Chapter 117 Congratulations from 2 Million Kilometers Away
"Look! What is that? Oh my God, come out quickly, something big has happened!"
Outside Spieth's Mars base, an astronaut wearing a heavy pressure suit had a dazed look on his face and even stuttered.
Soon, several astronauts who had landed on Mars with him rushed out.
On this planet 2 million kilometers away from the Earth, all abnormal phenomena require them to be cautious.
"what happened?"
The leading astronaut looked around and didn't see anything unusual, and was very confused.
"There! It's gone!"
Looking up at the sky in the direction of his finger, the astronauts couldn't help but feel a little scared.
But the sky seemed to always have that gray atmosphere, without any change.
"Damn it, Rand, are you mentally ill? There's nothing."
The leader, Neto, the captain of the "Mars Project" mission, growled. Rand's sudden madness scared them all.
"Go back, Boss. Rand may be thinking about his unborn child."
A mocking voice from a female astronaut came from the side.
At this time, the Mars space station should be passing above their heads.
"No, no. I just saw a super-fast aircraft, and it flew over our heads very quickly."
Rand came back to his senses at this moment, but looking at the empty and dark sky, his tone became a little uncertain.
Could it be that I am really dazzled?
He calmed himself down and looked over carefully again.
“Here it comes, here it comes again!”
The streamlined aircraft appeared in sight again, and its speed was much slower than last time.
Everyone couldn't help but look in the direction of Rand's finger, and this time they all saw it.
In the space hub office, Fan Ren looked at the big screen in front of him.
On it, seven or eight astronauts had their heads covered by helmets, so their expressions could not be seen.
But I think these people should be scared silly at this moment.
Unfortunately, this flying boat did not have the ability to land vertically, so it could only slow down for a few rounds and then control the flying boat to circle over everyone's heads at the lowest speed.
"Boss, there really are aliens!!!"
Rand's trembling voice was transmitted to the ears of several astronauts on the scene through the built-in microphone. Suddenly, it was as if a cool wind swept through their pressure suits, causing them to shiver a little.
This scene is so weird.
"Don't panic, it probably has no ill intentions, it's just observing us, don't do anything that might irritate it."
After all, he is the captain. Although Neto was also very panicked at the moment, he still restrained his fear and tried to remain calm while giving orders to the team members.
This streamlined aircraft in the sky not only has an ultra-high speed of tens of Mach, but also appears above Mars hundreds of millions of kilometers away.
This is simply not a technology that humans can possess.
Just as they were standing there, not daring to move, the belly of the flying boat slowly opened, and then an unidentified object fell towards them.
Looking at this scene, everyone was immediately frightened to death.
pill!
The bomb was dropped!!!
After doing all this, the flying boat stopped circling and began to accelerate in a straight line, disappearing into the sky in the blink of an eye.
As the only woman here, Leah collapsed to the ground. She thought that these pioneers who were shouldering heavy responsibilities would be doomed today.
The falling objects dropped by the spacecraft landed in front of the astronauts, but did not explode as they had imagined.
"Yes, it's a box!"
Neto finally couldn't control himself anymore, and his voice began to tremble.
But then I felt relieved, at least they were still alive.
"Rand, go and take a look." "Boss, my legs are weak, you guys should go."
"A piece of trash who only knows how to use force on women."
Neto cursed angrily and looked at the teammates around him. No one dared to step forward, which made him even angrier.
They're all a bunch of trash.
He cursed inwardly, calmed himself down, took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, and slowly walked towards the black box in front of him.
Neto walked slowly, and it took him nearly a minute to walk the 20-meter distance before he slowly approached the black box.
Very slowly, he examined the box carefully, but could see nothing special about it.
"Captain, no, put him away?"
Rand's voice suddenly rang out, and this sudden sentence almost frightened him to jump.
"Asshole, Rand, shut your stinky mouth! If there is really a problem, none of us can escape. Remember, this is Mars, 2 million kilometers away from our blue planet! The fastest rescue will take a year to arrive!"
The words Neto roared out were not only directed at Rand, but also to encourage himself.
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.
This sudden incident has directly broken their joy of being the first astronaut to land on Mars in human space history, which they had just been immersed in.
You have to know that this is a planet that has never been set foot on by humans, and it is also an area where no signs of biological activity have ever been detected.
After Neto finished speaking, he stopped being cautious and simply squatted down to pick up the box.
Very light, not heavy, and can be opened.
He was stunned for a moment, then he figured it out. Now there was nothing to be afraid of, so he immediately opened the lid along the gap without hesitation.
He held the lid in his hand and did not throw it away. Inside the base of the box, a white A4 paper folded in half lay quietly.
boom!
Neto felt something was wrong, so he took out the A4 paper without even bothering with the lid and the base, and threw it directly onto the sand.
His hands were shaking a little, but it wasn't because of fear.
"Welcome to Mars. Congratulations to you, the people of Xinghai Technology. Blessings from 2 million kilometers away."
“FK!”
Two weeks later.
Blue Star, Xinghai Aerospace Base Workshop.
Fan Ren, Li Jiandong, Liu Shengzhan and other naval and air vehicle designers transferred from various departments of the Ministry of Industry gathered here.
Today's scene can't be called a meeting.
Because behind them, the 20-meter-long and 10-meter-wide streamlined flying boat had been cut into eight pieces and was checked thoroughly inside and out by this group of people.
Just three days ago, the flying boat that returned safely was disassembled directly when it arrived at the space hub and transported back to the ground workshop in sections.
Immediately afterwards, Li Jiandong and Liu Shengzhan, who received the news, led a group of Daxia's top vehicle scientists here.
A veteran in the aviation field who is responsible for fighter jet design in the crowd gave this evaluation of this flying boat.
How should I put it? The aerodynamic layout does not require much technical content, and the pure engine thrust is huge.
In response, Fan Ren could only smile awkwardly.
After all, for the body layout of this thing, he used the appearance design of an airplane from a comic book he once picked up.
Quite handsome!
At this moment, the old master scratched his beard, his face full of confusion.
Can this thing fly into the Martian atmosphere, take a tour, and then fly back in 10 days?
He even felt that he might have misheard because of his old age or some Alzheimer's disease.
But on the huge support frame on the other side, there was an engine that he had never seen before, which made him a little unsure to refute.
The latest development of Xinghai Technology is an engine that directly converts the energy of nuclear fusion reactions into dynamic ion jets, thereby directly obtaining thrust.
This is so advanced.
(End of this chapter)
