Homo sapiens.

Chapter 525
The second solar storm hits.

On the side of the Homo sapiens space station, it still resisted the baptism of the solar storm by virtue of the powerful magnetic field shield and the lead plate composite layer.

The damage to the components caused by the solar storm more than a week ago has already been repaired.

That's right, it's fixed.

Although the eruption of the second solar storm damaged some components again, it is not a big deal for the Homo sapiens space station.

After all, Homo sapiens also attaches great importance to the triple redundancy design of the spacecraft.

In addition, there are 3 special maintenance cabins inside the Homo sapiens space station. This maintenance cabin adopts biosynthesis technology and can synthesize many components.

From the very beginning, in the design plan of the Homo sapiens space station, modularization, rapid repair, and self-produced parts were planned in advance.

The design of various parts is specially prepared for the convenience of rapid production in outer space.

In addition, some parts of the Homo sapiens space station have self-repair capabilities.

In the case of heavy protection, self-repair, and self-produced parts, the Homo sapiens space station can basically rest easy, and repaired some damaged parts in less than a few days.

And the other side.

The second X2-level solar storm is coming.

Let the already precarious new International Space Station fall into a more dangerous situation.

Over time, satellite wreckage and debris in low-Earth orbit has increased.

This also means that the risk of traffic accidents in spaceflight between the earth and low-earth orbit is becoming greater and greater.

The more frightening thing is that the ability of the Starlink satellite itself to adjust its orbit is too poor. In front of the dense debris cloud, it can basically escape the first day of the junior high school, but not the fifteenth day.

Three days have passed since the rescue spacecraft accident, and at this time, 3 Starlink satellites and 376 other satellites have been crashed into low-Earth orbit.

These satellites in turn spewed out even more debris and debris.

If it is a wreckage fragment with a diameter of more than 10 centimeters, it can barely be monitored.

The problem is that there are a lot of fragments that are small fragments of a few centimeters, or even millimeters in diameter.

For a spacecraft, being hit by debris with a diameter of tens of centimeters is actually the same as being hit by a debris with a diameter of several millimeters.

However, the number of small debris is very large, forming a lot of debris clouds, and it is difficult to fully lock it. This is simply a spacecraft assassin, and it is still hard to guard against.

Whether it is the management of the Earth Federation Association or the space agencies of the members, everyone is paralyzed in the face of the debris flying around in the low-Earth orbit at this time.

What is cocooning?

This is self-binding.

Musk was at NASA headquarters at the time.

Bill, who couldn't bear it anymore, said very directly: "The Starlink satellites of your company must let them fall into the atmosphere as soon as possible, and they can no longer stay in low-Earth orbit."

"Director Bill, it doesn't matter what you say, and I have nothing to do." Musk spread his hands.

"..." Bill was very angry. Of course he knew the reason for Musk's fearlessness was nothing more than the support of the Pentagon.

Bill resisted the urge to growl, and asked through gritted teeth: "What's the use of Starlink satellites now? Is the Pentagon still so naive? Let's take a look at the situation this time! Open your eyes and take a look!"

Sean, the head of the Pentagon's Space Equipment Office, looked a little embarrassed.

Their Pentagon really miscalculated this time.

Originally, for the Starlink satellite system, the Pentagon's positioning was to destroy the dead light satellites arranged by Homo Sapiens in low-Earth orbit through a suicide impact at a critical moment.

However, in this accident, the performance of the Starlink satellite was rubbish.

The hundreds of dead light satellites deployed by Homo sapiens in low-earth orbit were not affected at all.

The Pentagon found that the maneuverability of these dead light satellites is too strong. It uses its own cobalt rods to generate electricity, and uses electronic jet propellers to continuously adjust the trajectory.

In addition, the shell protection ability of the dead light satellite is very strong, and small debris cannot threaten the dead light satellite at all.

In fact, Homo sapiens' other satellites have very good protection and maneuverability, because these satellites were positioned as "quasi-military satellites" from the very beginning.

When Li Qingye was developing the aerospace industry in Homo sapiens, he set the tone and was always on guard against America's suicide attacks.

The situation at this time has long been expected by Li Qingye.

The dark ideas of the Pentagon fell through.

Not only did it not threaten Homo sapiens satellites, but it destroyed 21 professional satellites in the free world, plus the loss of more than 300 satellites from Space Exploration Corporation, adding up to the scrapping of nearly [-] satellites, it also created a lot of Fragments of wreckage.

Bill stared straight at Sean: "What do you think about the Pentagon? If you still insist on maintaining the operation of the Starlink satellites, then I will resign tomorrow."

"Don't be angry, Director Bill, the situation is not that serious yet." Sean reassured.

"I'll resign right away." In Bill's mind at this moment, there was only one thought left: Tired!Destroy it!I don't want to do it anymore!

"Don't be impulsive! NASA still needs you, we can discuss it."

Bill finally couldn't help being rude: "Shet! What are you discussing? Don't your space equipment office know the current situation? If you don't destroy the remaining Starlink satellites, the scale of space junk will become larger and larger, and we will be destroyed by then. Completely trapped on the earth, you can only watch Homo sapiens control the moon and Mars."

Of course, Sean knew something, but he and the Pentagon executives all took chances.

Musk on the side was also full of confusion at this time.

In his heart, he has very complicated senses about Starlink satellites. On the one hand, he thinks that the current Starlink satellites are out of date and have seriously threatened human exploration of outer space; on the other hand, because of the interests of his company, he is unwilling to deny Starlink The existence value of the satellite.

Such is the complex emotion that comes with his identity.

So he chose silence at this time.

As the head of NASA, Bill is more inclined to the aerospace industry itself, and will not be too concerned about the loss of space exploration companies.

In short, the three people's positions are somewhat different, leading to great differences among them on whether to continue to retain the Starlink satellites.

As for the issue of astronauts on the new International Space Station, Bill, Sean, and Musk have no idea to discuss, because they don't need to worry about this matter.

Even if those astronauts died, it would have no effect on the three of them.

The focus of their attention now is actually the space junk caused by the Starlink satellites, which blocks the waterway in low-Earth orbit.

Sean thought for a while, then turned his head and asked Musk: "Elon, can you increase the operating altitude of the Starlink satellite and increase its orbit to more than 700 kilometers, so that the probability of being continuously hit will be much reduced. gone."

"Is this so?" Musk thought for a moment: "This will reduce the lifespan of Starlink satellites by 30-50%. Is it acceptable to the Pentagon?"

Sean nodded helplessly: "Yes."

Bill's face was still as dark as the bottom of a pot: "Even so, the remaining space junk is still a big problem."

But Sean has long been prepared: "Didn't the Jeju Island space tower project start to enter the trial operation stage recently? Let them use small launch vehicles to pull down the relatively large satellite debris in low-Earth orbit and destroy it in the atmosphere."

Although Bill is dissatisfied with the Pentagon's intervention, he can only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor now.

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