On the 28th day after the China Mars mission team landed on the Mars surface, a Mars base built by Mars mud quietly rose on the Chris lava plain.
It is made of concrete made of Mars mudstone used by the 3D printing module robot, with no edges and angles, and an inclined structure on the outside, which can minimize damage from the Martian dust storm.
There is also an inner wall inside the exterior wall, and the two walls are filled with dry ice and dust to resist radiation. Inside, everyone directly fills the materials transported by the spacecraft and various inflatable modules.
According to the initial structure, the sleeping compartment, laboratory, hydroponic greenhouse, etc. were formed, and the solar panels, wind speed alarms, temperature sensors, etc. outside were also laid.
It can be said that this Mars base has basically been formed and can meet the survival of ten astronauts for two to three years.
"Everyone, celebrate the completion of the first phase of our Mars base!" In the Mars base, Du Xingyu and his teammates had a dinner together to celebrate.
In addition to dry food and canned instant food, their food also has fresh bean sprouts that have been cultivated in the plant cultivation room these days.
If it weren't for the other space seeds brought by the car, such as space eggplant, potatoes, etc., that had not been produced yet, they could even cook a small hot pot this time.
"Cheers!" In the restaurant, everyone raised their glasses. They had no wine, but had beverage powder, which was introduced into the water and added sugar to make the drink.
"I finally have a home on Mars!" Su Peng sighed. These days, they encountered another Mars dust storm. Fortunately, the wind was not strong and there was an early warning system, so they were avoided in time.
"Our Mars base has not been officially named yet, right? Let's take a formal name together!" Xu Lianqiu suggested.
"Okay, okay!" The two lesbians Shen Yan and Jiao Mengyun immediately agreed.
Astronaut Yao Feng suggested: "It's called 'Mars One Base', it's simple and easy to remember."
The others gave him a blank look at him at the same time, and Shen Yan said, "This name is too bad, at least it needs to be given a memorable name."
"Yes, it's best to bring a little Chinese culture, which is in line with our Space Administration's usual naming method." Xu Rui said.
"Yinghuo has been used as the name of the spacecraft...what else?" everyone thought.
Xu Lianqiu thought for a moment and said, "The moon base is called Guanghan Palace, and the base of Mars is better called Zhurong Palace, right?"
"Mars, in Chinese mythology, represents the Fire De Star Lord, one of the twenty-eight constellations, that is, the Fire God. It is recorded in "Records of the Grand Historian" that the Fire God is Zhurong, the son of Zhuanxu, and his name is Li. So he named this place Zhurong Palace? How about it?"
"Not bad!" Du Xingyu agreed, "It just corresponds to Guanghan Palace and spreads our culture to the world."
"Good name!" Jiao Mengyun said, "That's it?"
"Agree!" Shen Yan raised his hand, and no one else had any objection, so their first base on Mars was named "Zhurong Palace".
After the dinner, Du Xingyu re-planned the task.
He said: "We are divided into three groups, the construction group led by Su Peng will continue to build the Zhurong Hall base. I will lead the scientific research group to collect materials on the Mars surface. Shen Yan, your information group, is responsible for contacting, monitoring environmental changes, etc.."
"Yes!" Everyone found their own tasks and started working.
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Du Xingyu has to stay on Mars for another month, and he doesn't need to do tasks such as geological exploration. It's rare to come to Mars once. The only important task for their scientific research team is to find traces of the existence of Mars!
Does life exist on Mars? This is a question that humans have been curious about for thousands of years. Every Mars rover is trying to find traces of Mars' life. Previously, they have made some discoveries.
From the geological exploration of Mars, we can know that Mars had oceans in ancient times, and Martian life might have existed at that time.
Even now, there are water ice and seasonal liquid water on Mars. During the exploration of Mars rover, they found that there are traces of water ice on the poles, underground and in some meteorite impact craters.
On the Chris Plain, Du Xingyu took Xu Lianqiu, Xu Rui and Yao Feng to the Mariner Canyon together in a rover.
On the way, Du Xingyu was still shooting a video, which was about to be posted later. He explained: "One of the reasons why we chose the Chris Plain as the landing site is because it is one of the lowest places on the surface of Mars."
"Many ancient rivers once flowed through the Chris Plain, which connects the largest canyon on Mars and is also the largest canyon in the solar system, the Mariner Canyon. This is a complex canyon system with a length of 4,000 kilometers and a depth of 7 kilometers. It is 10 times longer and 5 times deeper than the American Grand Canyon on Earth!"
"We are going to the end of the Mariner Grand Canyon now to see if we can find ice or liquid water."
Du Xingyu posted the video, and it was spread to the earth and posted it on the Internet for more than four minutes.
"It's updated again! Finally left the base!"
"There must be Martians, maybe we Earthlings are Martian immigrants!"
"Be careful, don't encounter a Martian dust storm again!"
"Come on, Oli!"
Du Xingyu's fans of shaking voice have now reached more than 50 million, which is the top traffic and internet celebrity. And this number is still rising with every update he has!
A few hours later, they arrived at the edge of the Mariner Grand Canyon.
"My God, this place is really, it's so scary, I don't know how to describe it!" Looking at the scene in front of me, Xu Rui's face was shocked.
They stood at the end of the Mariner Grand Canyon, the largest canyon in the solar system, which was revealed in front of them. Here, Mars was like a huge wound of 4,000 kilometers long with a knife. This rift can be clearly seen even from space!
Looking forward from the edge of the rift, even the horizon was cut in half! The ravines in front of you went from shallow to deep, to the bottomless abyss! It seemed to lead directly to the underworld!
In front of such a natural wonder, they once again felt the insignificance of human beings.
"Hu!" Du Xingyu let out a long sigh and said, "Let's start, we don't have to go deep into the Grand Canyon."
"Try to find traces of underground rivers, preferably where the sun can shine."
According to the data detected by Tianwen-1 before, inferred that during the high temperature in summer, water ice in some areas will melt seasonally, and traces of microorganisms may be found in such places.
The small drone was released to detect the surrounding geographical environment. An hour later, they selected five target areas and drove the rover and folded Mars motorcycle to conduct field investigations and samples.
The first day of work was limited, but they discovered pebbles on ancient riverbeds. There was no damage caused by biological activities on the surface of Mars, so the traces from billions of years ago are clearly visible until now!
It was not until the eighth day that they discovered traces of water.
This is a ruin of an ancient lake located in the end of the Mariner Grand Canyon. Several ancient rivers flow into this low-lying land, forming a huge lake.
Chapter completed!