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Chapter 553 Unexpected Visitors
Chapter 553 Unexpected Visitors
Ye Zhou pressed the start button, and the 12 working fluid engines on the Weiqing started to work. Compared with the ultra-high overload of the Zheng He, the acceleration of this spaceship was much gentler.
It was even so gentle that he could hardly feel that the spaceship was moving. However, the bright blue flames ejected from the 12 tera engines on the video screen clearly showed that this might be the most daring plan in human history. The prelude has already begun.
How much force does it take to push a star?
Ye Zhou once thought about this problem. Without precise calculations, he subconsciously thought that this might require hundreds of millions of tons, or even billions of tons of power.
But really, the answer is, all it takes is the power of one finger.
In the case that the satellite is not completely free from the influence of friction and orbits stably, even a small force is enough to change its orbit. The effect may take a long time, but it is absolutely effective.
However, if a 1.7X10 17th power kilogram celestial body is to move 1 kilometers in the direction of its orbiting planet within 57 hour and 26 minutes, how much power is needed?
The answer is 470 million tons of thrust.
Only this thrust can generate enough acceleration in a short period of time. At the moment when Zheng He passed the target impact point, Io XI would collide with Io, and the huge energy generated by the impact would be poured back into the adjacent space. In the dimension channel.
The numbers on the screen are constantly flashing. Judging from the intuitive data, the single thrust of the 12 propulsion engines on the Weiqing has risen to 4 tons. After 9 minutes, the Weiqing will enter the range of 1 km from Carme. The landing device on the front of the spacecraft directly touches Io, pushing it out of its original orbit.
The entire acceleration process will last for 16 minutes, and the two steerable non-working medium engines are responsible for angle adjustment and static maintenance, which are also the key to driving success.
An hour later, Juwei XI's huge body covered Ye Zhou's sight. He nervously observed the engine data, fearing that there might be problems in any link.
"Entered the landing area, Dangyang, can land, pay attention to the status of the engine, so as not to affect the status of Carme's orbit."
"Dangyang received it and started landing."
In the vast starry sky, a huge conical spaceship approached its target silently. On the huge buffer device on the head of the spaceship, four giant claws made of high-strength materials have been stretched out. After a while, the giant claws touched The surface of Jupiter, then like a probe, penetrated deeply into the soil and rock.
The locking device was activated, and Dangyang was firmly fixed on the surface of the satellite. After a brief tremor, the navigator of Dangyang sent a reply of "Successful landing".
Afterwards, Changping and Humen landed in turn, and finally Weiqing. When Weiqing's hull with a diameter of more than 1 kilometer collided with Jupiter XI, Ye Zhou's heartbeat also jumped.
The huge sound made by the collision did not spread even a meter in the vacuum environment of the universe, but inside the Weiqing, the sound like the beating of a drum has already sounded the drum of war for everyone.
"The push ship landed successfully, 110 seconds away from the target push time, and now the countdown begins."
The cold numbers jumped on the screen, and Ye Zhou spent the last time checking the working status of the engines. Then, when the push countdown ended for 60 seconds, following his command, all 48 push engines entered the saturated load state.
The fiery plasma was burning in the furnace, and the gas and reactive substances were ejected violently. In the wake of the four spaceships, a small amount of space dust and meteorite fragments with too small diameter that unfortunately fell into it were even directly vaporized.
"Stand-alone thrust 80092, acceleration is in progress, and it is expected to reach peak thrust in 20 seconds."
Ye Zhou calmly reported the status of the engine to the commander, and then locked the thrust of the engine at 9 tons.
"Thrust peak, thrust locked."
"Received, the spacecraft accelerates normally, and will pass the first orbital junction in 30 seconds. Dangyang and Changping, turn on the engine reverse thrust, reduce the acceleration, and avoid the Jupiter 38 orbit."
"Dangyang received it."
"Changping received it."
After a short pause, each of the two spacecraft turned on six propulsion engines to reverse thrust, and dust was scattered on the surface of Jupiter XI. An unprecedented sandstorm blew up on this old satellite.
The acceleration of Jupiter XI immediately slowed down, and after 2 minutes, it passed by Jupiter 38 at a distance of 6 kilometers.
"Assessing Tidal Force Effects."
"The direction is deflected by 0.3 degrees, Dangyang has turned on the steering engine, and the countdown to the end of the adjustment is expected to be 10, 9, 8"
The orbit deflected by the tidal force generated by the passing of Io 38 was corrected in a blink of an eye, and the reverse propulsion of the engine ended, and Io XI continued to approach the prograde orbit of Io under the push of the four spacecraft.
