Chapter 553

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"What's the news?" Ren Hong asked curiously.

"The American Noah has just entered the upper orbit of Mars and sent the message back to earth. NASA then announced the news and its follow-up actions, according to a brief message from headquarters." Shockley said, looking at the time, added: "according to the time on board, in 53 hours, Noah crew members scovo and Jackson will make their first manned landing on Mars in Orion spacecraft."

With that, Shockley sighed: "if there is no accident, the first human landing on Mars will be Americans, or a little reluctant. The first man to land on the moon was robbed by the Americans, and the first man on Mars was robbed by them. It's really uncomfortable. Our current space technology level is obviously stronger than that of the Americans."

"It's just a false name. It's not comfortable." Ren Hong said with a smile.

But Shockley didn't think so: "that said, it is an achievement that will surely be recorded in the history of mankind. It has a great influence. The footprints of Armstrong and the words of" one small step for a man and one big step for mankind "are widely spread among all mankind. I don't know how Americans will show off this time. "

Ren Hong said: "what is real influence? Real influence needs to be supported by solid strength. We are pragmatic. We are pragmatic. We come to seek truth, not fame. You should make this clear, ARI. Besides, the title of the first man on Mars has been taken off by the Americans, but there are still more first titles waiting for us. As long as the strength of Jupiter, Saturn and their satellites, the gold content of these first titles will only be higher than that of Mars, but not lower. But the most important thing is that we have traveled a long distance, risking risks and suffering from dozens of speed increases and decreases. We are not here to take a false name here, understand It is. "

"If only there was something wrong with Orion in the United States." Murmured Shockley.

On hearing this, Ren Hong's original pleasant smile turned into a serious look, staring at Xiao Keri and warning in a solemn tone: "ARI, I don't like your idea. It's very bad. Regardless of the national boundaries, standing at the height of the entire civilization, any interstellar pioneer is great. No matter who he is, he represents not only his country but also mankind. Even if we don't speak so tall, we can't curse others behind their backs with such narrow-minded ideas. We can ignore and refuse even when we have the ability to lend a helping hand. This is our right and we don't need to blame ourselves. But similarly, we have no right to interfere with others. What others do is the business of others. We should abide by the due principles. "

Ren Hong's tone is not very heavy, but Xiao Kerui is still embarrassed and scratched his head and doesn't know how to respond. At this time, the public frequency announcer on board sounded:

"all units and crew members, please note that the last 45 minutes countdown, the spacecraft will carry out the last acceleration, all crew members please immediately stop all related activities..."

Ren Hong glanced at the announcer, and said with a sad face: "Alas, it's time to torture people again. Let's go, boy. What are you doing in a daze? Go to get a little nest and get ready to sleep for a long time. Do you want the acceleration to stick you on the wall?"

With that, Ren Hong got up and walked away. Every time the spaceship needs to accelerate, it is the time when the whole spaceship is full of complaints. The spaceship is about to carry out the last acceleration. People should cheer, at least this is the last time that the acceleration is tortured again. It is true.

However, as long as you think that after the acceleration is over, 15 decelerations will also be carried out in the next time, so that when the spacecraft reaches the range of Mars gravitational field, the speed will drop to the numerical range of departure from the earth. This is another 15 times of torture. If you think of another 15 times, no one can cheer for the exit.

Ren Hong is bored to think of such a thing that he spends money to make himself suffer, which is like a living masochist.

That said, although there were 30 times of torture, it was not without reward. Ren Hong's spaceship could continue to accelerate slightly for a long time like Noah, but the corresponding cost was that more than 200 days of time were wasted on the voyage that could not be done. If Ren Hong and Ren Hong took the relative distance between the earth and Mars before departure, they would follow the "Noah" line Travel to Mars, which means it will take more than 800 days to reach Mars.

30 times of torture can get more than 700 days of precious time, which is worth it.

I don't want to be tortured by America.

45 minutes later, the front engine of Mars Express was started, and hundreds of thousands of laser beams were irradiated on the light sail, and the spacecraft, which was slowing down slowly, accelerated again.

The reason why the spacecraft has a very small slow deceleration at this moment is because of the solar wind. The Mars Express did not put the light sail away, and the front engine stopped the energy output. The solar wind naturally forced the spacecraft to slow down with the help of the large area of the light sail. It hesitated to ask the sun for energy from the third layer of the light sail during this period of time, so it was not possible to combine multiple layers Put away the sails.

After the front engine operates, part of the thrust generated offsets the resistance from the solar wind and starts to accelerate……

June 25, 2028. Mars high altitude orbit, "Noah" onboard time: 15:36.

“9…… 8…… 7……” A crew member controls Noah while reading the countdown. The Orion spacecraft at the head end, scovo and Jackson, are getting ready.

“…… 2…… 1 hull separation! "

In the quiet Mars parking orbit, Orion spacecraft separated from Noah, and the Orion spacecraft carrying two crew members landed on the earth's surface began to cut into the Martian atmosphere.

The spacecraft entered the Martian atmosphere at the speed of 19300 km / h. the outer hull of the spacecraft quickly became hot and deformed. This is a normal phenomenon, but it is not as serious as the earth, because the atmosphere of Mars is thin and the gravity of the planet is not as strong as that of the earth. The Orion spacecraft entered the Martian atmosphere at a super high speed. Due to atmospheric friction, the temperature of the heat shield outside the ship almost reached the temperature of the sun's surface, reaching more than 1450 degrees Celsius. Fortunately, with the heat shield protection, the temperature inside the spacecraft is only about 20 degrees centigrade of the normal temperature.

Over time, the speed of the first phase of the Orion spacecraft dropped by thousands of kilometers per hour. As the spacecraft continues to descend, the height drop becomes smaller and smaller. At this time, a huge parachute is opened, and the spacecraft further decelerates.

At this moment, the thrust nozzle of Orion spacecraft has been adjusted, but the spacecraft's landing speed is still very fast. If it hits the earth's surface, it will also be the result of ship destruction and human death.

The height difference is getting smaller and smaller, and has dropped to a height of three digits. Just before the spacecraft was about to hit the surface of Mars, three groups of jets suddenly spewed out fire tongues, and instantly created dust all over the pezos highland, and the reverse thrust constantly counteracted the speed of the spacecraft.

In the end, the Orion spacecraft was only tens of centimeters away from the surface of Mars. The flames of the three groups of engine jets disappeared in an instant. As soon as the engines were shut down, the spacecraft that lost thrust was pulled by gravity on the spot and collided heavily with the surface of Mars, and then remained motionless.

The two astronauts in the spacecraft felt a strong vibration and then returned to stability.

"Here it is?" Skovo said suspiciously, but teammates did not respond, he replied: "it should be here!"

Two people looked at each other, dazed for more than 10 seconds, the next moment is excited to laugh.

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