Chapter 145: Immediate decision
"Col. There is something going on with the Americans. £∝"
Russia's Starry Spaceship, astronaut Vasily turned around and shouted at Ivan who was using resistance fitness equipment in the gym. Compared with the American Hades spacecraft, Russia's Starry Spaceship is one circle larger than Hades in terms of size, with a diameter of 120 meters, a length of 500 meters, and a shape like a cigar that has always been thick.
The entire spacecraft uses five sets of controllable thermonuclear fusion devices, two of which are the spacecraft engines and one set as the internal power of the spacecraft. The remaining two sets are each a backup engine and a backup power device. But the problem is that Russia's Starry Sky does not adopt the American Hades, including the Chinese Pioneer device that relies on rotation to obtain artificial gravity, so it is still weightless inside its spacecraft.
Acting in weightlessness, long-term activity will lead to symptoms such as fat accumulation and muscle atrophy. To prevent this and ensure that astronauts have good physical functions, the Starry Sky spacecraft has a special fitness room and special fitness equipment. The resistance fitness equipment Ivan is now using is one of them, which is also the most common fitness equipment in the International Space Station back then.
As an excellent astronaut, Ivan has to conduct two hours of training every day to stay in shape. When he heard Vasily's shouting, he looked up at the set time. The 2-hour training was just completed.
"What's the situation?" Unlocking the straps of the resistance fitness device, Ivan gently stepped down his feet, and floated up. Then he crossed his hands and grabbed the pull ring of the fixed bulkhead and pulled it backwards. He quickly slid forward under the guidance of the guide rail, and in a blink of an eye he jumped over a distance of dozens of meters.
"Look." Vasily is an outstanding astronaut trained by the Gagarin Aerospace Center and is also an assistant to Ivan. He is the monitor of the Starry Spacecraft. His main job is to monitor the Hades spacecraft that is also in the orbit of the near-Earth space.
There are 11 astronauts in the entire Starry Sky. In addition to Ivan, monitor Vasily, deputy captain Peter, primary deputy Yuri, navigator Nikola and others. Now, Gregory, who has been in charge of communications, has been on the rotation with Vasily.
Ivan looked at the display screen. The white "space mushroom" that looked very eye-catching in the dark space background was the American Hades spacecraft. It was in the near-Earth space orbit. The United States and Russia actually had no secrets. Although everyone was far apart, the problem was that under the surveillance of satellites from the two countries covered with low-Earth orbit, each of them could see the other's actions clearly.
Now, what Ivan saw was the information coming and going back through the Russian surveillance satellite. An artificial object was flying from the earth into space and heading towards the location of the huge Hades at an extremely fast speed.
"Is this... an American space shuttle?" Although the image was a little blurry, the experienced Ivan still recognized what this artificial object was at the first moment.
"Contact the headquarters and ask if the Americans launched the shuttle." Ivan immediately issued an order to Gregory. Gregory, who was ready to connect, immediately contacted the Earth headquarters. The Earth quickly confirmed Ivan's judgment, and the result told them that just 23 minutes ago, the Americans had just completed a space shuttle launch at the Kennedy Aviation Center.
The space shuttle Raymond Anthony was on had entered near-Earth space orbit, and the last section of the rocket automatically fell off. The space shuttle's engine began to start and was waiting for their Hades to fly away under the control of astronauts.
"Hardis spacecraft. Hades spacecraft, here is the 'passenger', here is the 'passenger', please answer if you hear it!"
Isla was one of the four people selected by Raymond Anthony and the pilot of the space shuttle. As the target approached, he called Hades on the scheduled frequency.
"Hadis received, Hades received, I am the captain Doolittle, welcome the arrival of the 'passenger'."
Soon, Hades made an echo. Doolittle, an astronaut who performed well in the construction of Hades, has been newly appointed as the captain of the spacecraft, and at his strong request, his friend Hull served as the first mate of Hades.
After connecting to the contact, the passengers on the shuttle looked much more relaxed. As the shuttle approached 50 kilometers away from Hades, Hades began to start the navigation system and guide the shuttle into the berth.
"Please be careful with the 'passenger'! Please be careful with the 'passenger'! Please follow the instructions to reduce the speed and enter the synchronous track."
"'passenger' understands, 'passenger' understands, slow down the speed and enter the synchronous track..."
One hour later, the space shuttle gradually approached under the guidance of Hades, first entered the synchronous orbit, and then gradually moved closer to Hades at a distance of 5 meters per second. When the distance between the two was only 200 meters, one side of Hades suddenly opened, revealing the berth about 80 meters long and 30 meters wide. Then, under the perfect control of the space shuttle, the entire space shuttle leaned in steadily. After the space shuttle approached the berth and the fixing was completed, the opened side began to close and returned to its original state in an instant.
On the Starry Spaceship, Vasily and Gregory were stunned. At first they only thought that the space shuttle was going to dock with Hades, but no one expected that Hades was not only a spacecraft, but also a spacecraft carrier that could accommodate space shuttles.
The Americans' advanced technology and powerful technology shocked them. At this time, Ivan, who witnessed all this, also frowned deeply. Although he knew that the Russian Starry Sky, which was more than the Americans, was still somewhat inferior to the Starry Sky, which could generate artificial gravity through rotation, but even he did not expect that the Americans would actually build Hades into such an aircraft carrier.
"Transfer the video data to the headquarters and ask the headquarters for its response strategy." Although Ivan was also shocked, he still responded immediately. In his opinion, this was an important intelligence. At the same time, the Americans suddenly sent a space shuttle to the Hades, which means that the Americans will definitely make big moves next, but Ivan couldn't guess what the Americans were going to do, so he had to get the assistance of the headquarters to judge and order.
When the image data was transmitted to the earth for a few hours, the Earth headquarters still had no response. It was not until a few hours later that the headquarters replied to a vague order. The content of the order was to let the Starry Sky continue to monitor the American Hades spacecraft, and said that if the other party takes action, Ivan, as the captain, can make a decision on the spot.
"After an opportunity to make a decision?" Seeing this, Ivan couldn't help but curse and swear words. What is this called an order and a reply? But as a soldier, he had to obey the orders of the headquarters.
While continuing to closely monitor Hades' every move, time passed by minute by minute, just one day later, when Ivan felt that the Americans might just want to test the practicality of their spacecraft in this way, Vasily suddenly reported that there was a special situation in the Hades spacecraft, and the Americans activated the controllable thermonuclear fusion engine.
"What!" Ivan couldn't believe his ears. The Americans activated the controllable thermonuclear fusion engine? Could it be that the Americans planned to fly the Hades spacecraft into space? At this time, it was too late to send the news back to the headquarters and wait for the order. You should know that once the controllable thermonuclear fusion engine is activated, the Hades will accelerate and detach in a very short time. If you do not respond in time, it will not be so easy to find the Hades' location at that time.
"Decide on the spot", this sentence suddenly flashed through Ivan's mind. He thought about it and issued three instructions decisively. The first instruction was to order all Starry Sky astronauts to enter a state of emergency, the second instruction was to start the Starry Sky controllable thermonuclear fusion engine, and the third instruction was to report this emergency to the Earth headquarters immediately. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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