Start with a blacksmith shop - Chapter 377 Follow-up Arrangements

“Everyone should have generally known about today’s topic in advance. Now let me repeat it here. The inventor of the aerospace fighter is always Academician Li Zhenhua, who just sent us some of his opinions on the development of Mars.

The most important point is that when it comes to matters related to the development of Mars, the current level of technology is simply not feasible for large-scale development of Mars.

The relevant leaders of our Jiuzhou Space Agency, after learning about this point of view, conducted some verification and concluded that the point of view put forward by Academician Li is the most consistent with the situation we are facing.

I am here with you today to discuss this point of view and see what your opinions are and whether you have any other opinions! “

As the moderator of the deputy director’s seminar, a member of the Kyushu Space Administration reiterated Li Zhenhua’s views at the meeting and asked the participants if they had any other views.

Just after the leader finished speaking, everyone in the audience who participated in the meeting, although they already knew the topic of the meeting before, couldn’t help but two or three people gathered together to discuss it.

The leaders sat on the rostrum and sat quietly, but in the audience, the experts gathered together in twos and threes to discuss, making the entire venue a little noisy.

This kind of noisy voice did not last long. All experts also know that this meeting is not suitable for them to discuss for too long. If you really have any opinions, you still have to express them in front of everyone, and then Let’s discuss it together.

Soon the entire venue returned to silence. After seeing many experts quiet down, the leaders continued to ask on the stage at the right time: “Everyone knows our topic today, so I hope everyone can speak enthusiastically. , and strive for today’s seminar to allow us to draw conclusions.”

Just as the leader finished his speech, an elderly expert in the audience opened the microphone in front of him.

“Hey… let me tell you my point of view first. I think the point of view put forward by Academician Li Zhenhua is correct, and our Jiuzhou Space Administration should also be grateful that there is a clear-headed person to help us at the critical moment. Raise opposing views.

It was so timely. We all had been caught up in the craze for Mars development because of the information brought back by the Mars Exploration Team, so we in this mountain did not think too comprehensively.

My point of view is that I agree with Academician Li Zhenhua’s point of view. We should consider the development of Mars comprehensively. We cannot lose our minds in the enthusiasm just because Mars is extremely attractive to us! “

After the old professor finished speaking, there was a younger expert in the audience. He couldn’t wait to turn on the microphone in front of him, and then continued to speak.

“I listened to Teacher Zhang’s point of view just now, and I have understood Academician Li’s point of view before, but we cannot just put aside a treasure planet like Mars just because of the limitations of technology and the immature conditions. Just ignore it!

Think about it, comrades, have our exploration of Mars produced any results before this? No! We have been exploring extraterrestrial and Mars before.

I think it would be inappropriate if we gave up on the development of Mars now. Then we would lose the opportunity for Kyushu to expand its space to the outside world again! “

Of course there will be opposition if there is approval, and these two views are exactly the two mainstream views that people are wavering on the Mars development plan.

One party believes that the development of Mars is immature, while the other party believes that the development of Mars should not be abandoned for various reasons.

Then the two sides met at the meeting, and various experts began to express their own opinions. No one could convince the other party. The focus of these experts was whether to completely abandon Mars, but they all forgot that Li Zhenhua put forward in his opinion to conduct appropriate Mars exploration activities.

The leaders of the Kyushu Space Administration on the stage looked at the somewhat out-of-control scene. Originally, they were asking for opinions, but now, some experts began to stand in place, took out paper and pen, and wrote formulas. It will then turn into a discussion of professional issues.

The leader who presided over the meeting couldn’t help but interrupt everyone at the point of discussion.

“Everyone, please stop for a moment. I heard everyone’s speech just now, but everyone has forgotten one thing in Academician Li Zhenhua’s point of view, which is to continue the Mars exploration plan.

However, the subsequent large-scale development of Mars is not suitable yet. Don’t forget this point of view.

The opinion of our space agency is that the exploration of Mars must still continue, but the view of the extensive development of Mars that we discussed before will be retained.

When our technological level is reached, Mars development will continue. “

Many experts in the audience only noticed the key points of Li Zhenhua’s views at this moment. After that, the experts began to make extremely strict calculations, and the final conclusion was really consistent with Li Zhenhua’s views.

Everyone unified their opinions on this matter, and then the leaders of the space agency asked again if they had any other opinions to mention.

As soon as he finished speaking, an expert expressed his opinion.

“Everyone, as Teacher Zhang said before, we should be lucky that Academician Li Zhenhua cooled down our fanatical attitude and allowed us to think more calmly.

Just now I came up with a feasible plan, that is, instead of staring at Mars, we might as well focus on the asteroids near the earth!

I think these asteroids are the focus of our attention. With our current technological level, the subsequent development of Mars is extremely difficult, but what about the asteroids around us?

With the level of technology we have, we can completely develop the surrounding asteroids. These are our future directions.

You must know that the resources on these asteroids are extremely rich. Some asteroids are even large iron lumps, completely composed of metal in the universe.

What we can get from these asteroids must be more than what we can get on Mars. There are a huge number of asteroids with massive mineral resources.

And I think we may also find other new elements on these asteroids that are not on the periodic table.

Even if new elements cannot be discovered, it would be good to recover the minerals contained in these asteroids.

