Now that the Voyager spacecraft has entered the deceleration stage, in addition to daily emergency drills, people have another very important task.
That is to make every effort to observe the Jupiter system and obtain as much information about the Jupiter system as possible.
In fact, people have been doing this for a long time. As early as the earth's era, people launched hundreds of unmanned probes to the Jupiter system. After the old human civilization died and the new human civilization was born, many scientists also worked on it.
Study Jupiter.
But none of this is as good as having a large manned spacecraft with numerous instruments and equipment for close observation.
This is also preparation for subsequent orbit entry.
In the midst of people's expectations, in the days spent with starchy porridge and watery clear soup, time slipped away bit by bit.
There has never been a moment when people were so eager to reach the Jupiter system as soon as possible.
In the past, people would still feel that it would be nice to live a leisurely life like this. On the contrary, when they arrive at Jupiter, they have to start heavy construction tasks. But now, what people think about is that it is nothing to be miserable and tired, as long as there is meat to eat, what?
Not afraid.
Amidst this expectation, the huge Jupiter gradually changed from a bright spot to a disk in people's field of vision. Gradually, Jupiter's rings could also be directly seen visually, and then, the largest part of the Jupiter system
Satellites - the four Galileo satellites can also be directly seen.
They surround the huge Jupiter, like stars circling the moon.
At this time, Cheng Xuanjia was most solemn. Because the Voyager spacecraft did not have much fuel, it could be said that there was only one chance to enter orbit.
Walking carefully among the numerous satellites of Jupiter, always calculating the gravitational influence from each satellite, especially the several large satellites, carefully adjusting the course, thrust and speed of the Voyager spacecraft, sometimes a little faster, sometimes a little faster
Slower, it took several days, until all crew members were visibly haggard, and the Voyager spacecraft finally obtained a stable orbit.
The entry into orbit was successful.
A long journey of more than eight years and more than 13 billion kilometers finally came to an end at this moment.
For women who are pregnant at the beginning of their journey, the baby they give birth to is almost ready to go to elementary school.
Thinking back on the crises of all sizes encountered during the voyage - except for the most serious explosion, there were as many as three malfunctions or accidents that affected the whole. More accidents, then
Before anyone knew about it, it had been temporarily disposed of by the emergency team.
It would be an understatement to say that this journey was a struggle with my head in my hands.
Now, it's all over.
At this moment, the entire Voyager spacecraft burst into cheers.
It is still 1.07 million kilometers away from Jupiter and has a mass of 150 times that of Sedna. It is the largest of the dozens of satellites in the entire Jupiter system. In the orbit of Ganymede, the Voyager spacecraft is slowly moving
revolve around it.
Yes, the final target chosen by people is not Europa, which contains the most water ice, or even has an ice shell on the surface, and may even have a liquid ocean under the ice shell, but Ganymede, which is the most massive.
Because there is no shortage of water ice here in the Jupiter system, it can even be said to be one of the most abundant resources. Even if it is not Europa, which has the highest water ice content, it is just Ganymede, and there is so much water ice on it that it is inexhaustible.
It’s inexhaustible.
Among the dozens of dwarf planets that have been "opened up" by the new human civilization at this moment, Sedna has the largest mass. In the Jupiter system, there is only one satellite, and its mass is 150 times that of Sedna.
The gap between the two is so huge.
On one side of the spacecraft, there is Ganymede, which is a mixture of dark gray and bright white. On the other side, there is Jupiter, which is yellow and white in color, like a giant beast in the deep space.
Against the backdrop of these two huge stars, on which more than 30,000 people depended for their livelihood, the dauntingly large Voyager spacecraft was as small as dust.
With the eager anticipation of more than 30,000 people, the detection operation for Ganymede was once again launched.
A dozen satellites of various types were sent out, and they also began their journey around Ganymede. In the process, a large amount of data about this satellite was sent to the team of geologists.
"This is a phosphate mine, you can't go wrong!"
"There are so many water ice reserves here..."
"I discovered an open-pit copper mine!"
"Rare earth, this is rare earth!"
Many mineral resources have been discovered one after another.
At this moment, Ganymede opened up the mysterious veil that shrouded it to people, truly showing its richness to people.
After all, this is a planet larger than Mercury, one of the eight planets. The richness of resources on it is not comparable to that of a dwarf planet like Sedna.
