After Tang Xiaochuan left the Northwest Desert Soil Reconstruction Base, he contacted Leihuhu on the aircraft, "Old Lei, the Eagle Country probe that passed over our moon factory did not release any abnormalities, right?"

Lei Huo replied: "Not yet, but this is not very safe. The camouflage program implanted in the detector system is camouflaged after all, and there must be loopholes. If their observers monitor the monitoring screens at each time period If you compare and analyze, you can still find something is wrong, but it depends on their work attitude, but the chance of being found flaws should be very small!"

Tang Xiaochuan asked again: "Observing with an astronomical telescope on the ground, what is the probability of finding a flaw?"

"There is also a chance of this, but considering the current climate of the earth, the chance of finding a flaw should be very small, because the whole world is currently shrouded in dust, no matter day or night, there are only a handful of times when the sky is clear. There are very few opportunities to see the moon!"

Lei Huo's analysis is reasonable. No matter what the situation is, the probability is very small, but if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of it. However, Tang Xiaochuan has no good way to deal with it.

Eagle Country Wheel Squat, Hull Space Research Centre.

In the exclusive office area of ​​NJDIE005 lunar probe, in an office, there is a row of computers and equipment against the wall, and all the computers and equipment are turned on. The relevant equipment is always on all year round, and there are people on duty 24 hours a day.

Jonathan is a staff member here. He is thirty-eight years old this year. He has been working here since he was twenty-eight years old, and he has been working here for ten years.

Today it is his turn to be on duty again. His job task is to save and record the data of each interval of the moon taken by the lunar probe NJDIE005 and transmitted back, and make corresponding time records. Resource analysis data is printed for paper file preservation.

Jonathan is a serious and responsible person. He is very careful and meticulous in his work. He has never made a mistake in the past ten years. This is why he has been able to work here for ten years, and he has become the head of this office.

Today, there are two other colleagues who are on duty with him. Each of the three has a division of labor. One of the staff is responsible for watching the equipment. Once the data is transmitted, it will be received, and the data will be sorted out and handed over to another staff. Another employee does the data analysis, and then gives the analysis results to Jonathan, who will check and send them to the archives room. If any abnormalities are found, they must report to the above in time.

It is not the first time that a probe in orbit around the moon has made orbit adjustments. Under normal circumstances, lunar probes in orbit around the moon are all synchronous satellites, which are stationary relative to the moon. The purpose of orbit adjustment is to It is necessary to make it circle around a certain orbit of the moon, so as to conduct geological exploration and resource analysis on various areas of the moon, and take pictures of the lunar surface to see if there are geological movements and changes.

The orbit adjustment this time was carried out two hours ago. Every time the orbit is adjusted, all the staff and scientific researchers who serve this lunar probe must devote themselves to their work so that accurate data can be obtained.

The detector does not transmit data all the time, it will transmit data regularly or irregularly, and it can also be artificially controlled by the ground to take pictures.

"Didi" came two consecutive sounds from the computer. Hannah, the female employee in charge of receiving the data, immediately sat up straight when she heard it, and quickly tapped a few times on the keyboard with both hands. It makes a sound, and the data sheets are printed out one by one.

On the other side, Jonathan made himself a cup of coffee. This is something he has to do every day at work. Only drinking coffee can keep him awake at all times without getting sleepy. Just like drinking tea, it is necessary to continuously increase the amount to achieve a refreshing effect.

A piece of data analysis data was continuously sent to Jonathan's desk by his subordinates and colleagues. Jonathan carefully checked to see if there were any omissions, mistakes, or abnormalities.

If there is an abnormality in the data analysis data, it must be paid attention to and re-analyzed why there is an abnormality. If there are new problems in the monitoring data, it means that a new discovery has been made.

"Jonathan, this is the monitoring data that was just transmitted back. I have already analyzed it. There are some changes in the data, but not much!" Colleague Gary came over with a stack of data and placed it on Jonathan's desk.

Jonathan asked, "What location monitoring data is this?"

"The North Pole of the Moon!"

Jonathan picked up the analyzed data and looked at it while asking, "Gary, what's changed in the data?"

"The amount of underground water ice in the north pole of the moon detected this time is somewhat different from the data detected last time. Look here!" Gary said, pointing to the previous position in the data.

Jonathan looked at it, and there was a little difference in the data. He asked, "Could it be the error of the monitoring equipment?"

Gary nodded: "The change in the data is very small, probably due to equipment errors!"

