Chapter 207, Exploring Mars (Part 3)

Very rare amino acids were found in samples retrieved from the ice caps of the South and North Pole of Mars. Although the amount is very rare, it still indicates that there may indeed be extraterrestrial life on Mars. Once earth is truly discovered on Mars, Extraterrestrial life will become the most significant discovery of this century.

At the same time, it will completely change mankind's understanding of the universe, life, and the origin of species. This means that life should be widespread in the universe, and the earth is definitely not unique.

Therefore, Liu Yi seemed very excited at this time. He wanted to go to the north and south poles of Mars immediately to obtain ice cubes deeper under the ice cap, as well as possible liquid water, etc.

"Teacher, don't worry, we won't leave for a while anyway. Tomorrow we will arrange for people to land on Mars to obtain more and deeper information about the soil and ice."

Li Fu seemed very calm. He did not feel surprised at all about extraterrestrial life or even extraterrestrial life, because he had seen countless alien species among the seeds of super civilization.

Li Fu knows that life exists in every corner of the universe. The earth is definitely not the only life planet in the universe. Of course, this does not mean that a life planet like the earth is not precious. On the contrary, although there are many lives in the universe, there are many things like the earth. Such a top-level life planet is still a very precious resource and is something that all major civilizations must fight for.

The ecology of the earth that has been reproduced for countless millions of years is very precious. It has countless species. It is like an oasis in the vast desert of the universe. An oasis of life, it breeds countless lives, and more importantly, it can breed intelligent races.

Early the next morning, when Li Fu was still resting suspended in his room, Li Fu's teacher Liu Yi hurriedly woke Li Fu up. Day and night, but everyone's schedule is still the same as that on the Earth. He almost didn't rest all night because he was too excited.

"Teacher, there's really no need to be too hasty. We have plenty of time. Besides, landing on Mars requires careful planning and cannot be done haphazardly."

Li Fu was a little helpless. Looking at Liu Yi's slightly red eyes, it was hard to say anything.

"Of course I know, but I still can't wait any longer. You have to know that if life is really discovered on Mars, even a very simple microorganism, it will be one of the most significant discoveries of this century, enough to top our previous achievements. Understanding the universe and the origin of life.”

Liu Yi was still very excited at this time. Yesterday, he once again analyzed and studied the samples collected from the ice caps of the South and North Pole of Mars to make sure that he had not made any mistakes.

"Old Liu, you didn't sleep well this early in the morning. You are just talking nonsense here. Even if you have big things, you have to have a good rest before you can complete them."

Liu Shiying squinted his eyes at this time, obviously still not awake. In the spaceship, he pushed gently with his hands, and his whole body floated over lightly.

"Old Liu, you have the nerve to blame me. I remember when you confessed your love to your sister-in-law when you were in college, but you dragged everyone to work together in the middle of the night. If you get anxious, you will be more anxious than anyone else."

Naturally, Liu Yi blew his beard and glared at Liu Shiying, telling all of Liu Shiying's past exploits when he was young, causing those who heard him to burst into laughter.

In the control room of the "Ocean" spacecraft, everyone attaches great importance to the manned landing on Mars. This can be regarded as the first time in human history to set foot on other planets in the true sense. The moon can only be regarded as a satellite of the earth. , not considered an independent planet.

Technically, there is no problem at all. Although the aerospace plane cannot land on Mars, the traditional jet landing spacecraft successfully landed on Mars yesterday. There is no technical difficulty. The key is How to ensure the safety of astronauts as much as possible.

After all, manned landing on Mars is not an unmanned landing. The most important thing is to ensure the safety of astronauts. Although we don’t know how many times we have landed on the moon, compared with the moon, Mars is actually more dangerous because the "Ocean" spacecraft The spacecraft can watch the Martian storm sweeping across the planet from space every day.

