In the plateau area of the southern hemisphere of Mars, an anti-gravity aircraft fell from the sky and slowly parked in an open area.
As the hatch slowly opened, an unmanned automated exploration vehicle slowly drove out. The probe above turned around, looking at this strange world like a curious baby.
The rover landed on Mars, and the various detectors carried on the vehicle began to transmit a large amount of data and information back to the anti-gravity vehicle, and also to the Star.
"The current location is 23.23 degrees south latitude and 48.23 degrees east longitude."
"The atmosphere is thin, only 1% of the earth's, and its content is all carbon dioxide."
"The temperature is minus 20 degrees, so you need to wear warm clothing."
On the aircraft, the astronauts and scientists looked at the relevant data monitored by the monitor and acted quickly.
"The daytime temperature of the moon is very high. I didn't expect the temperature of Mars to be so low."
Lu Kun sighed while busy putting on his spacesuit. He is a scientist, has also been trained as an astronaut, has been to the moon, and now he has become the first group of people to land on Mars.
"Mars is much farther from the sun than the earth and the moon. In addition, the atmosphere of Mars is thin, so the temperature is relatively low. The farther away from the sun, the lower the temperature. If it is Neptune, Saturn, etc., the temperature will be even lower.
Already."
Xiong Zhou next to him said with a smile that he was a cosmic astronomy scientist who had conducted deeper research in this area and knew more about it.
"Actually, the temperature of Mars is quite moderate. It ranges from minus 100 degrees to plus 10 degrees. Most of the time, the temperature difference is not big. This has a lot to do with the high carbon dioxide content in the Martian atmosphere."
"If the density of Mars' atmosphere can reach about the same as that of Earth's atmosphere, based on the current composition of Mars' atmosphere, the temperature of Mars can be increased by dozens of degrees, which would be a temperature that is very suitable for us humans to survive."
"You mean Mars can be transformed into a planet suitable for us humans to live on?"
"It is only possible. In fact, it is almost impossible to transform Mars because the atmosphere of Mars is thin and the water content is too little. In addition, it has no magnetic field and cannot protect life on Mars. It is not suitable at all.
The survival of our species.”
The two chatted and quickly put on their spacesuits.
"Get ready to land on Mars!"
The team leader here, Tao Xiaoyin, has also finished dressing up and is ready to land on Mars.
"Do you think we will be the first people to land on Mars?"
Lu Kun and Xiong Zhou came to the cabin door and said with a smile.
"It doesn't mean much. We are not officially organized this time, so we don't even broadcast it on TV."
Tao Xiaoyin shook his head slightly and said.
Soon, the hatch slowly opened, the light from the sun shone on the face, and a red world appeared in everyone's field of vision.
"Holy shit~"
"Why is this sun blue?"
Lu Kun looked at the sun and couldn't help but exclaimed.
Looking at the blue sun hanging high in the sky, everyone was stunned, as if something terrible had happened.
"Don't make a fuss. It's rare to see something strange."
"The reason why the sun we see is blue is mainly because the atmosphere of Mars contains a large amount of carbon dioxide, which absorbs the red light band of sunlight. At the same time, the atmosphere of Mars contains a large number of smiling dust particles. This
It makes the sun look a strange blue."
"If you go to an alien planet from now on, don't make any fuss. Suddenly, a blue sun, a red sun, a purple sun, a cyan sun, etc. may appear."
"In addition, not every planet's sun rises in the east and sets in the west. The biographies of some planets are opposite to our earth's. The sun rises in the west and sets in the east, like Venus."
When Xiong Zhou heard this, he also looked at the sun in space, and then said the same thing.
"I see, but it still feels weird. This blue sun seems a bit seeping no matter how you look at it."
Lu Kun finally understood, but still felt a little obedient.
"The blue sun is nothing. If you go out into the universe in the future, you may be able to see several suns on one planet. For example, the three-body star in the science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem" can be seen anywhere.
Three suns."
Xiong Zhou was speechless. It was just a blue sun, making so much fuss.
"Okay, let's get busy, collect samples, and arrange monitoring and detection equipment."
Tao Xiaoyin looked at the two of them and said quickly.
"Yes~"
Upon hearing this, the team members quickly replied.
