On the moon, the astronauts are very busy, and the time to return is getting closer and closer. Only 8 of the 18 astronauts can stay at the lunar base, and all the others have to return to the earth.
Although the moon is a barren and lonely world, the astronauts are very curious about everything here and want to stay here for a while and contribute more to the construction of the lunar base.
Here, the hatch of the Houyi spacecraft was wide open, revealing its huge belly. Liu Hanwen drove the lunar rover and dragged a large piece of gold nugget into the belly of the spacecraft.
The gold nugget it discovered weighed thousands of tons. Even here on the moon, because the moon's gravity is only one-sixth of the earth's gravity, it still weighed more than 100 tons.
Although I really want to bring this gold nugget back to the earth in its entirety, I have no choice but to cut it into small pieces and transport it back.
"What do you think would be a better name for this nugget of gold?"
Liu Hanwen put a small piece of gold nugget into a box, thought about it and said.
"Does the gold nugget still need a name?"
Fang Bo's surprised voice came from the earphones.
"Of course, as far as I know, the large-mass gold nuggets found on the earth all have their own names. For example, the world's largest nugget gold is called Canaan. Our piece of nugget gold is enough to destroy all the nugget gold on the earth.
I have to choose a louder name."
Liu Hanwen said matter-of-factly.
Then he thought for a moment and said, "What do you think of the name 'Xingtu'?"
"Star Road is the beginning of our Chinese interstellar journey. From now on, when everyone mentions our Chinese interstellar space history, they will definitely think of it and its name."
"Liu Hanwen, can't you tell? You're pretty good at naming. I think the name 'Xingtu' is pretty good."
Captain Li Haiyang's voice came.
"That's right, my name-picking skills have always been very good."
When Liu Hanwen heard this, he grinned happily and said.
"Ahem~"
There was a coughing sound coming from the earphones.
"So we haven't thought of a good name for our moon base yet?"
At this time, the voice of female astronaut Shen Yue came to mind.
"Let's call it 'Moon Palace'~"
Li Haiyang thought for a while and suggested.
"Well, the Moon Palace is quite nice. It is the first base on the moon and the place where Fairy Chang'e lives. It is in line with our Chinese tradition."
Kong Zhifei took the words and said with a smile.
"I see, since everyone is chatting while they are busy, how about we give names to some of the hills, plains, and ravines around the Moon Palace Base first?"
Shen Yue's voice sounded again, and immediately the eighteen astronauts started chatting lively.
"I wonder if the hill behind the Moon Palace Base is called Laurel Mountain?"
"Yes, yes, where the moon laurel tree grows."
"I don't think so. The name is a bit hard to pronounce. How about calling it Wu Gangshan?"
"...I think it's better to call it Laurel Mountain~"
"That's right~ Wu Gangshan, thank you for thinking about it."
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Busy time is always short, and soon the time came to 9 o'clock. The 'Chang'e' spacecraft slowly floated directly from the moon and soon ascended into space.
It is not only whether the experiment can successfully take off from the moon and enter the lunar orbit, but also the other is to go to space and transport the unmanned spacecraft filled with supplies sent in advance.
Without any accidents, the 'Chang'e' spacecraft made several round trips very smoothly, bringing all the unmanned spacecraft in space to the vicinity of the 'Moon Palace' base.
These unmanned spacecraft will also be part of the "Moon Palace" base in the future, and they will also have independent life support systems, etc., and astronauts can also hide in them in emergencies.
At 9:30, the eighteen astronauts basically finished their work and gathered in the open space in front of the Moon Palace Base. This open space has been completely paved with steel plates and will continue to expand in the future.
In the future, spacecraft traveling to and from the moon and the earth can park directly here, which is regarded as a parking airport.
In the middle of the open space, a flagpole has been erected. Li Haiyang is holding the national flag, preparing to start the first official flag raising of the 'Moon Palace' base.
On the earth's side, China's major TV stations are still broadcasting the manned moon landing event live, and at this time the camera also switched to the flag-raising ceremony.
Accompanied by the loud national anthem, the national flag slowly rose and began to flutter. Everyone held up their chests and sang the national anthem.
Speaking of which, I have to say that the national flag raised on the Moon Palace Base is also a high-tech product.
Because there is no air on the moon, there is naturally no wind. If the national flag is made of cloth, it will definitely not be able to fly on the moon.
In order to solve this problem, scientists have also specially designed a national flag that can automatically fly in an environment without air or wind.
