Just when Keiichi Nagaoka was feeling the despair of his life falling into a haze of despair because he had lost an order of 10 billion yen, more than 300,000 kilometers away on the moon, it was a festive atmosphere.

Under the watchful eyes of the Yuegong and all the staff of the lunar research station, Wu Gang, wearing a spacesuit, skillfully operated a heavy engineering vehicle connected to two pairs of robotic arms, and placed the assembled track parts on the T-shaped track excavated by the shield machine.

"Well done!"

Hearing the excited shouts coming from the passage channel, Wu Gang smiled faintly, skillfully controlled the joystick, and steadily disconnected the mechanical arm and took it back.

He had repeated the same operation countless times, so naturally there could be no mistakes.

Turning the engineering vehicle back about ten meters, Wu Gang turned off the engine and squinted in the direction of the skyline.

The track is hundreds of kilometers long, and it follows almost a straight track.

It was like a silver needle piercing this bright jade plate. Drill in from one side of the lunar soil and out from the other, pointing to the Earth-Moon transfer orbit.

According to the engineering data disclosed by the lunar research station, its maximum depth, that is, the depth of the central section of the orbit, can reach 1 kilometer.

With the solid surface of the lunar soil, this design can avoid the threat of meteorites as much as possible while meeting the needs of the launch.

To put it simply, they chiseled through a satellite – albeit only on its surface.

Minerals mined from the Moon will be able to pass through this vacuum orbit across the surface of the lunar soil and shoot directly into the Earth-Moon transfer orbit with electromagnetic acceleration, saving a lot of chemical propellant.

When the moon landing activities and lunar mining form a scale, this orbit will become the transportation hub of the entire Earth-Moon system, and the development plan of the Earth civilization to the moon will also enter the fast lane!

There is no doubt that this is a miracle in the history of engineering!

It is also a wonder in the history of astronautics!

Of course, this track is not yet complete.

However, there is only one last segment left......

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Lunar Research Station.

Driving the heavy engineering vehicle to the garage, Wu Gang pulled out the key on the car and pushed open the driver's door.

Stepping on the mechanical arm that was hanging on the ground, he grabbed the handle by the door with one hand, and then jumped forward and expertly jumped out of the driver's seat of the engineering truck.

Strictly speaking, this is not in accordance with the operating specifications, and the correct operation should be to climb down the ladder. However, staying on the moon for a long time will make people forget about the feeling of altitude, and over time no one will care about those things.

If you were on Earth, if you jumped from a height of three or four meters, you would have to break your leg or something.

But here, this height is nothing more than pediatrics.

After changing out of the extravehicular spacesuit, Wu Gang put on the in-cabin spacesuit with an electromagnetic imitation gravity belt, and then passed through the airlock to the interior of the lunar research station.

At this time, the young man named Xu Chengli had already trotted over with a can of water.

"Thank you."

Taking the jug from his hand and inserting it into the nylon buckle on his chest, Wu Gang pulled out the straw and took a sip, then stuffed it back into the slot next to his collar.

followed Captain Wu to the elevator, Xu Chengli said with a smile.

"The celebration of Labor Day is about to begin, and today the kitchen has made cabbage and meat dumplings, if you have a good rest, let's hurry over."

"Don't worry," Wu Gang took out the card and swiped it on the elevator door, pressed the number on the dormitory floor, and asked casually, "Speaking of which, is there a new work plan sent over to the Yuegong?" ”

"Not yet! But I said, big guy, aren't you going to rest for a while? ”

"Rest?" Wu Gang glanced back at the newcomer engineer and said with a smile, "What is there to rest here?" I just want to get this project done now. ”

"What about when you're done?"

"Go back to Earth for a while," after a moment of silence, Wu Gang looked up at the beating numbers on the elevator dial, and his pupils were printed with a hint of longing, "My child is about to enter high school, and I haven't been back for a long time." ”

No matter how far you go.

The most difficult thing to part with is still the hometown......

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The more isolated people are, the more they crave a sense of ritual in life.

Only in this way will lonely people feel that they are not separated from their own race.

In a sense, the people on the lunar research station are a group of marginal people who have been banished from the civilized world. The delay of up to one second makes real-time communication extremely difficult, and the precious communication resources make the information that everyone can obtain from the earth very limited.

Allowing people living here to be able to make a half-hour phone call to their homes once a week is already the best of the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee to get them benefits.

In addition, in order to ensure a good psychological state for the staff living here, the management of the research station will do everything possible to hold various activities during the festival, regardless of the size of the festival, and strive to make the people living here feel the joy of the festival and the warmth of home.

Standing at the door, looking at the lively canteen, Yu Fei's face showed a relieved smile.

As the head of the lunar research station and the first "colonist" to arrive on the moon, he watched the place become more lively day by day. He believes that one day in the future, this lunar research station under his feet will become a lunar village, a beacon and port for mankind to spread the flame of civilization to the more distant world......

At this moment, a voice accosting him came from behind.

"Stationmaster Yu, why don't you stand at the door and go in and eat something?"

Yu Fei looked back and saw Dr. Yang Xingyu, who had only been stationed here from the earth some time ago, greeting him with a smile.

"I've already eaten it," he continued, responding with a polite smile, "By the way, Dr. Yang, how is that project going?" ”

"It's going very well," Yang Xingyu said with a smile, "Dr-111 active substance likes the environment on the moon very much. By controlling the ratio of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and oxygen, we have found the most suitable gas environment for their reproduction. It shouldn't be long before we can try to use these microbiota to modify the organic matter circulation system at our research station. ”

"No problem, if you need anything, please tell me," Yu Fei said in a solemn tone looking at Dr. Yang, "When our scientific research station will become a colony, it all depends on the progress of your project." ”

"Stationmaster Yu said seriously, dealing with the metabolite cycle is only one of the prerequisites for the large-scale transportation of people and labor from the earth to the moon, and if we want to really make use of this fertile land, there are still many things waiting for us to solve," After a pause, Yang Xingyu continued, "Speaking of which, how is our lunar mass accelerator built?" When will it be completed? ”

The construction of this huge project began two years ago, and Yang Xingyu still remembers the first time he saw the term lunar mass accelerator in a headline in Renren Daily.

Now two years have passed, and the collider that dug through the crater has been completed for half a year, and I don't know how far the construction of this legendary "lunar cannon" has been.

Hearing Dr. Yang Xingyu ask about this matter, Yu Fei's face finally showed a smile.

If nothing else, the lunar mass accelerator is probably the biggest achievement of his tenure as the head of the lunar research station.

In response to Dr. Yang Xingyu's curious eyes, he said in a high-spirited tone.

"Before the National Day, there should be no problem!"

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