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Volume 4: Walking in the Solar System Chapter 63: Mars (1)

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    The gk virus and its variants have been eliminated, and the level of system medicine has made great strides. Research on the human brain is proceeding in a planned manner. It is believed that all parameters can be unlocked within fifty years. As for the secret of the entire system, there are too many parameters involved.  , the standard model design is temporarily difficult, but everything is within the expected range, and the science fiction color is weakening.  Science is not a religion, everything has laws, although it is often turned into a religion.

    With the advancement of nanotechnology and the continuous upgrading of detection systems, the secrets of the earth's oceans are decreasing. Tens of thousands of artificial satellites surround the earth, and any abnormal movement in the ocean cannot escape seamless monitoring.  The deep submersible can travel freely in any corner of the earth's oceans. All the invisibility methods that physics can guess have targeted detection methods. It is getting closer and closer to the nature of the universe. As long as it develops for hundreds of years, there is no need to worry about anything.  Alien threat.

    ¡°Compared with the accelerating progress of science and technology, the way human society is organized has not changed much for hundreds of years, and some weirdos who pretended to be sheep¡¯s heads and sold dogs¡¯ flesh have disappeared in the long river of history.  As the level of education increases and people become more intelligent, it becomes an impossible task to fool large groups. Pure violence becomes more and more difficult with the acceleration of globalization.  Once it becomes a public enemy, it will be difficult for the ruling class to take extreme measures while watching the collapse of its ruling tools. They have a family and a family.  Only a handful of people without any faith would think of dying together, but there are very few followers.

    Although Citigroup¡¯s efforts to prevent extremist countries from possessing nuclear weapons are mainly for their own interests, it is in line with the direction of mankind. The ruling class of such countries lacks constraints and is prone to being hot-headed or paranoid, dragging mankind along with them.  During the Cold War, the two sides were often on the verge of conflict, but in the end they refrained from destroying the earth, which fully demonstrates the strength of humankind's overall self-control.  Nuclear weapons once had the potential to destroy mankind, but they are not as scary as genetic weapons. The gk virus left survivors with lingering fears.  Developing genetic weapons is easier than nuclear weapons and can easily escape surveillance.  The deeper the research into the field of human genes, the more flaws the human body has, and finally it reaches the point where it needs to be forcibly upgraded to deal with genetic weapons.

    The spread map of United Technologies Corporation¡¯s ¡°Standard Gene Man¡± and the GK virus technically proves that people on earth have a common ancestor, and propaganda for political purposes is completely bankrupt.  No one is superior to anyone else. There are only differences between smart and stupid, dexterous and clumsy, strong and thin, well-proportioned and deformed, beautiful and ugly. These are individual characteristics and must exist.

    Genetic weapons are not easy to prevent. In a small laboratory, a few senior scientists can develop new viruses using existing technology.  Since the GK virus is expected to be completely resolved, countries have been busy resuming industrial and agricultural production while thinking about countermeasures. A very strict "Anti-Genetic Weapons Convention" drafted with the participation of top scientists has taken shape.

    The adoption of the convention is not a problem, but what is the next step?  The existence of a small version of the United Nations United Technologies Corporation has inspired many people. This method of operation is fair in theory and extremely operable in practice. It just has a fatal flaw. Its starting point is highly uniform and it is easy to coordinate the distribution of benefits.  , and many of the 1.5 billion people left on the earth are simple-minded and cannot copy it.  Once an inappropriate operating mode is formed, the proliferation of this group of people will definitely destroy the fairness of human society, arouse resentment from others, and then lead to conflicts, because they will pass on their burdens to society and cannot feed their children.  Or raise your own offspring like pigs, forming a vicious cycle.  With the current level of robot technology on earth, simple repetitive work is meaningless.

    Some people have re-proposed the concept of "Earth Federation". They believe that establishing a unified federation is the way to go.  This concept was proposed very early. The ultimate goal of globalization is to establish a federation of the earth, reduce internal friction among human beings, and concentrate on exploring the secrets of nature. The ocean is a place with fewer and fewer secrets, and the starry sky is unknown. After all, we are not out yet.  Although there are hundreds of solar system detectors performing scientific research missions in the solar system.

    A unified earth is a stable earth. The difference lies in which descendant of the human family should be the patriarch and elder. To put it bluntly, it is the distribution of benefits.  In terms of technological content, Weizhou has the highest overall technological level on the planet. It has gathered elite scientists from various countries and a large number of cutting-edge forces cultivated within its own small group.  In terms of output, the GDP of Wisconsin, which suffered minimal damage, is higher than that of Citigroup.  In the field of space science, the largest chemical rocket, the most mature aerospace aircraft, the largest earth space station, the largest lunar base and lunar space station, the first unmanned scientific research station on Mars, the largest space power plant, and the first gas reactor core  Fission engines, state-of-the-art ion engines, etc. all prove the power of Weizhou.

