In the vast and empty void, there is eternal loneliness and coldness, without any changes or waves for hundreds of millions of years. Compared to the living planet, the starry sky is a dead place.
However, there are countless treasures and wealth hidden in this dead land.
At this moment, the Star Catcher spacecraft is dragging the asteroid towards the orbit of the earth. The reason why it is not said to be flying towards the earth is because dragging the asteroid mainly relies on the strong gravity of the sun, allowing it to
It forms an orbit that connects with the Earth, and ultimately relies on the gravity of the sun to pull the asteroid.
More than thirty days have passed, and we are getting closer and closer to the earth. We can even see the earth with the naked eye in our field of vision. Although it is still a very small dot, its light is still guiding the capturers.
Everyone on board the Star is looking forward to returning to Earth as soon as possible.
"The orbit and data have been confirmed again, and it will converge with the Earth at the scheduled time, orbit and angle!"
What Xia Zhigang and Ouyang Fei have to do every day is to constantly calculate the data of the earth's orbit and the orbit of the asteroid, and calculate the probability and possibility of the two meeting.
This matter is very important because it affects the success or failure of this operation.
More importantly, it is also related to the security of the earth.
The asteroid towed by the Star Catcher has a mass of more than 200 million tons. Such a massive asteroid is comparable to the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs. Once it hits the earth, it will produce energy comparable to millions of Hiroshima atomic bombs.
, enough to cause devastating disasters to the earth.
Therefore, it must be accurately calculated to ensure that it will only pass tangent to the earth's orbit and will not directly hit the earth. At the same time, preparations must be made in all aspects, and it will have to be destroyed in case of a mistake.
This asteroid.
Such precise calculations are also a great test for scientists.
It is necessary to accurately grasp all the data of the earth and asteroids, and repeatedly use supercomputers to simulate and calculate in order to obtain more accurate results and data.
Of course, it's not just the scientists on the Star Catcher who are calculating this. On Earth, scientists from the Academy of Astronomy and Astronomy of the Xinghai Academy of Sciences are also constantly calculating over and over again. They have to calculate every day. Even supercomputers are constantly calculating based on the current situation.
The data is calculated over and over again.
This is to ensure nothing goes wrong.
The fact that the Starcatcher dragged the asteroid back to Earth soon became known to scientists on Earth.
There are various monitors and detectors surrounding the earth, including satellites and detectors launched into space by countries around the world specifically to detect asteroids.
The impact of an asteroid on the earth is enough to cause devastating disasters to humans on earth, so this aspect is also taken very seriously, and there are many movies with similar themes.
What an asteroid is about to hit the earth, how terrifying its future will be, enough to destroy mankind on earth, etc. Then a team was temporarily ordered to carry a powerful nuclear bomb into space to be responsible for destroying the asteroid. After a series of
The difficult operation finally succeeded in rescuing mankind.
There are many such movies, and they are often relatively popular. This is mainly due to human beings' own sense of crisis.
Human beings are intelligent beings, and the characteristic of intelligent life is that they are full of thinking about the future, and crisis will arise in thinking. This is also the driving force for human beings to keep moving forward.
"Oh, God!"
"An asteroid with a length of more than 1,000 meters and a mass of more than 200 million tons will collide with the Earth!"
Here at a cosmic astronomy science center on Earth, when scientists detected an asteroid in space, they couldn't help but exclaimed after repeated confirmations.
According to their calculations, the asteroid will almost collide head-on with the Earth.
"The mass exceeds 200 million tons. If it collides with the Earth, the energy generated would be comparable to millions of Hiroshima nuclear bombs. The impact location would be the center of the Atlantic Ocean."
"Oh God, the tsunami that will be set off by then is estimated to be over a thousand meters, and the earthquakes generated will be unprecedented, enough to cover most of the American continent, European continent and African continent."
"Announce this immediately!"
The scientists quickly calculated and announced and reported the news to superior units as soon as possible.
The news spread rapidly at an extremely terrifying speed. Just a few minutes later, the relevant news report immediately appeared in everyone's field of vision.
"Friends, viewers, please interrupt us with a major news item."
"According to the latest news released by the space agency, an asteroid with a mass of more than 200 million tons is speeding towards the Earth and will collide head-on with the Earth in 7 days. Once it hits the Earth, its power will be comparable to hundreds of millions of tons.
