Chapter 795

Above the orbit of Mars.

There was silence in the cockpit.

Quietly waiting for the result of the communication channel, Liu Biao took a deep breath and suddenly said.

"Captain."

Xu Zhenghong: "what's the matter?"

Liu Biao: is it suitable for us to do so

"Is there any incongruity in the exchanges between countries? In the same position, it's not necessarily that they won't set preconditions for rescue. "Looking at this slightly younger comrade in arms, Xu Zhenghong smiled and turned his eyes to the dust buried planet." moreover, even in the name of humanitarianism, we can't make it for nothing. "

Liu Biao asked, "what if they don't find what we want?"

Xu Zhenghong was silent for a while and said.

"It's a loss for us."

However, they will eventually let them on board for maximum benefit.

And this is what Professor Lu told him

……

At the same time, the surface of Mars.

The alloy door on the outside of the life support unit slowly opens, and a red painted Mars rover drives out, facing the rolling sand sea.

Looking at the approaching green dot on the radar, Johnson's face was full of complicated expressions.

It's obvious that NASA can't give such a ridiculous mission. The Chinese people call it "your request", not even an excuse to comfort him.

But if he wants to go home, he has no choice

Under the guidance of the on-board radar, Johnson arrived at his destination soon.

The vehicle was parked not far from the explosion center. Johnson, who had already put on the extravehicular space suit, took out the toolbox from the trunk of the Mars rover and walked towards the center of the BFS crash site.

"Shetter It's all like this. "

While watching the horrific situation, Johnson took samples of BFS components according to the requirements of the mission log and kept them in a special sample box.

Soon it was close to the core, and more and more debris was damaged.

After carefully crossing the steel pieces, Johnson took out the arc cutting gun from the toolbox, pressed the button against the deformed metal shell, and quickly cut a circular fracture on the shell for people to enter.

After all this Johnson took a breath and put the cutting gun in his toolbox.

"Whoo It's time to work. "

He said a word to himself. He reached out and grasped the metal strip in the cabin of BFS spacecraft. He slowly forced his arms and slid into the cabin through the metal waste.

"Black box Let me see. It seems to be under the seat in the cab. Well, it should be... "

Turning on the flashlight in front of his chest, Johnson wiped the dust on his spacesuit mask, followed the route he remembered, and began to grope for the direction of the cab.

In fact, there is something similar to a black box on the BFS spacecraft, as the landship has speculated. It will record a series of calculation data from launch to orbit of BFS spacecraft, as well as communication records with NASA headquarters.

If the BFS spacecraft encounters an accident and falls to the surface of Mars, the recovery of the black box is also one of the work of the ground colonists.

However, this part of the work does not include the part of handing over the black box to the Chinese

Johnson hesitated for a moment, finally shook his head, turned around and walked out of the cabin

Within the life support unit 30 kilometers away.

Jones and tavie, who are staying in the experimental cabin, are anxiously waiting for the news from captain Johnson.

I don't know how many times I have looked out of the window. Even though there is nothing but long yellow sand, Tavi can't help but stretch his neck to look out.

At this time, the door of the experimental cabin suddenly opened. Johnson, dressed in spacesuit and covered in sand, came in with a green box and a smaller suitcase attached to the reflective strip.

There was a smile on Tavi's face, but Johnson didn't look at him. He pushed away and went straight to the console. He connected the data cable on the spacesuit to the nearby chassis, and then pressed the button to connect the communication.

"I have found what you want."

The noise of the electric current played for a while.

The answer came quickly from the communication channel.

"Congratulations, you've got your ticket to go home. Now please enter the return capsule and prepare to start the ignition process. We'll be over new Virginia in five minutes."

"Received."

Unplug the data line, Johnson looked at the two teammates standing behind him, like unloading the burden of a long breath.

“…… Let's go home. "……

The new Virginia's escape capsule is located in the center of the life support unit, directly above the methane generator.