    After United Technologies was established in Weizhou, it was considered an emerging political force. In a "cultural" country, the so-called business name of "company" was not attached to it because it was not a normal company in the first place.  operating commercial companies, ordinary commercial enterprises on earthIt cannot grow to such a daunting scale. If you pick a mainstream research institute at random, it will have the research and development capabilities of well-known institutions such as Bell Labs.

    So let the younger brother be the boss?  This kind of proposal can only be thought about. It is unacceptable to the established forces and the national psychology. They still have strong power and their technology is only slightly inferior. In some places, it is not inferior. Although these are technologies that have been reserved for many years, they are facing  The pressure of rapid technology update in Weizhou.  The second generation of Weizhou led by Lawrence Hardy is more powerful than the first generation. The Dylan Fox team and the first generation Zhou Qisen team in the transition period still have strong R&D capabilities and solid cutting-edge theoretical research.

    The bankruptcy of nation-states is a matter of time, but the benefits are not easy to distribute. The establishment of the Earth Federation is also a matter of time, although few people think that it can be realized in the short term.  Humanity, which has experienced indiscriminate killing by genetic weapons, has been severely damaged. The established forces have been greatly damaged. New forces have emerged one after another in just three years.  The "Weizhou faction" in various countries relied on the support of Weizhou and suffered less damage. They originated from the local area and aimed to promote the federalization of the earth, and they have a good reputation.

    Economic globalization has reached an extremely high level, and gold coupons are nicknamed the "Earth Dollar". As long as the status of gold coupons is strengthened, it becomes the only currency in circulation in the world, and the international gold bank is restructured into an independently operating global central bank.  , the recovery of the earth's economy will not take too long, after all, the essence is still there.

    Political negotiations take time. Canberra is led by the president, and state delegations participate in the conference held in Lausanne. Business institutions should do whatever they want. After all, people have to eat, drink, and sleep, and politics cannot be a meal.  Few people are confident that an agreement to establish the Earth Federation can be reached. The differences between nations and regions are not small.

    Things that need to be done must be done. Missing some things will mean trouble, such as landing on Mars.  Unlike the moon, which can now travel back and forth at will, Mars and the Earth each orbit the sun in elliptical orbits. The distance between the two changes according to their orbital positions.  The closest distance between them is about 55 million kilometers, and the farthest distance is more than 400 million kilometers. Close encounters between the two occur about once every 15 years.

    In addition, a Mars opposition occurs approximately every 26 months. During the opposition, the distance between the Earth and Mars will reach an extremely close value, usually less than 100 million kilometers. When a Mars opposition occurs, the distance is even less than 6,000 kilometers.  Thousands of kilometers.

    This common sense derived from astronomical observations is very important. The best time for a manned spacecraft to land on Mars is only a few years, and you can¡¯t just go if you want to.  The long-term gravity-free state, cosmic radiation, and small space are enough to cause conflicts among the astronauts on the mission. NASA sent people to Mars twelve years ago and almost didn't come back. If it weren't for the asa who followed them closely.  The unmanned spacecraft pmma1 has obtained some supplies, and the three warriors may only die in despair looking at the orange sky of Mars.

    After the successful development of ae991, asa planned to launch a large unmanned landing spacecraft on Mars. The target was Phobos and prepared to build a base.  The main brains of the spacecraft and the landing exploration robot are the ae series and the aes series respectively. This was Ji Chengjun's suggestion. He thought it was inconvenient to call ae991.  The aerial speakers were unwilling to retire, so Li Zhuang decided to let them continue working.  Compared with the stereotypical ae991, space speakers are more popular among astronauts.  The spare A4 speaker was strongly requested to be sent to the moon, and the A1 speaker was also adjusted to the Yunhai Base, no longer flying dangerous aerospace planes. The A5 speaker became the mastermind of the lunar North Pole outpost.

    The Mars exploration spacecraft PMMA1 with the radio call sign ae10 took off for Mars one month later than NASA. The difference is that there are no astronauts and three large cargo warehouses are added. The main power is a space nuclear fission power station plus an ion engine, and the auxiliary energy is solar panels.  , isotope battery pack and super battery pack, accelerated by the nuclear fission propulsion module to 15 kilometers per second in the lunar orbit.

    Phobos is an irregular-shaped celestial body, with a length, width and height of about 27, 21 and 19 kilometers.  Its orbit is very low, orbiting Mars every 0.319 days at a distance of 9,380 kilometers from Mars, which is faster than the rotation rate of Mars.  If humans colonize Mars, we can see the "moon" of Mars rising in the west and setting in the east, which is really interesting.  The density of this satellite is not high, and there is ice on it. The medium-sized probe launched by ASA has landed on it and taken a large number of pictures. The exploration robot has figured out its basic geology.  It is the most important transit station to Mars, so ASA thought of digging a hole on it to build a base, eliminating the need to build a space station, or turning Phobos into a space station.

    Six aerospace agencies have all explored Mars. They could not communicate with each other before. After ten years of hardship, with the formation of the lunar south pole base village, their relationship with each other has become much closer, and many people have become friends.  ASA¡¯s complex source of astronauts is the glue between different ethnic groups. Although it is impossible to provide materials to other organizations for free, this is within an acceptable range. After all, ASA is a private aerospace company, and the investor of the LMB base, MDA, is a listed company.  , and other?The state institutions of finance are different.

