Page 61 (1/2)

Chapter 61: Space Mining

Translator: Lonelytree Editor: Lucas

On the seventh month and second day of the Hope Calendar, the Hope successfully arrived at the gas giant’sto the calculations made by the central mainframe, this was the safest distance for the Hope because even though they were still about 50 kilometers away from the mineable meteorite cluster, they were safe from collision with stray meteorites Nevertheless, additional missiles were prepared for cases where crash was inevitable

Other than that, the shuttle was given another upgrade so that it could serve as a iant mechanical arms and a collection chute were added Harvested h the chute to be deposited inside the shuttle

Naturally, a single shuttle couldn’t satisfy the needs of 120000 people Therefore, it was understood that this was supposed to be a trial run The aim was to check whether these minerals contained any har After the experience on Planet Sahara, everyone on the Hope was thatthis alien situation

After preparation had been done, at two in the afternoon, several scientists, engineers, and two soldiers boarded theshuttle A few minutes later, they departed from the Hope for the meteorite cluster

The shuttle crossed 50 kilometers in the blink of an eye Without further permission, they wouldn’t venture deep into the cluster Instead, they hovered by its perimeter where a 2 cubic meters asteroid was collected

The whole process was conducted under the watchful eye of the Hope’s surveillance, which had been restored to its full capacity after they left the nebula It is worth y then was still too amateur for actual space-travel, it remained a source of comfort for citizens of the Hope because they already had the best arneroperation were projected on ency [1] was even doing a live broadcast A sense of exciteht

"Good evening As you can see on the screen, the shuttle is harvesting its first asteroid, and its size appears to be around 2 cubic meters At the rasp They only need to send it into the chute now According to updates fro sht now is run by a Mr Hanzo Bick Mr Hanzo used to be a e operator, so I have faith that this operation is in good hands"

In contrast to the military feed videos, which were laden with statistics, the visuals broadcast to the public came attached with an anchor The female anchor was a seasoned journalist and newscaster According to rumors, she was previously affiliated with a faency’s first hire

"Dear viewers, noe have to be patient because analysis of the asteroid will take about three to six hours We know that space is full of unknown dangers, so before we are certain of the actual components of this asteroid, the shuttle is not allowed back into the Hope On that note, we have here on set Professor Yuan Bin, the world-faist Now Professor Yuan Bin, can you help explain to our audience the possible dangers this asteroid could contain…"

At that lued to the main monitor, the shuttle’s channel of coarding the space , Jay, and a fewthe evening news on a s Heng said quizzically, "Professor Yuan Pin? Didn’t he say he detests these shos progra a nory"