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When the Enterprise, or rather, the Starship Enterprise, flew away from Earth's orbit and headed towards Mars, although it took away six astronauts, it could not take away the enthusiasm of Earthlings.

Indeed, when the Americans announced the name of this Mars spacecraft, many people cheered.

"Enterprise", the English name translates roughly the same, and with the American science fiction films sweeping the globe, its reputation has become increasingly popular.

After all, in many works, it is the protagonist's ship, the most powerful warship name.

It just so happens that a series of science fiction movies has a protagonist ship with this name, and the protagonists drive it to fight aliens from beginning to end, so the meaning of giving this Mars mission this name is self-evident.

[Expedition to Mars!]

[Crusade against aliens!]

Tsk tsk, these topics sound very exciting.

Although the American Space Agency said that this is a scientific research mission, no one believes it anymore. They said before that there was no Mars mission, but isn't it here now?

Now they say it's a scientific research mission, who are they kidding?

What do they need astronauts with all military backgrounds for a scientific research mission?

Moreover, many insiders revealed that they brought weapons this time!

Then there is nothing to say, the first war between human civilization and an alien civilization will begin in a few months!

"Good heavens, I'm directly saying good heavens! This mission is too exciting. This is the kind of space mission that most people like to watch, and not just competing with alien rocks!"

"That's right, who wants to watch scientists collecting rocks and digging mud on Mars? We want to see interstellar wars!"

"Are you guys stupid? All you know is 'war'. Is it up to you to decide whether human civilization goes to war with alien civilization? Why don't you go to the battlefield yourselves?"

"I think it's better not to start a war easily. It seems that those few aliens don't have any foreign aid now, but who knows if their fleet is advancing towards the solar system? Humans should leave themselves some room for maneuver, right?"

"Humans don't have any room for maneuver. Humans only have a small base on the moon now. When the alien fleet comes, we won't be able to go anywhere. If we don't take advantage of the present to capture those four aliens as hostages and squeeze out their alien technology, what will humans rely on to resist the alien fleet?"

While everyone was clamoring to show the aliens some power, some other people emerged, with Little Armstrong at the head.

As the "revealer" who initially disclosed alien information to the outside world and tore apart the American government's cover-up, Little Armstrong fled to the Russian side. Although he was blacklisted by the Americans, his reputation has grown.

Especially in the field of aliens.

Now he is not just a "revealer" anymore. As an American, he plays identity politics very well. He has now joined the ranks of "alien lovers" and led the "alien enthusiast" group into the team, obtaining a very high position.

In addition, now that the alien topic has been brought up again, his influence is gradually increasing.

As soon as he spoke, many fans clamored.

"Don't directly attack those four aliens, right? They are already very pitiful to be stranded in the solar system. Why should we treat them like this? We should be friends with them and then exchange technologies. This is a harmonious interstellar relationship."

"That's right, Mars was not originally ours humans. Mars is the home of aliens. We are disturbing them by going there!"

"Aliens have not harmed humans. They are the most peace-loving race. Human detection equipment directly rushed into their homes. It would be strange if they were not shot down. After all, planes from other countries on Earth cannot fly around in another country either."

"That's right, humans are indeed a disgusting race. I hope aliens come over quickly. Only the alien world is free. I want to go to the real free world."

Blah blah blah, there is never a shortage of "opponents" in the world. People with such ideas have other ideas, and the ideas are still opposed.

When those people saw such remarks, of course they had to fight back immediately.

"Good heavens, it's actually 'alien lovers'. You should learn from your peers and go to the route between Earth and Mars to stop the Enterprise."

"Actually, I also agree to use force against aliens, but why do I feel that the Americans will mess up this mission?"

"Your feeling is correct, because that's how it's portrayed in science fiction movies. The first extraterrestrial civilization contact will be very unsuccessful. After some people die, the protagonist team will come out to save the world."

"Isn't there already a mess? And it was the Pathfinder of Tianxia who messed it up. What does it have to do with the Americans?"

"That's right, the Americans are the bullied party. Their Mars rover was robbed, and the Pathfinder's helicopter took the initiative to provoke the aliens, causing the aliens to rob it, losing scientific research equipment, and destroying the potential friendly relationship between humans and aliens. It is the one who messed things up."

"I also think so. Otherwise, why doesn't the Pathfinder dare to send a spaceship to Mars this time? Obviously, it's afraid!"

"Although the Pathfinder did not send a spaceship to Mars this time, I feel a little strange about it, but the Pathfinder hasn't offended you, right? What are you talking about?"

"Didn't you still firmly believe that they were all hiding missions before? Why are you now saying with conclusive evidence that the Pathfinder has no mission prepared?"

