The chaos of the asteroid belt accompanied by the development trend of opportunities opened the eyes of the employees of the combined fleet, but in the end, this is a place of death that is not suitable for human life, after staying for more than ten days, and after doing a few deals with the remaining small forces that came to trade, the combined fleet set sail again, according to the original plan, divided into two, the ship of the trade department turned back towards the hinterland of the solar system, and the spacecraft of the exploration department accelerated its speed, targeting Jupiter, the largest planet in the star system.

The distance between Jupiter and the asteroid belt is 200 million kilometers, and it takes more than 10 days to sail at full speed, which is the real strength of the spacecraft in the hands of the exploration department after getting rid of the drag of the ships of the trade department.

So, they were very efficient, and they arrived inside Jupiter's rings before the end of November 2024, and by the end of the year, there might be hope of returning to the moon for the New Year.

It feels quite similar to ancient sailing, every time you cross the ocean, it feels as if the world has undergone a big change, and in modern times it is absolutely impossible to experience, whether it is a cruise ship, a destroyer, or a freighter, the average speed is about 50 knots, almost 90 kilometers / hour, and a maximum of 5 days is enough to cross the Pacific Ocean and circle the earth a quarter. Until the era of planetary exploration came again, and the universe was faced with the calculation of astronomical units, light years, and other length units, and the time between the two planets was reverted to the method of counting in months.

Sometimes, after spending a lot of time outside, you will encounter all kinds of problems, such as mental illness, feeling lonely, irritable, or showing violent tendencies, unknown cosmic diseases, radiation mutations, etc., which will have a devastating impact on navigation.

As the person in charge, Sophia is confident that her physical fitness is enough to resist accidents, and she has received strict special forces training, and she has excellent psychological quality, but she doesn't think that her subordinates can be the same as her.

So on the way, she responsibly and patiently observed the daily behavior of the employees, for fear that there would be problems that would lead to the end of their exploration plan.

Today was the first day of arrival at Jupiter, and they were unusually active, shouting, taking pictures, and even planning to send the moon-by-month spacecraft out.

Under her constraints, this reckless plan was not carried out in the end, and everyone landed on Europa first according to the plan.

Jupiter is so large that its satellite moons are large-scale, such as Europa, which is one size smaller than Mars and is a planet with moderate gravity, and many scientists believe that it will soon become a new planetary target when people's control over the asteroid belt deepens.

They released six satellites to monitor Ganymede in all directions, and sent staff to spend several days exploring the area around the landing site, finding many rich mineral deposits and interesting geological landforms.

They then proceeded to their next target, Calymede, where they had the privilege of seeing the Great Red Spot, a famous natural phenomenon of a huge planet with a diameter of 140,000 kilometers at their feet.

This is a storm land shrouded in dense gas, the space inside is enough to fit 3 Earths, the intensity of the storm is far more terrifying than the Martian dust storm, the speed even reaches the speed of sound, that is, close to 1000 km / h, it is quite dense, almost like a wave, if the spacecraft goes deep into it, it will be shot into pieces in a short time, even if it starts at full speed, it cannot escape.

They tried to release a moon and send it deeper into Jupiter's atmosphere, but unfortunately, the moon, which had little self-protection and was not very strong, lost contact and disappeared for a long time.

This makes the employees worship Jupiter even more, it seems to become the "Bermuda" in the solar system, and whoever can conquer it will become the overlord of the four seas.

Sophia, who has her own pursuits, doesn't believe this kind of idiotic remarks at all, but she is quite respected and marketable among his employees.

Therefore, the loss of satellite contact did not cause frustration among employees at all, but made them more happy.

"What a group of dead people!" Seeing this, Sophia couldn't help but sigh with emotion, thinking that with such a group of people, she didn't drag herself in, and God blessed.

"That's fine, at least you don't have to worry about inexplicable mental illness, and you won't be so upset." Sophia told herself, looking at the location, they were almost there.

Calmede is smaller than Callisto, and its surface is rich in ice, carbon dioxide, silicates, and organic matter, which is quite valuable in terms of development value alone, and can provide a lot of necessary resources for the development of the planet, thus saving costs.

However, after all, they are here to explore, all they have to do is to go around on Callisto, bring back some rock samples, ice samples, determine the basic data of the planet, and release 6 satellites to complete the mission.

Of course, the Exploration Department has its own ideas, and based on the speculations of scientists, they tried to find traces of life on Callisto, but unfortunately they were pressed for time and did not make a discovery.

After the exploration of the two planets, the remaining 66 moons of Jupiter, large and small, have little value to explore, and the real value is actually under their feet, from Jupiter itself.

As a gaseous planet, Jupiter's atmosphere is composed of hydrogen and helium, with a thickness of more than 3,000 kilometers, and below it is a 27,000-kilometer thick ocean of liquid hydrogen and a solid core.

Those who are slightly familiar with the above two elements will know that hydrogen is an excellent fuel, helium is an inert gas, the two are mixed, even if you put a fire on Jupiter, there is no way to ignite the entire planet, not to mention that there is no oxygen, at least the fusion level reaction conditions can make the planet burn, and the conditions of Jupiter's atmosphere and ocean are not enough to spontaneously release endless energy to the outside like the sun.

Jupiter can be considered a spare star.

It would be far more difficult to turn it into a star than human technology is today, and it may not be beneficial, and the staff of the exploration department are more eager to study the simple extraction of the gas on it, if the helium-3 on the moon is enough for humans for 1,000 years, and the hydrogen on Jupiter, helium is enough for humans to use for 100,000 years.

As for other elements, such as neon, ammonia, ethane, benzene, and hydrocarbons, due to their very small content, they are only suitable for scientific research, while from the perspective of economic interests, hydrogen and helium are still more potential development value.

After completing the expedition to Callisto, the Moon-class spacecraft approached Jupiter at a close distance of 100,000 kilometers and released the Moon-Leaping spacecraft for the first time, intending to make the body stronger and more flexible Moon-Leaping Spacecraft dive down for some exploration.