Chapter 498 The Statue of Liberty has fallen!

Earth outer space.

It's quiet here, and at the same time, a piece of space junk flies by from time to time.

Most of these space junks are debris, and there are also a small number of large pieces of debris. These space junks will eventually fall to the earth with a high probability, and most of them will be burned in the atmosphere, just like most of them. Like meteorites, some of them are relatively large and may fall directly to the surface of the earth.

There is a higher probability that it will fall into the deep sea and become a hiding place for barnacles and certain marine life, while there is a smaller probability that it will fall on the mainland. Of course, it may also fall into a densely populated place.

Fortunately, no one has been killed or injured in history. The closest person to being hit by a satellite fragment was an American woman. She was almost hit in the shoulder by a satellite fragment the size of her palm. Once she was hit, , the damage this piece of metal would cause her was extremely fatal.

So until now, people generally don't worry much about the harm of space junk.

"So, today, let us try and make this Tiannian a super-sized space junk."

In the White House, the President looked at the videos and various data transmitted from the Kennedy Space Launch Center and NASA, with a slightly ferocious expression on his face.

When they learned that Tiannian did not bring astronauts with it, but was going to the moon to pick up the astronauts who were going to land on the fire this time, their plans immediately changed.

This time, they will try to destroy the Tiannian directly in space, destroying this current major problem for them, especially in the aerospace field.

Naturally, they wanted to destroy such a powerful aerospace plane.

If there were astronauts on it before, they would still need to hesitate. After all, if they were discovered, they would not know what the consequences would be. You must know that there is no bottom line at all, and if you take into account their current strong national power, So they had no choice but to abandon this plan.

But now that there is no one up there, there is no need to worry about this, so they naturally become more aggressive.

Even if they were discovered, they could explain it as a pure accident.

Beside him, the Secretary of State was also staring at the contents on the computer, waiting for what would happen next.

What was displayed on the computer was the SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft. In addition, there was also the real-time position of the Tiannian.

At this time, the "Dragon" spacecraft has started operating again and is heading towards their goal, which is the International Space Station.

Next, their "Dragon" spacecraft will have about twenty hours to complete docking with the International Space Station, and during these twenty hours, they need to slowly approach the three-dimensional orbit from the current lower orbit. The orbit of the International Space Station, which is more than 100 kilometers high.

But obviously, at this time, how long it will take for the Dragon spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station is no longer a concern for them.

What they are now concerned about is the distance between the current real-time position of Tiannian and the current real-time position of the Dragon spacecraft.

Their people will estimate the orbit that Tianan will pass next, and then their "Dragon" spacecraft will drop three suicide satellites that they have disguised as space junk near this orbit in advance.

Then sit back and wait.

"We have to directly try to destroy the engine of their Tian Nian. Only in this way can we ensure that nothing goes wrong. Otherwise, if it just hits other places, their powerful engines may still be able to make their Tian Nian return. .”

the president said.

"Don't worry, our people have already calculated that our suicide satellite will attack from behind the Tiannian. When the time comes, it will directly hit the engine. It will definitely succeed."

The Secretary of State said: "Once the Tiannian crashes to the earth, as long as it lands on the high seas and near the crash point, our naval base and aircraft carrier will immediately go to salvage it."

"Yeah." The president nodded.

As long as they can salvage it, they will be able to fully understand why the Tiannian is so powerful.

"I hope it's best if it falls on our homeland."

The president sighed, "Even if it hits the Statue of Liberty directly, it's worth it."

After all, compared to rebuilding a Statue of Liberty, no matter how you think about it, the value contained in the Tiannian is higher.

Of course, he couldn't have any expectations for this kind of thing. Let alone hitting the Statue of Liberty, even if it happened to fall within their territory, or even in the entire America, the probability was very small.

However, at this moment, the Secretary of State suddenly pointed at the screen and said: "Mr. President, they have released a suicide satellite!"

The president immediately looked over, and sure enough, he saw the satellite cargo bay on the Dragon spacecraft opened, and the three "satellites" inside were released. Of course, strictly speaking, these three "satellites", at least from the appearance It doesn't look like a satellite.

They added some things that looked like damaged solar panels to the original suicide satellite. Of course, they were not real solar panels, but foam that looked like solar panels.

In this way, the center of gravity shift caused by the increase in weight can be avoided, and there is no air in the universe, so there is no need to worry about air resistance.

