In the void somewhere in the solar system, a huge Qinglong-class spacecraft was dragging an asteroid with a mass of 450 million tons flying rapidly through the void.
This Qinglong-class spacecraft is branded with a red flag and the logo of the Galaxy Technology Group. It is obvious that this is a spacecraft affiliated with the Galaxy Technology Group.
Poyang Lake is one of the third batch of Qinglong-class spaceships produced by Galaxy Technology Group. Because he wants to transform Mars, Qin Yi has been slowly hoarding spaceships, basically every batch produced.
Qin Yi would keep a few spaceships for himself.
The three spaceships, Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake, and Taihu, are all spaceships of the same batch, and they are also the spaceships Qin Yi reserved for himself.
The flight trajectory of the Poyang Lake spacecraft is not towards the earth, but towards Mars. In the outer space of Mars, the Dongting Lake spacecraft has already arrived and is waiting very patiently.
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Behind the Poyang Lake spacecraft, in the small belt area, the Taihu spacecraft is also dragging an asteroid and is flying towards Mars.
Using three spaceships at once, it is obvious that Galaxy Technology Group has made a big move this time.
Many scientists are busy in the Dongting Lake spacecraft. The quantum computer is constantly calculating the flight speed, flight trajectory, flight angle, etc. of the Poyang Lake spacecraft. At the same time, the computer is also constantly simulating the impact of an asteroid on Mars.
experiment.
Qin Yi, Lu Qingwei, Liu Peiqiang, Qiu Feng, Shen Gongbao and others were among them, and they all came to Mars.
"Haha, I didn't expect that at my age, I would still have the opportunity to come to Mars."
Professor Qiu Feng looked at the Mars outside. He was in a good mood. The times were developing so fast. Things that he could not even think about before were now very common.
"Mars is nothing. I will go to alien planets to see it in the future."
Professor Shen Gongbao, like Professor Qiu Feng, both research quantum technology. He and Qiu Feng often communicate together and are both old friends.
"An alien planet?"
"No matter how fast we develop, we won't be able to leave the solar system for a few decades. I'm afraid we will be really old by then."
Professor Qiu Feng was obviously very excited when he heard this, but after thinking about it, he said helplessly that he wished he could borrow another five hundred years from heaven.
"Everything is possible, don't talk about being old."
Professor Shen Gongbao looked at the Mars in front of him and seemed to be thinking very far.
Qin Yi looked at the void outside the spacecraft. Mars stood quietly in the void like a ruby. Unlike the Earth, the atmosphere on Mars was too thin and there was no halo like the Earth's.
Qin Yi came to Mars this time, naturally not just for fun.
It is definitely not an easy task to transform Mars into an asteroid suitable for human habitation. It requires a lot of asteroids to continuously hit Mars, adding mass, water, atmosphere, activating the core of Mars, generating a magnetic field, etc.
The conditions for terraforming Mars are not yet mature, and the total number of spacecraft on Earth is not very large, so bringing them all together is far from enough.
However, this does not prevent scientists from conducting some experiments on terraforming Mars first. By hauling some asteroids to impact Mars, and then collecting relevant data, they can more scientifically and accurately calculate the feasibility of terraforming Mars, the required costs, etc.
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This time, the Galaxy Science Research Institute came so vigorously to use asteroids to impact Mars, collect relevant data about asteroids impacting Mars, and then input these data into computers to use computers to simulate the entire process of Mars transformation.
In this way, we can get more accurate figures, and we can also know in advance how feasible it is to use asteroids to transform Mars.
All preparations are in place. The entire Mars and Mars space are covered with various monitoring satellites to monitor everything on Mars.
On Mars, from the north and south poles of Mars to the equator of Mars, from the vast plains of the northern hemisphere to the ancient plateaus of the southern hemisphere, there are various monitors, data receivers, etc. everywhere.
"The speed is 45 kilometers per second, the impact angle is 76 degrees, and the impact location is the equator of Mars..."
