Chapter 807

Hundreds of thousands of kilometers away in the orbit of the moon.

Not far from the Moon Palace space station, a six edged silver white device was dropped from the magpie bridge's belly cargo compartment and fell toward the surface of the moon.

As early as a few months ago, Jinling Institute of higher learning, in conjunction with a number of research institutions in China, initiated the research and development of automatic lunar surface mining equipment.

Now, the project has made some progress. The 300 million RMB "pioneer" device is one of the research results of the project, which is mainly responsible for the initial mining of titanium rich lunar rocks.

If the device is deployed successfully and can work successfully. In the next step, the moon orbit construction committee will consider to continue to deploy automatic vacuum consumable arc melting devices on the moon surface, and process the mined titanium ore into titanium ingots or even titanium alloys, so as to meet the structural material requirements of some Moon Palace phase II projects and moon surface research facilities.

Due to the pull of the moon's gravity and inertia, the silvery white prismatic device slowly approached the moon's surface.

As it gets closer and closer to the moon, the faces of the two crew members stationed on the Moon Palace and the pilot on the magpie bridge are also tensed.

"Impact countdown 5、4、3、2、1…… Landing successful! "

"Expand the mounting bracket!"

At the moment when the silvery white platform contacted with the moon, the gray moon dust rose under the impact of mining equipment.

The fixed foot stand on the side of the device quickly opened, and like four hooks, it was nailed to the moon rock at the foot.

At the moment, the two staff members of the Moon Palace, who did not dare to relax and stare at the screen for a moment, were relieved, clapped each other and simply celebrated, then immediately returned to the task.

"This is the Moon Palace. The experimental mining equipment of lunar surface automation has landed successfully. Ask for the next instruction."

"This is the ground command center. Congratulations on completing the task. Now please check the deployment of the automatic mining equipment on the moon. If there is no abnormality, please start the next test subject in ten minutes."

"Received."

After finishing all the test items skillfully and confirming that the device has been deployed successfully, the staff on the Moon Palace immediately pressed the button to start the device.

Almost at the same time as the button was pressed, the signal light on the top of the automatic mining device flickered slightly, as if it was responding to the call of the Moon Palace, as if it were a giant crawling on the moon.

The alloy plate at the bottom opened slowly, and then the huge drill bit came out of it, and it was nailed into the moon soil.

As the bit began to rotate and move down, the titaniferous Moonstone in front of it was quickly cut into numerous pieces. After treatment by a spiral crushing pipe, it flows out from the discharge port on the side of the device.

After the deployment of the matching smelting device, the discharge port of the whole automatic mining device will be connected with the smelting device through a special pipeline, and sent into the smelting furnace under the transport of the track, so as to realize the complete automatic production.

But now, the titaniferous Moonstone can only be mined here, so after confirming that the device can operate successfully, there is no need to keep it on all the time.

"The device was started successfully and in good condition."

"Let it stop."

"Received."

As the bit slowly stops and gets into the belly of the mining unit, broken ore no longer flows out of the outfall.

However, due to the low gravity environment on the moon, the lunar dust flying around is not settled.

Standing by the porthole of the Moon Palace, looking at the dusty moon from afar, Johnson opened his mouth and his face was full of shock.

"God What are those Chinese doing to the moon? "

No one answered him.

Because Jones, who was standing next to him, didn't look much calmer at the moment.

She only saw the Chinese throwing something down from the spacecraft, and then the rolling moon dust would cover the sky and float up, as if it was hit by a missile.

"They Is it testing weapons on the moon? "

He was silent for a long time, until with the slow movement of the space station, the "construction site" covered by the moon dust disappeared in his vision, and he just seemed to say a word to himself.

“…… I hope not. "

In theory, it is impossible. The peaceful development and utilization of outer space resources is a consensus reached by all countries. Experts from all over the world are on this space station. In addition, there are countless astronomical observatories on earth that point their cameras to this side.

If the Chinese plan to test weapons on the moon, they must be crazy.

Johnson prefers to believe that they are going to build something on the surface of the moon, just like the planting unit they deployed some time ago.

Looking at the captain next to him, Jones asked in a worried voice, "speak up When can we go home? "Johnson shook his head. "I don't know."

"What about Tavi? I can't see anyone else recently. "

Johnson was silent for a moment and continued.

"There may be something wrong with him."

"I heard He seems to be infected with a terrible Martian virus. Don't we... " Jones was pale at the thought of something terrible.

Looked at own teammate, although the mood is agitated, but Johnson still casually comforted a sentence.

"Don't worry, there are some of the world's top biological experts here. Whether it's Tavi or us, we will be safe in the end."

Though he said so, he had no idea.

Previously, he had a brief conversation with NASA when he reported peace to North American people through the communication device of the Moon Palace.

Fortunately, the Chinese didn't stop him from getting the truth of the matter. In his communication with NASA director, he basically got a general idea of the beginning and end of the matter.

In a nutshell, they are host to a very resilient Martian bacterium that can have unpredictable effects on the earth's ecosystem. So they were temporarily isolated on the space station, and later moved to research facilities on the surface of the moon.

As for their final outcome, if the bacteria prove invincible, even the world's top biologists are at a loss. What will they do in the end? Johnson didn't even dare to think about it.

Perhaps the best solution is to give their lives by the three of them. Even he can vaguely feel that director Carson hinted at himself when talking with him.

However, life is only one time for anyone. No matter what glory it contains, how easy is it to give up?

Just then, the door of the living cabin suddenly opened.

The former Chinese researcher, accompanied by two astronauts, floated into the living cabin and stood in front of them.

Johnson was subconsciously nervous, but soon relaxed and asked.

"What's up? Has the research progressed? "

When asking this question, Johnson didn't give any hope. After all, it took only a few days for international experts to arrive at the Moon Palace. It's really hard to find a solution in such a short time.

However, Zhao Shuxuan's words were beyond his expectation.

"A little bit."

Looking at the surprised Johnson on his face, Zhao Shuxuan paused for a moment and continued in a serious voice, "in order to verify our conjecture, I need you to cooperate with us in some experiments."