Earth Era

The moth impactor takes its name from the idiom "moths to flames". The sun is a big ball of fire, and the Moth impactor is the moth that flies into the fire. It had broken away from the Crimson Heart spacecraft more than half a month ago, accelerated on its own, and then hit the sun. Scientists are trying to create a small artificial heliquake on the surface of the sun, and then use this heliquake to observe the working mechanism of some physical phenomena under the sun's photosphere. It would be ideal if the impact allowed scientists to capture something about the "reverse fusion layer."

Sunquakes correspond to earthquakes. Earthquakes are the vibrations of the earth, and sunquakes are the vibrations of the sun. Under certain physical mechanisms, the material on the surface of the sun will have a vibration amplitude of nearly ten kilometers. During helioquakes, a great deal of detail in the Sun's interior is exposed. But finding the ideal location for a sunquake isn't easy because it's not under human control. That's why the Moth impactor hit the sun this time to create an artificial sunquake.

The shell of the Moth Impactor is made of the highest-strength heat-resistant and radiation-resistant material that can be made by humans. The shell is also equipped with the most excellent heat dissipation structure, and the most reliable observation instrument is installed inside. These instruments will observe the solar corona as it passes through the solar corona, and it is expected to be burnt up when it reaches the chromosphere, but its remains can still pass through the chromosphere and photosphere to reach the true surface of the sun, and Expand the impact.

In order to improve the quality of the Moth impactor and increase the impact strength, in addition to the ballast that was originally prepared, all kinds of non-recyclable garbage generated by the astronauts during this period were also put into the Inside the Moth Impactor. But even so, the mass of the Moth impactor is still only about ten tons. However, thanks to the extremely high speed, the impact of the Moth impactor is still expected to achieve a solar shock effect sufficient to be observed by the Crimson Heart spacecraft.

"Kaira, you go to determine the position of the Moth's impactor again, and calculate the impact location of the Moth on the sun again. We will adjust the deployment speed and orbit based on this, and make sure that the spacecraft is in the collision. The time is right above the impact site." Lager ordered, so the astronaut named Kayla immediately went on his mission as ordered.

"At the same time, after entering the orbit around the sun, the distance between us and the sun will reach the closest point, and the resolution accuracy of the optical telescope will also be improved to the highest. I hope that under this highest accuracy, our telescope can find something. ' said Lager.

"Our human civilization will definitely be able to survive this crisis. Even if our telescopes end up with nothing, I still believe in this." Another astronaut said, "I have confidence in our human civilization, and at the same time, I also have confidence in Zhao Huasheng. confidence."

Since Zhao Huasheng announced that he wanted the Crimson Heart spacecraft to measure the luminosity changes in a random area of ​​the sun, and asked a large number of experts to interpret these signals, the eyes of all those in the know have focused on this human-made spacecraft. on top of the most advanced spaceships to come out.

Although people don't know exactly what Zhao Huasheng wants to get from here, people know very clearly that this must be very important, even so important that even Zhao Huasheng personally came to the information deciphering department and directly participated in the information obtained from Chihong. Deciphering the information of the Heart spacecraft. Although Zhao Huasheng is not a linguist, nor a cryptographer, nor a logician, Zhao Huasheng has no way to promote their work here, but Zhao Huasheng still came here. Perhaps this will help Zhao Huasheng's follow-up work, but not necessarily.

Wang Tang's phone number reached Zhao Huasheng's cell phone the day after Zhao Huasheng came here. Zhao Huasheng pressed the answer button, and Wang Tang's familiar voice came over: "Watson, I have something to tell you, between three and six o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the telescope on the Crimson Heart spacecraft will no longer be available. Photometric measurements were made on the surface area of ​​the sun."

"Oh? Why is this? Did something happen?" Zhao Huasheng asked with a frown.

"No, there is no accident." Wang Tang said, "there is another very important observation mission that needs to use the telescope. This observation mission will take three hours. After three hours, it will conduct the sun again. Photometry of surfaces. To prevent any impact on your plans, I need to tell you in advance. If you need us to make a time adjustment, please let me know, and we can move the observation time up or down by up to an hour. If You asked us to cancel this observation mission, then please explain the reason."

