Chapter 459: Land on Mars

July 4th, Friday night, Miyamoto's house.

Belinda called, "Mei Daizi, I have a nice video."

Mei Daizi immediately dialed the channel, the picture was obviously taken by a small camera, and the photographer was staggering as if drunk.

After a while, seeing that the screen was always a dark yellow desert full of gravel, Mei Daizi couldn't help asking: "Sister Belinda, what are you looking at?"

Belinda laughed, "Guess."

Mei Daizi said: "What's there to guess, isn't it the desert somewhere that was photographed by the remote control car? Is it a sandstorm?"

Belinda smiled and said, "Keep reading down, and you'll know right away."

After a while, the camera came to a cliff, and canyons and ravines appeared in the picture. Slowly, the camera pans up to reveal more ravines, one of which looks like the trail of something being dragged. Slowly, several large circular pits appeared in the picture, very round, some pits were filled with gravel, and the largest pit had a raised mountain rock in the middle. Slowly, a moon appeared in the picture, but it seemed to be a little smaller, and the shape did not look like a circle or arc. Then, a strange thing appeared, and another small moon flew into the camera. Then, the picture A starry sky appeared in the sky, a starry sky different from the starry sky of the earth.

"This, is this, an alien planet?" Mei Daizi said excitedly, "It must be an alien planet, those pits are full of meteorites, and the drag marks are traces of meteorite impacts. There is no atmosphere there, and the two small The moon, by the way, is Mars, Phobos and Deimos."

"Correct." Belinda smiled. "Today, the Mars pioneers landed in the junction area of ​​Ares Canyon and Chris Plain on Mars. This is the image transmitted by the Tourist rover."

"Sister Belinda, sister Belinda, play the scene of looking up at the starry sky just now." Mei Daizi said.

Belinda smiled and asked, "Haven't you seen a lot of space pictures?"

Looking at the charming starry sky reappearing on the screen, Mei Daizi smiled and said: "This is different. Looking at the starry sky on other planets is different from seeing it in space."

"Then watch it slowly," Belinda said with a smile, "This picture is transmitted through the relay satellite on the orbit of Mars on my Huoxiu company's interstellar communication system. Huoxiu company has the right to back up, so I want to You can watch it for as long as you want, as long as it doesn’t get leaked, this station will be broadcasting the pictures taken by the Tourist rover for the time being, just watch it slowly.”

Miko Miyamoto smiled and said, "This system is finally working."

"Even with the current technology, it is not very difficult to send a three-ton satellite up, and the lifespan of a satellite is only about ten years, and it cannot be used for a long time. Since those guys are planning an interstellar network, they can't throw a few Would you like to try it on a satellite? This interstellar network, I think it will always be built in the future, but if it is easy to use, you will only know if it is useful, and you will have more data after using it, so I built it This star network." Belinda said, and then smiled, "It's all right now, it's all starting to generate income, ten dollars a second, and it can make the space agency's heart hurt after a day." Then she laughed again. , "By the way, I don't know if this income is considered foreign income. After all, this thing is not in the United States."

Miyamoto Miko said with a smile: "This is indeed a question, it is really difficult to answer." Then said, "Tell me about this project."

"The space agency is trying to create a low-cost project," Belinda said.

To prove that it is possible to develop faster, better and cheaper space probes. This was originally a $150 million mission to send a lander to Mars with a seven-day rover weighing about 300 kilograms. Because it is an unmanned project, it is under the responsibility of the California Private Institute of Technical Research and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "

"Then, you add project content and budget," Miyamoto said.

Belinda said: "Yes, the total weight has increased by seven times, exceeding two tons, and a solar system has been added to charge the rover. It can be charged once every seven days, and it can be used for seven days at a time. In this way, theoretically The project can be used for 10 to 15 years. Added a sound system to test the interstellar communication system of the Huo Huo company. Added anti-fall training wheels to the tourist rover, so as not to get up like a turtle. Added a The forearm that can move objects can move five kilograms of objects and dig a small hole ten centimeters deep." Then he asked with a smile, "Mei Daizi, what else can you use this for?"

"Yeah," Mei Daizi thought for a while, then smiled, "I see, it's for writing."

"Correct answer." Belinda smiled. "Writing names is absolutely no problem, and drawing a map is enough."

Yamazaki said with a smile: "I don't know how much the land price of Mars is."

"According to international regulations, it can't be bought or sold," Belinda said while thinking, "However, this thing doesn't seem to say anything else." Then she smiled, "Yes, it seems that there will be new income."

Miko Miyamoto asked, "Did you host this?"

"I invested 500 million U.S. dollars, and the space agency only invested 150 million U.S. dollars. In accordance with the practice of who invests and who benefits, theoretically, I should host it." Belinda said, "Now I have negotiated After 70 days, Huo Xiu Company will host it, and of course, a copy of the materials must be submitted. However, 70 days is enough to explore the surrounding area."

Miyamoto Miko asked: "So, what's the use of this thing then?"

Belinda smiled and said, "So I don't know, but I just thought of an idea. As for what it is, pay attention to the newspaper." Then she said, "By the way, the control location can be transferred to the satellite center of Huoxiu Company. "

Mei Daizi said happily: "If you say that, I can go and play."

Belinda smiled and said: "So, my Miss Mei Daizi, don't make any problems in the exam. You must know that it is very difficult to play with a remote-controlled alien car. God knows if there will be any accidents after a long time."

"Yes, I understand." Mei Daizi nodded and smiled, "I will definitely not have any problems."

Belinda smiled and said, "That's it, bye."...

July 5, Saturday, morning, Miyamoto's house.

The international edition of the Morning Post published a report about man-made space objects landing on Mars again after 20 years, the Mars Pioneer successfully landed in the junction area of ​​Ares Canyon and Chris Plain on Mars, and the Tourist rover began to explore Mars things. And the two spacecraft were introduced. He also mentioned the successful test of the interstellar network built by Huo Huo, and introduced the interstellar network.

After the Observer probe lost contact with Mars in 1992, NASA began to upgrade the deep space network, but considering the advancement of technology and future missions, only the ground facilities were upgraded. The Huo Xiu Company applied to build an interstellar network consisting of two relay satellites, one on the Mars side and one on the Earth side. After approval, Horsho established the system.

A spokesman for Huoxiu company said that Huoxiu company has spent about 1.5 billion US dollars on this project. The current charge is 10 US dollars per second, and 100 million US dollars covers one year. Only in this way can it hope to recover the cost before the satellite loses its life.

The spokesperson also said that after 70 days, this equipment will become the equipment of Huoxiu Company. Those who want to control the rover are invited to write to the Migao Group. At that time, some people will be selected and paid one hundred dollars every ten minutes The price is controlled, minors are halved, children aged six to ten are free, and children under the age of six are subject to age.

Also, the land on Mars will be rented out at that time. Those who want to leave their names on the surface of Mars are also invited to write to Migao Group. Due to the limited range of activities of the rover, they will bid freely once a month. We will select some people according to the calculated name size and bidding price, as the first batch of people to leave their names on Mars. Note that these names will eventually be erased in order to protect the Martian environment.

Finally, he also said that the Mars adventures of the Tourist rover will be broadcast on the popular science channel of Migao Group in the near future, please pay attention to watch. Through this program in the future, you can see the names left on Mars. ...

Yamazaki said with a smile: "Leaving a name on Mars should attract many people."

Miyamoto Miko said with a smile: "It is indeed a good investment."...