I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?.

Chapter 719 Welfare and Newcomers

Li Wei stood at the edge of the second explosion crater, squatted down and pressed the floating dust on the surface of the crater wall. He only pressed one knuckle and was unable to go deeper.

Due to the joint action of 8 carefully placed nuclear bombs, the size of the No. 4600 explosion crater is extremely amazing. According to observations from the space station, its diameter reaches about 577 meters and its depth is about meters!
The original No. 1 explosion crater was directly obliterated, and the edge of the No. 2 explosion crater was raised by about seven or eight meters like a crater.

Standing on the edge of the explosion crater, Li Wei felt like an endless river valley in front of him. Because of the angle of the sunlight, most of the bottom of the explosion crater was covered in shadow, giving people the feeling of an abyss.

However, the explosion crater actually covers an area of ​​only 16 square kilometers, which is equivalent to a small lake. It is only because it is on the moon and created by humans that it can be so shocking.

When the explosion occurred on the 12th, even the Yushu base, 200 kilometers away in a straight line, saw the pale flash of the nuclear explosion. It also triggered an earthquake of up to 5.2 magnitude in the surrounding area. The vibrations could already be clearly felt, and the power was comparable to the first time. An earth-shaking change, the equivalent amount increased by a full 160 times.

"Lao Liu, we may have to send a report to the ground."

Li Wei carefully observed the slope. The theoretical calculation was that it was about 25%, which was already considered a steep slope and had a significant impact on the operation.

Subsequent blasting requires descending at least two to three hundred meters to drill holes in the pit wall. The current equipment can barely handle it, but from the perspective of space caution, it is more appropriate to develop some modification kits.

"The slope ratio is indeed a bit high. It's better to let robots do the work. Human work will soon become unreliable."

Liu Ming thought more. When the depth of blasting continued to accumulate, the slope ratio would rise rapidly. According to the assumption, the limit would even be close to 1, which is a steep slope with an angle of 45 degrees. It is estimated that professional equipment would be needed to continue.

A call sign suddenly came over the radio, and Li Wei quickly replied:
"I am Li Wei, received the signal, repeat, I am Li Wei..."

Li Wei immediately remembered the news about the departure of a new batch of four permanent team members two days ago. On the fourth day after the explosion, the experts except the resident astronauts began to evacuate one after another. At the same time, new team members agreed to were sent to the ground.

Even though this aspect has been greatly optimized, the pain of rapid tooth replacement is still unavoidable, especially since Li Wei did not take painkillers during the mission.

After almost a few seconds, Fu Xiangjie's voice sounded again:
"The four new team members have arrived. We have landed at the Yushu base. Instructor, I would like to apply for a grid of broccoli to entertain the new team members tonight!"

Liu Ming was the second to receive the injection, but according to the schedule, the teeth will start to change in three or four days.

Liu Ming heard his voice clearly on the radio, and he couldn't help but move his gums.

"Dududu... this is the Yushu base. Please answer if you hear it. Dududu... this is..."

Li Wei's words were interrupted by a cry of pain. He was still in the action cycle of the 304 medicine, that is, he was still changing his teeth.

Nuclear bombs can blast out extremely smooth pits, but they cannot blast out the winding mountain roads surrounding the mines on Earth, and they don't have the energy to build roads.

"That's a special work vehicle...we still need to find a way to solve the rapid rise of emergency, hiss~"

There were two men and two women, all under the age of thirty-five. It was clear that they wanted the old team members to lead the newcomers.

Li Wei has a unique tolerance for newcomers joining him and immediately replied:
"The cabbage should be cooked by now. Let's take out our best food to entertain them. Liu Ming and I can't return in about eight hours. Please rest as soon as possible. Over!"

..."Come, come, welcome my little junior brother!"

While Fu Xiangjie was on the phone with Li Wei, Deng Lei was warmly entertaining the four new team members, one of whom he was particularly familiar with.

Gao Qitao felt a little uncomfortable when he heard the title of junior brother. After all, Deng Lei was almost old enough to be his father, but in terms of work, he was really his junior brother.

He is a 2017 graduate and one of the best among the first batch of talents independently trained by Xinyuan. He has been mainly involved in the design and implementation of the OGAS system in the past year.

When discussing the follow-up team members on the ground a month ago, half of the four spots were given to Xinyuan, and Serev directly recommended him.

Another woman, Yu Jie, majored in materials and was sent to Qingshan Base after entering the workforce. She came to the moon to train as a nuclear engineer.

However, these two people cannot be called experts now. They work and study while going to the moon. Xinyuan mainly hopes to cultivate space talents from the basics.

Although the ones sent by the space agency are also young, 28-year-old Zhang Xiaozhou is a young genius in the field of nuclear physics. He graduated with a doctorate at the age of 24. From the age of 20 to now, he has published many papers of high academic value and participated in several cutting-edge projects. The project is the real mainstay.

Another spot is for a 32-year-old woman named Zhang Qiuying. An electronics expert who also majored in psychology and received a doctorate degree can provide psychological counseling services to the team members.

These four team members are still the first batch, and four more will be added to the second batch. There will be several more batches to come. It is expected that the number of permanent astronauts on the moon will reach about 20, including 12 permanent astronauts at the Yushu base and Wutu. There are 8 permanent residents on the space station.

As far as Deng Lei knows, this expansion plan should be completed within the year. As for replacement?

I don’t know who was sent by the space agency, but Deng Lei and Li Wei are all employees of Xinyuan Company. I still remember that in the last communication with the boss, Lin Ju was talking about annual leave...

Xinyuan's mission cycle for the lunar resident astronauts is based on going to sea. It is tentatively planned to rest for two to four months a year after leaving the earth. Each astronaut has a family reunion quota every year.

This is also Lin Ju's suggestion to appease the mental health of employees. During a work cycle, a relative can be designated to go to the workplace for a reunion of no more than 7 days. For the first time, applications are required to be made two months in advance so that the relatives can receive necessary training.

This benefit is still temporarily implemented in the name of Xinyuan Company, but Lin Ju is already planning to transfer it to United Mining.

Of course, Deng Lei and Li Wei already have this benefit and can use it this year. Deng Lei has already chosen his wife, while Li Wei is still hesitating.

Although there is no news about the remaining two team members, Li Wei does not think that the Aviation Development Committee is favoring one over the other and should still be discussing.

The main purpose of this benefit is to stabilize people's hearts. Lin Ju is very clear about the importance of the moon. It is very important to maintain a stable personnel composition. The first batch of team members may work for more than 10 years before moving.

Deng Lei was quite happy about this, and even looked forward to taking his son on a trip to the moon when he grew up to the required age.

Perhaps it was mixed with his own emotions, but his attitude towards newcomers was also extremely friendly.

"Welcome again, my colleagues, juniors, and comrades."

(End of this chapter)