Due to the sublimation of matter caused by sunlight, the mass of the meteorite has been reduced by more than ten percentage points during the past few days of transportation. Xiao Yu was extremely distressed. After arriving at the destination, Xiao Yu was immediately ready to start eating.
After blocking the sun with himself, Xiao Yu controlled the cable winch on the spacecraft to continuously rotate, pulling the target meteorite towards him at a speed of about one decimeter per second.
In other words, Xiao Yu himself was pulled by the meteorite. In the universe, any statement about who is approaching whom is meaningless. Xiao Yu flies towards the stationary sun at a speed of twenty kilometers per second. It can also be said that
The sun is flying towards the stationary Xiao Yu at a speed of twenty kilometers per second. Both versions are the same.
After more than half an hour, Xiao Yu narrowed the distance between himself and the target meteorite to one meter. Then, after Xiao Yu used a cable to connect the robot to his own hull, he controlled the robot to fix each one.
The machine was transported to the target meteorite.
It is necessary to fix these machines. Because the mass is too small, the escape speed of this meteorite is almost negligible. That is to say, with a little force, these machines will escape from the meteorite. Such losses are not what Xiao Xiao is experiencing now.
Yu can accept it.
The robot dexterously controlled these machines and set up a collection net on the spot where the meteorite faced away from the sun. After the collection net was set up, Xiao Yu put all the machines back into the spacecraft, then slowly moved away from the meteorite, and then carefully
Moved a little bit so that the sun's rays could shine directly on the meteorite.
Immediately, the solid water, hydrogen, oxygen, etc. on the meteorite began to volatilize and turned into pieces of white mist, drifting toward the rear. However, it was blocked by the collection net that Xiao Yu had set up long ago, and was stored through the storage equipment behind the collection net.
Got up.
Seeing that everything was going smoothly, little stars almost appeared in Xiao Yu's eyes.
After the storage equipment was full, Xiao Yu immediately moved over to block the sunlight again, then closed the distance, controlled the robot, and transferred the collected materials.
Looking at the fruits of his labor, Xiao Yu's lights flashed in excitement.
"One hundred kilograms of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen! Three tons of water!" Xiao Yu was very satisfied with this harvest. Xiao Yu immediately processed the collected liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to separate the impurities.
After it came out and met the requirements, the energy was injected into the engine.
"It feels so good to have enough energy." Xiao Yu sighed, full of energy.
After working hard for several days, Xiao Yu collected all the water, hydrogen, and oxygen on the target meteorite into his pocket. It looked like there were only metal objects and some gravel left. The volume had been reduced by more than half, and the mass was almost half.
With the number of meteorites reduced by half, Xiao Yu began to think about how to make full use of these remaining supplies.
Xiao Yu's current metal processing ability is not very strong. In order to reduce mass and save space, Xiao Yu did not carry large-scale metal processing equipment, but only carried some necessary, small equipment. Originally planned
It landed on Europa and slowly developed after the surrounding environment stabilized. But now, the original plan has to be changed.
Xiao Yu has determined that most of the remaining material of this meteorite is very high-quality steel, which can reach the kind of special steel used to build space shuttles. Although the quality of these steels has been slightly affected by the earth explosion, as long as
With a little processing, it can be restored to its original appearance in no time.
Even with Xiao Yu's technology, it would be very troublesome to process such steel. So Xiao Yu was really reluctant to give up these things.
"This should be the remains of a certain steel factory on the earth." Xiao Yu thought, "There is no way, just waste some time. Anyway, now that the energy has been replenished, we can last a little longer."
After making up his mind, Xiao Yu transported out the most closely guarded metal processing equipment and started work on both sides. While building on the spot, he began to cut out the meteorite piece by piece, and then transported it into the spacecraft and put it away.
Xiao Yu has already noticed his shortcomings in development. The number of robots is too small, only one. In other words, if this robot is damaged, Xiao Yu will lose most of its mobility. Although other equipment can also be
Xiao Yu controls the operation, but they are not as flexible as robots and cannot handle many tasks. In that case, Xiao Yu will really die. Even if Xiao Yu has incredible technology and exquisite equipment manufacturing methods in his head
None of it works. Without the power to take action, who will implement it?
So with the help of the special steel here, he dismantled the unused and insignificant mechanical equipment, gathered enough materials, and Xiao Yu immediately started building the second robot.
