The distance between the earth and the moon is nearly 400,000 kilometers. With such a long distance, even though the "Lushan" spacecraft is traveling at a speed of up to 40 kilometers per second, it still seems to be standing at the same point in the starry sky.
A little progress.
The distance between the earth and the moon, not to mention the vastness of the universe, is still a very insignificant distance even within the solar system.
Humanity still has a very long way to go.
On the "Lushan" spacecraft, captain Wu Renjie woke up from his sleep and looked at the time. It was 10 minutes earlier than the scheduled time.
He really didn't feel sleepy. It was a rare trip to space and he was very excited.
Looking forward, you can now see every bit of the moon very clearly. The moon has no atmosphere, and everything on the moon can be clearly seen from space.
"That's the Moon Palace base, right~"
In his mind, he was already familiar with the map of the moon. After some comparison, he easily found the 'Moon Palace' base in the Ocean of Tempest region.
The Moon Palace Base is now very large, like a small city, continuous. Even on the earth, if the weather is good, you can see the Moon Palace Base clearly with an astronomical telescope at night.
Looking back in the direction of the earth, the earth is like a beautiful sapphire standing quietly in the void. It is so beautiful that everyone who sees it will be amazed by it.
"Buzz~buzz~"
Soon, a series of bells came from the spacecraft, and the ground control center on the earth woke up everyone in the spacecraft on time.
We are about to reach the moon, and we will be very busy next.
The 'Lushan' spacecraft did not slow down and flew towards the moon.
With an anti-gravity engine, it actually doesn’t matter if it slows down or not. When the first manned moon landing was made, it was slowed down slowly for safety reasons, and it relied on the moon’s gravity to capture and then land on the moon.
However, all subsequent spacecrafts that traveled to and from the moon did not slow down and crashed directly into the moon, then started their anti-gravity engines and landed directly on the moon.
The advantage of this is that it saves time and fuel.
The deceleration process is very slow and requires a lot of fuel. Flying directly there is fast and relies on inertial flight, which greatly saves time and fuel.
"Didi~"
It is getting closer and closer to the moon, and soon the "Lushan" spacecraft begins to connect to the all-lunar positioning communication system established by China on the moon.
"Welcome to the moon~"
The Yuegong Base quickly welcomed the arrival of the ‘Lushan’.
"Thank you~"
Wu Renjie expressed his gratitude on behalf of the Lushan. Looking at the increasingly larger moon in his field of vision, Wu Renjie became nervous.
At this time, the speed of the spacecraft is 40 kilometers per second. If the anti-gravity engine cannot work properly, the spacecraft will hit the moon like a comet, really hard, and the consequences are self-evident.
Fortunately, there was no problem with the anti-gravity engine on the spacecraft. When it was pulled by the moon's gravity, the spacecraft's engine automatically started working.
Under the action of the powerful anti-gravity engine, the speed of the spacecraft decreased rapidly. The closer it was to the moon, the slower it became.
The "Lushan" spacecraft is like a light feather, without any weight, flying lightly on the surface of the moon.
The Sea of Tranquility is one of the many basins on the moon. It is located in the center of the moon and covers an area of approximately 420,000 square kilometers.
Historically, this Sea of Tranquility has actually been visited by humans. In the last time, the United States' Apollo program, the Sea of Tranquility was the landing site of Apollo 11 on the moon. The location where Armstrong first landed on the moon was also located in the Sea of Tranquility.
The subsequent Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 landing sites on the moon were also placed in the Sea of Tranquility.
Of course, the Chinese who have the Moon Palace base on the moon have naturally explored many important areas on the moon, and Jinghai is no exception.
In the sky of the Moon's Sea of Tranquility, the 'Lushan' spacecraft is still slowly drifting towards its predetermined location.
"Huh~"
In the spaceship, Wu Renjie breathed a heavy sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his palms, and then looked at the moon sign. He looked very excited, as he was about to land on the moon.
"Didi~Didi~"
"Arrived at the scheduled location, the spacecraft begins to land~"
A sound sounded from the 'Lushan' spacecraft, and then the 'Lushan' spacecraft began to slowly and continuously descend towards the ground.
