Chapter 1366: Unusual geological formations

The tires ran over the gravel and creaked.
In the endless desert, a Mars rover slowly marched against the flying sand.
In this forbidden zone of life that has not been disturbed for a long time, in addition to this all-terrain survey vehicle controlled by ai, only some microorganisms are still surviving.
Time seems to take everything it can take away.
In this dead world, every gravel is carved with desolation.
However, today is definitely an extraordinary day for this dead planet.
As the roar of the engine came down the thin atmosphere, a silver ring slowly landed from the air. Four thick flames and air currents pushed open a curved umbrella at its front end, blowing red sand on the ground across a long distance, and even set off a small-scale sandstorm.
It seemed to have heard the movement from the sky, and the all-terrain survey vehicle's probe turned the full-angle camera at the top, throwing "perplexed" sight into the air.
It was also a glimpse of this glance that recorded the thrilling scene.
As if a comet hit the surface, the moment the ring hit the ground, the umbrella-like flame was instantly extinguished, replaced by rolling sand and dust like a waterfall flowing backwards into the sky, like a turbid cloud, it opened the darkness Canopy.
[Information has been included ... tags are being set. 】
[Setting is complete. 】
Words without emotion flashed on the display. The "reptile" who had lost interest in the silver-white ring continued to move along the original route. The mission set by its owner was to survey the surface of Mars. Landforms and natural resources.
It has been doing this for years, and it will continue to do so until the machinery is damaged or the battery is exhausted. Unlike the artificial intelligence that communicates with it, it has no unnecessary curiosity other than records for other insignificant things.
He did not meet the "colleague" who had come to Mars earlier. After landing, the colonial capsule did not even take a break and immediately began deployment.
About four or five meters long alloy rods hit the ground straight, firmly anchoring the colony to the ground.
Immediately following the silver-white metal shell, it expanded outwards in four directions, just like an inflated donut, expanding outward to a planting area similar to the airbag.
The deployment went very smoothly.
Just like they have drilled countless times in the deserts of the Northwest.
Standing in the communication room of the colony cabin, Liang Youcheng connected to the Xu Fu hovering on the orbit via the console and made a brief report on the current situation.
"Here is the Mars colony outpost, and we have successfully landed."
"The climate and environment here are even worse than we thought, but fortunately everything went well ... the colony module has been deployed and the operation of the unit has been stable so far without any troublesome problems."
"After a short break, we will start work today."
After finishing the work report as concisely as possible, Liang Youcheng sent this newsletter to the Jinling Space Launch Center and updated it to the mission log of Xu Fu.
The next step is a series of routine rituals such as walking out of the cabin, taking pictures of flags, and so on.
While these routine rituals were underway, a four-wheeled Mars vehicle that looked like an off-road vehicle slowly drove out of the garage outside the buffer zone, and was driven by a planetary geologist Dr. Fan along a straight track A sea of ​​sand.
His destination was a "water source" 72 kilometers from the colony.
There is an underground ice layer located 20 meters below the surface. It is located in the middle of a small basin. According to the estimated data provided by the Jinling Institute of Advanced Research, its reserve scale is about 1.5 to 400 million cubic meters.
Although many reservoirs on the earth can easily explode this reserve scale, compared to the water resources on the moon, this reserve can already highlight Mars' "big earth and vast resources."
For this colonial outpost, water resources must be secured first. It means that fresh water resources and oxygen are the most fundamental material basis for the entire artificial ecosystem to function.
Followed by renewable resources such as solar energy and wind energy.
Although the thin, turbid atmosphere of Mars makes solar and wind energy not so easy to use, it is better to collect energy on-site than to use expensive nuclear energy.
After all, the nuclear fusion technology applied to the space station and spacecraft is still a little different from the Pangud.
The latter is a magnetically constrained ignition device that releases star energy, and every link from ignition to heat emission has been designed to suit local conditions. Hundreds of engineers are required to maintain the stable operation of the device.
The former is just a pulsed fusion device based on the sonoluminescence phenomenon in liquid metal.
Although the volume of this device is many times smaller than that of a series of giants such as Pangu Dui, Pu Yi and Dui, both the energy utilization efficiency, the total power and the cost of unit electricity are far less than the former.
And this is one of the reasons why even if the fusion battery is equipped on the Moon Palace, solar panels that are many times larger than the main body are still laid.
