This star is going to the moon

Chapter 56 "Golden Toad" Lunar Rover and Attention from Across the Ocean
The lunar rover control room at the Beijing Flight Control Center previously controlled the Chang'e-3 lunar rover "Yutu", but "Yutu" stopped moving after operating for more than a month.

It wasn't completely broken. Experts believed that a wire was cut by lunar rock and connected to the frame, causing a short circuit, which made the "Yutu" unable to move. It only traveled 114 meters in total.

But the instruments it carries are still functioning normally.

Later, "Yutu" worked in the same place for two and a half years, until it completely stopped working last summer.

I thought the lunar rover control room would not be reopened until next year's Chang'e 4 lunar rover, but I didn't expect a lunar rover to suddenly appear this year!

Of course, it was not something sudden today. Lu Yun had been dealing with many of them for two months. Whether it was during the design or testing of the mini lunar rover, Lu Yun had met many staff members of the "Yutu" mission.

When Lu Yun walked into the lunar rover control room, the staff inside started calling him "Mr. Lu" and "Mr. Lu".

They didn't call "Mr. Lu" of Blue Star Aerospace Company, but "Mr. Lu", the general commander, chief designer and chief engineer of the mini lunar rover project.

Although Lu Yun is younger than everyone present, he is now the temporary supreme commander here, and everyone in the lunar rover control room must obey his orders.

Now the solar panels of the Chang'e-5 lander are opening, and various systems are starting self-inspections in preparation for drilling and digging the soil. The ejection and propulsion of the mini lunar rover will have to wait a little longer.

During this time, a 28-year-old engineer who was familiar with Lu Yun asked, "Mr. Lu, when will the name of our lunar rover be announced? We can't just keep calling it 'Chang'e Counterweight Rover,' right?"

My roommates laughed when they heard this.

"Haha, it was really funny when we were thinking of names. We first thought of naming it something along the lines of 'Yutu', but since it's so much smaller than 'Yutu', we thought we'd just call it 'Rabbit Cub'. But Brother Yun immediately rejected that idea."

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The engineers on site were stunned for a moment, and then burst into uncontrollable laughter.

Not to mention Lu Yun, even if he passed, it would still be rejected by the official.

This is just like when netizens voted in April to name the newly launched aircraft carrier No. 4 "Pipi Shrimp", which was impossible for the official to approve.

This is also the reason why many official tasks do not involve official netizen voting.

Because you really don’t know what kind of trouble netizens will cause you!

Lu Yun noticed that everyone in the command room was looking at him, so he didn't hide it and said, "We were supposed to wait for the rover to take pictures of the Chang'e 5 landing and takeoff combination. When the official pictures are released, we'll announce the name at the same time. This is an official mission to be safe. If it doesn't succeed, we won't mention it."

"But I'm confident in my design, so it's okay to tell everyone in advance. Just promise not to reveal it to anyone in advance."

"Its name is the 'Golden Toad' lunar rover."

"This is consistent with the lunar mythology of 'Yutu', a rabbit and a toad. The kayaker is wrapped in a golden polyimide thermal protective film, and it is smaller than 'Yutu', so we thought this name was a good one."

My roommates nodded repeatedly and added, "Besides, the name 'Golden Toad' sounds more auspicious than 'Jade Rabbit'!"

"That's right, it destroys evil and attracts wealth!"

"There's also the idiom 'Chan Gong Zhe Gui', which describes an ancient scholar who successfully passed the imperial examination."

"..."

The engineers were speechless.

What kind of cyber technology traditional superstition is this!
But... they weren't much better.

Before launching a rocket, the base cafeteria will serve buns called "success buns", which are convenient for the staff to eat and also bring good luck.

Just like "left eye twitching means good luck, right eye twitching means disaster" and everyone should not say anything about each other.

"Alright, alright, the command center has sent a message. Chang'e 5's self-test is normal and they are about to prepare for sampling. Inform us to release the 'Golden Toad' lunar rover."

"understand!"

"Beginning the self-inspection of the Golden Toad..."

Lu Yun sat firmly in the command position. The self-inspection of the "Golden Toad" lunar rover was very fast. After all, it was "small and cute" and did not have much equipment. It only took one minute to complete the self-inspection.

