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Chapter 148 Permanent Dark Zone

Tang Chao was on fire again because his remotely controlled lunar rover overturned.

Hey, the most important thing is that they were rescued from behind, and they can still be opened normally.

The moon's gravity is small, and the speed of the remote control car is not fast, and it can take care of itself, so the impact is not big.

After all, Kanxing material black technology, that is not just casual talk.

Knocking and bumping are all trivial, if you want to see disintegration and damage, unless you directly explode.

Although it was just a game feature, after turning into the real world, this feature really continued to the actual materials, achieving 100% black technology materials.

Of course, Tang Chao's car overturned was just an accident. Through this live broadcast, people should have seen other things.

For example, a new super-heavy rocket Long March 9 made its first flight successfully.

There is a cabin on the moon that guarantees human survival and experimentation.

Its name is Moon Palace II, and it comes from Star Pilot Company.

In addition, there are eight more lunar rover on the moon, and two of them can be remotely controlled manually for rapid maneuvering.

The combination of speed and slowness has made mankind's methods of detecting the moon more diverse and faster.

This is information that most people know, and they are very happy when they know it, because it means that humans can have more understanding of the moon.

Where there are ordinary people, there are ordinary people.

For researchers in related fields, this is good news, because Navigator and Tianxia Hangnian are cooperating to announce some of the detected data, and some of the core things will be announced after consideration.

This is naturally good news for scientists and researchers in related fields. After all, not everyone has the conditions to launch probes on the moon, so these public information is the object of most people's research.

Moreover, there is too much data to collect. Just relying on your own analysis, then you have to analyze the year of the monkey.

Therefore, some unimportant things must be made public for analysis, interpretation and research by relevant scientific researchers all over the world.

But for politicians in other countries, if the news is good or bad, then only you know.

Of course, regardless of whether it is good or bad for oneself, if someone succeeds and has achieved an achievement, each official still has to send congratulations.

This is a matter of etiquette.

If a country starts a hot war with Tianxia, ​​it's fine, but now this is not a "peace time", you have to congratulate you.

Meriken’s press spokesperson expressed congratulations in the front, and after that, Wang Wang ranted frantically at Kuna.

At the beginning, Kuna told him about the Mars sampling return plan, and he was quite happy.

The moon is there. They have already landed on the moon decades ago, even if a manned landing on the moon is realized next summer, it will be behind them.

The first place, they have won it for decades.

Even if it is known from the back that Tianxia’s payload is a lunar surface test module, which is larger than any previous lunar landing equipment, it is a pity that he has lost a little bit, because he still thinks the Mars sampling return plan is more powerful.

Although Tianxia’s experimentation cabin on the moon is quite impressive, so far, no manned has been realized. As long as there is no one, the experiment cabin is just the lunar landing module of the Big One.

No surprises.

They have launched several lunar modules of the Small One decades ago.

Even their lunar module upgrades can return.

Are they proud?

Are they shouting all over the world?

Uh... well, there are.

But so what, they have not fallen behind so far, they are still leading.

But after the Moon Palace II landed, eight lunar rover and even two of them could "run wildly" were thrown out at once, and he felt wrong.

The scientific adviser told him that there are currently 12 taels on the moon that are active on the moon, 11 of which are from Tianxia and 1 from Sakura Country.

Although the Sakura Country was launched with Meriken’s rocket, the lunar rover was indeed from the Sakura Country.

As for their Meriken, there are only three abandoned convertible lunar rover, which are still decades ago.

There are 11 lunar rover that can move, including two that can drag racing, all of them are Tianxia.

I think he was so energetic when he announced that Merrican would return to the moon during his tenure, as if the moon was Merrican’s back garden. As long as he gave an order, Merrican’s astronauts could build one on the moon. city.

But since last year, things have gradually deviated from his preconceived vision, and Tianxia has caught up.

Now, it is even more heartbreaking.

The moon is basically full of Tianxia's cars, is this worth it?

His heart twitched when he thought that the moon would be full of rut marks of Tianxia in the future.

So catching Kuna is a curse!

What Mars sampling return plan, that is two or three years later!

Nowadays, apart from frantically making CG videos, like commercial companies' advertising, there is nothing substantial.

