Chapter 26, Exploring Mars (Part 2)
"Send communication satellites!"
“Spread resource exploration satellites!”
"Set unmanned landing on the rover!"
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Not long after arriving, a series of instruments and equipment for exploring Mars were all launched to carry out preliminary preparations for the manned landings later.
"I didn't expect that Phobos was a meteorite containing a lot of ice. Although it looked like a potato, it was quite large in size, but its mass was very small, and it was obviously very low in density!"
"This discovery is really helpful for studying the origin of life on Earth. Could it be that the origin of life on Earth really comes from outside the earth, and arrives with meteorites containing a lot of water, as humans say?"
Ying Bainian took the sample analysis data that had just been collected from Phobos, frowned and was very confused, thinking of the origin of life.
"The surface layer above Phobos is composed of rock and ice. So is there liquid water inside its core? Does it contain primitive cellular organisms?"
Winning the Hundred Years continues to remind you that there is a very interesting saying about the origin of life on Earth, that is, the life on Earth is actually carried by cosmic meteorites. Large meteorites like Phobos, if there is liquid water inside it, and if there are primitive simple cellular organisms inside it.
Then these cellular organisms may escape the high temperatures of meteorites and the atmosphere burning, and can reproduce in the oceans of the original earth, and eventually gave birth to billions of lives on the earth.
"Jiang Gong, can we conduct deep drilling on Phobos? I really want to know if there are simple cellular organisms in the core layer of Phobos. This is really important for studying the origin of earth's organisms!"
Faced with the questions in his heart, Ying Bainian couldn't wait to find Jiang Zhipeng, put forward his own request, and continued to drill down to Phobos to solve the questions in his heart.
"It's certainly possible, so you are fully responsible for this work. If you have any major discoveries, tell me in time!" Jiang Zhipeng is busy now, and there is not much time to take care of Phobos, a small spot, and put the large Mars and don't go to explore it, so why is this small satellite?
You should know that not only the 1,000 people on the Zheng He are operating efficiently, but even many scientists from the Qingquan Academy of Sciences far away on Earth are busy analyzing various data and data on Mars.
"Okay~" The authorized Ying has been running to study the origin of the species.
"How is the resource situation on Mars?" Jiang Zhipeng shook his head, remembered something and asked his assistant.
"According to current exploration, Mars is actually a very barren planet, and its resources are not as rich as the moon!" The assistant presented a report to Jiang Zhipeng, which was analyzed based on the samples collected by the unmanned landing vehicle.
The main element of Martian soil is oxygen, which accounts for about 50%, silicon is 15-30%, iron is 15-16%, aluminum is 2-7%, calcium is 3-8%, and a small amount of potassium, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine, tantalum, chromium, magnesium, cobalt, nickel, copper, etc.
The sulfur content (2.6-3.1%) is 1 to 2 orders of magnitude higher than the average content of the earth's crust, the potassium content is less than 0.25%, and the rubidium, strontium, yttrium and zirconium are much lower than most igneous rocks on Earth.
The chemical composition of Martian soil is characterized by high-speed iron, medium magnesium, calcium, sulfur and low aluminum. Its chemical composition does not represent the composition of the protorostone. It is likely to be the product of various chemical and weathering of mafic igneous rocks.
According to the calculation of mineral composition, Martian soil is a mixture of 80% iron-rich clay, about 10% magnesium sulfate, about 5% carbonate and about 5% iron oxide. The mineral composition of the mixture is equivalent to 59.1% chlorodeite, 21.7% montmorillonite, 11.8% magnesium alum, 1% slurry salt, about 0.5% TiO2 and 5.9% calcite.
"It's really barren enough, there are not even a few scarce resources, and there are still a lot of He3s on the moon!" Jiang Zhipeng saw the data from the beginning and the end, which were all very common elements, and there was nothing worth paying attention to.
"So the moon is the gift of the universe to mankind!" the assistant also smiled and said.
"But these are all soil data on the surface of Mars. If you really want to find out the branches of Mars' minerals, you still need to dig deeper. Be prepared to arrange people to log in to Mars tomorrow, dig some deep soil and rocks."
"I don't believe it any big planet anymore, and I can't find anything special!" Jiang Zhipeng muttered while giving the order.
The next day, a total of 10 different types of space shuttles slowly flew away from the scientific expedition ship of the "Zheng He". Compared with the huge "Zheng He", these space shuttles are like the size of ants around us, but these ants can fly very quickly.
"Hey, please pay attention to all the space shuttles that are about to land. A super-large storm is about to form near Mars' longitude 123° east and 23° north latitude 23°. It is expected that the wind speed will exceed the maximum known wind speed on the earth, reaching an unprecedented level 21. Please stay away from this area! "
Meteorological scientists in charge of Mars' climate monitoring immediately notified the latest weather information they just received 10 space shuttles that are about to land on Mars.
"Received No. 1, re-planning the route!" The space shuttle No. 1 is still very close to the area of the storm, and now it has to change its landing location.
“Received on the 2nd!”
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“Received on the 10th!”
Other space shuttles are far away from the storm point, so naturally you only need to pay attention.
The space shuttles are like elves of the universe. After flying around Mars for a while, they each flew to their destinations according to their own routes.
Two space shuttles flew to Mars' North and South Pole Cape respectively to conduct field investigations of the ice layer, and drilled the deep layer of the ice layer to see if there is a large amount of water resources underground. Many underground resources cannot be explored by remote sensing satellites. The best way is to conduct field exploration.
The other eight space shuttles flew to places that scientists had already inferred and guessed that they might contain a large amount of minerals, and were also preparing to drill and investigate where to find something that was not on the surface.
"Dear children who are preparing to land, please pay attention. The current surface temperature of Mars is very low, especially the north and south poles, reaching minus 112 degrees. Please keep warm and protect yourself from missing!"
The scientists in charge of meteorological work quickly transmitted some meteorological data such as Mars temperature, wind speed, etc. to the space shuttle they landed on. These are all related to the lives of the landed astronauts. Any changes must be notified in a timely manner, and the possible impacts of the changes will be speculated and evaluated.
"No. 1, do you know what kind of cold is the most terrifying?"
"Happy heart is cold?"
"No, there is a kind of coldness that your mother thinks you are cold!"
“Haha~~”
The astronaut who was about to land actually started joking, which made the Zheng He laugh.
"Everyone is serious. This landing on an alien planet is not a playful house. Any gap may make you lose your life!" Li Jun shook his head and scolded. Young people are lively, but they have to be separated. This is a landing on Mars. The ultra-low temperature is a very severe challenge. It is not possible to be cautious.
"Received", "Received"...
Hearing Li Jun’s reprimand, the people who were about to log in answered seriously!
Ten space shuttles were like birds, each looking for one direction to fly into the atmosphere of Mars. Compared with the atmosphere density of the earth, the atmosphere density of Mars is too low, and the traces of the space shuttle can be clearly seen in space.
Space shuttles that use anti-gravity technology and plasma technology are not difficult to land on planets like Mars. You should know that Mars' escape speed is only 5 kilometers per second, which is less than half that of the Earth.
Ten space shuttles landed very smoothly at their respective destinations!
"Damn it, why is the sun blue on Mars?"
Chapter completed!