Under the leadership of Alili, everyone briefly visited several other rooms filled with weapons on the second floor before continuing to climb up the stairs.
But what disappoints Weiran is that no matter whether they are on the third, fourth or fifth floor, their layout is similar to that on the second floor. Except for the fact that the number of various weapons and ammunition is far greater than expected, the only difference is that there are more on the fifth floor.
Some computing units and consoles with their core components removed.
It was on one of the operating tables that Weiran discovered a newspaper from August 1990, which undoubtedly proved his previous guess that this place might have really been abandoned after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
After putting the newspaper back in place, Alili took them to the roof of the building to look at the big pot antennas that were covered with snow.
These big guys are extremely rusty. Even though the cold wind here is not strong due to the obstruction of the mountains in the distance, those big pot antennas still make horrible creaking noises from time to time.
Weiran, who found nothing, raised his telescope and looked at the hemispherical building on the top of the mountain in the distance. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "It seems that we can only go to the building on the top of the mountain to take a look."
"Take this, I'll need it later."
While Alili was talking, he took out several pairs of iron legs for mountain climbing from his bag and handed them to Wei Ran, Suisui, and Jima, who was taking a selfie with his mobile phone.
The group of people returned to the fifth floor of the building on the left. After everyone tied the iron feet to their shoes, Alili was the first to walk over on the rusty suspended plank road.
"Let's go up and have a look too." Wei Ran waited for Suisui who was following him to nod, and then he took steps to follow Alili.
They stepped on the creaking rusty steps all the way up. When they stepped on the steps dug out of the mountain, they became more and more careful. The suspended plank road just now was only ten meters long at least. There were handrails on both sides, but this
The handrails on both sides of the mountain steps are only two finger-thick, rusty steel wire ropes. Even because a few supporting pillars in the middle have broken, these two steel wire ropes may not even protect the people on the steps, but even themselves.
It's just that I'm working hard to support myself and I can't protect myself.
After emptying the bullets in the rifle's chamber, Wei Ran gave it back to Suisui to use as a trekking pole. When Ji Ma, who was following Wei Ran, saw this, he immediately emptied the chamber of the rifle in his hand and graciously gave it to Suisui who was walking on either side.
The ear in front of a person.
Under the leadership of Alili, the group climbed carefully on the snow-covered steps for nearly half an hour, and finally stood at the foot of the hemispherical building on the top of the mountain.
It's not obvious from the bottom of the mountain, but you can clearly see it from the top of the mountain. This hemispherical building, which is several stories high, is surrounded by a circle of barbed wire, and there is even a metal sign similar to "No Entry for Unused Persons" hanging on it.
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But now that the Soviet Union is gone, this sign cannot stop anyone. Even the padlock on the gate of the barbed wire fence was changed by Alili a long time ago.
After he used the key to open the iron door of the hemispheric building and the two similarly locked glass doors behind the iron door, the three people following him immediately attracted all their attention to the huge optical astronomical telescope in the center of the interior space.
force and the beam of light from the flashlight.
This huge telescope is at least four meters in diameter. The huge lens is facing a long glass skylight on the hemispherical dome. However, due to the snow cover outside, this skylight can only let out a little light.
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On one side of this large telescope, there is a row of cabinets covered with plastic sheets against the wall, as well as a control panel that is also covered tightly.
Wei Ran pointed the flashlight beam back at the optical telescope above his head, "This thing is not cheap. Just the lens on it is worth a lot of money if it can still be used."
"How about we dismantle it and take it away?" Jima said impatiently.
"Take it away?" Wei Ran laughed dumbly, "That lens probably weighs at least more than ten tons. If it were so easy to take away, I'm afraid it would have been taken away in the 1970s."
"How about breaking it and taking it away?" Ji Ma asked still unwilling to give up.
"Put away your bandit logic, it will be worthless if it is broken into pieces."
Wei Ran said but suddenly stopped, all his attention was attracted by the trademark on the console not far away.
"What's wrong?" Suisui, who had been standing next to Wei Ran, asked.
"Don't tell me, there are really valuable treasures here."
While speaking, Wei Ran lifted the thick plastic sheet covering the console and said, "There is such an old guy here."
"This is very valuable?" Ji Ma came up and asked, "Isn't there the same one in the building on the right just now?"
"Can that be the same?"
Wei Ran walked to the wall and pulled off the plastic sheets on the iron cabinets. He was completely relieved when he saw that all kinds of circuits and indicator lights were very complete.
