Scientists have placed the seeds of life on Mars, and go to various places on Mars every week to collect the latest sample data in order to study the survival of these biological seeds on Mars.
At the biological research center of the 'Hanwu Emperor' spacecraft, three months had passed since the biological seeds were released.
"From the analysis of the samples we collected, the number, variety and spread of Martian microbial samples this week has exploded, and there are also several microorganisms that have not been found on Earth."
While Liu Daoming analyzed the latest week's samples to the scientists present, the current microbial situation on Mars was depicted in the form of data patterns on the large screen.
"As we all know, in the first few weeks, we could hardly find the microorganisms and cyanobacteria we put in. However, in the samples collected this week, not only did the number of microorganisms show explosive growth, but so did the cyanobacteria.
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"We can now say with great certainty that these creatures have adapted to the Martian environment and have begun to reproduce crazily."
"What about the lichen on land?" Everyone smiled happily after hearing Liu Daoming's words, and quickly asked about the lichen on land.
"Lichens are still in the adaptation stage, and there are no obvious signs of development and growth. However, in the area of Mars near the South Pole, the temperature is relatively cold, the water vapor is relatively more stable and abundant, and the lichens here grow very well.
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Lichens are very adaptable to cold climates, as evidenced by the wide range of lichens found in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the Earth. Lichens in the Arctic regions are the main food for animals such as elk.
"Great!" The scientists at the Biological Research Center couldn't help but feel excited.
"The fact that lichens can survive and grow well shows that the environment of Mars is indeed very good. At present, in the Antarctic region of Mars, where water vapor is relatively stable, lichens can produce well. In other areas, lichens either die or die.
If we are barely surviving, can we consider using artificial rainfall to promote the growth of lichens?"
Some scientists immediately guessed that the microorganisms in the Martian ocean do not need to be taken care of, and people do not need to live in the ocean. Land is the most important. Naturally, everyone hopes to turn Mars into a green planet as soon as possible.
"I don't think artificial rainfall is possible. There are no plants on the surface of Mars. Rainwater will run off as soon as it hits the ground. It becomes very dry when the sun shines during the day. I think we can add a lot of artificial water spray facilities. As everyone knows,
The water in the Martian ocean is fresh water and can be used for direct irrigation. We can extract water from the ocean, and then use these water spraying facilities to spray the water evenly and continuously to the plants that need water."
Soon, some scientists shook their heads. On the huge southern hemisphere continent of Mars, there was no grass growing at this time, and there was nothing that could retain water at all. The other party's proposal was obviously inappropriate.
"Wei Xian, the continent of Mars covers an area of more than 80 million square kilometers. How much does it cost to build this artificial water spray facility? Just thinking about it, I don't think it's enough to spend all our budget."
Li Jingxuan shook his head when he heard this. The continental area in the southern hemisphere of Mars is too large. It would be too expensive to build artificial water spray facilities, and the superiors would definitely not agree.
"We don't have to cover the entire continent from the beginning. We only need to choose an area to conduct experiments first. If it is indeed feasible, we can apply to the higher authorities. I think if it is really possible to green Mars, the upper limit should be
I will agree, and besides, these facilities can be used for a long time in the future.”
Wei Xian smiled and said, Wei Xian is a genius scientist in the Institute of Biology. He also graduated from Galaxy University of Science and Technology. Counting Li Jingxuan, Liu Daoming's junior brother.
"If we just choose an area, I think it is okay. We can also conduct experiments by increasing the number and varieties of plant seeds, etc., to study the plants that are most suitable for the current environment of Mars. If there are really results, I will
Just go to the principal and apply for resources.”
Liu Daoming nodded. Galaxy Technology has always been very supportive of such small-scale scientific experiments. Once there are results, more resources and support will be provided without hesitation. Science requires investment, and the people at Galaxy Technology know this very well.
A little bit, and I have never been stingy in this regard.
"I think we should try to grow more plants during experiments. It is best to bring all the plants on the earth to try. We can also bring all the combinations we obtained using genetic recombination technology to try on Mars. As long as among them
If 1% of plants can survive on Mars, we can quickly extract plant genes adapted to the Martian environment and recombine them to produce plants that can truly transform Mars."
