But it is said that in space, the distance between the orbit of Mars and the asteroid belt is about 100 million kilometers. According to the current speed of the spacecraft, it can insert from the orbit of Mars to the asteroid belt in about five hours. The reason why it is not three hours is because the flight direction of the spacecraft is not perpendicular to the orbit of Mars and the asteroid belt, but presents a certain angle.
Especially due to the gravity of the sun, the flight track of the spacecraft shows a slight arc, which further extends the arrival time.
In the spaceship, various experiments are still ongoing. Moreover, due to the inexplicable influence, everyone obviously felt that their thinking, actions, etc. were all slowing down. The simplest is to speak and do simple mathematical calculations. People themselves cannot feel these changes, but compared with the time of the atomic clock, we can find that everyone's thinking, etc., has begun to slow down, and it feels like an old computer can't run; but it feels like it can't run anymore. You can't feel it clearly - because everyone's reaction is already very slow.
"Suddenly, I have a feeling of old age and twilight!" Lin Yun shook his head. Although he couldn't feel it, he found that every decision and every thought he made was slowing down when he looked at the clock. We know; and this sluggishness becomes more and more obvious as it approaches the asteroid belt.
"Change the direction of the spacecraft, do not enter the asteroid belt for the time being, and start orbiting the sun around the current orbit to check all problems. At the same time, release the nanosatellites for detection." Even at this time, Liu Haibo still did not panic, but gave serious instructions .
"Yes! It has been adjusted. Captain, you said one sentence for 33 seconds. Haha..." There is something really strange in space. Although such a change is expected by everyone, it is still a bit difficult to adapt to.
"It's really weird here, so we sent a message to the Earth. Because it's too weird here, we decided to send nanosatellites for detection. We are not afraid of danger, but we are afraid of worthless sacrifice. Especially for such an expedition, in fact, Nearly half of the company's wealth has been consumed, and we can't afford to lose it." Looking at the large number of young faces in front of him, Liu Haibo had to try his best to consider these people. Some of them were not married yet and were still only children at home.
Although it is a good thing for the entire human civilization that the expert company decides to conduct expeditions, it is a heavy pressure to be shared on every expedition member. Every team member has to bear tremendous pressure every moment in this empty space. Liu Haibo knew that some people couldn't help but look for those female employees, and the influence had spread to the entire spacecraft. Although it is said that this is the tacit approval of the master company and the main purpose of these female employees coming here is this; but it can be seen how much pressure the team members are under.
In space exploration, the greatest danger does not come from the outside, but from the inside! Long periods of loneliness can drive gods crazy.
The lateral engine starts, allowing the spacecraft to slowly deviate from its original orbit without slowing down. When it was only more than seven million kilometers away from the asteroid belt, it had successfully turned and became parallel to the orbit of the asteroid belt.
"Release the nanosatellite and prepare to detect the radiation, temperature, material composition, interstellar dust distribution, and magnetic field of the asteroid belt, especially to check the magnetic field of Jupiter. The magnetic field of this monster is also a monster."
The computer started counting down: "The above-mentioned forms of nanosatellites are being released. The models are: x-ray detection, gamma-ray detection, beta-ray detection, infrared radiation detection, magnetic field detection... Please confirm; now starts the launch countdown: 10, 9..."
"The computer works so fast!" Suddenly, Lin Yun said this.
However, this sentence has been recognized by too many people. Yes, computers work fast! To be precise, the working speed of computers has not slowed down, but the thinking speed of people themselves has slowed down. So much so that it can't keep up with the working speed of the computer.
More than 30 nanosatellites were released. Carrying the speed of the spacecraft itself and the ejection speed from the engine, these nanosatellites only flashed a few times on the screen and then disappeared.
The more than thirty nanosatellites are large and small; the large ones weigh about ten kilograms, and the small ones only weigh thirty to fifty grams. These nanosatellites are the latest research results of Gaoshou Company; in fact, this technology already exists on the earth, and Gaoshou Company is simply copying and producing them for the time being; the only improvement should be to install small physical batteries and New software and core, changes to protective layers, and more.
Of course, even a simple modification, with the strong technological capabilities of the master company, can give this somewhat old technology a new lease of life. Of course, nanotechnology, modular production technology and nanosatellite technology will not be eliminated and will only continue to improve; it is just that this technology has been around for some years.
"The nanosatellites were successfully launched. The fastest forward speed is 1,002 kilometers per second and the slowest forward speed is 998 kilometers per second. It is expected that all nanosatellites will enter the asteroid belt area in 2 hours." Lin Yun continued to report the data. In space, manpower is limited and everyone is almost an all-around player. This is something that cannot be avoided. This is necessary in order to save costs and maximize the efficiency of exploration. After all, the carrying capacity of spacecraft components is limited.
In the dark space, a spaceship was moving forward alone. 40 space shuttles were all fixed on the spacecraft. But the pilots who had received the order were already getting ready. Space exploration, since it is exploration, must move forward. Otherwise it would just be tourism.
In fact, Gaoshou Company's exploration of the asteroid belt this time has another mission, which is to explore several particularly large asteroids in the asteroid belt, which can even be called dwarf planets. That is: Ceres, Pallas, Vesta, Flora, etc. Even the exploration of Kirkwood Void is included.
And all of this is because Zhang Jingyuan secretly told Liu Haibo a secret mission, a plan crazier than building a space base or capturing the Longmu star! A plan that makes people tremble just thinking about it! A task that ordinary people can't even imagine!
"The average speed of the nanosatellite is 1,000 kilometers. The spacecraft is affected by the gravity of the sun and its speed is decreasing. It has dropped to 983 kilometers. In order to keep tracking the nanosatellites, apply for acceleration." Lin Yun did not look back and closely monitored the computer. Although due to unknown reasons, human thinking is a bit slow, the work that should be done is still being carried out in an intense and orderly manner. However, we will not rush into the asteroid belt without investigating the reasons, or adapting to the current situation.
"Authorization: Agree to accelerate. Keep tracking the nanosatellites. Depending on the actual situation, you can choose to launch the corresponding satellites freely." Liu Haibo made an important note in his diary. This is a real close-up exploration of human beings’ own outer space environment.
The asteroid belt is a controversial place on the earth. How it was formed, what harm it does to the earth, etc. are all being actively and intensively explored. After all, asteroids have unstable orbits due to collisions and mass factors, which pose a great threat to humans on earth.
"Didi... Satellite No. 3 has lost contact and the situation is unknown!" Everyone received this message before they could be happy when they saw the nanosatellite entering the asteroid belt! The computer prompted that the No. 3 nanosatellite lost contact directly, and no useful signals were sent back before this. This is a satellite responsible for detecting the composition of materials on the surface of asteroids.