Interstellar Industrial Age

In a void in the solar system, the 'Kuafu' spacecraft is flying rapidly in the void, with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per second. This speed has surpassed the fastest historical record in human history, and its speed is still constantly soaring.

But the void is too vast. Even at a speed of hundreds of kilometers per second, in the boundless void, the Kuafu spacecraft still seems to be still at the origin, as if it will always be at one point without any The changes, not to mention the universe, the solar system is too big.

In the Kuafu spaceship, everyone lies on their space chairs, playing games in the virtual world with the virtual watch they carry with them, chatting and meeting relatives and friends, and at the same time feeling the acceleration brought by the spacecraft. powerful push back.

The engine of the Kuafu spacecraft has a powerful thrust of 800 million tons, and the mass of the spacecraft itself is only one million tons. Even if it is all the things in the spacecraft, its mass is only more than 2 million tons.

This mass is simply insignificant compared to the 800 million-ton thrust of the engine.

Accelerate~Accelerate~

The speed of the spacecraft is still soaring, but in order to take into account the pressure resistance of the crew on the spacecraft, the acceleration process of the spacecraft is not too fast, it is a continuous acceleration process.

This time, the scientific expedition around the solar system needs to travel too far, and there is not enough speed. This spacecraft does not know that the year of the monkey, the horse and the moon can complete the mission of the scientific expedition.

The earth gradually becomes smaller in the field of vision, and finally disappears slowly. With the naked eye, there is no trace of the earth at all, according to the calculations and plans of scientists.

The first stop of the Kuafu spacecraft is Mars, and it will go to Mars for investigation.

Mars and Earth have too many similarities, both have atmospheres, and their revolution speeds are similar. The speed of their autobiography is only 41 minutes apart. The temperature difference on the surface of Mars is not too big. for other planets.

Moreover, Mars, like Earth, is located in the habitable zone that scientists believe in the solar system. The so-called habitable zone is the area that scientists believe that only within a certain range can life be born and be habitable.

For example, in the solar system, the habitable zone refers to the range of the four planets Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury. Within this range, because it is close to the sun, the light is sufficient, and the temperature is not too cold, it is suitable for the birth and reproduction of life. .

Once it exceeds this range, because it is too far from the sun, the light is not enough, and the temperature is very low, it is impossible for life to conceive and multiply.

Therefore, with the asteroid belt as the boundary, the inner circle can also be called the inner circle of the solar system, and the outer circle can be called the outer circle of the solar system.

Because Mars has too many similarities with Earth, it has always been considered by scientists as the most likely planet to be used for interstellar immigration. There are also many sci-fi movies and sci-fi about Mars immigration, Mars transformation, etc. .

Moreover, scientists have also deduced that, through the analysis of everything that exists, Mars may have given birth to very prosperous life in the history of the same as the earth. However, for some reason, Mars slowly withered and eventually changed. became a dead planet.

Scientists really want to go to Mars to investigate, to look for life on Mars, to explore the traces of life on Mars, and to investigate whether Mars can become a planet for human immigration.

Of course, if there was ever life on Mars, then we can also investigate the cause of the demise of life on Mars, and find out how much life on Mars evolved when life on Mars was prosperous, and whether advanced life was born. The ending of the advanced life is anything.

There is so much, so much, waiting for scientists to explore and discover.

So when the figure of Mars appeared in the field of vision of the Kuafu spacecraft, the scientists on the entire spacecraft became excited one by one.

The Kuafu spacecraft is getting closer and closer to Mars, and its speed is slowly decreasing. The gravity of Mars is only about 40% of that of the Earth, which means that if the Kuafu spacecraft wants to be captured by the gravity of Mars, The speed must be reduced to a sufficiently low level.

It's hard to imagine how prosperous Mars would be if it ever had life.

Through the telescope on the spacecraft, Long Zhankong began to observe Mars from a distance.

Unlike the earth, which is a blue gem, Mars is a red-yellow planet. Its atmosphere is very thin and only about 1% of the earth's atmosphere, so the surface of Mars can be clearly seen in the sky.