The unique geographical environment of Mars, the huge temperature difference between day and night, and the extremely desolate surface have laid the foundation for the prevalence of large storms. Once a storm occurs, it is not a simple game like here on Earth. Basically, it can be played on Mars. Sweeping across Mars.

Of course, scientists have also carefully discovered that when a major storm occurs in an area, there is basically no need to worry about another major storm in a short period of time. As long as the timing is correct, relative safety is still guaranteed. Otherwise, if once In the event of a major storm on Mars, the safety of astronauts will be difficult to guarantee.

"Principal, the big storm on the South Pole of Mars and the Earth has just passed. At least there is no need to worry about big storms for a few days."

Li Quanjiang floated over gently and reported the latest Mars weather information. This time he followed the principal and learned a lot. Of course, he also met many seniors in the scientific community, all of whom were well-known in the scientific community. , so students from Sanjiang University usually do all the errand work.

"Haha, great, the big storm has finally passed."

Before Li Fu spoke, Liu Yi, who had long been impatient, laughed happily.

"Well, tell Luo Xiaoyao and Zhan Fei to be more careful and pay attention to safety."

Li Fu nodded gently and ordered to land on Mars.

Inside the huge "Ocean" spacecraft, two small spacecrafts slowly flew out of the huge hatch. Although they were small spacecrafts, they only looked small compared to the "Ocean". In fact, each spacecraft was more than 20 meters high and more than 50 meters in diameter. It was also a huge spacecraft placed in the void.

This was a spacecraft specially made by scientists for landing. Yesterday, it was completely controlled by computers and landed on Mars unmanned. It was very successful without any problems.

The two spacecrafts were getting farther and farther away from the "Ocean" spacecraft, constantly adjusting their orbits and angles in space. Soon, when the orbit was adjusted, spacecraft No. 1 was like a duck diving, and it was loaded into Mars.

Inside spacecraft No. 1, Luo Xiaoyao felt a huge pressure, and the whole person looked resolute and decisive. In his mind, the virtual machine transmitted all kinds of information about the spacecraft. At this time, the spacecraft was still automatically controlled by the computer and did not switch to manual operation.

In the sky of the Antarctic ice cap of Mars, the No. 1 spacecraft was like a god descending from the sky, drawing an arc in the void. Soon, its bottom began to spew flames to reduce its speed, and a huge parachute on its head also opened, and its speed suddenly decreased, and it began to slowly descend to the surface of Mars.

At the landing point, the strong airflow blew the gravel, sand and other things on the ground into the sky. For a while, the sand and stones were flying all over the sky, covering the sky and the sun, which felt a bit like a big storm. Fortunately, the spacecraft soon landed slowly on the surface of Mars, and the engine was shut down, so everything gradually calmed down.

"The landing was very successful!"

Whether it was the No. 1 spacecraft, the "Ocean" spacecraft, or the No. 2 spacecraft that was about to land, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Although an unmanned landing experiment was carried out yesterday, there are still many risks when a manned lunar landing is actually carried out. After all, there is too much sand on the surface of Mars. If you accidentally enter the quicksand like the desert on Earth, you will be finished.

Of course, scientists also used satellites to detect the surface of Mars in advance, and they knew the distribution of the landforms on the surface of Mars to some extent, so they would not choose the landing place randomly.

Here at the ice cap of the South Pole of Mars, the hatch on the No. 1 spacecraft slowly opened, and the unmanned exploration engineering vehicle slowly drove out of the spacecraft. More than ten unmanned exploration engineering vehicles came out one after another, and each engineering vehicle began to detect the surrounding world to ensure the safety of the surrounding.

"Temperature, minus 20 degrees."

"Air pressure 0.1 atmospheres."

"Good light, strong ultraviolet rays."

"..."

"Safe, you can go out!"

In the No. 1 spacecraft, the information detected by the engineering vehicle was transmitted to everyone's mind through the virtual machine. Luo Xiaoyao waved his hand gently, and the astronauts who had already put on space suits began to move.