After preliminarily ascertaining the reserves and types of various resources on Ganymede, as well as their distribution coordinates, the planning team immediately started working. In just three days, a complete planning map was placed on the
In front of Cheng Xuanjia.
Where to build the main base, where to build the planting base, how to connect different mining areas, how to transport resources from the surface to space, everything is planned in an orderly manner.
After completing all the preliminary work, Cheng Xuanjia personally led a team composed of half of the crew members, 15 scientists and some security personnel, aboard a landing spacecraft, and began the first attempt of human civilization to land on Ganymede.
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The dozens of meters long landing spacecraft started a violent deceleration process and began to descend rapidly towards Ganymede's dark gray and bright white surface.
Cheng Xuanjia looked at the rapidly expanding surface of the earth with a calm expression.
Outside the porthole, he saw a layer of faint white mist.
This kind of situation has never happened on Sedna before.
But this kind of thing is understandable. After all, Ganymede is too big, which gives it something that a satellite should not have - an atmosphere mainly composed of oxygen.
This atmosphere is of course very thin, and people can only detect its existence when a high-speed landing spacecraft passes through it.
When the landing spacecraft reduced its speed to a certain level under reverse thrust, the white fog disappeared.
The landing craft finally landed on a plain with a roar.
This is where people plan to build the main ground base in the future. By then, this will become a transit base for Ganymede’s surface and space personnel, and many people who need to work on the surface for a long time will live here. This will become the entire
The most prosperous area of Ganymede.
The spacecraft hatch opened, and Cheng Xuanjia and others in spacesuits finally stepped on the surface of Ganymede.
Feeling the gravity of about one-seventh of the earth, looking at the deep dark sky, looking at the huge Jupiter suspended in the sky, looking at the dark gray surface, looking at the undulating land of Ganymede, Cheng Xuanjia felt in his heart
Full of emotion.
"This will be the most important fulcrum for our human civilization to take off again."
In his heart, Cheng Xuanjia silently sighed like this.
This scene was also transmitted to the eyes of everyone on the Voyager spacecraft through the live broadcast.
At this moment, everyone was excited.
We can finally land! We have finally reached our destination! The most important thing is that we can finally build a planting workshop and an animal husbandry workshop, and we don’t have to eat starch anymore!
After a communication delay of more than ten hours, the information sent by the high-power antenna on the Voyager spacecraft finally arrived at Sedna and came to Zhao Changxing.
Along with many high-level civilized officials, Zhao Changxing also stood up and applauded facing the live broadcast.
"Put this matter out. This kind of thing deserves to be celebrated by our entire civilization."
"yes!"
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After completing the preliminary field exploration, large-scale construction finally began. Many mechanical equipment were transported to Ganymede, and people who had been tortured by starch for too long burst out with unimaginable enthusiasm.
The first iron ore mining base, the first water mine mining base, the first steel plant, the first foundry, the first chemical plant...
Countless buildings rose up on the desolate land of Ganymede. And all the materials produced in the early stage were finally turned into pieces of building materials, shelves, automated machinery, and finally, assembled
It became the first planting workshop built by human civilization in the Jupiter system.
It covers an area of up to one square kilometer and has 10 floors. In addition to various construction lands and public spaces, the internal area used for planting various crops is up to 9 square kilometers, 13,500 acres.
If all wheat is grown, almost 8,000 tons can be produced every three months.
After the planting base was completed, people started the construction of the second crucial base without stopping.
Livestock breeding workshop.
The livestock breeding workshop is also 1 square kilometers high and has 10 floors. There are pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, donkeys, various aquatic plants, and various fish.
When the livestock breeding workshop was built, it happened that the output of the planting workshop could also be supplied. So a large amount of grain, forage, etc., poured into the mouths of the livestock like a tide.
After several more months, it was finally time to slaughter the animals.
One landing spaceship after another, loaded with slaughtered meat, flew to the Voyager spacecraft and entered the kitchens of one central canteen after another.
On this day, the entire Voyager spacecraft was filled with an alluring smell of meat. Even if the air purification system was operated at full power, this smell could not be eliminated.
People gathered in the canteen early and lined up in front of the window.
When large pots of braised pork, elbows, beef, braised fish, lamb chops, pig's trotters, etc. were brought out, the crowd cheered like a mountain and a tsunami.
"Finally, finally some meat to eat!"
At this moment, countless people shed tears of excitement.