Chapter 798: Traces of underground ice?

America's artificial biosphere technology really cannot be underestimated.
There is no problem in the design of the entire 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. Basically, one foot has been placed on the boundary between science and fantasy.
Even on the side of the entire life support unit, a circular interface with a diameter of about three meters was reserved, presumably to expand the size of the colony.
Just like Space-X and NASA's ambitions in the Ares plan, they are seriously planning to build New Virginia into a hundred-man colony, and realize a man-made and closed through self-cultivation through the rich methane and carbon dioxide resources on Mars. Cycle of the ecosystem.
The only problem, or the only place where an ecological layman, Lu Zhou, can pick out the fault, is probably that the Ares plan has been pushed too quickly, and it just happened to encounter a global sandstorm that does not know how long it will last. ...
Natural disasters accounted for 70%, and human factors accounted for at most 30%. NASA did fall into bad mold this time.
If this sandstorm didn't come too suddenly, maybe the colonists of New Virginia might really have a foothold on Mars. Once the geothermal wells and methane resource collection points are successfully deployed, even if a global sand storm occurs, the solar power generation device cannot work, but it can also be supported by other functional means to the end of the sand storm.
Of course, these are all hindsight.
After downloading all the data in the life support unit, Lu Zhou used a small amount of energy to unlock the sample library of the life support unit and the door to the sample library corridor.
The alloy door inlaid on the wall of the experimental area slowly opened, and high carbon dioxide concentration air was immediately poured into the experimental area. If there is a living person inside, it may already feel difficult to breathe.
But for "reptiles", it was just a breeze passing by.
Through the dusty corridor, the flexible little guy quickly moved to the sample library, and rows of neatly arranged sample racks were presented in front of the camera.
According to the labels attached to the sample rack, the rock samples stored in various areas around the colony of New Virginia are probably stored here, and the numbers and letters recorded are the coordinates and depth of the samples.
Although these astronauts heading to Mars are nominally called "colonial", in fact, their daily tasks are mainly based on scientific investigations.
And these precious samples are one of their scientific research results.
"It seems that the experimental area does not have a channel directly connected to the sample library ... It is a pity not to take these things away." Looking at the samples displayed here, Lu Zhou sat next to the terminal with a regretful expression.
If these samples can be brought back to Earth, human understanding of Mars will surely rise to a new height.
Unfortunately, however, the circumstances did not allow the colonists to take all these valuable samples into the return capsule, so that these things could only be abandoned here.
Xiao Ai: [Master, do you want to start the scanning program? 0.0]
Lu Zhou nodded and said, "Well, start."
After quietly waiting for five or six minutes, the Mars rover waiting in the sample library moved to the first row of sample racks, and a component like a searchlight slowly came out from the top.
As the clear blue light slowly emerged from the tapered opening, the samples displayed on the shelf were shrouded in order.
According to the information carried by the reflected beam, under the processing of a special algorithm, a series of physical information such as the content of each rock element, particle size, etc., are fed back to the control terminal in front of Lu Zhou.
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 was convenient for those data to be presented together in front of Lu Zhou.
Looking at this resource map, Lu Zhou's face suddenly appeared with interest.
It was already very profitable to get the data of the life support unit. I did not expect that I could still get such an unexpected gain from this life support unit!
According to the data on this map, there are at least two craters that intermittently emit methane gas near the site in New Virginia, and a suspected underground ice layer in a shallow area!
Although as early as March 19, the European Space Agency's Mars Express probe has found traces of liquid water under the Martian Antarctic ice sheet, NASA has also previously released the discovery of perchlorate in craters Papers on the composition of brine, but these resources with extreme conditions and uneven distribution are obviously difficult to use directly.
If it is possible to determine an underground ice layer with sufficient reserves and relatively shallow depth, it will undoubtedly help the future colonization of Mars!
"... It seems that NASA actually has more information about Mars than they have published and published papers."
Staring at the area marked with the suspected presence of underground ice, Lu Zhou pondered for a moment, reached out and tapped twice on the keyboard to mark the area.
There was no need to be on time, Xiao Ai immediately understood what he meant.
Xiao Ai: [Master, do you need to explore this area? (o ゜ ▽ ゜) o ☆】
Lu Zhou nodded his head and said, "Well, after the investigation of the remains of the New Virginia Colonial Station is finished, let the reptiles go around here. If you find any underground ice, report it to me immediately."
Xiao Ai: [Observe! (????????????) ????]
After finally witnessing the honor of the life support unit and NASA's black technology, Lu Zhou's curiosity was also satisfied.
The rest of the work, even without him staring, Xiao Ai could perfectly execute the order he gave.
After ordering Xiao Ai to save the original appearance of the life support unit as much as possible, Lu Zhou copied the data in the terminal to a mobile hard disk, then took the mobile hard disk through the access control of the underground laboratory, and took the elevator back to the main building of the Institute Layer.
He pulled out his mobile phone from his pocket, and Lu Zhou opened the address book for a while, and soon broadcasted a number.
The phone rang twice and was immediately connected.
A husky sound came from the other end of the phone.
"Hey?"
Lu Zhou: "Is this Professor Hu?"
Hearing Lu Zhou's voice, Hu Yang nodded for a moment, then spoke.
"Yes ... are you Professor Lu?"
"Yes ~ EbookFREE.me ~ I am Lu Zhou," he paused, and Lu Zhou continued to ask, "Where are you now?"
"I'm at the Space Research Institute of the Beijing Academy of Sciences ... Is there anything?"
"Yes," without any embarrassment, Lu Zhouyan went straight to the topic straightforwardly. "If you are free, please come to the Jinling Institute of Higher Education. I have something on the phone that is not convenient to say. Give it to you.
For a moment, Professor Hu held his breath.
With a hint of uncertainty in his excitement, he asked tremblingly, "... related to the Tinder Project?"
As if responding to his expectations.
Lu Zhou's next sentence made his eyes rejuvenated in an instant.
"Yes, it has to do with the Tinder Project!"
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