Chapter 426: Spark Project

If you want to build a community base on Mars that can accommodate 100,000 people, you can't rely on a few of the latest generation of space robots, and if you want to speed up the progress of the project, you still need to transport a batch of professional personnel to Mars to participate in the construction.

Anyway, with the characteristics of the module base, it can be quickly deployed in batches.

Enough to guarantee the life of these volunteers on Mars.

It stands to reason that it is more appropriate to leave this work to astronauts, but the personnel gap is too large.

Not to mention the space station that is still in operation, the lava tube cavern base on the moon alone requires a lot of astronauts to stay.

Even the world's astronauts combined would not be able to meet the needs.

What's more, soon humanity will have its own fleet.

The issue of the crew is also to be considered.

However, it is very difficult to train every outstanding astronaut, and it is difficult to form a new force in a short period of time.

In this case, the right people from all over the world will be drawn to Mars.

It can be said to be the optimal solution.

Otherwise, I am afraid that the words that Xu Yun said when facing Qin Lao would be difficult to achieve.

To this end, the Alliance for Human Space Security has decided to recruit more than 100 volunteers from all over the world to take the Pilot to Mars in batches to participate in the construction of community bases.

As for the method of recruitment and selection, it will be handed over to Shenhai to select the most suitable candidates through data analysis.

At the same time, the benefits of Mars community volunteers were announced.

Quite generous.

For most people, there may be no way to leave Earth, let alone Mars, for the rest of their lives.

Therefore, after the relevant news spread rapidly across the network, everyone fell into a boil.

In particular, it is even more impossible to resist the temptation of those welfare contents.

I hope I can be chosen.

It seems that as long as you can be successfully selected, even if you sacrifice on Mars and can't come back, it is completely worth it.

Of course, more people are more self-aware of themselves.

Although more than 100 people are selected from billions of people, this probability is higher than that of the lottery, but thinking about what you can do when you get to Mars, you suddenly feel like a deflated ball and have to type three words of envy under the relevant topic.

Instead of hoping that pie in the sky will be selected by the deep sea, it is better to consider the first batch of places to migrate to Mars in the future.

After all, that's 100,000.

There is no doubt that this incident is another topic that has aroused heated discussion among mankind around the world after the destruction of the god star.

In the comment area of all related topics, the number of likes and replies to the top-ranked comments can be called a terrifying number, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the popularity is not much worse than that of the Destroyer Star.

"What Musk has been doing will be realized after all."

"The benefits of becoming a volunteer are too generous, especially if I can directly settle down and become a Martian in the future, if the deep sea can choose me."

"With the Pilot, the planning of the Mars community base is indeed not a dream."

"We ordinary people still don't think about it, we don't even have any hope for the first batch of 100,000 places."

"Earth is fine, why go to Mars."

"Our generation has witnessed the moon landing, and has used the convenience brought by nuclear fusion, and even experienced the civilization crisis of destroying Godstar, and then saw the prosperity of the Martian community base with our own eyes, I really have no regrets."

"It is really the luckiest thing for human civilization to have Academician Xu, and he deserves this highest honor medal of mankind."

"It's time to call Councilor Xu now."

……

However, just as everyone was waiting for the list of volunteers to be announced, the education community suddenly announced another earthquake-level news.

Jingzhou Qinhua and other key domestic universities issued official documents at the same time.

Battleship-related majors will be added from next year.

Including the design and maintenance of the battleship, as well as the operation of the crew.

Cultivating a new force for humanity's first fleet.

Obviously, this is also the decision made after discussion at the meeting of the Alliance for the Security of Humanity in Space.

As domestic universities have issued documents, relevant overseas universities have also followed closely to announce the news.

This is undoubtedly good news for high school students who are about to take the college entrance examination and enter college, after all, as long as they are not stupid, they can see the future of their new major.

Therefore, not only the junior high school students, but also many parents are also very excited, hoping that their children can be admitted to this major.

So the future is bound to be promising.

But some people are happy, and some people are depressed.

Compared with the cheers of the top three groups and parents, the freshmen who have just entered the university this year are full of wailing.

In the group of freshmen of major universities, you can see a large number of sighs.

