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Chapter 335 New Mars

Nearly two years have passed since Io and Mars have merged into one. During these two years, the Ming Empire, whether it is the Suzaku army or civilian mining ships, especially medium and large mining ships, have been towed back from the Kuiper Belt. There are countless icy asteroids, and most of these asteroids contain water resources.

So in the past two years, Mars has been bombarded by countless meteorites every day. These ice meteorites brought you from Kuiper have different masses. The largest diameter exceeds several hundred kilometers, and the smallest diameter is several hundred kilometers. Mi, when these meteorites collide with Mars, they often generate huge energy. Since most of these meteorites are ice meteorites, these ice meteorites will be evaporated into water vapor and rise to the atmosphere of Mars immediately after the impact.

Then formed huge clouds one by one, and then formed a violent storm and rained on the surface of Mars. However, because the surface temperature of Mars was still quite high at this time, the water that landed on the surface would be evaporated again and poured into the air to form again. Pieces of cloud cover come and go again and again, so the temperature of Mars also began to gradually decrease.

It can be said that from the time it merged with Io until a month ago, the entire Mars was covered with lightning, thunder, black clouds, and heavy rain, without revealing the real face at all. It is covered by small clouds, and from time to time, strong rays of light are emitted from the clouds.

However, the drastic changes on Mars have gradually calmed down since a month ago. Although the current environment of Mars is still very harsh, it is now possible to see the whole picture of Mars from space, and the clouds on Mars are also It has become much thinner, and extreme weather such as lightning and heavy rain has also decreased a lot.

The calm Mars can no longer see his original appearance. At this time, Mars is covered with various rivers, lakes, mountains, etc., and everything is quite different from the original Mars, especially Mars. The original color of Mars is red, but now it has turned dark brown. This is because the iron oxide on the surface of Mars has been impacted and washed away by rain, so the color of the Martian soil itself will be exposed, but in some places You can also see piles of iron oxides gathered in one place. If the time is long enough, these iron oxides will slowly form iron ores and distribute them on Mars.

Moreover, the rudiments of the ocean have begun to form in the lower parts of Mars, so the blue sea on Mars can still be seen from space, and the blue ocean still occupies 3/5 of the territory of Mars, although Mars is not Not as beautiful as the earth, but compared to other planets in the solar system, Mars is undoubtedly beautiful.

So if you stand on the earth and use a telescope to watch Mars, people will find that Mars at this time is quite different from the original one. Mars used to have only one color, which is red, but now just looking at Mars, its color is no longer monotonous. red, its color has become a combination of blue and brown, the blue is the sea of ​​Mars, and the brown is the land of Mars, and occasionally a little bit of red can be seen in the middle of the brown, that is The place where Mars's original iron oxide accumulated.

And you can still see patches of white on the entire Mars, which are the water vapor floating in the Martian atmosphere and the thick clouds on Mars Mountain. It can be said that Mars at this time is very beautiful and charming, but unfortunately Mars is now Can't see green yet.

After all, although the environment of Mars is much better than before, the environment of Mars has not yet reached the standard that can be transformed. In fact, the crust of Mars is still quite weak, only less than ten kilometers deep, and the surface of Mars is actually The temperature on the ground is still quite high, and in some places the temperature even exceeds [-] or [-] degrees. Living things cannot survive in such an environment.

After all, it has only been less than two years since Mars and Io merged into one, and the energy generated by the impact must not have completely dissipated in such a short period of time, not to mention the fact that the core of Mars and Io The elements of one merged into one, so the core of Mars began to become hot again, and although it seemed that Mars had calmed down a little on the surface, in fact, the changes inside Mars had just begun.

But if you want to change the environment of Mars, you must use biology to change it. You must know that the oxygen content of Mars is still very small, and the most important content in the atmosphere is carbon dioxide. At this time, the content of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Mars has reached 80%. As above, with such a high carbon dioxide content, humans cannot survive in it at all, and although Mars has undergone more than two years of changes, it now has an atmosphere thickness of nearly 90 kilometers, which is almost the same as that of the earth. The concentration of the atmosphere is still far from being comparable to that of the earth, so in the coming time, humans will increase the concentration of the atmosphere of Mars on a large scale, so that the atmospheric pressure of Mars can reach the standard of the earth.

However, where the gas to increase the concentration of the Martian atmosphere comes from is still a problem. After all, there are no asteroids in the entire solar system that can provide gas. Therefore, Zhu Lei and the scientists of the Ming Empire initially discussed, in addition to obtaining local materials on Mars, In addition to using various means to increase the concentration of the Martian atmosphere, it is also preparing to collect various gases on Venus and release them to Mars.

After all, the Ming Empire will launch the Venus Project immediately after the initial results of the Mars transformation, and the concentration of the atmosphere on Venus is too high compared to that of the Earth, so the atmosphere on Venus must be diluted by then. Experts in the study of Venus in the Ming Empire said that if they want to transform Venus, they must first solve the problem of the atmosphere of Venus. There are many ways to solve the atmosphere, but most of the methods are relatively drastic, and the requirements for human technology are very high. With a slight mistake, Venus may disappear in the solar system, so these methods were basically rejected by the Ming Empire and Zhu Lei.

For example, a scientist proposed to use asteroids with relatively large masses, or planets to skip Venus at close range.

Then use the gravity and inertia of the star to carry away the gas on Venus, or use asteroids with relatively large masses, such as asteroids the size of Io, to hit Venus, and use the impact force to throw these gases out of Venus, but these The plans are very unrealistic, and have a very high risk of starvation, and even the earth will be affected.

