"We should go back!"

Yuri, the first mate of the Starry Spaceship, said with a serious expression that the 11 astronauts on the Starry Sky agreed with him five, including inspector Vasily and navigator Nikola, as well as crew members Andre and Xie Miao.

"I object!" Deputy Captain Peter immediately retorted: "Go back? Why do we go back? You didn't see the Americans continuing to move forward? At this time, you actually said what you went back. Have you forgotten your responsibilities? Yuri! We are all soldiers, and this is also a battlefield!"

"Battlefield? A battlefield without a goal?" Yuri asked coldly: "Who is our enemy? Is it the Hades ahead? Is our purpose of chasing Hades to destroy the opponent? Peter, do you think you are living in the age of great navigation? Drive a cruiser to set up cannons and pirates? We are in space now! Do you understand in space? "

Speaking of this, Yuri looked a little excited. He turned to the astronauts who gathered together and said, "Yes, we are all soldiers, but this is not a war. As an astronaut, we should all be clear about our responsibilities, but more importantly, keep our sanity. The Starry Spaceship is the wealth of our Russia and also the wealth of human beings. Now we have been flying in space for 33 days, Mars has been crossed, and Jupiter has been at our feet. It can be said that we have made history. Isn't this enough?"

"Of course not enough, Yuri, don't forget that the Americans are continuing to move forward. As Russians, we absolutely do not allow to lose to the Americans!" Peter retorted.

"Lost? What is losing? What is losing? "Yuri asked coldly: "We know the technological gap between Starry Sky and Hades. They have artificial gravity systems. Do we have? They have a perfect ecological balance circle. Do we have? Not to mention that one of our controllable thermonuclear fusion engines has been scrapped. It is unclear whether we can persist with the backup engines. Do you want everyone to continue to take such worthless risks for an illusory goal?"

Yuri's words hit Peter's key point. He said it well. Compared with the advanced and complete Hades, the Starry Spaceship has no advantage except for a larger circle. Without artificial gravity, it can only sail in space under weightless conditions, and there is no perfect ecological balance circle. It only relies on simple ecological cycles and reserve material consumption to maintain it. More importantly, the Starry Sky just faced a crisis a few days ago. A controllable thermonuclear fusion engine suddenly malfunctioned. When it could not be repaired, Starry Sky could only start the backup engine. Although it eventually survived the crisis. However, it cast a shadow on all astronauts' hearts.

"But we still have four controllable thermonuclear fusion devices, enough for us to continue..." Peter retorted with a red face. Starry Sky has five controllable thermonuclear fusion devices. If needed, these five devices can be converted into spacecraft's power engine at any time to provide energy. In other words, breaking the platform is not a big deal for the entire Starry Sky spacecraft. In Peter's opinion, having the remaining four devices is completely enough.

"Do you really think so? Are you planning to let all the crew accompany you to take this risk?" Yuri asked back tit-for-tat, although they don't know where the Hades' real target is, the information from the earth and the analysis of every move of the Americans. The other party's real target is likely to be Pluto.

Now, judging from the flight route they were chasing Hades, this possibility is also very great. According to the current flight speed, it is still a very long journey to reach Pluto. If everything goes well, it will take about a year.

After such a long time, no one can guarantee what else will be encountered in unknown space. But one thing is certain. That is, after only one month of flight, the controllable thermonuclear fusion engine of Starry Sky has problems. If it is forced to start the backup engine, who can guarantee that such a situation will not happen again in the future? Once all controllable thermonuclear fusion devices are damaged, Starry Sky will become a meteor in the universe and will continue to move in one direction at an extremely high speed until it is collided by asteroids or other space stars, and finally turn into debris and become part of space dust.

The two views are stalemate. Peter is the deputy captain and Yuri is the first mate. Their military ranks are even the same, and they have supporters on Starry Sky. Whether it is Peter or Yuri, they all represent one of the views, whether to continue flying, or even seize the landing on Pluto with the Americans, or return for absolute safety?

There were five people holding two views, and 5:5 stalemates were in each other. When they could not convince both sides, they also turned their attention to Captain Ivan, who had never spoken.

"Gentlemen, I will tell you one thing before discussing the issue." Ivan knew that he had to make a decision, and he spoke. When everyone focused on him, Ivan raised his hand to point behind, which is where the earth was: "Perhaps some people know about this, and some people don't know about it yet. So I will tell you now that shortly after the Starry Sky and the American Hades left the earth, the Chinese also launched spacecraft, and they were coming to us."

"What! When did this happen?"

"Chinese? How could they have spaceships?"

"Is it April Fool's Day today? My God! This...this is simply incredible!"

Several astronauts present all showed extremely surprised expressions. Except for deputy captain Peter, first mate Yuri and Gregory, who was in charge of communication, the rest of the people heard this for the first time.

Russia and the United States built Starry Sky and Hades in Earth's low-Earth orbit. This is something that both sides knew very well, but they never thought that there was a third country that also had spacecraft technology. What surprised them even more was that the Chinese actually launched spacecraft directly from the earth, rather than building space low-Earth orbit like Russia and the United States, but launching it after the ground was completed. What does this mean? As astronauts are very clear, this means that the Chinese have mastered spacecraft that is far more advanced than Russia and even the United States.

Looking at each other, most astronauts always thought that Russia was the second largest aerospace power after the United States, but no one expected that the Chinese who had always been unknown had surpassed them and even walked ahead of the Americans. If it was understandable to lose to the Americans, the Russians who had always possessed great power chauvinism would not accept it anyway. (To be continued)

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