"well done."

The president nodded with satisfaction, and then he looked to the side. Sure enough, he saw that the orbit of the Tiannian was not far from there, probably more than two thousand kilometers away.

For the earth's orbit, more than two thousand kilometers is really not that far. After all, you must know that the first cosmic speed is 7.9 kilometers per second. In other words, these flying in the sky are moving at approximately the same speed relative to the earth at all times. It is running at a speed of 7.9 kilometers per second.

Moving at this speed, it would not take long to travel more than two thousand kilometers.

As a result, both the President and the Secretary of State began to look at the things on the monitor nervously, looking forward to the final result.

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at the same time.

Dingguang Aerospace Research Institute.

In Lin Xiao's office.

"Oh? Have their suicide satellites been released?"

When Lin Xiao, who was drinking tea, learned the news, a smile appeared on his face.

"Finally here."

"Xiao Mi, are you under control now?"

"Get it under control. Their three suicide satellites are already mine."

"well done!"

Lin Xiao's face showed a smile.

"Then, let them think they are in control first, and then let the Tiannian get closer to the three suicide satellites."

"Okay!"

Xiaomi responded.

And Lin Xiao, like the president, also looked at the screen showing the current locations of the two parties on the computer, and then waited for the final meeting between the two parties.

In this way, time passed slowly.

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NASA headquarters, a secret ground command and control center.

This command and control center is naturally the kind that can control satellites in the sky.

The only difference is that this place is specially used to carry out some secret missions.

At this time, a secret mission was being carried out here, which was Plan B to destroy the Tiannian.

Those three suicide satellites are controlled by them.

"We have begun to approach the target orbit, which is expected to be 1,200 kilometers away."

"Now, BSS satellites No. 1, 2, and 3 are igniting and preparing to correct their current orbits and gradually approach the target."

"In addition, turn on the electromagnetic shielding function to avoid being discovered by the other party."

A commander put his hands behind his hands and looked at the big screen showing the real-time situation in front of him while issuing orders.

After hearing the commander's order, the three staff responsible for controlling this suicide satellite immediately responded: "Yes!"

Then they pressed a button on the console one after another.

It's the fire button!

Previously, the three suicide satellites did not ignite. Instead, in order to save fuel, they floated in orbit, waiting for the Tiannian to approach.

This is because although these satellites were put down in orbit by the Dragon spacecraft, their speeds are still on the first cosmic speed line, so they can naturally stay in orbit and continue to float.

And now that they are about to reach the predetermined target point, they will naturally start to light up so that they can approach the Tiannian.

Just like that, it was more than a minute later.

"I saw it! The Tiannian has appeared."

Suddenly someone shouted, and at this time, they did see the Tiannian appearing in the field of view through the images sent back from the suicide satellite.

And being able to see Tianchaan means that the distance between them is not far!

Their commander also frowned at this time and said: "Everyone cheer up, start now, try to get close to the Tiannian!"

"yes!"

The staff responsible for controlling the suicide satellite responded immediately, and their excitement could be heard in their voices.

After all, this is a space battle!

It can be called the first battle in space in human history.

Although this battle is destined to be impossible to reveal, it is obviously a rare experience for them.

Then, they began to control the three BSS-type suicide weapon satellites from Boeing and rushed towards the Tiannian.

Judging from the images transmitted back, Tiannian is in front. Since Tiannian needs to land on the moon, and its current position is not the best position to go to the moon, it needs to float in orbit first. When you reach the best position, start accelerating again.

This period of time is the best time for these three suicide satellites to attack.

In this way, these three satellites are getting closer and closer to the tail end of Tiannian, from fifty kilometers to forty kilometers, then thirty, twenty, ten!

At this moment, everyone in the ground command center held their breath. According to the relative speed difference between the two, there was probably less than twenty seconds left!

A collision is about to happen.

But at this moment, the three operators suddenly felt that the three satellites they controlled were delayed in executing their orders. In other words, after they issued a control order, the suicide satellite would be delayed for a while. perform their actions.

And sometimes when they are not performing operations, the satellites they control will change slightly.

Of course, although it felt a little strange, it was still enough to rush towards the tail engine of the Tiannian.

So they didn't think much about it.

Just like that, the final moment is coming.

Here, as well as in the president's office, all these people held their breath, waiting for the brilliant fireworks to explode in the dark universe.

