At this moment, Asteroid X is 1.47 million kilometers away from Blue Star, but its flight orbit is slowly changing.
Through the monitoring on the three Xuanwu-class spacecraft, the ground control center can clearly observe the gray-white surface of asteroid x.
A triangular network of carbon nanotubes as thick as a finger is tightly wrapped around asteroid x, like a fishing trawl net.
Although Asteroid
After the combined force of the lateral force and the asteroid's forward direction, although the change caused is very small, the spacecraft still has at least 26 hours to correct its flight direction.
When a small amount adds up to a large amount, the asteroid's flight direction will inevitably undergo a relatively big change.
East Island Keelung, Galaxy Consortium Headquarters, Press Hall.
A staff member of the Universe Opening Committee hurriedly handed a document to Ai Heping, and then whispered a few words in his ear.
The news media below became nervous, and many viewers of the live broadcast were also on tenterhooks, fearing that it was bad news.
Ai Heping flipped through the documents and said quickly: "Don't be nervous, everyone, this is good news."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the good news.
"Three Xuanwu-class spacecraft successfully captured asteroid x at 15:37 this afternoon at a distance of 1.59 million kilometers from Blue Star. They are now correcting the flight direction of asteroid x. The danger is temporarily relieved."
Immediately, the reporters in the audience quickly raised their hands.
"Please ask the reporter from Yangcheng Daily."
"Thank you, speaker. Can the direction be corrected to ensure that Asteroid X and Blue Star do not collide?" a reporter from Yangcheng Daily asked nervously.
"Please look at the simulation results of holographic projection." Ai Heping clicked on the holographic projection and displayed the simulation results on the holographic star map.
I saw a yellow line appearing on the dark blue star map. The solid yellow line is the orbit that asteroid x has flown, and the dashed yellow line is the predicted route. The intersection of the dashed and solid yellow lines is a flashing red light spot.
This represents the current position of asteroid x.
The yellow dotted line passes in an area about 1,000 to 2,000 kilometers away from the Blue Star ground.
"Please ask the Mirror reporter to ask questions."
The female reporter from the Mirror quickly stood up and asked: "What should we do with this asteroid after it corrects its orbit?"
"The Universe Development Committee is currently discussing, and I can't answer it for the time being," Ai Heping explained.
As the crisis was temporarily lifted and everyone became active, at least the panic and chaos in America and Western Europe was finally suppressed.
However, the damage caused by this chaos is huge, and destruction is far easier than construction. The entire east coast of Milijia is now in a mess, with devastated ruins everywhere. Many thugs take the opportunity to smash, loot, and burn, or use magic sticks to deceive people.
A conservative estimate is that the Mi Li family alone caused a direct economic loss of US$2,000 million, and the indirect impact is difficult to estimate.
As for the social order in the Eastern world, due to congenital reasons and strong control, there are no serious problems.
Now the Western world is busy putting out fires, while the Eastern world is busy correcting the trajectory of Asteroid X. The two are like two worlds.
Kaohsiung base, ground control center.
"The orbit of asteroid x has deflected slightly."
"The computing center continues to track the calculations."
"The distance between Asteroid x and Blue Star is 1.39 million kilometers."
[Didi! Abnormal! Abnormal!] The remote control system sounded the alarm again.
"What's wrong?" Wang Tu immediately stood up nervously and asked.
"Wang Ju, because the carbon nanotube network cut off part of the surface of Asteroid x under the interaction force, part of the unstable structure on the surface of Asteroid x is being peeled off." The staff of the remote control department hurriedly replied.
"Calculate the possible consequences of these fragments." Wang Tu ordered with a headache.
"calculating."
"Wang Ju, don't worry too much. The mesh of the carbon nanotube network is 20 centimeters square. Even if the fragments break and fly out, they won't be too big." Zeng Baojiang comforted him.
Wang Tu thought for a while and then said: "I know, but this is more or less a problem. Notify other space agencies and let them track these fragments as much as possible."
Zeng Baojiang quickly went to the holographic conference room to explain the situation to liaisons from other aerospace agencies or astronomical agencies.
In the distant outer space, while asteroid x was flying fast, quite a few pieces fell off.
These debris are mainly sputtered in the direction of the moon and the blue star. However, due to the action of multiple forces, plus the interference of the moon's gravity and the blue star's gravity, their flight direction becomes difficult to predict.
In addition, most of these fragments are very small, generally the size of a fist, and the largest is the size of a basketball, which makes monitoring more difficult.
Asteroid X was scattered all the way, causing the Kaohsiung ground control center to scramble, and space agencies or astronomical agencies around the world also took action.
These tens of thousands of debris may not be harmful to the Blue Star ground, but they are definitely a fatal threat to spacecraft in outer space.
When the time comes to 2o19, the distance between Asteroid X and Blue Star is about 560,000 kilometers.
"The report states that since Asteroid
"The report shows that the debris scattered along the way of asteroid
star in low-Earth orbit.”
Wang Tu couldn't help but smile bitterly when he looked at the millions of fragments. He turned around and gave instructions to his assistant:
"An emergency notice is sent to governments of all countries, asking them to prevent meteorites during this period from 18 to 24 o'clock, Beijing time, on December 11, 2019."
After being conveyed by the liaison officer in the holographic conference room, the whole world became nervous. After all, most of these meteorites are iron-nickel meteorites, and the atmosphere may not be able to completely destroy them.
Time flies by like a white horse. On December 11, 2019, at 19:11 Peking time, under the watchful eyes of the whole world.
Asteroid
Under the correction of three Xuanwu-class spacecraft, Asteroid
At the same time, the Seiryu-class oo2 and Seiryu-class oo4, which had been waiting for a long time at 2400 kilometers in low-Earth orbit, immediately started their main engines and headed towards asteroid x.
The two Qinglong-class ships carried 40 tons of fuel this time to replenish the three Xuanwu-class ships.
Asteroid
But now the whole world is not in the mood to care about the whereabouts of Asteroid X, because the small gifts brought by Asteroid