Chapter 2924
"It's so beautiful!"
The pictures of the planet sent back by the Pioneer on the moon made many people immersed in the wonderful beauty. A planet with rich life stood there in a void universe.
The greatness of life made it have a completely different meaning from other planets. Perhaps since the beginning of human exploration of the moon, the universe has taken another fork in the road.
Lin Qi did not make too many complicated choices. He first explored the front area around the landing site, found a place suitable for building a base, and then marked it, and then explored the back of the moon.
The Pioneer uses the most advanced solar cells, but even the most advanced solar cells, its actual working time is only about one hour and thirty minutes.
After this time, it will fall into a dormant state due to insufficient power until a new light source shines on its solar panels.
Generally speaking, if you don't go to the back of the moon, most of the time there will be sunlight shining on it.
Even if the range of illumination is not so large sometimes, there may be only... a little bit left from the planet, but for the pioneers on the moon, this range is actually enough.
Even if it really can't be illuminated, it will have a chance to recharge again after two days.
It is really inconvenient to go to the back of the moon. Once you go too far, you may not be able to come back.
And what is there on the back of the moon without light? Is it a bumpy crater like the front, or is there the remains of other civilizations that people often imagine? No one knows, but everyone is full of curiosity.
Human curiosity is very strong. Even if most people think that the Pioneer will not find anything on the back of the moon, they are looking forward to it going to the back of the moon to confirm people's speculation.
This mentality is actually like buying a lottery ticket. Almost everyone knows that it is impossible to win the jackpot by buying a lottery ticket, because it actually has nothing to do with probability.
But they always have various ways to convince themselves, such as-
"I don't buy lottery tickets to win the jackpot!"
People are willing to look forward to surprises and are willing to believe in the arrival of surprises.
This also makes the live broadcast programs that should have been boring have high ratings.
Every TV station that is still in operation is broadcasting the Pioneer's exploration journey. They also invited some experts to explain what happened to the Pioneer in the exploration of the moon while doing some popular science.
Just like this moment, when the camera was pointed at the planet under people's feet, everyone couldn't help but feel relaxed and relaxed for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh "It's so beautiful"!
Sigh this magnificent planet that gave birth to life, and also sigh the magic of the Creator!
It is half hidden in the shadow and half exposed to the sun. No words can describe the excitement and shock of people at this moment!
As the camera was retracted from space, it began its work, collecting materials on the moon and then putting these things somewhere.
The boring work became interesting under the interesting explanations of experts. In fact, most people still have a serious attitude towards science.
It's just that their lives and personal abilities are not enough to support them to explore science and explore the mysteries of nature.
Some federal programs that explore nature and introduce cutting-edge science have always had good ratings. This is the reason.
People hope to understand the world and the pace of human development through these programs. Isn't this a wider range of "sense of participation"?
The Pioneer spent nearly a week collecting supplies on the front side of the moon. During this process, the best-selling product on the planet was the astronomical telescope!
The manufacturer of the astronomical telescope claimed that their product could allow people to observe the Pioneer on the moon from behind the window.
This did attract a lot of people's desire to buy, especially those middle and upper classes who were not short of money.
Nothing could make them feel more accomplished than participating in the development of the moon through astronomical telescopes at such a sacred moment!
After a week, the Pioneer had completed the preliminary exploration of the front side, and it did not find any traces left by other civilizations.
It can be imagined that in the long human time, the moon has experienced many meteorite impacts. In fact, even if there were any traces on it, they disappeared at this time.
With the end of the last task, the Pioneer began to prepare for entering the back side of the moon.
That is, charging.
In such a cold time, people had nowhere to go, and watching TV became their best choice to kill time.
People were discussing what was on the back side of the moon, and the Federal Gambling Group even offered unprecedented odds for this!
There are no traces of other civilizations on the back of the moon - 1:005
There are traces of other civilizations on the back of the moon - 1:52
This odds seems very abnormal. Investing ten dollars to buy the back and getting nothing, you can only get five cents back in the end.
