Chapter 798

The technology of artificial biosphere in the United States should not be underestimated.

There is no problem in the design of the whole life support unit, and it can even be said that the design is quite perfect.

From the air circulation system to the water filtration system and the automatic irrigation device in the planting area, the utilization efficiency of each resource can reach the maximum, which has basically been on the boundary of science and fantasy.

Even on the side of the whole life support unit, a circular interface with a diameter of about three meters is reserved, probably for the purpose of expanding the scale of the colony.

Just as space-x and NASA showed their ambition in the Ares plan, they seriously planned to build new Virginia into a colony of 100 people, and realize the self circulation of a man-made and closed ecosystem through the rich methane and carbon dioxide resources on Mars and self cultivation.

The only problem, or the only problem that the layman in ecology can find out, is that ares's plan was pushed too fast, and it happened to encounter a global sandstorm that didn't know how long it would last

Natural disasters account for 70% of the total, and human factors account for 30% at most. NASA is really unlucky this time.

If the sandstorm had not come so suddenly, perhaps the colonists of new Virginia would have had a foothold on Mars. Once geothermal wells and methane resource collection points are successfully deployed, even in the event of a global dust storm, solar power generation devices can not work, but can also rely on other functional means to support the end of the dust storm.

Of course, these are all behind the scenes.

After downloading all the data in the life support unit, the ship used a small amount of energy to unlock the sample library of the life support unit and the gate to the sample library corridor.

The alloy door embedded in the wall of the experimental area opens slowly, and the air with high carbon dioxide concentration is poured into the experimental area in an instant. If there is a living person in the area, it may be difficult to breathe at this time.

But for reptiles, it's just a breeze passing by.

Passing through the dusty corridor, the flexible little guy quickly moved to the sample library, and rows of neatly arranged sample racks appeared in front of the camera.

According to the label on the sample rack, the rock samples stored here are probably from various areas around the new Virginia Colony, while the coordinates and depths of the samples are recorded with numbers and letters.

Although the astronauts to Mars are nominally called "colonists", in fact their daily mission is mainly scientific investigation.

And these precious samples are one of their scientific research achievements.

"It seems that there is no direct connection between the experimental area and the sample library It's a pity that we didn't take these things away. " Looking at the samples displayed here, the landboat beside the terminal expressed regret.

If these samples can be brought back to earth, our understanding of Mars will surely rise to a new height.

Unfortunately, the situation did not allow the colonists to take all these precious samples back to the cabin, so that these things could only be abandoned here.

AI: [Master, do you want to start the scanning program? 0.0]

the boat nodded and said, "well, let's start."

After five or six minutes of quiet waiting, the rover in the sample library moved to the first row of sample racks, and a searchlight like part slowly emerged from the top.

With the blue light slowly coming out of the tapered opening, the samples displayed on the shelf will be enveloped in turn.

According to the information carried by the reflected beam, a series of physical information, such as the content of each rock element, particle size and so on, are fed back to the control terminal in front of the ship under the processing of special algorithm.

Not only that, according to the location and depth area of each rock sample, these data are quickly mapped to the corresponding area in the map.

In less than ten minutes, a circular resource distribution map with a diameter of about 10-20 kilometers is convenient for those data to be presented in front of the land boat.

Looking at this map of resource distribution, the face of the land boat suddenly showed a look of interest.

The data of life support unit could have been earned. Unexpectedly, such an unexpected harvest could have been obtained from this life support unit!

According to the data in this picture, there are at least two craters that erupt methane gas intermittently near the site of new Virginia, as well as a suspected underground ice layer in the shallow area!

Although the European Space Agency's Mars Express probe has found traces of liquid water under the Antarctic ice sheet of Mars as early as March 19, and NASA has published a paper on the discovery of perchlorate brine components in meteorite craters earlier, these resources with extreme conditions and uneven distribution are obviously difficult to use directly.

If we can make sure that there is enough underground ice and the depth is relatively shallow, it will be of great help to colonize Mars in the future!

“…… It seems that NASA actually has much more information about Mars than they have published and published. "Staring at the area marked with suspected underground ice, the boat pondered for a moment, reached out and tapped twice on the keyboard to mark the area.

There was no need to be on time at all. AI understood what he meant immediately.

AI: Master, do you need to explore this area? (o ゜゜) O ☆

the boat nodded down and said, "well, when the ruins of the new Virginia Colony station are investigated, let the reptiles go for a tour here. If you find ice under the ground, report it to me immediately. "

AI: [yes! At last, we have witnessed the honor of life support unit and NASA's black technology, and the curiosity of land boat has been satisfied.

Even if he doesn't stare at the rest of the work, AI can perfectly carry out his orders.

After telling Xiaoai to save the original life support unit as much as possible, Lu Zhou copied the data in the terminal into a mobile hard disk, then took the mobile hard disk through the access control of the underground laboratory, took the elevator to return to the first floor of the main building of the Institute of higher research.

He took out his mobile phone from his pocket, opened the address book for a while, and quickly broadcast a number.

The phone rang twice and got through at once.

Hoarse with a bit tired voice, from the other end of the phone.

"Hello?"

Lu Zhou: "is that Professor Hu, please?"

Hearing the sound of the land boat, Hu Yang was slightly stunned, and then he said.

"Yes Are you Professor Lu? "

"Yes, I'm a boat," the boat continued after a pause. "Where are you now?"

"I'm at the Space Research Institute of Shangjing Chinese Academy of Sciences What can I do for you? "

"Yes," without too many greetings, Lu Zhou went directly to the main topic. "If you are free, please come to Jinling Institute of higher learning. I have something inconvenient to say on the phone that needs to be handed over to you personally.

For a moment, Professor Hu held his breath.

With a tone of uncertainty in his excitement, he asked in a trembling voice: " Related to the fire plan? "

As if in response to his expectations.

Lu Zhou's next words, let his eyes, an instant re glow of the exciting look.

"Yes, it's about the fire plan!"