Interstellar Energy Tycoon

Danger.

The situation is extremely dangerous!

If it was just the spacecraft itself that had an accident, the biggest loss would be the three pilots and operators. Peng Chunlong’s personal compensation is not a big loss. Everyone is mortal. If he dies because of this accident, the state will compensate him, and his wife can If you remarry, your son will be taken care of when he grows up, so you don't have to worry about his future.

He has no worries!

But Hercules 1 weighs nearly three thousand tons.

On the ground below, there are many personnel activities.

If it falls freely at this height, its destructive power is comparable to that of a miniature nuclear bomb, which can completely destroy the landing site and punch a big hole in the ground.

Such a situation is absolutely not allowed to happen!

The command and control center on the ground also gave the order to keep the spacecraft with all its strength, even if it fell into the sea, it could not fall to the ground.

"Hercules 1 Crew! Now is the most critical situation. This moment will definitely be recorded in the history of aerospace development. History will give a fair evaluation to any decision you make."

"Abandoning the spaceship is not allowed. There are people and construction facilities under the spaceship. The consequences of falling down will be disastrous."

"Now I give you three options. First, find a way to maintain the control state and continue the landing procedure until it hits the ground; After the altitude, you can parachute to survive, which is allowed; third, if the spaceship is difficult to control and has lost control, please open the cargo compartment of the spaceship, release all space containers, and release all moon mines to reduce the damage to the ground as much as possible ! Then find a way to escape.”

"Please make the most appropriate choice according to the status and situation of the spacecraft. As long as you avoid major losses, you will be heroes who have made great achievements and have been commended!"

A leader of the command and control center said.

"Command center, I'm Peng Chunlong."

At this time, Peng Chunlong said: "The attitude of the spacecraft has returned to stability, the power output is stable, and it can be controlled normally. I will try to continue landing and bring the spacecraft back to the ground with all my strength, but I need to ensure sufficient energy supply."

"Okay! No problem, I'll ask Xingyuan Group to add two more beams of energy!" The leader nodded.

Immediately, two more yellow beams of light hit the body of 'Hercules No. 1'. The total energy supply power exceeded 1 million KW, which is completely enough.

As for the more than 200 ion engines on the spacecraft, although about 10% of them fail to work normally, the other engines not only work as usual, but also can be flexibly controlled, showing extremely high reliability—each Ion engines are highly independent and can be controlled online. The power supply has spare wires. Even if part of the line is cut off, the spare line will immediately function.

All in all, in terms of power system, the reliability of Hercules 1 is very high, far exceeding other systems.

So under sufficient energy supply.

The spaceship with two big holes in its abdomen was still very stable and landed on the landing pad on the ground.

Although hundreds of tons of lunar minerals were lost.

Although the two large holes running through the belly of the spacecraft look shocking, it is a miracle that it did not crash directly.

But in the end, there was no danger. The spacecraft and the pilot crew were saved, which proved the high reliability of the Hercules.

Of course, Peng Chunlong and others' calm and calm response are also worthy of praise and praise, and they deserve to be a benchmark for all drivers to learn from.

Therefore, when Peng Chunlong and the other three, who were drenched in sweat, stepped off the spaceship, they received incomparably warm applause.

"Papa papa ~"

"Good job."

"A first-class gong can't run away."

"If it is made into a movie, it will definitely be well-received and well-received."

The ground crews commented enviously.

...

But for the senior leaders of the aerospace industry group.

The preliminary investigation report on Hercules 1's accidental impact was released, and it was placed in front of them, after a rough reading.

boom!

The conference table was hammered heavily.

The leader Zhao Changhong said with a livid face: "It was the Starlink satellite of the Space company that caused the disaster again. If a collision can be explained as a coincidence, can two consecutive precise collisions be explained by a coincidence? A nearly 3,000-ton spacecraft Once the free fall falls, what will happen? Do you still want to continue pretending to be confused and treat us as idiots?"

He hammered the table twice again: "Enough is enough! The Starlink satellites all over the low-earth orbit can no longer ignore these space junks. Today's such a collision accident happened for the first time, and there will be the first time. The second time and the third time, what they lost was only two satellites worth hundreds of thousands, and what we lost was hundreds of millions! We cannot afford this kind of consumption, and the threat to the ground is also very great, unless most of the space is cleaned up Garbage, otherwise our Hercules transport spaceship, don't even think about using it with confidence!"

