Chapter 369: Follow-up Arrangements
"Everyone should have known about today's topic in advance, and now I repeat it here, the inventor of the aerospace fighter is always Academician Li Zhenhua, who sent us some of his opinions on the development of Mars just earlier.
The main point is that the current level of technology for Mars development is not at all possible to develop Mars on a large scale.
After learning of this point of view, the relevant leaders of our Kyushu Space Bureau conducted some verification and came to the conclusion that the point of view put forward by Academician Li is the most in line with the current situation we are facing.
I'm here today to discuss this point of view, to see what your opinions are, and if there are any other views! ”
A moderator of the seminar as deputy director of the Kyushu Space Agency once again repeated Li Zhenhua's views at the meeting and asked the participants if they had any other views.
Just after the leader finished speaking, everyone in the audience who attended the meeting, although they already knew the topic of the meeting before, couldn't help but get together with two or three people to discuss.
The leaders sat on the rostrum, just sitting quietly, but the audience was a little noisy because of the sound of experts coming together in twos and threes.
This cacophony did not last long, and the experts knew that this meeting was not suitable for them to discuss for too long, and if they did have any opinions, they had to speak in front of everyone, and then everyone would discuss them together.
Soon the whole venue was quiet again, and the leaders saw that many experts quieted down, and continued to ask on the stage in a timely manner: "Everyone also knows our topic today, so I hope that everyone can speak enthusiastically, and strive for today's seminar to let us draw conclusions." ”
As soon as the leader finished speaking, an elderly expert in the audience turned on the microphone in front of him.
"Hey...... let me talk about my point of view first, I think the point put forward by Academician Li Zhenhua is correct, and we at the Kyushu Space Agency should also be glad that there is a sober-minded person who has put forward opposing views to us at a critical moment.
It's too timely, all of us have been caught in the frenzy of Mars development because of the information brought back by the Mars exploration team, so we in this mountain have not considered it too comprehensively.
My point of view is that I agree with Academician Li Zhenhua's point of view, for the development of Mars, we should consider comprehensively, and we should not lose our minds in a frenzy just because Mars is extremely attractive to us! ”
As the old professor finished speaking, a younger expert in the audience couldn't wait to turn on the microphone in front of him, and then continued to speak.
"I listened to Mr. Zhang's point of view just now, and I have understood Academician Li's point of view before, but we can't just ignore the treasure planet Mars because of the limitations of technology and the immaturity of the current conditions!
Think about it, comrades, will our exploration of Mars be productive before this? No! We've been exploring extraterrestrial, on Mars.
I think that if we give up the development of Mars now, it is actually inappropriate, then we will lose the opportunity for Kyushu to expand its space again! ”
Of course, there will be disapproval, and these two views are the two mainstream views that people are vacillating about the Mars development plan.
One side believes that Mars development is not mature, and the other side believes that Mars development should not be abandoned for various reasons.
Then the two sides at the meeting, the experts began to express their opinions, you come and go no one can convince the other, these experts are all focused on whether to completely abandon Mars, but all forget Li Zhenhua in his views put forward the appropriate Mars exploration activities.
The leaders of the Kyushu Space Agency on the stage looked at the somewhat uncontrollable scene, originally they were soliciting opinions, but now, some experts have begun to stand in place, take out paper and pen, write formulas, and see that it is about to become a discussion of professional issues.
Among them, the leader who presided over the meeting couldn't help but interrupt the discussion node.
"Everyone, let's stop for a moment, I have just heard everyone's speeches, but everyone has forgotten one thing in Academician Li Zhenhua's view, that is, to continue to maintain the Mars exploration program.
And the subsequent large-scale development of Mars is not suitable for now, don't forget this point of view.
The opinion of our space agency is that the exploration of Mars should continue, but the idea of large-scale development of Mars, which we discussed earlier, will be reserved.
When our technological level is reached, Mars development will continue. ”
Many experts in the audience only noticed the key points of Li Zhenhua's views at this moment, and after that, the experts began to make extremely strict calculations, and the final conclusions were really consistent with Li Zhenhua's views.
Everyone agreed on this matter, and then the leaders of the space agency asked again if there were any other opinions to be raised.
As soon as he finished speaking, an expert expressed his opinion.
"Ladies and gentlemen, just like what Mr. Zhang said before, we should be glad that Academician Li Zhenhua has cooled down our fanatical attitude and made us think more calmly.
Just now I came up with a feasible plan for the future, which is that instead of staring at Mars, we should now focus on asteroids near Earth!
I think these asteroids are the focus of our attention, with our current level of technology, it is extremely difficult for the follow-up development of Mars, but what about these asteroids around us?
With the level of technology we have, it is completely possible to develop the surrounding asteroids, and these are the directions we will go in the future.
You must know that the resources on these asteroids are extremely abundant, and even some asteroids are just big iron lumps, which are completely composed of metals in space.
What we can get from these asteroids must be more than what we can get on Mars, a huge number of asteroids, with massive mineral resources.
And I think it's possible for us to find other new elements on these asteroids that don't belong on the periodic table.