"No, there is no need to cancel the observation mission. Being occupied for three hours will not hinder my plan." Zhao Huasheng replied, "I'm just curious, what kind of observation mission is that?"

"Oh, it's an observation project on helioquakes. Scientists hope to create an artificial helioquake on the surface of the sun to get some data on the inside of the sun. The Moth impactor will be on the mission to hit the sun and create a helioquake. This A mission is very important, so we will dispatch that telescope to observe." Wang Tang replied.

There was an ominous premonition in Zhao Huasheng's mind, which caused Zhao Huasheng to speak in a serious tone: "Why don't I know that there will be such a task to be carried out?"

There was some helplessness in Wang Tang's words: "First of all, you haven't asked us about the detailed list of the detection tasks of the Crimson Heart spacecraft, and then we think that there is nothing between this observation task and your task. relationship, we don't think it is necessary to report this matter to you."

"Tell me, can you stop this exploration mission?" Zhao Huasheng asked solemnly.

"I said, if you think it is necessary for us to give up this mission, please state your reasons, and then the scientific research department will evaluate this, if your reasons are indeed sufficient, we can give up this observation mission Or you can report to the head of state, and the head of state will directly issue orders." Wang Tang said.

"No, you misunderstood what I meant." Zhao Huasheng said, "I don't mean to occupy the telescope on the spacecraft, I mean... Can the Moth impactor not hit the sun? Attention, I'm just asking you, is there any technical way to stop the impact? Yes, or no?"

Perhaps it was Zhao Huasheng's serious words that infected Wang Tang. After hearing Zhao Huasheng raise this question, Wang Tang hesitated for a while, and then said, "Wait a moment, I need to calculate before I can tell you the answer."

On the phone, Zhao Huasheng heard Wang Tang whispering a few instructions to others, and then there was no sound. Obviously, Wang Tang is also waiting for the calculation results to come out.

After a minute or two, Wang Tang's words came to Zhao Huasheng's ears again: "Watson, I'm sorry, the Moth impactor is only more than a day's voyage away from the sun at this moment. Its speed is too fast. , in the previous acceleration process, it also used up its own fuel - even if its fuel is not used up, with the distance between it and the sun at this moment, it cannot have enough strength to break free from the sun's gravity Therefore, we have no way to prevent the impact from happening at this moment.”

Zhao Huasheng was stunned as if struck by lightning. After a long time, Zhao Huasheng muttered: "Is there no way? Is there really no way?"

"Yes. I'm sorry, Watson, there is nothing we can do to prevent the impact." Wang Tang said, "Can you tell me what happened? Why can't we hit the sun?"

"I can't tell you the reason at this moment." Zhao Huasheng said quickly as if he had finally recovered from his shock: "Wangtang, I want to obtain all the command permissions of the Crimson Heart spacecraft. I'm here to take over control of the Scarlet Heart."

Wang Tang was silent for a moment~www.novelmt.com~ and then replied: "I need the scientific research department, or the order of the head of state to transfer the authority to you."

"Okay, I'll ask the head of state for instructions." Zhao Huasheng hung up the phone quickly, then walked to a secluded place and called the head of state's office.

During the few seconds of waiting for the call to be answered, Zhao Huasheng remembered many things. Zhao Huasheng recalled the scene when the five astronauts swore their vows at Base 1 before they entered space. Zhao Huasheng remembered what the tall astronaut named Lager said: "If we don't do it, what will our human civilization do?"

"We only want to complete the task and obtain enough scientific and technological information. As for our life and death, it has nothing to do with the overall situation."

"I have left a suicide note at home in advance."

These five astronauts are undoubtedly heroes. Without any hesitation, they embarked on this journey that could lose their lives at any time without hesitation. Its purpose is just to contribute a little to human civilization. Because they are all heroes, Zhao Huasheng must not let them die in vain, so Zhao Huasheng is so anxious.

The phone was finally connected. Zhao Huasheng quickly reported something to the head of state. So, just three minutes later, Wang Tang received a direct order from the head of state: "I order that from now on, Zhao Huasheng will take over the control of the Crimson Heart spacecraft."

"Okay, Head of State." Wang Tang agreed, and then called Zhao Huasheng again: "Huasheng, from now on, this spaceship belongs to you."