Chapter 396, the biggest discovery of this century
Liu Daoming and Li Jingxuan are searching for traces of life in the North Pole of Mars. On the other side, in the southern hemisphere of Mars, scientists, engineers, and astronauts are equally busy.
The northern hemisphere of Mars is a very young plain, an endless great plain, but the southern hemisphere of Mars is a highland with a very ancient history. Of course, these so-called highlands are also relative to the plains of the northern hemisphere.
In a flat and open place with an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, the altitude of Mars is different from the altitude on Earth. The altitude on Earth is calculated based on sea level. Since Mars does not have much water, there is naturally no water.
In the ocean, it is naturally impossible to calculate altitude based on sea level.
Therefore, the altitude on Mars is calculated based on the deepest point of Mariner Canyon, the largest canyon on Mars. The altitude of more than 4,000 meters sounds like a high level.
But you must know that the Mariana Trench, the deepest on the earth, is tens of thousands of meters deep. If we use this as the starting point to calculate, the location where any of us are is also 10,000 meters above sea level.
From the sky, several spaceships descended from the sky and arrived at this desolate world.
Engineering vehicles drove out of the spacecraft one after another, and at the same time, scientists, engineers, and astronauts wearing spacesuits set foot on Mars.
"What a desolate world!"
Long Zhankong set foot on the land of Mars and couldn't help but sigh with emotion when looking at the desolate scene in front of him.
The surface of Mars is very weathered, with large and small gravels densely covered, and gusts of wind blow up the dust. The visibility is not high. The sand piles here are different from the deserts on the Earth. Everywhere on Mars
The sand piles are actually formed by the weathering of a large stone over a long period of time, and there are also rocks of various sizes with sharp edges and corners.
"Start working~"
A sound sounded, and the astronauts and engineers began to get busy, driving the engineers one after another to start building the Mars base.
Scientists are preparing to build a permanent Mars base here. Of course, for now, this base must be an unmanned base. Mars is still quite far from the earth, and it is not easy to go back and forth.
Before resources of great value are discovered, it is obviously impossible to build a regular round-trip voyage at a huge cost.
Moreover, the distance between Mars and the Earth is constantly changing. When it is the closest, it is fine. But once it is the farthest away, it will be difficult to supply materials and replace personnel if they are separated by a sun.
Unless particularly valuable resources are discovered on Mars and driven by commercial forces, it will be possible to establish an inhabited Mars base.
The purpose of building an unmanned base is also to conduct long-term exploration of Mars, study the climate of Mars, search for Mars resources, and prepare for the next step in the development of Mars in the future.
Because there is a lot of experience in building lunar bases on the moon, it is naturally very simple to build a Mars base now. Let alone the scientists and engineers from the Galaxy Technology Group to build it, there are even dedicated bases here on the earth.
company.
These companies have developed a variety of bases. As long as customers have needs, they can implement them. As long as they can afford to pay, nothing is a problem. The speed is fast and the bases they build are very safe and reliable.
An engineering vehicle pushed away gravel, sand, etc. in the platform area to create a large flat area, and then started driving piles to fix the base.
Just over an hour passed, and soon a large-scale Mars base appeared on the surface of Mars. At the same time, a bright red flag began to rise on a tall flagpole. This scene naturally had to be recorded.
, it can also be used as evidence when fighting for the sovereignty of Mars in the future.
As astronomical scientists, Long Zhankong and Huang Zhibin also drove engineering vehicles and started walking on the surface of Mars, preparing to look for some ancient meteorites, rocks and the like, and collect soil and rocks deep in Mars for research.
The history of Mars, and even the study of the history of the solar system.
On the other side, the North Pole of Mars.
Precious samples from under the ice are being collected one after another. Liu Daoming and Li Jingxuan can't wait, and they can't wait to return to the Kuafu spacecraft to analyze these samples.
"Return to the spaceship immediately and return to space as soon as possible!"
When the last sample was collected, Liu Daoming did not hesitate at all and quickly ordered the spacecraft to take off and return to space.
More than ten minutes later, the spacecraft returned to the Kuafu spacecraft smoothly, and the collected samples were sent to the scientists' laboratories as soon as possible.
"There is definitely alien life here! Please see, the closer you get to the deep layer, the more amino acids there are. This shows that amino acids come from the inside, not the outside, and there is only one source of amino acids, and that is microorganisms."
