Nearly two weeks have passed since the landing on Mars, and three full days have passed since the life-support unit was renamed New Virginia.

During this time, the New Virginia Expedition ...... Or rather, the work of the colony went quite smoothly, and although it encountered a sandstorm that lasted for 17 hours, it was still surprisingly passed.

In fact, with Mars' atmosphere, which is 100 times thinner than Earth's, dust storms are not dangerous in themselves. The danger is the electrostatic lightning that occurs in conjunction with sandstorms, as well as the prolonged loss of light illumination, which causes solar power installations to not get enough energy.

However, this kind of thing has been considered by Space-X's Mars colonization project team, and the life support unit is equipped with a generator for burning methane, which can replace the solar power plant.

At the same time, the first thing the colonists did after landing was to install lightning rods in their new homes to prevent possible accidents......

Although they had a lot of difficulties in adjusting to life on Mars at first, they managed to overcome it. At the same time, when cooperating with NASA's ground command center to complete the scheduled scientific research mission, Johnson usually spends half an hour every day to record the "Mars Diary" program.

As Columbus of the New World, he certainly hoped that more people would be interested in his "New Virginia." Therefore, when he shoots, he usually chooses to show the good side of colonial life, the adventurous and not dangerous side, and ignore the bad parts.

In fact, the broadcast of this "big colonial commercial" was quite successful, and people were surprisingly enthusiastic about life on Mars. And after each episode of "Mars Diary" is broadcast, it will cause a lot of topic heat on FB and Twitter.

So far, "Mars Diary", which has released 5 episodes, has become one of the most popular online programs in North America, and many TV stations have obtained the broadcast rights from Space-X.

Today is the filming of episode 6.

Straightening the camera on the table, Johnson took two steps back, bared his white teeth, and greeted the camera with a smile.

"Hey, everyone, I'm Johnson, the captain of the Golden Heart! Long time no see, we meet again! ”

"Unfortunately, we've been hit by the same sandstorm as the Opportunity! I can't see my fingers outside, so I can't go out to explore today...... But don't worry about us, we don't go out because we are afraid of being blown away by the wind, even if that thin atmosphere blows a tornado, blowing on the body is no different from tickling. ”

"Let's talk about something else today, and I'll show you what we do in the colony when we can't go out......"

With that, Johnson picked up the camera equipment from the table and walked to the adjacent public activity area, explaining to the audience the interesting things that happen to them and how to use the VR game equipment or treadmill to pass the time.

"It's where we entertain...... Although it seems a little cramped now, this is the initial stage of entrepreneurship after all, and everything will be fine...... Tevi, say hi to everyone. ”

A helpless smile appeared on Taivi's face, who was playing the game, but soon changed to a sunny smile under Johnson's reminder.

Johnson replied with a "good" gesture and squeezed an eyebrow at him.

"I'll cut it out for you just now, don't thank me."

"Then I really thank you."

Tevi rolled his eyes, put on his VR goggles and continued to fight his way through the sea of video games.

In fact, life here is rather boring, far less utopian than Johnson portrays.

However, these things are obviously not suitable for this half-hour, or even if he accidentally shows them, Space-X will help him kindly delete that part when they edit the video.

None of that matters, though.

He didn't shoot these things for the sake of spreading negative energy.

Speaking to the camera and watching the growing ratings tens of millions of kilometers away on Earth has become part of his daily way of decompressing. If it weren't for not having enough content, the editing would take time, and he would even like to relax at a daily frequency of episode by episode.

After taking the audience and friends to see Tevi, who was playing VR electric and Jones sitting next to the coffee machine and reading a book, Johnson walked to the rover's garage and stood next to his "car".

"Happy times are always short-lived, and it's time to say goodbye again. I look forward to seeing you again, and I hope you look forward to the next one, bye—"

Johnson put a cool pose on camera to end the day's shoot.

Just then, footsteps came from the garage door, and Tevi, who had finished his game time, walked over.

Looking at Johnson, who was standing next to the rover, he folded his arms and said in a complaining voice.

"This damn show doesn't make me feel good at all."

Johnson smiled, tucked the camera equipment into the pocket of his civilian clothes, walked to the door and patted Tevi on the shoulder.

"Relax man, when the sandstorm stops, I can take you out for a ride."

Tevi complained, "I don't want to go for a ride, you have to go yourself, there's nothing but sand here!" Damn, why the hell am I here. ”

Mars doesn't have such a thing as a road, it's a little better in the desert, and the last time I went to the rock area to drill and sample, the bumps along the way almost didn't turn the lunch out of his stomach.

After the freshness of his arrival on Mars, he resisted attendance and demanded that his job be transferred to the colony.

Although helpless, Johnson met his request.

Instead, Jones was transferred to a duty post.

Fortunately, these tasks themselves do not require many people, and most of the equipment is already highly automated, and sometimes they are not even required to get out of the car.

Before departing for the life support unit, NASA itself had already taken into account the fact that none of the three colonists could leave the capsule.

To put it bluntly, their main task is actually to test this life support unit, and most of the other scientific expeditions are incidental.

"Alright man, everything will be fine. After two months of flying, our good days have just begun,"

In the face of his teammates' complaints, Johnson didn't know what to do, so he could only try to comfort him.

Whether his teammates buy it or not, that's the only thing he can do.

However, what he didn't know was that while he was comforting Tevi, NASA's ground command center, which was tens of millions of kilometers away, had become a mess.

Yes.

Dust storms on Mars, there really is nothing to be afraid of.

However, if this global dust storm lasts for more than half a year, the situation will start to become less rosy, even if methane generators are available as backup power......