Scientists are tirelessly calculating the upcoming asteroid impact experiment over and over again, the speed, angle, position, etc. of the impact. These are all very important and all information that needs to be collected.
According to the arrangement of the experiment, this time, asteroids of different masses and structures will be mined and collide with them at different angles, speeds and positions.
Any experimental inference is based on a large amount of accurate information. Scientists know this very well. Transforming Mars is a huge project, and scientific methods may be able to greatly reduce the time and cost required for transformation.
"Coming~"
No one knew who shouted out, and everyone turned their attention to the void.
I saw a huge spaceship dragging an asteroid that seemed to be flying rapidly from the distant void. At this time, the Poyang Lake spacecraft had not yet separated from the asteroid in order to adjust the angle at the last moment.
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"Team 1 is ready~"
"Team 2 is ready~"
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Inside the Dongting Lake spacecraft, the scientists became even busier. Voices kept ringing, and everyone began to become nervous. The experiment of an asteroid impacting Mars was about to begin.
"The separation of the Poyang Lake was successful~"
"30 minutes countdown to impact~"
Hearing the sounds, the atmosphere inside the spacecraft became tense. Everyone looked at the void outside, looking at the asteroid that was flying rapidly towards Mars.
"This should be the first time in human history that we actively mine asteroids and use them to impact planets, right?"
Beside Qin Yi, Liu Peiqiang said thoughtfully.
"Does this need to be mentioned? We have already done so many firsts."
Lu Qingwei curled his lips. This is no longer popular. In the past, people would talk about how it was the first time for human beings. But now no one talks about it anymore, because the first time is so real.
There are too many and there is absolutely nothing to be proud of.
"Compared with the asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, which one do you think was bigger?"
"It is said that the energy released by that impact was equivalent to 100 trillion tons of tnt, which wiped out the dinosaurs and caused a mass extinction of life."
Liu Peiqiang smiled and actually mentioned the extinction of dinosaurs.
"It's been so long, who knows, maybe the dinosaurs were not destroyed by an asteroid impact at all."
Lu Qingwei shook his head and said that scientists have many conjectures about the cause of the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. The asteroid hitting the earth and causing the extinction of the dinosaurs is just one of the conjectures. As for the facts, we don't know at all.
"Of course we don't know, but this time the asteroid hit Mars, we can measure how powerful the asteroid hit was. If the dinosaurs really want to be exterminated, we can also calculate the impact of the asteroid.
Come with the power of planets and comets.”
Liu Peiqiang glanced at Lu Qingwei, then turned to look at the asteroid in the void.
"The mass of this asteroid is only 450 million tons, which is very small. I guess we may not be able to obtain anything very useful. If possible, it would be best to drag a 10-billion-ton asteroid.
If it hits Mars, the effect will definitely be better."
Lu Qingwei touched his chin, thought for a while and said.
"Then you should hurry up and develop a more powerful second-generation anti-gravity engine. A tens of billions of tons of asteroids might smash Mars into pieces."
Wang Songling on the side also intervened. The wait was very long, and the time for chatting passed.
"Don't worry, this 10-billion-ton asteroid is insignificant compared to Mars. If an egg collides with a stone, can it break the stone?"
Lu Qingwei is very confident. Although there is only one word difference between a planet and an asteroid, the difference in mass is unknown. Even the most massive asteroid Ceres still has a huge gap compared to Mars. What's more,
Don't talk about other asteroids.
Time passed slowly, but 30 minutes seemed to everyone to be extremely long.
When the asteroid became larger and clearer in the field of vision, and the alarm on the spacecraft began to sound continuously, everyone stopped talking, took out the telescope and looked at Mars, looking at the set impact
Position, prepare to watch this artificially created big impact.
In the outer space of Mars, although this asteroid has a mass of 450 million tons and is extremely massive, it is still an irregular shape.
At this time, its speed was very fast, and it was still turning over and over, and its speed was also very fast. It was like a wild horse that ran away and crashed straight towards Mars.