Soon, Tao Xiaoyin set foot on Mars and left a mark on it. This was the first time in human history that he landed on Mars. Unfortunately, there were no cameras or recorders to record it all.
The team members quickly became busy.
Some people drove engineering exploration vehicles and began to walk on the surface of Mars to survey the mineral resources on Mars. Some people began to collect samples of soil, rocks, etc.; others used drilling machines to start drilling deep soil, rocks, etc., and put a portion of
Samples are continuously collected, and detailed records are also kept to facilitate analysis and research by scientists on board the Star.
Scenes like this are constantly happening on Mars.
Teams of teams landing on Mars arrived at some special places on Mars. One team went to the north and south poles of Mars to conduct detection and drill through the thick dry ice layer to find whether there is water in the lower part of the dry ice layer and whether there is any water in the water.
the existence of life.
A small team went to Mount Olympus, the highest point on Mars, to see if they could find some ancient things and traces here, and then analyze the history of Mars.
There is also a small team heading to the depths of the deepest and longest Mariner Canyon to see if they can find something special in the depths of this canyon. Several kilometers deep, the soil, rocks, etc. here are very likely to preserve hundreds of millions of
years, or even billions of years ago.
There are also teams heading to the deep craters on Mars. Scientists suspect that these craters may have once been lakes, and it is very possible that traces of life can be found here, or that some of the craters were formed by the impact of extraterrestrial meteorites.
Mars has a thin atmosphere. If a meteorite hits, the friction between the meteorite and the atmosphere will be small and it will not burn too much mass. Through these meteorites, we can better study the origin and evolution of the solar system, or we can explore the origin of life.
A large number of samples are continuously collected, and various detectors are also conducting a comprehensive exploration of Mars. All samples and information are quickly gathered here on the Xingchen, making the scientists on the Xingchen extremely busy.
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"Water has been found under the dry ice layers at the South Pole and South Pole of Mars. Although the reserves are not comparable to the water on Earth, if the water under the dry ice layer at the South Pole and South Pole of Mars is mined, it will be enough to meet the needs of the Mars base, and it can even be easily
Meet the need to establish an agricultural production base on Mars."
"The traces of these lakes and rivers on Mars are enough to show that Mars once contained a large amount of water resources, but where has all this water gone now?"
"It's impossible to say that lakes and rivers were formed just by the little water at the north and south poles of Mars."
"I think it is most likely because after Mars lost its magnetic field, all the atmosphere and water on Mars were blown away by the solar wind over a long period of time."
"This possibility cannot be ruled out. If the earth is not protected by a magnetic field, a large amount of atmosphere and water will be lost on the earth. But there should still be a lot of water resources on Mars. Is all this water hidden underground?"
"Notify the Mars landing team immediately and go to the lakes and rivers to drill. If you drill deeper, it may be very possible to find water hidden underground."
"Water is not the key now. The key is that since there is water on Mars, it is very likely that there are traces of life. If we continue to inform you, everyone must strictly implement biological operating regulations."
Zheng Yuan was extremely busy in the laboratory, with various samples and information constantly coming to him.
Not surprisingly, water was first discovered at the North and South Pole of Mars, and there are quite a lot of reserves. If a Mars base is established on Mars, these water resources can definitely be used, and the amount is sufficient.
Scientists are very excited to find water. The presence of water means that there is very likely to be life on Mars. Although this life may be extremely primitive, it is still life, and it is still something worth being happy about.
It is also a huge breakthrough and important discovery.
At the same time, Zheng Yuan also issued strict orders. If Mars really has life, it is primitive life invisible to the naked eye. If it is ancient life, once it comes into contact with humans, it may become deadly. It will be dealt with at that time.
It will be very troublesome.
Therefore, in this area, control must be carried out from the source. All samples must be strictly processed, but they cannot be touched casually or exposed to the air of the Star.
"Yes~"
Upon hearing this, many scientists replied solemnly, and at the same time they became more cautious. Each exploration team on Mars also quickly received the order, and they all became cautious.
Don't think that the extreme desolation on Mars means there is no danger. Maybe there are lives on Mars that we can't see, and these are often the most terrifying things.
If there really was a large amount of life on Mars, bacteria, viruses, and the like would definitely breed. If they were buried deep underground and turned into ancient bacteria, viruses, etc., once they spread, no one would know.