Chapter 819: Mid-Autumn Festival, special blessings
Yuehua Terrace.
The two lunar rovers slowly drove to the front of the silver-white base. After verification, the gate of the base was opened first.
When the two lunar rovers entered the base one after another, the first thing they saw was not an internal scene, but a simple silver-white space.
Xi Hongwen observed it with interest and soon understood.
As a physicist, he knows exactly what this space is for.
To put it simply, this is an airtight door to protect the environment inside the base.
The surface of the moon is close to a vacuum, and there is basically no atmosphere. And for people active on the lunar base, it is impossible to wear a spacesuit at all times.
Whether it is a spacesuit inside or outside the cabin, once it is worn, it is very inconvenient for work and scientific research experiments.
Therefore, except for gravity, the environment inside the base must find a way to keep it the same as the earth.
As for this simple silver-white space, when the lunar rover from outside comes in, the atmosphere inside will leak out.
But not much will be leaked, after all, the space is only so big.
When the first door is closed, the interior of the base will replenish the space with atmosphere, thus forming the same environment as the interior.
At this time, the second airtight door is opened again, and the lunar rover and astronauts can enter.
When the second airtight door is closed and the airtight space becomes its own independent system, it can be reactivated.
This can ensure the stability of the internal environment and allow entry and exit at the minimum cost.
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Just as Xi Hongwen speculated.
In the simple airtight space, after waiting for a while, he suddenly heard some sounds from the outside world.
It was not coming from inside the spacesuit, but coming directly from the outside. It was very subtle, like a 'click' sound of a door opening.
Not far away, the second airtight door also opened.
The lunar rover restarted and headed towards the interior of the base.
When they stopped again, a bright incandescent light had fallen on everyone's heads.
Next to them, a staff member from the base who was already waiting there in casual clothes came forward, used professional equipment to clean the moon dust outside the car, and helped them open the door.
After unhooking the helmet of the space suit, unlocking the buckle and taking off the helmet, after taking a deep breath of fresh air in the base, Bu Qi smiled and stepped out of the car.
Looking at Xi Hongwen who was looking around at the internal situation of the base with novelty and a sense of confusion in his eyes, he smiled and said:
"Here we are, this is our moon base, Yuehua Terrace."
Somewhat awkwardly, Xi Hongwen took off the helmet of his space suit. He took a deep breath of air, looked around curiously, and moved his body a little.
It feels like my light body can touch the ceiling just by jumping around. It's amazing.
Looking at Xi Hongwen who was experiencing the lunar base environment, Bu Qi smiled and said, "Get used to it. There are still heavy tasks waiting for you next."
After a pause, he continued: "Let's go, leave this place to others, I will take you to go through the relevant settlement procedures and other things."
"Here, it's hard to move around without permission. Let alone doing experiments, you can't even go to eat."
After smiling, Bu Qi then took the lead and walked towards the inside of the base, while giving a brief introduction to the internal situation of the base.
On the side, Xi Hongwen quickly followed suit.
As he walked, he curiously looked at the situation inside the core of the base and listened to Bu Qi's introduction.
If the buildings and landscape outside the base shocked him, then the situation inside the base was a bit unremarkable.
Everything here doesn't seem to be much different from what it looks like on Earth.
Overall, it looks like a combination of a hotel and a research institute.
The core of the base is 36.7 meters high, the underground part is 28.4 meters, and the above-ground part is 8.3 meters, with a total of ten floors.
The heights of different floors are also different. The floors in the residential area are lower, only 2.6 meters, which is lower than the standard height of ordinary residential areas on the earth.
But this is on the moon, and this height is enough to meet the daily living needs of astronauts and working scientific researchers.
The floor height of the work area and test area is much higher, generally above three meters or even higher.
After all, some experimental equipment may be more than three meters high.
In addition, in order to protect the physical and mental health of astronauts, staff, and scientific researchers, the base is also equipped with various facilities such as a small library, a gym, and a recreation room.
Overall, this base has taken into account the various situations that may arise for its residents in the most comprehensive way possible.
If there is any shortcoming, it would probably be that the living room is not very large.
The rooms here are basically the same in size, each with an area of less than 20 square meters.
Apart from simple facilities such as a bed, wardrobe, and work table, there is nothing else in the room.
There are no living rooms, kitchens, or bathrooms.
For people living in this base, eating is either through the various bags of liquid food or solid food distributed, or they go to the canteen.
Daily washing and toileting are also done in a centralized area.
Although the environment is a bit rough, Xi Hongwen has nothing to complain about.
Not to mention other things, the construction cost alone probably exceeds that of any other place on earth.
If you put it in places like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, one hundred square meters there might not be worth one square meter here.
According to Bu Qi, China invested more than 100 billion in the construction of this Yuehuatai scientific research outpost base alone.
Of course, I don’t know the specific number. Although this number is not a secret, it is not something that people like them can know clearly.
However, I estimate that this figure of over 100 billion is definitely not in the early 100s, and I don’t know if the first number will change.
This is why Xu Chuan wants to develop a second-generation aircraft to take off and land vertically on the moon and Mars, and build a lunar base through splicing.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Because actually building a lunar base costs too much money.
After the realization of industrialized assembly line production, the assembly cost of a space shuttle, even for a second-generation aircraft, can be reduced to about one billion.
Even if ten second-generation aircraft are spliced together into a lunar base, the cost will only be 10 billion.
So being able to provide them with a living room of nearly twenty square meters is, to be honest, quite a luxury.
In fact, if it is just to provide a sleeping environment, ten square meters, no, five square meters is enough.
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Taking Xi Hongwen to a numbered dormitory, Bu Qi took out a card from his pocket, handed it over, and said with a smile:
"This is the dormitory assigned to you. It contains all daily necessities. If you have any other needs, you can contact me or the management staff in the base."