When the situation on the surface of Mars becomes uncontrollable, the colonists only need to enter the return capsule and start the escape procedure. The liquid oxygen and methane in the life support unit will be injected into the engine at the base of the return capsule as much as possible for the return capsule to return to the BFS flying ship in orbit.

Of course, now the BFS spacecraft has been actively crashed by NASA.

Although there is no direct evidence that NASA did this, Johnson has no better reason.

Even, he would rather believe that NASA gave them up.

In this way, the sense of guilt in his heart will be a little lighter

Dragging the long and thick plume and flame, the hemispherical silvery white return capsule separated from the life support unit and rushed away the rolling dust.

At this moment, the failed colonization of the outer planets, which lasted less than three months, finally drew a stronghold with the evacuation of the colonists.

Of course, although they failed, the experience and lessons they learned from their failure are enough to pave the way for their successors and help them go further

Heading into a silent sky, the capsule that ascended the orbit gradually lost its power and merged into the orbit around Mars. After half an hour's floating, I finally put myself into the arms of Xiaguang.

Stretching the lens, we can see from a distance that two spacecraft, one large and one small, are approaching slowly under the sunlight, just like two shining intersection light points.

"The new Virginia is on track Our oxygen may not last long. We need help. "

"This is Xiaguang. We have received your request. Please wait patiently for rescue."

The cabin door slowly opened, and the thick and long mechanical arm protruded from the cabin, slowly clamping the shell of the return cabin. At the moment of contact, the bulkhead of the return cabin shook violently for a while, but it soon settled down and was slowly dragged into the cargo cabin by the Xiaguang.

This kind of design was originally used to recover space garbage and satellites that could not crash normally after reaching the service life, but it is also technically feasible to recover the escape capsule.

Almost at the same time, thousands of kilometers away in Jinling City, surrounded by a kind of media reporter, the moon orbit Construction Committee held a press conference as scheduled to disclose the latest progress of the rescue operation.

When hearing the news that the BFS spacecraft fell from the orbit around Mars, the reporters at the scene were shocked and surprised. The scene was out of control for a while. Johnson's wife, who came to China from North America, covered her nose and sobbed.

But in just a few hours, everything turned around.

When the news of the successful re-entry of the capsule, the arrival of Xiaguang in the target airspace and the start of the spacecraft recovery operation came one after another, the reporters and the people from all walks of life waiting for the final result, as well as the staff of the US embassy and the families of the victims held their breath and waited nervously for the final result.

Finally, when the news of the rescue success crossed tens of millions of kilometers and five or six minutes of delay and reached the Jinling ground command center, the news of "the rescue work was successful" and "all three astronauts survived" was also released on the large screen of the press conference at the first time.

When the exciting words of that line come into sight, when all the worries and prayers have been answered satisfactorily

The scene of the press conference.

In an instant.

Filled with thunderous applause!

"God Thank you! thank you! Thank you very much! I'm sorry, I don't know how to express it. My mood is out of control, wuwuwu... "

Holding the hand of the chief designer Lu Zhou tightly, the sobbing woman excitedly said thanks, and her legs slowly lost their support. Fortunately, the staff nearby held her fast with eyes and hands, which made her not fall to the ground.

Lu Zhou gave her a comforting look, and then told the staff to take her to rest.

My husband's life and death are uncertain.

She must have suffered a lot in the past month.

Now that the stone in her heart has finally landed, she can finally get a good sleep.

Standing in front of the camera, Chen Yunhai, director of the Organization Department of the moon orbit Construction Committee and deputy director of the Chinese Space Administration, solemnly announced the victory of the rescue operation and announced the schedule of the return of the Xiaguang.

Standing by and watching from afar, the embassy staff took off their eyes and wiped the sand from the corners of their eyes with their index fingers and thumbs. Then, like the people next to him, he clapped for the moment.

Although they lost the game, there is no doubt about it.

But

He couldn't help applauding for the moment