Scholar's Cultivation System Panel

"According to the analysis of the data fed back by Yutu 3, the lava tube cave under this coordinate is very suitable. Both the terrain and size are more in line with our base idea."

"I think this is definitely a target location."

March 5, 2027, Imperial Capital, Aerospace Command and Control Hall.

In front of the screen showing the lunar rover's feedback data, Zhang Feng stood nearby and reported the discovery to others. He did not hide the excitement and joy on his face when he spoke.

Under the long-term detection of Yutu-3, artificial intelligence and quantum computer analysis were added.

Now there is finally a result.

This means that in the next step, rockets can be launched to bombard the location of the lava tube hole.

How not to please.

The key is that this pair of drilling devices is also a good experiment, and the possibility of using them on space-based weapons can be analyzed in detail.

What will increase by then will not only be the progress of lunar base construction, but also the improvement of military strength.

After all, no country in the world has yet developed a powerful space-based weapon.

Zhou Mingwei, Xu Yun and others who were listening to the report now looked much more relaxed.

To be honest, the Jade Rabbit 3 lunar rover has not yet harvested anything. This Spring Festival, everyone is very sad to rest assured. Even during the holidays, we have to pay attention to the situation here almost every day.

They were afraid that they would not be able to explore suitable targets for a long time, which would indirectly affect the progress of the lunar base.

The landing area of ​​the lunar rover has been screened. In addition to considering the convenience of landing, the most important thing is to have a lava tube hole.

to find suitable targets.

After exploring the entire area, no suitable pipe holes were found.

I'm afraid I have to choose a new area again.

Fire the rocket again.

The lunar rover has limited energy and a fixed range of activities, so it cannot explore across regions.

I don't know how long it will take after all this fussing.

Fortunately, they were pretty lucky and successfully found a suitable lava tube cave.

As Zhang Feng spoke, a three-dimensional model of the target pipe hole appeared on the screen behind him, allowing everyone to view it more intuitively.

Zhou Mingwei was undoubtedly satisfied with the target tunnel, but he did not express his opinion directly.

Instead, he turned his head and looked at Xu Yun beside him.

With a smile on his face, he asked: "What do you think, Commander Xu?"

The overall commander of the entire lunar base project has been put in charge by Xu Yun. Xu Yun must make the decision at this time. Although they don't need to care about this due to their relationship, Zhou Mingwei still pays great attention to the details of his position outside.

Xu Yun definitely trusts Yutu 3 and the artificial intelligence Deep Sea.

The location determined by their analysis is definitely not wrong.

Only considering the old tradition in the aerospace system, he thought for a moment before responding aloud.

"Just confirm this location, but the detection mission of Yutu 3 will continue."

"It would be nice if we had a backup plan."

Once the drilling device is launched and the accuracy cannot meet the requirements, the lava tube hole will basically be useless.

There is a high probability that it will be buried.

In this case, just relying on the lunar rover to clean up is not enough.

Since the Aerospace Science and Technology Group has prepared two drilling devices, there must be alternatives for lava tube tunnels.

However, Xu Yun only had this consideration in mind, and might not be able to really find alternatives.

It took me a few months to find a suitable target, and I don't know how long it would take to find a second one.

Time waits for no one.

After the location of the lava tube hole is determined, the space launch center is expected to carry out a launch mission soon.

Mainly, the last launch of the Long March 10 manned launch vehicle only carried one lunar rover because of the quantum relay. If there were two, the efficiency would undoubtedly be faster.

"Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, this matter is already being implemented." Zhang Feng responded with a smile after hearing Xu Yun's words.

Xu Yun nodded: "That's good."

After temporarily dealing with the matter of the lava tube cave, Xu Yun also turned his gaze to Zhou Mingwei and asked:

"To what extent are the modifications to the manned spacecraft and the drilling device project currently underway?"

"The transformation of the spacecraft has been completed, and it will carry two drilling devices and enter the lunar orbit under the transportation of Chang Shi."