They had been making promotional films before, and every time a promotional film was released, the whole world would carnival.

The basis of the carnival is Meriken's outstanding aerospace technology!

You have that technology, others don't, so even if it's just a promotional video, outsiders watch it seriously.

It doesn't work anymore. You can't fool people with just the promotional film, so you have to get dry goods.

Promos can only be used as embellishments.

Being scolded by a dog-blood sprinkler, Werner fled and quickly called the dog-licking team for a meeting.

If they don't come up with any practical plan, they don't think about it this time.

And you can’t stab it for a few years. It must be achieved within the year. The shorter the time, the better.

They panic here, and the atmosphere on Tang Chao's side is more solemn.

After the entire launch and landing mission was completed, Tang Chao and others returned to the company.

After nearly a year of construction time, Navigator finally has a general appearance.

The priority project was changed several times, and it was finally confirmed, and it became what it is now.

The towers, waiting halls and runways that were originally to be built are now completely gone, replaced by the aerospace monitoring center and command center.

This was decided when it was decided to launch the first "Chuohang" rocket.

After all, they are private companies and must have their own measurement and control center.

Even the launch center on Sweet Potato Island has been put on the agenda, and now it has entered the survey and design stage.

The measurement and control center has not been renovated yet, but the remote control center next to it has been renovated.

When you hear this word, you know where it is. This is the place where old drivers drove remote control cars on the moon.

At least this is currently the case.

There are several consoles here, but only two are in use.

The previous maneuvering test was carried out at the Binhai Space Center. Because of the need to cooperate with the early-stage measurement and control network, two consoles were transported.

This not only shows the importance of having its own measurement and control center, but also shows the simplicity of the console, which can be moved away because it mainly relies on the overall measurement and control network.

Finally, it is necessary to have its own measurement and control center.

Now that the pre-test is completed, there will be no need for so much trouble afterwards, just carry out remote control driving directly in the company's remote control center.

Several satellite launch vouchers have been used. There are a few of their satellites in the sky, and they can receive lunar data by renting out-of-the-art detection network channels in some countries.

These launched satellites once again let Zhao Li and others confirm that the leader has a hidden manufacturing center, which is the Tang Dynasty organization behind it.

There are a dozen people in the remote control center. Two people are sitting on the console, and the others are sitting behind, staring at the big screen connected to the console screen.

Including Tang Chao, he was sitting in the first row.

After all, he is not a professional remote-controlled lunar rover driver. He was itchy before. After a trial, the vehicle turned over. Now, of course, a professional remote-controlled driver is needed.

And the real picture on the two screens now is a dividing line between gray and black.

This is actually two remote-controlled lunar vehicles parked in front of the permanent shadow area, and driving two meters further, they will enter the permanent shadow area on the moon, where they will never be exposed to the sun.

All of them stopped here because the equipment carried on the lunar rover detected some different signals.

A very brilliant color appeared on the probe, which was different from the "grey" representing the rocky lunar soil and the "red, orange, yellow and green" of various metals, but...blue.

That is the representative color of water.

There is water in the shadow area!

Or there is ice!

This is the difference between satellite reconnaissance and lunar rover field reconnaissance. There is a difference of 100 kilometers in the detection distance of the two.

The result of satellite detection needs to add a "possibility", and now cars 7 and 8 are "confirmed".

Confirm that there is water in the shaded area.

And it is definitely shallow water ice or water ice exposed above the ground.

Because remotely controlled Lunar Chen cannot detect too deep underground information.

"Let's start," Tang Chao said, "Go and find the source of blue life."

"understand."

The two remote-controlled drivers heard the words and turned on the lights on the lunar rover. Car 7 went first, car 8 was delayed by five meters, and after the two cars went ahead, they slowly drove into the permanent shadow area of ​​Polyd crater.

"Temperature drop……"

"93°C."

"12°C."

"-49°C."

"-117°C."

"-206°C."

"The advance distance is 15.37 meters, and the lunar rover will suspend its advancement for self-inspection."

"understand."

In a short distance of more than ten meters, the temperature dropped by more than 300 degrees, from more than 100 degrees above zero to more than 200 degrees below zero.

This sudden change in temperature is a huge test for the lunar rover.