"Can you please explain quickly?" Suisui caught up and asked.
"These cabinets"
While speaking, Wei Ran pointed to the cabinets placed against the wall, and then pointed to the console behind him, "And that console, they are a computer."
"Isn't this kind of thing obsolete a long time ago?" Suisui asked suspiciously, "Maybe its computing speed is not as fast as the cheapest laptop computer today."
"You can't say that"
Wei Ran walked back to the front of the console, bent down and wiped the metal plate with the word "cetyhь" on the console with his sleeve and said, "Unlike the large computers that have become mainstream today, and even various home computers, this is a
The ternary computer had a short-lived glory of less than ten years in the 1960s."
"What's the difference?" Jima asked confused.
"How can I know the difference if I'm not a computer major?"
Weiran stood up and changed the topic and said, "But according to the modern history records of the Soviet Union that I have learned, this ternary computer is very stable, and even maintenance is simpler than other computers of the same period. Even the production cost,
It was also the lowest at the time.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But unfortunately, the Soviet Union only produced about 50 units at that time. And soon, it was replaced by more expensive binary computers."
"Since there are so many advantages, why not continue to develop?"
Suisui said puzzledly, even though her father was a history professor, this girl had no interest at all in what happened before she was born.
"The mainstream theory is that because of Soviet bureaucracy, this ternary computer, although cheaper, was born at the wrong time, just in time for the years when Brezhnev was in power. At that time, the Soviet Union was from top to bottom.
There is corruption everywhere, so this kind of high-tech product that does not allow people to make more money will naturally not receive financial support. If Moscow State University, which studies it, can persist for a few more years to survive Brezhnev, maybe it will
There really is a chance to flourish.
But on the other hand, I remember Professor Alexi once mentioned that although this kind of ternary computer is more in line with computer logic in actual use, it consumes more power than the binary system of the same period. Especially in that era.
In an era dominated by vacuum tubes, the difference in power consumption was amplified by the power-hungry vacuum tubes themselves, making its use cost easily offset the advantage brought by manufacturing costs."
At this point, Wei Ran spread his hands and said, "Whether it is said that it was born at the wrong time or that it was not chosen by the times, in short, the greatest value of this kind of ternary computer today is only a small amount of existence and
Time gives it collection value.”
"But who would be willing to buy such a thing?" Jima asked disappointedly.
"Why don't you ask my dad how he is doing?" Suisui expressed her thoughts.
After hearing this, Wei Ran shook his head and looked up again at the huge optical telescope not far away, "Rather than selling it to someone, I think it's better to find out why there is a forgotten observatory here.
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"Victor, come here and take a look at this." Alili, who had been silent just now, pointed to a metal cabinet that he had pried open.
When the three heard the words, they immediately gathered around and discovered that there were square black plastic boxes neatly placed in the iron cabinet.
On the side of each box facing everyone, the time accurate to the second is written in neat pen handwriting. There is even an old-fashioned movie projector in a wooden box on the bottom floor of the cabinet.
He randomly pulled out a heavy plastic box. There was a label the size of a cigarette box on the front lid. In addition to the printed words "cccp" and "Soviet Academy of Sciences", the words "Venus Project 359" were also handwritten on it.
"Venus Project?359?"
Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, then a look of surprise appeared on his face, and he subconsciously turned back to look at the huge telescope again.
As if to verify his guess, Wei Ran carefully opened the plastic box in his hand. After seeing the full roll of film inside, he was completely sure of his judgment.
"Can you tell anything?" Alili asked, standing aside.
Weiran refastened the plastic box in his hand and put it back in place before exclaiming, "This may be an observatory set up by the Soviet Union when it was exploring Venus in the 1960s. As for these film films, it should be
It’s about the various types of detectors launched at that time.”
As he spoke, Wei Ran compared the labels on the side of these film protective boxes, found the one with the latest date, pulled it out, pointed to the writing on the front cover and said, "This is the last roll of film, and what is recorded on it is
1972, Venus 8.”
"Will there be aliens photographed here?" Jima asked expectantly.
Hearing this, Wei Ran pointed to the old-fashioned projector at the bottom of the cabinet with his toes, "Why don't we try to see if that projector still works? Then we'll know what's being filmed inside."
"That's a good idea!" Before Jima finished speaking, he had already lifted out the wooden box containing the projector and put it on the table not far away.
