301. The possibility of life
"Turn on the sound of the ship!"
In the No. 1 remote control center on the edge of the star, Zhang Dongyu opened his mouth to command.
"Roger!"
A small "huhu......hu
From the sound of the airflow, everyone clearly felt that the airflow of Europa was not strong, so the sound outside the spaceship was not loud.
Time passed quickly.
The Edge of the Year Star One has finally landed on the surface of Europa.
"Hold the anti-gravity levitation system, open a position, and release the exploration multi-armed crab!"
Under Zhang Dongyu's command, the two small hatches on both sides of the spacecraft slowly opened, and two exploration multi-armed crabs flew out of each hatch, a total of 4.
"At present, the outside temperature of the spacecraft is minus 95 degrees Celsius, the oxygen content in the air is about 55%, the nitrogen content is about 43%, and the composition list of other gases such as helium, argon, xenon, and neon accounts for less than 2%. The air flow was smooth, there was almost no wind, and the ground was grayish-white permafrost......"
"Surface gravity is very light, about 14 percent of the standard Earth's gravity ......," the observer quickly reported.
"The test of the polycybby crab is good, the gravitational calibration is completed, and the data fluctuation of the internal heating system of the exploration polycybby crab is within the normal range, and the detection flight is started." One of the controllers exploring the Crab spoke.
The multi-armed crabs used in this exploration tour of Europa are all improved multi-armed crabs, and the operation of these multi-armed crabs is coordinated by the intelligent system of multi-armed crabs and manual operation at the same time. In front of each controller, there are 6 directional screens with a wide field of vision, these screens almost completely cover all the perspectives of the entire multi-armed crab, and the picture of the 6 screens up and down, left and right, front and back allows the controller to clearly see the environment in which the multi-armed crab is located, but at the same time, the requirements for the use of the controller are also very high. All 4 of them are the top controllers who have been selected after training and assessment.
In the hall of the control center, the mood of Toni and the others was very high, and the news that the Edge of the Year Star One had successfully arrived in Europa soon spread.
"Has we been notified of our arrival in Europa?" Xu Shuwei smiled and asked Toni on the side.
Toni nodded: "Yes, Wanyu and Brother Sun have already cooperated, and it is estimated that the official Chinese media on the earth are now broadcasting live at the same time, which is a happy thing after all." ”
At the moment when Xu Shuwei was talking to Toni, the earth was already boiling again.
The live broadcast of Huaxia's official media started the global live broadcast, and this time in the global live broadcast, there were many top scientists of China's advanced aerospace industry, as well as several astronomers of Huaxia's Taishan Beidou level, gathered together to exchange the epic event of Tianzhi Technology's Star Edge 1 landing on Europa.
The number of viewers of this live broadcast has reached its peak, and almost all TV stations around the world have broadcast it simultaneously, while also exchanging basic scientific information about Europa, the basic science of Europa.
The most discussed issue is whether there really is life on Europa.
From the current point of view, most TV experts and scholars are cautious about whether life exists in this cold Europa, and do not dare to assert whether life exists while harboring hope.
The higher the level of knowledge, the deeper the understanding of the existence of life, and it is too difficult to find the existence of life in the cosmic environment.
The birth conditions of life are too harsh, even if there is oxygen and water ice on Europa, but the harsh and cold environment still makes many people feel unconfident.
At this time, many senior life scientists were crowded in front of the screen, and they used as concise and straightforward language as possible, and exchanged and discussed at the same time as serious and professional science popularization.
In the theory of material science and agenesis, the study of the origin of life is mainly about how life on earth underwent about 39 to 4.1 billion years of evolution, from inanimate or dead things to living things, which is a very vast and profound subject.
A few years ago, scientists discovered 4.28-billion-year-old microfossils in Quebec, a small country in Canada, and believed that they may be the oldest evidence of life on Earth.
In the exchange and discussion of a group of scientists, the vast majority of people on the whole earth have taken a serious lesson and clearly realized the preciousness of the birth of life.
Europa's coldness implies in the words of most scientists that it is difficult for life to be born, but two scientists in China who have studied the origin of life species are very optimistic.
They believe that the oceans that exist beneath the oxygen and water ice on Europa have a temperature gradient structure.
This temperature gradient structure is likely to be colder and colder from the surface colder and lower, and below 1000 meters to 5000 meters of the ice, there will be a temperature cold difference, which represents a reverse temperature gradient, that is, the temperature will gradually increase downward, and eventually extend to the end of the ice shell, after the intersection of the underground ocean, the temperature will begin to gradually warm until the core of Europa!
In the process, there will be a large spherical ring warm belt, which is speculated to be a very, very large area of ocean space, and suitable for life.
The remarks of the two Chinese scientists were very popular in front of the television, and the people of China, Europe and the United States and other countries did not want human beings to be lonely, and they all hoped to be able to find other life beyond the earth.
If there is really life in this warm belt of Europa's sphere, it will not be a lonely life, and it is likely to be a life circle rich in species.
On the screen, scientists are discussing the topic of extraterrestrial life. These topics are undoubtedly very popular. When extraterrestrial life is described by scientists, it often refers to "aliens" that exist outside the earth, ranging from simple bacteria to highly intelligent "aliens", which is a relatively large concept.
Since the middle of the 20th century, humans have been using methods such as detecting radio waves beyond Earth and observing potentially habitable planets with astronomical telescopes to detect signs of extraterrestrial life, but so far there is no definitive evidence of extraterrestrial life. The purpose of Tianzhi Technology's Europa exploration of life is to find life beyond the earth, and everyone's attention has always been here.
But whether Europa will be able to find life or not, no one knows.