advanced player in arc

Chapter 805 There is no need to fight

Ballistic missiles are spectacular when fired, and rockets are not bad when fired.

The size of the ballistic missile is very large, and the momentum of the launch is basically similar to that of the rocket. It plays the role of the final word. Basically, it will launch one, at most it will be equipped with a separate nuclear warhead, and the aim is very good. , Once fried, it will be fried in a large piece.

Rockets are generally small in size, at least much smaller than ballistic missiles, but they are never launched alone. The launch base is based on "cars", one car after another, and all arrows are fired together, although the accuracy is not very good. High, but it is perfect for barrage scrubbing.

The "Hercules" thrusters ignite, and then rely on the force of the recoil to slow down the "Tutatis" asteroid. In its forward direction, more than a dozen thrusters spew out hot flames at the same time. The scene is quite spectacular. .

Although the audience couldn't see it all, the American side kindly invited Light Magic Special Effects Company to make an animation demonstration, and the effect displayed was extremely eye-catching.

On the seemingly unremarkable asteroid, a dozen clusters of flames suddenly appeared on one side of the rock mass, and the atmospheric background music was enough to make the audience feel excited.

Uh, this is the benefit of animation presentation, it can be made into a sci-fi blockbuster.

Although the thrust of these dozens of thrusters is not very large compared to the mass of the asteroid itself, it is impossible to make the asteroid come to a sudden stop, but it does slow down its forward speed.

Due to the limited fuel carried, it cannot be sprayed continuously, so the deceleration of the asteroid will be divided into several times, and different data must be calculated each time to achieve the best deceleration effect. It cannot be completed in a day. up.

Knowing that people don't have that patience, the American people let the people on the earth watch a prelude and opening, and then almost turned off the live broadcast, and then directly played the video on the official website.

The post-animation demonstration and the real live video let people know that the United States has succeeded.

They successfully decelerated the "Tutatis" asteroid, and broke away from the elliptical orbit around the sun, entered the orbit around the earth, and continued to circle around the orbit of the artificial satellite of the earth, and even the distance soon surpassed The moon has become the first giant near-Earth asteroid that is so close to the earth and is still more than 4 kilometers in size.

After it crossed the moon, people began to look for it in space one after another. Whether it was an enthusiast looking for it with an astronomical telescope, or a photo released by a private observatory, or information released by an official organization, it could arouse people's enthusiasm. the response to.

At this time, after a month of long-distance travel, the "Yuanhang" Mars exploration spacecraft also approached Mars, and more and more videos and images were sent back, which happened to collide with the final stage of propaganda in the United States.

Up to now, the United States has finally made a comparison in front of the people of the world. How could it make the Arc Light Group lose in the popularity of information, so it invested a huge amount of money in public opinion propaganda.

The Arclight Group sees that the United States is so willing to spend money, so it doesn't intend to compete with the idiots. After all, the highlight of the Arclight Aerospace is to land on Mars, and by that time, the United States should be able to safely put the asteroid into Earth orbit. Come on, the time conflict between the two sides is not very big, there is no need to waste that money at all.

Originally, it would not take so long for the "Yuanhang" to fly to Mars. It arrived in the best window of 20 days. Unfortunately, they missed that time, so now it will take a little more than a month to fly, which happens to have a little time with the plan of the US side. coincide.

The main thing is that Dong Chen said hello to the group. At this time, there is no need to provoke the United States. It is best to let them safely put "Tutatis" in the earth's orbit and it will be over. Other things will be done later. Besides.

After all, there is a game in this world called "I can't beat you, but I can pull you to finish playing together", no matter whether this is "intentional" or "unintentional", it is better to be careful.

This is also the reason why after many countries have nuclear weapons, everyone has calmed down and restrained a lot, because if you are in a hurry and really desperate, then no one will get better.

On the spaceship, Dong Chen's robot went online again to take a look at this beautiful red planet.

Although he passed by the orbit of Mars when he drove his "Black Hawk" to find the space tunnel, the position of Mars was not very good at that time, and he could not see it very clearly. I can see clearly.

During this period, he and Musk chatted about the US's plan to capture asteroids this time.

Although the spacecraft is getting farther and farther away from the earth, it can still access the Internet, but because of the satellite transfer and the ultra-long distance, the delay is certain, but the signal is still pretty good. Go online to learn a little information. not big.

Even compared with Dong Chen's robot, which has no delay, it's still a bit heartbreaking.

"...The United States really has a lot of limelight this time, and the practical significance of transporting the asteroid to the earth's orbit is also great."

"After all, it has been wandering in the solar system for so long. The four-year cycle will pass through the asteroid belt, then circle the sun and then pass the earth. It must be able to carry some other things on it, which is also very important for human exploration of the universe. effect."

"This feeling of being able to study the entire solar system at home should be quite good, saving time and effort."

"And there are many types of mineral resources on it, which can also be of great help to the current United States, which is very important for its technological upgrading and industrial development."

"Why didn't our group start first? We shouldn't have any technical limitations. In this case, this kind of thing that only does one thing but has many benefits belongs to our Arc Light Group."

Musk asked Dong Chen suspiciously, and the tone was quite "my own".

"This..." Dong Chen manipulated the robot and rubbed his chin, "You also said that our technology is advanced and there are no technical limitations, so mining asteroids is actually not very useful to us at present."

"We calculated that the cost of mining on the moon is no higher than the cost of mining an asteroid."

"Of course, this is mainly the reason why our current industrial coverage is only in the Earth-Moon system. It is not far away, and everything is convenient. If we go to the asteroid belt to develop someday, we must mine asteroids .”

"And when it comes to studying the solar system and the universe," Dong Chen pointed to the "Yuanhang" spacecraft under his feet, "Aren't we doing this?"

"Compared to studying an asteroid and learning about other planets and spaces from the side, I hope we can conduct field investigations, because the results are more accurate."

"We happen to have this kind of strength. We can go to Mars to conduct scientific investigations. Why should we capture an asteroid that just passed by Mars, and then study Mars from the side."

Well, Dong Chen’s reason really made Musk unable to refute.

When he just realized it, Dong Chen said another reason he thought, "And the earth is a bit dangerous now, I don't want to drag everything to the earth, maybe I just find something to do for myself."

(End of this chapter)