"The lunar rover will send three more rovers." Zhou Mingwei's expression immediately became serious and he explained the situation in detail.

Xu Yun felt relieved when he heard this. He thought that the progress of each project was not much different, and there was no delay. This meant that the Chang Shi rocket could be launched again at any time to carry out the important bombardment drilling of the lunar base. link.

His thoughts stayed here, he looked around at everyone present, and said in a deep voice with a smile on his lips:

"Next let's discuss the launch plan in detail."

Everyone must hope to speed up the progress and shorten the time it takes to build the lunar base.

At this moment, when I heard Xu Yun's words, I didn't understand what they meant.

His face was instantly filled with smiles.

In the following time, several people went to the conference room to discuss the plan and strive to successfully complete the launch mission.

The entire meeting lasted for almost three hours. After discussions between Xu Yun, Zhou Mingwei, Zhang Feng and other academicians and researchers, the preliminary launch plan was finally determined.

This time the launch situation is different from the previous one. Two Long March 10 manned launch vehicles will be launched consecutively.

They are respectively equipped with a modified manned spacecraft and a lunar lander that transports a lunar rover.

After entering lunar orbit, the two space equipment will dock.

As for the task that the lunar rover will perform, it is to clean the lava tube hole after bombardment drilling to ensure that the core module of the lunar base can land smoothly and smoothly in the tube hole.

The lunar rover with the function of processing lunar soil will not be launched until the lunar core module is in place.

However, in order to shorten this construction period as much as possible, it may be necessary to continue to increase the number of lunar rovers later.

But the priority now must be to ensure the success of bombardment drilling.

Speaking of which, this plan is no different from the previously determined manned moon landing plan.

It is nothing more than transforming the manned spacecraft carrying astronauts into carrying two drilling devices.

In a way, it can be regarded as accumulating experience for manned moon landing.

The biggest regret is that there will still be no astronauts participating in this launch mission.

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"No one has any opinions on this launch plan yet. If there are any, we can put it forward for discussion now."

In the conference room, Xu Yun continued to solicit opinions from other people present regarding the initially determined launch plan, and did not comment just because he became the commander-in-chief.

Space launch is no small matter and requires the coordination and joint efforts of various departments to ensure smooth operation.

In this case, make sure everyone has zero doubts.

Once it is completely determined and implemented, the plan cannot be easily changed.

This plan was discussed by everyone, so there will naturally be no other doubts about it.

So they all shook their heads in response.

"I have no opinion."

"I agree."

"This is the best solution at the moment."

Seeing everyone's performance, Xu Yun continued: "Since everyone agrees with this launch plan, let's start implementing it as soon as possible."

"The launch time is initially set for next month, and the details will be left to the weather office."

"I immediately started preparing the relevant components to be transported to the Changhai Launch Center for vertical hoisting." Zhou Mingwei took over Xu Yun's words at this time and said: "Ensure that all assembly is completed before launch."

Although a total of two rockets will be launched this time, the capacity of the Changhai Launch Center is sufficient to successfully complete the hoisting.

There's nothing to worry about.

After hearing Zhou Mingwei's words, Xu Yun nodded and stopped wasting time.

The meeting was adjourned immediately.

"Then let's end today's meeting here. Feel free to communicate if you have any questions."

After today's meeting, it can be said that the entire aerospace system will be busy again.

Everyone has many tasks to do.

So almost as soon as Xu Yun said these words, everyone quickly packed the things on the table and stood up.

Pretending to leave.

However, before Zhou Mingwei and others could take a step forward, they temporarily stopped because of Zhang Feng's voice.

"One more thing, Commander Xu, does this launch mission need to be announced to the public in advance?"

According to previous regulations, the launch mission of the launch center will be announced, and some people will even go to Changhai to watch the launch up close.

Only considering the special nature of this launch mission, Zhang Feng asked more questions.

