Zhuang Bo spoke without hesitation: "We have rummaged through the ice and couldn't find even a hair, so we can basically determine the location of the aliens. However, it is not that easy to find the enemy. We must penetrate the ice first."
Layer, and then put the drone down, but there is still a question here, that is, whether the drone can adapt to the special environment under the ice."
Wu Han nodded and said: "The deputy commander and I thought of going together. The ice layer here alone is more than a hundred kilometers thick. You can imagine how much water pressure there is under the ice. Although our drone is specially designed
, but mainly for the vacuum environment of outer space, soaking in the sea with such high pressure..." At this point, he shook his head, not optimistic about drones.
A captain spoke at the right time: "Commanders, I think drones will definitely not work. This is not just about breaking through the ice. The ice is more than 100 kilometers long, but aliens will not wait quietly.
Under the ice, right? They must be hiding in deeper water. The pressure there must be higher than under the ice, and the environment is harsher. Let alone drones, even if a real deep-sea submarine comes, they may not be able to descend.
go."
Huo Qiang nodded: "That makes sense. The aliens who landed on Earth have been hiding in the deep sea. No one knows where they are until now. But we can't stop because of difficulties. We called you here just to brainstorm ideas."
Think of a way...Zhuang Bo, you are from the navy, can you calculate how much pressure you are under?"
Zhuang Bo calculated in his mind: "The water pressure in the 10,000-meter-deep sea on the earth is one ton per square centimeter. The gravity of Europa is 1.314. A simple conversion, the same depth is 134 kilograms per square centimeter, which is equivalent to the earth's underwater
One thousand meters.”
After hearing this, many people breathed a sigh of relief.
But before Zhuang Bo finished speaking, he just heard him say again: "The ice shell alone in this ghost place is one hundred kilometers long. If converted to equal proportions, the pressure under the ice is 1.34 tons... Why is it so high?"
Huo Qiang asked doubtfully: "Is ice the same as water?"
Zhuang Bo shook his head angrily: "I'm only familiar with water pressure, but I really don't know ice pressure."
One captain hesitated and said: "Commander, I don't want to play devil's advocate and emphasize the difficulties, but isn't it too early to talk about water pressure?"
Huo Qiang frowned: "Don't say half a word!"
"I want to talk about the issue of plumes. The shaft opened by the Yushan erupted for more than an hour before it stopped. This shows that there is pressure under the ice, and the pressure is not small. This thing is like a blowout. If we don't first
Once this problem is solved, let alone drones and submarines, don’t even think about going down there.”
Huo Qiang's already serious face became even more gloomy: "It's indeed a good question. We can discuss it."
"Isn't the plume related to the tide?" Ye Han, who had been silent for a long time, finally opened his mouth, "Would it be better if we start when Europa is farthest from Jupiter?"
Several captains who thought of this reluctantly closed their mouths. Unexpectedly, they all understood what Ye Han meant.
As we all know, Jupiter's gravity is very strong, and the distance between Europa and Jupiter is very close. This satellite revolves around Jupiter in an elliptical orbit. When it gets close, it is stretched by Jupiter's gravity. When it flies far away, it is stretched by its own gravity.
Gravity is restored, like dough, sometimes rolled into a round shape and sometimes flattened.
Europa's revolution period is three and a half days, which means that Jupiter's three-and-a-half-day revolution with respect to Europa has been repeated over and over again for countless years.
The ice shell and sub-glacial ocean are constantly deforming as Europa rotates. This deformation reaches its highest when it is close to Jupiter, so the geysers on Europa always appear when it is close to Jupiter.
Ye Han had this in mind before making this suggestion.
Huo Qiang looked at Wu Han: "Chief of Staff, where is Europa currently?"
What he said was meaningless, but Wu Han understood what Huo Qiang meant: "We'll get to near wood one day."
Huo Qiang's eyebrows twisted into a knot: "Wait another two and a half days to reach Yuanmu Point?"
"Yes!" Wu Han nodded.
Huo Qiang rubbed his forehead: "It's too slow..."
Zhuang Bo was about to speak when Ye Han suddenly slapped his forehead: "No, no, Commander, Europa is locked by Jupiter. We don't have to wait at all, we can just make a hole in the back!"
These words were not as easy to understand as before, but after a little thought, everyone understood what Ye Han meant.
The so-called tidally locked means that the satellite always faces the parent star, just like the moon and the earth.
Europa always faces Jupiter with its front side. In other words, the ocean under Europa's icy shell will only rise in the direction of Jupiter and has nothing to do with the back side of Jupiter. Even if the deformation of the ice shell affects the back side, it will not have any impact.
Maybe as exaggerated as the front.
After figuring this out, the atmosphere at the venue instantly became lively.
Zhuang Bo immediately changed the words on his lips: "Commander, what Ye Han said makes sense. We don't have to wait at all. The closer we get to Jupiter, the more water under the ice will flow toward the front. This is no longer a matter of pressure.
, there might even be a cavity formed under the ice, so being close to the wood is not only not a problem, but an opportunity for us!"
Wu Han said: "That's not necessarily the case. Once the ice layer is cleared, the water below will boil. Even if there is a cavity below, it will be full of steam, and the steam will definitely surge upward, and in the end it will not go down!"
"That's easy, stop when you're about to get through it, put the drone in, and then seal the ice cave..." The outspoken captain couldn't continue mid-sentence, and added sarcastically, "
It seems impossible to do this..."
"That's definitely not possible. How can the signal be transmitted?" Wu Han glared angrily.
Drones are all remote-controlled devices, but this is not a matter of remote control or not, but after the ice cave is sealed, no matter what the drone sees, it cannot be transmitted to the battleship.
"Can I add an antenna to the ice?" Zhuang Bo asked.
"You can try it, but I can't say whether it will work or not. You have to ask the technical department." Wu Han said.
Huo Qiang said: "Then ask immediately and let the technical department find a solution!"
Wu Han nodded: "I'll arrange it right away!"
Zhuang Bo said: "It's best to be prepared. If the drone doesn't work, you have to arrange for people to go down." Before he finished speaking, his eyes had already fallen on Ye Han.
Ye Han's heart suddenly shuddered, thinking, "What are you looking at me for?"
Huo Qiang thought for a moment: "If it can be solved with machinery, we will definitely not use humans. For the time being, we will use drones. There is really no way to consider humans anymore."
Although I don’t know what’s going on under the ice, I can tell from my butt that being under the ice has nothing to do with safety. It’s easy to go down, but it’s hard to say whether you can come back alive.
Zhuang Bo agreed and then said: "The problem now is that the drone cannot withstand too much pressure, so what about the power armor?"