The energy generated when ten thousand nuclear bombs explode.”
"According to scientists' calculations, the impact site is located in the center of the Atlantic Ocean. Once it collides with the Earth, an unprecedented super earthquake will occur at that time, and at the same time, a terrifying tsunami of more than a kilometer will be set off, covering the American continent and the African continent.
,Continental Europe."
"This asteroid will be the one that poses the greatest threat to mankind this century. Countries are currently communicating with each other, and scientists are making repeated calculations and confirmations."
"An asteroid capable of destroying humanity will collide head-on with the Earth!"
"An asteroid with a mass of more than 200 million tons will collide with the earth in seven days, which will cause a devastating disaster to the earth."
"..."
Relevant reports were almost overwhelming, and it immediately became the hottest news at the moment. Countless people were shocked when they saw the news.
It used to be just scenes and pictures in movies, but now it has become a real thing.
There is really an asteroid with a mass of more than 200 million tons flying towards the earth. Its power is enough to destroy humans on the earth and bring the earth back to the Stone Age.
Suddenly, people all over the earth were in panic, and scientists from all over the world were desperately calculating relevant data, and at the same time, they were convening emergency meetings to discuss this.
However, soon, Xinghai Technology also announced a piece of news.
"The asteroid that is about to collide with the Earth is an asteroid mined back to the Earth by Xinghai Technology through a spacecraft in the asteroid belt. Most of it contains iron elements."
"Xinghai Technology will smelt this asteroid in space, thereby obtaining a large amount of steel resources."
"Everyone should rest assured that this asteroid will not pose any threat or harm to the earth. Everything is under control."
Xinghai Technology officially announced this time and also released detailed information.
The length, width, height, mass, and composition of the asteroid, as well as related images of the Starcatcher dragging the asteroid back to Earth, etc., have also been announced by scientists from Xinghai Technology’s detailed calculations of it and the Earth’s orbit.
Xinghai Technology also announced a detailed plan for mining asteroids to prove that Xinghai Technology is fully capable of controlling this asteroid and that it will not pose a threat to the earth. Even if there is a threat, Xinghai Technology can immediately Deal with it within and eliminate the threat.
The original intention of Xinghai Technology is naturally to eliminate everyone's fear of this asteroid, and at the same time it also proves how far human science and technology has developed, and it is now possible to mine asteroids in the asteroid belt.
However, as Xinghai Technology announced that the asteroid was dragged here by itself, it immediately stirred up waves. Xinghai Technology seemed to have suddenly turned into a street rat, and everyone shouted.
"What kind of joke is Xinghai Technology kidding?"
“Is mining asteroids a joke and risking the lives of billions of people on the planet?”
"You know that if anything goes wrong and this asteroid collides with the earth, it will be enough to destroy the entire human civilization on the earth."
"Xinghai Technology must destroy this asteroid immediately and apologize to people all over the world. No, to a company like Xinghai Technology, it should be completely closed down and disbanded. For the sake of one's own strength, regardless of the life and death of human beings around the world. , how selfish this is.”
"I also think Xinghai Technology has gone too far this time. In the past, when resources were mined on the moon, it would not have much impact on the earth."
"But your mining of asteroids is undoubtedly a huge threat to the earth. No matter how good you say it, it can't change the fact that it will pose a threat to the earth."
"According to the relevant data released by Xinghai Technology, the asteroid has a mass of more than 200 million tons and is almost entirely composed of iron elements. This means that it is a 200 million-ton iron ore. According to the current market conditions, Calculated, its value will exceed 200 billion."
"Whether it's worth 200 billion or 2 trillion, it doesn't make any sense. The safety of our planet is the most important."
"Holy shit~ Xinghai Technology is really good at playing as always. This casual mining of an asteroid is actually worth 200 billion. It's too easy to make money."
"The development of science and technology has reached the point where it is possible to mine asteroids in the asteroid belt. It is incredible. Xinghai Technology is indeed the light of earth's technology. However, I also strongly oppose this time, because if this is really not careful, it may It will cause devastating disasters for the earth."
"If we hit Xinghai Technology, we must let Xinghai Technology destroy the asteroid immediately, and at the same time impose severe penalties on Xinghai Technology. This kind of company that threatens mankind on the entire earth should be completely allowed to disappear."
"Liu Yuan must be arrested immediately. He is playing with fire and is really too dangerous."