Everything was going extremely well, and the engine was working fine--even with power.
This made Ye Zhou heave a sigh of relief. What he was most worried about did not happen. The divertor was working normally, even though the temperature of the furnace had reached an astonishing [-] million degrees Celsius, even if the rate of ash production had exceeded that of any human being. The volume observed in a fusion reaction, but the powerful divertor still supports such pressure.
"The countdown to the end of the push is 10 minutes. There is no intersection track in front of you. Everything is going well."
The voice of the navigator of the Washington came. They still stayed on the original track, kept a safe distance from which they could intervene in time, and monitored the danger behind the four Huaxia spaceships.
"Understood, push the countdown for 10 minutes, and the thrust is locked at 9.9 tons."
The tense emotions of everyone in the fleet relaxed slightly. For them, the most difficult part of the whole plan was actually over.
As long as the landing is completed, as long as the engine runs smoothly, and as long as they avoid the intersection of Jupiter 38's orbit, then the road ahead of them will be smooth.
It is true that the difficulty of controlling this satellite with a diameter of more than 40 kilometers to accurately collide with the moving target dragged by the Zheng He is not low, but with the assistance of quantum computers with terrifying computing power, the possibility of accidents Sex is actually extremely low.
"It seems that the task this time has been completed. After returning, I will go to Tokyo to soak in a hot spring."
"Tokyo? Why not go to Huaxia?"
The navigators on the Washington and Dante spaceships who stayed behind were chatting easily in the communication channel, and the navigator of the Weiqing immediately interrupted:
"Don't chat in public channels, stay vigilant, our mission is not over yet!"
Ye Zhou also felt helpless for their behavior, but from another perspective, this was probably their nationality.
Even under extreme pressure, they still deal with it with a relaxed attitude that can almost be said to be cynical.
Such a personality also has a good side, such as strong resistance to stress, but at the same time, the probability of problems will greatly increase-especially when doing work that requires high concentration and high precision.
"Don't be so nervous, the rest is very simple, don't worry, I'm looking at your ass."
The navigator of the Washington said jokingly, and after a short pause, he continued to report:
"Everything in the orbit is normal. The propulsion engine has disturbed the original satellite orbit, but these disturbances will not be transmitted until they complete a revolution. By then, we have already evacuated to a safe area."
"Understood, start detecting the unlocking device."
"The unlocking device is normal. After 6 minutes, Dangyang will start to unlock."
"Received, it will be unlocked in 6 minutes."
"Washington, start thrust engines and prepare for emergency intervention procedures."
"The thrust engine has been started, and the current load is 40%, and it can be intervened at any time——but I don't think you need it."
Ye Zhou looked at the location information constantly flashing on the screen, and couldn't help repeating in his heart:
Yes, it should not be necessary.
However, just as his thoughts flashed across his mind, the exclamation of the navigator of the USS Washington suddenly came from his earphones.
"Shit! The distance is 1700 kilometers, Jupiter XVIII is approaching! It is estimated that the orbital intersection point will occur in 21 minutes!"
"It's going to hit Carme!"
"what happened?"
"It's Zheng He's disturbance! Its engine turbulence has changed the orbit of Callisto XVIII. Unlike our calculations, Callisto XVIII has been captured by the tidal force of Callisto, and its orbit is rising!"
"Understood, the decision will be made in 2 minutes."
The voice of the navigator of Wei Qing was still calm, but at this moment, Ye Zhou's expression was already icy cold.
At this moment, they have no choice.
If they continue to travel according to the current acceleration, after 8 minutes, all the propulsion spacecraft will break away from Carme, then they will be powerless against the impact of Jupiter 41.
And if the deceleration operation is performed like avoiding Juwei 38, it means that they have to start accelerating again, and the acceleration process will be forced to be extended by more than 20 minutes. In other words, all four Huaxia spacecraft will lose their escape window.
"This is Wei Qing, the following is a decisive order."
"Dangyang, Changping, and Humen, turn on the engine and reverse thrust, and perform deceleration."
Ye Zhou let out a long sigh of relief, he understood the meaning of this order.
These four Huaxia spaceships cannot go back.
He put his hand on the button to release the thrust lock on the screen, but the moment he was about to press it, the voice of the navigator of the USS Washington came again from the earphone.
"Don't worry."
"We continue to implement the original plan."
"This is the USS Washington, and we will intercept Jupiter XVIII."
