Chapter 1364

Although Mars is close, it's still too early to celebrate the victory.

Soon, at the moment of contact with Mars' gravitational field, Xufu met its most severe test since its departure.

Unlike other small and exquisite spacecraft, this huge and complex colonial ship is not easy to accelerate or decelerate.

Especially slow down.

It's not fast enough to catch up with Mars. It's too fast and it's possible to pass through the gravitational field of Mars directly. The window period for Xu Fu to slow down is very short. They have to reduce their speed to the size that can be captured by the gravity of Mars in a short time.

Mars, in particular, does not have a strong enough atmosphere, and the leapfrog deceleration method on the edge of the atmosphere as on earth will not work here. They can only reduce the speed of the spacecraft by thruster reverse injection.

Fortunately, for the electric propulsion technology of star technology, this is not a very difficult thing.

When the core of the portable controllable fusion reactor is started, the temperature in the heating chamber begins to rise in a straight line, and the propellant delivered into the heating chamber is vaporized instantly and ionized into an active plasma.

The temperature of reaction chamber and heating chamber is higher and higher, just like a miniature sun.

As the power of the reactor continues to increase, at the moment of breaking through a critical point, the plasma engine that is ready to be launched suddenly spurts out a brilliant blue arc, lighting up the No. 2 ring area at the tail of Xufu!

Pushed by the bright blue arc, Xu Fu speeded up for a short distance.

However, this situation did not last for a long time. Soon, with the development of the rectifier, the plasma out of the cabin began to turn under the regulation of the magnetic field. From the perspective of the original straight rear, it gradually tilted to the front, like an open deceleration umbrella, dragging the Xufu to Mars began to slow down.

After waiting for about ten hours and several orbit changes, Xu Fu finally decelerated when she entered the gravitational field of Mars for the last time and was successfully captured by the gravity of Mars.

At the same time, there was a clear broadcast over the heads of the people in the cabin.

"Xufu has successfully entered the Mars system. The auxiliary landing mode will start in half an hour. Please put on your spacesuit and go to the ring area 1 for standby."

Untied the seat belt on the space chair, Liang Youcheng, wearing the spacesuit in the cabin, stood up from his seat.

Looking back at his teammates who stood up with him, he said in a serious voice.

"It's all ready."

To answer him, there were four neat voices.

"Ready!"

He nodded approvingly, and Liang Youcheng called out.

"Everyone, let's go!"

The journey has reached its final stage.

Previously deployed on Mars, the probe has scanned the basic landform into the database of the Jinling space launch center, and decided the landing site long before they set out.

Xu Fu will not stay in orbit for a long time, and will start the colonization process immediately after reaching the target area.

Ring 2 and the main structure of the spacecraft, including the propulsion system, will remain in the orbit of Mars as a temporary space station and communication relay satellite, while ring 1 will separate from the spacecraft and fall towards the atmosphere of Mars as planned.

A group of people walked slowly through the narrow passage, along the outer corridor of the spacecraft, moving from the cabin at the front of the spacecraft to the No. 1 circular area.

This is the core of the whole colonial ship.

It's also their future home on Mars.

Looking at the hatch slowly falling behind him, Liang Youcheng silently raised his right arm and made a farewell military gift.

Having done all this, he turned around and, with four other astronauts, went on to the buffer chamber on the outer edge of circular area one.

This is the import and export of the colony. It has the strongest shell and the most complete tools of the whole colony. At the same time, it is also the place where they are waiting to land in space.

"Take a seat nearby and connect the life support system to the spacesuit."

"After confirming that the device is working properly, raise your hand and let me know that you can survive in a moment."

The funny voice eased the tension in the cabin, and many people's taut brows were relieved with a smile.

Looking at the four raised right hands, Liang Youcheng nodded, then stretched out his hand to open the movable seat leaning on the wall and sat on it. Then he orderly connected the safety belt and life protection device to his cabin spacesuit one by one.

If you say, the previous deceleration is a test of the Xu Fu.

Then their test will come soon.

Liang Youcheng, who had been waiting for ten minutes in a quiet atmosphere, adjusted his breathing rhythm, and even heard his heartbeat.

Finally, a series of slight jitters came from the seats. The astronauts sitting in the buffer room were all refreshed.Put both hands on the armrest of the seat, fan Tong said nervously.

"Captain, are we coming soon?"

Trying to look less nervous, Liang Youcheng smiled and said in a relaxed voice.

"What's the hurry? It's just separated from the spaceship, and the free fall is just now --"

just half of the speech, the familiar broadcast interrupted his speech.

"The separation procedure is starting. The colonial module will be separated from the Xufu colonial ship in one minute. The landing procedure will be started one minute after the separation procedure is finished..."

"Have a good trip."

When the voice falls, the shaking under the seat becomes more and more intense.

With a loud click, it came along the alloy wall. The connection between the circular colonial cabin and Xufu completely relieved the last insurance.

At the same time, four small chemical thrusters installed on the outer wall of the ring structure ejected flames, pushed the colonial capsule away from Xufu with weak power, and sent it to the turbid and thin atmosphere.

Like a baby whose umbilical cord has been cut off, he left the colony cabin of his mother's body and spewed fire while slowing down towards the fiery red planet.

Soon, the hardest time came.

The bumpy feeling is like bungee jumping, which makes the astronauts in the buffer room tense to the extreme.

His eyes were fixed on the constantly turbid atmosphere outside the window. Liang Youcheng held the armrest of the seat tightly. Although this did not make him sit more steadily, it could at least give him a little comfort.

The outer part of the atmosphere breaks through, and the power of the engine's Jet rises a step steeply!

For such a short time, Liang Youcheng even felt that the memorable gravity of the earth seemed to return to him.

However, the familiar feeling is only a short moment.

Soon, with the falling altitude, it gradually lightened, and finally it was less than half of the original level.

As if something had hit the sand, with the last violent tremor, all the uncomfortable feelings went away in a moment.

Looking at the yellow sand flying outside the window and the horizon outline buried in the hazy, Liang Youcheng suddenly wanted to cry.

An unspeakable excitement filled every corner of his chest.

Mars!

This is Mars!

They finally arrived!