Chapter 212, Exploring Mars (3)
Very rare amino acids were found in the samples retrieved from the ice caps of the North and South Poles of Mars, although the amount is very rare, but it still indicates that there may really be extraterrestrial life on Mars, and once extraterrestrial life is really found on Mars, it will become the most significant discovery of this century.
At the same time, it will completely change human cognition of the universe, life, and the origin of species, which means that life should be widespread in the universe, and the earth is definitely not unique.
Therefore, Liu Yi was very excited at this time, and he couldn't wait to go to the north and south poles of Mars immediately to obtain deeper ice under the ice cap, as well as possible liquid water and so on.
"Teacher, don't worry, we won't leave for a while anyway, tomorrow we will arrange for someone to land on Mars to get more and deeper information about the soil and ice."
Li Fu seemed very calm, and Li Fu didn't feel strange at all about extraterrestrial life and even extraterrestrial life, because he didn't know how many alien species he had seen in the seeds of super civilization.
Li Fu knows that life exists in every corner of the universe, and the earth is definitely not a unique life planet in the universe, of course, it does not mean that life planets like the earth are not precious, on the contrary, on the contrary, although there is a lot of life in the universe, but the top life planet like the earth is still a very precious resource, and it is something that major civilizations must compete for.
The ecology of the earth that has multiplied for an unknown number of hundreds of millions of years is very precious, with countless species, just like an oasis in the vast cosmic desert, an oasis of life, giving birth to countless lives, and more importantly, being able to give birth to intelligent races.
Early the next morning, when Li Fu was still suspended in his room to rest, Li Fu's teacher Liu Yi hurriedly woke up Li Fu, he was really a little impatient, although almost part of the day and night in space, but everyone's schedule was still according to the earth, he almost didn't rest all night, because he was too excited.
"Teacher, there's really no need to be in a hurry, we have time, and the landing on Mars also needs to be planned well, not random."
Li Fu was a little helpless, and it was really hard to say anything when he saw Liu Yi's eyes reddening.
"Of course I know, but I still can't wait, to know that if life is really found on Mars, even if it is a very simple microbe, it will be one of the most significant discoveries of this century, enough to pinnacle our previous understanding of the universe and the origin of life."
Liu Yi was still very excited at this time, and yesterday he analyzed and studied the samples collected from the Martian North and South Pole ice caps overnight to make sure that he was not wrong.
"Lao Liu, you don't sleep well this morning, you are shouting here, even if there is a big thing, you have to rest well before you can complete it."
Liu Shiying squinted his eyes at this time, obviously still hadn't woken up, in the spaceship, with a gentle push of both hands, the whole person floated over lightly.
"Lao Liu, you are embarrassed to say me, I remember when you confessed to your sister-in-law when you were in college, but in the middle of the night, the third watch dragged everyone to go to be busy together, if you are in a hurry, you are more anxious than anyone else."
Liu Yi naturally blew his beard and glared at Liu Shiying, and reported Liu Shiying's old background when he was young, causing the people who heard it to laugh.
In the command room of the "Ocean-going spacecraft", everyone attaches great importance to the manned landing on Mars, which can be regarded as the first time in the history of mankind to set foot on other planets in the true sense, and the moon can only be regarded as a satellite of the earth, not an independent planet.
Technically, there is no problem at all, although the space plane cannot land on Mars, but relying on the traditional jet landing spacecraft yesterday was very successful in landing on Mars, there is no technical difficulty, the key is how to ensure the safety of astronauts as much as possible.
Manned landing on Mars is not an unmanned landing after all, the most important thing is to ensure the safety of astronauts, although now I don't know how many times I have landed on the moon, but compared with the moon, in fact, Mars is more dangerous, because the "ocean-going" spacecraft can watch the Martian storm sweeping the world from space every day.
The unique geographical environment of Mars, the huge temperature difference between day and night, and the incomparably desolate surface have laid the foundation for the prevalence of major storms.
Of course, scientists have also carefully found that when there is a major storm in an area, there is basically no need to worry about the occurrence of a major storm in a short period of time, as long as the timing is grasped, relative safety is still guaranteed, otherwise, if there is a major storm on Mars, it is difficult to ensure the life safety of astronauts.
"Principal, the big storm on the South Pole of Mars has just passed, so there is no need to worry about a big storm for at least a few days."
Li Quanjiang gently drifted over, reporting the latest Martian meteorological information, this time following the principal, he learned a lot of things, of course, he also met a lot of predecessors in the scientific community, all of them are well-known scientific circles, so the general errand work is taken care of by these students of Sanjiang University.
"Haha, great, the storm has finally passed."
Before Li Fu could speak, Liu Yi, who had been in no hurry for a long time, laughed happily.
"Well, tell Luo Xiaoyao and Zhanfei to let them be more careful and pay attention to safety."
Li Fu nodded lightly and ordered to land on Mars.
In the huge "Ocean" spaceship, 2 small spaceships slowly flew out of the huge hatch, although it is said to be a small spaceship, but this is also very small compared to the "Ocean", in fact, each spaceship is more than 20 meters high, more than 50 meters in diameter, and it is also a huge spacecraft in the void.
Yesterday it was completely controlled by computers and carried out an unmanned landing on Mars, which was very successful and did not cause any problems.
The two spacecraft were getting farther and farther away from the "Ocean-going spacecraft", constantly adjusting their orbits and angles in space, and soon, when the orbit was adjusted, the No. 1 spacecraft was like a duck diving, loaded into Mars.
