A few days later, a large pit was dug out, and according to the plans of the engineers, there was a residential area, a laboratory, an industrial area, a power plant, and ...... After pouring the concrete walls and covering them with radiation-proof glass, a small base has begun to take shape.

When the Martian base was successfully built, the people on Noah were not idle. They kept loading heavy objects on the outside of the ship, which increased the weight of the spacecraft and lowered the flight altitude of the Noah little by little......

Now, the most important thing is the geological exploration team, if the mining area and terrain are explored, the Noah can land completely......

On the desolate and silent surface of Mars, there are mountains, plains, and canyons. The terrain in the northern hemisphere of Mars is relatively flat, and rovers the size of buses can be driven smoothly.

The scenery of Mars is much more spectacular than that of Earth, with deserts and ice fields as far as the eye can see. As far as the eye can see, there is a polar crown of dry ice and water ice, which together with the red rocks, forms a unique geological landscape.

From time to time, strong winds blew in the sky, and the wind speed was very fast, but because of the air pressure, the force was not strong, and only some dust could be rolled up. Even the sky was infected with this orange-red, red.

However, no matter how spectacular the scenery is, there will be no interest in seeing it for a few days. Three days later, even the reporters didn't bother to speak, turned off the cameras, and rested on the rover.

In three days, they walked almost 150 kilometers, but they were exhausted.

This kind of investigation does not mean that it is good to drive all the way, but also to dig up rocks, investigate various specimens, carry out geological mapping, etc., which consumes a lot of energy.

This reporter is none other than Zhao Chao's girlfriend, Victoria, and she and Zhao Chao were very lucky to be selected by the government at the same time. Luckily, they were in a small group.

But this trip to Mars is simply exhausting, and it is not romantic at all. But they have no complaints, scientific investigations are inherently boring and tiring. They were mentally prepared to come to Mars.

With nothing special to discover, Victoria didn't seem to be in the mood. Looking at the same scenery every day, it's lifeless, and it's strange to be interested.

There were about twenty people in the group, including scientists, journalists, doctors, soldiers, and mechanics, all of whom had a variety of professions and had been trained before coming.

"It's time, let's take a break!" The speaker was a female scientist in her thirties, named Clark, who was also the leader of the group.

A group of 20 people got on the bus in batches, disinfected with disinfectant water, took off their space helmets, and enjoyed food and water.

The entire rover is the size of a bus, and twenty people are still a bit crowded.

Zhao Chao, a geologist and mechanical engineer, is responsible for the supervision of the entire rover.

He first checked the power system and energy system, and there were no major problems. After checking the power of the car again, he stepped forward and reported: "Ms. Clark, our car still has about two-thirds of the electricity, and the supplies are quite sufficient, and for the sake of insurance, we will have to go another fifty kilometers before we have to return home." ”

The rover is the whole of their life. If the car runs out of power, twenty people may not last long in Mars. Hearing this, Clark frowned and nodded, "Okay, I understand." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, our car can only walk another 50 kilometers because of electricity. We have to conserve the power to return home. If we don't find anything else, we'll have to go back......"

Alas...... When everyone heard this, they were a little depressed and a little helpless.

"Hopefully, in the last fifty kilometers, we will have a good discovery!" The female scientist also wanted to boost everyone's morale, but found that she couldn't encourage it.

In fact...... Along the way, it was not without any discoveries, they found a huge ice mine, as well as an iron mine.

However, this discovery can only be said to be of general level, Mars itself is an iron-rich planet, and its red surface is due to the large amount of ferric oxide. So the discovery of an iron ore can't satisfy everyone at all.

"We have excavated rock specimens from thirty-two areas...... The presence of bacteria is not visible from an ordinary microscope. ”

"Maybe life on Mars doesn't need oxygen, it's all anaerobic bacteria...... Maybe we're not in the right place, they only survive in certain places. It is even possible that it is not carbonyl life ......" In the car, two biologists were discussing with each other.

"However, I don't think it's ...... likely."

No one knows if there is life on Mars, maybe these tiny dust particles are non-carbonyl life? If there are non-carbonyl groups, such as silicon-based life or sulfur-based life, it may not need water or oxygen to survive on Mars.

People's understanding of the universe is too small and too small, and who knows if this possibility is ......

Humans use life on Earth as samples to speculate about extraterrestrial life. All life on earth is carbonyl, because among the amino acids that make up carbonyl life, it is carbon that connects the amino group and the carboxyl group, so it is called carbonyl organisms.

However, non-carbonyl life has never been discovered by humans. Until the Ming Dynasty, people could only speculate in science fiction novels or movies that there might have been many forms of life, such as silicon-based, sulfur-based, electromagnetic wave creatures, energy creatures, and so on.

Of course, this is just unfounded human imagination. Scientists don't blindly believe in these things, and after examining so many places, they still believe that Mars has a small probability of life.

"Quick, look at the pointers, our radiation index has risen by 1 percentage point." Zhao Chao said suddenly, he keenly noticed that the instrument changed a little, and then stabilized again.

"The atmosphere of Mars does not completely block cosmic radiation. Maybe once the solar wind blows the atmosphere away a little, the cosmic radiation rises......"

Clarke, the female team leader, was halfway through speaking, and suddenly she couldn't say any more, and she saw a gray-black stone! Against this eye-piercing background, a black stone stands out too much.

She took a few more steps forward and saw more of these stones, and her heart immediately beat wildly, "Quick, Zhao, check the composition of this stone!" She picked up the stone and handed it to Zhao Chao.

Zhao Chao immediately crushed, grinded, and dissolved in the machine to conduct various chemical experiments.

"66% molybdenum, 8.3% silicon, 1.2% calcium, 0.2% lead, oh my God, this is a good molybdenum ore! I also detected a small amount of uranium! Zhao Chao screamed in the rover.

When his girlfriend Victoria heard this, she immediately became active, picked up the camera and shot wildly at this piece of ore, and said into the microphone: "I'm reporter Victoria, guess what we found......"

"Clark, molybdenum is an associated mine of uranium! We also have the possibility of discovering uranium! If there is, we'll send it! Zhao Chao shouted loudly, and he couldn't wait to put on his helmet and run out of the car.

"Let's look for any exposed uranium mines, let's look for them separately in groups of 4, use walkie-talkies to contact, and don't go too far!" The female team leader, Clark, immediately spoke.

"The earthy uranium ore has no luster, while the lumpy uranium has an asphalt sheen and is generally brilliant...... Let's look for it separately, and if you are unsure, you can send me a picture! ”

As the female scientist spoke, her whole body trembled with excitement, if she really found uranium, she would really be lucky!

Be sure to find it!