Liu Bo's voice was conveyed through the communication system to the ears of everyone who was paying attention to the live box opening.
After a while, another voice sounded: "Is it normal for there to be traces of explosions on asteroids?"
"It's not normal. This asteroid comes from the asteroid belt. According to the current hypothesis, whether it is from a 'planetary' or from a planet being torn apart, there is no
This kind of impact mark is a tear mark. Unless it is exploded by the impact of other asteroids..."
"But there will be traces of impact, and the asteroid will probably disintegrate." Liu Bo took a few steps back and shared his vision: "Mr. Ye, what do you think?"
…
At the Xichang Space Center, Ye Ming and Director Zhang were watching the "blind box" opening at the scene.
For this asteroid, the significance of capturing it is far greater than the ability to use it, so opening a blind box... is actually just a joke.
No one expects to find any Jiutian Black Iron, vibranium or the like on this asteroid.
When Liu Bo said that there were traces of explosions on the asteroid, everyone, including Ye Ming, said it was a bit impossible.
Hearing Liu Bo ask himself at this time, Ye Ming pondered for a while and then said: "I am terrible at geology, but Aita should be okay. In this case, don't destroy it first, do superficial research first, and I will let Aita build it."
Let’s analyze it with a model.”
"OK."
After Ye Ming finished speaking, he opened his notebook and called up the Aita system. After thinking about it, he called out Yinta in his mind.
"Yinta."
"I'm in class."
"You are not a patrol officer. You can connect to ETA and conduct a comprehensive analysis of the surface traces of the asteroid captured this time to see if you can deduce the cause."
"OK……"
While Ye Ming was communicating with Yin Ta, his men were not idle either. He kept typing to tell Aita his analysis requirements.
——Because the asteroid capture project is observed throughout the entire process, and in the system settings, Aita will unconditionally retain videos and pictures of this kind of scientific research topic for a certain period of time, and even retain them permanently after manual intervention.
Yin Ta was very fast and she gave a reply right away.
"Based on the pictures, it can be determined that the state of the D side is consistent with the traces of the explosion impact force."
"Are you sure it was an impact?"
"There are no signs of impact."
As Yin Ta's voice fell, Aita also gave the exact same answer.
In the conference room, everyone looked at the modeling structure on the screen and fell into silence.
…
One day later, the several-thousand-ton asteroid was lifted up again by the spacecraft and carefully turned over.
In front of countless geologists, explosion trace scientists, and physicists, the "bottom" where it first landed on the moon was completely exposed.
If the traces of explosion shock waves on the side can still be used to guess, then you can almost see the molten bare metal layer on this side, which unabashedly reports what happened to it.
Or, it hit a big guy, and the violent collision did not disintegrate it, but had the effect of melting the metal - this is impossible.
Or, it was hit from a long distance by a high-temperature and high-energy bomb, such as a nuclear bomb.
Or...its bottom was hit by the high-speed jet of the spacecraft.
…
In the conference room, everyone looked at Ye Ming.
Although Ye Ming claims to not understand geology or explosives, he is a physicist and understands mechanics.
Ye Ming pursed his lips, looked at the inquiry sent by Director Niu in the notebook window, and breathed out softly.
"Through the cause modeling, I am more inclined to believe that it was formed by being hit by the high-speed jet of the spacecraft."
Ye Ming said and played a simulation animation completed by Yin Ta.
The animation is very rough, with only one engine nozzle facing an asteroid of the same size and texture.
The screen kept jumping, and the percentage of fit of the traces kept jumping. When the final engine output reached 20,000 megawatts and the asteroid was about fifty meters away, the surface phenomenon caused by it being hit by the jet was different from the
The surface of the captured asteroid reached a 95% fit.
Don't think that 95% is less than 100%. In this simulation, it can almost be regarded as a "perfect recovery".
There was silence again in the conference room.
After a while, Director Zhang finally let out a long sigh.
"Does that mean that a spacecraft has visited the asteroid belt?"
Ye Ming lowered his eyelids and breathed gently again: "Although... from a rigorous perspective, we can't be sure it must be a spaceship or something, but it is indeed the most realistic and logical explanation."
"Then..." Director Zhang opened his mouth, but couldn't speak for a while.
So does everyone here.
As aerospace experts and astronomers, except for some theoretical physicists and enthusiastic enthusiasts, there may be no one in the world who is more eager to capture information about extraterrestrial civilizations than they are.
But...that also depends on the situation.
People are most fearless when they are ignorant.
When mankind first entered space and landed on the moon, under the anti-war mentality at the time, Voyager 1 was launched into space - and for fear that aliens would not know the location of the earth, it provided a star map.
Not to mention words and languages, a "golden record" was also made of gold, which is enough to ensure its shelf life.
But with the advancement of technology, especially in recent years, humans have begun to touch dimensions...
Everyone is cautious about space and extraterrestrial civilizations.
Everyone can accept alien life, but... it is best for them to be a civilization with a lower technological level than the earth.
There is no need for human beings to base their security on the "goodwill" of civilizations stronger than themselves - human beings can show goodwill to lower civilizations, but they cannot expect higher civilizations to show goodwill to themselves.
In short, you must not have the intention to harm others, and you must not have the intention to guard against others.
This has basically become the consensus on interstellar civilization in recent years.
but now……
However, a trace of an "alien spacecraft" appeared in the asteroid belt...
You say, how to do this?
What does this make you think?
At this time, Ye Ming saw that Director Niu had sent a message again.
——"I'm not asking, it's the boss who is asking, what is the conclusion?"
After thinking about it, Ye Ming made a gesture to everyone and asked Aita to dial Director Niu's number.
"What should I say? Is there any conclusion?"
"The current conclusion is that we tend to believe that those are traces caused by the engine's jet stream."
Everyone in the conference room heard the cold breath taken by Director Niu, the head of Department Y, with his hands and eyes as bright as the sky.
After a while, Director Niu said in a deep voice: "Don't use this tone, I want you to have a certain feeling."
Ye Ming knew that Lao Niu was really anxious.
He closed his eyes, and the mission "Remains of Civilization" flashed in his mind.
"If you really want me to bet, then I will suppress it. It is the trace left by a spaceship."