The construction of the second robot took Xiao Yu five days. After it was finally completed, Xiao Yu looked at the strange thing in front of him and smiled bitterly in his heart.
Due to material limitations, the guy in front of Xiao Yu looks more like a monster pieced together from a lot of black scrap metal. For example, the uneven shell, the dark color, and the messy exposure to the outside
of wires...
However, although it looks a bit ugly, it has many functions. In fact, with Xiao Yu's accumulation over the past few days, the function of this robot is a little stronger than the first one.
After the construction of the second robot was completed, less than half of the cutting and transportation work of the meteorite was completed. With the addition of the second robot, Xiao Yu's work efficiency immediately doubled.
Looking at the remaining materials, Xiao Yu thought for a moment and made up his mind to just stop working and get another robot out.
Therefore, Xiao Yu assigned one robot to continue collecting meteorite materials, while the other robot began "breeding."
Seeing large pieces of high-quality steel continuously entering his spaceship, Xiao Yu really wanted to imitate a certain emperor and sighed: "All the heroes in the world have entered my ship."
Two-thirds of the way through the collection of meteorites, the third robot was born. Xiao Yu's mobility was further strengthened. So, Xiao Yu continued to let one robot collect materials, while the other two robots began to control the machinery.
The materials were processed and repairs to the hull began.
In the collision between the moon and the moon, Xiao Yu was seriously injured. Now he finally got a chance to breathe.
Xiao Yu re-strengthened the hull, repaired damaged equipment and wiring, redesigned the solar panels, and thickened the insulation layer. Finally, the small spaceship he lived in returned to the civilian class from the refugee camp. The current spaceship
, although it has not returned to its original state, various functions have been restored to almost 89%.
Xiao Yu stayed here for more than two months. After all the preparations were completed, Xiao Yu calculated the best orbit to fly to Titan, and then resolutely left this place and rushed towards the sun.
go.
After a long flight of more than half a month, an unusually bright planet entered Xiao Yu's field of vision.
That is Venus, the planet of love, the morning star.
Xiao Yu sighed and thought of the good times when he was still on the earth. Venus, for thousands of years, countless literati have sung and praised it.
"Since I'm here, let's take a look. By the way, we can also evaluate the impact of this collision between Jupiter and the Moon on Venus." Xiao Yu made up his mind, without affecting the overall process.
After adjusting the orbit slightly, it flew towards Venus.
In the history of human spaceflight, Venus does not occupy a very important position because the environment on Venus is so harsh.
Although the thick clouds give Venus a very high albedo, making it the brightest star observable on earth, such thick clouds also bring an extremely serious greenhouse effect to Venus. Venus
The average surface temperature is over 400 degrees Celsius, the atmospheric pressure is several times that of the Earth, acid rain is rampant, magma is raging on the surface, and geological activities are extremely active.
Since the beginning of human spaceflight history, only a few spacecraft have reached the surface of Venus.
But now Jin Xing's appearance surprised Xiao Yu.
Most of Venus's thick clouds have actually disappeared. Presumably, it is caused by the blowing of Jupiter's wind. This means that the temperature on the surface of Venus will slowly decrease. Xiao Yu made an estimate and concluded that within tens of thousands of
In a few years, the surface temperature of Venus may drop to about 100 degrees.
Moreover, it is foreseeable that there will definitely be meteorites from the Earth hitting Venus in the future. And these meteorites may carry the seeds of life.
The tenacity of life has been proven. In underwater volcanoes thousands of meters deep, under high temperatures and pressures, bacteria can still survive. Presumably, there must be some life that can adapt to the environment of Venus. These lives will develop on Venus.
Branches and leaves spread, reproduce and evolve, and after countless long periods of time, intelligent life may even evolve.
"If intelligent life evolves on Venus, when they look up at the starry sky, will they have the same desire to develop into the universe as humans? And what will they think when they discover the remains of civilization in the Earth's meteorites?
"Xiao Yu thought silently.
"The existence of the solar system is a miracle. And life will always find a reason for its existence. Venus, I wish you good luck."
Xiao Yu passed by Venus three thousand kilometers away, looked at the figure of Venus gradually disappearing, and let out a sigh.
After storing the obtained data about Venus in the hard drive, Xiao Yu returned to his mind and looked into the distance, at the huge fireball suspended in the void of the universe, emitting infinite light and heat all the time, and suddenly there was a feeling in his heart.