But even so, a large amount of money still flows into these accounts to buy the back of the moon and getting nothing.
In fact, for bookmakers, even if everyone buys the back of the moon and there is nothing, and the fact is indeed so, they will not lose money!
This is like a gift from the gambling group to the whole world to enter a new world. Of course, some people think there is something on the back of the moon. After all, with a return rate of 52 times, even if the probability is almost zero, driven by huge interests, some people are willing to try it.
After a half-day of rest, the Pioneer came to the junction of light and shadow.
Just a line of distance, the entire moon seemed to be isolated into two worlds.
One is full of sunshine, hope and future.
The other part is desolate, dead, and hidden in the dark.
Even just looking directly at the darkness makes people feel uneasy.
The Pioneer stayed at the border for a while, and as the boundary of light and shadow on the ground slowly moved, it plunged into the shadow.
With the lights turned on, visibility began to improve, and people could see more things and landforms!
The Pioneer began to faithfully collect data and materials on the ground, without anything beyond people's common sense, which also reduced the ratings of major live broadcasts.
After watching for a while, Lynch also turned off the TV. The Flight Research Institute had contacted him and they would launch another rocket to the moon in the middle of next month.
This time they did not simply send some things over, but loaded two machines for experiments.
The first one was used to test the manned environment. It had a sealed cabin with several gorillas inside.
The entire launch structure and the final landing, their physiological data will be recorded for manned research.
The other machine will try to launch again after landing, collect various data required for the spacecraft to leave the moon, and then study the return capsule.
In this way, when launching manned rockets to the moon, those astronauts will not be disposable!
New topics can always maintain a high level of heat. The news about the riot in the shelter did not cause any waves in the big news of human landing on the moon, and it was completely calmed down.
People's lives have become simple again. Every day is to work, then watch TV, eat those unpalatable foods, and wait for the full entry into the shelter life at the end of the year.
At three o'clock in the evening, the sudden ringing of the phone woke Lynch from his sleep.
He sat up suddenly and rubbed his eye sockets. It was not a good feeling to be woken up in the middle of the night. His eyes would feel tired and slightly stinging.
He waited for about ten seconds, and the phone ringing had not stopped. He answered the phone with his eyes closed.
The call came at this time and lasted for such a long time. It should not be that some unlucky person couldn't sleep and made a random call in the middle of the night.
"You'd better have a suitable reason..."
At first, Lynch didn't recognize the voice from the other end of the phone. He just felt very familiar, but soon a figure appeared in his mind.
"Mr. Lynch, something went wrong."
Lynch continued to rub his eyes, "Don't tell me that there was an explosion in the institute. We made sufficient plans when we built the institute. Even if it really exploded, it would be fine as long as not too many people were injured."
The caller was the director of the space department of the Flight Research Institute. Lynch felt that the only possible reason for calling him in the middle of the night to wake him up was that something happened at the institute.
This kind of thing has happened frequently in the past twenty years. From time to time, there will be an explosion at the Flight Research Institute. In addition to occasional injuries, most of the time it will only cause economic losses.
This also gave Lynch and the institute a lot of experience in this regard. The new underground institute was built with reference to these experiences.
Even if a violent explosion occurred in a room, it would not destroy its structure, let alone cause devastating damage to other places!
In short, each room is actually an independent space built within the framework, and it is not completely connected to the entire building.
The connection points and insulating oil filling between the room and the building make it possible for a huge explosion and vibration to break some "fragile" supports, thereby releasing all the destructive power.
But this time, it must have nothing to do with the R&D accident.
"Mr. Lynch, we have suspended the live broadcast of the Pioneer, we are here..."
"We have found something extraordinary, and we are not sure whether we should announce it to the public."
In an instant, Lynch's sleepiness disappeared without a trace. He stood up, walked to the window and looked at the bright moon outside the window, "You mean, you found the remains of other civilizations on the back of the moon?"