"The survivability of microorganisms is extremely tenacious. The tardigrade with the strongest survivability can survive at minus 200 degrees for several days, can also survive for a long time in high temperatures of more than 100 degrees, and can also survive well in a radiation environment with an intensity of more than 5,000 gray.
To survive, you must know that radiation with an intensity of 10-20 Gray can easily kill humans and most animals on the earth."
Li Jingxuan was analyzing the samples excitedly. At the same time, because of his excitement, his voice was a little unclear when he spoke. He was extremely excited. Originally, he analyzed the samples slowly according to the sampling depth. He directly took the bottom sample
Magnifying under the microscope.
"Oh my god! There really are living things, and there are so many of them. These microorganisms actually already have cellular structures, but this structure is a bit strange."
"A large number of microorganisms were discovered. This is a complete microbial tribe. The largest one is a multi-cellular complex organism with a size of 0.1 mm."
"The discovery that shocked the world is that most of these organisms are fungi, a small amount of bacteria, and a very small number of multi-cellular life. This is a world that is slowly evolving!"
This news instantly caused a sensation in the entire "Kuafu" spacecraft and the control center far away on the earth. The major discovery on Mars means that life is everywhere in the universe. Human beings and the earth are not alone. There are places with water in the universe.
Life may be born.
You must know that there is still liquid water under the 100-meter-thick ice layer of Mars. There is actually extraterrestrial life in this liquid water. This is definitely one of the most significant discoveries of this century!
"There are actually living things on Mars. Although these creatures are very simple, they are life. This means that life is not limited to the earth. It is very likely to exist in every corner of the universe."
“In other galaxies outside the solar system, on some planets with conditions very close to those of the earth, there may really be intelligent creatures like us humans. It’s just that the universe is too vast, so we have not encountered each other so far.
Been there."
On the Earth side, the scientists at the Galaxy Institute of Science are all going crazy. There is really life outside the Earth. Naturally, everyone knows clearly that there must be many, many advanced intelligent beings like humans in the universe.
In the past, people who sat in a well and looked at the sky thought that they were the only life in the universe. That was because no extraterrestrial life had been discovered. Of course, it was also because human beings had always been limited to the earth. The farthest place was only a trip to the moon. For
We know too little about the universe and life.
"Bring this news to the world."
Qin Yi thought for a while and said, it is time for people all over the world to know about extraterrestrial life. It is natural to meet aliens in the future.
Soon, the Galaxy Science Research Institute and the Chinese Scientists Research Institute officially held a press conference to officially announce to the world that the Kuafu spacecraft had discovered extraterrestrial life on Mars. At the same time, the extraterrestrial life discovered on Mars was also
Photos and videos play out.
"I'm dead~an alien~"
"It's over, it's the end of the world, there are really aliens, they are going to invade the earth~"
“The Kuafu spacecraft discovered Martians during its expedition to Mars.”
As soon as the news came out, the whole world was in panic. If the average person took it literally, they would have thought that Martians had been discovered on Mars and that they were going to attack the Earth. Extraterrestrial life sounds like it is very advanced.
, but in fact, what is found on Mars is only some fungi, bacteria and the like.
However, experts and scholars soon came forward to explain one of the most significant discoveries of this century, telling everyone that there is no need to be afraid. Although there are extraterrestrial life forms, they are all fungi, bacteria and the like, which are harmful to humans on earth.
There is no threat at all, so don't worry, they are not Martians or anything like that.
The emotions of ordinary people were quickly calmed down, and everyone quickly figured out the true face of extraterrestrial life, so they naturally stopped panicking.
As for the scientific community, every scientist on Earth has become silent. Extraterrestrial life has been discovered on Mars. They know very well what this means.
This means that life should be very common in the universe, it also means that there must be advanced intelligent creatures like humans in the universe, and it also means that some civilizations must have a higher development level than here on earth.
It also means that once human beings truly enter the vast interstellar universe and get along with countless civilized races in the universe, the fate of human beings is unknown.
Can we become colonizers, predators, at the top of the food chain, or can we become exploited, enslaved, and colonized?
All of this is obviously difficult to say, but one thing is certain, that is, the truth is only within the range of the cannon!