"We will provide it to you if it makes sense."
"This card is your pass within the base, as well as the dormitory's access card and your identity card."
"Relevant access rights and information have been sent to your mailbox. Please be sure to understand clearly. It is strictly prohibited to go to areas without access rights without authorization."
"Of course, you can apply if you need it."
"In addition, please be sure to keep this permission card. If you lose it, please report it as soon as possible."
"This is not only used for eating, bathing and sleeping, but also represents your personal situation. If you lose it, it will be very troublesome. It cannot be simply replaced."
Reaching out to take the card, Xi Hongwen solemnly nodded and said, "I understand, thank you."
"You're welcome."
Bu Qi smiled and continued: "I won't disturb you anymore. Just have a good rest. I hope you can adapt to the environment on the moon as soon as possible."
After explaining the relevant matters clearly, Bu Qi turned around and left. He still had a lot of other work to be busy with.
At the same time, Xi Hongwen also closed the door to the dormitory, put the luggage he had brought with him in the corner, and sat down on the soft bed.
After taking a long breath, he touched the mattress under him. The soft touch came from his hands, and he fell down directly and lay on the soft bed.
This is a completely different feeling from sleeping on the Xinghai space shuttle.
In space, because he was floating in mid-air and sleeping in a weightless environment, he always wanted to catch something.
And here, although there is also a gentle floating feeling, there is still some gravity on the moon.
Although it's not much, it's enough for a person to be completely attached to the bed. The comfort is definitely better on the moon.
Looking at the silver-white ceiling and feeling this wonder, Xi Hongwen couldn't help but smile.
Although he has done some research in the field of physics, he is not considered to be the top among the many scientific researchers who have applied to go to the moon.
And if you look at the entire physics community, he can actually only be regarded as an ordinary scientific research dog.
However, the reason why he stood out from the competition of hundreds of people was simply because he came from Xinghai Research Institute.
There is no doubt that this is the most glorious time in his life.
Starting tomorrow, he will shoulder the heavy responsibility and carry the mission of civilization.
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While Xi Hongwen was cherishing his dream, on the other side.
In a villa at the foot of the Purple Mountain in Jinling, after the family had dinner together, Xu Chuan took the rare initiative to turn on the TV and tuned the news to the CTV channel.
On the TV, the News Network channel was broadcasting some miscellaneous evening news.
On the sofa, Xu Xiao, who was sending a message to his best friend, heard the noise, glanced at the TV and complained.
"Brother, when did you start watching news channels like your dad?"
Xu's father is known in the family to like to watch news channels. This farmer, who usually does not have many channels for obtaining external news, can only get news through TV and the news.
Of course, in addition to the news channels, there are also anti-war dramas that the radar does not understand. After dinner every day, it is almost his happy hour.
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "There will be a special 'news' today."
Hearing this, Xu Xiao immediately became interested and asked gossiping: "What kind of special news? Brother."
Xu Chuan smiled mysteriously and said, "You will know later."
"Tch, boring!"
Xu Xiao muttered something and continued chatting with her best friend while holding her cell phone. But obviously, she was also attracted by Xu Chuan's words and she looked up at the TV from time to time.
Time passed little by little, and seven o'clock in the evening soon arrived.
Along with that familiar melody, a blue earth appeared on the TV.
The evening news has officially begun.
"Good evening, dear viewers."
"Today is September 17th, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, the Mid-Autumn Festival.... We are full of love for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and we are reunited during the festival. Here, we send our most sincere blessings to the overseas Chinese at home and abroad..."
On the side, the female host took over the topic, with a friendly smile on her face, and continued: "Before officially introducing today's program, we received a special blessing."
"What's special about it is not who sent it. It's that it comes from the moon, which is 380,000 kilometers away from us!"
The moment the words fell, the picture on the TV screen quickly switched to the moon 380,000 kilometers away.
At the outpost scientific research station, female astronaut Liu Yang and Yuehua Station director Han Kangping were already prepared and waved to the camera with smiles.
"Hello, everyone watching on TV across the country, this is Yuehuatai Outpost Scientific Research Station, the moon 380,000 kilometers away from the earth."
"The Mid-Autumn Festival brings the fragrance of osmanthus. On this special day, on behalf of all the scientific researchers and partners of Yuehuatai, I wish the people of the country a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, happiness and health to their families, and all the best."
After a brief blessing, the screen quickly switched to the evening news.
A reunion blessing from the 'moon' brings a unique touch of warmth to this special day.
On the sofa, Xu Xiao looked at Xu Chuan with a curious look on his face and said lively: "Brother, is this the special blessing you are talking about?"
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "During the Mid-Autumn Festival, people and the moon are reunited. Isn't this blessing enough?"
Xu Xiao gave a thumbs up and laughed and said: "Awesome, my brother!"
At this moment, after staring at the TV for a long time, Xu's father, who was also sitting aside watching the evening news, suddenly said: "Yuehua TV?"
Xu Chuan smiled and nodded, saying: "Yes, a scientific research base on the moon."
Father Xu nodded and said, "Yuehua Yuehua, this is a good name! The moon has been ours since ancient times!"
Hearing this, Xu Chuan couldn't help laughing.
The world in the eyes of the older generation is really interesting.
Although the meaning of Yuehuatai is that this lunar base will become a platform for human exploration of the new world under the illumination of the moonlight.
But as Lao Xu said, there is no other meaning.
Although international conventions stipulate that the moon belongs to all mankind, for now, whoever can go up and grab the territory first will get it.
The moon and China have been bound by a bond that has never been broken for thousands of years since ancient times.