Gao Tianjun looked at the complete and spectacular overlooking picture of Saturn and its rings displayed on the big screen, his heart was surging and it was difficult to calm down.
Every time mankind has launched a probe to go to Saturn, they all flew along the ecliptic plane of the solar system and relied on Jupiter's "gravitational slingshot" effect; even the "Fuxi" launched half a year ago has adopted a controllable nuclear fusion thruster.
Technology flies at ultra-high speeds and still follows the trajectory of its predecessors. However, this time, the "Express 1" spacecraft descended vertically from above Saturn and transmitted back this complete "God's perspective" view of Saturn.
Precious images of Halo!
This is a miracle created by the spacecraft traveling through the parallel space from the "enchantment" channel! Its significance is enough to subvert the traditional understanding of human science and open a new era of human exploration of the universe!
Gao Tianjun's eyes were gradually blurred by tears.
Five days ago, he was still worried about Katz's impersonation of boarding the ship. Although he believed that Katz would not have the intention to sabotage the "Express 1" operation, what if something unexpected happened? Who knew what Gao Tianjun was waiting for him?
, what kind of judgment will be waiting for his "601", waiting for Li Zhanxiong and X Base?!
Gao Tianjun secretly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and continued to stare at the big screen, silently praying for Deng Kai and Katz. He suddenly thought of something: "Will there be a long-distance relationship between Jacob and Katz?"
Mind communication? If so, will he use Aisen's identity as a messenger to establish a connection between 'Marginal Space' and 'Express No. 1'?"
At this moment, Gao Tianjun felt his phone vibrate. He took out his phone and saw a text message on it: "Aisen is fine, don't look for it!"
Gao Tianjun was startled and instinctively glanced at Li Zhanxiong sitting next to him. As if he had a tacit understanding, Li Zhanxiong happened to turn his head and look at him.
"Chief, I just received a text message." Gao Tianjun handed the phone to Li Zhanxiong. "The source of the message is not shown."
Li Zhanxiong looked at the text message repeatedly and said, "Is this from Jacob?"
"This possibility is very high! He must know that we are looking for them."
"Is he showing goodwill to us? Or is he challenging us?" Li Zhanxiong said thoughtfully.
"He wants to reassure us. Aisen is valuable to them. Jacob must want to use the ability of the immortal man to get more information from Aisen."
Li Zhanxiong called his staff and ordered: "Immediately ask the technical department to find the source of this information and report it to the Ministry of National Security. No matter what, we must find them as soon as possible!"
Gao Tianjun thought for a while and said to Li Zhanxiong: "Chief, I ask you to approve Ding Yushi and I to participate in the mission of finding Jacob and Aisen."
"Ding Yu's poem?"
"Xiao Ding has a close relationship with Aisen. She once mentioned to me that there is often some telepathy between her and Aisen... Moreover, I would like to ask for your permission to return to '601' immediately, yes
Ding Yushi is conducting a hypnosis experiment to see if she can find Aisen through her. In addition, as long as you learn about the traces of Jacob and Aisen, please inform us as soon as possible."
Li Zhanxiong's eyes returned to the big screen, staring at the magnificent planet that was gradually filling the entire screen. Although "Express 1" used the "boundary" channel to greatly shorten the flight time from the Earth to Saturn, Deng Kai and Ka
Whether Ci and the others can successfully find the "Fuxi" and "Xiazhi" and complete the task of repairing the "Xiazhi" battery system is the top priority for him and the X base. However, if Eisen disappears, then "
601" The efforts he made before will also be in vain. This is something he is unwilling to accept!
"Let's look at the situation of 'Express No. 1' first. If everything goes well, then you can go back to '601'." Li Zhanxiong said.
The "Express 1" spacecraft passed through the rings of Saturn again from the ring gap between the G ring and the F ring, and came to the light-receiving surface of the planet. The entire cabin instantly became translucent. Deng Kai was surprised to find that the sun he saw here,
Like a small, radiant lamp hanging in the dark night sky.
The spacecraft flew around Saturn along the orbit of "Fuxi" for a full week, but neither found the shadow of "Fuxi" nor searched for its radio signal. Deng Kai calculated the relative speed of the two spacecraft and thought:
We should be able to encounter the "Fuxi"! Is it really missing?!
He reported the situation to the base and then started the orbiting engine to raise the spacecraft to a higher orbit.
Outside the porthole, the clouds composed of ammonia ice crystals seem to have covered the planet with a thick layer of cream, flowing slowly; the storm disturbances in the atmosphere form dark brown stripes on the surface of the "cream", just like creation
The god poured out a cup of fragrant latte evenly and carefully along the latitude...
Deng Kai had no time to admire the magnificent scenery of the second largest planet in the solar system. His eyes were always staring at the computer terminal, hoping to see the "Fuxi" or capture the detection echo from it. But all this
It seemed to be all in vain, because he did not find any man-made aircraft around the intended orbit.
"Can Katz feel the presence of the Fuxi?" Deng Kai couldn't help but have this idea in his mind, but he hesitated whether he should ask.
"Look at the rings of Saturn! There's something there!" Katz's voice sounded in the cabin.
Deng Kai looked below the spacecraft and saw a long and thin black shadow diagonally appearing from the middle toward the A ring on the wide and flat B ring of Saturn. It appeared there, like someone on the smooth disk.
I made a mark with a knife that was so eye-catching and inconsistent. It was too far away to distinguish clearly.
"Is that a spoke pattern?" Deng Kai was a little unsure.
