Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Space Ground Command Center.

At this moment, a group of people are standing blackened.

Among them is director Li, one of the handlers of the Bureau of Science and Technology, director of the Institute of Space Studies of the Jinling Institute of Higher Studies, as well as the chief engineer of the space group Yuan Huanmin Academician, and the ark that just arrived from Shanghai...

And a special old man.

In this case, it's about the cause of space, and it's all about... Almost all of the top members of the Moon Orbit Construction Committee appear here at important moments in the country's future.

On the large landing screen in front of the control room, a pair of written expectations converge with the sight of complex emotions, like a closed maternity door.

However, it is not the baby that is conceived behind it.

It's a thing called hope.

“If failure doesn't matter, we can try it slowly. ”

The ark shook its head gently when it heard the sound coming from the side.

“It's impossible to fail. ”

Not only are the people of the country waiting for results, but the eyes of the world are gathered here.

He could even bet that media like BBC and CNN had already written two press releases. One corresponds to a successful outcome and the other to a failure.

Which press release will be published in tomorrow's headlines depends entirely on their results today.

Hearing a confident statement from the Ark, the old man smiled and nodded.

“Success is naturally the best, and I'm just going to tell you the truth. Space is a centenary industry, for the future. We can win this marathon about the future, and we can afford it. ”

“But by the way, is it really possible to build a city on the moon? ”

Upon hearing this, the Ark immediately understood what the elderly thought at this moment.

Apparently, the celebration called "We," or infected the entire audience, also drove his emotions.

The Ark pondered this issue for a while.

It took about half a minute for him to answer.

“This need is realistic, difficult from a technical point of view, but not entirely hopeless. ”

In fact, the Moon was not a perfect colonial candidate, with too low gravity, large temperature variations and no protection of the atmosphere and magnetic fields. At present, however, it is the new continent where Earth's civilization has the greatest hope of attaining and benefiting from its development.

Its existence is like that of the Atlantic island of Tessera, which, although small in size and not rich in property, serves as a springboard from Europe to the new continent during the Renaissance.

With the breakthrough in controllable fusion technology, Earth's civilization has entered the second half of the early space age, with tickets to the distant world. Yet, to travel further afield, Earth's civilization also needs a springboard.

Obviously, the moon has such potential.

It's a natural “harbour” and a test field.

If they can overcome the harsh moon environment and go further away, there should be no big problem.

Seems to have received the desired answer from the ark, the old man nodded his head and put his hands behind his back.

“Then I'm relieved… how long before it starts? ”

The ark looked at the time on the watch and replied.

“It's about to start! ”

In the middle of the conversation, the clock has reached a positive point.

The uniformed staff in the command room, like a gear with tight hair strips, got busy in an orderly fashion.

The units quickly completed the final inspection of the equipment, and as all normal responses came from the moon, the commander of the ground command centre finally issued a "start loading” instruction.

With this directive, it is hoped that on the moon, more than 300,000 kilometres away, an experimental cargo compartment shaped like a warhead, with the efforts of the Lunar Examination Station staff, will be placed in a launch orbit.

The entire cargo compartment weighs six tons and is filled with biological research samples such as lunar rocks collected from the Moon, space crops and seeds harvested by the planting unit, and the active substance DR-111.

If these goods were brought back to Earth through the original method, the cost per kilogram would be at least 200,000 yuan.

If the cargo can be accurately launched directly from the surface of the Moon into the Earth Moon Transfer Orbit via an almost zero-cost superconducting magnetic orbit, instead of a chemical-propeller-driven return compartment, and then collected and centrally pulled back by the Magic Bridge, which carries out round-trip movement along a specific orbit, the cost per kilogram of cargo can even be compressed below 2,000 yuan.

It sounds kind of crazy, but it actually is.

If this can be achieved, at least every kilogram worth more than 1,000 yuan, and every kilogram worth of rare minerals of more than 10,000 yuan, these strategic resources that are relevant to the high-tech industry, can be obtained from the Moon.

If the project were to materialize, it would undoubtedly be a milestone in space history.

All preparations are now in place.

All the arrows on the string!

With the green lights on the big screen, everyone standing in the command room couldn't help but squeeze their fists and wait for the countdown to decide their fate.

“10.”

“Nine.”

“8.”

“ …… ”

“Three.”

“Two.”

“I.”

“Zero.”

“Fire!”

That powerful voice was like a gun shot.

After a second's delay, far below the moon's earth, 300,000 kilometres away, a slight tremor burst along the solid lunar rock and climbed onto the soles of the astronauts standing beside the launch orbit.