When the president saw the coming success, the corners of his mouth gradually turned up in excitement.

However, what they all didn't expect was that there was another person who saw all their reactions throughout the secret operation that they thought was completely confidential and seamless.

In Lin Xiao's office, he saw the three suicide satellites approaching, and then said: "Xiao Mi, it's our turn to give you a surprise."

"I'm coming!"

Xiaomi immediately shouted happily.

then.

On the track, Xiaomi's clone, who was controlling the Tiannian, made the engine at the tail shoot out three hydrogen pellets.

In the past, the hydrogen pellet would be irradiated by a strong laser 0.1 seconds after it was launched, and then explode violently, thus pushing the entire Tiannian forward.

However, now, after the three hydrogen pellets were fired, the laser emission hole of the engine did not emit laser to detonate the three hydrogen pellets.

In this way, the three hydrogen pellets flew far away and gradually approached the three suicide satellites.

And at this time, the Tiannian suddenly used the thrust generated by the ten Hall thrusters on it, and the fuselage tilted slightly, and the angle of tilt was not much, not even 0.1 degrees.

But at this moment, a laser emission hole at the end of the engine suddenly fired an extremely powerful laser.

And this laser happened to hit one of the three hydrogen pellets, and the flight of the hydrogen pellet and the still deflecting fuselage of the Tiannian caused this extremely powerful laser to hit the other two.

The front and back are almost instantaneous, less than 0.2 seconds.

However, this extremely powerful laser has already excited the deuterium and tritium mixed gas in these three hydrogen pellets.

And then, the next moment.

Nuclear fusion occurred, but it was uncontrollable, so three violent explosions immediately affected the three suicide satellites nearby.

What you need to know is that these three suicide satellites still contain fuel.

Suddenly, three more violent explosions were staged in this silent universe.

There is no sound, but it is very brilliant.

In the explosion, the three suicide satellites immediately flew to all directions.

Two of them fell towards the earth.

And there is another one flying towards a higher orbit.

As for the Tiannian, it continued to float in its orbit without incident. At this time, it had already circled the hemisphere, and the moon had already appeared from behind the earth.

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"It's done!"

In Lin Xiao's office, Xiaomi's voice sounded cheerfully, "Those three satellites were all blown up as planned!"

Lin Xiao nodded with satisfaction. He naturally saw the explosion in the video.

Those three brilliant fireworks.

Fireworks weighing hundreds of kilograms and costing hundreds of thousands of dollars are equivalent to millions of yuan. Just now, he was probably the only one who could see them.

"Okay, now that we've blown it up as planned, let's wait for the good news later."

Lin Xiao looked at the sky. His plan to explode was only the first step.

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Waighthouse.

Looking at the screen that suddenly lost signal, the president immediately stood up and laughed.

"Hahaha! Well done!"

"Well done!"

And the Secretary of State also had a smile on his face.

It shows that the signal has been lost. It must be because their suicide satellite successfully hit the Tiannian and caused an explosion, so the signal was naturally lost.

A very easy thing to understand.

Although they did not see the final scene of the BSS satellite actually crashing into it, they thought this was because the images sent back by the BSS satellite were basically PPT, which was only one frame per second, or even less than one frame in some cases. , couldn't be as smooth as the video, so they didn't see the final scene of the collision.

As a result, one of the two contestants in the Mars Climbing Plan has withdrawn.

Their purpose was achieved!

At this time, the president happily said to his secretary: "Go and draft a speech for me. Let me express my greetings to our closest friend, the country, and by the way, comfort them. They are probably in pieces at this time." heart."

"I have to tell them that the water in spaceflight is too deep and they can't grasp it!"

The secretary also smiled and nodded, "Yes!"

However, just as they were celebrating, the landline phone in the office suddenly rang.

The president glanced down and said with a smile: "It's a call from NASA. This time I have to reward the Eisenberg guy for getting them to do something."

Then, he pressed the speakerphone and answered the call.

"Eisenberg, you did a good job this time. I will forgive you for what you did before."

As a result, the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, and finally said: "Mr. President, I... actually want to tell you bad news. We saw from other satellites that Tiannian is still safe, and our BSS satellite, They seem..."

"It didn't hit the Tiannian."

"But the fuel inside them was detonated by mysterious weapons."

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the presidential office.

Tian Nian Hao...

Still safe and sound? ? ?

