Chapter 108: Determining the Route
"Find the right route!!"
The first to return to the camp to report the news were the teams of Sal, Minchi, and Suzuki. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
After continuous field investigations, they finally discovered this route to the bottom of the crater at the eighth possible location provided by the Starship spacecraft.
Once they had determined that the route was feasible, they quickly rushed back to the camp.
The members of the other action teams quickly rushed back after receiving the notification from the camp's communications base station.
"The line is located in the middle and front of the crater near the camp side." While operating the multidimensional model of Mars, Sal introduced the specific location to the other members, "Yes, this is it!" ”
Everyone's attention was focused on the area that Sal had marked.
"Between these two peaks, there is a buffer zone, and along the buffer zone to the inside of the crater, there is a slope with an angle of about 42.5 degrees, which is close to the limit of what the rover can pass."
"With enough caution and planning, if nothing happens, we can use the rover to carry supplies to the bottom of the crater."
"Very well, Sal, this is by far the most ideal route." Frank is also very appreciative of this route.
"I'll leave the rest of the action to you." Thrall nodded and sat back in his seat.
"In order to ensure the safety of the operation, we must carry sufficient supplies, otherwise we will most likely be trapped at the bottom of the crater." Frank soon began to fulfill his duties.
"Ho, what is the upper limit of supplies that the rover can carry?" Frank asked Huo Tianyu that this was a very critical question.
"If fully loaded, it can provide up to 24 hours of continuous activity for six members."
"That's not enough, you've all seen the huge meteorite with your own eyes, and it will take a long time to figure it out."
With a serious look on his face, Frank continued: "It seems that we must set up a temporary supply depot near the bottom of the crater as soon as possible. ”
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So, with the efforts of everyone, it took several days to build a small resource supply station at the entrance to the bottom of the crater.
The small resource supply station does not look complicated, it looks a bit like a large phone booth, but the cost is very high, and there is only one in the entire Martian living module.
All of its components were designed and stored in the Martian Habitation Module. When using it, you only need to install the parts of each part separately according to the instructions.
In addition to providing various supplies for astronauts, there is also a simple sanitary room to solve the problem of personal physiological excretion.
Physiological excretion is an extremely important and difficult problem.
Although the food and water of the astronauts are simple, they are human beings after all, and it is impossible for them to go outdoors all day without peeing.
The Martian toilet is much simpler to operate than a microgravity toilet in space, and it works very much like a vacuum cleaner, using different air pressures to suck up solid feces.
Astronaut feces cannot be discarded on Mars, but must be specially treated and stored.
The Martian toilet urinals are much more ingenious, and there are great differences between the devices used by male and female astronauts, with female urinals actually being simpler and easier to operate. They can even use the urinal device directly by touching it to their body.
In contrast, it is more difficult for male astronauts to use it, in order to avoid urine dripping into the periphery, which can become a potential source of contamination.
They must place the urination device as close to the body as possible to ensure that all the urine is collected, but not so close that the inhalation device does harm to the male reproductive organs (slice!!). Σ(°△°|||) ︴)。
With a small resource station, the time spent traveling to and from camp can be effectively reduced, which greatly increases the duration of outdoor exploration.
Once everything was ready, the Martian team began to work on the final meteorite exploration plan.
The first to explore the bottom of the crater were Minki, Suzuki, and Sal from the second operation team, and the third operation team members included Frank, Lothar, and Aldrich.
Huo Tianyu and Yuan Haochen will continue to stay in the Martian residential camp, and Khadgar will be responsible for managing and continuously replenishing the supplies in the small resource supply station.
For such an arrangement, Yuan Haochen felt very helpless.
He had traveled thousands of miles from Earth to Mars, not to do logistical work in the camp.
Looking at the mysterious meteorite that is close at hand, but not being able to fulfill your wish, only waiting for news from others in the camp, this is really an extremely heart-warming thing!
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A giant crater not far from the Martian habitation module.
The central depression near the bottom of the crater showed a dark shadow, and in the dark shadows, a huge black treasure green rock with a diameter of about a kilometer and an immeasurable weight stood majestically......
But after tonight, it will welcome its first visitors in 2.1 billion years!!
(To be continued) (Welcome to join the book friends exchange group: 529839423)