The atmosphere in the conference room was stagnant, everyone present looked heavy, a dozen old smokers in military uniforms puffed away smoke, the ashtrays on the conference table were filled with cigarette butts, and the air was filled with the lingering smell of smoke.
Brother Yi took a deep breath, poked the burned cigarette butt into the ashtray and twisted it fiercely: "Everyone knows the situation. Even though Io will not reach the earth for another year and a half, there is not much time left for us.
"More, we... no, the situation facing the entire human race is unprecedentedly severe. We cannot sit back and wait for death, let alone place our hopes on other countries!"
Having said this, Brother Yi lit up another cigarette, took a deep puff, and puffed out a puff of smoke as if his stomach was on fire: "Lao Qiu, have you come up with a new plan?" Brother Yi didn't smoke at first, but he has been smoking recently.
The pressure on him was simply too great.
"The preliminary plan has been come up, but it hasn't been perfected yet." There was a lingering heaviness between Qiu Tianning's brows, and his tone was the same.
Brother Yi waved his hand, and the cigarette between his fingers drew a few irregular bright lines: "Tell me, be more detailed."
Qiu Tianning said: "Analysis believes that even if it is equipped with a nuclear bomb with a yield of 100 million tons, the possibility of the Fourth Fleet stopping Europa is very small. It is recommended to abort the expedition plan."
"Are you planning to shrink your troops and wait for Muwei to come closer?" Brother Yi frowned, condensing a sense of misfortune.
"No!" Qiu Tianning opened the folder in front of him, took out a piece of paper and shook it, "This is a document obtained from the Astronomical Bureau, the detailed orbit data of Io. The analysis found that the current speed of Io and
The direction is not flying towards the Earth at all, but Europa will fly near Mars in the near future - note, it is not flying over the orbit of Mars, but encountering Mars!"
Everyone immediately realized that there was something in Qiu Tianning's words, and everyone looked at Qiu Tianning.
Qiu Tianning put down the document and turned to look at Brother No. 1: "We think this is an opportunity."
Brother No. 1 was puzzled: "What opportunity?"
Qiu Tianning said: "Io's speed is too fast. It must slow down to get closer to the earth. So we believe that the purpose of Io approaching Mars may be to use the gravitational slingshot effect to use the gravity of Mars to slow down Io!"
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"What? It's impossible?" Wu Shenglong's eyes widened in shock, "The diameter of Mars is less than 7,000 kilometers, which is a lot smaller than Jupiter!"
Qiu Tianning said: "Except for this, we can't figure out why Io is close to Mars. Aliens will not have Io hit Mars, right?"
"It's not impossible!" Wu Shenglong said, "The combined mass of Mars and Europa is not much different even if it can't catch up with the Earth? Mars is just on the edge of the habitable zone. If these two stars collide, what will happen?
Become a new planet..."
I didn’t say what I said later, but everyone can imagine the consequences of Mars being occupied by aliens.
Brother Yi turned his gaze to the right: "Huo Qiang, what's your opinion?"
The thoughtful Huo Qiang raised his head: "Mars is very dry, but there is a lot of water on Europa. Even if the combination of the two cannot form a vast ocean, it can at least form a stable water system. It is indeed possible to turn Mars into a planet."
Habitable planet!”
"It's not that simple, right?" Wu Shenglong had a different opinion, "How can the collision of celestial bodies be so simple? If it really hits one, it would be an astronomical disaster. Even if it really hits a new planet, so what? It took hundreds of millions of years for the earth to
Once it stabilizes, will it take the new planet 1,800 years to stabilize?"
Qiu Tianning said: "Maybe they can shorten the stability time of the new planet... Who can say for sure about aliens?"
Wu Shenglong was a little dazed: "Isn't this idea too big? What should we do? Wait for the aliens to find the new planet and then snatch it over, or continue to stop Europa?"
If Mars could become a habitable star...it would be a livable star, and it would be false to say that I am not interested in it.
"It's not so easy to steal alien things. Of course it's to stop Europa!" Qiu Tianning replied matter-of-factly, "Don't think about good things. If aliens really knock out new planets, we won't be able to grab them. You just said
I have also said that if two planets really collide, it will be an astronomical disaster. Maybe the new planet will not come out, but the two planets will smash into pieces first. By then, the sky will be full of asteroids flying towards the earth, and the asteroids alone will be
It’s enough to give us a headache. And Mars is too far away. It would be better to hit Venus than hitting Mars. At least the temperature is guaranteed.”
The last sentence is pure nonsense. Anyone who knows a little bit of astronomical knowledge knows that the problem with Venus is not only the dense atmosphere and ultra-high temperature, but more importantly, the rotation speed of Venus is appallingly slow.
It is daytime for half of the year. Even if Venus is really a habitable star, the temperature will never be lower if it is exposed to the sun for half a year, and the temperature on the night side will definitely be getting lower and lower.
Unless Venus spins faster, it will never become a habitable star.
Brother No. 1 said sternly: "How high is the possibility of a collision?"
"It's very small." Qiu Tianning said, "No matter how advanced the aliens' technology is, they can't withstand the collision of two planets. I don't think aliens will mess with their home planet."
Brother Yi nodded thoughtfully: "Continue!"
"Yes!" Qiu Tianning agreed, "The focus of our attention is not what Europa wants to do, but that Europa must pass through Mars!"
Huo Qiang asked in surprise: "What? The next plan is to block Europa on Mars? Mars...well, how to use Mars to complete the blockade?"
Finally coming to the key point, Qiu Tianning said loudly: "Not using Mars, but using Mars' satellites!"
There was another astonishment, and the first brother asked attentively: "How to use it?"
"The specific plan has not been released yet. The initial plan is to install engines on Phobos and Deimos and drive them to hit Europa!" Qiu Tianning said.
"Is it possible?" Wu Shenglong looked at Qiu Tianning as if he were a lunatic. "How massive are those two satellites? Do we have such a big engine? Besides, the engine has to be shipped after it is built. It is so easy to do it.
Of?"
Are you kidding, install engines on satellites? When humans are like aliens, can even planets be equipped with engines and drive away?
"It all depends on human effort." Qiu Tianning said, "When I was a child, I read novels, and there were plots about planting countless nuclear bombs on the moon and pushing the moon to hit aliens. What's the point of installing an engine on two small satellites?"
"No, the method is good. The key is whether we have the technology!" Wu Shenglong knocked on the table with his finger.
"I think there is no problem with the technology," Qiu Tianning said, "but the details still need to be carefully considered."