The long accumulated electric energy was instantly released, converging in a vacuum titanium alloy pipeline into solid plasma, wrapped in horrible thrust, pushing the silver “bullet” forward.

For a moment, the white light seemed to pierce the space and distort the light!

Dozens of kilometres of orbit, instantly crossed in less than a minute!

The surface of the moon suddenly fired into the cargo hold of the heavens, like a bullet from the mouth of a gun, and as it was lifted, the rolling dust of the moon ran with it to the vast stars.

The angle of view grew and the lens switched to the Moon Palace.

In everyone's eyes, that silver-white bullet was like one of the thousands of stars, with a green beacon flashing over its head. It rose rapidly from one side of the moon, and then drew a narrow arc that swung in the direction of the Earth's moon's transfer orbit...

Halfway through!

However, no one in the ground command centre dares take anything lightly.

The first half of the launch will be carried out by the main moon palace, while the second half, parallel orbit, docking and final return, will be guided entirely by the ground command centre.

It's their battlefield, it's just beginning!

“Cargo compartment control system connected successfully, inspecting instrument operation...”

“Meter parameters are normal! Access to the active navigation system! ”

“Navigation system activated successfully! The cargo compartment speed is 2.77kms and is approaching the Xuanqiao 3 cargo ship at a relative distance of 507km and is expected to come into contact in 183 seconds! ”

In the radar, the curves outlined by the two light yellow curves intersect, and the two flashing green dots are moving slowly along those two curves, respectively, and approaching slowly.

As they get closer and closer, the heartbeat begins to accelerate, as does the crowd standing in the command room.

A number of young scientific dogs of general psychological quality repeatedly take deep breaths and try to control the heart rate of the disorder. And even if some of the old engineers are experienced, there's not much optimism at the moment, and some of them have even picked up a prepared pill from their pockets and are ready to swallow one.

It's impossible not to be nervous.

There's only one chance!

It's all about success and defeat!

Just hitting the cargo hold with a cannon is not a win. Only if you can catch the cargo hold that hits the sky will it be a real success. Otherwise, no matter how fast they can get back to the cargo hold, it won't be a real victory.

When two flashing green dots, the unit of distance between them dropped from km to m, almost everyone's heart referred to the eyes of the voice, and the subconscious held their breath.

This quarter of a second is as long as a century.

Without any sound at all, those two glittering green dots on the screen, under countless expectations, blend together like water into a canal.

Everything is so natural.

There has been no fragmentation.

So much so that even some…

Simple?

Yet that was the simple result, at a moment of numerical zeroing, a deafening cheer, like a detonator ignited, blasted throughout the command room.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa! ”

“We did it! ”

“Uh-oh... finally, finally... GTMD, we really did it! ”

Applause.

Whistling.

Cheers.

Excitement and joy fill everyone's chest and fill everyone's eyes.

Director Li squeezed his fists with excitement.

Yuan Huanmin's eyes chewed tears and his dry lips trembled slightly, not knowing what he was talking about.

Engineers from numerous aerospace science groups, as well as researchers from the Institute of Space Studies of the Jinling Institute of Advanced Studies, echoed the excitement.

Even the old man standing next to the ark couldn't bear to wave his right fist and yell, "Okay! ”

Years and even decades of effort have all been given a realistic meaning at this moment.

Just today, they conquered the moon!

Bathed in the thunderous cheers, the ark was like a sculpture, standing motionlessly in the middle of the command room. That almost spilled ecstasy out of his chest, and it took him a while to lose his words...

Through the noise, the ark heard implicitly from the headphones worn on its head, a victory announcement communication coming from the Cargo Shuttle No. 3 of Qiaoqiao.

“This is the Magpie Bridge 3 cargo ship and the package has been successfully recycled. ”

“We will bring back a gift from the Moon in three days. ”

“Remember to take the wind for us! ”

In fact, for him, the announcement of victory seemed redundant.

Because just moments after those two green dots intersect, those black eyes, suddenly blurred by excitement, have gradually printed a line of pale blue dialogs.

When you see that line of text appear, the ark doesn't know how to describe it for a moment, the emotions in its heart.

How long has it been?

From the successful orbit of the first Sky Shuttle to the first manned moon landing in China, to the full catch-up of the Lunar Palace and the Lunar Johnson collider, and the subsequent world boiling...

All the hard work and sweat, all in series at this moment.

This long-standing chain of tasks has finally reached its final end.

[“Earth Moon Control” Task Chain ——]

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