Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

Mo Dao and Qin Huaishi stayed at the lunar base for a total of five days.

Although, coming to the lunar base is considered some official business,

But as far as putting a helium-3 reactor on the lunar base and launching the Suigu Project,

In fact, it is not necessarily necessary for Mo Dao, the founder of Qiusuo Research Institute, to make a special trip.

His visit could not play any special role.

More importantly, Mo Dao just wanted to visit the lunar base.

During the five days here at the lunar base,

Mo Dao did not participate much in the work of the laboratories on the lunar base.

The core researchers at the lunar base did not bother Mo Dao much.

I chose an outer cabin.

Most of the time, Mo Dao and his girl Qin Huaishi were just like they were on the ground.

Simply chatting, talking about things that may not be that important in life.

When he didn't want to talk, Mo Dao looked at the moon outside the porthole and the Earth hanging alone in the night sky, or rather in the universe.

Qin Huaishi sat next to Mo Dao and looked out with Mo Dao. The two of them enjoyed the tranquility together.

Occasionally, I also leave the base, put on my spacesuit, and walk outside.

Just after leaving the lunar base,

It was difficult for the people at the lunar base to leave Mo Dao and Qin Huaishi alone.

Regarding Mo Dao's safety, it was hard not to be nervous from top to bottom at the lunar base.

The scene of the lunar surface looking out from the porthole of the lunar base,

After leaving aside the subjective experience of another planet other than humans coming to the earth,

It's actually not that pretty.

It looks like the Gobi without wind and without any vegetation.

It's like a deserted beach after the river has dried up.

Maybe there are only those craters on the moon, and the craters are more distinctive.

For Mo Dao,

This is not a novel world anymore.

The scene seen through the porthole is like similar scenes from this life and the previous life intertwined.

Not in a trance,

But it’s hard to say there isn’t a little bit of special emotion.

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Five days later,

Mo Dao and Qin Huaishi walked along the same journey again,

We also took the Di-Moon and returned to the near-Earth space platform, then transferred to the Yuanhang 7c from the near-Earth space platform and returned to the Changlu launch site.

In order to continue operation, the Yuanhang 7c at this moment basically landed not far from the original launch site of the Changlu launch site.

The Changlu launch site, which has undergone several rounds of expansion over the years, has a landing site dedicated to powering the spacecraft for return and landing.

After landing at the landing site, Yuanhang 7c completed maintenance and replenished working fluid and energy.

It will be pulled back to the launch site here to be on standby for the next round of launch missions.

The frequency of spacecraft launches from the Changlu Launch Site has almost caught up with the frequency of daily flights from some small airports.

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52 years, summer.

After Mo Dao returned to the ground, another three months passed.

In the midst of intensive construction,

Qiusuo Research Institute first completed the main parts of a helium-3 fusion reactor on the ground.

Then via the Yuanhang-6 rocket, sub-systems successively sent the entire helium-3 fusion reactor to the sky.

Then it will be transferred to the lunar orbit by the Earth-Moon probe.

Within three months, in addition to the original normal launch mission,

The Qiusuo Research Institute launched a total of seventeen additional launches of the Yuanhang-6 rocket.

Most of the transportation capacity of the electric-propulsion spacecraft Voyage 7c is also allocated to the task of building a helium-3 fusion reactor on the lunar surface.

Finally, in late August,

The Qiusuo Research Institute completed the construction of the lunar helium 3 reactor.

After the reactor part landed on the moon, it was docked with the assistance of researchers and technicians at the lunar base.

There is also a large part of the main body that was transported to the lunar surface orbit and then precisely assembled in space before landing on the lunar surface.

Although this is still completely made on the ground, it was just sent to the moon for use.

But this does not affect its great significance after its completion.

Helium-3 mined from the lunar surface has been used directly on the lunar surface for the first time.

With the energy provided by the helium-3 reactor, the transformation of the source method of the lunar base was completed.

Coupled with some solid water resources existing on the moon itself,

The lunar base itself also has several cabins, which produce part of the food in a 'three-dimensional farm' modeled on the ground.

At this point, the lunar base has begun to develop towards self-sufficiency in a real sense.

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53 years.

This year, Mo Dao was fifty-nine years old.

Under the influence of Mo Dao, Qiusuo Research Institute's research and exploration are basically cost-effective.

Regardless of whether it is controllable nuclear fusion technology or room temperature superconducting materials,

Or the various technologies that the behemoth Qiusuo Research Institute has accumulated in various cutting-edge fields over the years,

Or simply explore the value of the existence of the institute itself.

All allow Qiusuo Research Institute to mobilize a large part of the resources of the entire society and the entire world,

Let these terrifying resources follow the will of Qiusuo Research Institute and invest in the fields that Qiusuo Research Institute or simply Mo Dao wants to invest in.

After room temperature superconductivity and helium 3 fusion,

The Qiusuo Research Institute, which had already stabilized somewhat,

A new round of expansion began again.

Only from '51 to '53.

The number of researchers in the Qiusu Research Institute has increased from about 100,000 to 130,000.

And this is just the number of researchers in the Qiusuo Research Institute.

In fact, the impact of Qiusuo Research Institute on research in various fields is far beyond the number of researchers.

In this era, basically a group of top researchers are gathered in the Qiusuo Research Institute.

Even in those research fields that Mo Dao was not involved in,

The research team of Qiusuo Research Institute is basically at the top of the field.

In other words, Qiusuo Research Institute has basically influenced the scientific research direction of the entire human race at this moment.

In the past and in the future, the existence of the Research Institute is undoubtedly a miracle.

And just when the size of the Qiusuo Research Institute began to expand again,

At the Research Institute of Exploration, we went to Mars, Venus, Mercury,

The launched spacecraft have successively completed the launch of semi-permanent bases, planetary synchronous orbit satellites,

The launch of relay satellites between earth fire, earth metal, and earth water, as well as a series of other preparations, such as the advance transportation and delivery of materials.

53 years,

From the Spring Festival until summer,

There was no time for the people who were paying attention to this matter to take a breath.

It is still the same three electric-propelled spacecraft that only travel in the universe and cannot land on the ground.

Yinghuo, Taibai, and Boya carried the first batch of astronauts to stay on these three planets.

This is not the first time humans have set foot on these planets.

During the Yuanhang 5 and 6 missions, the Qiusuo Research Institute tried to land on these planets.

There are problems in landing on every planet, but with the accumulation of technology in the past few decades, they can basically be solved.

In Mo Dao's previous life, humans had done this.

However, there are several reasons to consider.

Prior to this, Qiusuo Research Institute's research on these planets had only been at the stage of launching satellites and unmanned vehicles to explore and attempt manned landings.

This is the first time that astronauts have been stationed on these three planets.

The first one to arrive was Venus. However, due to the harsh environment of Venus, the semi-permanent base launched by Qiusuo Research Institute was not placed on the surface of Venus.

Just stay in the synchronous orbit of Venus.

Then there is Mars. After landing on the surface of Mars through the prepared lander and completing the docking with the semi-permanent base of Mars,

The Research Institute and humans have begun their permanent mission to Mars.

Finally, there is Mercury. The chosen launch time is not very good. Mercury is not at its closest distance to the earth. Even though the electric propulsion spacecraft took a long time to accelerate, it took more than a month. , arrived successfully.