Chapter 789

Usually, the high ground of public opinion is occupied by Americans.

However, the president did not expect that this time it was the Chinese who took the lead.

[Mars has an abnormal climate once in a hundred years. Global dust storms cover Mars. New Virginia may be in unprecedented danger! ]In the main body of the report, Renren Daily quoted researchers from Qianzhou Radio Observatory as saying that the sandstorm could last for months.

The direct result is that the illumination on the surface of Mars may be 70% or even more than 80% lower than usual, and a series of problems are the decrease of power generation and the decrease of surface temperature.

Mars colony needs more energy to maintain.

However, it is difficult for them to obtain enough energy through solar energy to maintain the operation of the whole life support unit!

If this problem is not properly solved, they may only last for 2 months at most, and then they will exhaust the oxygen in the life support unit

As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar in North America.

Is new Virginia being buried by a sandstorm?

WTF？

It's not the natural disaster on Mars that makes the North American people angry, but they haven't heard any news so far!

Even seven days ago, they were sitting in front of the TV, drinking beer and eating chips, watching Columbia TV's "Mars Diaries" program, watching the brave colonists lead an enviable and different life on Mars.

But now

I envy you!

Many people who have signed up for the Ares program volunteer, after seeing the news, suddenly burst out in a cold sweat, glad that they were not selected.

And after these people come back from fear, the next thing is anger!

Almost the day after the news was released by Renren Daily's overseas edition, related topics were swiped on Facebook and other major social platforms.

People have released screenshots of their exit from Ares program, indicating that they have been cheated by NASA and the U.S. government. Ares program has never had any security guarantee. This is a red fruit murder. It is an inhuman experiment that lives in vain and treats people as mice!

As for those who previously advocated "civilization pioneer", "world Lighthouse", "when Americans stand on Mars, our space has just risen to space" and so on, and the banana people who have signed up to participate in ares program on social platform, they are like a deflated ball, and they are not jumping.

Of course, there is another position to lick.

For example, "the star spangled banner will never give up any citizen, even if he is on Mars!" "BFR rocket will take our hero home!" Such clouds and clouds

But in any case, in the context of NASA's active concealment of the truth, these voices are a little pale.

At the same time, space-x's popularity for ares through the Mars diary almost fell short. According to the statistics of unreliable information, the number of volunteer applicants for ares program originally published on the official website was close to 20 million at one time. However, in just one day, the number fell to 5 million, and it is still falling.

At present, space-x and NASA have closed the registration channel on the official website, and the number of applicants shows that as for how many warriors are left to leave their names on it, it has become an unsolved mystery

Outside NASA building.

The broadcast vehicles of the major media surrounded the whole building and almost filled the parking lot outside.

Reporters with long guns and short guns surrounded the building, which was once chaotic.

"Mr. Carson! How is new Virginia doing now? "

"Why did our colonists have such an accident just two weeks after landing on Mars? Did NASA not investigate the Martian climate before approving the launch? "

"Has NASA ever considered rescuing our colonists at all? Why hasn't there been a new launch arrangement yet? Are you going to give up our hero? "

"We have the right to know the truth!"

With a microphone in front of him, looking at the reporters surrounded by NASA headquarters, director Carson was sweating and felt his whole head expanding.

Taking a deep breath, he opened his mouth loudly with all his strength, trying to appease the reporters who were blocking the entrance of NASA headquarters.

"If necessary, we will release relevant information! But now is not the time, we can only say that our colonists are quite safe now! We have the most advanced artificial biosphere technology in the world. Even if this dust storm lasts for more than a year, they can be safe and sound! "

However, in response to director Carson's response, it is clear that not many people paid.Many people have vaguely guessed something about the diary of Mars, which was stopped a while ago.

The situation in new Virginia may not be optimistic.

Even, they may not last long

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It is not a secret that Mars is encountering a global dust storm. Space observation centers with a little strength can directly observe the turbid planet through large telescopes.

However, most space agencies are not aware of the serious impact this global dust storm may have on the colonial outpost of new Virginia.

Until the news published in Renren Daily's overseas edition completely uncovered this veil

Finally, getting rid of the difficult reporters at the door, director Carson walked into the NASA building and quickly walked to the direction of the command room. Closely behind him, the Secretary-General of NASA's secretary's office spoke to him at a high speed.

"At present, we are in a rather bad situation. Jones is a Dutchman, and the Dutch government expresses its concern about the latest progress of Ares plan. Last night, France also said publicly that if NASA could not give a reasonable explanation for the security situation of the new Virginia Colony, it might consider closing its ares program registration window The French president stressed that this is the appeal of their people. "

"Shetter, who cares if those French people don't participate!"

Although he swore, the expression on director Carson's face was not easy.

The problem has gradually risen to the diplomatic level.

Europe is an important ally of the United States, which cannot completely ignore their feelings.

What's more, the real key issue now is not this at all, but this piece of information that has been revealed, forcing them to the dead end completely.

If they don't save people, the president won't make it to the next election. And before the next election, he will be kicked out of NASA's position by the president.

And even if they want to save people

There is no way.

As he walked quickly into the command room, director Carson took a deep breath and was about to explain today's task to the staff sitting here.

However, at this time, his assistant was carrying a laptop, and rushed to this side.

"Director, your video call."

Director Carson looked at the computer in his hand and asked, "who called?"

"The IP address of the communication request points to the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean..." After swallowing his saliva, the assistant added, "it seems to be Jinling, the kingdom of China."

Carson's pupils narrowed slightly, as if he had guessed something.

Staring at the unfolding laptop, he reached for the enter button.

Soon, the video was on.

A familiar and annoying face appears in the middle of the video area.

"Hello, Mr. Carson, nice to meet you. It seems that you are in a little trouble."

Looking at Professor Lu on the computer screen, director Carson didn't ask him how he got his Facebook account. He just said calmly, "yes, but we can't worry about it. We can solve it ourselves."

"Is it?" Lu Zhou smiled and said, "I've calculated for you in my spare time. 72 hours ago, you probably had an unconventional transfer orbit to use, but now you probably need a BFR rocket equipped with 72 Raptor engines to be competent for the mission to Mars. I've written a paper about the calculation process and sent it to arXiv. If you are interested, you can go to understand it. "

Seeing this sentence, director Carson almost didn't have a gush of old blood.

It's OK to be idle and bored.

It's even more difficult to write a paper about the calculation process and send it to arXiv.

With this guy's influence on arXiv, I'm afraid that tomorrow, those reporters who are not easy to disperse will come back with new bullets

Looking at the annoying face in the video, director Carson said calmly, "are you here to see our joke?"

"Of course not. We are deeply saddened by what happened to you," Lu zhoushook his head and continued with a smile. "I just want to ask Electric propulsion system, do you want to know? "