So at this time, even though there is no air or wind on the moon, the rising national flag is still flying in the sky.
Countless people on the earth are constantly paying attention to China's manned moon landing. For the Chinese people, what everyone is concerned about is naturally the safe return of the astronauts.
As for other things, naturally I didn’t pay much attention or attention to them.
But for other countries in the world, they naturally pay more attention to things.
For a whole day at NASA in the United States, all NASA scientists and engineers did nothing. They just gathered in the conference room and watched the live broadcast of China's manned moon landing.
In just a dozen hours, it takes one night on the Chinese side and one day on the American side.
A large-scale lunar base appeared on the previously desolate moon, and everyone's eyes were red.
In the background of the live TV broadcast, you can roughly see part of the lunar base. The rooms are connected together to form a complex of buildings. In some places, the construction of the second floor has even begun.
The ground is paved with steel plates, which is very flat and gives off a metallic luster under the sunlight. It is quite large, and there are steel plates and building materials piled up like a hill next to it.
"For Chinese people, the moon is no different from their own back garden~"
Paul, the head of NASA, looked at the lunar base, then at the two huge anti-gravity spacecraft near the lunar base, and then at the large lunar rovers parked near the lunar base city.
He knew that the Chinese people already have the ability to develop the moon, transport such a large lunar rover to the moon, build such a large-scale lunar base on the moon, and mine lunar resources. It is really not difficult for the Chinese people.
"The moon belongs to all mankind, and we will never allow the Chinese to dominate the world!"
Paul clenched his fists. He was well-informed and already knew that Chinese astronauts had discovered a piece of gold nugget with a mass of more than a thousand tons on the moon. This was a windfall for a country.
Just here you can see how rich the resources of the moon are. There is gold everywhere here, it is a virgin land, full of countless treasures.
But when he thought of China, Paul frowned again.
This is one of the five permanent members of the United Nations and one of the five gangsters with veto power.
This means that it is impossible to pass any draft that is unfavorable to China through the United Nations.
As for wanting to use force to threaten China, China is not lying. If it wants nuclear weapons, it must have nuclear weapons, and if it wants conventional forces, it must have conventional forces. Even now, China has mastered anti-gravity technology and can use it in the military field at any time, even if everyone
If we join forces to fight against China, we won't gain much advantage in the end.
"Perhaps only from the economic aspect can we put pressure on China and force them to disclose their anti-gravity technology~"
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At 10 o'clock Chinese time, here at the Lunar Palace Base, ten astronauts including Li Haiyang, Liu Hanwen and the eight remaining astronauts waved goodbye.
It's time to return to Earth. It's time to return.
The two spacecrafts were filled with samples collected from the moon, including soil, rocks, meteorites, etc., and of course the most important "Star Path" nugget was also inside.
The harvest is full and the return is full~
"Return~"
The order from the Earth Control Command Center sounded in everyone's headphones.
Ten astronauts walked towards two spacecrafts respectively.
Soon, the two spacecraft started slowly, like feathers without any weight, floating higher and higher, and soon entered the lunar orbit.
"Fang Bo, Kong Zhifei, Shen Yue~"
"Let's go~"
Li Haiyang said goodbye to the astronauts in the Moon Palace Base again.
"Let's go, let's go~"
In the Moon Palace Base, Fang Bo looked at the two small red dots in the sky, which were accelerating towards the earth.
I was chosen by lot to stay on the moon. This is a glorious mission, although I always felt a little uneasy when I saw the two spacecraft leaving at this time.
But he knew that this was just a psychological effect. A week later, the Houyi and Chang'e spacecrafts would land on the moon and deliver supplies and expansion materials to the lunar base. Then he could return to the moon.
Earth.
Shaking his head, Fang Bo continued to be busy. There were still a lot of things to do at the Moon Palace Base, so the next time would be very busy.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, because the gravity of the earth is stronger than the gravity of the moon, it only took 3 hours for the Houyi and Chang'e spacecraft to reach the earth's orbit, which was a whole less time than when they went there.
1 hour.
Both spacecraft did not stay in space, but flew directly towards the earth.
Here at the Tianfu Manned Lunar Landing Base, when two spacecrafts slowly landed on the parking lot and ten astronauts walked out of the spaceships in a neat line, the whole of China was boiling. This time the manned landing was
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Ushi Ichiro said
In the last chapter, a book friend pointed out the error in calculating the value of nugget gold. I have corrected it. My mathematics is really not good enough to graduate from elementary school. I am very grateful to the book friend for pointing out the error in the book~~