Galactic Tech Empire

Chapter 521 Explorer ([-])

"Report, an asteroid was discovered ahead, with a distance of 1.76 units and a radius of about 357-361 kilometers. It is of ice-rock type..."

"Is it a new asteroid that has not been discovered?" Ma Wu, who was on duty in the cockpit, asked.

"It is a new asteroid that has not been discovered before, and the system has automatically generated a number: Ice God 5736."

Ma Wu looked at the logistics system of the Explorer, and then ordered: "Slow down and approach the Ice God 5736 asteroid, we will supply some water resources and usable materials."

"Received, start to slow down and brake."

At this time, the explorer had sailed in the void of space in the Polaris region for 94 days, and it was more than 2260 astronomical units away from the Herik planetary fortress at the edge of the solar system.

This place is not only very strange, but they have encountered two troubles these days, one is a stardust storm, which is a kind of interstellar dust area that stretches over a dozen astronomical units, and the density of matter inside is very dense. What is even more terrifying is that these The matter contains a high concentration of radiation. Fortunately, the condensed matter shield is powerful, otherwise the electronic system of the battleship will suffer.

The second trouble was a burst of gamma rays encountered during the 83-day voyage. Although the energy level is not very large, gamma rays can penetrate the condensed matter shield.

Although it did not endanger the lives of the astronauts, the gamma ray burst caused damage to some electronic equipment, and the Explorer lost a neutrino radar.

Therefore, Ma Wu intends to stay on the ice god 5736 asteroid for a rest for a day, and replenish some water resources and usable materials by the way.

"Captain Ma, do you need supplies now? Hasn't it reached the first warning line?" Zhang Handong, who had just come out of the rest cabin, asked.

"I'm going to make some repairs in advance. After all, everyone has been sailing continuously for more than three months, and by the way, they will replenish some materials on the asteroid." Ma Wu explained.

"So that's it, it's really time to take a rest." Zhang Handong nodded.

He has discovered that many astronauts have some psychological problems these days. After a long space voyage, some people are more sensitive psychologically, and there will be more or less adverse psychological problems, such as anxiety, insomnia, depression, and cosmic fear. disease and so on.

If this issue is not taken seriously, sometimes the consequences will be very serious. This kind of thing happened to the Sousse people in the wandering era, because they could not bear the torture of mental illness, and there was a wave of suicides.

The two discussed the mental illness of the crew while looking at the holographic star map.

For these mental illnesses, the alliance has long expected, so many special treatment cabins have been prepared on the explorer. Psychological correction treatment generally adopts simulated environment and psychological counseling, combined with drug treatment.

Now that the human body is strong enough, mental illness has become the number one disease in human history. This has become a social problem. The alliance has invested a huge amount of money in researching the correction and treatment of mental illness.

Soon, the explorer slowly moved closer to the side of Bingshen 5736.

"It's really a beautiful planet." Zhang Handong said looking at the round off-white asteroid.

But Ma Wu didn't have that kind of leisure and elegance, he was directing the crew to prepare to collect minerals.

"Launch 6 exploration satellites."

"receive."

The side cabin of the explorer bounced off a missile manhole cover, and 6 exploration satellites orbited around the ice god 5736. This is a recyclable exploration satellite, which is generally used to explore asteroids.

Soon 6 exploration satellites will conduct a comprehensive exploration around the Ice God 5736 asteroid. Among them, neutrino radar and spectrometer are the most common detection equipment, and countless data are uploaded to the supercomputing center of the battleship.

"The asteroid as a whole is ice-rock type, without a metal core, with a water content of about 24.6%. The water-bearing ice layer is mainly on the surface. The spectral feedback of rare metals rhenium and palladium has been detected. The content is 5000 to 8000 tons..."

"The B2 area has flat terrain and dense water-bearing ice, which is suitable for water resources exploitation."

Ma Wu looked at the holographic simulation of the Ice God 5736 asteroid, on which more and more areas were marked with detailed exploration conditions, and he quickly ordered:
"Resource collection team, immediately land in area B2 to collect water resources."

"receive."

Huang Yaozu, the leader of the resource collection team in the explorer's landing cabin, quickly replied, and quickly led the resource collection team to drive a small multifunctional mining spaceship to the Ice God 5736 asteroid.

"Captain, we are about to land."

"Okay, open the landing gear."

Due to the negligible gravity on the asteroid, the landing of the spacecraft was very smooth. After all, the alliance has accumulated a lot of experience in space navigation and landing. These experiences have made great progress in spacecraft design and technological improvement. Improved a lot.

puff!The slight collision sound between the landing bracket and the ground ice made Huang Yaozu and his team feel that their spaceship had landed through solid conduction.

"Release the mining robot." Huang Yaozu ordered.

"receive."

Some robots that looked like mechanical spiders were released, and with the help of supercomputers, they quickly crawled towards the vicinity.

Soon, they continuously collected minerals from the nearby ice layer, and sent these minerals into the mineral processing cabin. These ice layer soils contain not only water, but also solids such as carbon dioxide and methane. The mining spacecraft can Preliminary separation of these minerals.

The equipment of this mining spacecraft was designed by Galaxy Mining Group, which has rich experience in planetary mining. The mining efficiency is very fast. In less than half an hour, 1500 tons of pure water were extracted. This water is enough for the explorer. After all There is a water circulation system inside the battleship.

Huang Yaozu saw that the fresh water had been collected, so he began to collect other materials, such as nutrients for the artificial meat and artificial vegetable factories on the battleship, etc.

Collection work is proceeding in an orderly manner.

On the other side, in the cockpit of the battleship, Ma Wu looked at the Ice God 5736 asteroid that had been surveyed and mapped, turned around and ordered: "Launch the boundary marker locator on the ice god 5736 asteroid, the area is D6."

"OK."

A sphere with a diameter of 2.4 meters was driven into the rock formation of the Ice God 5736 asteroid from the explorer. The boundary marker locator represents that the territory of the Human Revolutionary Union has expanded to this point.

a day later.

此时是银河2年，6月25日14：34。

After replenishing the material from the Ice God 5736 asteroid, the Explorers headed towards the unknown starry sky again. Like Columbus in the Age of Discovery, they braved the wind and waves towards the unknown new world.

After a short rest on the Ice God 5736 asteroid, the psychological problems of many crew members have been initially alleviated.

And the outer universe communication center of Herik planetary fortress is also maintaining uninterrupted communication with the explorer.

On the holographic star map of the Outer Universe Communication Center, the Ice God 5736 asteroid is flashing green light at this time, which means that this asteroid has been brought under the control of the alliance.

The advancing explorer is a flashing red arrow. Although its sailing route is said to be in the Polaris region, the Polaris region is a huge sector. The specific sailing route of the explorer is [Sun north latitude direction 64.73156 degrees, the west longitude of the sun is 134.67439 degrees], probably biased towards the direction of the Tianyuan four galaxies.

(End of this chapter)