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Chapter 586 Drone Technology on the Moon

Because the loss of contact with the lunar rover No. [-] has not been announced to the public, another mission this time has not been made public.

After all, a lunar rover has been out of contact for such a long time, and the reason has not been found yet. Once this matter is announced, it may cause panic among some people.

After the lunar module separated from the main spacecraft, it landed towards the back of the moon.

Under the leadership of the intelligent landing system, the lunar module successfully landed at the target landing point on the back of the moon.

The lunar rover drove out of the lunar module and came to the surface of the moon.

Judging from the appearance of this lunar rover, you can see the number "[-]" on it.

This is another lunar rover that landed on the moon after the four Jintu-[-] lunar rover that was put on the moon last time.

This time, the landing site of the lunar rover was only ten kilometers away from the location where the No. [-] moon lost contact.

After the lunar rover No. [-] landed, it did not rush to drive in the direction where the No. [-] lunar rover lost contact, but seemed to be looking for something.

After several hours of searching, the No. [-] lunar rover finally found its target and began to dig down.

Like the previous four Golden Rabbit No. [-] lunar rovers, the No. [-] lunar rover still has their various capabilities, but there are some improvements.

The No. [-] lunar rover can not only detect various soils and minerals, but also has the ability to extract some resources.

One of the capabilities is the extraction of water resources.

This is not because the No. [-] lunar rover itself has any dependence on water, but to maintain the operation of new black technology products.

This black technology product is the lunar drone that Xu You secretly participated in the research and development of.

As we all know, the reason why an airplane can travel in the sky is to use the pressure difference of the air to create an upward lift.

There is no air on the surface of the moon, so it is not suitable for aircraft to drive above the surface of the moon.

But this time, Xu You and others changed their thinking and allowed planes to fly over the moon.

The core of this technology is the use of the common and miraculous substance "water".

When water is electrolyzed, hydrogen and oxygen can be generated. By injecting these gases, the drone can generate the reaction force required for flight.

Therefore, as long as sustainable water resources can be found, lunar drones can fly over the moon for a long time to perform exploration missions.

The four lunar drones carried on the No. 10 lunar rover have already reserved enough power and water resources at this time, and these resources can supply each drone to fly for about [-] minutes.

The lunar rover is like a supply station for drones. When the drone's energy and water resources are insufficient, it can return to the lunar rover to replenish energy.

After the No. [-] lunar rover stored the explored solid water resources in the storage box of the body, it began to move forward in the direction where the No. [-] lunar rover lost contact.

After storing a large amount of water resources, the weight of the No. [-] lunar rover has increased a lot, which also greatly limits its forward speed.

Fortunately, the lunar rover No. [-] is not too far away from the destination. Even if the speed slows down a little, it will arrive near the destination soon.

About one kilometer away from the destination, the No. [-] lunar rover stopped.

Because the next area is a more dangerous area.

After all, for a lunar rover to successfully land on the surface of the moon, the cost required is hundreds of millions of Chinese dollars.

When you know that there is danger ahead, you will never take risks at will.

And this is also the reason why four lunar drones were specially brought on this mission.

Compared with the Jintu-[-] lunar rover, the lunar drone is much smaller and cheaper to manufacture.

UAVs are faster than small lunar vehicles and will not be disturbed by the terrain environment. They are the most suitable performers for this kind of mission.

Even if the drone is lost due to some accidents, it is not an unbearable consequence.

Following an order from the commander-in-chief, one of the lunar drones took off from the No. [-] lunar rover and started its first mission flight.

In fact, even if the water is not electrolyzed, only through the vaporization of water, the purpose of suspending the drone can also be achieved.

It’s just that after electrolysis into hydrogen and oxygen, the total volume of the gas will be increased by half, which is more conducive to extending the battery life of the drone.

The water that drones can store is relatively limited. Before the electricity is exhausted, the water resources will be exhausted before the electricity. Therefore, the method of electrolyzing water is a better choice.

Xu You also adjusted his perspective to the drone, and concentrated on observing the various information it sent.

"If all goes well, we will be able to find out why the No. [-] lunar rover lost contact in a while."

Thinking of this, Xu You couldn't help feeling a little excited, and his heartbeat began to speed up.

Lin Shi and Lu Zhiyao were also in a similar mood to Xu You, and they were carefully observing the drone's first-person perspective.

800 meters, 500 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters...

Finally, the drone was very close to the position where the No. [-] lunar rover lost contact, and began to decelerate continuously.

Because the positioning of the missing position of the No. [-] lunar rover was not very accurate at the beginning, and it was not known what was special about this area, so the drone also seemed cautious and only dared to fly slowly in the sky.

at this time.

The drone seemed to have suffered a heavy blow suddenly, and the whole screen suddenly went black.

"This is……"

Xu You, Lu Zhiyao, and Lin Shi all looked surprised at this moment, not knowing what happened.

And in the control room of the Aerospace Academy, there were voices of surprise and regret at the same time.

The encounter with this drone was almost exactly the same as that of the moon landing on the [-]rd.

When no dangerous state was detected, it suddenly lost contact with the control room.

Fortunately, with the previous incident with the No. [-] lunar rover, this incident is not so unacceptable.

At least, everyone is mentally prepared.

After all, what was lost was only a small drone. With our current capabilities, we can transport dozens of them at a time.

"Teacher, what happened just now?"

"I'm not very clear, let's look back again."

What happened just now was so sudden that even Xu You didn't realize the crux of the matter.

However, Xu You vaguely felt that the information collected by the drone this time was much more than the information collected by the No. [-] lunar rover last time.

As he said that, Xu You retreated back to the video image sent by the drone just now, and began to analyze frame by frame.

(End of this chapter)