Chapter 131 It Should Not Be Cotton
Mars is one of the eight planets in the solar system and also one of the terrestrial planets.
Among the many planets explored by humans, Mars is currently the only planet that has a certain environment suitable for human survival.
Its diameter is about half that of the Blue Star, and its surface gravity is 38% of that of the Blue Star.
The only regret is that the atmosphere here is extremely thin, containing 95% carbon dioxide.
Humans simply cannot breathe freely here.
In fact, according to the common concept of the current scientific community, even if Mars has the above-mentioned habitable conditions, it is still an "extremely harsh" environment.
But this did not prevent Mark from investing a large amount of money in the "Mars Project" to compete with Xinghai, which went smoothly.
In the deep sky, a streamlined, small flying boat passed by quickly.
Fan Ren looked at the orange-yellow planet that was gradually getting bigger in front of him, and his mood gradually became inexplicably touched.
This was of course also the first time he personally flew a spacecraft here.
However, this scene did not last long before the entire spacecraft began to turn around under the control of the autopilot.
Ah Dai looked at the scenery outside with regret. He knew that the spaceship was slowing down.
Otherwise, if the shuttle flew directly at the current speed, the gravity of Mars would not be able to hold it.
An hour later, the shuttle turned its head again.
What they saw was a huge orange-yellow planet, and near its north pole, a huge white area could be observed with the naked eye.
In the past, everyone speculated that this was a special landform formed by a huge solid glacier.
This is one of the reasons why the 'Mars Project' will set up a base on the Utopia Planitia, which is closer to the North Pole.
In Mark's vision, this will be one of the sources of water for humans in Martian cities in the future.
However, due to the backward aerospace technology, Spieth's company has not yet conducted large-scale exploration of the Martian area.
Their main task at present is to expand the base and ensure the normal survival of the pioneers.
But now, Fan Ren decided to help them speed up.
Fan Ren took over the manual driving, slightly shook the remote control, and aimed the bow of the ship towards the white glacier.
Then push the thrust lever.
The shuttle suddenly dived towards the huge planet below.
"Boss, slow down."
Ah Dai was a little worried. Although the performance of this shuttle was the best in the world, strictly speaking, this was also its first time to fly to Mars.
Fan Ren didn't care. He had already experienced flying on Mars using a flying boat of his own design, and was well aware of the atmospheric parameters and gravitational environment here.
Not to mention that the spaceship you are driving now has more powerful performance than the previous one.
The shuttle quickly entered the Martian atmosphere.
Different from the dim atmosphere above the Utopia Plain before.
Perhaps because of the extremely low temperatures, the atmosphere here is thinner.
Even Fan Ren could clearly feel that it was easier to operate the spacecraft here.
"The outside temperature is -80 degrees, and the atmosphere is less dense."
Shan Wu had followed him for such a long time that he already had a certain degree of aerospace knowledge, and he reported calmly at this time.
For some reason, he had great confidence in this Mr. Fan.
Fan Ren nodded and continued to operate the spacecraft to descend.
Soon, through the window, one could clearly see a huge white landscape on the ground beneath one's feet.
"It can't be granite," he joked, reaching out to turn on the onboard scanner.
This is the latest radar developed by Daxia, which can determine the thickness of the earth's surface by reflecting radar waves from the terrain.
Now that we are here, we have to land and conduct a detailed investigation, otherwise it would not be in line with our behavior.
Soon, the radar scan results came out.
The results were surprising.
Although it is not certain whether the landform below is a glacier, scans show that the surface below is very thick and very flat.
"Landing should be fine."
Fan Ren murmured something, and without hesitation, he selected a piece of land and began to control the spacecraft to enter the landing procedure.
In the cockpit, except for Fan Ren and Shan Wu, Ah Dai instantly reached out for the handle above his head.
You are really brave!
"Don't be afraid. The radar shows that the ground below is very flat and thick enough. Unless there is cotton underneath, we are very safe."
He saw Ah Dai's action and made a joke, but it obviously didn't work well.
Ah Dai still held the handle tightly and refused to let go.
Fan Ren smiled and shook his head, not caring. His left hand was always on the thrust lever. Unless the spaceship came to a complete stop, he could rely on the huge thrust of the two nuclear fusion engines to stabilize the spaceship in an instant.
'10 meters. 2 meters. Touched the ground. Landed.'
As the emotionless mechanical announcement in the cockpit ended, feeling the spacecraft maintaining a steady posture, Ah Dai's heart finally settled down.
"Boss, this is so exciting."
He looked a little confused. Landing on Mars? He was still a little confused.
Fan Ren unbuckled his seat belt with a smile, walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and then walked towards the cabin door.
The shortcomings of the nanocoat also became apparent at this time. If he wanted to go out, he had to carry an oxygen tank, otherwise he would not be able to breathe.
Ah Dai, who came back to his senses, also started to get excited. It should be said that although it felt a bit dangerous, at least now he had a real chance to come to Mars.
Moreover, the place where they are located is the Arctic glacier point on Mars, where no human probe has ever been.
After some preparation, everyone came to the cabin door.
Fan Ren once again took the trouble to check the external environment outside the cabin.
Temperature: -87 degrees, the atmosphere is extremely thin.
"Safety!"
As if to cheer himself up, a nano-coat suddenly appeared on his body after he said these two words, and in the blink of an eye, it wrapped his entire body.
Fan Ren reached out and put the oxygen mask behind him on his face, then looked at A-Dai and Shan Wu, and saw that they were not left behind either, and finally he slowly pressed the button to open the hatch.
"The body surface temperature is 36 degrees, safe!"
Fan Ren didn't feel anything all over his body, but he saw that the temperature reading in the cabin was dropping rapidly.
Before their eyes, an endless white plain suddenly appeared before everyone’s eyes.
At the end of the plain, the pitch-black night sky connects with it, forming a very simple black and white painting.
Fan Ren became excited and stepped out holding the railing.
He couldn't help but laugh as he stepped on the white surface through the nanorobots' feet, without feeling anything.
But this did not prevent him from knowing that the land beneath his feet was made up of an enormous glacier.
The two people behind him immediately filed out and landed in this land that had never been set foot on by humans, and were immersed in the huge drawing board.
(End of this chapter)
