Chapter 874: God-like microbes
In 2035, with the support of post-war dividends and the leadership of Dr. Fang, China will begin a great leap forward in science and technology with great fanfare.
Aerospace science and technology are booming, the aerospace industry is becoming more and more powerful, the exploration and understanding of space are constantly improving, the survivability of outer space is constantly improving, and the colonization of fire is on the agenda.
However, Dr. Fang also made many arguments: the current human beings are not suitable for space survival.
In the environment of astronautics, even if we don't mention the things that everyone knows about too hot and too cold, there are still many problems that need to be solved urgently.
First of all, the body's resistance to cosmic rays is too low. The blocking of cosmic rays by human skin is too poor, and cosmic rays will directly cause damage to human chromosomes, so that any spacecraft and spacesuit need to pile up a large amount of materials in blocking rays, which reduces the effective carrying rate of spaceships.
Second, most of the time in astronautics is weightless. In a state of weightlessness, not to mention that daily life becomes a problem, even people's physical health will be constantly weakened.
In weightlessness, any matter naturally converges towards the center and appears spherical.
The same is true for humans.
The blood of the human body will naturally converge in the middle, causing great pressure on the heart, but also bringing many unexpected problems.
For example, it is extremely difficult for humans to reproduce in a weightless environment.
This is somewhat counter-intuitive.
Many people feel that in a weightless environment, any posture can be easily posed, which is better than any sling.
But in reality, that's not the case at all.
The posture is so good that NASA has even designed a lot of breeding postures in weightless environments. But in fact, there are unexpected problems - male astronauts are hard, and social is even harder.
The influence of the weightless environment penetrates into all aspects of internal organs, organs, and blood flow, and this set of human organs is good on the earth, but it is basically useless in space. The more you tinker, the more uncomfortable it becomes, and the more uncomfortable it is, the worse it is.
The third, and most important, issue is time.
In astronautics, the time scales tend to be long and short.
The short extreme, lies in the reaction.
Objects in the universe move at speeds that are so fast that they are thousands of miles away in a snap of a finger, which is completely beyond the limits of human beings to capture, recognize, think, and react.
Just like the space junk in the Earth's outer space orbit, it is impossible for human aircraft to dodge, so they can only resist and go out. If you carry it, you will carry it, and if you can't bear it, it will be over, and there is no room for struggle at all.
The extreme of longevity lies in longevity.
Taking earth-fire navigation as an example, even in the best window, when the two planets are closest together, a one-way trip can take half a year.
The window period is not every year.
Once and again, there are no four years. This is still the easiest planet for humans to go to. A little farther away, you will sail on the scale of years or decades.
The lifespan of human beings is really like life and death in the face of the infinite universe, as small as dust.
At the end of the day, from an ecological point of view, humans are just earth creatures. Human beings have never evolved in the space environment to survive the fittest, and of course it is impossible to adapt to the space environment.
According to Dr. Fang's deduction, even if you don't look too far away, just looking at the solar system, you still need to solve the above three problems.
The first problem was solved by Dr. Fang himself.
Her attainments in electromagnetism and energy science are so amazing that she has developed a small magnetic field deflection technology, and directly transformed the previously large and thick spacesuit into a light and thin model that is easy to move, and to a certain extent, she solved the problem of cosmic rays.
But the second and third issues have not been resolved.
Until, 2037.
This year, human beings completed a large-scale manned landing and directly explored this familiar and unfamiliar alien land with their feet and eyes.
In the same year, human beings made a key achievement in Mars exploration - Martian life, which was discovered.
It's not something that can run or jump, but a group of microorganisms that survive tenaciously on the land of Mars, and a total of seven species have been discovered.
The first six are lackluster and endangered. But the seventh microorganism has amazed scientists.
Because this microorganism is so peculiar.
To exaggerate, this is a god-like microbe.
Mars itself also does not have an electromagnetic field, which cannot block the direct rays of cosmic rays on Mars. The first six are hiding in various corners and crevices, but the seventh can survive on the surface of Mars.
After careful study, scientists have discovered that this microorganism number seven has a lot of incredible properties. They are somewhere in size between bacteria and viruses, larger than viruses and smaller than bacteria. But such a gadget can naturally generate a magnetic field, which is extremely resistant to cosmic rays.
If it is just a self-generated magnetic field, at most two sentences of emotion about the miracle of nature's creation, will not make scientists like a treasure.
What's really jaw-dropping is that this microorganism is so capable of manipulating gravity.
That's right, this thing can manipulate gravity fields!
After comparative research, the gravitational field that a small microbial can control is equivalent to the gravitational force generated by one milligram of matter itself.
One milligram, very inconspicuous.
But for this microorganism, it is already a very large order of magnitude. It can be made to fly directly with the force field without hands and feet at all!
When you want to go, you can walk casually, and when you want to stop, you can firmly attach to the surface of any object, and even hover in thin air, and you can't run away from a level 8 wind.
This completely inexplicable ability directly makes scientists stupid.
It's only been a few years since gravitational waves were confirmed?
How can a thing that can control the gravity field pop up directly in the blink of an eye!
If this mechanism is clarified, the problem of human life in space will be solved.
In the middle, mankind has obtained a super-awesome gravitational accelerator, and the problem of continuous acceleration and continuous deceleration of space voyages has been solved.
To put it more broadly, human beings have directly opened up a new field of exploration, and the understanding of the universe and gravity will also produce earth-shaking changes, and all basic theoretical research will enter a new level.
And it's also extremely amazing in terms of biological qualities.
It is able to constantly change its survival strategy according to the environment, and can change the structure of cells and even the genetic makeup in response to stress. It is theoretically an excellent gene editor and also boasts a variety of biological traits. It can even repair the lost life on its own, making it theoretically immortal.
After a certain amount of gene editing, it can even become a planetary environment modifier!
If the power of the No. 7 microorganism is thoroughly studied, it can completely recreate a magnetic field and an ecology for Mars, and completely transform it into a habitable star that is completely suitable for human survival!