Chapter 524 Leakage in the house happens to rain all night
Chapter 524 The house leaked and it rained all night
During the emergency video conference of the Geographical Union Association.
NASA director Bill looked embarrassed.
The reason why he was embarrassed was mainly because of the Space Exploration Company matter. Other members of the Earth Alliance had previously reminded NASA to ask Bill and Musk to communicate well and not to increase the scale of Starlink satellites.
However, Musk’s backer is not Bill and NASA, but the Pentagon.
In order to ensure comprehensive monitoring of the Homo sapiens company and maintain a certain strategic space power, the Pentagon still resisted the pressure and allowed the Space Exploration Company to continue launching Starlink satellites.
However, what happened today suddenly exposed the vulnerability of Starlink satellites.
Although the cost of mass-produced Starlink satellites is very low, dozens of Starlink satellites can be launched at one time using ordinary Falcon launch vehicles.
The problem is that it is very easy to launch this thing into low-Earth orbit, but it is very troublesome to clean it up.
There are more than 3,000 Starlink satellites, plus other satellites of Homo sapiens and Terrestrial Alliance, and there are currently 5,632 satellites in operation in the entire low-Earth orbit.
This number is really too crowded.
As the management of the Land Alliance makes the decision.
Alexander, the head of Lucia's space department, thought for a while and expressed some of his own opinions:
"I agree with Zhang's idea. There are more and more space junks in low-Earth orbit. The longer it goes on, the greater the danger of low-Earth orbit. We should arrange a spacecraft to bring people back as soon as possible!"
Everyone was silent at this time.
They are all professionals, so they naturally know that the situation of the rescue spacecraft is not optimistic at this time. Even if it successfully reaches the space station, there will not be enough fuel to return to the earth.
After some discussion, everyone decided to launch the first emergency rescue spacecraft 5 days later, and the second emergency rescue spacecraft 12 days later.
It's just that if people are unlucky, they may choke to death even if they drink water.
Five days passed by.
"Bill, I hope you can understand that if we don't act now, I'm afraid it will be even more troublesome in the future."
The solar storm arrived as promised and once again swept across the Earth-linked satellites in low-Earth orbit.
The satellite debris flying everywhere makes the staff at the ground launch center feel like they are facing a formidable enemy. They monitor the satellite debris and adjust the flight direction of the spacecraft at the same time.
Although Bill was unwilling, he finally chose to compromise.
A Falcon Heavy launch vehicle is ready at the launch site in Florida.
Instead of waiting for a rescue spaceship, a scrap spaceship arrived. It was really a state of mind.
"The solar flare just erupted again, with an energy intensity of X2 level. It is expected to reach the earth in 35 minutes, affecting..."
More than thirty minutes passed in a blink of an eye.
Astronauts Zhang Ming, Owen, Kim Sang-moon, Robert and others in the new International Space Station also breathed a sigh of relief.
In a blink of an eye.
Then the spacecraft hit the solar panel of the space station. This situation made Zhang Ming and other astronauts inside the space station feel dumb and helpless to complain.
"Starlink satellites have been affected by solar storms, resulting in a large amount of space debris that is scurrying around in low-Earth orbit. The space station is almost scrapped."
The helpless reality of a bad start cast a shadow over the hearts of everyone present.
But they were not too happy.
Inside the Ground Launch Center of GLA.
However, he did not dwell on it, but quickly notified it so that other departments of the company could prepare as soon as possible to avoid being affected by the solar storm.
If we don’t save people now, it will not only chill the hearts of the astronauts, it will also plummet the morale of the free world, and it will also be detrimental to a series of future cooperation between the four major forces.
It's just that they were happy too early.
The spacecraft that lost a lot of fuel began to suffer from insufficient power, and it became increasingly difficult to control its flight attitude.
Usually when you say something like this.
In other words, this rescue spacecraft is useless.
Ceylon Ocean.
More than two hours later.
The person in charge, Huang Xiancai, raised his head and realized that Wu Sigong knocked on the door and walked in: "Old Wu, why are you here in such a hurry?"
In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, the Earth Federation Association has prepared four launch vehicles and four emergency rescue spacecraft, two of which are used as rescue spacecraft, and the remaining two are used as backup spacecraft.
However, when the spacecraft entered the orbital area at an altitude of 300 kilometers, it began to run into trouble.
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Bill, Alexander, Conde and others who watched the launch through live broadcast saw that the launch process was very smooth, and there was a hint of relief on their faces.
After all, the two emergency rescue spacecraft will take time. During this period, they must ensure the safety of the space station and prevent other accidents.
Suddenly his landline phone rang, and Huang Xiancai picked up the phone: "Hey, this is the Sun Monitoring Office. Why do you need help?"
As the commander pressed the launch button, the nozzle of the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle suddenly spit out light blue flames, pushing the launch vehicle towards low-Earth orbit.
Bill hesitated for a moment: "Zhang... Zhang, are you too anxious? In fact, the space station can still support it for a while, so there is no need to be too anxious."
If nothing else, an accident will happen.
Wu Kang, who was still stationed at the space station, was almost numb when faced with this solar storm.
President Kestekunde quickly comforted him: "Zhang, don't be angry. It has happened. Now we should find a way to save the eight astronauts on the space station."
At first, everything went very smoothly.
Just after the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle dropped its booster and first stage near the Kármán line, the spacecraft began its orbital maneuver.
The rescue spacecraft finally slowly arrived at the new International Space Station.
"I propose to adjust the recent launch missions, postpone the moon base plan, and then free up two lunar landing spacecraft to safely bring the eight astronauts back to Earth."
The space station, which was already in a semi-disabled state, became even more precarious under the impact of the solar storm.
After the rescue spacecraft made three consecutive dramatic maneuvers and changed its orbit, it was hit by a titanium alloy piece the size of a fingernail that hit the fuel tank at an altitude of 377 kilometers.
Others began to whisper.
For example, when the rescue spacecraft was launched this time, the rescue spacecraft was directly scrapped due to the dense presence of space debris.
In desperation, Bill could only agree to adjust the launch mission and use the two lunar landing spacecraft for the emergency mission of retrieving astronauts from the space station.
This time, the solar storm destroyed 12 Starlink satellites, further expanding the space debris in low-Earth orbit, and increasing the risk of entering and exiting low-Earth orbit.
Inside the solar monitoring office.
Huang Xiancai was stunned for a moment before he realized: "What's going on?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the alarm sounded again in the office.
Suddenly, the methane in the fuel tank leaked rapidly.
After listening to the report, Huang Xiancai frowned.
"It's urgent. There was another solar flare just now. Although the level was smaller than last time, it..."
Ceylon Island, headquarters of Homo sapiens Space Division.
Then the rescue spacecraft was hit by space debris again, destroying some of the spacecraft modules again.
But Zhang Ming and others were extremely anxious at this time.
Because the gas and liquid inside the space station are decreasing, if they cannot obtain supplies within the next half month, or return directly to the earth, they will be in big trouble.
However, there is now too much space junk in low-Earth orbit, which has seriously affected the Earth Alliance's spacecraft entering and exiting the atmosphere.
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