The countdown is slowly approaching, "20 minutes and 32 seconds...the engine is warming up!"
"Living cabin No. 1 has been completed!"
"Living cabin No. 2 has been completed!"
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"Countdown to 1 minute and 12 seconds..."
Seeing that the acceleration was approaching, all astronauts with missions began to check their equipment. Even the actresses had to check their spacesuits. In fact, during the ground training, after more than ten months of struggle, these actresses finally obtained spacesuits for themselves, so they can also carry out their own adventure activities after obeying orders and passing assessments. . But all expeditions are carried out at your own risk. The Expert Company is only responsible for appropriate rescue, but not absolute rescue; originally they existed as simple female space employees.
But even so, these actresses agreed without hesitation. After entering space, it would be uncomfortable to simply be trapped in an empty spaceship and hang out with these stinky men every day - even though we all "stink" together a lot of the time! Now that we have come to space and have paid so much, why should we leave some souvenirs, such as alien gems and the like?
"Countdown: 10, 9,...2, 1, 0; deceleration begins!"
"Boom!!!" A low roar sounded, but everyone has become accustomed to it, because in space, affected by the gravity of the sun, it is often necessary to accelerate or adjust direction.
But this time is different from the past. This time it is deceleration. Everyone is firmly stuck to the floor. Reverse acceleration allows everyone to once again feel the long-lost enjoyment of gravity - in space, this is an extremely Luxurious enjoyment.
Some people even shouted to the sky with satisfaction. In this regard, Liu Haibo could only let it go. After so many days of lonely work, even if there were female employees to reduce their pressure, these pilots were still under a lot of pressure. Loneliness, longing, weightlessness, and helplessness are all realities that constantly test the psychological limits of every astronaut.
Next, the spacecraft will explore Ceres in detail. The number of days will not be too short. Even if Ceres is very small, its diameter is close to a thousand kilometers, which is about one-twelfth to one-third of the diameter of the Earth. space (which is already extremely large), and because this is a dry planet, it is relatively simple to explore, and you can even use destructive exploration methods; but even so, it still takes at least ten days.
What's more, this is outer space and it's really dangerous. All kinds of invisible rays are not blocked by air and magnetic fields, and they must face the impact of fragments from the stars at any time - these fragments travel at least ten kilometers per second, almost five to ten times as fast as bullets! Even a space suit or a high-end space suit cannot survive a frontal hit.
Since the next step was so dangerous, Liu Haibo just let these team members go. As long as it didn't go too far, he could do anything. Even if a few of them play with a female employee, they can't bear it.
Liu Haibo would have wanted to join this "space club" if it weren't for his high level of cultivation, good nature, good education from the country, a wife and children at home, his age, etc. In fact, after these days of loneliness, some of the female employees were even crazier than the space expedition team members.
Space, at least according to current human technology, is still not the real place for human survival.
The entire deceleration takes up to seven or eight hours, but there is nothing to do during this period. In fact, this stage is the most dangerous.
Because to get close to Ceres, you have to enter the asteroid belt; even though the asteroid belt is actually very empty, there are still a lot of debris. Especially as the speed of the spacecraft decreases, the danger encountered increases geometrically within unit distance. Moreover, the spacecraft is bulky and has slow acceleration. Once the speed decreases and encounters greater danger, it can only be met with rail guns, otherwise it can only rely on the spacecraft's own defense. However, in space, the earth cannot bear the impact of thousands of tons of objects at a speed more than ten times that of a bullet, let alone a spacecraft.
"Meteorite fragments appeared in front of the spacecraft and have been crushed. The speed of the fragments is in the same direction as the spacecraft. It does not affect the safety of the spacecraft. Please don't panic later." Liu Haibo's nervous palms were sweating. Just now, an asteroid suddenly appeared in front of it. To be precise, it was a fragment. It was gray in color and only two meters in size.
At the critical moment, Liu Haibo was not nervous: "Open the metal shield!"
There was a sound of electro-hydraulic drive, and a huge metal shield slowly opened. This is a shield installed in a folding manner, made of scale armor, composite materials, composite armor and other technologies. In theory, it can even withstand small-energy rail gun attacks.
But now the spacecraft still has a relative speed of hundreds of kilometers per second relative to the asteroid, and the impact is no different from an airplane hitting a bird. Fortunately, the spacecraft is fully equipped. Crush it immediately. The remaining fragments have been calculated to be unable to cause substantial damage to the spacecraft.
Just 1 minute later, a crackling sound sounded throughout the spacecraft, accompanied by a slight shaking of the spacecraft. This was the first traffic accident in space, and some people were still pale even though they were prepared; especially a few people. All the female employees were screaming in fear.
In space, once it crashes, it's completely over. Even if it means asking for help, the fastest way on earth is to modify the Rise space shuttle to rescue them. It will be at least half a month before they arrive.
The crackling sound left just as quickly as it came. The heavy spacecraft quickly stabilized.
"Report the damage!" After safety, Liu Haibo's voice, which had not slept for more than 40 hours, was still loud.
"The spacecraft itself is safe and all space shuttles are undamaged. Eighteen square meters of the front armor of the metal shield was damaged, and 30 armor blades were damaged. The basic structure did not suffer any damage.
There are still 3 hours left before the deceleration ends. It is recommended to send team members to replace the protective scales. Scanning the surrounding area revealed no additional hazards. "The person who is performing the deceleration control of the spacecraft is Su Jiuyang, the captain of the second team.
After encountering this danger, Liu Haibo did not dare to take it lightly: "Scan again, using visible light, infrared scanning, x-ray scanning and other cross-scanning methods to ensure that there are no blind spots."
"Received. Start advanced scanner now."
Ten minutes later, it was reported that it was still safe, and only then did team members begin to be dispatched for replacement.
The spacecraft flew rapidly through space, and three 70-meter-long thin robotic arms protruded from the spacecraft, with six staff hanging on them and safety ropes linked to the spacecraft.
Pieces of armor weighing hundreds of kilograms were removed, and the armor fixed by hexagonal screws was extremely strong, which brought a lot of difficulties to the staff's operations. However, no one complained, such an armor is also a guarantee of one's own safety.
The replacement of armor was slow and cumbersome. It took six people a full two hours to replace 30 pieces of armor.
The replaced armor cannot be thrown away, it can still be repaired. There is a full set of equipment on the spacecraft. The spacecraft itself is a complete small factory.
Three hours later, a white and dark red planet appeared in front of everyone. Through a telescope, one can even see a large number of cracks, undulating mountains, and bits of white steam on the planet's surface. Seeing that the spacecraft had only 20 kilometers of speed left and was slowly approaching Ceres, Liu Haibo finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Everyone, be prepared to use 24 hours to detect Ceres. If there are no accidents, prepare to land in 24 hours. I will first Went to rest.”