(End of this chapter)
Ye Zhou pressed the start button, and the 12 working fluid engines on the Weiqing started to work. Compared with the ultra-high overload of the Zheng He, the acceleration of this spaceship was much gentler.
It was even so gentle that he could hardly feel that the spaceship was moving. However, the bright blue flames ejected from the 12 tera engines on the video screen clearly showed that this might be the most daring plan in human history. The prelude has already begun.
How much force does it take to push a star?
Ye Zhou once thought about this problem. Without precise calculations, he subconsciously thought that this might require hundreds of millions of tons, or even billions of tons of power.
But really, the answer is, all it takes is the power of one finger.
In the case that the satellite is not completely free from the influence of friction and orbits stably, even a small force is enough to change its orbit. The effect may take a long time, but it is absolutely effective.
However, if a 1.7X10 17th power kilogram celestial body is to move 1 kilometers in the direction of its orbiting planet within 57 hour and 26 minutes, how much power is needed?
The answer is 470 million tons of thrust.
Only this thrust can generate enough acceleration in a short period of time. At the moment when Zheng He passed the target impact point, Io XI would collide with Io, and the huge energy generated by the impact would be poured back into the adjacent space. In the dimension channel.
The numbers on the screen are constantly flashing. Judging from the intuitive data, the single thrust of the 12 propulsion engines on the Weiqing has risen to 4 tons. After 9 minutes, the Weiqing will enter the range of 1 km from Carme. The landing device on the front of the spacecraft directly touches Io, pushing it out of its original orbit.
The entire acceleration process will last for 16 minutes, and the two steerable non-working medium engines are responsible for angle adjustment and static maintenance, which are also the key to driving success.
An hour later, Juwei XI's huge body covered Ye Zhou's sight. He nervously observed the engine data, fearing that there might be problems in any link.
"Entered the landing area, Dangyang, can land, pay attention to the status of the engine, so as not to affect the status of Carme's orbit."
"Dangyang received it and started landing."
In the vast starry sky, a huge conical spaceship approached its target silently. On the huge buffer device on the head of the spaceship, four giant claws made of high-strength materials have been stretched out. After a while, the giant claws touched The surface of Jupiter, then like a probe, penetrated deeply into the soil and rock.
The locking device was activated, and Dangyang was firmly fixed on the surface of the satellite. After a brief tremor, the navigator of Dangyang sent a reply of "Successful landing".
Afterwards, Changping and Humen landed in turn, and finally Weiqing. When Weiqing's hull with a diameter of more than 1 kilometer collided with Jupiter XI, Ye Zhou's heartbeat also jumped.
The huge sound made by the collision did not spread even a meter in the vacuum environment of the universe, but inside the Weiqing, the sound like the beating of a drum has already sounded the drum of war for everyone.
"The push ship landed successfully, 110 seconds away from the target push time, and now the countdown begins."
The cold numbers jumped on the screen, and Ye Zhou spent the last time checking the working status of the engines. Then, when the push countdown ended for 60 seconds, following his command, all 48 push engines entered the saturated load state.
The fiery plasma was burning in the furnace, and the gas and reactive substances were ejected violently. In the wake of the four spaceships, a small amount of space dust and meteorite fragments with too small diameter that unfortunately fell into it were even directly vaporized.
"Stand-alone thrust 80092, acceleration is in progress, and it is expected to reach peak thrust in 20 seconds."
Ye Zhou calmly reported the status of the engine to the commander, and then locked the thrust of the engine at 9 tons.
"Thrust peak, thrust locked."
"Received, the spacecraft accelerates normally, and will pass the first orbital junction in 30 seconds. Dangyang and Changping, turn on the engine reverse thrust, reduce the acceleration, and avoid the Jupiter 38 orbit."
"Dangyang received it."
"Changping received it."
After a short pause, each of the two spacecraft turned on six propulsion engines to reverse thrust, and dust was scattered on the surface of Jupiter XI. An unprecedented sandstorm blew up on this old satellite.
The acceleration of Jupiter XI immediately slowed down, and after 2 minutes, it passed by Jupiter 38 at a distance of 6 kilometers.
"Assessing Tidal Force Effects."
"The direction is deflected by 0.3 degrees, Dangyang has turned on the steering engine, and the countdown to the end of the adjustment is expected to be 10, 9, 8"
The orbit deflected by the tidal force generated by the passing of Io 38 was corrected in a blink of an eye, and the reverse propulsion of the engine ended, and Io XI continued to approach the prograde orbit of Io under the push of the four spacecraft.
