As the Artemis astronauts visited the Yaoyue, enjoyed the magical and delicious oriental food, attended the party, and finally returned to the spacious cabin to lie down like a dream, they finally understood why Dr. Anna
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Compared with Artemis' "climactic", "backward", "messy" and "difficult" configuration, the configuration of Yaoyue can indeed be regarded as a cruise-level scientific research ship - except that it does not have independent toilets and bathrooms
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Even in the public restrooms and bathrooms, the bathroom conditions at Yaoyuehao are also very good. Although it is a public restroom, every four people can enjoy one toilet and bathroom.
Therefore, the crew of Artemis also took a real "bath" for the first time in the past two months.
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"Joseph, are you sure you want to stay?"
In the command room at the bow of the ship, Captain Yang, Professor Huo Liang and Joseph were sitting at a rectangular "glass" table, each holding a cup of tea and chatting.
Joseph took a sip of coffee and nodded slightly: "We still have to drive the spacecraft back to orbit."
This time, the three of them did have to stay an extra day before taking off, and then they had to conduct a merge inspection with the International Space Station in orbit, and then wait until the launch spacecraft on Earth brought repair parts to complete the repairs before they could return.
Professor Huo Liang smiled and said: "Then let's take off together tomorrow. We will merge into orbits in the air, then dock, and you will transfer directly over. Then we can go home together."
Joseph laughed.
He smiled and shook his head, but inadvertently looked around the entire command hall of the spacecraft.
The more he watched, the more difficult he became to calm down.
As the commander, he is also considered the captain of Artemis.
But my own ship... and other people's ships...
They can even grow vegetables, cook rice, and even fry sugar in space!
——Tonight, they ate the freshest vegetables.
Okay... let's not compare.
Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Joseph concealed his emotions and sighs.
Putting down the cup, feeling the same gravity as the earth, he hesitated and asked: "By the way, when you land, do you also land through an anti-gravity field?"
Professor Huo Liang and Captain Yang looked at each other. They both smiled and nodded at the same time: "With this, it should be more convenient when taking off and landing, and then the artificial gravity should be more comfortable. The rest is of no great use."
From the moment Yaoyuehao decides to broadcast live, it means that the anti-gravity field and gravity field will become an open secret. At this time, there is no need to hide it.
However, although it has been made public, the level of secrecy surrounding this force field is so high that it is hard to imagine.
Let's put it this way, even Captain Yang and Professor Huo, the captain and the chief scientist of the ship, do not have any technical access rights.
It's just that Professor Huo Liang, because he participated in the design of the spacecraft, knows that both the anti-gravity field and the gravity field are hidden inside the ship - if you want to remove them, you can't even see them unless you dismantle the spacecraft.
What does the gravity module look like?
When Captain Yang said it was of no "big use", the expressions of the three Artemis astronauts became strange.
"This is...a technology that can change the world!"
"No way? Didn't you all come up the same way?" Professor Huo Liang laughed and said modestly: "It's not of much use, just enjoy it more."
"That's different." An astronaut took over and said: "If anti-gravity technology is used in cars, then in the future, aerial vehicles in the science fiction world can also be realized on the ground."
Professor Huo Liang laughed: "Aerial vehicles may be a bit difficult because the posture is difficult to adjust and the driving track is difficult to plan. But it is probably okay to use it on an airplane..."
"That's amazing, and the engine of the Yao Yue can also support the design of the spacecraft to be larger and used for ocean trade..."
"Haha, that's not what we care about." Professor Huo laughed: "After all, we have just entered the fusion era, and we have just taken the first step in developing the moon. It seems too early to achieve energy freedom."
"That's not necessarily the case. According to your speed, next time you come back, it will be another factory..."
"No, no, it can't be that fast."
"You are always very fast."
"Haha, we were just a little bolder, it was just a fluke." Captain Yang smiled and glanced at his watch: "It's almost 0 o'clock, how about we prepare to take a rest?"
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Watching the three people board the gangway and walk towards the living cabin, Captain Yang and Professor Huo Liang looked at each other again, and both of them smiled at the same time.
The Artemis astronauts did stick to the rules after coming up - the Astronaut Manual, Artemis's side only had a lot more rules than this side.
But obeying the rules does not mean that they are not "curious" and want to know about Yaoyuehao's follow-up actions.
Since these people were closely connected with the follow-up mission of Yaoyue and the development of the moon, it was natural that they would not be able to continue the conversation that day.
"The Americans are indeed a little anxious." Professor Huo Liang sighed with a smile: "I heard Mr. Ye say that they are planning to bring Musk's ship to the moon and build a space factory."
"But they don't have a gravity field, so it's definitely inconvenient." Captain Yang thought for a moment, stretched out his hand and pressed a button under the glass table, and the glass lit up.
This table is actually a monitor panel.
"You see, without the anti-gravity field, they can only land vertically. Although SpaceX has rich experience in vertical landing and recovery, it is an operation on the earth. When landing on the moon, you have to unload equipment...
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The screen shows a simulated model of a spacecraft landing on its butt.
Captain Yang shook his head: "Even if you open the support frame, you're still dancing on the tip of a knife. It's difficult."
Professor Huo smiled: "Actually, this is nothing... The main thing is that if they see us going up to the sky next time, not only will the invitation moon come up, but there will also be a three-thousand-ton cargo ship following behind... Do you think their mentality will be different?
Will it explode?"
"Hahaha!" Captain Yang's voice echoed throughout the command room.
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The next morning, Yaoyue dispatched two lunar rovers to return Joseph and the other three people who wanted to stay to Artemis, and then began the final preparations before takeoff.
The first is the ground equipment. What should be taken away must be taken away, and what should be left behind must be thoroughly inspected.
Next is the warehouse inspection. Even if there is an anti-gravity force field, the cargo boxes in the supply bay must be safe and stable, especially the helium 3 storage tanks, so there can be no problems at all.
Then there are the astronauts’ personal belongings, which must be put into the box during takeoff to ensure that they will not fly around when accelerating.
Finally... naturally there are various lunar soils and minerals.
This time, they brought back five tons of lunar soil, water ice and other resources.
Anyway, what various scientific research institutions want to study can be packed in sacks, and there is no need to talk about grams as before.
When everything was ready, Yaoyue finally activated its force field on the night of July 28th and slowly took off.
Three days later, Yaoyue slowed down to a predetermined speed in the Earth's orbit, began to follow the Earth's gravity, and embarked on a journey back to Earth.