Chapter 510 The first step of tedious life on the moon

The lunar landing spacecraft sprayed out hot flames, and under the action of this reverse thrust, the four landing devices at the lower end of the lunar landing spacecraft stopped steadily on the moon.

Not one spacecraft made such a move, but three in succession, all of which stopped on a flat ground very close by.

Arc Light Aerospace's lunar landing spacecraft is different from the old lunar landing spacecraft that had to worry about every gram of fuel. Arc Light Aerospace's engine and fuel technology are quite advanced, but the same power is very economical in fuel use, and the fuel they contain is also very economical. Quite a few, you can adjust the attitude many times during the landing process, and finally land in the right position.

After all the lunar landing spacecraft had landed, the lunar landers did not rush out of the cabin. Instead, they checked all the equipment and the external lunar surface environment, and waited for the six-segment living cabin and cargo cabin, which they needed to A place to stay and supplies for the next few days.

Before waiting for a while, the six-section large rectangular cabin turned on the reverse thrust system and landed steadily on the moon, not far from them.

At this point, the Arc Light Group's first manned moon landing process is completed.

This place is the base site mentioned by Arclight Aerospace in the press conference. Next to it is a large impact crater, and the "flat land" where they landed is an even larger ancient impact crater.

On the mountain next to it is a cave discovered by the Arc Light Aerospace exploration satellite. It is said to be a cave, but it is actually a lava tunnel.

This cave, found by Arclight Aerospace and used as a preliminary base, came from an asteroid impact.

The high temperatures from an asteroid impact on the Moon caused lava to form. Such cavities may have formed when molten rock flowed beneath the moon's surface, similar to volcanic activity on Earth, when magma flows beneath the solidified crust, and later magma When gradually depleted, lava tubes form.

The same process occurs on the moon, especially in larger impact craters. The interior of these impact craters takes hundreds of thousands of years to cool down, and the amount of lava flowing can be imagined.

ArcLight Spaceflight's previous detection satellites have also discovered lava tubes formed by ancient volcanic activities on the moon, but they were either inappropriately located or have collapsed. This lava cave is the most suitable cave they have found recently.

The astronauts in the three lunar landing spacecrafts all confirmed through signals and visuals that all cabins had landed safely. This time, the team leader Yang Nianming replied to the space transport aircraft in lunar orbit, "Confirmed safe landing on the moon, all The supplies have arrived correctly and you can return."

The person who sent them this time was veteran driver Zhu Heshu, who was also the captain of the flight mission. He confirmed the reply from the ground and said, "Understood, Captain Yang, the mission is completed. Confirm return."

"The next batch of supplies will arrive in one week. I wish you good luck in your mission."

Yang Nianming said, "I understand, and I wish you a smooth return."

"Okay," replied Yang Nianming, and Zhu Heshu contacted Earth again to report on the corresponding mission situation.

Yang Nianming on the moon also made a corresponding report, and it was more detailed than Zhu Heshu's report.

Until the Arclight Command Center allows their next step, which is to exit the cabin.

After several upgrades, ArcLight Aerospace's extravehicular spacesuits have become much lighter. Although they cannot be compared with the almost snug fit of the in-vehicle spacesuits, they are still more flexible and lighter than the previous extravehicular spacesuits. A big improvement.

Under the leadership of Yang Nianming, fifteen people came out of the lunar landing spacecraft fully dressed. This was also the first time that a private group successfully sent humans to the moon, and it was also the first such large-scale lunar landing activity.

People on earth who watched this scene cheered impatiently, and were even more excited than the previous Chinese people who landed on the moon.

China's previous moon landings were state actions. Landing on the moon had nothing to do with ordinary people, and they would not be sent to travel on the moon. Moreover, there are many countries in the world that do not deal with China. The impact on this aspect Quite a few.

The behavior of Arc Light Aerospace is different.

ArcLight Aerospace entered space before, and then people saw the dawn of space tourism. This time ArcLight Aerospace landed on the moon. If we think about ArcLight Aerospace’s previous plans, then lunar travel should not be far away. How can we not be happy? .

At this time, Yang Nianming and others were quite excited after arriving on the lunar surface, but after all, they were well-trained and there were several construction personnel who had participated in the construction of the space station, so they immediately suppressed their excitement.

Yang Nianming directed everyone, "Go to the living cabin first, and let's settle down first."

"Understood, Captain Yang!"

Everyone answered in unison.

The fallen living module and cargo compartment were not far from the lunar landing spacecraft they were on. After confirming the mission, they jumped over and ran over.

Everyone watching on the earth found it strange that the first thing Arc Light Space did when it came to the moon was not to plant a flag or shout slogans, but to run directly to the habitation module.

Since the previous press conference only talked about a general plan, they didn't know the specific details. They thought it would be similar to the previous national moon landings, but they didn't expect it to be different.

Looking at their extravehicular space suits, they are relatively thin. Although the introduction said that they use new technologies, the audience is thinking, "Is it because some of the protection is sacrificed?"

"Also, didn't you say that you were going to live in the cave next to you in the early stage? Why did you land directly in the open space outside the cave?"

In fact, there is no difference between the previous moon landing steps and the country's moon landing steps. It's just that the aircraft used are different and the things dropped are slightly more. The real difference begins here.

Since they are not in a hurry to go back and will stay on the moon for a long time, they are not in a hurry to do the formality, but focus on practicality.

As the saying goes, "A sharpened knife never wastes time in chopping wood." In a helpless and dangerous place like the moon, it is most important to arrange a place to live immediately.

With a reliable place to stay, all other things can be carried out in the future.

There are four sections in the living cabin, but only two sections have special entrance and exit doors for the lunar surface, so they can't be in a hurry when entering, because they have to "dust off" before entering the living cabin.

On Earth, dusting the door before entering is for cleanliness, but on the moon, it is for survival.

Lunar dust is mainly produced by repeated impacts of meteorites on the moon, including crystal particles, igneous rock fragments, glass fragments, trace metal particles, etc., and because there is no erosion over the years like on Earth, the edges of these lunar dust are very sharp. sharp.

Moon dust will adhere to the spacesuits and be brought back to the living cabin. The astronauts in the living cabin are basically dressed the same as on Earth. The low gravity environment on the moon will only help this dust to be transported more easily. Penetrate deep into body tissue.

Therefore, once it enters the eyes or is inhaled into the lungs, these ultra-fine, sharp-edged lunar dust will cause a series of negative effects, causing eye pain, respiratory and cardiovascular system problems, which are all trivial matters.

These lunar dust have withstood millions of years of cosmic radiation. Many of them contain radioactivity and may react with certain tissues of the human body after entering the human body.

If you successfully evolve during this process, congratulations, you have finally been rewarded for being a good person for ten lifetimes.

If not, but you just hang up, that's okay, that's normal operation.

If you did not die directly, but some changes occurred that made you miserable and tortured, then it must be that you have done too many bad things in your previous lives.

In addition to being harmful to people, moondust is also very corrosive and abrasive to some poorly protected equipment, so it must be guarded against.

When the astronauts arrived next to the living module, the special transition cabin was opened. Their new extravehicular spacesuits did not carry much lunar dust, but they took away some of it after passing through the charge channel at the entrance. Then he entered the airlock and was blown by the compressed air, and all the lunar dust carried outside the space suit was removed.

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