For example, use an asteroid with relatively large mass to skip Venus, and bring the rest of Venus into space. Let’s not talk about whether this method is feasible, whether it can bring the gas of Venus out of Venus, and use this method first It is necessary to find a planet of comparable size to skip Venus, but Ganymede is the largest satellite in the solar system. Ganymede is very large in size, reaching a diameter of more than 5000 kilometers, which is only more than 1000 kilometers less than Mars.

It is really suitable to use it to skip Venus, but how to move such a large satellite, you must know that the Ming Empire spent countless manpower and material resources to move Io two years ago, if you want to move Io Three words, on this basis, there are at least ten times more human and material resources, and they may not be able to move.

The second is whether Ganymede can accurately skip Venus and take away the atmosphere above Venus. This is a very uncertain factor. After all, the volume of Ganymede is too large. There is a way to make it accurately skip Venus instead of colliding with Venus, not to mention that it will also have a great impact on the earth.

After all, when a planet passes by Venus, the gas will definitely float in the space near Venus. In the end, most of the gas will be pulled back by the gravity of Venus, and a small part will be attracted by the planets near Venus, which is also the earth closest to the orbit of Venus. It will become the hardest hit area, so this plan is absolutely not feasible.

In addition, hitting Venus with a relatively large asteroid will also have the same effect, so these two methods are not feasible.

In the end, the scientists proposed a plan to build a carbon dioxide collection factory floating on the stratosphere of Venus, specifically to collect carbon dioxide gas on Venus, and then make it into dry ice and put it on Mars with a spacecraft, so that it can be done To kill two birds with one stone, since it can reduce the carbon dioxide gas on Venus and reduce the concentration of the atmosphere on the surface of Venus, it can also increase the concentration of the atmosphere on Mars, so that the atmospheric pressure of Mars can reach the standard for human survival.

Therefore, as soon as this plan was put forward, it was recognized by most scientists. Although the time required for this plan is a bit long, it may take more than ten or twenty years or even longer, it is still too early for humans to transform Venus, so now the Ming Dynasty The Empire has plenty of time to reduce the concentration of Venus' atmosphere.

It can be said that although the environment on Mars has initially calmed down, in general, Mars is still a restricted area for human beings. If you want to immigrate to Mars, you have to wait at least 10 to 15 years later, but Mars can be launched after a few years of transformation. All kinds of plants have been improved. Over the past ten years, the biotechnology of the Ming Empire has made great progress. Humans have a very thorough understanding of various creatures in nature, so the technology for improving plants is now very mature. .

And in order to test which plants are more suitable for the environment of Mars, Zhu Lei Yongan Group also finally determined several plants after a lot of unemployment. Most of these plants are algae, but there are also some other plants.

As for animals, Zhu Lei does not plan to put them on Mars at present, at least until the environment of Mars is initially transformed and suitable for animals to survive. Although these animals can adapt to the environment of Mars after genetic modification, but At present, it is not known whether these genetically modified animals will mutate after they arrive on Mars, and whether they will have a fatal impact on humans after humans immigrate to Mars in the future, so they must be thoroughly understood before they can be put on Mars.

Although there are still 10 to 15 years before the timetable for human migration to Mars, this does not prevent the people of the Ming Empire from paying attention to this matter. Now the Internet and major media of the Ming Empire are full of changes on Mars every day .

The carbon dioxide collection factories on Venus have been started a few years ago. So far, most of the carbon dioxide collection factories on Venus have been started, and all of these factories are unmanned automated factories. After all, the environment on Venus is simply incapable of human beings. Adaptation, even if you stay in the stratosphere of Venus, the temperature has reached several hundred degrees. No one wants to live in such an environment, even if you live in a carbon dioxide collection factory.

It can be said that the route between Venus and Mars is very busy now. Countless spacecraft shuttle through it every day. In the carbon dioxide collection factory on Venus, after loading the dry ice formed by carbon dioxide, they fly to the vicinity of Mars. Put these dry ice directly on Mars, and the official price of each trip to the Ming Empire is also very high.

Therefore, many owners of space mining ships are willing to do such things. After all, due to the increase of space mining ships, all the slightly larger asteroids in the entire asteroid belt are now dragged away by these mining ships, and the remaining It can't be called an asteroid at all, and most of these remaining volumes will not exceed ten centimeters, so from now on the asteroid belt can only be called the outer meteorite belt.

However, there are still many mining ships that are busy shuttling through the asteroid belt, and the income of these mining ships is completely incomparable with that of a few years ago, so they are no longer picky about asteroids.

Instead, a net-type collection is carried out, no matter whether it is large or small, as long as it is encountered, all are packed and taken away, and then decomposed, all those valuable ores are kept and all those useless are collected and transported to Mars.

However, most of the mining ships of the Ming Empire are no longer engaged in the mining industry, because the entire inner circle of the solar system, the slightly larger asteroids and meteorites have been collected.

Therefore, most of those small mining ships have been converted into short-range space cargo ships. The main route is the cargo service between Earth and Mars, Mars and Venus, and now the main target is the official of the Ming Empire.

The remaining asteroids are basically more than 500 kilometers in size, and such a huge asteroid and these small mining farms are simply powerless, and even medium-sized mining ships cannot drag these asteroids.

However, because medium-sized mining spacecraft have a longer range, thick armor, and the ability to resist various cosmic rays, these medium-sized and large-scale space mining ships have a better target, that is, the Kuiper belt. Those thankless asteroids over 500 kilometers are simply not attractive, not to mention that most of these asteroids over 500 kilometers have been marked by the Ming Empire, and private mining is not allowed, because these asteroids will not be mined in the future. In the next two years, all will be put on Mars to increase the volume of Mars.

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