Chapter 816 It’s a big deal

"...Have the results come out?"

The commander-in-chief of the asteroid capture program, Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Valker, said that many people are worried now.

"The precise results haven't been released yet, Director."

Deputy Technical Director Victor entered Valcke's office with a stack of analytical data and a tablet computer and said, "However, we already have a general result."

After hearing the result, Valk immediately became excited, "What's going on? What's the reason? Is it an attack or is it our own problem?"

"The initial judgment is our own problem."

With a serious expression, Victor placed the information in front of Director Valk and said, "The problem probably lies in the precise data of the parts and asteroids. We were careless."

"Is it really us?" Valk turned over the information with a complicated expression.

"Yes, Director, our Technical Bureau has already analyzed it. The most likely possibility is that we used parts from the previous generation of "Hercules" smart thrusters, which caused them to be incompatible with the new system, and then problems occurred. .”

Victor said while looking at the tablet.

Valk's face turned darker and darker as he flipped through the information, "Didn't all the original inspection reports pass? Why did such a result occur? Why are there so many problems now?"

"Director, there was no problem with the original test results, and there is no problem with the current results, because they all involve one variable, and that is the "Iron Hammer" asteroid."

As he said that, Victor swiped a few times on his tablet, turned to the page about asteroids analyzed by their original mission, and found information about "Iron Hammer" for Valk to see.

"What do you mean? The information provided by Arc Light Aerospace is inaccurate, so we can put the responsibility this time on them?"

This thought instantly made Victor's eyes light up.

"What are you thinking, Mr. Director," Victor said with a black line on his head, "It's still our problem, and there is no possibility of shirk."

"We were too anxious and didn't study the Hammer asteroid thoroughly enough, which led to a deviation in our estimated weight. It was much heavier than we thought."

"Furthermore, there is also a problem with the landing point of this new batch of "Hercules" intelligent propulsion devices. Our calculation of the composition of the "Hammer" asteroid also has errors, which leads to problems with the output point of the fixed intelligent propulsion devices."

"Moreover, not only to complete the mission as soon as possible, maybe because of our first successful asteroid capture case, we are a little arrogant and overconfident in our technology."

Valk was extremely troubled after hearing Victor's criticism and self-criticism.

"What about its new orbit? Has it been calculated?"

"The calculation is complete. The target will be closer to the earth when passing by it, and the probability of hitting the earth is very high, and the speed will be faster."

Victor's mood is very complicated, because he is responsible for this matter. Although he is not the highest decision-maker, he is responsible for the actual technical issues.

Now that something like this happened, it had a huge impact on himself.

"What about the remaining thrusters? Is the thrust enough?" Valk finally asked.

Victor shook his head regretfully, "No, Director, the remaining propellers have insufficient thrust, and their positions are not good. Even if they push... they can only push to the earth, so that the "Iron Hammer" can rush towards it more accurately." Earth, but slowing down is a no-brainer.”

Scratching his hair, which was not too much to begin with, Valk sighed, "Oh, that's all it can do. In fact, the most important thing now is not to analyze the cause of the problem, but how to solve it."

As he spoke, he looked at the time, then waved to Victor, "Take these materials, let's go to the meeting, the time is almost up."

"Okay Chief."

Victor picked up the materials and followed Valk out of his own office, and then walked towards the comprehensive conference room.

The content of the meeting was quite exciting, and it should be said that the faces of those who participated in the meeting were very exciting.

Fortunately, this asteroid moved here from a place that is more than three times the distance between the earth and the moon. It will take a long time, and the distance is too far. The earth's enthusiasts can't see it clearly, so they don't know about the United States. The second asteroid transfer operation has been stopped.

But this matter can't be kept secret for long.

Because the "cow" of the United States has been blown to the sky in advance.

I thought about letting the cow fly for a while, but the line broke.

In a while, it will be time to announce the phased results as originally planned, but now it is like this, and it is basically stopped.

And if they don't handle it well, there will be more serious consequences waiting for them.

"... Just use nuclear bombs. Only nuclear bombs can solve everything! If one doesn't work, then use two!"

"To put it simply, there is too much uncertainty if it explodes. This is a metallic asteroid, which wears very little in the atmosphere. If it is broken into several large pieces and hits the earth separately, it may be even more destructive than before."

"This is no problem. After separation, the power of a single target will be much smaller. As long as it does not fall on the soil of our country, it will be fine. We can still take advantage of this opportunity..."

"Having said it all, there is a lot of uncertainty. We still don't even have a route to determine how many pieces it will split into, or where they will hit! The chance of it hitting our country is also not small."

"Then what should we do, just watch it hit the earth?"

"Then make some more thrusters and install them in time."

"No, it takes too long to make, and the "Iron Hammer" will... hit it in three days."

"Is it okay to send astronauts to drill holes up there to install nuclear bombs? If the calculation is done, we should be able to determine the size and spread area of ​​the scattered fragments, right? There are astronauts and engineers on the space station, and the equipment for the first asteroid has also been transported up. Just bring the nuclear bomb up."

"It takes time to calculate data and simulate the explosion results, and we are not particularly accurate about the material composition of the Hammer asteroid. This requires close investigation and study, or even landing. We don't have that time."

"This won't work, that won't work, how can it work? God, we are facing a big crisis of an asteroid hitting the earth. Can we have some feasible plan?"

"If that doesn't work, maybe we can ask Arclight Aerospace for help..."

Well, I have to say that this is a good plan that achieves multiple goals with one stone, but who is going to say it is a question.

And time also allows them to write ink, because the latest progress has been made on the outside network.

"It's serious! The asteroid is going to hit the earth!!!"