Chapter 519: Engineering biology

Ceres is the smallest and only dwarf planet in the solar system. Speaking of dwarf planets, well-known Pluto has also been rated as a dwarf planet, but Pluto is indeed one of the eight planets in the solar system. It is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and is only 2.8 astronomical units from the sun (astronomical units refer to the distance between the earth and the sun as a unit of length, an astronomical unit is about 150 million kilometers, And one light-year is about 63,241 astronomical units).
There is a lot of water information on Ceres. It has been proved in the national era. The star group has also detected it. The results of the detection surprised everyone. Because the Xingkong Group's surveyors found that 89% of the volume on the planet is made of ice, and it is also made of pure water, and the water quality is very clean. Because it is covered with a layer of rock, it was called 'Kettle' by researchers.
This is the starry sky group as a space water reserve, so it has not been developed. But Musk apparently found out what water means in space, so he took away the development rights of the planet at a great price. This will be a water supply station for space in the future, and the Empire is planning it like this.
Water is extremely precious in space, so every spacecraft has a perfect water resource recycling device on it to ensure that 100% of the water can be recycled. And the water supply companies on the earth have made a lot of money because the daily life of people outside the earth has reached tens of millions. With two liters of water per person per day, 20 million liters of water will be needed that day.
Of course, in addition to transporting water from the earth, taking water from space is also a way. For example, there is a huge ice layer under the Imperial Moon Base, which can ensure that millions of people have lived here for more than a hundred years, and because the recycling rate of water resources is very high, this ice layer can theoretically be used for thousands of years. . There is also the ice meteorite found by mining companies. This is the main business of many adventurers. The main purpose of each voyage is ice meteorite.
Since mining companies are profitable in collecting ice meteorite, the huge 'pot' in the space of Ceres has naturally entered the eyes of many aerospace companies, and the empire side has taken advantage of the planets of the gods of wisdom, marriage, and stove. Star and Ceres are put together and packed out. These are all planets with an asteroid belt diameter of more than 400 kilometers, and have great development value. The Empire's side can only be released because it can't take out so much funds. It uses civilian power to do this.
Of course, it is not for this reason that Chen Qiang came to see the Mars ecological transformation plan today. The reason why he came here today is because of an algae, a kind of algae that has strong adaptability and can release a large amount of oxygen. Why did you choose algae? That is because the temperature on the surface of Mars will rise a lot after the impact, and the sea continues to cool, so algae is the most surviving on Mars. And the food of algae is very simple, that is, all kinds of inorganic matter and organic matter. After the volcanic eruption, there are a lot of substances like Mars.
"Your Majesty, this is the algae we have studied, and it is now extremely adaptable. We have simulated many extreme environments through data from the probe above Mars, and basically this algae will survive." Mou Jianguo introduced Originally, this subject should be responsible for Ouyang Mingyue, but because of the Mutant Beast War, Ouyang Mingyue was transferred out, and Mu Jianguo, who offered free time at home, was pulled out of work by Chen Qiang.
"How is the reproduction ability?" Chen Qiang asked curiously, looking at the light blue group in the glass jar in his hand.
"It is carried out in a dichotomous manner, and basically generates a generation every three hours with sufficient energy." Mu Jianguo knew what his son-in-law was asking, so he replied.
"How long is the survival time, is there any possibility of mutation?" Chen Qiang started as a biological field, and the great influence of mutant beasts attaches great importance to mutation. If this algae produces something else on Mars, then Humanity will be a catastrophe again.
"As an engineered species, the algae's mutation possibility is extremely small, but I can't pack tickets for things like life, because some things we can't study clearly until now." Mu Jianguo shook his head. Life is a very strange thing. Until now, Xingkong Group's powerful research ability can only be regarded as getting some fur. The real core part has not been touched. Whether it is a complex creature or a simple creature, their life forms cannot be studied by the current Star Academy.
"Have you ever done any toxicity experiments?" Chen Qiang asked another more crucial question. After Mars' transformation, humans will definitely be stationed. If this kind of algae suddenly produces toxins, human physiques will not be able to carry it of.
"It has been done, and no toxicity has been found. It may be because these algae are in the laboratory environment, and there is no complete conclusion at present ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The final conclusion will only be found after field survey." It is also very helpless to say that no matter how the laboratory can simulate the conditions of reality, it can't compare to reality. In addition, most laboratory conditions have only a few variables. If there are more variables, there will be a lot of errors in the analysis results, and there is no perfect method to unify these variables. Therefore, engineering algae under laboratory conditions The test is basically more or less an extreme condition.
"Continue to study. According to Feng Zhengming's plan, it will take two years to start spreading engineering algae. We will try our best to understand all aspects of this algae in all the ways we can use now. It ’s easier for us to deal with any problems.
Chen Qiang sighed, not that he was too careful, but that the experiment was too dangerous.
At present, the empire's detection instruments have detected traces of microbial life on Mars, and no one dare to be sure that all of these microorganisms are dead. It should be known that archaeal bacteria have been found in the earth's magma. Many volcanic eruptions caused by meteorites hitting Mars in recent years have caused a lot of magma to appear on the ground. There is a great possibility that archaea are present in these magma.
Algae is still very attractive to bacteria, who knows whether these archaea will have some impact on the engineered algae. According to the development process of living things, all living things are produced by a single cell. This cell undergoes some differentiation, dedifferentiation, and then gradually forms simple organisms or tissues, thereby producing complex organisms. This process takes hundreds of millions of years.
But who knows whether this process will be condensed? There are too many unexpected things in this society. So Chen Qiang had to be careful.