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On January 18, after three days of high-speed voyage, Xinghai Explorer 1 is about to approach the asteroid belt.

It began to shut down its main engine and flew toward the asteroid belt by inertia.

When the main engine is turned off, the intelligent computer sends information to the earth that it is about to reach the asteroid belt through the neutrino communicator.

This information passes through multiple relay satellites deployed by the spacecraft along the way.

It took only a dozen seconds to relay the information back to Earth. The earth received the message from Xinghai Explorer 1.

Li Hao looked at the message sent back by Xinghai Explorer 1, and said with satisfaction: It seems that the method of deploying neutrino communication relay satellites through spaceships is successful.

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the virtual light curtain, which showed the deployment map of neutrino communication relay satellites in space.

The place with the densest miniature is around the earth, and there are ten neutrino communication relay satellites in total.

The second is the three neutrino communication relay satellites on the moon.

A neutrino communications relay satellite orbiting Mars.

At the Lagrangian point between the Earth and Mars, there is also a neutrino communication relay satellite.

A total of 15 relay satellites form the neutrino communication network. It only takes a delay of ten seconds to communicate with the spaceship.

The bandwidth they consist of is so huge that you can even directly watch the high-definition images captured by spaceships.

Niu Zhengfeng asked Li Hao: Mr. Li, Xinghai Explorer 1 has reached the outer edge of the asteroid belt.

Whether to let it start capturing asteroids now.

Li Hao nodded in agreement and said: Since it has reached the asteroid belt, let it show its skills. It shows the capabilities of the spaceship we worked so hard to design.

After Niu Zhengfeng heard Li Hao's order, he immediately gave instructions to the spaceship and agreed to launch the asteroid capture plan.

After he gave the order, his tense mood suddenly relaxed a lot. Everything awaits the performance of the spaceship.

Mr. Li, does the silicon-gold crystal material really match the test results? The spacecraft is equipped with a five-centimeter-thick silicon-gold crystal shell.

Asteroids in the asteroid belt move very fast.

With the relatively huge hull of the spacecraft, it can only avoid large asteroids, but cannot avoid small asteroids at all.

After it enters the asteroid belt, it can only rely on its hard shell to block the asteroid attack.

Li Hao said confidently: There is no need to worry about this kind of thing. Although it is only five centimeters thick, the data of a silicon gold crystal of this thickness is many times stronger than that of a five-meter-thick super-strong steel plate.

They were talking, and Xinghai Explorer 1 in the asteroid belt has sent back a high-definition video of it entering the asteroid belt.

Xinghai Explorer 1 cut into the edge of the asteroid belt at a speed of ten kilometers per second.

When the huge ship entered the asteroid belt, it encountered a lot of material impacts.

Many dust-sized substances are not considered asteroids, but only cosmic floating objects.

There are also fist-sized asteroids, which are coming towards Deep Sea Explorer 1 at different speeds.

The relative speed of formation of asteroids and Star Explorer 1 is enormous.

The kinetic energy they carry is enough to destroy several meters of ultra-strong alloy steel plates.

Xinghai Explorer No. 1 did not have any evasive actions. Go directly to the established route.

When the asteroid hit the shell of Xinghai Explorer 1.

The asteroid was immediately destroyed by the huge kinetic energy, but the shell of Xinghai Explorer 1 remained unchanged.

Not even denting happened, it's intact.

Xinghai Explorer 1 simply ignored these very small asteroids.

There are asteroids hitting the shell, like rhythmic music. Ding dong sounded in the universe.

Only when it encounters an asteroid with a diameter of more than ten meters. The universal secondary ion engine installed on the bottom of Xinghai Explorer 1 will only start.

It explores the surrounding environment with all its strength, begins to predict the trajectory of the asteroid impact, and avoids the asteroid attack.

Xinghai Explorer 1 is doing various difficult maneuvers in the asteroid belt.

At the same time, it is exploring the target it is going to capture.

Doppler radar and neutrino scanners are constantly scanning asteroids near Xinghai Explorer 1.

A trip to the asteroid belt costs a lot of energy and mechanical wear and tear on equipment.

Asteroids are selected to repair the moon, and small asteroids are useless at all.

It is exploring asteroids with a diameter of three kilometers to five kilometers.

Asteroids smaller than this diameter are not worth shooting at all, and it is not cost-effective to spend too much.

Asteroids larger than this diameter are completely beyond the capabilities of Star Explorer 1.

Forcibly capturing such an asteroid is likely to cause damage to the spacecraft.

While Xinghai Explorer 1 is looking for targets, he also collects some asteroids that he thinks are valuable.

Xinghai Explorer 1 detected an asteroid with a diameter of more than ten meters ahead.

The neutrino scanner has detected the interior of this asteroid, which holds rare and valuable items.

The giant robotic arm of Xinghai Explorer 1 immediately went out of the cabin to capture the asteroid.

The mechanical arm with a huge bite force directly grasped the asteroid tightly and dragged it into its warehouse.

Coming to the asteroid belt is not just about finding asteroids that can repair the moon.

If you encounter a valuable asteroid. Robots will also be dispatched for collection.

Xinghai Explorer 1 has never found an asteroid that meets his goals.

However, with the high penetration of neutrinos, many valuable asteroids have been discovered. are collected by it in the cabin.

Xinghai Explorer 1 is like a fishing boat traveling in space. While pursuing the target it wants to find, it also catches the fish it considers valuable.

Suddenly an asteroid matching his goal was detected ahead.

This asteroid is still a hard asteroid composed of materials such as iron and silicon.

Unlike asteroids composed of substances such as floating ice crystals.

The latter type of asteroid cannot be collected by Xinghai Explorer 1 at all.

He immediately came near the target asteroid, according to the results detected by the neutrino scanner. The asteroid is about 3.5 kilometers in diameter.

Xinghai Explorer 1 immediately circled behind the asteroid.

The giant mechanical arm in front of it immediately stretched out ten meters, and was directly stuck on the spaceship.

Xinghai Explorer No. 1 spotted the location. The main engine starts and accelerates in pulses.

He directly gave the asteroid a millennium kill.

Xinghai Explorer 1 crashed directly into the target asteroid.

A large crater more than ten meters deep was directly hit on the asteroid.

Xinghai Explorer No. 1 slowly spit out the giant mechanical arm.

Under the thrust of the manipulator, the spacecraft came directly to the surface of the asteroid.

The giant manipulator is directly stuck on the asteroid, and it is very tightly stuck.

Xinghai Explorer 1 began the next step.

It treats itself as a pendulum, and the ion engine kicks in.

Like a mouse pulling a cart, use the power brought by the engine.

Pull the asteroid and change its direction of travel.

The force of the asteroid's forward motion is still due to the gravitational force and inertial effect.

Xinghai Explorer No. 1 is only acting as a helmsman.

It can only slightly control the direction the asteroid is heading.

But in the vast universe, having this ability is already remarkable.

Xinghai Explorer 1 used this ability, and it began to adjust the trajectory of the asteroid.

The speed of this asteroid is even faster than the full acceleration of the spaceship.

Form a great arc orbit and hit the direction of the moon.