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

"After half a century, humans will set foot on the moon again."

“NACA: Back to the Moon, Next to Mars.”

"Old man from Florida storms Cape Calaveral Air Force Launch Site with four alligators."

“Jeff Bezos talks about how Blue Origin built the safest, most powerful lander”

“It has been confirmed that the first person to walk on the moon will be a woman, and the second will be a black astronaut.”

"Bird has 30 minutes to land."

“Flat-Earthers Say Moon Landing Livestream Deceived All Humanity.”

"The live broadcast screen switched and NACA did not express its position."

"The moon landing mission has been aborted and we will choose an opportunity to land again."

"The reason for the suspension of the Artemis 2 mission is unknown." '

"Claire refuted rumors that the lander had malfunctioned, saying it was a planned arrangement."

"Lucia and Abel said they would provide free rescue to any country, and Borisov proposed that the United Nations provide assistance to countries with underdeveloped aerospace technology."

“Passers secretly photographed the astronaut’s family members entering the presidential palace to be summoned.”

"Why is the flag planted by Dawn 3 higher than the Stars and Stripes?"

The above are various popular news headlines released by various media throughout the morning in Aramco.

The news of the lost contact with the lander is still being concealed, but there is already suspicion and dissatisfaction from the outside world.

Dawn 3 planted a flag, addressed the world, and even interacted with robots, but Artemis 2 was nowhere to be found, and it's not hard to be angry.

"The four astronauts are very good and it is normal procedure to receive their families."

John posted a photo on Twitter of himself hugging a black aunt to refute the rumors, and then connected to Houston's line.

As soon as the call was connected, Claire heard John's suppressed angry voice:

"Where are the 'little birds'? Why haven't they been found yet? You must give the results today, otherwise I can only mourn to all the people tomorrow. I will become the most shameful boss!

If they are alive, we must throw them safely into the Pacific Ocean; if they die, at least find their bodies and let us give an explanation to the people! "

Claire wanted to say something, but the phone was hung up.

Successive accidents and pressure have made this elite in his forties extremely haggard. Deputy Director Jim is very worried about his physical condition.

"Chief, you go and rest. There is nothing that can be done in Houston now. We can only believe them or... tomorrow at the latest, we can only issue an obituary."

"No, no, I believe in them, I believe in our astronauts."

Claire spoke with red and swollen eyes and her voice was hoarse, relying solely on her will to support her.

"It's useless to ask the Chinese for help. Without communication, there is no way. Unless we find them...implement the emergency plan.

Have Reed and Jeremy fly the Orion down to altitude and conduct optical observations in addition to radio to target possible landing areas. "

"Well...that's all it can do."

Relying on optical search is the last option, but that's all it can do now, there is no second lander available.

…

B04 Highland.

14 climbed to the highest point near the landing site, pulled out the extended antenna on his back, and constantly monitored radio signals in unfamiliar frequency bands.

The signal was interrupted twice within 10 minutes, with an interval of two or three minutes each time, and then began sending distress signals again.

This time, 14 almost confirmed the direction of the radio.

At the ground command center, the staff basically confirmed the area where the signal was sent based on changes in signal strength and 14-minute walking measurements:

It is a lowland hill southwest of the Qom impact crater, covering an area of ​​about 150 square kilometers. During the robot's previous exploration, it was a very fragmented geology. There had been volcanic activity in the past, and there were many cavities underneath the surface. The weak area is prone to collapse, and Xinyuan almost lost an Explorer there, but later stopped going.

It would make sense if the signal was transmitted there. The rolling hills would seriously interfere with the radio transmission distance, and the outcome of an emergency landing there might not be very good.

In order to save time, Academician She and Lin Ju made the first decision after discussion:

"Dawn, this is the ground.

Hole Three, you are immediately preparing to conduct concentrated reconnaissance of the suspected area in space. The command module has a high-magnification optical telescope.

For Dongyao and Dongliang, there is a spare booster antenna on the outside of the lander. It is easy to remove. Based on our existing equipment, we can make a strong radio range finder for 14 to drive and explore.