Under the premise that we have aerospace planes, as long as we bring back massive minerals, we should no longer be choked by some foreign countries in terms of minerals! “

After the leaders of the space agency heard someone raising an issue that had little to do with Mars, they thought that there is indeed strength in numbers.

Just after this idea was raised, the experts at the meeting discussed it again.

As time passed, the seminar gradually came to an end, and they also reached the final conclusion at this time.

The massive development plan for Mars will be postponed indefinitely. When to restart depends on the current technical level. Everything goes smoothly and naturally. To put it bluntly, you can do whatever you need to do at any time.

The exploration of Mars will continue, which will also be of great benefit to them in developing Mars in the future. Even if the technology is really achieved, they still don’t know much about Mars.

When the exploration of Mars continues as usual, the environment surrounding the Earth will continue to be explored, and the main exploration target will always be aimed at a large number of asteroids.

As for the scope of exploration, it is within the entire solar system. Considering the speed of the current aerospace plane, it does not yet have the conditions for exploration within the entire solar system. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is still some areas near the earth.

You must know that the diameter of the solar system is about two light years, and what is the fastest speed they have now? It has just exceeded the third cosmic speed.

Traveling through the solar system at the speed of light would take two years to fly from one end of the sun to the other. You can imagine how huge the solar system is.

The earth is just a grain of dust in the solar system. If we increase the scale, the size of the solar system relative to the vast space of the universe will look like a grain of dust.

If they really want to move freely within the solar system, they must at least master the speed of light flight, or what it looks like at sub-light speed.

Of course, there is also a technology that allows people to move freely within the solar system. This is the wormhole technology that has not yet been invented or proven, or the curvature engine.

Only when the curvature engine is invented and can fold the universe, can they fly out of the solar system and explore the wider universe.

Only then will real extraterrestrial exploration have just begun for humans.

After this seminar, which had an extremely high level of confidentiality and was related to Kyushu’s future external exploration, ended, Kyushu began to implement the conclusions reached at the meeting.

The purpose of the current Kyushu Space Agency is still in the exploration stage. As for how to transport the minerals and other resources that they will explore later and are useful to Kyushu back to the earth, there is no plan yet.

Of course, in addition to exploration, they will also gradually tilt resources towards the moon in the future. Compared with Mars and asteroids around the earth, the development value of the moon is greater.

Just the large amount of helium-3 contained in the lunar soil on the moon is not found in other stars. What’s more, there is a new research result before this, that is, there is water in the deeper parts of the moon. Resources.

Therefore, if there is water on the moon, farming can be carried out on the moon, and Kyushu has been doing this before, and the farming plan on the moon has never stopped.

The current lunar base is no longer a purely scientific research and exploration base. It has begun to develop in the direction of an agricultural base. Now the moon is not just the previous planting areas.

The entire planting area has expanded more than ten times compared to the beginning, and the planting on the moon has also caused some changes in the seeds brought up by the earth.

Take wheat for example. Due to the difference in gravity between the moon and the earth, the wheat grown on the moon has become larger in terms of plants. And not only the plants, but also the wheat fruit particles are also larger. In a circle.

Especially starting from the fourth generation of wheat seeds on the moon, this change is particularly obvious. Each generation of plants grows larger, and each generation of fruits becomes fuller.

And as generations of reproduction continue, this increasing effect is constantly solidifying. In the eyes of agricultural experts, as long as this effect can be solidified successfully, there will be a new round of wheat production on the earth in the future. surge.

Of course, to a certain extent, planting on the moon consumes more resources, but it is all worth it. If the good effects of various plants are solidified later, it will be considered a land developed on the moon. Blocks, converted into seed breeding base, is also a good result.

Under this environment, everything on the moon is going on normally. The space agency also formulated a new external exploration plan after that seminar.

The first thing to explain is that there are currently four air planes in service in Kyushu, and the main mission of one of them is to travel between the earth and the moon.

As for the arrangements for the other three space shuttles, the space agency also made arrangements one by one after the last time.

One of them is still performing an exploration mission related to Mars. For now, people still don’t know enough about the mysterious Mars, so the Mars scientific research and exploration plan must continue as normal.

It’s just that we will not continue to develop aggressively on Mars. We are still in the stage of understanding Mars and collecting Mars data.

And in the subsequent plan, the next time it launches to Mars, the crew will be adjusted, and the personnel composition will be adjusted while ensuring the normal operation of the aerospace aircraft.

The number of people operating the aircraft will remain at four, and two scientists will be added who specialize in Mars research, allowing the scientists to conduct field scientific research on Mars and conduct some imaginary experiments on Mars.

In the selection of scientists, comprehensive considerations will be made, and experts with broad knowledge and breadth will be selected on the premise of their health.

This is the arrangement for this aerospace plane, but what about the other two? One of them serves as a rescue aircraft.

The daily mission is to provide rescue to people in the universe. Whether it is the Tiangong Space Station or the Guanghan Palace Base on the moon, they are all within its rescue scope. Even the Mars exploration team is still within its responsibilities.

And what about the arrangements for the remaining space plane? They were assigned a mission to explore asteroid resources, and the crew on it was not just astronauts. There was also an astronomer accompanying the aircraft.

Provide the crew with theoretical and technical support for space so that they will not get lost in the vast space.