Free Web NovelChapter 1275: “Chapter 612: The Experiment is a Success!_2”
"And for the small space shuttle, our invited astronomy professor has confirmed that it’s heading toward the Moon,"
"We can also see the Moon in the camera’s view, although the light is insufficient and it’s somewhat blurry."
"The camera on the space station is constantly trembling, indicating that the experiment has begun. We don’t know what it is doing, so let’s wait and see."
There are now two camera feeds on the television screen, one from the small space shuttle and one from the space station.
In the camera feed from the space shuttle, there is a starry cosmos, but the hazy Moon is clearly visible.
Through the space station’s camera, one can see the entire small space shuttle, and the camera is still trembling, with both the frequency and amplitude being rather stable.
Suddenly, there was a change in the live broadcast. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
The camera feed from the space shuttle turned pitch black.
The space station continued to tremble, and after a few seconds, it stopped abruptly, and then something strange happened—
The small space shuttle suddenly became very blurry and seemed to have inward overlapping images. This short-lived overlapping lasted for a brief moment, the exact duration unknown, and when looked at again, there was nothing there.
In front of the space station’s camera, the view became empty, and the space shuttle simply vanished into thin air.
"What happened? What’s going on? Where’s the space shuttle?"
"How can it be gone?"
"It was just so big a moment ago, even if it flew away fast, it should have slowly turned into a small black dot, how could it disappear into thin air?"
"Is this fake?"
"Could it be an editing trick, and they just cut out the space shuttle?"
Among the discussions of the audience in front of the television, the camera feed from the space station showed no change, while the camera feed from the small space shuttle was still pitch black.
At this moment, the camera switched.
The feed from the space station was gone, leaving only the small space shuttle’s camera, but there was nothing in the frame, just darkness.
This kind of darkness even felt terrifying because it contained not even a hint of light.
"Did the TV break?"
"Was the live feed cut? Or what happened? This darkness looks really scary, right?"
"What exactly happened?"
After a few seconds,
the camera seemed to return to normal, and what appeared before the eyes was half of the small space shuttle and the remaining part was the cosmic starry sky.
Gradually, the camera angle changed.
A giant celestial body appeared in the frame, and when part of the background was obscured by the giant body, those in the know immediately recognized—
"That’s the Moon!"
"Yes, it’s the Moon, no mistake!"
"It’s definitely the Moon, look at those craters; I’ve studied the Moon!"
"Though it’s a bit dark, it’s certainly the Moon, unbelievable. Did that space shuttle really reach the Moon?"
"What just happened? How did it get to the Moon so suddenly?"
Audiences around the world watching on television were extremely surprised, and those who realized what had happened held their breath, finding it incredibly unbelievable.
Space shuttling?
A ten-second arrival to the Moon?
Looking at the Moon in the camera’s view, does it signify that the experiment was a success?
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Aerospace Bureau, Space Shuttle Experiment Command Center.
When the Moon appeared in the camera feed, the Command Center fell completely silent.
Everyone held their breath, staring blankly at the images on the screen, until a round of applause started, and many people turned around subconsciously to look, only to realize it was Zhao Yi clapping.
Zhao Yi stood up, somewhat excited, faster to react than the others.
While everyone else was immersed in shock, he had already suppressed the excitement in his heart and stood up, clapping forcefully.
At this moment, the others finally reacted.
The command center was immediately occupied by applause, followed by the surprised shouts, "We did it! We succeeded! The space shuttle experiment was a success!"
"Ten seconds to reach the moon! We really made it to the moon!"
"I really can’t believe it, we actually succeeded, I always thought this was fake."
"To tell the truth, that’s what I thought too! But we should believe in Academician Zhao!"
"Academician Zhao! Amazing!"
"Academician Zhao! Academician Zhao! Academician Zhao—" Many people simply started chanting slogans, a crowd rushed towards Zhao Yi, not caring about the senior leaders beside them, and lifted Zhao Yi up directly.
Zhao Yi was hoisted into the air by a group of people and then forcefully thrown upwards as the crowd shouted, "Academician Zhao! Academician Zhao! Academician Zhao!"
At that time, Zhao Yi couldn’t get excited anymore; he hurriedly shouted, "Put me down! Put me down, damn it! Put me down!"
His cries were drowned out by the cheers, not having any effect at all.
Finally, it was the senior leaders who couldn’t stand it any longer, they quickly walked over and gestured to everyone to put Zhao Yi down.
With his feet firmly on the ground again, Zhao Yi’s face turned somewhat black, he knew he couldn’t hold it against everyone, because even he was thrilled.
Zhao Yi stood in the middle, waved his hands at everyone to quieten down, took a deep breath, and said loudly, "Everyone calm down, the experiment was a success, and indeed we should be happy, but this was a planned success, and we have put in nine months of effort, nine months!"
"Now, the success is the result of everyone’s hard work, every single person’s job is very important, extremely critical."
"I believe this moment will be an important milestone for mankind’s journey into the cosmic stars, the names of everyone present here will be recorded."
"And in the future, we will achieve greater successes. Now it’s the moon, next will be Mars, and perhaps in the future, we’ll be able to leave the solar system and travel to farther starfields!"
"Everybody keep it up!"
"But at the same time, remember that the experiment is not over yet, I haven’t perfectly completed the mission."
The last sentence was very crucial.
Although everyone was extremely excited that the space shuttle experiment had succeeded, the work was not yet finished because the mission of the small space shuttle included not only the space shuttle experiment but also deploying a satellite to orbit the moon.
Now, only the first experiment had been completed, the second mission was still pending.
The senior leaders also stepped forward and said a few words, urging everyone to return to their respective posts.
Despite the unfinished work, everyone was exhilarated because they knew the experiment was the most important part, and deploying a satellite to orbit around the moon was just an additional task of the experiment, it’d be wasteful to just abandon the small space shuttle after completing the space shuttle experiment.
Next, the small space shuttle will release a satellite to orbit the moon, then turn off all propulsion devices, orbit the moon 145 times and then crash directly onto the lunar surface.
Based on the expected speed, the small space shuttle would smash to pieces, and since there was still some circuitry and power, an explosion of some degree would happen.
Meanwhile.
The host suppressed the excitement within and continued to explain, "The footage we’re seeing now is transmitted by Spatial Connection Technology, but the energy on the space shuttle is limited."
"Up next, the shuttle will release the moon-orbiting satellite and jettison the anti-gravity device and main power section."
The link to the footage lasted for about three minutes, then it cut off abruptly, returning to the host’s live broadcast studio.
At this time, the experiment had ended.
Because the maintenance of the Space Link Technology had been lost, the filming had stopped, and the influence of the small space shuttle couldn’t be transmitted to Earth out of nowhere.
The live broadcast, over. freёweɓnovel.com
Yet the ensuing discussions and subsequent impact had just begun.
Dozens of minutes after the experiment ended, everyone was still furiously discussing, "It really is space shuttle travel, reaching the moon in just ten seconds!"
"I can’t even imagine, today’s technology has become so advanced!"
"Just ten seconds to reach the moon, with a speed of 30,000 kilometers per second, wouldn’t it be enough to reach Mars in half an hour?"
"This technology is too powerful!"
"I have never thought, in my lifetime, that I would see such technology, it feels like in a few decades, we might be able to leave the solar system."
"This is too awesome!"
"At this moment, I can’t express the crazy emotions inside me with anything but curse words—I can only say—"
"Damn awesome!"