Saturn's ring spokes are radially diverging shadows that appear on the B ring. They were first discovered in the 1980s, and their existence was confirmed by the Cassini detector at the beginning of this century. The reason for this strange phenomenon
The reason is still unclear. Some people speculate that it is composed of tiny dust particles on the rings, which are suspended above the ring plane due to the electrostatic repulsion caused by lightning or micrometeoroids released in the atmosphere of Saturn.
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However, the black shadow that Deng Kai saw was obviously different from the spoke pattern in his impression. It was not only uniform in thickness, but also had little change in light and shade.
"Judging from the direction and angle, it cannot be a wheel spoke pattern, it looks like a trace left by an aircraft!" Kai replied.
"What?! There's an aircraft there?!" Deng Kai exclaimed. He looked back again to check, but at this time the black shadow had disappeared.
"Katz, are you sure that's an aircraft? Do you see what it looks like clearly?"
"No. But I judge that it is an aircraft! It flew out of the halo!"
Deng Kai's heart jumped suddenly. He thought, if it was really an aircraft, could it be the "Fuxi"?! He hesitated whether to immediately change the flight path and go there to take a look.
"We should go take a look!" Katz was saying.
Deng Kai decisively started the engine again. The spacecraft first went through a series of complex acceleration and deceleration movements above the northern hemisphere of Saturn, drew a perfect curve that was almost a semi-spiral, and flew in the direction of the equator.
40 minutes later, the spacecraft gradually approached the B ring. Some of the larger ice blocks in the ring were clearly visible. They were like countless crystal clear diamonds, densely arranged in the vast void, accompanied by this huge and wild ice cube.
The rotation of the gaseous planet.
Deng Kai started several reverse jets to bring the spacecraft close to a height of 100 meters above the B ring. Then it was controlled by the computer and flew in the same direction at a speed slightly higher than the ring. The dust-like particles suspended above the ring
The ice crystal particles hit the protective cover at the front of the spacecraft, making a dense rustling sound. Although the sound was very small, it brought a sense of fear to the crew in the cabin.
Deng Kai and Katz didn't speak for a long time. They stared straight ahead, not even daring to express their anger, as if they were always on guard against dangers that suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Have you heard of Route 66 in the United States?" Katz finally broke his silence.
"What did you say?" Deng Kai didn't pay attention to what Katz was saying.
"I have walked that road." Katz said as usual. "We are just like driving on that road now. It is flat and wide, but very desolate! Sometimes you want to appreciate the unique desolate beauty around you.
, but I am always worried about the unexpected happening..."
"Oh." Deng Kai responded perfunctorily.
"Route 66 is a witness and a symbol of American history." Katz turned to look at Deng Kai, "Aren't we the same now?! Do you think so?"
Deng Kai didn't express Katz's emotion, but he already felt the transmission of thoughts from the other party. Gradually, his originally tense nerves relaxed, as if at this moment he was not controlling the spacecraft to travel through the rings of Saturn, but driving
Cars speeding on the ice field...
"I saw that spaceship!" Katz's voice brought Dunkai back to reality.
Deng Kai cast his sight forward again, searching in the ring, but found nothing except large and small ice crystals.
"Have you seen the 'Fuxi'? Where is it?"
"It's just ahead, you'll see it soon!"
A minute later, Deng Kai found a larger object in the ring in front of him. The upper part protruded from the surface of the ring, and the lower part was completely submerged in ice slag. From a distance, it looked very abrupt.<
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He immediately started the reverse jet, causing the spacecraft to slow down and slowly approach the object.
When he was several hundred meters away, Deng Kai finally saw clearly that it was an aircraft. In appearance, it was almost identical to the "Express 1" spacecraft he was driving.
"I saw it! That's the 'Fuxi'!" Deng Kai exclaimed excitedly. Then he excitedly reported to the control center: "'Express No. 1' reports to the base, 'Express No. 1' reports to the base, we
We have discovered the 'Fuxi' on the B ring of Saturn! We have discovered the 'Fuxi' on the B ring of Saturn! We are approaching it now! We are approaching it now!"
Although Deng Kai knew that the base could not hear his call at this moment, he still wanted to share this joy with his comrades 1.5 billion kilometers away as soon as possible.
The "Express 1" spacecraft slowly approached the "Fuxi" and flew synchronously about 100 meters above and to the left. At this time, the appearance of the "Fuxi" was clearly visible.
Deng Kai adjusted the angle of the camera and took continuous photos of the "Fuxi". He was stunned by the scene in the lens - he saw that the "Fuxi" was scarred and mottled, as if it had been exposed to countless meteorite particles.
As if "strafe", there were several obvious dents on the fairing at the front of the spacecraft... It was simply too horrible to look at!
"Oh my god! How could it become like this?!" Deng Kai murmured.
Just as he was talking, the "Fuxi" drifting in the rings of Saturn suffered another side impact from an ice block with a diameter of more than 1 meter. The ice left a small crater on the outer shell of the spacecraft and shattered it.
Break into several pieces and continue to roll up and down around the spacecraft...
"Civilization often seems powerless in the face of extreme barbarism!" Katz sighed.
"The automatic control system on the 'Fuxi' can ensure that it will not deviate from its orbit. It seems that it must have encountered some accident before it fell into the rings of Saturn and became like this... I hope the 'Xia Zhi' will not
Such bad luck!"
Deng Kai piloted the "Express 1" spacecraft to accompany the "Fuxi" in a complete circle around Saturn, and found nothing unusual on the "Fuxi". At this moment, he received a delayed arrival instruction from the base: he could communicate with the "Fuxi"
"Docking!
He drove the "Express No. 1" and carefully approached the "Fuxi No."...