At present, the Jinling Institute of Advanced Research is studying how to build a streamlined version of the first-generation magnetically constrained ignition device on the moon to power the ir collider and other "high-power experimental equipment" in the lunar scientific research station. By the way, While inspiring the second-generation helium fusion technology, liberate the productivity of the Guanghan Special Economic Zone.
After all, after years of development, the energy gap on the moon is still not small, and it is still difficult to rely entirely on solar panels and storage power stations.
As for the "Mars scientific research station" that does not even have a name ...
Don't even think about such a forced-level energy supply facility.
The Mars rover stopped in the center of the basin. Fan Tong, who had stepped down from the car, dropped the mobile drilled tow behind the Mars rover. He skillfully operated the slab in his hand, first measured the formation data with seismic waves, and then analyzed the Multiple sets of core samples were taken from rock formations with depths of 10 and 20 meters in three areas.
"Core sampling is complete."
After a series of current tones, Captain Liang's voice came quickly from the communication channel.
"How's it going?"
"It's unbelievable ... I mean incredible in a positive sense," leaning next to the retracted mobile drilling equipment behind the Mars rover, Fan Tong looked at the tablet in his hand, his face was full of weird Expression, "The data provided by the Jinling Institute of Advanced Research is accurate and hard to imagine, and one cannot help wondering if they have been to Mars secretly ... how did they collect such accurate data."
Liang Youcheng is not very clear about this, but he is not particularly interested in these details. As the world's top research institution, Jinling Institute of Advanced Research has its own methods.
Besides, they also have Academician Lu.
Anything inconceivable that seemed reasonable to the man.
"Perhaps the Yankee information was collected from the wreckage of the New Virginia. It seems to be a long time ago ... Regarding him, since the information is accurate, we don't have to worry about fresh water resources in the past three years."
More than 100 million cubic meters of fresh water reserves.
Not to mention three years, that is, their population has increased tenfold, and it will not be used for three hundred years.
The original colonial capsule was ecologically friendly, and the demand for external resource input was very small. If the situation is optimistic, they can even achieve a complete internal circulation of water resources, but the energy consumed will be relatively more.
"Anything else?"
"Well ... one more thing, I have to report to you."
With a touch of excitement in his tone, Fan Tong continued.
"When I was doing seismic wave detection, I found a ... a bit exaggerated earthquake crack near here."
"Earthquake crack?" Liang Youcheng frowned. "Are you sure ... is an earthquake crack?"
"I'm sure! There is absolutely nothing wrong. That kind of fault structure can only be generated by natural seismic activity. Because of its relatively low terrain, it is fortunate that it was not buried by the wind and sand! However, surprisingly, According to the information I have learned in the literature, the geological activity of Mars should stop billions of years ago. This kind of geological structure, which is commonly found in areas where plate movement is active, is very unusual. Can I take a look? "
Planetary geology is his specialty.
At this moment, the excitement and excitement in his heart ~ EbookFREE.me ~ cannot be described in words.
Although it is only a small break, its discovery may rewrite the understanding of Mars in human civilization! Is there anything more exciting as a scholar?
Compared to Dr. Fan's excitement, Liang Youcheng seemed relatively calm.
After careful consideration, after thinking for a while, he finally vetoed the risky proposal.
"You come back first and say that your mission today is over. It is better not to have extravagant branches."
Fan Tong: "I assure you, there is absolutely no danger! Its depth is only about ten meters, and I can climb without a safety rope ... Of course, I will tie it to my waist."
"Come back now, this is an order," Liang Youcheng said in an undeniable tone. "Photograph your findings and record them in today's work log. I will let Ming Wenzhe follow you tomorrow."
After a long silence, a sigh came from the communication channel.
"Well ... you're right."
Some reluctantly glanced at the fracture behind him, Fan Tong shook his head unfortunately, threw the tool back to the Mars rover, and re-drilled into the cockpit.
Looking at the positioning signal that began to return on the screen, Liang Youcheng standing in the communication room was finally relieved.
Identifying freshwater resources is the last job today.
Everything went smoothly from the landing to the present, he didn't want to get something out of the knot.
But having said that, he was also curious about the "seismic crack" that should not have occurred.
He had made up his mind, and when Dr. Fan returned, he asked him to report the situation to the ground command center, and the researchers on the earth decided whether to investigate it further ...