btmnovel Chapter 330 Above the Moon
Chapter 330 Above the Moon
Chapter 330 Above the Moon
Looking at the bustling street scene on both sides of the road, if it weren't for the different night sky above his head, Zhong Cheng wouldn't be able to tell that it was above the moon.
There are not many vehicles on the wide streets, and the electric flying cars they ride almost fly close to the road.
Xu Jiuwen said that this expensive electric flying car is the property of the branch, and he dare not buy it with his income.
In Yuegong City, most people travel by bicycle or electric skateboard, because of the low gravity, running is also a good choice.
As for going to other cities, the only way is to take the express bus between cities, but the price is a bit surprising.
After passing through the six domed urban areas, the electric flying car came to a marginal urban area, and finally stopped in a 300-storey skyscraper. The office of the Moon Branch of the Ancient People's Association is on the 185th floor.
Xu Jiuwen said that the cities and buildings on the moon are built extremely tall due to the low gravity and the very stable moon shell.
Moreover, although the land on the moon is not worth much, the land covered by the dome is still very expensive, and it is more cost-effective to repair a few more layers.
Xu Jiuwen took Zhong Cheng and his wife to the guest room used by the branch to receive foreign members, and put away their luggage.
Because it is inconvenient for Zhong Cheng to disclose his identity, he cannot stay in a high-end hotel in Yuegong City. Fortunately, the guest rooms of the Ancient Minhui are fairly clean and tidy.
Zhong Cheng looked out the window and found that this floor had protruded out of the dome above the urban area, and he could see the wall of the crater mountain in the distance. It was desolate, bare and lifeless.
In fact, apart from satisfying curiosity, the moon has no scenery to speak of.
If you have to talk about memorable scenery, then the lunar sky should be regarded as the most distinctive scenery.
Xu Jiuwen explained that this window is fake, it is a holographic image, but the scene seen is real.
The part of the high-rise buildings on the moon that protrudes from the dome is completely enclosed. This wall is more than 2 meters thick and divided into several layers.
There is no wind, rain, thunder and lightning on the moon, and the main protection is against flying rocks. However, there are synchronous satellites above cities or bases to remove those meteorites that may cause danger in advance, and there is no risk.
Zhong Cheng put down his luggage and asked Xu Jiuwen to take them to dinner first.
On the Luanniao aerospace plane, because of the weightlessness, they didn't drink a drop of water, and they could only eat a small amount of food before boarding the plane, and they are already hungry.
There is also a cafeteria in this building called Crescent Building, and Moon Palace City also provides door-to-door delivery service, but Ye Wenxin wants to go shopping on the streets of the moon.
Xu Jiuwen didn't know the identities of the two, he only received orders from his superiors, and under the condition of ensuring the safety of the two, he followed their requirements.
He is a core member of the Ancient People's Association and has strict organizational discipline. He did not inquire about the identities of Zhong Cheng and the two, but only knew that they were important figures in the Ancient People's Association.
Xu Jiuwen took Zhong Cheng and his wife to a downtown area near the Crescent Building. There was a lot of people, and most of them looked like tourists.
But the restaurants and restaurants on both sides of the street are similar to those on the earth, and they are also Sichuan cuisine restaurants, Cantonese cuisine restaurants, Western restaurants and the like.
However, Zhong Cheng also thought about it. There are no special products on the moon. At most, tourists can buy some handicrafts made of rocks on the moon and take them back. It can be regarded as a visit here.
Zhong Cheng asked Ye Wenxin what she wanted to eat. Ye Wenxin was from the capital city. She chose a branch of Quanjude Roast Duck, saying that she wanted to see if it was authentic.
The three of them went in and asked for a private room. Zhong Cheng took the menu handed over by the waiter and found that the price of the dishes was more than ten times that of the earth. A roast duck at 198 yuan cost 2888 yuan.
Zhong Cheng asked Xu Jiuwen, the price of the moon is so expensive, how can you afford it?
Xu Jiuwen said with a smile, of course it can't be so expensive, this roast duck is shipped from the earth, that's why it's so expensive.