"I can't bear the Starlink satellites too long ago. The existence of these space junks is a potential trap one by one. They may hit our spacecraft at any time. Destroying these junks with laser weapons is the only choice we have to do, otherwise Don’t expect our great development of the universe to proceed smoothly!” General Manager Yuan Wenbo also said.

The chief expert Long Yonghao said: "Then our experts will write a recommendation report on cleaning up space junk, hand it over to the higher authorities for reference, and then send a copy to the military to see what the higher authorities' instructions are."

"Okay, it's best to start writing the report now, and we all sign to express our views." Zhao Changhong said.

"That's right, we all signed. Our footsteps of conquering the stars and the sea must not be stopped by a batch of junk satellites!"

...

soon.

The report "Proposal to Clean Up Space Junk" was handed over the same day, and attracted great attention, and a special meeting was held to discuss it.

Representatives of the military were also present.

but……

On how to deal with the more than 40,000 garbage-like Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit, the top leaders have disagreements.

Although everyone wants to use the simplest and most brutal means to solve this problem, the newly established Space Force also said that it can easily do it, but Space is a private company, not an official organization, and no matter how it creates an accident, it is just an accident. The actions taken by the Chinese military will definitely bring about passive public opinion, overwhelming hype, and even lead to the occurrence of an arms race in space. The order in low-earth orbit will become more chaotic. More energy for the country brings greater consumption.

Therefore, even if it is very disgusting, it is not acceptable to clean it up directly, and the official cannot end it.

So who is more appropriate to do it?

"Space is a private company, and we are also looking for a private company to cooperate to implement the "Space Junk Cleanup Plan". If private companies are against private companies, no one can find fault. The current space environment is still in a state of disorderly development. There is no unified legal norm. In this case, no matter how much trouble private companies make, we will not take the blame. Besides, Space Company has produced so much garbage, which has brought huge risks. In order to eliminate risks and avoid losses No matter what our private company does, it is reasonable and beneficial to the development of the aerospace industry around the world."

A big leader made a decision and said.

Everyone nodded, thinking that this method is very good.

But here comes the problem.

It is better to let any domestic private company act as the starting point and tool.

Not only must it have sufficient technical strength, it must also have the means to quickly remove space junk.

After looking around, there seems to be only one such private company in China.

Xingyuan Group!

Regarding this situation, several leaders disagreed. The Star Source Group is already very powerful. If it obtains the authority to clean up space junk, will it seriously expand in the future, and even bring hidden dangers.

But even if there are hidden dangers, the densely packed tens of thousands of Starlink satellites have reached the point where they must be disposed of. This is the current top priority! It is a stumbling block that must be cleared!

So on April 28th.

Suhong City, Industrial Park.

Inside the president's office of the Xingyuan Group headquarters building.

Li Xingyang's cell phone received a call.

It was Zhao Changhong from the Aerospace Industry Corporation calling.

Swipe to answer.

"Leader Zhao, is there something wrong?" Li Xingyang asked.

"Xiao Li, you should know about the accidental collision of Hercules 1 a few days ago, and you know something about it?"

"Yeah, it's a very weird thing."

"That's right, our experts believe that this is most likely a man-made attack, very similar to the attack on the Lunar Guanghan Palace base. If we don't take countermeasures, there will only be more and more attacks of this kind in the future! So we couldn't bear it this time, and formulated a "Space Junk Cleanup Plan", to clean up all the space junk in the low-Earth orbit, without leaving any! However, who will carry out this plan, After our discussion, we decided that your Xingyuan Group is more suitable...Xiao Li, I entrust this task to you, I wonder if you can do it, are you sure to do it well?"

hear this.

in the office.

No one noticed that Li Xingyang's face was filled with ecstasy, and his mouth was grinning to the back of his ears, almost unable to contain the excitement and excitement in his heart.

"This project is a bit troublesome and difficult..."

He still showed a look of hesitation, but then changed the subject: "However, the task entrusted to me by the leader must be completed satisfactorily and done well. No space junk can be left behind. I don't think it's a big problem." .”

"Okay, then I don't worry, Xiao Li, you work hard, don't be afraid of causing trouble, don't be pressured, don't worry, do it boldly! We are all on your side and are your strongest backing!" Zhao Changhong said.

"Yeah, I understand."

The two ended the call.

After putting down the phone.

In the president's office, there was an uncontrollable burst of laughter.