It wasn't until a moment later that Eisenberg's voice came across from the phone again: "Mr. President?"

At this time, the president, who had just fallen into silence, suddenly roared: "This is impossible! How can the Tiannian be still safe and sound?"

"What weapon could possibly detonate our satellite in that situation?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Everyone nearby was startled by the president's sudden roar. It was not until a while later that Eisenberg on the landline said: "Mr. President, I also thought it was impossible at first, but no matter what, From cameras on the International Space Station or cameras on other satellites."

"The Tiannian was indeed not destroyed as we expected. On the contrary, it has now entered the lunar landing orbit and is heading towards the moon!"

"This...this..." The president still couldn't believe the news.

At this time, the Secretary of State suddenly frowned and saw another thing displayed on the computer, which came from NASA, and then stepped forward to open it.

Then, a video popped up on their interface, which was uploaded from the International Space Station. In the distance in the screen, a white figure was seen running towards the moon.

And this white figure is the Tianchao!

Seeing this, what else could they say?

The Tiannian is really safe and sound!

Their plan turned into a complete joke.

At this moment, another landline suddenly rang again.

And the president is obviously in no mood to pick it up now.

The presidential secretary stepped forward and took a look. It was the phone number of the Kennedy Space Launch Center.

Then he answered the phone, and after saying a few words, his expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly said to the President: "Mr. President, SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft was hit by a sudden piece of space debris in the engine part, causing internal fuel damage. Explosion, now..."

"It's out of control!"

"What?!"

The president had just struggled to recover from the huge "bad news" that the Tiannian had not been crashed. Suddenly he heard the news again, and his face suddenly showed an expression of disbelief again.

Their plan to use "space junk" to crash the Tiannian did not succeed. Instead, their spaceship was hit by space junk?

These successive blows made the president clutch his chest and sit down in his seat.

Seeing this scene, his secretary was shocked and shouted outside: "Quickly call the president's medical team!"

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in the universe.

A broken piece of satellite debris rushed away quickly, and at the same time it was still spinning at an extremely fast speed.

In the direction in which it rushed, a cargo spacecraft was heading towards the orbit of the International Space Station.

But in the end, the relatively large satellite fragment directly hit the engine nozzle of the spacecraft at an even faster speed, spinning rapidly so that it instantly cut open the engine's fuel chamber, and the fuel immediately leaked out.

Then, sparks generated by the friction between the satellite debris and the surface of the spacecraft ignited the fuel inside.

The next moment, another huge explosion occurred.

Immediately, the spacecraft spun rapidly due to the explosion, completely losing its original direction.

Finally, due to the loss of speed, the spacecraft's speed dropped below the first cosmic speed, and could not even reach a speed of 7 kilometers per second.

The speed was lower than the first cosmic speed, so the gravity from the earth once again attracted the spacecraft that had left Mother Earth and began to return.

But obviously, this is an imperfect return.

In this way, its altitude became lower and lower, and from an orbit of more than 300 kilometers high, it passed through the mesosphere again and returned to the stratosphere.

Of course, during its fall, its entire body began to heat up rapidly due to its extremely fast speed and friction with the air.

However, since the cargo-carrying Dragon spacecraft is responsible for the return mission, the material on its surface has very high heat resistance, thus preventing it from being lost during the fall.

In other words, it will not evaporate directly at this high temperature like other fallen satellites and meteorites.

So just like that, it continued to fall. This giant object weighing more than two tons fell from the sky, getting closer and closer to the earth.

And below it is North America, the United States, and New York City.

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NASA.

"Still haven't found the Dragon spacecraft?"

"No!"

"Oh my God! Such a big piece of space junk is floating in the universe. Even if it explodes, it would still weigh at least two tons!"

"God knows what a problem it could cause if it fell!"

"The most important thing is that with its materials, it is impossible for it to evaporate due to high temperatures due to falling in the atmosphere!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Why not quickly find where it flew! I've been looking for it for so long!"

However, at this moment, someone suddenly exclaimed: "Wang Defa! There is a meteorite in the sky above New York City!"

Others said angrily: "Don't care about meteorites. Don't we see enough meteorites every day? Why not care about this matter of ours!"

However, the man held his head with one hand and said in horror: "Oh! Buy! Karma!"

"Hou! Li! Crab!"

"The Statue of Liberty...was destroyed by a meteorite!"