Some people even said that they would retake the college entrance examination.

"With the current speed of scientific and technological development of human beings, sooner or later they will go out of the solar system and enter a new space, and the work related to warships will definitely become fragrant and sweet in the future.

"Who doesn't want to have the opportunity to sail a battleship that is full of people, is it too late to apply for the exam?"

"In the past, I could only drive a battleship in the game, but now I have the opportunity to really experience it, so I have to seize whatever I say, it's a big deal to drop out of school and take the college entrance examination again."

"Why don't you let me be born a year late!"

"Mainly, who would have thought that our scientific and technological level would progress so fast, otherwise we would definitely choose to repeat it!"

"I don't know if it's because Academician Xu was selected as a core member of the alliance, there have been so many important news in the past few days that it has exploded."

"What a pity!"

……

The impact of two consecutive news releases that are closely related to everyone is enough for everyone to digest the meeting, and it is conceivable that for a long time to come, these events will become the talk of everyone on various occasions.

Time flies like a white horse.

February 10, 2034.

Friday.

It's been about three months since the Destruction Star Crisis passed.

After formalizing the development plan of human civilization for the next ten years, Xu Yun, as the core member of the alliance, naturally did not dare to carry anything.

In just a few months, he led the team to complete the preliminary design of the Mars community base.

"The theme of today's meeting is to discuss the Mars community base plan, and strive to formalize it and start implementing it." In the conference room of the Mars Community Base Project Project, Xu Yun paused and then asked, "Do you have any questions that you can take out and discuss." ”

Scientists from all over the world present at the meeting have studied in detail this plan for the construction of the Mars community base.

At this moment, as Xu Yun's voice came into their ears, a serious look appeared on everyone's faces, and they were engrossed in thinking about the inappropriateness of the plan.

Unlike a modular base that can ensure the lives of several astronauts, the difficulty of ensuring the normal life of 100,000 people on Mars can be understood just by thinking about it.

More importantly, with the development of human civilization, sooner or later the earth will no longer be able to carry all civilizations.

That's why it's important to choose a planet that can be habited.

If the environment of Mars can be modified to reach a level close to that of the Earth, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce the pressure on the Earth.

The community base with a capacity of 100,000 people is equivalent to an appetizer.

According to Xu Yun's design, the whole project is divided into multiple steps, which may last for tens or even hundreds of years.

There is no guarantee of 100% success.

After all, even if he is his age, I am afraid that he may not be able to see the arrival of that day.

First of all, this huge community base is designed in the form of a dome, which contains a complete set of life support systems to ensure that the residents inside can survive in the harsh environment.

In addition, the construction of this base will also require the construction of a large number of factories on Mars, and the production of greenhouse gases to heat up Mars, relying on nuclear fusion power stations is completely feasible.

When the average temperature on Mars reaches more than 20 degrees Celsius, the frozen carbon dioxide in the soil will be released.

By that time, the inhabitants of Mars City will only need to carry oxygen cylinders and will be able to walk outside the base.

Until plants begin to grow on Mars to produce oxygen, meeting the ultimate goal of interstellar migration of human civilization.

However, the process is extremely slow.

To ensure that human beings can breathe freely on Mars, I am afraid it will take hundreds or even thousands of years.

What this plan will develop into in the end, even Xu Yun himself is not sure.

All he can do now is complete the construction of this Martian community base city, and build as many factories and nuclear fusion power stations as possible.

Let Qin Lao and everyone see human footprints on Mars.

To be part of such a great project that spans hundreds of years, everyone present is undoubtedly the best scientist in their field.

But in the face of Xu Yun's completed plan, he couldn't find any fault.

After the audience was silent for a few minutes, Zhou Mingwei, who was sitting on the left-hand side, took the lead in breaking the atmosphere.

"With a fusion power plant at the heart of the base, which can keep the life support system running, I think this option is feasible."

As his words fell, it could be regarded as opening the conversation for others.

They all opened their mouths.

"This life support system is very well designed, and theoretically can fully ensure the normal life of residents in the base, I have no opinion."

"I agree."

"Carbon tetrafluoride is the most potent greenhouse gas, and if we build enough factories to make it, we could theoretically improve the temperature on Mars and release frozen carbon dioxide from the soil."

