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Chapter 188 Shalkton Crater at the Moon's South Pole

The bullet screen is lively, and the command hall is busy, but it is busy in an orderly manner, and various data are continuously sent back to help the engineers judge the timing of landing.

When the time was right, the command center issued the final order.

"Start landing!"

After this order is issued, the rest is up to the outpost test cabin itself.

As its research and development team, the staff of Practical Science and Technology Aerospace Company also became nervous.

Of course, except Li Future.

He is not nervous at all.

It was he who shouted the order to start landing.

There is a delay in the communication between the earth and the moon, and the unit is counted by the second. During the tense landing process, any decision must be calculated and made by the computer in the outpost test module, and the ground command center cannot help at all.

but……

The more automated it is, the better the outpost's chances of success, because one of the housekeeping skills of Pragmatic Technology is artificial intelligence!

So apart from the first voice being his order, the sweet voice later came to report.

Research has found that a nice female voice can reduce tension. For example, after the J-20 fighter jet closes the cockpit, it will say "program start" with a nice female voice.

And when it comes to the outpost test cabin, it says "start slowing down!"

"Landing brackets deployed!"

"The landing route is normal!"

"..."

"Enter hover mode!"

"..."

"Entering the fine obstacle avoidance stage."

"Precise obstacle avoidance completed!"

"Prepare to land!"

"Successful landing!"

As the word was spoken, everyone in the command hall cheered and clapped, shook hands and hugged each other.

The most important thing is Li Future, and there is an endless stream of people shaking hands and saying congratulations to him.

After all, the outpost test cabin is his work, and he is not only the chief designer, but also the chief engineer.

But the crowd quickly quieted down again, because the outpost landed safely, and the things that were closed before were about to unfold again.

Especially the radar antenna, it needs to transmit clear video information back to the earth at the first time, and the solar panels can be deployed later, because the outpost has power reserves.

"It's coming, it's coming, the image is back!"

"It's very clear. A bigger antenna is better."

In the video, as the outpost gets closer to the moon, the craters people see become clearer and clearer, including the Shackleton Crater, the landing site in the south pole region of the moon.

Of course, not the bottom of the pit, but the side of the pit.

One of the first key issues encountered in the construction of a lunar base is site selection.

In other words, where is the most reasonable place to build a moon base?
Many scientists believe that the site selection of a lunar base should consider at least several important conditions.

First of all, the communication with the earth should be convenient, and the terrain should be relatively open and flat to ensure the safe landing of the lunar lander and facilitate the driving of the lunar rover.

And there must be good light irradiation conditions to make full use of solar energy.

It also needs to meet the needs of preparing oxygen, water and other life-sustaining consumables, and there must be abundant resources around it, which can meet the needs of lunar resource research and utilization.

For example, if the development of mineral resources is a priority, regions rich in mineral resources should be selected.

If priority is given to the production of rocket propellants, using the Moon as a transit point for humans into deep space, then the Moon's north and south polar regions may be a reasonable candidate because of the potential for large amounts of water ice to be used for the manufacture of rocket propellants. Provide raw materials.

From the perspective of the feasibility of engineering implementation, the lunar base should consider choosing an open and flat area on the front of the moon with rich solar radiation, which can ensure reliable communication between the lunar base and the earth, and reduce the risk of soft landing and lunar surface patrol. Difficulty, but also have enough solar energy for use.

After comprehensive consideration and detection data support, scientists feel that the north and south poles of the moon are good places.

There is a great advantage in choosing the location of the lunar base in the north and south poles of the moon, that is, the polar day phenomenon can be used to obtain long-term continuous sunshine, which provides convenient conditions for the base to use solar energy for long-term power generation.

If two power plants are built in the polar region, the sun can always shine on one of them, which can solve the energy supply problem of the base

Of course, energy transmission between the two places is a big project. .

However, the altitude of the sun in the two polar regions of the moon is relatively small, and the intensity of light is weak, so the battery array used for solar power generation should have a large enough area.

Then it is because the sunlight is almost flat on the north and south poles of the moon, and because the moon has no atmosphere, the light will not be refracted, so the bottom of some impact craters in the poles will never see sunlight.

Therefore, some scientists estimate that the permanently shadowed areas in the Antarctic and Arctic regions may contain water ice components, which may make use of the water resources in this area.

Later, scientists felt that the Arctic region was not interesting, and the status of Antarctica rose sharply.

Fanxing, Free Federation, Europa, Lucia, and even Peacock Kingdom have all explored whether there are water resources in the South Pole region of the moon.

Through detailed analysis of remote sensing data in the south pole of the moon, some scientists believe that a near south pole of the moon called "Shalkton Crater" is an ideal place to build a lunar base in the future!

Parts of Shackleton Crater's walls are almost constantly in sunlight, and solar panels in these areas can get almost a steady stream of electricity, making it an excellent location for future moon landings.

The temperature in these areas is also more favorable than the equatorial regions at lower latitudes, which can avoid extreme temperatures ranging from more than 100 degrees Celsius during the day to minus 150 degrees Celsius at night.

On the other hand, many scientific explorations have shown that high concentrations of hydrogen have been detected near the north and south poles of the moon, including in the Shackleton crater, so water is likely to exist in the crater.

But whether there is, no one knows.

The mission of a previous probe was about to end, so scientists let it hit the vicinity of the Shoemaker crater next to the Shackleton crater, hoping to detect water molecules in the dust emitted by the impact through telescopes on Earth.

However, no water molecules were detected in this impact, which may indicate that the high concentration of hydrogen in the crater does not exist in the form of hydrates, or that there is no ice at the impact site, or that the impact depth is not enough to break the surface. The cuttings layer released a certain amount of water molecules.

Anyway, there are any possibilities, and the impact was not the most likely Shackleton crater at that time, so scientists still have great enthusiasm for it.

Moreover, the crater is also suggested as an address for setting up a large infrared telescope in the future. The low temperature environment at the bottom of the crater is ideal for infrared observations.

About 120 kilometers away from the crater, stands the 5-kilometer-high Mount Malapat, a peak that is permanently and clearly visible on the earth. If installed with appropriate equipment, it can serve as a radio relay station for communication with the earth!
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