Chapter 131, Moon Landing (Part 2)

At the Jiuquan Aerospace Command Center, Li Fu and Liu Shiying looked at the huge display and saw that the reverse deceleration plasma engine of the aerospace plane was installed very smoothly. They breathed a sigh of relief.

At the command center, the two of them could naturally see a lot of pictures and information that would not be disclosed to the public. As the top aerospace scientists, they were on standby at any time. Once an emergency occurred, they would naturally need many top scientists to negotiate and come up with a plan.

Of course, for such a major event, almost all aspects have been carefully considered. All possible situations and corresponding countermeasures have been thought out long ago. Now the two of them are idle and have nothing to do.

"After the construction of the lunar base is completed, I must go to the moon once. Haha, I didn't expect that I, Liu Shiying, could actually see the huge leap forward in the development of our China in the field of space."

Liu Shiying said to Li Fu with a smile.

"Old Liu, is your goal just to go to the moon once? Don't you want to go to Mars?"

Li Fu on the side smiled slightly, obviously very optimistic about the future development of China in the field of space. Now it has just begun. Li Fu estimated that it would not take too long to go to the moon. When the lunar base is perfect enough, it should be open to the public. At that time, lunar tourism will be very simple.

"Mars? It's too far away. I'm old. I'll leave it to you young people to toss. When the lunar base is built, go to the moon for a walk, and there will be no regrets in this life."

Liu Shiying shook his head slightly. Let alone going to Mars, even the moon, he didn't dare to imagine it before. He just didn't expect that China's space technology would develop so rapidly. Now it's about to land on the moon and build a lunar base. In the future, there will be aerospace planes going back and forth to the moon every week. It will be a chance for scientists like him to land on the moon in the future.

At this time in space, the "Houyi" aerospace plane, which has replaced the battery, compressed air, and installed the reverse deceleration plasma engine, has slowly left the "Tiangong" space station.

The aerospace plane kept circling the earth's orbit. First, it tested the reverse deceleration plasma engine. It was perfect and there were no problems. Everything went according to the established plan.

"Fly to the moon!"

As the command from the ground command center was issued, the aerospace plane began to prepare for flying to the moon. It kept flying around the earth in space, and the speed of the flight was getting faster and faster. With the help of the earth's gravity, the "Houyi" aerospace plane obtained an initial speed of 20 kilometers per second. After identifying the direction, it directly broke away from the original orbit and flew towards the moon.

On the Houyi space shuttle, after aligning the direction and obtaining the consent of the space station and the ground command center, Nan Junpeng issued an order to continue accelerating!

In an instant, the tail wing behind the "Houyi" flashed with fluctuations, and its speed continued to accelerate. In the universe, because there is no air friction, there is no resistance. The speed of the spacecraft can theoretically be added infinitely, but according to Einstein's mass-energy formula.

The faster the speed, the greater the energy, so when the speed reaches a certain level, the energy required to continue to increase the speed will increase geometrically.

Therefore, after the "Houyi" space shuttle accelerated to a speed of 43 kilometers per second, it chose to shut down the engine and fly to the moon by inertia. This speed was strictly calculated. On the one hand, it can ensure that the time to reach the moon will not be too long. If it flies at this speed alone over the distance of more than 360,000 kilometers between the earth and the moon (the moon is close to the earth at this time), it will take less than 3 hours.

However, time cannot be calculated so simply. Acceleration takes time, and deceleration takes even more time, so the planned arrival time is 4 hours, that is, it will reach the lunar orbit around 15:00 on October 1, 2019.

At the same time, because deceleration also consumes a lot of energy, the speed of 43 kilometers per second is obtained after precise calculation, which ensures that the flight time will not be too long, and the energy consumed during deceleration and acceleration can be within the control range!

"Everyone take a good rest, the control center will wake everyone up at the right time!" Nan Junpeng, who turned off the engine, informed his teammates through the virtual machine to take a good rest. There is still the important task of landing on the moon waiting for everyone, and everyone must maintain the most perfect state to meet the challenge.

"It's time to sleep!"

The nine astronauts gently pressed a button with a sleeping pattern next to their seats, and the seats automatically adjusted to the most suitable sleeping posture. Of course, there is no weight in space, and people are floating around. There is no question of which posture is more comfortable, and they can sleep however they want.

However, in order to allow astronauts to have a good sleep in space, this chair is specially designed to be able to curl slightly and wrap the astronauts in it. Sleeping in it feels like being in the mother's belly. The astronauts especially like this invention.

