Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Climbing the moon is just the first step.

For researchers who send astronauts to the moon, what really matters is what happens after they land on the moon.

Some of the materials in the moon cabin were loaded onto the lunar vehicle, and Nieh, sitting in the driver's seat, skillfully started the engine, carrying Liu Zhengwen in the co-pilot's seat, and drove towards the nearest circular mountain to the landing point.

Looking at the mountain circle stacked in the distance, looking back at the blue planet, Liu Zhengwen couldn't help but whisper emotion.

“The moon is desolate. ”

“Yeah.”

There was no more communication between the two people along the way.

Until the moon bike parked next to a circular mountain, Liu Zhengwen got off the car and glanced at the neighborhood and found a pole made of unknown material, suddenly standing on the empty space near the circular mountain.

“There is…”

“Probably American flagpoles, said to have been knitted with nylon material in their early days, and most of these flags were damaged by cosmic rays, leaving probably only one rod… Turn on the motion logger. ”

Liu Zhengwen's face showed a clear expression.

The effect of cosmic rays on non-specially treated nylon material is, of course, clear to him, after all, that his education is probably the highest of the three astronauts. I'm afraid it's not just the nylon material that gets corroded, probably even the pole, which is already brittle under the sun wind's irradiation.

“It's open, I'll be open when I leave the landing bay. ”

Flew a flag from the moon bike and dotted his back against his nipple.

“Really? That's good. ”

Liu Zhengwen opened his mouth as he watched Nieh carry a flagpole on his shoulder and stroll slowly towards the center of the ring mountain.

“What about ours? ”

“We certainly learned their lesson, and as long as we don't get hit by a meteor, this red flag will be perfectly fine, even if it's here for a hundred years. ”

The bright red flag was waved, then forcefully inserted onto the deserted moon soil and a fixed triangular bracket was deployed.

Looking at the flag flowing like blood, Nieh's mouth snapped a smile and lifted his arm to rub the dust on the moon under the hood, "This is the first step… one day we will plug it all over the moon. ”

Though it was just a very ordinary word, somehow, at the moment of hearing, Liu Zhengwen stood not far away, but felt the blood rolling in his heart and his heart was booming.

Recall your vision for the future when choosing such a profession…

Recall the vows you made when you signed up for the astronaut selection…

“The moon is too small. ”

Looking back at Liu Zhengwen, who suddenly opened his mouth, Nie Nie eyebrows picked it out.

“Oh?”

Liu Zhengwen laughed and continued, looking at the blue planet in heaven.

“The moon alone is boring, and sooner or later, we'll stick this flag in the world beyond the Koiber belt. ”

When he heard this, Niehuan smiled and turned to walk in the direction of the moon bike.

“Okay, that's it. Let's get to work. ”

They're not here to travel.

Putting a flag on this earth is only the first step.

Beyond that, there's a lot more to do waiting for them.

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Time on the moon is precious.

Food, fresh water and oxygen reserves in the lunar compartment are sufficient to sustain only two astronauts on the surface of the moon for a period of 48 hours, compared to only 4-6 hours per out-of-class activity. Except for a series of physiological needs such as returning to the lunar compartment for resupply, eating and drinking lassard, the time given to them to carry out their tasks is not very extensive.

After finishing flagging, the two continued to board and traveled a distance along the edge of the roundabout before stopping in a relatively flat area near the ridge.

According to computer analysis, this area is less likely to be visited by meteorites.

Although statistically probable, there is some reference value.

After stopping the Lunar Car, Liu Zhengwen removed the infrared beacon from the car, placed it on a flat ground, and then returned to the Lunar Car to evacuate the area.

Soon, in orbit for 127 minutes, a pitch-black square object was separated from the Xiangrui, dragging a faint backjet flame and slowly landing on the surface of the Moon under the guidance of Moon gravity, causing rolling dust.

After waiting for the flying dust of the moon to drift away, the lunar cart returned to the area.

After getting out of the car, Liu Zhengwen pulled a special interface cable from the suit and connected it to the device.

Soon, a row of progress bars emerged on the screen connected to the arm.

With the completion of the progress bar, the simple control interface quickly appeared in front of him.

“… this is the Lunar Examination Team, the planting unit has been successfully deployed and the unit is up and running. ”

After a brief current sound, Niehun's voice came from the communication screen.

“Check the status of the specimen. ”

“Copy that.”

The entire space cultivation unit covers an area of 15 square metres and appears to be quite spacious after deployment.

The core components are divided into two parts, the vast majority of which are cultivated chambers for the cultivation of five readily cultivable crops, such as potatoes and carrots, and a small portion of which are cultivated chambers, located at the corner of the cultivation unit, containing ten white mice.

Six of the mice were divided into one male, one female and two females, and the remaining four “single mice" were sterilized, living in separate single rooms separated by metal fences.

With constant electricity, the gas cycle system will continue to work, and as for fresh water and food, it will be sufficient to sustain a year of survival without increasing quantities. If a biological death is confirmed, the entire unit activates the refrigeration unit and freezes the death test subject to prevent its decay.

For a longer time…

Actually, that's not necessary.

This space growing unit is only an experimental model for testing the ability to grow crops on the surface of the Moon to achieve self-sufficiency in space colonies and the impact of organisms on health conditions in prolonged low-gravity environments.

As long as these mice survive for more than three months, the whole experiment will not be a failure.

After initiating the diagnostic procedure for the planting unit, the first thing Liu Zhengwen did was examine the health of the mice.

Perhaps because of the inability to adapt to the gravitational environment in outer space, several white mice appear rather depressed, but fortunately they are all still alive and able to react to some of the external movements.

Liu Zhengwen was not sure if they could survive with perseverance, but he prayed silently for these small lives dedicated to science.

After confirming that the specimen was in good condition, he finally checked the operation of the planting unit and then removed the data connected to his arm and reported it to Nie Yun, far from Xiangrui.

“… this is the Lunar Surface Examination Team, all specimens in the planting unit are alive, air pressure, temperature and carbon oxygen balance are at standard levels, no abnormalities found. ”

“Well done! Get ready to start a mission. ”

“Copy that.”

The deployment of space planting units was completed, followed by the collection of lunar soils.

The lunar soil and lunar meteorite specimens kept by the Chinese Academy of Sciences have been collected through remote control probes. This is the first time for China that a lunar soil specimen has been collected manually by astronauts.

Watching the mountain covered in wild ash, Liu Zhengwen, holding a sampling shovel in his hand, glanced at it.

For him, who worked at the Center for the Study of the Moon and Planetary Sciences, it's very clear how valuable these things really are.

No, it's not accurate enough to say that the value of these things is not measurable by money.

Had it not been for his limited carrying weight, he would have had to dig around the area.

“Hurry up, time is limited," put a powdery lunar dust in the characteristic sample bag, Nieh looked at the locator on the arm of the eye, “the next sampling point is two kilometers away in the ring mountain, we move fast. ”

Returning from the excitement, Liu Zhengwen fixed himself with a hook lock between his waist, and then knocked him up on the ring mountain.

“Understood!”

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(Khan! The serial number of the chapter seems to be incorrect. This should be chapter 727. Change it now.)