The same thing, in the eyes of different people, will definitely have completely different meanings. Jiang Ling broke the equipment during training. To others, it might have been just a trivial matter, but to the spacecraft designers who came to inspect, her operation became the beginning of a disaster.
Jiang Ling was likely located in the spacecraft's D-8 compartment, one of the aft propulsion modules. If that area sustained damage requiring a spacewalk to repair, it likely meant the spacecraft was struck by a high-energy laser beam. And at that time—according to supercomputer simulations—the spacecraft would have been beyond geosynchronous orbit. In other words, if damage occurred there, the passengers would have been unable to receive effective assistance from the ground, leaving them on their own.
Not only that, it is impossible for current spacecraft to carry out large-scale repairs using the parts they carry on board. Just like a ship on a long voyage, even if its self-sustaining capacity is like that of a super aircraft carrier on the eve of World War III, it cannot independently repair its own keel and hull at sea.
The environment in outer space is much worse than that on the sea. When all possibilities of reproduction during the journey are blocked, the only thing designers can do is to increase the redundancy of various systems of the spacecraft - using quantity to offset the risk. This is a helpless solution.
As a result, the spacecraft boasted three command modules, two service modules, a heavily armored landing module, and nine propulsion modules. These modules were arranged in a cross configuration, with the D-1 module at the center, providing the spacecraft's primary power source. The remaining odd-numbered modules enclosed the D-1 module, providing auxiliary propulsion and small-angle maneuvers. The even-numbered modules, located on the outermost layer, helped dissipate heat from the inner modules and act as thermal decoys, while also providing a degree of flight attitude control.
The probability of D-8 being directly destroyed is extremely small, but Jiang Ling's operation will cause fuel leakage in the flight control system, thus affecting the spacecraft's emergency avoidance capability.
This could be a fatal mistake, as the leaked material would quickly increase the spacecraft's radar signal area, allowing it to be detected by satellites in medium and high orbits. According to the collected data, the spacecraft must rise to the altitude of lunar orbit to be considered safe, and before that, it could be attacked by killer satellites at any time.
The serious-looking guys were silent for a long time, and finally someone said, "You failed. If this wasn't a simulation, you would have been blown away into the vast space."
"Ah? But I'm holding on to the space handrail tightly. Is it impossible for me to hold on to the three points?" Jiang Ling asked puzzledly.
"The fuel we use is catalytically self-decomposed. If the decompression is rapid, there is a possibility of explosion. Your position may be hit by fragments. If you are not blown away, the armor plate of the exoskeleton may be penetrated." The man continued.
"So - boom - you're dead, and your mission is unfinished," another added.
"The fragments may also go inward and hit the D-9 compartment, which is full of fuel. Then it won't be as simple as an explosion. Its internal filling is flame retardant and anti-static, but the stored liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen will be uncontrollably ejected. Then your spacecraft will lose control, it will most likely rotate at high speed and disintegrate in a short time. Don't think I'm alarmist, we must control the occurrence of accidents!" The remaining person concluded.
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