Wei Xian was naturally very excited after hearing this, and quickly expressed his thoughts. The other scientists also nodded after hearing this. They all study biotechnology, although their specializations may be different.
, but everyone has some understanding of genetic recombination technology, and Wei Xian's statement is completely without problem.
"Well, I think I will let Wei Xian take charge of this matter. I don't think it's okay to choose a place with a larger area. We don't need this little money. The key is to collect more data and come up with improvements for the next step of research.
Plant preparations for Mars.”
"Currently, the company is still mining asteroids to impact Mars to increase the atmosphere and mass of Mars, so after choosing a good place, remember to communicate with the higher-ups and try to choose a relatively safe area."
Liu Daoming thought for a while and nodded, and decided to hand over these tasks to Wei Xianlai. His ability was still acceptable, and now it was him who came up with the ideas and suggestions.
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Wei Xian acted very quickly. He quickly communicated with the Mars transformation project team and chose an area close to the ocean on the huge Middle-earth continent of Mars to conduct experiments.
Most areas on Mars now have new names, and Middle-earth was named after everyone voted.
Wei Xian's experimental area is not large, only a few hundred square kilometers, which is the scope of a small town. This area belongs to the equatorial region of Mars and is close to the ocean. The temperature is relatively mild, and the soil here is relatively rich.
, and more importantly, this area is far away from the impact area of asteroids that will arrive at Mars sporadically.
Anti-gravity spaceships continued to land from space to the area chosen by Wei Xian, and engineering vehicles continued to launch from the anti-gravity spaceships.
Then he started to get busy and continued to lay out sprinkler irrigation facilities. Because all the operations were mechanized, the progress of the project was very fast. In just a few days, the sprinkler irrigation facilities were laid out in the entire area.
As soon as the sprinkler irrigation facilities were completed, anti-gravity spacecraft immediately began to sow seeds in this area. As the large anti-gravity spacecraft flew slowly, countless tiny plant seeds fell like raindrops all over the sky.
On this barren land.
Sowing seeds is countless times faster than building sprinkler irrigation facilities. In just a few hours, countless seeds have been sown throughout the entire experimental area.
"Chi~chi~"
As such sounds resounded everywhere, the sprinkler heads installed in various places began to rotate, and sprinkled white mist rain on the ground.
Because the time chosen is daytime, the temperature of Mars is relatively acceptable, especially near the equator, so that these seeds can have a relatively warm and humid environment.
"The seeds of hope have been sown. All we need next is to wait slowly."
Wei Xian took the spaceship and watched everything happening outside through the glass, and began to wait patiently.
The seeds were sown and water was available. Wei Xian even spread a lot of organic fertilizers to this area in order to give these plant seeds a good initial living environment.
Soon, the day passed.
In the 'Hanwu Emperor' spacecraft, Wei Xian didn't feel sleepy at all. He came to the monitoring center. The monitoring center had various latest data transmitted back from the experimental area. Among them, the temperature he was most concerned about was the temperature.
Mars has been transformed, and the temperature difference is no longer as big as before. In the past, it was always tens of degrees below zero, or even hundreds of degrees. At such a low temperature, any life would be frozen to death.
Now that there are oceans and the atmosphere is thicker, the temperature of Mars is relatively stable, and as the Martian ocean begins to slowly generate ocean currents, further regulating the temperature of Mars, the temperature difference is much smaller.
But the temperature at night is still very low. Even in the equatorial region of Mars at night, its temperature will drop to more than ten degrees below zero. Compared with the Earth, the temperature difference is still very large.
"The temperature is minus 10 degrees. Fortunately, it seems that the continuous watering during the day has greatly increased the water vapor content in this area, which has a small-scale greenhouse effect and raised the temperature here at night by several degrees.
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Wei Xian looked at the monitoring data in the computer and breathed a long sigh of relief.
The pattern in the computer reflects the temperature data of each monitoring point in the entire area. The temperature in the middle area is relatively higher. Obviously, water vapor has a certain insulation effect.
The water spraying facilities continued to spray water during the day, but stopped one after another at night. In this way, a week passed quickly.