Next to the giant crater between the volcanoes of Elycion and Olympus in the southeast of Mars is a flat, empty area. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It can be seen that this flat area has been transformed by human civilization and transformed into a spaceship take-off and landing platform.

"Boom~"

It was as if the roar of the propulsion system could be heard.

The powerful air currents instantly rolled up the billowing red dust in the sky.

A spaceship, which looks very technological, is slowly and smoothly landing on the take-off and landing platform.

This is the "Future" interstellar spacecraft that flew to Mars from the distant Earth and crossed the sea of stars.

By the way, it's not technically an interstellar spaceship yet, it's still an unfinished product.

The team of scientists and engineers at the Mars base, who had been waiting at the far end of the platform, waited for the orange-red dust to reced, and then they stepped forward one after another, lined up to greet their fellow Earthers from afar.

After nearly five years of continuous construction, the Mars base has begun to take shape.

At present, there are more than 200 scientists and engineers stationed here.

The address of the Mars base is not somewhere else, it is the giant crater where Yuan Haochen discovered the [Source of Creation] back then.

It's just that today's crater has long since changed its former appearance.

At a glance, you can see that the top of the crater has been completely surrounded by a transparent protective cover of extremely strong metal lattice structure. It can not only isolate the Martian base from radiation, play a good thermal insulation effect, but also block the invasion of small rocks and sandstorms on the surface of Mars.

At the top of the enclosure is a large planar structure with eighteen tracks erected on top of it to ensure daily maintenance work. In this way, a simple operating robot can complete the repair and dust removal work on top of the protective cover.

There is a lot of space at the bottom of the giant crater, and the road leading to the bottom of the crater has been comprehensively widened and reinforced, and now it has become the main entrance and exit of the entire Mars base, which can meet the smooth entry and exit of various types of vehicles.

The walls and bottom of the crater have also undergone special treatment to guarantee airtightness and prevent the threat of some harmful substances from the ground.

The base of the base, the base of the crater, is designed to be divided into ten zones, each with a corresponding planning function.

However, due to the tight schedule, the Mars base has only just completed the first phase of construction.

Therefore, only three areas have been constructed, and their main task is to create the necessary conditions for the study of the Source of Creation.

The construction work in other areas is still under discussion for the time being.

In the current category of Earth civilization, Mars is still a distant planet far away from Earth. It is indeed an amazing thing that human beings can complete the construction of such a huge Mars base in just five years.

All this confirms the old saying that unity is strength!

When people all over the world concentrate their efforts in one direction, they can indeed show amazing strength and create great miracles.

Once the first phase of the Mars base is completed, the base will begin to try to create its own supplies for daily needs. The Earth will continue to airdrop all necessary supplies to Mars until the Mars base is fully self-sufficient.

Around the Mars base is a newly built, incomparably large array of solar panels.

The Mars base will thus rely on solar energy to maintain the base's daily power supply, and in the event of persistent bad weather, it will need to rely on nuclear energy to provide additional energy security for the base, although nuclear fuel cannot be collected from the Martian base for the time being, and it will all come from Earth.

Two water production lines have been completed at the Mars base.

On the production line, professional equipment is able to obtain about one liter of water for every 0.03 cubic meters of Martian soil heated. This is sufficient to meet the site's self-supply requirements. Solving the problem of water supply can greatly reduce the operating costs of the Mars base and increase the "elastic" space for human activities on the Red Planet.

At the same time, thanks to the availability of liquid water, scientists began to use electrolysis to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Although people all over the world know that the cost of producing oxygen in this way is too high, it is certainly necessary for human survival to survive, and this resource is very scarce on Mars.

This is indeed the best option at the moment, because by all calculations, it is far more cost-effective to collect oxygen by electrolysis than to drop oxygen tanks from the earth. Moreover, the hydrogen produced by electrolysis of water can also be used as fuel, so this transaction is still a conversion on Mars.

In the next step, agricultural scientists will begin to modify the Martian soil inside the base. Because most of the soil pH of Mars is not suitable for plant growth, and the soil contains a lot of harmful elements such as lead, mercury, and arsenic. If the crop absorbs these elements, the fruit will also be toxic.

There is also good news in the results of soil tests, that Martian soil is rich in nitrates, which can be a good fertilizer if the soil is properly formulated and properly watered. Soon, the first plants and crops will grow on the Martian base.

At that time, plant photosynthesis will also greatly alleviate the problem of oxygen scarcity and form a simple ecological cycle.

In addition, the scientists at the base have also found many valuable resources in the Martian sand, especially the abundant iron and silicon. Plans to exploit various metallic mineral resources are already being actively attempted.

When the Mars base researches and manufactures various raw materials, the 3D printing robot can use these raw materials to continuously manufacture various construction consumables.

If all goes well, the Mars base will surely become more and more perfect, and continue to grow and grow, becoming an outpost for Earth civilization to explore the universe.

Of course, the prerequisite for all this is that human society and the earth's civilization can continue smoothly.

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Yuan will be joined by 20 other scientists and engineers (there are no restrictions on short-term voyages, and a long journey is not suitable for carrying too many astronauts), who will participate in the final phase of the transformation of the "Future" spacecraft. When the renovation is complete, most of them will remain on Mars to work on the next phase of the Mars base.

"Buzz~~"

The hatch of the Mirai spacecraft slowly unfolded.

Yuan Haochen was the first to walk out of the spaceship...... (To be continued.) )