Chapter 394 Landing on Mars 3
Humans have always been full of fantasy about Mars, second only to the moon. Now, when they are about to land on Mars, everyone is also excited.
Of course, space is not the ground, especially space on other planets. Therefore, spacecraft must circle Mars at least three times to explore various dangers.
This is a red planet with mottled scars, rifts, volcanoes, and more craters. The largest crater almost exploded the entire northern hemisphere of Mars. Compared with the ancient southern hemisphere, the northern hemisphere is very "new". Due to the violent impact, the southern hemisphere protrudes and the northern hemisphere is sunken, and the entire northern hemisphere is melted, so the northern hemisphere is relatively flat. This is an unprecedented disaster. At present, only such traces can be seen on Mars in the entire solar system.
Because life was discovered on the distant planet Ceres, everyone was even more curious about Mars; of course, the hundreds of deep pits spread all over the planet also made people full of fantasy, and thousands of cubic meters of methane sprayed every day attracted everyone's attention. Unfortunately, all probes could not get close to this place, and once they entered it, they completely lost contact.
Of course, only Liu Haibo knew that one of the main purposes of expert companies’ exploration is to find enough water sources! Whether it is liquid water or solid water, even water mixed with various impurities, it is OK. The rest can only be placed in the second place. In fact, the most important thing should be to explore Venus.
Reform Venus! Whenever Liu Haibo thinks of this plan, he will tremble a little. When others are still trying their best to compete, the boss has already set his sights on Venus.
The spacecraft "slowly" hovered in Mars' orbit, and through various cameras, probes, etc., the ground of Mars was captured clearly. It even used supercomputer technology to form a three-dimensional map of Mars with a diameter of two meters in the main control room.
Through the powerful gamma-ray detector, it can detect at least 1,000 meters deep on the Mars ground. After three circles orbit, a real three-dimensional Mars will be presented to everyone. Not only can the surface that can distinguish the details of every millimeter, but also the surface crust condition that is 1,000 meters deep.
"Look, this place is obviously an underground river! There are also lakes!" Irregular blue spots are connected by some winding blue lines, and are looming at a depth of about 1,000 meters, intermittently. However, such a layout makes people easily think that these are underground reservoirs, underground rivers, etc.; in fact, the earth's underground reservoirs, underground rivers, etc. have a lot of life.
"Don't be excited, it's not necessarily groundwater space, it may be a large amount of methane, etc. After all, our method can only measure the existence of hydrogen. In fact, there should be a large amount of methane on Mars; and methane contains a higher hydrogen." Liu Haibo was still a little rational and did not go crazy.
"Brother Liu, now it's three laps, and basically no danger has been discovered. Can we land on Mars?" Su Jiuyang, the captain of the second team, was already overwhelmed. The exploration on Ceres has made everyone feel thrilling, exciting, and more exciting. The way to take off from the surface of the planet by speed and enter space has become an entertainment activity that everyone never gets tired of.
"Okay. Let the young men be ready. In addition, there is an atmosphere on Mars, although the concentration is only one percent on the earth; but because of this, because the atmosphere is thin, the wind is particularly strong and fast, and the sweeping mud and sand quickly circling. The strong wind mixed with a lot of dust is the best grinding tool, which can grind space suits for a long time. Let everyone pay attention to safety.
In addition, because Mars is our last stop this time, you will build a permanent base on Mars and leave some of our things here for the convenience of latecomers to enable them. For example, we are planning to use few three Mars rovers this time and leave this thing on Mars forever. After all, it is too expensive to bring it back to space from Mars."
"Well... Then what if this is the case, what if another country uses it?" Su Jiuyang felt a little heartbroken.
"Then let them use it well. It's our contribution." Liu Haibo didn't care at all, and a wicked smile lowered his mouth: "When they land on Mars, they will have to wait at least 10 years. In these ten years, the expert company will definitely develop into an existence that everyone looks up to."
"Since that's the case, we can announce this news! Let them feel the greatness of China!" Su Jiuyang was stunned, and then he reacted.
Yes, since it can't be used within ten years, then we will announce it: If you land on Mars, the permanent base left by the expert company will be opened unconditionally. This is a very big cake! Of course, it can get a substantial moral response.
"Good idea!" Liu Haibo looked at Su Jiuyang, a smart person!
Landing on Mars is different from Ceres. The ground here is full of deserts, and there are strong winds, gravity, etc., which has reached 3.72 Mars gravity. In addition, the various items carried by astronauts are basically equivalent to the weight of a normal person on Earth. However, in addition, space suits are inconvenient to move, etc., making it extremely difficult to hike on the surface of Mars; therefore, Mars exploration must be done with the help of a rover.
Of course, the design of the Mars rover of the master company is not simple, with tall tires and strong electric power; the most important thing is to trailer carriages.
"All teams have listened to it. We are about to enter the stage of landing on Mars. Please prepare the first to third teams, and you will set out as advance teams for the expedition. Your job is to transport the rover, basic survival supplies, etc. to the surface of Mars.
Next are teams four to seventy-four, you are responsible for building a permanent Mars underground base. Teams eight to ten are responsible for carrying out exploration and adventure operations.”
A large amount of supplies were placed from the spacecraft by a robot, placed in the space shuttle or carried on the back. Because Mars has an atmosphere, such a load-bearing landing will reduce the difficulty due to atmospheric resistance. Although the atmosphere is only one percent of that of the Earth, the gravity of Mars is also low.
The place to land on Mars was chosen to be a relatively flat sand. In fact, the air carries fine sand, and the surface of Mars has been polished many times. The surface of Mars is basically covered with red sand; there are only a few places such as the North and South Poles without covering.
Space shuttles are frequently dispatched because it is the last stop to explore. Everyone will leave as much of the spacecraft as possible on Mars. Especially Mars is geologically stable, and it is easier to establish a permanent underground base. In recent years, for tens of thousands of years, Mars has not been hit by a large meteorite, which has also made everyone decide to establish a permanent base here.
In fact, there are at least 10,000 tons of materials on the spacecraft that can be left on Mars. These materials are not of great value to stay on the spacecraft and return to Earth. Experts can produce a large number of materials in a few days. In addition, it is a problem that carriers have a large amount of materials to accelerate the spacecraft in space. Considering comprehensively, it is better not to stay all of them. This value is even greater, providing strong support for the next Mars landing.
It is not a small project to send tens of thousands of tons of materials to Mars through the space shuttle. Although the gravity on Mars is very low, the atmosphere is also thin, so the load capacity of each space shuttle is still only about a hundred tons.
However, all exploration equipment, experimental equipment, rover, etc. will be left on Mars.
The entire transportation process lasted for five days. If you want to load in space and then land on Mars with thin atmosphere, especially the temperature here is extremely low, you must be prepared, etc., so that the entire project is very slow.
Chapter completed!