Others also know that this is their rare rest time. Everyone seizes the time to rest. Soon, all nine people fall into a deep sleep. This is the skill that the best astronauts must master, to enter a sleeping state anytime and anywhere, to get enough rest, so as to maintain vigorous energy and peak state.

The speed of the "Houyi" is very fast, but in the context of the entire universe and without any reference objects, it seems to be quietly suspended in space.

Here at the ground command and control center, the "Tiangong" space station located on the earth and the "Yuegong" space station located on the moon are constantly in contact with each other and the "Hou Yi" aerospace aircraft, constantly confirming the position of the "Hou Yi", super The computer continuously calculates the arrival time of the "Hou Yi".

"Wake up the astronauts!"

Soon the time came to 15:00, which was two hours after the "Hou Yi" aerospace plane set off. The people at the ground command center did not hesitate to choose to send instructions to the "Hou Yi" aerospace plane.

Soon, Nan Junpeng, Li Yang and other nine astronauts woke up from their sleep. At this time, looking back in the direction of the earth, the entire earth had become extremely bright. The sun's rays were reflected by the earth, making the earth look like Just like a huge full moon.

On the other hand, looking at the moon, the originally bright moon has become very huge, but now it looks bumpy and speckled, not at all as beautiful as it looks on the earth.

"We will reach the lunar orbit in 2 hours, start slowing down!"

The moon's gravity is obviously not as strong as the earth's, so the speed must be slowed down enough to be captured by the moon's gravity. The engine is restarted, especially the reverse plasma engine in the front starts to work, and the speed of "Houyi" begins to slow down. of reduction.

The places where a spacecraft really consumes energy when traveling in the universe are the initial acceleration and the deceleration when it is about to arrive. The energy consumed in these two stages accounts for more than 90% of the total energy consumption, because according to the mass-energy formula, whether it is deceleration or acceleration They all require a huge amount of energy, but relying on inertial flight in the middle basically consumes no energy.

Two hours later, the speed of the aerospace plane had slowed down to only a few kilometers per second. The moon continued to magnify in the field of vision, and was already close to the ruler.

On the Earth side, through the high-definition camera carried on the "Houyi", people all over the world have seen very clear images of the moon. Compared with the moon landings of the past century, the high-definition cameras carried on this moon landing can capture The pictures are completely different, more high-definition and in color.

"Get ready to enter lunar orbit!"

Whether it was the nine astronauts on the "Hou Yi" or the ground command center, everyone began to get nervous, because the most critical link had been reached. Although the speed of the "Hou Yi" had slowed down enough to be hit by the moon, The degree of gravity capture, but you still need to be very careful. If you accidentally miss the moon, it will be very troublesome.

The "Houyi" aerospace plane slowly approached the moon at a very low speed, was captured by the moon's gravity very smoothly, and began to fly around the moon's orbit. At the same time, it began to continuously adjust its orbit and speed, preparing to face the moon." The Lunar Palace space station once again supplies energy and compressed air to prepare for the moon landing.

"Dear viewers, the Houyi aerospace plane has been successfully captured by the moon's gravity and has successfully passed the most dangerous moment. At this time, it is constantly adjusting its orbit and preparing to dock with the Yuegong Space Station, where it will conduct final energy and energy refueling operations. The supply of compressed air will be carried out once the supply is completed. "

At this time, on the Chinese side of the earth, almost all TV stations are live broadcasting China's manned moon landing activities. Naturally, some experts and scholars in the aerospace field are invited to interpret on the spot, and they can explain every step and every link. One, two or three, it can be regarded as a popular science education for the entire Chinese people.

On the moon side, the "Houyi" aerospace plane flew slowly, getting closer and closer to the "Yuegong" space station, and finally docked slowly and smoothly. The energy capsule and compressed air capsule on the aerospace plane slowly Opened, the robotic arm on the "Moon Palace" space station began to replace new energy batteries and compressed air.

On the other side, several astronauts on the "Houyi" aerospace plane began to enter the "Yue Palace" space station, and completed some things inside that could not be completed by machines and required astronauts to complete. This will pave the way for the "Yue Palace" space station to serve as a space station between the earth and the moon in the future. Prepare for the transit space station.

According to the plan, the "Moon Palace" space station will be stationed for a long time in the future and will become a similar existence to the "Tiangong".

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