Chapter 211 Spiritual Star
Two months later.
The night tour of Mars on New Year's Eve obviously relieved Lv Yongchang's tense nerves.
Thanks to this, the subsequent research and development process became much smoother.
In just one month, under the leadership of Lv Yongchang, the mining nanorobot research and development project achieved a huge breakthrough!
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Mars Port No. 1.
Three peculiarly shaped starships were quietly parked at the port.
The starship cockpit was very small, about one-third the size of the Xuannv No. 1 cockpit, so each starship had only one driver.
But it had an extremely round "belly".
In the "belly", in addition to the warehouse for loading ore, it was full of trillions of mining nanorobots.
Two bright big characters were printed on the outer shell of the starship.
Hummingbird.
This is the name of this starship.
The total length of the Hummingbird starship is only one hundred meters. Compared with the Luanniao I type, its size is ridiculously small.
But it is equipped with the same Hall thrusters and fusion reactors as the Luanniao I type starship.
This design is also to meet its work needs: mining and transporting minerals.
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Inside the Hummingbird Starship No. 1, a blond and blue-eyed man in a space suit sat quietly in the slightly narrow driver's seat.
"Bart, please reply if you get it."
The voice of a teammate came from the radio.
The man quickly pressed the radio button and responded seriously: "Got it, please speak."
The voices of two teammates came one after another.
"Captain, when can we set off?"
"Yes, Captain, I can't wait to go to the asteroid belt to mine! Which man can resist the temptation of a space excavator?!"
Listening to the not-so-standard Mandarin on the radio, Bart's eyes showed a bit of a bitter smile.
The originally serious look on his face suddenly relaxed.
He turned on the radio again and scolded unhappily: "Huggins! What nonsense are you talking about!"
"What space excavator, this is a Hummingbird Starship!"
A burst of laughter came from the radio.
"Okay!" Bart laughed for a while and then reminded again, "It's almost time to go, be quiet."
After the words fell, Bart restrained his smile a little and stared through the window.
Deep in his eyes, there was also full of expectations.
You're right, which man can resist the charm of space mining?
Although there is no explosives, it is mining on an asteroid after all!
"Calling Hummingbird 1, please reply if you receive it!"
A clear and familiar voice came from the radio.
Bart was slightly stunned, and then hurriedly responded: "Hummingbird 1 received it! Professor Chris, please speak!"
...
The flight time was extremely boring.
Looking at the unchanging deep scenery outside the porthole, Bart opened his mouth and yawned.
He glanced at the screen.
It's still half an hour away from the "target".
The three Hummingbird starships have the same destination!
An asteroid with a diameter of about 200 kilometers.
Psyche.
Psyche
As early as 1852, this asteroid was discovered by Italian astronomers.
Because it contains a large number of minerals, it has always been coveted by humans.
According to observations and calculations, the main components of Psyche are iron and nickel.
These are not the most important.
The most important thing is that it contains a lot of heavy metals.
Gold, platinum, copper...
As a "walking core", the resources contained in Psyche are undoubtedly a timely help for current humans!
"Huggins, Jason!" Bart turned on the radio and sent a message to the other two Hummingbird starships, "Come on, we're almost there!"
A few seconds later, the two people responded clearly in turn on the radio: "Received!"
...
As time passed, the outline of Psyche gradually appeared in front of everyone.
An asteroid with a bumpy surface, but flashing a little metallic luster.
"Everyone, we're here!" Huggins's excited voice came on the radio!
Looking at the mission target ahead, Bart's heart couldn't help but beat violently!
In the deep and dark space, the three Hummingbird starships slowly slowed down and gradually approached the lonely Psyche.
"Attention! We are ready to land!"
As the captain, Bart took a deep breath to calm down and said in a deep voice.
After the voice fell, he took the lead in pressing several buttons on the console in front of him.
Under the control of Yi, the speed of the three Hummingbird starships continued to decrease, gradually approaching the uneven surface of Psyche.
The whole "landing" process took about ten minutes.
A slight vibration came from the soles of his feet.
Bart knew that this was a sign of a successful landing.
The next moment, several hooks extended from the bottom of the Hummingbird starship, firmly hanging the entire starship on the surface of Psyche.
After the two Hummingbird starships of his teammates stopped steadily, Bart said with some expectation: "Yi, start mining!"
The holographic image on the console changed quietly.
The modeling of Psyche and the Hummingbird starship appeared in front of him.
The voice of Weak Artificial Intelligence One then sounded: "The fuselage has been fixed."
"The nanorobot delivery device is being deployed..."
Just below the cockpit, in front of the round "belly" of the Hummingbird starship, a hard drill bit suddenly stretched out.
The drill bit gradually stretched out, stretching towards the metallic surface of Psyche!
At the moment of contact, a strong vibration came!
This is an asteroid made of iron and nickel after all!
Under countless flying sparks and strong vibrations, the extremely hard drill bit gradually penetrated into the surface.
Through the porthole, Bart looked at the sparks flying at the bottom of the other two Hummingbird starships. In addition to excitement, there was a bit of weirdness in his eyes.
At this moment, he suddenly discovered why this starship was named Hummingbird.
The round belly, coupled with the long drilling rod...
I have to say, from a distance, it does look a bit like a hummingbird foraging.
"Drilling is complete." Yi's voice sounded again, "Start launching mining nanorobots."
As soon as the voice fell, the holographic projection in front of him changed again.
Countless silver-white substances rushed into the drill hole frantically through the drilling rod!
In just a few seconds, lines of Chinese characters quickly flashed on the holographic projection.
"Metal iron detected!"
"Metal nickel detected!"
"Metal gold detected!"
"..."
Inside Psyche, countless silver-white nanorobots frantically devoured the minerals identified in front of them.
The size of the drilling hole expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye!
After devouring enough minerals, these nanorobots began to return along the original path of the drilling rod.
Their next stop is the warehouse of the Hummingbird Starship.
In the warehouse, they will spit out all the swallowed minerals.
Afterwards, they will embark on the journey of devouring minerals again and start the next reincarnation!
Under the wireless power supply module equipped with the Hummingbird Starship, these nanorobots tirelessly dig for the abundant resources inside Psyche!
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