Very barren, is a world dominated by red.

Even if there was life, I don't know how many millions of years ago. The entire solar system has a history of 4.6 billion years. In such a long time, the history we humans know now is simply insignificant.

Next to Long Zhankong, Huang Zhibin is also constantly observing the red planet in the void. As a cosmic astronomy scientist, he also has a strong interest in the history, evolution and development of the solar system.

In another part of the spacecraft, in the simulated ecological area, Liu Daoming and Li Jingxuan, who also graduated from the first biological science major of Galaxy University of Science and Technology, were studying the growth of plants in a weightless environment, and they were also discussing life on Mars.

In a weightless environment, the gene mutation of plants is very frequent, and the impact on animals is even greater. In space, these mice almost all lose the ability to reproduce the next generation. It is estimated that in the weightless environment, the The secretion system in the animal, the genetic system, etc.

Liu Daoming carefully observed the plants and animals in the simulated ecological zone. After a long period of observation and research in space, he also found that the weightless environment has a great impact on plants and animals. Very restless, difficult to adapt to, often will not eat or drink.

Stop talking about this, do you think there will be life on Mars?

There is water at the north and south poles of Mars. If there is water, it is very likely that life can be born. Especially, the environment of Mars is relatively mild. I estimate that under the glaciers of the north and south poles of Mars, there must be the birth of life.

Li Jingxuan looked out the window. A red planet stood quietly in the void. Scientists who study biology are obsessed with finding the origin of life.

Just as cosmic and astronomical scientists want to figure out the origin and evolution of the universe, and how big this encounter is, biological scientists are also looking for the origin of life and how much life will evolve in the future.

There have always been two views on the origin of life. One is the ideal view, which holds that life and all things were created by the so-called gods; the other materialism view is that with the continuous development of modern technology, It is believed that life on Earth was accidentally created by extraterrestrial meteorites or by chemical reactions on Earth itself.

I won't talk about the idealistic point of view, the microscopic point of view is deduced based on existing biological science and technology, especially Darwin's theory of evolution, coupled with the emergence of genetic technology, almost all living things go to the source to pursue and explore. It can be traced back to the most primitive and simplest life.

So now scientists basically think that life is a comprehensive reaction of chemistry, physics, etc., and that different molecules interact and mix with each other to produce primitive organic molecules with DNA. DNA has two characteristics: first, it can produce amino acids, Second, it can replicate by itself, and these two characteristics of DNA are also the basic characteristics of bacteria-like organisms, and bacteria are the simplest living organisms in the world of life, and they are also the oldest fossils we can find so far.

When it comes to the origin of life, Liu Daoming suddenly came to his senses. As a biological scientist, he has been thinking hard about the very serious issue of the origin of life.

However, the history of the earth has been billions of years, and the history of life is also very long. What happened in the long years calculated in billions of years can only be studied and inferred in modern times through some fossils. It is very difficult to trace the origin.

Although life is also composed of various molecules, all kinds of things in the body of life are dead when taken out individually, but when combined together, it is life, which is very miraculous!

As you can imagine, these substances in the human body are very common in nature, but after the combination, man, this magical life, is born.

The birth of life may not necessarily be related to water, but our current cognition believes that without water, there can be no life, but there are many assumptions in science fiction movies and science fiction, carbon-based life, silicon-based life, Energy body life, mechanical life, etc.

The universe is too big, and we know too little, too little, and we are sitting there watching the sky right now.

A planet with water does not necessarily have life, and a planet without water does not necessarily have no life. I think life may exist widely in the universe, and maybe life can be found on Mars.

Liu Daoming put down his work, came to the window of the spacecraft, and looked at the planet in the void. Although it was not as moving as the earth, it exuded an intoxicating halo of life.

But at this time, Liu Daoming can't wait to fly to Mars immediately to search for traces of life. Human beings are too lonely. So far, no extraterrestrial life has been found, so that sometimes human beings just sit and watch the sky. It is said that human beings are the only life in this universe.

PS: Are there any aliens? Everyone can say it, it must be reasonable~