It's very dangerous there. Once 14 finds the exact location and a safe route, you can quickly follow it. Do you understand? "

"Shuguang understands! *3"

…

"warning, warning, the System offline; warning, warning, the System offline..."

"Koch, this warning sound is so annoying. It's going to kill me."

There was darkness in front of Victor Glover, with only the faint cold light inside the mask bringing a ray of light, which blurred his face on the mask.

The gentle female voice warning in the headset had been circulating for more than an hour, and it was already causing some pain in his ears.

He wanted to use the switch on his wrist to turn off the warning, but now this was an act that required risking his life.

"Don't touch Victor. If the space suit is damaged, it will be over."

Christina Koch's voice made him feel better, and he breathed heavily.

Now they were in a cave. He was pinned down by rubble under the lander, while Koch sat on top of the tilted lander holding up a makeshift antenna and a radio transmitter made from batteries and mechanical debris to send S.O.S. Signal, hoping someone will hear it.

Koch had pressed the switch for more than ten minutes, but her reason told her that she could not stop or sleep, and the time was only 10 hours at most.

They are all now wearing hard-shell extravehicular spacesuits, which are a new generation of spacesuits specially designed for the Artemis mission. Their protection and flexibility are greatly improved, and the life-support backpacks on their backs also support quick replacement.

There are two spare backpacks in the lander that can be replaced, each of which can support 12 hours of normal activities.

Koch can also change his backpack, but Victor is trapped by the huge rocks and cannot break free. Even under one-sixth of the moon's gravity, it is difficult, and the space is small, making it easy to cause secondary injuries.

Victor couldn't move now and was tortured by the noise. He was in a terrible mood.

During the emergency landing, he tried his best to get closer to Shuguang-3. Although he succeeded, he failed to control the posture of the lander:

Only those who have personally experienced it can understand how difficult it is to mechanically control a monster of more than 30 tons, especially since this monster is not very obedient and has missing limbs, and its center of gravity is still swinging around.

It can be said that Victor used a lifetime of luck and long-term control to maintain the descent speed at the upper limit of the lander, but who knows that underneath the ground is a cave where magma flowed during ancient volcanic movements.

The lander directly smashed through the top and slid along the cave. The entire exterior was severely damaged, and almost all automated equipment was damaged and unable to be used.

Victor climbed out of the hatch first and wanted to walk to Shuguang-3 for help, but a large piece of broken surface rock immediately smashed him to the ground. Thanks to the excellent protection of the hard-shell spacesuit, it was not damaged, otherwise he would have been on the spot. Just killed.

Victor had always ridiculed the hard-shell spacesuit as an "iron bastard" before, but now he thinks the bastard shell is pretty good too.

Koch, who came out later, found that the lander's communication antenna was completely unusable, and the communication device on the spacesuit could not detect a signal at all.

She tried using a makeshift extension antenna, but now even though she is sitting on the top of the lander, she is at least seven or eight meters away from the lunar surface. There is only a hole with a diameter of three or four meters, which is where the fallen rocks pressed down. Victor.

The last solution she came up with was to use the materials she could find to make an antenna with a little bit of the hole exposed, and then use a high-power battery to send a simple distress signal.

The communication device on the spacesuit cannot be removed to connect the external antenna, and doing so is extremely dangerous and may cause damage to the spacesuit, so for the time being, it can only send distress signals in one direction.

While mechanically pressing the transmitter, Koch also chatted with Victor on the radio, cheering each other on.

"I think I must bring one of their flags in my personal belongings next time, so that I can wear it on my arm and wave it. If the aliens see it, they will send us to the Chinese Embassy."

"Christina, have you also seen Wolf Warriors?"

"I have watched every movie of Jing Wu. He is a real man."

"Shit, as much as I like him too, I bet he can't beat me. My forearms are as strong as his thighs."

"But they all know kung fu, and the thinner they are, the more powerful they are."

"But I am a black satin master and a Shaolin kung fu master!"

"Victor, actually I have always wanted to tell you that as far as I know, there is no black satin in Shaolin Kung Fu. It is Goryeo's karate, a kung fu practiced by warriors in the past."

"Whaaat? If it's true, I'm going to kick that Korean woodchuck's ass!"