Chapter 140 Wonderful World
The outer edges of Jupiter's rings are two microscopic material particle belts, composed of dust particles only in the micrometer range, like gauze.
Going deeper, we find the brightest part of the ring system.
Also called the main ring.
Inside the main ring there is a halo with a width of 30500 kilometers and a thickness of 12500 kilometers.
These form a huge circular celestial system that is extremely fascinating.
"Exit autopilot!"
'Autopilot has been exited, please take manual control.'
A mechanical sound came, Fan Ren placed his left hand on the operating lever and gently pushed the thrust rod with his right hand.
The spacecraft tilted its head slightly and flew directly above Jupiter's rings.
There is little point in collecting peripheral materials. His goal is the halo zone in the middle, where there are various block-shaped objects.
"Second brother, be careful."
Liu Jun subconsciously grasped the handle. The huge Jupiter in front of him seemed like a terrifying monster.
"Don't worry, this is the geostationary orbit outside Jupiter, 13 kilometers away from the center of Jupiter."
Fan Ren explained to him with a smile that Liu Jun actually knew all of this and he was just trying to comfort everyone.
Indeed, the huge size of Jupiter is really shocking.
The spacecraft was not moving very fast and it took several hours to reach the central area with the highest brightness.
At this point, the density of Jupiter's rings below has increased visibly, and it is no longer possible to see the universe behind them.
Fan Ren controlled the spacecraft to align the bow with the rotation direction of Jupiter's rings, and then entered automatic driving mode again.
He stood up and walked to the window, his eyes falling on the endless rings of Jupiter below.
The material here already includes pieces of rocks of various sizes floating inside.
"Boss, keep an eye on the spacecraft while I go take the samples."
"I'll go, you stay here and operate."
Li Jian was shocked when he heard this. This was the Jupiter area, the temperature outside was over 130 degrees below zero, and who knew what would happen.
"Ah? You misunderstood. There is a robotic arm taking samples. It's in the back."
Fan Ren smiled and stopped, but a warm feeling flowed through his heart.
The eldest brother is still the same, with a familiar smell of care like an old father.
He walked out of the cockpit and then closed the door directly, and a nanocoat appeared on his body.
Fan Ren did not think highly of his skills and courage. He pulled a thick safety rope from the side and fastened himself up before putting on the oxygen mask.
"Attention, the cabin is about to be opened!"
He shouted into the intercom, informing the people in the cockpit that the cabin outside was now in a negative pressure state.
A hissing sound was heard immediately, and then the cabin fell into silence as the oxygen leaked out.
"The temperature was minus 130 degrees Celsius, it was a vacuum, and no other special conditions were found."
Fan Ren muttered to himself, holding the fixing rod with one hand, and stretched his head out of the cabin door.
Below, within Jupiter's rings, reflected light flashed from time to time among the various dark rocks.
Fan Ren was slightly delighted when he saw this. It would be best if the ice could reflect the light from the sun, so that the water supply problem of the future hub could be solved in a short period of time.
He did not immerse himself in this wonderful scene full of flashing lights. He then retracted his head and took out an operating panel from the side.
"The robotic arm has started operating. Boss, the spacecraft can just keep moving by inertia. If the reaction force caused by the robotic arm is too great and causes a large angle deviation, we will correct it."
"Li Jian received, over."
In the cockpit, Li Jian was concentrating and his answers became formal. Liu Jun felt that this scene was particularly handsome.
"Would you like some help, Old Two? Over."
He felt that he should do something. "Stay still, over."
"Liu Jun received, over."
He smiled and felt comfortable.
On the belly of the spacecraft, the long robotic arm slowly opened under Fan Ren's control.
At one end of the robotic arm, a claw-like object several meters long with a hook also opened at the same time.
Fan Ren looked down through the cabin intently, his eyes fell on a piece of black ore of the right size, and then he no longer hesitated, controlling the robotic arm to reach out.
Not surprisingly, this operation is too simple at the relative static speed of the spacecraft and Jupiter's rings.
As the robotic arm swings, the ore is sent into the cabin.
Fan Ren reached out and took the half-human-sized ore, feeling nothing through the nanocoat.
And because of the weightlessness, it is impossible to feel its weight at all.
However, the surface of this ore is black, and the elements it contains cannot be detected at present.
Fan Ren put it aside and fixed it, then observed the various block-like substances densely packed below again.
Soon, he caught a glimmering transparent object. Although Fan Ren had some guesses about this substance, he couldn't resist his curiosity and directly controlled the robotic arm to explore it.
The robotic arm firmly grasped the unidentified object and was then sent into the cabin again.
Fan Ren took it and looked at the "stone" in front of him with curiosity. The stone was extremely transparent and about half the size of a human.
Could this be a diamond?
Similarly, there is no way to detect the ingredients contained in it. Although it is novel, he put it aside and started looking for the target again.
Soon the cabin was filled with various stones that Fan Ren had grabbed using the robotic arm.
During this process, several pieces of ice-like substances were also pulled over by him.
All of these will have to wait until we return to the Blue Star Hub before we can do any testing.
The various types of stones below are mainly dark black stones, which is also Fan Ren’s most important purpose this time.
After finishing the sampling, Fan Ren retracted the robotic arm and closed the cabin.
After all the ores were preserved with a layer of radiation-proof cloth, Fan Ren began to pressurize the cabin.
"Boss, turn around and accelerate at a constant speed towards the preset Mars-Wood static orbit."
Fan Ren opened the microphone and spoke something, then he felt the hull of the spacecraft twist slightly, and then entered a very stable acceleration state.
'laugh'
The cockpit door opened and Liu Jun appeared at the door with his head poked.
"Put on your nanosuit!"
Fan Ren shouted, and suddenly a layer of gray coat appeared on the bodies of several people in the cabin, protecting their bodies.
"Take a look, what is this?"
Seeing that everyone would not be affected by possible unknown factors for the time being, Fan Ren smiled and opened a corner of the dense cloth.
It was the huge transparent stone that he had just pulled out of curiosity.
"Shit, could this thing be a diamond?"
Liu Jun was shocked. How big is this thing? It's over meters long and wide.
"Can such a large diamond be naturally formed in nature?"
In the cockpit, Li Jian couldn't help but look back at the huge transparent object.
"I don't know. Take it back and get tested and you'll have the result."
Fan Ren smiled and covered the room with the dense cloth, then pushed Liu Jun into the cockpit and closed the door with his backhand.
(End of this chapter)