The place where they are located is the south pole of the moon. This is not a place where the sun is shining vertically, and the temperature is already relatively low.

In addition, they enter the permanent shadow zone, there is no day and night, and there is no sunlight at all, so the temperature is lower.

The ground command center stopped them for a self-inspection. After the self-inspection was OK, they went on the road, and the temperature dropped to about -215°C.

This is a very scary ultra-low temperature.

In this ultra-low temperature, it is very difficult to keep the lunar rover from being damaged by freezing. Tang Chao frowned as he watched the rapidly decreasing power.

"I miscalculated, the temperature is too low, it is dozens of degrees lower than the average moon night temperature, and the small isotope'warm baby' effect has also been compressed. I had known that the isotope heat generator was directly connected to Kanxing. Off the shelf."

He mumbled quietly, and no one else could hear him, because everyone else was staring at the data attentively.

According to the current situation, the lunar rover has to go back 500 meters forward. If it goes a little further, the two lunar rover may not get out of the shadow area when they return.

Of course, they can go further 200 meters, 300 meters away from the shadow area when they go back, but they can be supported by other vehicles and drag them out.

If all eight vehicles in this batch are brought in and rescued by relay, at most they can rush 1,000 meters in the shadow area, which is basically the limit.

Beyond this distance, all eight vehicles are dangerous and may all be planted in permanent shadow areas.

"1000 meters..."

Tang Chao pondered.

The shadow area of ​​Polyd crater, even the relatively flat part, has a depth of 7000 meters. If it is only 1000 meters, the detection depth is too shallow and it may not be able to contact water ice.

What he is thinking about is the water ice exposed on the ground, because underground water ice mining is troublesome, even if they are only one meter deep.

He patted Zhang Liyan next to him and said, "Lao Zhang, the 500 kg lunar rover is still too small. We must build a big one."

"Yes, boss," Zhang Liyan agreed very much, "I just calculated that even if these lunar rover cooperate with each other, we can only detect the edge of the shadow area, we can't go deep at all, we must make some big guys."

Speaking of this, the two didn't plan to stay here anymore. Tang Chao told the person in charge here that these two cars will serve as full-time water-finding cars.

The remaining six vehicles formed a fast and slow coordination to maximize the scope of exploration and scientific research. The diameter of the entire Polyd crater is more than 60 kilometers, which is enough for them to sway.

There are also our own Kanyue 2 and two mini lunar rover next to them, you can find them, so that the entire crater is covered with the rut marks of the Navigator lunar rover.

As a commercial company, doing scientific research is definitely secondary, while prospecting for minerals and ice is the main one.

Where there are mines, there are building materials, and where there are building materials, there are more equipment.

Where there is ice, there is water, and where there is water, there is rocket fuel and food.

perfect!

After ordering these, they left, the tasks behind were more and heavier, and there were many things waiting for them.

Walking out of the remote control center, Tang Chao looked at the moon in the sky, and then at the company where the first phase of the project was basically completed. He thought about that many plans, scratched his head and said to Zhang Qin, "You tell Chen Jing, tomorrow I will Will attend company meetings."

"I want to listen to the progress of the company's various projects, let the directors of each group go, and then the company will continue to recruit people, in addition to various technical personnel, our own astronauts and space engineers will also be recruited."

Hearing Tang Chao said this, Zhang Liyan became interested and said with a smile: "Hey, are you finally recruiting astronauts? Then can I sign up? I want to go to the moon to build a spaceship."

"you?"

Tang Chao glanced at him after hearing the words, then slapped him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Okay, wait for the completion of the Yuanhang rocket, orbital shuttle, and the second phase of the space station, and then build a sufficiently complete lunar production base. , Let you go to the moon to build a spaceship."

Zhang Liyan broke his fingers and listened to Tang Chao's words. After breaking for a long time, he finally sighed, "I'll just stay on the earth. The earth can also build spaceships. It's nothing more than a small one."

"Hey, Zhang, don't be discouraged, you must have the opportunity to build a spaceship on the moon, trust me."

"Really?" Lao Zhang was overjoyed, then sighed, "Don't be 50 years from now?"

"50 years? Did you engage in nuclear fusion?"

Tang Chao looked at the moon with his arm on his back: "Trust me, within ten years, your dream will be realized."