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Chapter 38 Observation Tasks

After Zhao Huasheng made this prediction, the three of them waited here for a while, and the information about Li Qi faxed it. Meng Zhuo picked up the stack of information, glanced at Zhao Huasheng in a little surprise, and then recited: "The Sun Gemini Detection Plan, which plans to launch two detection satellites to the sun a year and a half ago. Among these two detection satellites, one satellite orbits the sun's equator and the other orbits the sun's North and South Pole... The host of the plan was not Li Qi, but

It was Li Qi who served as the general consultant for science in this exploration plan; among them, satellite A, that is, the satellite orbiting the equator of the sun, lost contact with the earth due to technical failures before arriving at the sun. According to the forward orbit calculation at that time, scientists expected that the satellite would fall directly into the sun, and satellite B successfully arrived at the sun. However, after performing three months of exploration mission, about eight months ago, it also lost contact with the earth due to unknown failures..."

After Meng Zhuo said this information, Li Wei let out a low voice. Because Li Wei found that these things were exactly the same as what Zhao Huasheng said, without any deviation. But Zhao Huasheng seemed to have expected this a long time ago, so Zhao Huasheng did not show any surprise at all.

Zhao Huasheng's speculation was initially confirmed. But these words alone were not enough. Zhao Huasheng still needed evidence, a piece of evidence that no one could refute and had no flaws to improve his inference.

"Very good, then start waiting now." Zhao Huasheng said, "Let the Red Heart transmit the luminosity change data they observed back to the earth at any time. At the same time, you contact some linguistics and logic, as well as cryptography experts. I want them to determine whether the luminosity change data sent back by the Red Heart spacecraft has a logical structure. If the luminosity change data in a certain area above the sun has a logical structure, then please order the Red Heart to continue to observe this part, and... I want logic experts and linguistics and cryptography experts to interpret the logical meaning behind these data."

Meng Zhuo did not understand what inference Zhao Huasheng had made, but Meng Zhuo still faithfully implemented the order given by Zhao Huasheng. Meng Zhuo hurriedly left, while Zhao Huasheng stood in front of the window again, looking at the dim sun in the distance through the glass.

"The first stage of inference has ended." Zhao Huasheng murmured, "From now on, I should make the second stage of inference."

The first phase of work is to explore what happened on the sun, what is the relationship between Li Qi and this matter, and what role he played in this incident. Now, Zhao Huasheng believes that he has found this answer. The second phase of work is how to solve this incident.

"I did not use the hints that Director Li Qi left to me in the first phase of work. The blank paper that was specially left to me and the words that Director Li Qi told me before his death did not work in my previous work. Then I have reason to think that these hints should play a role in the second phase of work. These hints... are telling me how to solve this sun crisis."

Zhao Huasheng fell into deep thought again.

Wang Tang and Zhao Huasheng established a real-time connection. Wang Tang did it for the search for linguists, logicians and cryptography experts to interpret the signal of the Red Heart. As soon as there is progress, Wang Tang would tell Zhao Huasheng.

At this moment, the radio signal from the earth crossed a distance of 90 million kilometers and came to the Red Heart spacecraft. The Red Heart spacecraft was quietly suspended in the boundless universe, like a lonely boat floating on the sea.

This place is close to the orbit of Mercury. Although the sun's radiation level has been reduced by more than 15%, the sun is still extremely powerful. Above this distance, if there is no protection of the thermal insulation umbrella, the Red Heart spacecraft will be instantly baked and melted.

Ragel fixed his body on the seat with a seat belt and looked at the sun in front of him in a daze. This is a real-time picture taken by the Red Heart spacecraft, and of course, it has been greatly extinct. If the lightness is not reduced, Ragel's retina will be instantly burned by the strong light, and he will be blind forever.

During this long journey, astronauts have the most time to wait. Because the destination has not arrived yet, the work is not heavy. After work, watching the sun quietly and feeling the warmth and strength of the sun has become a living habit of Ragel, the captain of the Red Heart spacecraft.

The interference from the sun was very strong, but the high-gain antenna on the spacecraft still clearly received signals from the earth. After the electronic assistant reported the information to Captain Ragel, he unbuttoned the safety belt tied to himself, used auxiliary push equipment to float in the spacecraft, and came to the operation room.

Yes, the Red Heart spacecraft does not have artificial gravity equipment, so the astronauts are in a state of weightlessness. Being in a state of weightlessness for a long time will cause a large loss of calcium in the bones and the strength of the bones will be greatly reduced. Even if astronauts run on the treadmill for two hours every day, they can only temporarily delay the process. It can be foreseen that after returning to Earth, the astronauts will not be able to stand up like chondropathy patients. However, before setting off, the astronauts have made the determination to dedicate their lives to this journey, and a small loss of calcium does not seem to be a big deal.

Under Captain Ragel's leadership, a total of five astronauts, three men and two women, began their joint operations together. The orders sent from the earth were a bit weird, but they did not question it.

The side where the Crimson spacecraft faces the sun is a thick layer of things like parasols. It is made of ceramic materials that can be highly heat-resistant and insulated. It is this layer of parasol that blocks the high heat and high radiation that illuminates the spacecraft's hull, allowing the instruments inside the spacecraft to operate normally and allowing astronauts to continue their lives.

Under the control of the astronauts, a hole was slowly opened at the edge of the parasol. A specially treated optical lens emerged from the crack. The high heat-resistant material allows it to work normally even if it is less than 60 million kilometers away from the sun. Compared with the considerable diameter and the distance from the sun at this moment, it has become the most powerful solar telescope made in human history, no doubt about it.

Its resolution accuracy can even reach one square kilometer. The highest accuracy that the Vulcan solar telescope on the earth can achieve is nine square kilometers.

This optical telescope will take 100 images per second, and then other relevant instruments will record the luminosity on each image and make it into a table to present it to the astronauts in the form of data.

Three minutes, there are 18,000 pictures and 18,000 data.

But the data is messy. Astronauts, including Captain Ragel, did not detect any useful information from this data. The astronauts sent the data back to Earth - after a five-minute long raid, the data will be received by a network of deep-space antennas installed above the Earth and presented to the staff's desk.

The telescope adjusted a very tiny angle and aimed at another place above the sun. It also took 18,000 pictures here, and then turned to the third place.

The shooting lasted for fifteen days. During this half month, the astronauts have been repeating this boring work. Although the Red Heart spacecraft has been highly automated, this mission still requires places where humans are directly involved. So the astronauts have to divide into five lines to take turns to undertake this mission.

During these fifteen days, the Red Heart spacecraft crossed the orbit of Mercury. Because the distance to the sun was always close, the image resolution had increased from one square kilometer to 40,000 square meters, which is an area of ​​200 meters long and wide.

However, there has never been a command to terminate the mission, nor any other commands have been sent. The astronauts are just constantly shooting and sending signals, repeating so much.

After fifteen days of shooting, nothing was found. Logicians, linguists, and cryptography experts did not parse anything useful from these data. It seemed that it was just some garbled code, just some meaningless data on the motion of plasma on the surface of the sun.

Wang Tang found Zhao Huasheng fifteen days after the mission began.
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