When Xu Yun heard Zhang Feng's words, he basically knew what the other party was thinking about.

There is no doubt that there will be problems with the launch mission.

But the live broadcast of Lunar Oversight, which is currently sensationalizing the world, has lasted for several months, and the number of people online every day is at least tens of millions.

In this case, it makes no difference whether it is publicized or not.

However, Xu Yun has absolute confidence in this.

In this way, the more others in the outside world do not believe that they can build mankind's first lunar base, the more he has to use a high-profile gesture to prove this point.

So how could it not be made public?

On the contrary, it needs to be reported and publicized by the media on a large scale.

"Let's make it public, through the official media." Xu Yun answered Zhang Feng's question directly without much hesitation.

Zhang Feng: "I will arrange it."

When the others heard that Xu Yun and Zhang Feng were talking about this matter, they immediately lost interest and accelerated their foot movements.

Soon, the other people's figures disappeared from sight, and Xu Yun was the only one left in the conference room.

He sat down again, put away his serious expression, showed a warm smile and took out his mobile phone from his pocket.

Then he made a video call to Chen Shihe.

After work, I also want to spend time with my family and chat with my daughter and son.

…

The Space Office is undoubtedly very experienced in promoting this kind of thing. After Zhang Feng handed over the specific tasks, within a few days, all major official media accounts released information about launching Chang Shi again.

At the same time, a brief introduction to the content of the launch mission was given, which mentioned that this time it was mainly about drilling the determined lava tube hole.

In addition, the Lunar Overwatch live broadcast room, which has a terrifying number of people online every day, has also become a good publicity venue. It publishes the confirmed three-dimensional data of the lava tube hole in the live broadcast room and uses gimmicks such as drilling holes in it to attract more viewers. .

With the blessing of these circumstances, one can imagine the number of people in the Lunar Overwatch live broadcast room by then.

It’s bound to break the record again.

In fact, the picture in the Lunar Oversight live broadcast room has not moved for several days, and Yutu 3 is only moving around.

No more exploring everywhere like before.

In addition, the live broadcast has been going on for several months, and it is inevitable that the audience will gradually become bored.

It was not until the information was released in the live broadcast room that everyone realized that Yutu 3 had completed its mission and successfully detected a suitable lava tube hole.

But when they saw that a window was to be opened on this lava tube hole to turn it into a real lunar skylight, everyone seemed a little dumbfounded and couldn't imagine how to do it on the moon.

Previously, when the Space Office announced the lunar base plan, it only stated that it would use lava tube holes on the moon.

But exactly how it will be implemented is confidential.

In addition, most people do not know much about lunar lava tube caves, and this is even the first time they have heard the term.

I thought it would be easy to drill holes in it, and I might be able to do it with a lunar rover.

But after actually learning the three-dimensional data of the lava tube cave, they instantly looked at each other and were dumbfounded.

Seeing the lava tube hole dozens of meters away from the moon, I really can't imagine how to successfully drill it.

Moreover, the diameter of this hole cannot be small, and it must be ensured that the core module of the lunar base can land smoothly inside.

Faced with this seemingly impossible thing, some people are also quite worried.

I feel like I underestimated the difficulty of the moon base before.

Just getting started was so difficult.

I'm afraid it may not be possible to build it smoothly.

Relevant news quickly swept across the entire Internet and once again topped the list of hot searches on major platforms, related topics also aroused many people's discussions.

Later, someone even suggested changing the lava tube hole and choosing one that is easier to drill.

"I asked why the screen has been frozen these past few days. It turns out that our little rabbit has completed the task."

"This lava tube cave is really not small, with a width of more than 100 meters. It is indeed suitable for use as a lunar base."

"The tube hole is tens of meters away from the moon. Can you tell me how to drill it?"

"I'm a little stunned, why is it so thick?"

"Such a thickness would be a piece of cake on Earth, but it would be impossible to achieve on the moon. Isn't it possible to dig it out bit by bit with a lunar rover?"