After confirming that all the data was correct, Lu Yun said, "Execute the escape command!"

"understand!"

A few seconds later, the "Golden Toad" lunar rover received the command. It released the fixing device, and the release device with a slight elastic force immediately ejected it gently.

The gravity of the moon is only one-sixth of that of the earth, so a slight push from the propulsion device made the "Golden Toad" lunar rover fly more than one meter away.

However, the "Golden Toad" will not be broken because the gravity of the moon is very small, and its current "weight" is equivalent to 0.75 kilograms, so it almost "floats away".

After landing, he bounced up and turned over.

Lu Yun and his team watched the stuck video made up of photos that were sent back with a delay of several seconds, and found that the "Golden Toad" lunar rover was actually lying down.

Fortunately, Lu Yun designed the two sides of the lunar rover to be the same, so it can move while lying down, and there are solar panels on the back and abdomen, so it is not a big problem.

The engineers happily began to command the "Golden Toad" lunar rover away from the Chang'e 5 landing and ascent combination according to plan, and Lu Yun also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Golden Toad" inherited the name of the previous life, but did not inherit the wrong results of the previous life.

The design of having solar panels on both sides is correct.

In the previous life, the "Golden Toad" only had one solar panel attached. As a result, it fell to the ground and rolled over, "lying" with the solar panel pressed underneath, and then it only worked for more than 20 minutes with the support of its own battery.

The "Golden Toad" in this life is fully bathed in sunlight, so it has enough power. So Lu Yun and his team's first plan is to let the "Golden Cicada" circle around the Chang'e 360 landing and ascent combination and take a -degree photo without blind spots.

Another changed world line is that the landing site of Chang'e 1.5 is slightly different from the previous life. In the previous life, Chang'e encountered rocks when drilling down to obtain samples, so it only drilled meters deep.

But I didn’t encounter it in this life, and drilled directly to the predetermined depth of 2 meters!

This made Lu Yun very happy. Obviously, the sampling weight in this life would definitely exceed the 1700 grams in the previous life!

The reborn person has done another great thing!
Chang'e 5 landed at a place during lunar daylight, so it was a good time to work while it was still daylight, while the command personnel in China were staying up all night.

We have to persevere, because Chang'e 48 only has hours to sample!

By 12 noon the next day, netizens had waited for a whole morning but had no videos or photos to watch. They were already in a state of "urgent need". After 12 hours of work, the drilling and digging work of Chang'e was finally completed and the soil was stably placed in the storage tank.

Chang'e 5 is no longer busy and can upload photos and videos!
The first picture is the full landing picture taken by the "Golden Toad" lunar rover!
(Chang'e 6 impersonating Chang'e 5)

Then there are pictures of the "Golden Toad" lunar rover taken by the Chang'e-5 landing and takeoff combination.

Ordinary people are very happy after seeing these pictures, but only fans of traffic stars are depressed.

Lu Yun succeeded!

All the curses they cast on the ground were useless and they couldn't reach the moon at all.

The lunar rover designed and manufactured by Roadun not only reached the moon, but also successfully completed the filming mission.

There was even more wailing in Yang Qianxi’s fan group.

[No, Lu Yun, you're a scientist, why don't you just stay a scientist? Why are you trying to attack the entertainment industry?!]

[Yes, and he's so handsome and has great acting skills! ]

[How can this be compared to Brother Qianxi? There is absolutely no way to compare! ]

Yan Xinxin, who was watching the whole process, was wondering why the atmosphere in the group was like this even though I was trying to set the pace?
Is this still the same group of Qianxi fans that scolded Brother Yun before?
That's weird, let's take another look.

[Lu Yun dared to build a lunar rover today, I can't imagine what he will build in the future, maybe even a weapon of mass destruction. Let's send an agent to take him away. Isn't that how it's played out in Hollywood blockbusters?]

Yan Xinxin nodded.

Yeah, it tastes just right.

At this time, on the other side of the ocean, they were indeed paying attention to the Chang'e-5 mission.

"It looks like they're going to have their own lunar soil."

"There are even actors and celebrities involved. Even Hollywood movies don't dare to shoot like this!"

"Indeed, we usually use the settings of 'down-and-out scientists' and 'folk scientists'..."

(End of this chapter)