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

Class B base.

"The problem lies in the telemetry phase, which is the only place where the Lihuo launch mission maintains close contact with the space agency."

At about 5 o'clock in the morning, the base was brightly lit again all night long.

The information sent back by Lin Ju attracted everyone's attention. Without thinking, they immediately called "Shan Hai" and began searching and summarizing relevant content like last time.

The rest of the people were not idle either. Secrecy had always been the base's top priority. There were not many places where there were risks, so they quickly found a breakthrough.

There are two communication channels between the base and extraterrestrial detectors. One is to receive and forward signals through a multi-functional large satellite with a large antenna in a synchronous orbit. The other is to receive signals with the help of the space agency’s telemetry antenna arrays at home and abroad. However, the latter is generally used. Mainly, the receiving ability of large antennas on the ground or at sea is obviously stronger.

Following this clue and conducting a dragnet screening, coupled with several important time nodes that were thought to be set, "Shan Hai" found the clue effortlessly.

However, the ensuing investigation involving confidentiality took a lot of time. Fortunately, "Shan Hai" has strong association and summary capabilities, and it can restore the direction of things in a piecemeal manner.

The root of the vulnerability still goes back to the day when the Comet-Lihuo combination released a disguised radio beacon:

The fake radio beacon can not only simulate the same radio signal, but also create similar radar reflection characteristics through folded aluminum foil, but this cannot solve the problem of the signal characteristics of the detector being detected when separated.

The base's solution to this problem is to use monitoring gaps. The domestic ground monitoring network is not spread all over the world like NACA. It can provide accurate signal receiving/transmitting services at any time, and there is a certain time when the back is turned to the detector. empty window.

During this period of time, the main detector separated from the beacon, and the former accelerated around a corner before heading to its destination. In the vast space outside the earth, its size is much smaller than the smallest meteorite. It can only be found by A blind cat kills a mouse.

There are two potential risks:

First, there is a possibility that a blind cat will encounter a dead mouse;

Second, the space agency is not a blind cat. On the contrary, it is a small group of the smartest, most patient, and most responsible people.

After the probe released the beacon, the space agency took some time to reconnect to the monitoring network. The accident occurred when the Yuanwang-6 survey ship, which was cruising in the Indian Ocean at the time, took the lead in reconnecting the signal.

At that time, Yuanwang-6 only discovered camouflaged radio beacons, but its design for military use allowed it to record a weak and short-lived heat signal, and there was an additional record in the system log.

The 'Comet' thruster is nuclear-electric powered, using a nuclear reactor to power the Hall thruster. The disadvantage is that the acceleration is very small, so when the beacon is dropped, it performs a short period of large-scale super-power operation to get rid of it as soon as possible. The original route caused the radiator to emit a large amount of heat energy, which was captured in a short moment by the sensitive Yuanwang-6.

This was not conclusive evidence. It was shelved until Zhong Cheng took office. In a responsible manner, he reviewed all the projects related to Xinyuan and did not miss this detail.

He first suspected that there was something wrong with the detector and asked for the latest status of "Lihuo". However, he was told that the detector was directly controlled by the base, and the space agency did not pay much attention to save trouble before arriving at the destination.

Only then did Zhong Cheng realize that the detectors had sent back only basic data for more than half a year, with nothing except location coordinates and logs.

If this was a conventional detector, it would be normal to try to save power when flying in deep space. However, "Lihuo" is equipped with a nuclear reactor, which has abundant power and can operate at maximum power at any time. It is abnormal for Xinyuan's style to be so silent.

Now that there is suspicion, the remaining steps are much easier. As of the latest clues reviewed by "Shan Hai", Zhong Cheng has basically confirmed that the flying one is not "Li Huo".

There is nothing we can do about the specific steps of the "mountain and sea" investigation, but this is enough.

When everyone at the base sent the conclusion to Lin Ju, he just glanced at it and couldn't suppress his sleepiness anymore, so he fell asleep.

…

On the morning of January 23, according to the schedule, the above preliminary opinions will be conveyed today. Simply put, there will be a morning meeting.

The meeting started at 8:30. Zhong Cheng sat at the main seat early. His eyes were bloodshot. It was obvious that he was very busy last night. You could smell the strong smell of tobacco when you were close to him.

Qi Linju didn't show up until most of the people arrived. This was unexpected by Zhong Cheng. If everything went as he thought, Lin Ju would be extremely tired today...

"Morning, everyone."

Lin Ju appeared at the door holding soy milk. He looked radiant, without any worries or a lot of pressure. He looked more relaxed than usual, and the panic he tried to hide yesterday was completely gone from his face.

Others didn't feel anything, but Zhong Cheng couldn't help but start to doubt his own memory. If what happened last night was not a dream, why could this young man still behave like this?

He carefully observed Lin Ju's demeanor and movements, and indeed could not see any flaws, and there was no trace of staying up late at all.

Am I wrong?

This thought flashed through his mind, but the arrival of everyone meant getting to the point. He could only suppress this huge doubt in his heart, coughed a few times and became serious:

"Everyone, we confirmed through multiple channels last night. We are basically convinced that Aramco will carry out landing missions to Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn in sequence. There is a lot of evidence that multiple aerospace companies participated in NACA's work on these. Seminar meeting.

At the same time, relevant proposals have been submitted to Congress for review and approval. NACA is also recruiting scholars in related fields from society to form the Deep Space Exploration Research Association. "

This news immediately caused an uproar among everyone, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Zhong Cheng observed everyone's expressions and continued:

"At the same time, I also received the latest instructions from my superiors. I believe that deep space exploration is indeed related to space progress and will help aerospace technology reach a new level, explore new areas, and create a new external development trend of human civilization.

Therefore, we hope that without affecting the existing space program, we can dedicate some of our manpower to form a research group on the deep space exploration plan beyond the orbit of Mars to discuss the possibility and scientific significance of unmanned detection and manned landing. We are required to summarize it within two months. information and submit a feasibility study report.

I propose that I and Vice Chairman Lin serve as the leader and deputy leader of this group respectively, and that the remaining team members be drawn from existing scientific researchers to work part-time temporarily. "