"I thought building a moon base was too simple."

“I think it’s unrealistic to drill holes with this thickness, and I’m a little worried!”

"Let's simply re-detect a tube hole close to the lunar surface. This one will be abandoned for the time being."

"The lava tube cave was chosen as the base location for its safety and to avoid erosion by the lunar environment. Wouldn't it be useless to find one close to the lunar surface?"

"Everyone should believe Academician Xu. If you dare to target this lava tube cave, you must be certain."

…

As everyone discussed this matter, although the popularity grew rapidly, there was no result in the end.

Faced with this situation, everyone can only pay attention to the Lunar Overwatch live broadcast room to see what method will be used to drill holes.

But the influence of the moon base has reached this point, and everyone definitely hopes to succeed.

Witness Xu Yun creating miracles again.

To say who is happiest at this time, it must be the Space Exploration Technology Company, which is busy with the moon landing restart plan.

"boss."

"It seems that they were not very lucky this time. There is no suitable lava tube cave within the scope of the lunar rover."

As the chief technology officer in the office, Terblanco was standing next to Musk and responding to the content on the computer screen. He felt even more happy after seeing that many people expressed concern about it.

Now that they are in a competitive relationship, it would undoubtedly be good news to see their opponent fail.

In Terblanc's view, the lava tube hole Xu Yun chose was a little too thick from the moon, which in turn greatly increased the difficulty of drilling.

This situation is definitely not a deliberate choice, it can only be due to the lack of better alternatives in the area.

That's why he said that the other party was unlucky.

"They actually dared to continue the launch mission under such circumstances. Where did they get the courage?"

Musk was also quite puzzled after hearing Terblanco's words. If it were him, even if he launched one more rocket, he would have to choose a new exploration area.

Continuing with the mission would undoubtedly be a risk.

"I'm afraid this genius scientist is too confident. He wants to speed up the construction of the lunar base and does not want to be caught up in our moon landing plan."

Faced with his boss's questions, Terblanco explained again.

"What do you think their probability of success is?" Musk thought for a while and asked another question.

"Basically equal to zero." Terblanco gave an answer.

As soon as Forefoot said this, he explained the next second: "No matter what drilling method they use, it is absolutely impossible to succeed in the face of such a thickness of the moon, but as long as there is an external force acting on the top of the tube hole, It may cause the structure of the internal pipe hole to change, and it will be difficult to use this location even if the hole is drilled." When talking about these things, the whole person can be said to be confident and confident.

But it was a pity that he underestimated the power of the drilling device designed by Xu Yun.

Since Xu Yun dared to choose this lava tube cave, he was confident that the drilling device could successfully drill the hole.

You must know that when they first decided to launch a live broadcast on the moon, Zhou Mingwei and Zhang Feng were afraid that the outside world would misunderstand it and think that it was a space-based weapon that would cause global panic.

Musk obviously would not have thought of this. Instead, he felt that if the mission ultimately failed and Xu Yun was punished by the aerospace office, the probability that he would successfully invite him to participate in starship development would also increase.

"In this case, we need to pay more attention this time. It can also reduce our pressure a lot."

"I have long said that with the current aerospace technology, it is too risky to build a lunar base." Terblanco added after taking over his boss's words.

Just as all walks of life around the world were paying attention to this matter, through the efforts of engineers in the meteorological room of the Changhai Launch Center, a specific suitable launch window was quickly determined.

The launch is scheduled for the end of next month.

At the same time, the rocket body components belonging to the Chang 10, as well as equipment such as the manned spacecraft drilling device and the lunar rover, were also packed into containers and transported to the Changhai Launch Center.

After arrival, the lifting team of the launch center will unload the goods and hoist them in the vertical lifting hall.

In addition, Zhao Hongyu, the commander of the launch center, is also cooperating with Xu Yun in all aspects to prepare for the simultaneous launch of the Double Ten Long March rocket at the end of next month. (End of chapter)