Wu Renjie looked around. This is a very wide and flat area, which is very suitable for the landing of spacecraft. There is a hill not far away. The hill leaves a shadow under the sunlight. The mining base will be placed there.
shadow zone.
Because there is no atmosphere, water or ocean, the temperature difference on the moon's surface is very large. It can reach hundreds of degrees at high temperatures, and can drop to hundreds of degrees below zero at night.
Such a huge temperature difference is definitely a very severe test.
Of course, for scientists, low temperatures are actually more acceptable. If the temperature is too high, it will definitely be a very scary thing. Therefore, when building a base, you must choose to build a base in the shadow of a hill. This can greatly
Reduce daytime high temperatures.
In fact, the most ideal base is to build it under the moon, preferably in a mountain. However, this workload is too large and it is not realistic in the early stage.
"Height 20 meters~"
"Height 10 meters~"
As the height continued to decrease, the wheels on the Lushan spacecraft slowly opened and then landed steadily on the moon.
"Yeah~"
In the control and command center of the Xinghe Aerospace Industrial Base in Huangping Town, when the Lushan spacecraft landed on the moon smoothly, everyone couldn't help but cheer.
All the worries were relieved.
"Huh~"
Qin Yi smiled and breathed a sigh of relief, everything went well.
"Hmph~"
On the moon, the huge hatch of the Lushan spacecraft slowly opened, and Wu Renjie, wearing a space suit, was the first to step onto the lunar soil.
Although it did not attract global attention like when Li Haiyang landed on the moon a few months ago, and was broadcast live by major TV stations around the world, for Wu Renjie himself, the moment he set foot on the moon, one of his inner wishes was
Done.
The intense work begins~
After all, we came to the moon for mining, not for tourism.
Three lunar mining vehicles slowly drove out from the 'Lushan' spacecraft and drove towards the shadow area of the hill not far away. They began to carefully inspect and explore this area to ensure that it was
The soil will not collapse.
Inside the spaceship, everyone was also very busy and began to move things out of the spaceship.
It is said to be moving, but in fact there is no need to lift it at all. Although the moon's gravity is only one-sixth that of the earth, everyone on the moon is a strong man and can easily lift hundreds of kilograms of objects.
But there are mechanical arms on the spacecraft and in the huge belly. You only need to use your mind machine to control these mechanical arms to transport everything in the spacecraft very easily.
The miscellaneous things have been moved, the mechanical arms and safety belts that fixed the base of the three-story building have been untied, and the three mining vehicles have completed their exploration work and arrived next to the spacecraft.
Pulled by three mining trucks, the three-story building base was slowly, little by little, transported out of the huge belly of the spacecraft, and then slowly transported to the area that had been explored and planned.
In the planned area, three mining vehicles have drilled many holes in a very regular manner. The mining base has wheels and is easy to move. After the mine is mined in the future, the lunar mining vehicle can continue to be dragged to
Continue mining in other areas and use it repeatedly to save costs as much as possible.
The position of the mining base continued to rotate, and soon the position was completely aligned, and then pillars were inserted from the mining base into the holes that had been drilled long ago.
With the fixation of these pillars, even if the mining base is fixed, when it is about to be moved, you only need to put away these pillars and drag the mining base with a mining truck to move it.
Very convenient, practical, and very simple and useful.
"Huh~"
After a lot of busy work, the mining base has officially settled on the moon.
Wu Renjie entered the mining base, took off his bloated spacesuit, and felt relaxed.
Everything on the moon side was transmitted back to the earth side through surveillance cameras. When the lunar base was officially settled on the moon, the control center once again burst into warm applause.
Things went very smoothly, everything was as designed and planned by the scientists and engineers, and there were no problems.
After the lunar mining base is settled, this means that the lunar gold nugget plan has been half successful. The next step is to transport the smelting plant to the moon and start digging for gold on the moon.
ps: Some book friends mentioned the ring factory, which is a good idea~~