Chapter 930: 930
“Engine No . 8 ignite . ”
“Ignition is completed . The asteroid successfully entered C2 orbit . The fourth orbit change will occur in ten minutes . All units prepare . ”
The tense atmosphere in the Space Launch Center instantly disappeared . All the tightly-clenched fists slowly eased up, including Kelvin’s, and there were whispered cheers . Each orbital change was a great challenge for a command center with zero experience .
But soon, everyone’s fists clenched again .
Ten minutes later, the next orbit change would occur . Before the final orbit change, they couldn’t let their guard down .
“Roger… The parameters have been entered and confirmed . ”
“Engine No . 3 decelerate . ”
“The engine output of Engine No . 6 is increasing by 10% . ”
To describe the difficulty of the project, the best metaphor was using steel wires to operate a scalpel and operating on a patient several kilometers away . Aside from a few orbits where the asteroid could remain for long periods of time without the need to control it, for the rest of the time, Kelvin could hardly close his eyes .
Unless he couldn’t keep his eyes open at all, he would let his assistant take control for a few moments .
At last…
“The Bennu asteroid successfully entered the D1 orbit from the C2 orbit . ”
“All rocket engine groups successfully stalled . ”
“The next orbit change will occur in ten hours, at two o’clock . I hope to see all of you in your positions . Now, other than the monitoring team, the rest can disband . ”
Without cheering, all the staff were relieved . They organized the items on the table and headed to the door . Now, they only wanted to go to the cafeteria to have a meal, take a shower and sleep for a while . They were still eight hours away from two o’clock . This time, they could sleep for a little longer . They didn’t know how many days it may be before they could sleep for this long again .
Kelvin rubbed his eyebrows and sat down in his chair .
In order to maintain his concentration, he was standing and commanding for the entire duration . Now that the asteroid successfully changed orbit, he was no longer in a state of hypertension .
His assistant brought him a cup of coffee .
“Coffee?”
“No, it’ll make me unable to sleep . ”
Declining the coffee brought by the assistant, Kelvin continued to sit for a while then got up .
Having entered the D1 orbit, after five more orbital changes, the asteroid would be integrated into the Earth-Moon system . This work was simply tormenting . The fatigue he accumulated over the past week was almost equivalent to all the fatigue he accumulated with the space elevator project over the previous year .
It was okay to just do this kind of thing once . Next time, he would leave this to his assistant . With the experience, he already drafted a blueprint in his mind about establishing an asteroid mining project department as well as a division in this department . He planned to divide the entire project into systematic steps .
When he reached the entrance to the cafeteria, he bumped into Ivan .
Kelvin looked at the Ukrainian with surprise and stepped forward to say hello .
“Ivan? What brought you here?”
“I’m here waiting for you . ” Ivan grinned and gestured the assistant next to him to give a document to Kelvin . “Celestial Trade intends to set up a Space defense force, and our military needs assistance from Space Launch Center . This project was approved by Mr . President himself . You better go over it . ”
“You should’ve just sent it to my assistant . There’s no need to make a personal trip here . ” Kelvin shook his head with a smile and took the document . But when he saw the mark on the cover, his drowsy brain immediately sobered up . “Highly confidential?”
“This is also the reason why I made a trip here,” Ivan solemnly said, “The contents of the document relates to the highest confidentiality level of Celestial Trade, the contents of which can only be viewed by you alone . ”
“I understand . ” Kelvin nodded gravely .
After explaining the matter, Ivan left .
Kelvin looked at the document in his hand, looked at the cafeteria, and finally sighed . He shook his head and headed to his office .
“Forget it… I’ll get the assistant to bring me a sandwich . There goes my lunch . ”
While muttering, Kelvin pulled out his mobile phone .
He knew how crucial documents with the highest level of confidentiality were as an executive at Celestial Trade . What he needed to do now was to briefly scan the document then stuff it into a safe that could only be opened with his fingerprints and iris scan…
At Coro Airport, a civilian airliner landed on the runway .
A tall Russian beauty walked through the airport with her suitcase and stopped at the airport gate, attracting countless visitors heading to the departure hall . It wasn’t that no one worked up the courage to say hi; it was that she didn’t even have any interest to respond to strangers after their attempts .
A black car was parked in front of the airport .
The Russian beauty’s eyes lit up and her golden hair swayed . She picked up her luggage and walked forward .
This scene made all the men eager to introduce themselves envious . They all jealously fixed their eyes on the ordinary looking car . The most annoying thing was that the man sitting in the car didn’t get out and the beauty had to put her luggage in the trunk herself .
Countless people were all bitter over this fact .
“How blind could you be to be with a man without any gentlemanly traits?”
“Fu*k, another flower inserted into cow dung!”
“…”
However, neither the ordinary looking driver nor the blond beauty bothered with these people . Soon, the car disappeared on the road and disappeared from everyone’s sight, leaving behind countless people who failed in their attempts to leave an impression .
Of course, if these people knew who was sitting in the car, they would’ve all swallowed what they said .
“I didn’t think you would actually come to pick me up . I thought it would be your little girl . ”
Putting on her seatbelt, Natasha said jokingly .
“I’m free today, and I promised you,” Jiang Chen casually said and started the car at the same time .
It was very inconvenient for a person with a big chest to wear a seatbelt . Natasha perfectly demonstrated this point .
“Where did your Lamborghini go?”
“I don’t drive it that much anymore . ”
“Why?” Natasha asked curiously .
“I feel I’m past that age . ” Jiang Chen laughed .
“What brand is this car? I haven’t seen it before . ”
“Luer GT300, my own investment . ”
“A purely electric car? No wonder it’s so quiet . ” Natasha looked at the layout inside the car . “In Russia, only ladyboys drive pure electric cars . ”
Jiang Chen’s eyebrows twitched and he glanced at the grinning Natasha before he continued to concentrate on driving .
“This car shell is a titanium alloy?” Natasha knocked on the door with her knuckles and asked casually .
“Superplastic steel . ”
“PVC?”
“No,” Jiang Chen shook his head . “Simply speaking, even if it was hit by an RPG7 rocket or a Barrett sniper rifle, it would ensure the passengers in the car were harm free . ”
“I feel like you’ve changed,” Natasha suddenly said .
“Changed?” Jiang Chen was puzzled .
“I feel … you’re a lot more mature than before? Of course, it might be my illusion,” Natasha said bluntly as she shrugged .
Jiang Chen smiled and shook his head .
“People will mature from innocence and finally grow old… Not to mention that I have experienced twice as much as you . ”
Natasha laughed when she heard Jiang Chen’s words, but when she heard the latter part of the sentence, she blanked out for a second .
“Twice? No way . Time is equal to anyone . ”
“Is it?”
Jiang Chen only smiled and didn’t answer .
He had only had the bracelet for three years, but it felt like he experienced more than a decade of life .
The true meaning behind this sentence could only be understood by himself .
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