Chapter 1237 Distant Miss

Just when Keiichi Nagaoka was losing an order of tens of billions of yen and felt that his life was in a haze of despair, on the moon more than 300,000 kilometers away, there was a festive scene. atmosphere.

Under the gaze of the Moon Palace and all the staff of the lunar scientific research station, Wu Gang, wearing a space suit, skillfully operated a heavy-duty engineering vehicle connected with two pairs of mechanical arms, and placed the assembled track parts on the on the T-shaped track excavated by the shield machine.

"Nice job!"

Hearing the excited shout from the communication channel, Wu Gang smiled faintly, skillfully controlled the joystick, and steadily disconnected and retracted the mechanical arm.

He has repeated the same operation countless times, so naturally there can be no mistakes.

Reversing the construction truck about ten meters, Wu Gang turned off the engine, squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of the skyline.

This track is hundreds of kilometers long, almost advancing along a straight track.

It was like a silver needle piercing the bright jade plate. Drilled in from one side of the lunar soil, drilled out from the other side, pointing to the Earth-Moon transfer orbit.

According to the engineering data disclosed by the lunar scientific research station, its maximum depth—that is, the depth of the center section of the orbit—can reach 1 kilometer.

Relying on the solid surface of the lunar soil, this design can avoid the threat from meteorites as much as possible while meeting the launch needs.

In short, they chiseled through a moon - albeit only on its surface.

Minerals mined from the moon will be able to pass through this vacuum orbit across the surface of the lunar soil, and be directly ejected to the earth-moon transfer orbit in the form of electromagnetic acceleration, saving a lot of chemical propellants.

When the moon landing activities and moon mining take shape, this orbit will become the transportation hub of the entire earth-moon system, and the earth civilization's development plan for the moon will also enter the fast lane!

There is no doubt that this is a miracle in the history of engineering!

It is also a spectacle in the history of spaceflight!

Of course, the track isn't finished yet.

However, there is only the last section left...

...

Lunar Research Station.

After driving the heavy engineering vehicle to the garage, Wu Gang pulled out the key on the vehicle and pushed open the driver's door.

Stepping on the mechanical arm hanging on the ground, he grabbed the door handle with one hand, then leaped forward, and skillfully jumped off the driver's seat of the construction vehicle.

Strictly speaking, this is not in compliance with the operating specifications, and the correct operation should be to climb down the ladder. However, staying on the moon for a long time will make people forget the feeling of altitude, and no one cares about those things over time.

If it is on the earth, jumping from a height of three or four meters, you will have to break your leg or break a bone or something.

But here, this height is nothing more than pediatrics.

After replacing the spacesuit outside the cabin, Wu Gang put on the spacesuit inside the cabin with an electromagnetic imitation gravity belt, and then walked through the airlock to the interior of the lunar scientific research station.

At this time, the young man named Xu Chengli had already trotted over with a jar of water in his arms.

"Thanks."

Taking the water jug ​​from his hand, he inserted it into the nylon buckle on his chest. Wu Gang pulled out the straw and took a sip, then stuffed it back into the slot next to the collar.

After getting on the elevator with Captain Wu, Xu Chengli said with a smile.

"The celebration of Labor Day is about to begin. Today, the kitchen made dumplings stuffed with cabbage and meat. If you have a rest, let's hurry over there."

"Don't worry," Wu Gang took out the card and swiped it on the elevator door, pressed the number of the dormitory floor, and asked casually, "Speaking of which, is there a new work plan from the Moon Palace?"

"Not yet! But I said boss, don't you take a break?"

"Rest?" Wu Gang looked back at the newly arrived engineer, and said with a smile, "What is there to rest here? I just want to finish this project quickly."

"What about after we're done?"

"Go back to the earth and stay for a while." After a moment of silence, Wu Gang looked up at the numbers jumping on the elevator dial, and a trace of nostalgia was imprinted in his pupils, "My child is going to high school soon, and it has been a long time since I Never went back."

No matter how far you go.

The most difficult thing to let go is still the hometown...

...

The more outlier a person is, the more he longs for a sense of ritual in life.

Only in this way will the lonely person feel that he is not separated from his own group.

In a sense, the people on the lunar scientific research station are a group of marginalized people exiled from the civilized world. The one-second delay makes real-time communication extremely difficult, and the precious communication resources make the information that everyone can obtain from the earth very limited.

It is the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee's best effort to obtain benefits for the people living here to make half-hour phone calls with their families once a week.

In addition, in order to keep the staff living here in a good state of mind, every festival, no matter how big or small, the management staff of the scientific research station will do everything possible to organize various activities to make the People living here feel the joy of festivals and the warmth of home.

Standing at the door, looking at the bustling cafeteria, Yu Fei had a gratified smile on his face.

As the station master of the lunar scientific research station and the first batch of "colonists" who arrived on the moon, he watched the place become more lively day by day. He believes that there will be a day in the future when the lunar scientific research station under his feet will become a lunar village, a lighthouse and a port for mankind to spread the fire of civilization to a more distant world...

At this moment, a voice talking to him came from behind.

"Station Master Yu, why are you standing at the door, why don't you go in and have something to eat?"

Yu Fei looked back, and saw Dr. Yang Xingyu, who was stationed here from Earth not long ago, was greeting him with a smile.

"I've eaten just now," he continued with a polite smile, "By the way, Dr. Yang, how is your project going?"

"Very well," Yang Xingyu said with a smile, "Dr-111's active material likes the environment on the moon very much. By controlling the ratio of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and oxygen, we have figured out the most suitable gas environment for their reproduction. It shouldn't take long. We can try to use these microbiota to modify the organic matter circulation system of our scientific research station."

"No problem, if you need anything, please let me know." Looking at Dr. Yang, Yu Fei said solemnly, "When will our scientific research station become a colony, it all depends on the progress of your project. "

"Stationmaster Yu is serious. Dealing with the metabolite cycle is only one of the prerequisites for large-scale transportation of population and labor from the earth to the moon. If we want to truly utilize this fertile land, there are still many things waiting for us to solve. After a pause, Yang Xingyu continued, "Speaking of which, how is the construction of our lunar mass accelerator? When will it be completed?"

This huge project started two years ago. Yang Xingyu still remembers that the first time he saw the term lunar mass accelerator was on a headline in Renren Daily.

Now two years have passed, and the collider that dug through the crater has been completed for less than half a year, and it is not known how far the construction of this legendary "moon cannon" has progressed.

Hearing Dr. Yang Xingyu's question about this matter, a smile finally appeared on Yu Fei's face.

If nothing else, the Lunar Mass Accelerator is probably the greatest achievement of his tenure as the station chief of the Lunar Research Station.

Responding to Dr. Yang Xingyu's curious eyes, he said in a spirited tone.

"Before National Day, there should be no problem!"