This star is going to the moon

Chapter 474 Lu Yun: "The space race, vying for international trending topics is also a competition! And it's a perfect match for my major!"

"So, is that really a relic of an extraterrestrial civilization?"

During the Q&A session, reporters eagerly asked Lu Yun this question.

Lu Yun shrugged helplessly: "I don't know about that. We need to wait for a clearer image. All I know for now is that it's an interesting photo."

"However, I can say it's not very big, because the Yutu-2 lunar rover is only about 80 meters away from it. The rover has already started to approach it, and I believe we will have clear photos in a month or two..."

After completing his task, Lu Yun returned to the backstage without hesitation. Next, it was time to introduce the commercial unmanned lunar exploration project supported by NASA.

The audience and reporters present were still reflecting on Lu Yun's answer.

There was no way around it; that mysterious photo was just too captivating.

American: "..."

It's only 80 meters long, and it would take one or two months to get a clear photo, which is actually quite reasonable!

A lunar day refers to the daytime on the moon. Based on the moon's rotation period of 27 days and 7 hours, one lunar day is roughly equivalent to more than 13 Earth days.

In addition, the Yutu-2 rover needs to hibernate and cannot work during the same lunar night, so roughly one or two lunar days are equivalent to one or two months on Earth.

In fact, the Yutu-1 lunar rover was designed to travel at a speed that was not slow, reaching 200 meters per hour.

Under ideal conditions, it would take less than half an hour to take a close-up shot from a distance of over 80 meters.

However, the Yutu-3 lunar rover has been working on the far side of the moon for nearly three years and has only traveled a total of more than 800 meters.

It's only ten times the length of 80 meters.

However, a total of over 3600 GB of scientific data has been acquired.

Actually, the reason why the Yutu-2 lunar rover moves so slowly is primarily determined by its mission.

Because it didn't travel all the way to the far side of the moon to race cars, but to conduct scientific research.

The far side of the moon is an unknown territory that humans have never ventured into. Yutu-2 is the first lunar rover to operate on the far side of the moon, so every step it takes requires thoroughly studying what it sees and detects. Speed ​​is actually the least important factor.

Secondly, as a small car that is 1.5 meters long, 1.1 meters wide, 1 meter high, and weighs 140 kilograms, all its energy supply comes from two solar panels.

As a scientific research device, it has a lot of scientific research equipment that requires electricity, but the energy provided by those two solar panels is not much.

For example, the world's first ultra-wideband lunar radar was installed on the bottom of the Yutu-2 lunar rover. It can be used to directly detect the structure of the lunar soil within 30 meters along the exploration route and measure the shallow lunar crust structure 100-200 meters below the lunar surface, which has never been done before.

To achieve more accurate detection, Yutu-2 stops every two steps to take measurements, and its cameras also scan the entire area to take pictures.

This panoramic view is important because, facing the unknown far side of the moon, Yutu-2 is "wandering aimlessly".

Therefore, scientists need clear images of the surrounding area to plan the next important observation points for the lunar rover.

This means that Yutu-2 often has to stop for several days after moving only one or two meters.

Furthermore, from a technical perspective, traveling too fast on the moon or Mars could pose some risks.

The first risk is that if the speed is too fast, the automatic terrain matching and the manual judgment and correction on the ground cannot keep up. The car may fall into a crater and get stuck, or it may overturn while climbing a slope.

That would mean ending one's life prematurely, which would be a huge loss.

For example, the American Mars rover "Spirit" got stuck in soft soil, which permanently halted its activity.

On the other hand, if lunar rovers and Mars rovers travel too fast, they will bring up a lot of dust, which can damage the wheels and other electronic equipment. For example, China's first lunar rover, "Yutu," was unable to move because it kicked up a lot of lunar dust formed by fine lunar particles while moving. This dust may have entered the rover's interior and damaged its equipment, causing it to shut down completely and end its mission after nearly three years.

Now that the Chinese have discovered the so-called "mysterious cube," they are still leisurely probing and approaching it, rather than rushing to get there and observe it quickly. This shows that the "mysterious cube" is indeed nothing special.

After all, even at a distance of 80 meters, it still looks so small, it simply cannot be a so-called "alien structure".

However, this information has gained international attention, and it won't be easy to quell it. A large number of marketing accounts and enthusiasts will push the hype even higher!

And that... is Lu Yun's goal.

"Generally speaking, the Americans are better storytellers than we are. Even though the project was severely delayed, they managed to talk about 'legacy' and 'shipbuilding sages'."

"It is foreseeable that many media outlets have already prepared press releases, and as soon as today's conference ends, they will launch a massive campaign to praise it."

"The space race is not just a contest of hard technological strength; soft power in public relations is also a part of the competition!"

"We are relatively poor in this regard. Firstly, it is due to our own reasons, and secondly, the international propaganda platform is controlled by the Americans, so we are at a natural disadvantage when we conduct propaganda on their platform."

"But they can fight their battles, and we can fight ours. Now that we have such a magical photo, we can totally get those magical enthusiast groups in the US to promote it for us!"

"Let them fight each other!"

Lu Yun said confidently.

"We've done this many times before, trying to grab international trending topics. This time, with me and the aerospace officials endorsing that amazing photo, all I need to do is give them a little guidance in terms of language, and they'll be scrambling to get on the trending list!"

"After all, in terms of acting skills and trending on social media, I'm practically a professional in this field, even though I'm an amateur actor~"

Recalling what Lu Yun had said before, insiders looking at the current trending topics on various domestic and international online platforms couldn't help but marvel at the power of professionals.

If the aerospace authorities were to handle this, it would probably turn into a hardcore science popularization that few people would watch, or an amateur performance that would be extremely awkward to watch.

Lu Yun only used American alien enthusiasts, UFO enthusiasts, and moon landing conspiracy theory groups to create such a huge buzz.

It completely drowned out the official voice of the US space program.

It must be said that the "science fiction atmosphere" cultivated by the United States during the last space race was indeed powerful.

Of course, the main reason for the huge buzz was that Lu Yun, a "global idol," "super genius," and "youngest aerospace tycoon," personally endorsed the photo with his already extraordinary popularity.

Backstage, Lu Yun checked the relevant popularity data collected by professional organizations on his phone and nodded, indicating that this publicity campaign had gotten off to a good start.

However, propaganda campaigns are based on hard power. If Lu Yun doesn't have overwhelming hard power, he won't be able to promote anything.

So the key is still to see who's truly capable.

Lu Yun was not afraid to prove himself; he had everything the Americans had, and even better.

And he has things that Americans don't have!

Given China's current technological strength as a "world super factory," achieving what he wants is not difficult.

The main thing is that he needs to be more discreet, otherwise it won't just be that people suspect he has contact with aliens, but that they actually treat him like an alien.

Lu Yun enjoys his current life and doesn't want to end up like the alien in the movie "Crazy Alien" who was soaked in alcohol by Huang Bo and Shen Teng.

(End of this chapter)