The discussion caused by the Enterprise Mars spacecraft's voyage is not limited to these. There is also the orbital refueling that was carried out this time.

With the completion of the industrial area of the Tianting Space Station, the Worker Bee spacecraft and the Benyue spacecraft began to be busy, consuming fuel on one side and transporting fuel on the other.

Those large tanks in the industrial area were finally filled by the Benyue spacecraft, after much difficulty, after all, its cargo capacity is not very good. It is just a general-purpose spacecraft with average technology.

Although this "average technology" is not available in other countries, it is... indeed average.

After the fuel tanks were filled, the two Worker Bee spacecraft and the little bit that was repaired and replenished were basically "a piece of cake~"

Basically, it doesn't use much.

This refueling of the "Enterprise Starship" is a full-power refueling, and it is a test of the fuel refueling station. The success of this refueling is also an affirmation of the fuel refueling station.

It proves that it does have the ability to refuel large spacecraft.

Moreover, the fact that the Americans chose to use the refueling station to replenish fuel this time, instead of launching it from the ground themselves, repeatedly replenishing it themselves, also shows that the cost of the refueling station is relatively cheap.

Most importantly, if the refueling station can operate normally, then aerospace agencies that want to conduct deep space exploration in the future can choose a new plan.

There is no need to transport the equipment and fuel together. You only need to transport an empty device, and the fuel can be replenished at the refueling station.

The weight of the "empty shell equipment" is much lighter, so there is no need for a large rocket, and the cost and difficulty will definitely drop sharply.

It is very friendly to late-developing aerospace agencies and companies.

It's like, it's easier for an airplane to land at a well-built airport, and it's too difficult to land directly in the wild.

The orbital fuel supply station can be used normally, and there are customers who have verified it, and it is still a customer with a relationship like Tianxia and the United States, which is enough to prove its reliability, but its influence is still not as good as a manned spacecraft flying to Mars.

Many people still feel that they have waited in vain, and feel that the Pathfinder has developed for a relatively short time and is not as good as the Americans with their solid technological accumulation.

Although some technologies are very outstanding, they are still lagging behind at this critical moment.

Pity.

Ordinary netizens will not consider the deep meaning, and feel that they understand the whole world by looking at the surface.

The Pathfinder is not deliberately slapping faces, it is just proceeding according to its own plan, and some people just bumped into it.

Moreover, the Pathfinder also has to fulfill its promise to the official Tianxia, that is, "even if the Americans fly one month earlier, the Pathfinder's spacecraft can still reach Mars first."

So, on the noisy second day, the Pathfinder began a new space launch mission.

The Yishan rocket is still the main force, and it still does not announce in advance what the payload is. In the end, the cargo hold is opened, and it is another rotating simulated gravity cabin in a contracted state.

Everyone: "???"

This sense of déjà vu...

Has time gone backwards?

Impossible, right?

"Hey, what is Pathfinder Aerospace going to do? Are we all collectively traveling back to the past?"

"Impossible, time has not changed, and the medium-sized rotating simulated gravity cabin transported by the Yishan rocket is not rotating in the industrial area? It was also photographed when the Enterprise spacecraft was refueling."

"That's right, has the Tianting Space Station's plan changed again? Is it going to add another simulated gravity rotating cabin?"

"Changed again? In fact, it's not bad to have one more simulated gravity cabin. If there are more simulated gravity cabins, the experience price should be reduced. Maybe I can also spend money to experience it."

The first day passed in this kind of discussion, and the Pathfinder did not make any indication, but recovered the Yishan rocket and then inspected it to prepare for the next launch.

During this period, the newly launched simulated cabin did not take any action, nor did it unfold, nor did it dock with any aerospace facilities, it just hovered thousands of meters away from the industrial area of the Tianting Space Station.

Ordinary people really dare not play like this in space. Except when the spaceship or the modules sent up dock, they will be so close, and then dock, who would usually let a big guy fly alongside a few thousand meters away?

Although the distance between the two is "static", what if?

What if there is an accident and a collision is about to occur, it is really not easy to hide in a space distance of several thousand meters.

In outer space, several thousand meters is no different from being "close together".

The Pathfinder dares to play like this.

Only when you have absolute confidence in your equipment and absolute control over the surrounding environment dare you play like this.

Subsequently, things became more and more magical.

Not only did the Yishan rocket come out, but even the semi-retired Yuanhang rocket also came out.

Sections of space capsule segments were transported up and then docked with the medium-sized simulated gravity rotating cabin.

With the comparison of the Yishan carrier and the Yuanhang rocket, it can be seen that these cabins are very huge.