In the No. 1 spaceship, Luo Xiaoyao felt a huge pressure, the whole person seemed resolute and decisive, in his mind, the virtual machine transmitted all kinds of information about the spaceship, and the spacecraft at this time was still automatically controlled by the computer, and it was not switched to manual operation.
In the sky of the ice cap of the South Pole of Mars, spacecraft No. 1 was like a god descending from the sky, cutting an arc in the void, and soon, its bottom began to spit flames to reduce its speed, and a huge parachute above its head also opened, and the speed was reduced all of a sudden, and it began to slowly descend to the surface of Mars.
At the landing point, the strong air flow blew the gravel, sand and so on on on the ground all over the sky, and for a while it actually flew sand and rocks, covering the sky and the sun, a bit of a big storm, but fortunately soon the spacecraft slowly landed on the surface of Mars, the engine turned off, so everything gradually calmed down.
"The landing was a great success!"
Whether it was spacecraft No. 1, the "Ocean-going" spacecraft, or the spacecraft No. 2, which was about to land, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the experiment of unmanned landing was carried out yesterday, there are still many risks when the manned landing on the moon is actually carried out, after all, there is too much sand and soil on Mars, and if you accidentally enter the quicksand like the desert above the earth, it will be over.
Of course, scientists also use satellites to explore the surface of Mars in advance, and they also know the distribution of the surface landform of Mars to some extent, and the choice of landing place will naturally not be randomized.
Here in 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 from the spacecraft, and more than a dozen unmanned exploration engineering vehicles came out one after another, and each engineering vehicle began to explore the surrounding world to ensure the safety of the surroundings.
"Temperature, minus 20 degrees."
"The air pressure is 0.1 atmosphere."
"The light is good, and the ultraviolet rays are strong."
“……”
"It's safe, you can get out!"
In the No. 1 spacecraft, the information detected by the engineering vehicle was transmitted to everyone's mind through a virtual machine, and with a light wave of Luo Xiaoyao's hand, the astronauts who had already put on their spacesuits began to act.
At the exit of the spacecraft, a camera filmed the whole process of the astronauts landing on Mars, and Luo Xiaoyao, who was wearing a spacesuit, 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 to the Earth through the communication system on the Ocean spacecraft.
"China's astronaut Luo Xiaoyao successfully landed on Mars at around 10:34 on May 18, 2024, imperial capital time!"
Just a few minutes later, the major news media in China, the virtual world, etc., reported on this incident, accompanied by a video of Luo Xiaoyao and others landing on Mars, and publicized it vigorously.
Although landing on the moon is not the first of our Chinese people, the first thing to land on Mars cannot run, and it is also a very celebratory thing for the current Huaxia.
"After 55 years, mankind has once again sold a step in the history of space development, and the successful landing of Chinese astronaut Luo Xiaoyao on Mars marks another step forward in the footsteps of mankind towards the starry sky of the universe."
Although the foreign news media are very jealous, they have no choice but to report on this matter as a major event for all mankind, and 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 how the earth was reporting, and at this time they were all carefully looking at this novel world.
"Holy, 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!"
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The astronauts who landed on Mars looked up at the sky and immediately discovered a peculiar phenomenon, the sun, which is dazzling on the earth and cannot be seen directly with the naked eye, to Mars, because the distance is even farther away than the earth, plus through the filter of the spacesuit helmet mirror, you can directly see the past.
The sun on Mars is actually blue, not all blue, but this blue sun is still very attractive, and it is not visible on the earth at all.
"The atmosphere of Mars is thin, there are more and more dust particles and larger, mainly Mir scattering, scattering red light with the same wavelength as its own particles, and the red part of the sunlight in the direction of the line of sight is scattered, so the sun seen will be blue."
Scientists on the "Ocean Space" who also obtained the image quickly analyzed the reason, that is, the dust particles in the atmosphere of Mars are many and large, which will scatter the red part of the sun's rays, and it will be blue in everyone's naked eyes, which is the same as the principle of the rainbow on the earth, that is, the scattering of light.
"Don't make a fuss, this is the scattering of light, don't make a fuss when you go to other alien planets in the future to see any purple, green, and cyan sun, otherwise be careful to be said to be dirt buns!"
"I thought there was something special, it turned out to be a simple scattering of sunlight, which made me happy in vain, thinking that I had discovered a new world!" The first astronaut to discover that the sun was blue on Mars muttered.
"Haha, the climate of each planet is different, in the future, if we transform Mars and increase precipitation to return the dust particles of Mars to the ground in the form of rain, this Mars will see the sun no different from the earth!"
Through the global positioning and communication satellites established on Mars, scientists aboard the "Ocean-Going" spacecraft can contact Luo Xiaoyao and other astronauts who have landed on Mars at any time.
In the world composed of desolate, dry, cold, desert, gravel, etc., Luo Xiaoyao and the others grabbed the world and began to work, a special large engineering vehicle slowly drove out of the spaceship, and began to prepare to drill holes to obtain deep soil, ice, and possible liquid water.
On the other hand, the spacecraft No. 2 in space also began to land on Mars, but it did not land on the Antarctic ice cap, scientists have used resource exploration satellites to explore the resources on Mars in advance, and found some areas that may be rich in mineral resources, and the destination of spacecraft No. 2 is an area that may be rich in mineral resources.
After all, it is impossible to say that 2 spaceships will be placed here in the Antarctic ice cap, and it does not require so many manpower and machinery to collect samples, one spaceship is enough.
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