"Is there any difference in the photos?" Jonathan asked while looking for the real-time photos taken this time.

Gary said: "The photo is the same as before, nothing has changed!"

Jonathan found the photo, looked at it, and then compared it with the previous photos from the computer data. There was no problem, so he said, "Okay, that's it!"

After Gary returned to his work station, Jonathan looked over the data and analysis results again, and prepared to send it to the archives room after confirming that there were no abnormalities.

At this time, his mobile phone on the desk rang. He picked up the mobile phone and saw that it was his college classmate, Willie who is currently working at the Riverside Observatory. He answered the phone and said with a smile: "Hello! Li, why call me now when you have time, you are so lonely that you want to invite me out for a drink?"

During the phone call, Willie said: "Hey, buddy, it's not like you don't know that the sky is gray all day long, and you can't see anything. Our observatory is about to close and dissolve, and I'm about to lose my job. Buy you a drink if you have money? You should buy it if you want!"

"Okay, okay, I know you're having a miserable time now, I'll buy you a drink, but not now, I'm at work now, but I can't leave!" Jonathan said.

Wei Li smiled and said on the phone: "I knew you were a good friend, I'll wait for your call! But let's get back to business, I'm calling you this time because the sky is rare here today, and I took advantage of this rare sky Qingliang found something amiss when observing the lunar surface with the astronomical telescope just now!"

Jonathan asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"I found that there seems to be some changes on the Ocean of Storms. Just wait, I will send you two photos. Don't hang up the phone. After you have seen it, tell me what you found!"

"Okay, I'll wait!"

After a while, Willie sent two photos.

Jonathan opened the mailbox and clicked New Inbox. A group of photos appeared on the computer. He looked at them and saw that the two photos were dated. One of them was taken in October last year, and the other was taken just now. Well, Willie should have discovered some changes in the lunar surface with the astronomical telescope, so he saved the observed pictures.

Through comparison, he found that the photo taken just now is indeed slightly different, but it may be that the distance is too far, the pixels are limited, and the picture is not very clear. If you use computer software to zoom in, it will appear too blurry, making it even more difficult to distinguish.

"Gary, come here!" Jonathan yelled.

Gary heard the voice approaching and asked, "What's the matter, head?"

"Look at these two photos. These are photos of the moon on Ocean of Storms. This one was taken last year, and this one was just taken. These two photos were sent by my friend at the observatory!" Jonathan said .

Gary looked at it and said, "This...it's too vague, it does look different, but..."

Jonathan asked, "Is there any way you can use software to process it to a higher resolution?"

"Boss, software processing and analysis can only be simulated, not necessarily a real picture!"

"It doesn't matter, you deal with it first!"

"All right!"

Under Gary's processing, the photo on the computer became clearer, and it was barely visible that there were a few small bumps on the photo where the Ocean of Storms was located.

Jonathan frowned: "What's going on?"

Gary was also a little surprised, "It's true... Maybe there is something wrong with the photo itself!"

"What's the problem?" Jonathan shook his head.

Gary said: "Boss, you said this was observed by your friend at the observatory with an astronomical telescope, and you don't think about the current atmospheric environment, maybe it's a problem with the light; or..."

Gary didn't know how to explain this phenomenon. It's impossible for these dirt bumps to appear on the moon surface for no reason. They look small in the photos, but they should be very large in reality, after all, they are so far away.

Jonathan asked: "Where has our probe moved? Go and see if it has reached the sky above the Ocean of Storms. If so, immediately take a few photos manually!"

"OK!"

After half an hour, Gary came over with a few photos and handed them to Jonathan, "Boss, this is the photo taken by our probe just now over Ocean of Storms, there is nothing unusual!"

Jonathan took a look at the photo, and compared it with the previous photo, it was exactly the same without any change.

"What's going on here?" Jonathan frowned again.

Gary said: "Boss, if you want to talk about accuracy, it must be that the pictures taken by our lunar probe are more realistic. The earth has an atmosphere and dust in the sky, but there is no atmosphere on the moon, and our probe is far from the lunar surface. It’s much closer, the situation observed by the observatory is absolutely impossible to be as accurate as ours!”

Jonathan thought about it, and took out his mobile phone to call Willy.

"Hey, buddy, how's it going? Is there a problem?" Willie's voice came from the phone.

Jonathan said: "Dude, the pictures taken by our lunar probe passing over Ocean of Storms just now are exactly the same as the pictures taken before, without any change. I can be sure that the results of your observation pictures must have been affected by the Earth's atmosphere and dust!"

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