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Chapter 487: NASA is a little confused

The separation cabin carrying a set of refining equipment and a lunar rover was officially separated from the "Wentian" spacecraft. The separation cabin slowly adjusted its posture in space. The independent engine nozzle at the tail finally headed towards the "Wentian" spacecraft that was gradually moving away, and the head of the cabin was in the direction of the earth.

About six minutes later, the "Wentian" spacecraft that accelerated away was gone, and the independent engine of the lunar module was started at this time. The speed of the separation capsule began to drop sharply from 57,600 kilometers per hour, and finally reduced the speed to below 8,568 kilometers per hour, so that the moon could capture it.

"I never thought I would land on the moon myself in my life. Before joining the big family of Huasheng Technology, what about you, Liu!" Cock said excitedly. The boss is no longer good, he is relaxed and not restrained.

"Just like you." Liu Jinyan smiled concisely.

"It's such a luxury to sail from Earth to the Moon in 17 hours." Cock couldn't help but feel very moved, because it was not chemical fuel and sufficient energy to accelerate. You should know that the Apollo spacecraft had been tossing for 4 days, and ordinary lunar exploration satellites took about 10 days, and needed to enter the Earth's orbit, and then they had to use the earth's gravitational acceleration to obtain further acceleration, and finally they headed to the moon, and they could not be tossed for 10 days.

It is nothing more than energy scarcity. In addition, traditional rockets that use chemical fuels have to face an embarrassing problem. If they want to increase thrust and carrying capacity, they have to add more fuel. However, the weight of the rocket will increase accordingly, which requires greater thrust and more fuel, and then they will fall into a vicious cycle.

There is no way, so I can only use the earth's gravity to accelerate at a relatively economical speed.

However, Huasheng Technology's space exploration activities have sufficient energy supply, and use high-purity energy with small volume and mass energy reserves, rather than chemical energy, so of course it will not waste time.

"Speed, 8,200 kilometers per hour. Prepare to land in Wanghu District!" Liu Jin pressed several buttons in front of the console, and said at the same time. Cock also focused. After 11 minutes, the two successfully landed in the moon and looked at the lake District. This was the address of the future moon base chosen by Li Chuan, which is relatively rich in more helium three nuclear materials.

"Looking at Blue Star from this perspective... is so beautiful!" Cock, wearing a space suit, jumped gently, stepped onto the surface of the moon and left his first footprint. He couldn't help but look into space. In the dark starry sky, only the earth was like the brightest pearl in the night, beautiful.

"My work, brother, let's do the lyrical things later. Don't forget that we are here to collect Helium 3. It goes without saying how much the boss pays attention to it." Liu Jin complained.

"O.K, O.K, no problem, I'll go find the camping territory first!" Cock immediately drove the lunar rover to the distance. Liu Jin, next to the lunar module, looked at his distant figure and reminded him: "Swiss Cock, pay attention to oxygen supply, 6 hours."

"Don't worry, it's worth more than 7 billion yuan. I don't want to go back and be scolded by my boss. I also want to work in Huasheng Technology for the rest of my life, no, at least for two lives. In addition, I'm a Swedish, no, I should be a Chinese now."

Liu Jin shook his head helplessly, but it was not a bad thing to have such a lively teammate on this boring moon surface. After all, I have to work here for more than three months.

Finally, Cock selected the address and camped 12 kilometers outside the airborne landing site. Back to the airborne site, the two carried a bottle of liquefied nitrogen, liquefied gas and multiple Beam inflatable space capsules onto the lunar rover, and then began to spread the inflatable space capsule at the selected address. The Beam inflatable space capsule is indeed a very good outdoor exploration item, easy to carry and does not take up space.

“1.01×10^5 Pascal, OK, Ness!”

After working hard for most of the day, I finally got the temporary outpost base, with an area of ​​300 square meters, which is luxurious enough, including bathroom, bathroom, kitchen, living room, and bedroom, which is much more comfortable than on "Wentianhao".

As for Cock, he also built several potted plants.

Liu Jin drove the "dirt-eating monster" out of the cabin with a mass of about 70 tons. The mass and weight are two completely different concepts. The mass will not change, but the weight will change with the different gravity of the planet. For example, on the surface of the moon, the weight of the 70 tons of refining equipment weighs only about 11.5 tons.

This traction volume equipment is a complete Helium 3 refining factory. The basic principle is to "eat" the lunar soil first, heat it inside the equipment to separate Helium 3 and Helium 4, collect and package the required Helium 3, and exclude other elements "impurities" in the lunar soil from the equipment.

The 24-hour refining efficiency of this equipment is about 30 kilograms. In other words, it takes about 100 earth sunshine time to collect the 3 tons required by Lichuan, which is about three months.

On the other hand, Cock was not idle either. He was building a wireless signal generator. After more than an hour of tossing, he finally received the satellite signal from the earth. As for what he did, of course he was watching TV programs. Cock is a scientist, engineer, but he is also a super fan, because the 24th World Cup this year is about to start.

However, just as the two of them were working hard in Wanghu District, the American Weber Space Telescope in Earth orbit was staring at their every move.

Seeing the image of the space telescope passing back, NASA was a little confused now because she didn't know what they were doing on it, but the inflatable temporary moon base was too eye-catching. There was also the heavy equipment slowly displaced on the surface, so she didn't know what it was for.

To be honest, this scene made many aerospace scientists in the United States envious. In the later period, three scientists who worked for NASA could not stand such temptation and chose to switch to Huasheng Technology. This is a later story.

"I think they may be refining...helium three." An old scholar suddenly said, at this time, NASA was holding a meeting to discuss the matter.

"What? What do you mean?" Richard was shocked, and everyone was extremely shocked.

"The most valuable resource on the moon is Helium 3. In other words, the Chinese are likely to have made a secret breakthrough in the field of nuclear fusion, or Huasheng Technology." The old man said firmly.

"This is definitely disastrous news!" Richard murmured to himself. After realizing it, he suddenly understood why Huasheng Technology's crazy investment in the field of space exploration was for. Only nuclear fusion energy that represents nearly infinite energy can match the terrifying investment.

But the situation has been settled, and it is too late, because even if the United States wants to use war, it may not be able to win.
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