At the exit of the spacecraft, a camera captured the entire scene of the astronauts landing on Mars. Luo Xiaoyao, wearing a space suit, gently stepped on the land of Mars and guessed a very clear footprint on the red soil.

This scene was quickly transmitted to the "Ocean" spacecraft, and a few seconds later it was quickly transmitted to the Earth through the communication system on the "Ocean" spacecraft.

"Our astronaut Luo Xiaoyao successfully landed on Mars at around 10:34 on May 18, 2024, Imperial Time!"

Just a few minutes later, major news media, virtual worlds, etc. in China reported this event, accompanied by the video of Luo Xiaoyao and others landing on Mars, and promoted it extensively.

Although landing on the moon is not the first for us Chinese, landing on Mars is inevitable, and it is also a very worthy thing for China now.

"After 55 years, mankind has once again taken a step forward in the history of space development. Chinese astronaut Luo Xiaoyao successfully landed on Mars, marking that mankind has once again taken a step forward in the universe."

Although foreign news media are very jealous, they have no choice but to raise this matter to a major event for all mankind. In any case, this is also a major progress made by mankind.

On the South Pole of Mars, Luo Xiaoyao and others naturally didn't know what was reported on Earth. At this time, they were all carefully looking at this new world.

"Damn, why is the sun blue?"

"It's really blue. This blue sun is really the first time I've seen it!"

"It's weird!"

"Blue sun!"

...

The astronauts who landed on Mars looked up at the sky and immediately discovered a strange phenomenon. The sun on Earth is so dazzling that it can't be seen directly with the naked eye. On Mars, because the distance is farther than that of the Earth, and it is filtered by the helmet mirror of the space suit, it can be seen directly.

The sun on Mars is actually blue, not completely blue, but this blue sun is still very attractive, and it can't be seen on Earth at all.

"The atmosphere on Mars is thin, and there are many and large dust particles. Mir scattering mainly occurs, scattering red light with the same wavelength as the size of its own particles, and the red part of the sunlight in the direction of sight is scattered, so the sun you see will be blue."

Scientists on the "Ocean" who also received the image quickly analyzed the reason. There are many and large dust particles in the atmosphere of Mars, which will scatter the red part of the sunlight, and it will appear blue to the naked eye. This is the same principle as the rainbow on Earth, that is, the problem of light scattering.

"Don't be surprised, this is a problem of light scattering. Don't be surprised if you see purple, green, or cyan suns on other alien planets in the future, otherwise you will be called a bumpkin!"

"I thought there was something special, but it turned out to be a simple scattering of sunlight. I was so happy that I thought I had discovered a new continent!" The first astronaut who discovered that the sun on Mars is blue muttered.

"Haha, the climate of each planet is different. In the future, if we transform Mars and increase precipitation to return the atmospheric dust particles of Mars to the ground in the form of rain, the sun on Mars will be no different from that on Earth!"

Through the global positioning and communication satellites established on Mars, scientists on the "Ocean" spacecraft can contact Luo Xiaoyao and other astronauts who land on Mars at any time.

In a world composed of desolate, dry, cold, desert, gravel, etc., Luo Xiaoyao and others seized the world and started working. A special large engineering vehicle slowly drove out of the spacecraft and began to prepare to drill holes to obtain deep soil, ice, and possible liquid water.

On the other side, the No. 2 spacecraft in space also began to land on Mars, but it did not land on the Antarctic ice cap. Scientists had previously used resource exploration satellites to explore the resources on Mars and found some areas where rich mineral resources may exist. The destination of the No. 2 spacecraft is an area where rich mineral resources may exist.

After all, it is impossible to put both spacecrafts here in the Antarctic ice cap, and collecting samples does not require so many people and machines. One spacecraft is enough.

PS: Haha, the new year is here. I wish all book friends happiness and health in the new year, and a prosperous Year of the Dog!

Surprising, I guess I am the only one who writes on the first day of the new year.