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"What's the news?" Ren Hong asked curiously. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The Americans' Noah has just entered the high-altitude orbit of Mars and sent the news back to Earth, and NASA then announced the news and its follow-up, according to a text message from headquarters." Shockry looked at the time as he spoke, adding: "According to the time on board, the Americans will be 53 hours later, and the crew of the 'Noah', Skovo and Jackson, will make the first manned landing on Mars on the 'Orion' spacecraft." ”

Saying that, Xiao Kerui sighed: "If nothing else, the first human to land on Mars will be Americans, or a little unwilling, the first person to land on the moon was robbed by the Americans, and the first person on Mars was also robbed by them, which is really uncomfortable, our current space technology level, strength is obviously stronger than the Americans." ”

"It's just a false name, what's uncomfortable." Ren Hong smiled, looking unimpressed.

But Shaw doesn't think so: "Having said that, this is an achievement that will definitely go down in the annals of human history, and it has a huge influence, and Armstrong's footprints, the words of a small step for a person, a big step for humanity, are widely spread among all mankind." This time I don't know how the Americans will show off again. ”

Ren Hong said: "What is real influence? The real influence needs to be supported by real strength, we are pragmatists, we are here to seek truth, not to seek fame, you have to figure this out, Ari. Besides, the title of the first person on Mars was taken off by the Americans, but there are more first titles waiting for us, Jupiter, Saturn and their moons, as long as the strength is there, the gold content of these first titles will only be higher than Mars, not lower, but the most important thing is that we are not here to take a false name after a long journey and the torture of dozens of acceleration and deceleration, understand. ”

"It would be nice if something went wrong with the old 'Orion' and fell." Shaw muttered.

When Ren Hong heard this, his original pleasant smile turned into a serious expression, and he stared at Xiao Kerui and admonished with a solemn tone: "Ah Rui, I don't like your thoughts, it's not good." Standing at the height of the entire civilization regardless of national borders, any interstellar pioneer is great, no matter which country he represents, he not only represents his country, but also represents humanity. Even if we don't say it so highly, we can't curse others behind their backs with such a narrow mind, he can have problems, and we can ignore and refuse even when we have the ability to lend a helping hand, this is our right, and we don't need to blame ourselves. But in the same way, we have no right to interfere with others, what others do is someone else's business, and we ourselves must abide by the principles that should be followed. ”

Ren Hong's tone was not very heavy, but Xiao Kerui still felt embarrassed, scratched his head and didn't know how to respond. At this moment, the public frequency announcer on the ship sounded:

"Please note that the last 45 minutes countdown, the spacecraft will undergo the last acceleration, all crew members please stop all related activities immediately......"

Ren Hong glanced at the announcer, and suddenly said with a sad face: "Alas, it's time to torture people again, let's go, boy, what are you doing in a daze, hurry up and get the nest to get a long sleep, do you want the acceleration to stick you on the wall?" ”

Saying that, Ren Hong got up and walked away, every time the spaceship wants to accelerate, it is the moment when the entire spaceship is full of complaints, and the spacecraft is about to undergo the last acceleration, it stands to reason that everyone should cheer, at least this is the last torture by the acceleration, it is true.

But as long as you think that after the acceleration is over, you will also have to decelerate 15 times in the next time, so that when the spacecraft reaches the range of the Martian gravitational field, the speed will drop to the value range of the stage of departure from the Earth, which is another 15 times of torture, and when you think of 15 more times, no one can cheer.

Ren Hong was bored thinking about this kind of thing of spending money to make himself suffer, like a masochist who was alive and well.

Having said that, although there are 30 times of torture, it is not without rewards, Ren Hong's spacecraft can also continue to accelerate slightly for a long time like "Noah", but the corresponding price is that more than 200 days of time are wasted on the voyage that cannot be done, and if Ren Hong and they go to Mars according to the way of "Noah" at the relative distance between the earth and Mars before departure, it will mean that it will take more than 800 days to arrive at Mars.

30 tortures can be exchanged for more than 700 days of precious time, and it is worth it.

The United States has always wanted to be tortured and didn't have this opportunity.

Forty-five minutes later, the front engine on the "Mars Express" was activated, thousands of lasers and hundreds of thousands of lasers were illuminated on the light sails, and the spacecraft, which was slowly decelerating, accelerated forward again.

The reason why the spacecraft produces a very small slow deceleration at this moment is because of the solar wind, the "Mars Express" did not put away the light sail, the front engine stopped the energy output, and the solar wind will naturally force the spacecraft to slow down with the help of the huge light sail, and hesitate to use the third layer of the light sail to ask for energy from the sun during this time period, so the multi-layer structure of the light sail cannot be put away.

After the front engine is running, part of the thrust generated cancels out the drag from the solar wind and begins to accelerate......

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June 25, 2028. Mars high-altitude orbit, "Noah" aboard time: 15:36.

“9…… 8…… 7...... "A crew member controls the "Noah" while reading the countdown, and the "Orion" spacecraft at the head of the ship, Skovo and Jackson are getting ready.

“…… 2…… 1 hull separation! ”

In the silent Mars parking orbit, I saw that the "Orion" spacecraft and the "Noah" spacecraft were officially separated, and the "Orion" spacecraft, carrying two crew members who landed on the surface of the planet, began to cut into the Martian atmosphere.

The spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere at a speed of 19,300 kilometers per hour, and the exterior of the hull quickly becomes hot and deformed, which is normal, but it is not as serious as that of Earth, because the Martian atmosphere is thin and the planet's gravity is not as good as that of Earth. The "Orion" spacecraft entered the Martian atmosphere at ultra-high speed, and due to atmospheric friction, the temperature of the outer surface of the heat shield outside the hull almost reached the same temperature as the surface of the sun, reaching more than 1,450 degrees Celsius, but fortunately, the temperature inside the spacecraft was only about 20 degrees Celsius at room temperature.

Over time, the hourly speed of the first stage of the Orion spacecraft decreased by thousands of kilometers. The spacecraft continued to descend, and the altitude difference became smaller and smaller, at which point a large parachute was opened, and the ship slowed down further.

At this moment, the anti-thrust vent of the "Orion" spacecraft has been adjusted, but the speed of the spacecraft is still very fast, and if it hits the surface of the planet, it will also be the result of the ship's destruction and death.

The height difference is getting smaller and smaller, and it has dropped to a three-digit height. Just as the spacecraft was about to crash into the surface of Mars, three sets of vents instantly erupted wildly with tongues of fire, instantly creating a cloud of dust in the Pezos Heights, and the reverse thrust continued to cancel out the speed of the spacecraft.

In the end, the "Orion" spacecraft was only a few tens of centimeters away from the surface of Mars, and the tongues of fire from the three sets of engine vents disappeared in an instant, and once the engines were turned off, the spacecraft that lost thrust was pulled by gravity on the spot, collided heavily with the surface of Mars, and then remained motionless.

The two astronauts in the spacecraft felt a strong vibration and then returned to calm.

"Arrived?" Skovo said suspiciously, but his teammates did not respond, and he replied to himself: "It should have arrived!" ”

The two of them looked at each other in a daze for more than ten seconds, and the next moment they laughed excitedly.

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… (To be continued.) )