Chapter 784

Nearly two weeks have passed since landing on Mars, and three days have passed since the life support unit was renamed "new Virginia".

During this time, the new Virginia expedition In other words, the work of the colony went smoothly. Although there was a sandstorm lasting for 17 hours, it finally passed without danger.

In fact, dust storms are not dangerous in themselves, given that Mars is a hundred times thinner than Earth's atmosphere. The danger is that the electrostatic lightning combined with dust storms, as well as the long-term decline of light illumination, will cause the solar power plant to not get enough energy.

However, this kind of thing has been considered by space-x's Mars colonization project team. The life support unit is equipped with a generator for burning methane, which can replace the solar power generation device.

At the same time, the first thing after the colonists landed was to install lightning rods for their new home to prevent possible accidents

Although they encountered a lot of troubles in adapting to life on Mars at the early stage, fortunately they managed to overcome them. At the same time, when cooperating with NASA ground command center to complete the scheduled scientific research mission, Johnson usually takes half an hour every day to record the Mars diary program.

As Columbus of the new world, he certainly hoped that more people would be interested in his "new Virginia". So when he was shooting, he usually chose to show the good side of colonial life, the risk-taking side rather than the dangerous side, and ignored the bad places.

In fact, the broadcast of this "large-scale colonial advertisement" was also quite successful. People accidentally ate this set and talked about life on Mars enthusiastically. After each episode of Mars diary is broadcast, it will cause a lot of hot topics on FB and twitter.

So far, five episodes of Mars diary have been released, which seems to have become one of the most popular online programs in North America. Many TV stations have obtained the broadcasting rights from space-x.

Today is the shooting of Episode 6.

When he straightened the camera on the table, Johnson stepped back two steps, bared his white teeth, and greeted the camera with a smile.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Johnson, captain of the heart of gold! Long time no see, we meet again! "

"Unfortunately, we have encountered sandstorms like opportunity! I can't see five fingers outside. I can't go out to explore today But don't worry for us. We don't go out because we are afraid of being blown away by the wind. Even if a tornado blows, the thin atmosphere is no different from tickling. "

"Let's talk about something else today. I'll show you what we can do in the colony when we can't go out..."

With that, Johnson picked up the camera equipment from the table, walked to the public activity area nearby, and explained to the audience the funny things they usually happened, and how to use the VR game equipment or treadmill here to kill time.

"This is our entertainment place Although it seems a little narrow now, it is the initial stage of entrepreneurship after all, and everything will be better Say hello, Tavi. "

Tavi, who was playing the game, had a helpless smile on his face, but soon changed into a sunny smile with Johnson's eyes reminding him.

Johnson returned with a "good" gesture and squeezed his eyebrows.

"I'll cut that part for you just now. Don't thank me."

"Thank you so much."

Tavi rolled his eyes, put on VR glasses and continued to fight in the sea of video games.

In fact, life here is quite boring, far less Utopian than Johnson described.

However, these things are obviously not suitable for showing in this half hour, or even if he accidentally shows them, Space-X will help him to delete that part of the video when editing it.

But none of this matters.

He doesn't shoot these things to spread negative energy.

Talking to the camera and watching the growing ratings on the earth tens of millions of kilometers away have become part of his daily way of reducing stress. If it wasn't for the lack of content, the editing would take time, and he would even like to relax at the frequency of episodes a day.

After watching the TV playing VR and Jones reading beside the coffee machine, Johnson went to the garage of the Mars rover and stood next to his "love car".

"Happy times are always short. It's time to say goodbye again. I'm looking forward to seeing you again, and I hope you'll look forward to the next meeting. Bye. "

Johnson put a cool pose to the camera and ended today's shooting.

Just then, footsteps came from the garage door, and Tavi, who had finished playing time, came over.

Looking at Johnson standing next to the rover, he raised his arms and said in a grumbling voice."This damn show doesn't make me feel good at all."

Johnson smiled, shoved the camera into his pocket, walked to the door and patted Tavi on the shoulder.

"Take it easy, man. When the sandstorm stops, I can take you out for a drive."

Tavi complained: "I don't want to go for a ride. Go to yourself. There's nothing here but sand! Damn it, why am I here? "

Mars doesn't have roads. It's a little better in the desert. Last time I went to the rock area to drill and sample, it was bumpy all the way, and almost didn't bump his lunch out.

After the freshness of his first visit to Mars, he resisted attendance and demanded that his job be transferred to the colony.

Although he was helpless, Johnson met his request.

Instead, Jones was transferred to the duty station.

However, these tasks themselves do not need many people. Most of the equipment has been highly automated, and sometimes they do not even need to get off the car.

Before leaving for the life support unit, NASA itself considered that none of the three colonists could leave the cabin.

Frankly speaking, their main task is actually to test this life support unit. Most of the other scientific research activities are incidental.

"All right, man, everything will be OK. Two months' flight has come through, and our good days have just begun. "

in the face of complaints from his teammates, Johnson does not know how to be good, so he can only try to comfort him.

Whether his teammates buy or not, it's the only thing he can do.

What he didn't know, however, was that, just as he comforted him, NASA's ground command center, tens of millions of kilometers away, had become a mess.

Yes.

The dust storms on Mars are really nothing to be afraid of.

However, if the global dust storm lasts for more than half a year, even if methane generators can be used as backup power, the situation will become less optimistic