Everything was going extremely well, and the engine was working fine--even with power.
This made Ye Zhou heave a sigh of relief. What he was most worried about did not happen. The divertor was working normally, even though the temperature of the furnace had reached an astonishing [-] million degrees Celsius, even if the rate of ash production had exceeded that of any human being. The volume observed in a fusion reaction, but the powerful divertor still supports such pressure.
"The countdown to the end of the push is 10 minutes. There is no intersection track in front of you. Everything is going well."
The voice of the navigator of the Washington came. They still stayed on the original track, kept a safe distance from which they could intervene in time, and monitored the danger behind the four Huaxia spaceships.
"Understood, push the countdown for 10 minutes, and the thrust is locked at 9.9 tons."
The tense emotions of everyone in the fleet relaxed slightly. For them, the most difficult part of the whole plan was actually over.
As long as the landing is completed, as long as the engine runs smoothly, and as long as they avoid the intersection of Jupiter 38's orbit, then the road ahead of them will be smooth.
It is true that the difficulty of controlling this satellite with a diameter of more than 40 kilometers to accurately collide with the moving target dragged by the Zheng He is not low, but with the assistance of quantum computers with terrifying computing power, the possibility of accidents Sex is actually extremely low.
"It seems that the task this time has been completed. After returning, I will go to Tokyo to soak in a hot spring."
"Tokyo? Why not go to Huaxia?"
The navigators on the Washington and Dante spaceships who stayed behind were chatting easily in the communication channel, and the navigator of the Weiqing immediately interrupted:
"Don't chat in public channels, stay vigilant, our mission is not over yet!"
Ye Zhou also felt helpless for their behavior, but from another perspective, this was probably their nationality.
Even under extreme pressure, they still deal with it with a relaxed attitude that can almost be said to be cynical.
Such a personality also has a good side, such as strong resistance to stress, but at the same time, the probability of problems will greatly increase-especially when doing work that requires high concentration and high precision.
"Don't be so nervous, the rest is very simple, don't worry, I'm looking at your ass."
The navigator of the Washington said jokingly, and after a short pause, he continued to report:
"Everything in the orbit is normal. The propulsion engine has disturbed the original satellite orbit, but these disturbances will not be transmitted until they complete a revolution. By then, we have already evacuated to a safe area."
"Understood, start detecting the unlocking device."
"The unlocking device is normal. After 6 minutes, Dangyang will start to unlock."
"Received, it will be unlocked in 6 minutes."
"Washington, start thrust engines and prepare for emergency intervention procedures."
"The thrust engine has been started, and the current load is 40%, and it can be intervened at any time——but I don't think you need it."
Ye Zhou looked at the location information constantly flashing on the screen, and couldn't help repeating in his heart:
Yes, it should not be necessary.
However, just as his thoughts flashed across his mind, the exclamation of the navigator of the USS Washington suddenly came from his earphones.
"Shit! The distance is 1700 kilometers, Jupiter XVIII is approaching! It is estimated that the orbital intersection point will occur in 21 minutes!"
"It's going to hit Carme!"
"what happened?"
"It's Zheng He's disturbance! Its engine turbulence has changed the orbit of Callisto XVIII. Unlike our calculations, Callisto XVIII has been captured by the tidal force of Callisto, and its orbit is rising!"
"Understood, the decision will be made in 2 minutes."
The voice of the navigator of Wei Qing was still calm, but at this moment, Ye Zhou's expression was already icy cold.
At this moment, they have no choice.
If they continue to travel according to the current acceleration, after 8 minutes, all the propulsion spacecraft will break away from Carme, then they will be powerless against the impact of Jupiter 41.
And if the deceleration operation is performed like avoiding Juwei 38, it means that they have to start accelerating again, and the acceleration process will be forced to be extended by more than 20 minutes. In other words, all four Huaxia spacecraft will lose their escape window.
"This is Wei Qing, the following is a decisive order."
"Dangyang, Changping, and Humen, turn on the engine and reverse thrust, and perform deceleration."
Ye Zhou let out a long sigh of relief, he understood the meaning of this order.
These four Huaxia spaceships cannot go back.
He put his hand on the button to release the thrust lock on the screen, but the moment he was about to press it, the voice of the navigator of the USS Washington came again from the earphone.
"Don't worry."
"We continue to implement the original plan."
"This is the USS Washington, and we will intercept Jupiter XVIII."
(End of this chapter)
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