    Negotiations are in full swing on the ground, but they feel like a family on the moon. The team of nearly 600 astronauts is working very happily. Many people even joke that if efasa (Earth Federal Space Agency) is formally established in the future, everyone will be colleagues.  But maybe employed by different commercial companies.  As the lunar cultivation and manufacturing industry become increasingly sophisticated, all parts and components of the spacecraft can be manufactured, including high-performance perfluoroether rubber used in aerospace.

    After the completion of the asa Yunhai base, one ton of helium-3 was delivered to the earth last year and was successfully used in the newly built deuterium-helium 3 nuclear fusion power plant, making investors who had just got rid of the virus happy.  Although the population of the earth is much lower than before, the benefits of new nuclear fusion power plants are still considerable.  The Yunhai base has received far more than this number. The intelligently operated base factories have obtained by-products of hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon. Others such as titanium, iron, thorium, uranium, and rare earth elements have drawn detailed mineral resource distribution maps and refined them.  The minerals that come out are stored in special warehouses.  Compared with six years ago, the entire base is quite spectacular, covering an area of ??hundreds of square kilometers, but there are too few people. However, the group of thirty people is not alone. It is very lively here. Nearly 2,200 special robots are working diligently under the command of Zhinao.  Working.  The connection between the LMB base and the Yunhai base has improved. Automatically guided low-altitude aircraft are the most convenient means of transportation.

    The pure helium tri-nuclear fusion power plant is currently in the research stage, and according to the research and development progress, it is expected to be completed within five years.  Yunhai base has six ANP150K, plus other various small power stations, with an annual power generation capacity of nearly 3 billion kWh, which is enough for the base.  The living area of ??this base is located thirty meters underground and was completed three years ago with an optical exterior system.  Compared with the cave dwellings at the Antarctic base, the living conditions are worse, and the astronauts come to take care of them in shifts.  The mastermind of the base, A1 Speaker, and the two juniors ae11 and ae12 have a clear division of labor and everything is in order.

    The Yunhai base is only a promising prospect for investors, while the Antarctic LMB base is a real source of wealth.  Four years ago, the Australian people no longer feared the GK virus and became enthusiastic about the moon again. It seemed that the chaos outside had nothing to do with their country.  In order to develop space tourism, asa developed the highly secure aerospace passenger aircraft va2. After years of improvement, its safety is no less than that of the vss spacecraft, which can help some tourists with poor health realize their wishes.  A total of five verification machines were built before and after va2, which was considered a huge investment.

    In comparison, the va3, an aerospace cargo aircraft with a payload of 60 tons, is several levels higher in size and one level lower in safety. It is the follow-up model of va1. It has been tested three times. Its structure and aerodynamic shape are perfect, and it is limited.  Regarding material technology, it will still take a long time to upgrade it to the safety level of VA2.  The cheapness of this kind of transportation is the most attractive part, so the aerospace aircraft laboratory still spares no effort to improve it.

    The construction of the LMB base is difficult to achieve in the short term without these convenient tools. The style of ASA is similar to that of commercial enterprises, focusing on engineering. Although the Institute of Space Science is powerful, the Department of Astronomy is not outstanding compared with other institutions. At most  Level with them.

    After the lmb base was built, hundreds of exploration robots crawled everywhere. In recent months, the detector group has taken millions of high-definition pictures, including the back side of the moon where aliens are said to be.  There were once unknown biological activities on the moon, but where are they now?  Mars?  The possibility of being inside the moon is not great. The self-sufficient lunar base implements militarized management and has dense monitoring facilities. The geological and geographical team and the military team are not weak. What they discovered are all ancient monuments.  The earth has a history of 4.5 billion years, and the existence of previous civilizations is slowly emerging. The "African monophyly" can only explain the distribution of humans in the current world, and its role ends here.

    Who created human beings?  The Earth Faction and the Mother Star Faction are at loggerheads.  The Earth sect believes that humans originated from the earth and evolved naturally; the Mother Star sect or the Alien sect believes that humans were created by aliens or are descendants of Martians. The most common argument is that of Martians.

    ¡°Compared with the Moon, which has little fantasy space, Mars, where humans have not yet established a formal base, has many secrets. It is also the goal of many organizations in the next stage.  No matter what our peers think, ASA¡¯s idea is simple: to establish a Mars colony, transform Mars, and encircle the largest territory.

    As for how we got here, Andreev didn't care what Zaitsev thought, and even slandered: "Gurney is neurotic, and he said that we are biological beasts, and he is the biological beast!"

    Are we descendants of Martians?  Li Zhuang hopes to get a positive answer. If not, he will have to wait for the research results after the completion of Titan's "Titan" research base.  Scientists in other fields don't care about how humans came to be on Earth, but the field of artificial intelligence has to care. If there are problems with even the basic model, the possibility of successful research is zero.

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