The diameter of the cabin transported by the Yishan carrier exceeds 10 meters, and the diameter of the cabin transported by the Yuanhang rocket must also be about 7 meters.

Looking at the appearance... it seems to be a streamlined version of the "Tianting Space Station".

There is a simulated gravity ring cabin, and the cabins docked on both sides of the ring cabin are on a straight axis. Later, a node cabin with multiple docking ports and several large tanks were added.

The four free docking ports of the node cabin are respectively docked with two landing spacecraft and two landing living cabins.

These four things all have engine nozzles, so they must be related to landing or landing.

People found some things that can be used as a reference, and found that they are similar to the living cabin and lunar lander of the lunar base.

Looking at this streamlined version of "Tianting" again...

"Understood! This is a lunar space station!"

"Yes, I also think so. Look at this rotating cabin, look at these cabins, they must be experimental cabins, and there are berths, and living cabins and landing ships on the berths. It must be a new version of the lunar survival cabin and lunar lander. The last big tanks are fuel supply stations. This is definitely a streamlined version of the Tianting Space Station! Tianxia and Pathfinder must be expanding the lunar base and improving the lunar space station by the way."

"Well, Tianxia already has several small space station cabins in lunar orbit, which can be called a streamlined Tiangong in lunar orbit. Now that the large space station is out, it will form a streamlined Tianting with the streamlined Tiangong, just like the previous Tianxia space station combination mode!"

"Wait, why are they building a lunar space station in Earth orbit? What will they use to transport it to lunar orbit?"

"That goes without saying, of course it is with a thruster. As long as it is equipped with a thruster, it can fly to lunar orbit by itself. The fuel supply station can supply fuel to itself. Pathfinder is really a little clever ghost~"

Sure enough, later the Pathfinder sent up a large thruster and docked it to the "very back" of the "space station".

"This... after installing the thruster, the size comparison between the thruster and the main body, doesn't this become a spaceship?"

"...?"

Yes, doesn't this become a spaceship?

Everyone looked at the current "space station" again, and saw that several huge cabins were on an axis, forming a balanced and symmetrical structure, and because the cabins were very thick, the overall look did not seem weak, so this thing would not run around when accelerating, nor would some unreasonably arranged cabins be broken by the gravity generated by acceleration.

Looking at the large thruster again, it does not seem to be a chemical fuel thruster, but a parallel amplified version of the ion engine installed on the "unmanned Mars spacecraft".

"!!!"

"Damn, what lunar space station, this is a Mars spaceship! It is an interplanetary spaceship!"

"It's similar to the science fiction Mars spaceship in "The Martian", but this spaceship looks more 'strong', not at all comparable to the 'thin' spaceship in the movie."

"Then this is too science fiction, right? With a usable ion thruster, can't it fly to Mars in two months like the 'unmanned Mars spacecraft'?"

"I feel that it may arrive in one month. The unmanned Mars spacecraft missed the window period before. This time it just caught up with the window, constantly consuming thrust, resisting part of the sun's gravity, and can fly a shorter arc to Mars."

"No wonder I felt the fuel tanks were a bit small and few; it turns out they weren't for supporting the space station's flight to the moon but for holding the ionized propellant."

After being recovered, the Yishan and Yuanhang spacecraft were pushed back into the factory for a thorough maintenance check, indicating that they wouldn't be undertaking any high-intensity launch missions for a while. This also suggests that this spacecraft, or rather, this spaceship, is finally fully assembled.

Even before Pathfinder could speak, some experts had already calculated some of its data.

With the medium-sized simulated gravity rotating cabin having a diameter of 50 meters after deployment, the length of this Mars spaceship reaches approximately 120 meters.

And the diameter of the several cabins on the central axis reaches 12 meters, with the engine's diameter even approaching 20 meters. The Yishan rocket is the only thing capable of transporting this behemoth.

Also, consider the onboard Mars lander and Mars habitat; the lander has a diameter of about 7 meters, while the habitat reaches a diameter of 10 meters.

It's a remarkably large spaceship.

Compared to the already departed Enterprise, which has a diameter of only 9 meters and a length of less than 60 meters even when combined with the lander, this truly qualifies as a real Mars spaceship.

Following this, Pathfinder finally spoke.

It announced the name of this spaceship.

"Spore!"

The Earth is so small in the universe, like a speck of dust, and humans, as creatures on Earth, are even smaller, like spores.

But no matter how enormous a creature becomes, it originates from this tiny spore.

Given time, humanity will eventually grow into a behemoth, traversing the vast expanse of space.

And this spaceship is a step for the tiny spore towards the stars, the first step in humanity's growth.

Flying to another planet, first becoming interplanetary beings.

I can't stop building spaceships; I've built so many.