The ducks fed on the moon are only [-] yuan a piece, but because of the environmental impact of the moon, the poultry and livestock fed are loose in quality, which does not meet the taste of most people.
In fact, what he meant was that it was difficult to eat!
Zhong Cheng looked at Xu Jiuwen, knowing that he would never be able to eat such delicacies, so he generously ordered a few big dishes.
The meal cost more than ten thousand yuan, and Zhong Cheng once again lamented that the people who were at the forefront of developing the moon really made a lot of money.
After the food was served, Xu Jiuwen asked Zhong Cheng and his wife to eat slowly and carefully.
Although the moon is not a weightless environment, but only one-sixth of the gravity of the earth, the digestive organs of the human body still need a process of adaptation, and it is very likely to be choked or choked accidentally.
Hearing what Xu Jiuwen said, Zhong Cheng thought of a question.
Not to mention that those astronauts living in the weightless environment of space will cause great damage to their health, even those who live in the environment of the moon for a long time will have a huge impact on their health.
Being "frivolous" on the moon, they may not even be able to stand up when they return to Earth.
The use-it-or-lose-it law will take place in human musculature, because in a weightless environment, the muscle that produces force has no use for it, and it will gradually atrophy.
Weightlessness or microgravity will also make the metabolism of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and other inorganic salts in the human body disordered, not only reduce the absorption, but also lose the original inorganic salts (mainly calcium) in the bone, and excrete them from the urine, resulting in bone loss. Decreased density can even adversely affect the immune system.
Zhong Cheng asked Xu Jiuwen how to solve this problem after living on the moon for a long time?
Xu Jiuwen replied: "Someone has considered this issue a long time ago. In the large buildings on the moon, there are artificial gravity chambers. The staff of the moon go to the artificial gravity chamber for free exercise for more than half an hour every morning and evening."
"Although it can't solve the fundamental problem, it's still very good!"
Both Zhong Cheng and Ye Wenxin knew about the artificial gravity chamber that Xu Jiuwen mentioned. It was a technology decades ago.
Since the adverse effects of zero gravity on the health of astronauts limit human exploration of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and other deep-space manned exploration missions that last longer, it will become inevitable to create spacecraft that can generate artificial gravity.
For this reason, scientists have been imagining a giant rotating wheel that can generate artificial gravity, the principle of which is to rely on the centripetal force of rotation to replace gravity.
At present, the main space stations in the three major federations are giant rotating space stations, and artificial gravity technology has been widely used.
It's just that the spacecraft used for deep space navigation is not large enough to be used, otherwise human beings have already traveled all over the solar system.
But this situation is changing. When Zhong Cheng took the Luanniao aerospace plane to stay in orbit around the moon, he observed the real spaceship being assembled in the European and American federal space stations in the lunar geostationary orbit.
Why is it called a real spaceship, because this giant spacecraft has a length of five kilometers and a diameter of nearly one kilometer. It has no wings and is a long shuttle.
This kind of giant spacecraft can only exist in the non-gravity or microgravity environment of outer space since its construction, as a long-distance transportation tool between planets.
Because of its huge size, it is impossible to enter the planet's gravitational circle, and the exchange of materials with the planet's surface can only be achieved through aerospace aircraft.
Of course, if there is a space elevator, it can also be carried out more conveniently through the space elevator.
And such a large body is enough to install artificial gravity devices to ensure the health of astronauts.
Zhong Cheng observed with a professional eye that the spaceship jointly built by the European and American Federation has entered the outfitting stage, and it will be completed in at most two years. The landing on Ganymede and Titan in the year after they are advocating is not a big talk.
Ganymede and Titan are actually only slightly smaller than Mars, much larger than the Moon, and are rocky planets with atmospheres.
Jupiter and Saturn also have a large number of other moons, and Ganymede and Titan could be outposts for exploiting these resources.
The significance of developing Ganymede and Titan is far greater than that of the moon, or even Mars.
Therefore, the European and American Federation placed high hopes on this spacecraft and named it "Super Apollo".
(End of this chapter)