Yang Zhi roughly estimated the time. He was now traveling in the same direction as the fallen pilot, and his speed was zero. In addition, his forward speed had to be reduced. Even with the extreme acceleration of 50g, it would take a total of about four minutes. In addition, there were To return to Earth - time is really tight.
This honor and space shuttle are not easy to earn!
Of course, Yang Zhi just sighed, but his men were not slow, and the space shuttle began to slowly turn around.
The sun in space is now extremely bright. Yang Zhi knows that it is the first light to arrive after the sun explodes, and the powerful ion storm will arrive later.
All the complete space shuttles did not return to the Earth's magnetosphere, but gathered around the No. 1 cabin of the Master Company's Adventure spacecraft, which can provide a spherical magnetic field covering 5,000 kilometers: We have not completely given up on the mission of capturing asteroids!
Those space shuttles that were seriously damaged had to return.
These space shuttles with damaged electronic equipment have lost their ability to regulate air pressure, oxygen, etc., and must return as soon as possible, otherwise they will be suffocated in space.
Yang Zhi quickly rescued the pilot; but at this moment, the pilot was already in some danger, because the electronic equipment in the spacesuit was damaged, and there were problems with air pressure, air and other supplies; it can be said that if it had been a little later, basically there would be no need Saved someone.
Set the space shuttle to automatic; Yang Zhi immediately took off the pilot's spacesuit, turned on the oxygen emergency equipment in his cabin, and provided breathing.
Space is dangerous, and it is extremely dangerous; the current pilots can be said to be very lucky; if ordinary national pilots can see it - or cannot see it at all, the speed is 7 kilometers per second, and it is beyond the human eye at close range. Discrimination speed.
Ten minutes later, Yang Zhi returned to the space base with the astronauts who had regained consciousness. They were personally received by Zhang Jingyuan and the President of the country, which made Yang Zhi dizzy with joy, especially when Zhang Jingyuan personally said: Return to the space base. After landing on the ground, Yang Zhi felt as if he was in a dream after seeing the space shuttle that had just been allocated.
A completely own latest Dream space shuttle, all using the updated S02 engine, which can reach 200 tons of thrust when fully propelled, which can already be classified as a monster.
Just 1 minute later, the solar storm arrived. This is the first time Yang Zhi has seen a real solar storm.
Before this, it was impossible to see it at all. Only satellites could observe it through ray scanning, infrared scanning and other technologies.
But now, I see a kind of beauty under destruction!
At this moment, the earth's magnetic field, which is hundreds of thousands of kilometers high, seems to have turned into a glass orb. Various divisible and indistinguishable colors are performed in space. The earth's magnetic field and the solar ion wind are engaged in a fierce confrontation.
The solar ion storm, with a maximum temperature of 150,000 degrees, is heating up the entire space. Infrared radiation is intense. Within the Earth's atmosphere, the skies of the North and South Poles are flashing with dreamlike auroras.
But what is more beautiful is not here, but the combination of aircraft floating in space and gathered around the first cabin of the Adventure spacecraft. The man-made magnetic field with a diameter of up to 5,000 kilometers seemed to turn into a huge bubble in space at this moment. The blurred light flickered and jumped on the surface, and nothing inside could be seen at all. Then, the magnetic field began to deform, as if it had turned into a giant tadpole in space. The front part facing the solar storm is somewhat flat, and the two poles are slightly protruding; but a tail extends for more than 30,000 kilometers, with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and more indistinguishable colors, making this combination seem to be transformed into Magic wand.
This solar storm is not the most powerful, so it is not affected much on the ground; but in space, communication cannot be used. In particular, space bases cannot contact pilots trapped in space. The strong solar wind caused electromagnetic waves to receive only a squeaking sound; even a communication computer was burned.
More than three hours later, the solar storm finally left; however, the charged particles captured in the magnetic field did not dissipate so quickly, and some light bands could still be seen in space.
However, the artificial magnetic field generating device in outer space turned off the power. In an instant, the beauty was disillusioned, and the charged particles disappeared in an instant - to be precise, they did not disappear, but were hidden. Without the help of magnetic fields, these space ghosts would not reveal themselves.
In just three hours, the Apophis asteroid has already left. The current speed of Apophis is only 30 kilometers per second, which is equivalent to the Earth. However, due to the direction problem and its original position, it is already more than 600,000 kilometers away from the Earth. .
"Seize it!" No matter it was the pilots from the master company or the country, no one gave up.
"Now that Apophis has been shattered, a large number of rock fragments are bound in the carbon fiber network. If it is dragged back to Earth like this, it is a great threat. We should only capture the core and discard all the remaining fragments." Mu Xinghai expressed opinions on Zhang Jingyuan and the national leaders.
"Yes!"
"Okay!" After Mu Xinghai received permission, "Turn on the laser facility, aim at Apophis, and burn off the carbon fiber mesh above!"
Whoosh...the laser passed 30 meters away from the surface of Apophis...
"Re-adjust!" Mu Xinghai was not surprised. The space was not flat, but had invisible distortions. And current technology can already adjust this gap at an appropriate distance. Of course, the premise is to have basic data. Such as test firing.
Under the continuous laser burning, the carbon fiber mesh fell apart, and a large amount of gravel floated out. In the end, Apophis was left with an irregular ellipsoid with a diameter of about two hundred meters, which was the strongest rock and a core containing iron. The remaining weight, about 30 million tons, is the real essence.
Huh huh... The space shuttles started up one after another, but first they came back to get the net.
This time, because Apophis' mass had been reduced by more than half and it was very stable, its speed had dropped too much. With the remaining space shuttles constantly using the long-distance method, it was finally captured again by the Earth's gravity three days later.
More than 1,100 space shuttles, dragging a huge carbon fiber net, finally "arrested" Apophis. When they saw the asteroid in the "net bag", the whole world became uproar. China is even more excited.
In the silent space, more than 1,100 space shuttles are arranged in a neat formation, like a flower blooming in space, slowly approaching the outermost orbit of the earth, releasing Apophis...
Bang bang bang! ! ! Cheers resounded throughout China, and every Chinese used telescopes to look at the second satellite on Earth in outer space. This is a satellite that belongs entirely to China!
And in the space base, a grand welcome ceremony was held! Each hero shed tears of excitement, and everyone left a group photo that affected the entire human race. The background is Apophis hanging in space!
This means that from today on, humans truly have the ability to conquer space.
On the 18th, China officially issued an announcement: We have added a territory, a territory in space! At that moment, the whole of China was partying! On the 19th, Apophis got a new name: Longmu. The finishing touch means - this is a crucial step, a crucial step in the development of human civilization; it is also a crucial step in the re-emergence of China!