference between it and the original place in front of it.
But for humans, this is already the fastest speed currently. It is also the first time humans have tried to capture asteroids and open up new resources and fields. It is a great progress and a leap forward.
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