300. Oxygen in Europa

Mars Plasma Weapons Research Center.

Chen Mengchuan glanced at the prompt on the gravitational screen, let it go casually, and continued to talk to the group of weapon researchers.

During this period of time, the progress of the plasma weapons research center has been much faster than expected......

Now Chen Mengchuan has a huge and incomparably complex drawing in front of him, which is the design of the medium-sized plasma cannon on which the large gravitational spacecraft is mounted.

This design drawing is a collection of people's ideas, and at the same time with the accurate calculation and calculation of the super artificial intelligence Ah Chen.

"Chen, now that our design drawings are still relatively good, I think it's time to test and assemble one first, and we must try to test it as soon as possible, so that we can have enough experience to update and repair." Speaking was Thomson, one of the leaders of the plasma weapons project.

"Then give it a try." Chen Mengchuan calmly looked at the plasma weapon design on the screen.

This design drawing is the Tissot as the blueprint for the design of the ship-based plasma gun, most of the design is the first attempt of human civilization, a group of scientific researchers are very excited, they are experts and scholars in the field of plasma technology, for the application of plasma weapons are long looking forward to it, and plasma technology has a very sufficient technical precipitation.

"In the Bohr model, the orbital energy is quantized and inversely proportional to the square of the principal quantum number. This is the energy that binds electrons. The nucleus is assumed to be fixed, so this energy can also be considered as the energy of the whole atom......" Langmuir said on the small bench next to him, discussing with the others.

"We can try to adjust the energy aggregation ...... of the whole electron in terms of the transition energy change"

"In terms of the steady state of electrons, electrons can only exist stably in a series of discrete energy states. If there is any change in the energy of the electron, it must be in the form of a transition between the two stationary states, so the electron can only be in a series of discrete stationary states. When electrons transition from one stationary state to another, they will emit or absorb energy in the form of electromagnetic waves to ensure the stability of the entire transition energy change, and we can make full use of this whole process to further improve the stable output of plasma weapons......"

"In this case, the thermal equilibrium of the high-temperature plasma takes precedence over the cold equilibrium......"

"With such a design, will the amount of these electrodes be too much? Due to the Debye sheath, if an electrode is added to the plasma, the measured potential is generally much lower than the plasma potential......"

Although the overall plasma cannon design has been preliminarily improved, but in a series of complex related parameters, the discussion and exchange of a group of people has never stopped, and the super artificial intelligence Ah Chen has also continued to cooperate with everyone, calculating and simulating tests again and again, and striving to improve the data parameters of the entire plasma cannon as much as possible.

At the No. 1 remote control center on the edge of the star, everyone's eyes were focused on the big screen.

As the spacecraft continued to fall, getting closer and closer to Europa's surface ice, 12 ultra-high-definition cameras clearly transmitted images from different angles.

Through the 12 groups of crossover screens, everyone in the control center sees a picture that is beyond everyone's imagination.

There is no snow, no visible ice, the whole land seems to be evenly covered with only a layer of light brown soil, and the irregular dark brown stripes seen in the distant view of the planet have turned into gentle valleys with a depth of several meters to hundreds of meters and a width of dozens of kilometers, and all the valleys can be seen with thick brown soil.

Toni and his party waited quietly for the ship's final landing.

Zhang Dongyu looked at the surface of Europa that was getting closer and closer, and said slowly: "Report the current information and data!" ”

"Report, the current 1 surface pressure is about 1 micropascal, the atmosphere of Weibo is detected, and the atmosphere contains oxygen! Again, the atmosphere contains oxygen. There was a stirring of excitement in the tone of the observer in charge of the data debriefing, and he saw in the complex and ever-changing sea of data of his own team the key element that thrilled everyone: oxygen!

The audience was in an uproar, although in many previous data and speculations, it had been predicted that there would be oxygen on Europa, but when the Rim 1 research spacecraft confirmed the oxygen, everyone still couldn't suppress the excitement and joy in their hearts.

With water ice, with oxygen, the likelihood of life in Europa is getting higher and higher.

"These oxygen ......," Xu Shuwei muttered, and his inner emotions were also very high.

Toni looked at him, shook his head and said, "Don't expect it too early, Shuwei, all this oxygen in Europa's atmosphere is of abiotic origin. Most likely, the impact of charged particles and the exposure of ultraviolet rays from sunlight caused some of the water molecules in the ice on Europa's surface to break down into oxygen and hydrogen. The low atomic weight of hydrogen escapes, while the relatively high atomic weight of oxygen retains some of it, and it takes hundreds of millions of years to accumulate before these oxygen precipitate. ”

"At the current altitude of 9,400 meters, the outside temperature of the spacecraft is minus 67 degrees Celsius. Europa's air composition is still being checked, with more than 70% oxygen and close to 26% nitrogen, and trace amounts of rare gases such as helium, argon, xenon, and neon have been detected......"

"There is less movement of the external air current, and the spacecraft is less affected by the air current......"

"The overall visibility is good, and you can clearly see the external environment of the planet......"

"At a height of 3,000 meters above the surface, the outside temperature is minus 78 degrees Celsius, and the oxygen content drops slightly...... Stable airflow ......"

Looking at the surface of Europa that was getting closer and closer, the people in the remote control center of the entire Star Edge One held their breath and looked nervously at the surface of the planet that was getting closer and closer.

Toni looked at the good visibility of the entire planet of Europa, and many of the data that had been confirmed by previous data showed that Europa's surface was generally smooth, with few mountains undulating more than a few hundred meters, and only a few areas with a drop of nearly one kilometer could be observed.

There is no doubt that Europa is the smoothest object in the solar system.

Europa's conspicuous criss-crossed brown veins are characteristic of albedo, which are caused by the low terrain.

With very few impact craters, Europa is one of the most albedo moons.

The number of impact craters can also be judged from another level that Europa Europa is young and active, because the more time it exists, the more meteorite impacts it will receive. Compared to other planets and moons in the solar system, Europa Europa is the most complete.

"What a beautiful planet...... "Toni muttered as he looked at the increasingly clear surface of the earth......