"I propose to start the construction of Mars City as soon as possible."

Xu Yun listened to all the answers in his ears, and he was secretly relieved in his heart.

With no brain overclocking and no scientific simulator use, he can say that he has been focusing on the design of the Mars base for the past few months.

Led the project members to overcome a number of problems.

In particular, the most important life support system of the base.

Fortunately, his efforts were not in vain, and this design plan can also prove his strength as the chief scientist of the alliance.

And for him himself, he must be full of confidence in the plan.

Theoretically, no problems are guaranteed.

Although it is impossible to determine what problems will arise in the actual construction of the base, it is already a mature plan that can be tried.

Moreover, he also hopes to see the establishment of Martian City as soon as possible.

So after seeing that other scientists had no opinions, Xu Yun made a decision.

"That's good."

"Since everyone has approved this plan, I will report it to the alliance headquarters after that, and strive to start construction as soon as possible."

"As for the name of the project, let's call it the Spark Project."

Almost as soon as Xu Yun finished saying these words, there was a burst of warm applause in the conference room to celebrate the official establishment of this great project.

The meeting, which was less than two hours long, was quickly dismissed after the decision of the Spark Project.

You can feel the weight on your shoulders.

After all, as a member of the project of this project, I must do my best to complete the first phase of planning, so as to make a good start for future scientists and reduce the pressure on future generations.

Mainly, no one believes that human civilization can have a second Xu Yun.

It is worth mentioning that when Xu Yun was thinking about sorting out the Spark Project and submitting it to the alliance headquarters, he saw a familiar figure quickly chasing after him from behind, and he didn't forget to shout a special sentence in his mouth.

"Councilor Xu, please wait."

Hearing this, Xu Yun immediately paused, turned around and looked back, and found that it was Professor Rickett.

So when he waited for the other party to come to him, he hurriedly asked, "Professor Richter is there something looking for me?" ”

"That's the case, Councilor Xu, there are some places I would like to ask you about the part of the plan for building warships on the moon." Rickett faced Xu Yun like a student meeting a teacher, immediately spoke out his problems, and took the initiative to ask Xu Yun for advice.

Because many of the latest projects are progressing almost simultaneously, Xu Yun certainly can't be fully responsible.

He didn't have the energy or time to do it.

For this reason, many projects have to be assigned tasks.

Rickett was responsible for the design of the Lunar Battleship manufacturing base.

Since the first fleet of human civilization is to be formed, it is certainly not appropriate to still place the base for manufacturing warships on Earth, and the moon with low gravity is the best choice.

This requires the deployment of the warships in advance to ensure that the construction of warships can begin as soon as possible.

So Rickett is really under pressure right now.

Xu Yun also knew that Zhang Feng, Sun Zhenghong and others were about to complete the design of the first battleship, the Blue Star, and it would definitely be put into manufacturing at that time.

This also requires that the problem of building a base on the moon be solved as soon as possible.

Thinking that the sooner the new battleship was built, the sooner the pressure on the Pilot would be reduced, Xu Yun naturally would not refuse Richter's request.

When even the mouth is full of promises.

"You go to my office and wait for me first, and we'll study it later."

"That's great." Hearing Xu Yun promise himself, Rickett subconsciously blurted out.

Smiles on his face.

The longer he was in contact with Xu Yun, the more he was shocked by Xu Yun's strength, and if he could ask him for advice, it would also be an improvement for himself.

There is no reason to be unhappy?

In this way, after Xu Yun finished dealing with the matter at hand, he returned to the office to discuss with Richter.

This makes the progress that was about to stall move forward quickly.

As for the Human Space Security Alliance, it soon officially approved the Spark project, and announced the plan and the results to be achieved of this great project to the outside world.

It was decided to send the Pilot to Mars again after the Spring Festival to begin the process.

In addition, the official also officially announced more than 100 volunteers selected by the deep sea, none of whom chose to refuse, all of them expressed their willingness to make their own contributions to the Spark project, and they will go to Mars in batches after receiving systematic training.

The continuous news is also frantically stirring everyone's nerves, and it is impossible to imagine how fast human civilization is developing. (End of chapter)