"Self-restrained, communication was interrupted."

"I know."

They have encountered this kind of thing twice before, once in the Guanghan Palace base, and once in the process of exploring it.

Based on past experience, this communication interruption is most likely a relatively strong solar storm that hits the moon.

Time passed minute by minute, and Shi Keji and Li Jianxian couldn't help but worry because the previous two signals were interrupted, and the communication returned to normal after a few minutes.

After about 23 minutes, the communication finally returned to normal.

[Urgent Notice from the Lunar Emergency Office: At 17:27 pm on August 5, 2015, the lunar area suffered a solar storm of level 12.4, and a laser communication satellite in orbit was damaged...]

After reading the detailed notice, Shi Keji once again realized the dangers of the universe.

This solar storm attack caused the loss of a laser communication satellite in the lunar area, and some of the systems of the other two communication satellites were damaged, so they could only initiate backup system replacement.

Other remote sensing satellites, gravity sensing satellites, high-precision camera satellites, laser defense satellites, etc. have also been damaged to varying degrees. Although they have not been directly scrapped, their service life has dropped by a large margin.

As for Changong Space Station and Guanghangong Base, there is no problem, because there is a magnetic cage protection system in these two facilities.

As soon as the communication was restored, Guanghan Palace Base contacted Shi Keji and the others who were out. After confirming that there was no problem with the off-road vehicle, he asked them whether they would continue to carry out the mission.

There was no problem with the equipment, and Shi Keji and Li Jianxian naturally chose to continue the task.

This time they came out, they planned to spend 6 days exploring, and then go from another road to return to the Guanghan Palace base and explore the geology along the way.

It's only been 3 days since we left, and there are no problems with the vehicle and spacesuits, so we must continue to carry out the mission.

On the other side.

NASA's outpost 1 base was in big trouble.

A 12.4-level solar storm, even a Greater China satellite, was killed and damaged a large area, not to mention NASA's satellites and bases.

NASA's three communication satellites arranged in the moon's orbit, one of which was swept by the front of the solar storm, has turned into a piece of space garbage.

The other two communication satellites, one damaged part of the system, was restored through the backup system; the last one just ran to the other side of the moon, and escaped in this solar storm.

However, only two communication satellites remained, which made the communication of Outpost 1 unable to be continuously continuous, and a window period of about 8 hours occurred.

NASA, which originally had few satellites, lost one lunar communication satellite and another lunar communication satellite's service life is expected to be only about 3.7 years left. It's really a sudden rain.

Fortunately, this time the solar storm attack did not hit the outpost 1, otherwise things would have been very big.

But this solar storm incident also made NASA even more urgent, after all, not every time I am so lucky.

If one day the solar storm directly sweeps outpost 1 directly, and outpost 1 just can't withstand it, they will be really passive by then.

The current space race has entered a white-hot stage.

If something happened to Outpost 1 at this time, Noah would be isolated on the moon and could not ask for help from the Greater China Federation!

Even if the Greater China Federation is willing to lend a helping hand, Noah will probably not accept it. They would rather let Outpost 1 be scrapped and the astronauts above died, and they probably wouldn't ask for help from the Greater China Federation.

After all, choosing to seek help is equivalent to surrendering and being inferior to others. This is a result that Noah will not accept.

Therefore, this time NASA is even more anxious. They want to replenish the moon's satellites and enhance the protection power of the Outpost 1 base.

It is just necessary to enhance the protective power of Outpost 1 in a short period of time, either thicken the lead plate, cover the base with soil, or choose an underground base.

But none of these three solutions can be easily accomplished.

The thickened lead plate solution means transporting a batch of lead plates, and the lead itself is extremely heavy.

The base soil covering plan requires transporting an excavator over.

Of course, NASA can also choose the beggar version solution, sending astronauts a shovel and manually digging soil to cover the space capsule, but this is too cost-effective.

The last plan - the underground base plan, requires even more engineering volume, and NASA probably won't be able to grasp it.

NASA is in a tangle.

However, the Space Administration is step by step promoting the construction of the lunar base.

With the inauguration of the first foam silicon steel synthetic cabin, although it is only a small industrial cabin with a daily output of about 100 tons, this is a leap forward for the Guanghangong base, which could only rely on scientific research cabins to produce materials.

At least from now on, the supply of materials at the lunar base will no longer rely on the local area.

The first batch of foam silicon steel produced is customized tracks, sleepers and foundation reinforced columns, which are building materials used to pave railways.

For the moon with low gravity and no obvious atmosphere, ground transportation is made by railways, which is cost-effective than Blue Star’s railways, with a high upper speed limit and a payload that can be increased by more than 10 times.

Therefore, laying railways became an important means for the expansion of the lunar base to the surrounding area.

The space capsule from Blue Star to the moon has also changed from the previous scientific research capsule to the industrial capsule and the living capsule.

At least the Guanghan Palace base needs to establish a relatively complete building materials industry and hardware industry, which can produce building materials, hardware, space capsule skeleton shells, etc.

At that time, only local supply of motors, electronic components, precision components, etc., will increase the construction speed of the lunar base by one order.

For example, the weight of the skeleton, shell, and composite protective layer in the space capsule accounts for 70 to 80% of the entire space capsule. The technical content of these things is not too high, but it is an indispensable thing.

Only by realizing local industrialization of the moon can the moon base be quickly turned into a lunar city.

Next month, the local government will launch three CNC processing cabins, allowing the Guanghan Palace base to deeply process the produced materials.

Originally, the Space Administration had also imagined that it would use additive manufacturing similar to 3D printing, but now it faces a series of technical problems in additive manufacturing.

The difficulties in additive manufacturing include slow processing speed, relatively single material, low overall strength, and relatively small processing size.

Moreover, additive manufacturing faces another problem on the moon, that is, the problem of raw materials.

Currently, the raw materials that can be used in additive manufacturing are largely organic compounds. The carbon abundance on the moon's surface is not high and there are no natural organic minerals. What can I use to supply large-scale additive manufacturing?

Originally, the Space Administration planned to develop the lunar industry in order to get rid of local material dependence and require the local additive manufacturing to supply raw materials on a large scale. It is obviously not in line with the moon's development strategy in a short period of time.

The industrialization of the Guanghan Palace Base is advancing in an orderly manner.

Shi Keji and Li Jianxian and others also went very smoothly in the exploration of the No. 1 thermal well.

According to preliminary exploration, this heat well is located in an area of ​​about 320 to 350 meters underground, and the temperature at this depth is just suitable for geothermal power stations.
Chapter completed!