Even if you can't find new elements, it's good to be able to get back the minerals contained in these asteroids.
On the premise of having an aerospace plane, as long as we bring back a large amount of minerals, we should no longer be stuck by some foreign countries in terms of minerals! ”
After hearing that someone had raised an issue that had little to do with Mars, the leaders of the space agency had an idea in their hearts that there was really strength in numbers.
It was immediately after this idea was put forward that the experts at the meeting discussed it again.
As the clock ticked by, the workshop was coming to an end, and they had reached their final conclusions.
Mars' large-scale development plan will be postponed indefinitely, and when to restart depends on the current state of technology.
The exploration of Mars will continue, which will also be of great benefit to them to develop Mars in the future.
While the exploration of Mars is going on as usual, it will continue to explore the environment around the Earth, and the main exploration target is the massive number of asteroids.
As for the scope of exploration, it is within the entire solar system, and in terms of the speed of the current aerospace aircraft, it does not have the conditions for exploration in the entire solar system, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is still some areas near the earth.
The solar system is about two light-years in diameter, and what is the fastest speed they have now? It has just surpassed the third cosmic velocity.
It takes two years to travel through the solar system at the speed of light, and it takes two years to fly from one end of the sun to the other.
The location of the earth is just a speck of dust in the solar system, and when the scale is raised, the size of the solar system is like a speck of dust relative to the vast cosmic space.
If they really want to move freely in the solar system, they must at least know the speed at which light travels, or what the sub-speed of light looks like.
Of course, there is another technology that allows people to move freely in the solar system, and that is the wormhole technology, or curvature engine, which has not yet been invented or proven.
Only when the curvature engine is invented and can fold the universe can they fly out of the solar system and explore the wider universe.
Only then, for humanity, will true extraterrestrial exploration have just begun.
After the conclusion of the seminar, which was extremely secretive, Kyushu began to carry out the conclusions reached at the meeting.
The purpose of the current Kyushu Space Agency is still in the exploration stage, and there is no plan for how to transport the minerals and other resources that they will explore later and that are useful to Kyushu back to Earth.
Of course, in addition to exploration, they will also gradually tilt their resources towards the moon in the future, which is more valuable than the development of the moon compared to Mars and the asteroids around the earth.
Just the large amount of helium-3 contained in the lunar soil on the moon is not possessed by other stars, not to mention that before that, there is a new research result, that is, in the deeper position of the moon, there is a resource such as water.
Therefore, if there is water on the moon, then farming can be carried out on the moon, and Kyushu has been doing this before, and the moon's farming plan has never stopped.
The current moon base is no longer a pure scientific research and exploration base, he can only begin to develop in the direction of an agricultural base, and now the moon is not just those planting areas before.
The entire planting area has expanded more than ten times compared with the beginning, and the planting on the moon has also made some changes in the seeds brought by the earth.
For example, wheat, because of the difference in gravity between the moon and the earth, the wheat grown on the moon has become larger in terms of plants, and not only the plants, but also the fruit grains of wheat have also become larger.
This change is especially noticeable from the fourth generation of wheat seeds on the moon, which grow larger and larger from generation to generation, and the fruit is full of grains from generation to generation.
In the eyes of agricultural experts, as long as this effect can be successfully solidified, then the yield of wheat on the earth will be increased in the future.
Of course, to a certain extent, the resources consumed by planting on the moon are more, but all this is worth it, if you really wait for the good effect of various plants to solidify, then even if the plot developed on the moon is transformed into a seed breeding base, it is also a good result.
In this environment, everything on the moon is going on normally. After that seminar, the space agency also formulated a new plan for external exploration.
First of all, it should be noted that there are a total of four empty aircraft in Kyushu in service today, and the main mission of one of them is to travel between the Earth and the Moon.
As for the arrangements for the other three aerospace aircraft, the space agency has also made arrangements one by one after the last time.
One of them is still carrying out Mars-related exploration missions, as far as the current situation is concerned, the mysterious Mars, people still don't know him well enough, so the scientific research and exploration plan of Mars still has to go on normally.
It's just that it won't continue to develop Mars on a large scale, and it is still in the stage of understanding Mars and collecting Martian data.
And in the subsequent plan, the next launch to Mars, the crew will be adjusted, and the composition of the crew will be adjusted to ensure the normal operation of the aerospace aircraft.
The number of personnel operating the plane will remain at four, and two scientists will be added who specialize in Mars research, so that scientists can go to Mars for field research and do some envisaged experiments on Mars.
In the selection of scientists, we will also consider comprehensively, and select experts with extensive knowledge and knowledge on the premise of their healthy health.
That's the arrangement of this space plane, and what about the other two? One of them existed as a rescue aircraft.
The daily task is to provide rescue for personnel in the universe, whether it is the Tiangong space station or the Guanghangong base on the moon, it is within its rescue range, even if it is the exploration team of Mars, it is still within the scope of duty.
And what about the arrangement of the remaining aerospace aircraft? They were assigned a mission to explore asteroid resources, and the crew on them was not just astronauts, but an astronomer with them.
Provide the crew with theoretical technical support for space, so that they will not get lost in the vast space.