As soon as the call was connected, Calvin's voice came from the other end of the phone. In his voice, Jiang Chen could clearly hear a trace of excitement. It should be a good thing.
"The list has been confirmed. Do you want to take a look?"
"List? What list? "
"The first colonists, or pioneers, to go to Mars. The equipment needed for colonizing Mars was built as early as last month, and the list of colonists was finalized at the end of this month. In a few days, the equipment and people will be transported to Celestial City. I guess you will be interested. Do you want to visit? "Calvin said with a smile.
"Wait for me at the experimental base. I'll be there in a while."
After he hung up the phone, Jiang Chen immediately stood up from his chair and walked to the door of the office.
However, as soon as he walked to the door, the office door opened by itself.
The beautiful secretary in business attire was holding a cup of coffee. She smiled sweetly when she saw him.
"President, your coffee."
Jiang Chen took a moment to process before he remembered that he just ordered a cup of coffee.
Looking at the white mist floating above the cup, it didn't look like it could be drunk in one gulp. Jiang Chen was silent for two seconds and finally said apologetically.
"Uh, you can drink it for me."
…
The northern part of Ange Island, located at the space training base, almost became the aerospace research base of Xin and the world. Here gathered aerospace technical talents from all over the world, professionally trained astronauts, and space volunteers who simply looked forward to the deep sea of stars.
The Mars Colonial Experimental Base was also located here, but due to the confidentiality of the project, the scientific research center covering nearly one hundred acres seemed very deserted. It was not open to the public and tourists, and it did not accept any interviews. Celestial Trade stationed soldiers outside, just like a military base.
A Luer car stopped at the gate of the checkpoint. After the soldier confirmed the identity of the visitor, he respectfully saluted and gestured to the checkpoint to let them pass.
After Jiang Chen entered the experimental base, he was led by Calvin's secretary to the experimental base.
Standing at the door of the experimental site, Calvin looked at his watch and obviously waited for a long time. As soon as they met, this guy enthusiastically greeted Jiang Chen and gave him a bear hug. Then he stuffed the list into Jiang Chen's hand and took the lead in the direction of the experimental site.
Although the Moon Colony Base had not yet been built, and the Stingray that went tens of millions of kilometers away had not yet returned, this did not prevent Celestial Trade from spreading seeds further. The most important thing was that the ecological cycle system of the lunar colonial base provided a theoretical basis for the construction of the Mars colonial base. Although Celestial Trade did not yet have a spacecraft capable of traveling between the Earth-Moon system and Mars, it was still possible to send a small number of people to Mars to build a colony outpost.
Of course, it would burn money, but wasn't it supposed to be used to burn so much money?
At least Jiang Chen thought that with ample capital, it was more meaningful to burn money in the sky than elsewhere.
"Zhang Cheng, male, 27 years old. Occupation: High school teacher. "
"Chen Huaiyu, female, 28 years old. Occupation: Surgeon. "
"Duncan Farmiga, male, 31 years old. Occupation: Aerospace technology engineer, astrophysics expert. "
"Christina Michelle, female, 27 years old. Occupation: Artist … "
"…"
There were a total of 20 people on the list from Calvin, and they came from different countries. They stood out from ten thousand volunteers and were selected to be the pioneers of the voyage to Mars to build an outpost for outer space colonization.
"Interesting, there are also football players? Is there a football field on Mars? "
While looking at the personal information of the colonists on the list, Jiang Chen followed Calvin and visited the equipment displayed in the experimental base. Normally, the colonists would also train here, but now they were all enjoying their last vacation on Earth and saying goodbye to their family and friends on Earth.
"In order to understand the adaptability and psychological pressure of people with different professions in the Mars environment, we will consider sending people with non-related professions when selecting colonists. These are all experiments … uh, part of the colonization plan. Look here, this is the colonial unit, the center of the future Mars colony, and the hub of the ecological cycle device of the entire colony. Its shape is wonderful, isn't it? "Calvin grinned, revealing his white teeth.
"Like a sewage treatment plant." Jiang Chen looked at the rows of pipelines on the surface and the main structure of the six-grid egg shape. He looked at it with interest.
"Well … your point of view is more unique. Let's continue to look down. This is a small nuclear fusion generator. The Mars atmosphere is thin, and there is no magnetic field protection. Although the content of helium-3 in the soil is not as rich as on the Moon, it can still be found in helium-3 rich areas. The only problem is that deuterium can only be sent from Earth. It seems that we must quickly find a way to solve the problem of the third generation of nuclear fusion. If nuclear fusion energy only consumes helium-3, the burden on the Moon colony will also be reduced a lot. "
"Research takes time, but I don't think it should take too long," Jiang Chen said helplessly.
Now the third generation of nuclear fusion was the main research project of Camp 27 in the apocalypse, but so far there has not been much progress. However, he couldn't arrange a fixed timetable for scientific research. Maybe tomorrow when he woke up, the research in the apocalypse would have made a breakthrough, or maybe this project would be like the warp drive, there would be no movement for a long time.
Calvin shrugged, continued to walk down, and introduced Jiang Chen to the small prism-shaped house.
"This is the colonist living unit, divided into four sections for four families to live in. They are connected to each other through pipelines and eventually connected to the colonial unit."
"This is?" Jiang Chen looked at the back of the living unit. It was a device shaped like an aquarium tank. Through the translucent outer wall, he could see a series of thin circular tubes. The tubes were covered with thick moss, and the whole tube was soaked in culture fluid.
"This is the fungus culture room." A proud smile appeared on Calvin's face.
"Growing mushrooms?"
"That's not it." Kelvin laughed and walked up to the giant fish tank covered in moss. He then said, "There are special bacteria that can survive in an environment of high carbon dioxide concentration and low gravity. Through photosynthesis, the carbon dioxide in the air is fixed into organic matter, and oxygen is produced at the same time. This thing can be used with the organic converter. I have drunk the nutrient supply produced, and the taste is not bad. "
"You will want to vomit after a few more days." Jiang Chen teased Calvin, then looked at the device with interest. But at this moment, a doubt came to his mind. "I remember that photosynthesis consumes a lot of water. Is there ice on Mars?"
"There is liquid water, but it is very thin. Most of it is soaked in the soil, and the salinity is very high, just like brine. But fortunately, we have a way to turn it into pure water. Through the analysis of rock erosion and terrain, we will choose the landing point in the lake sedimentary environment. Then we have to talk about this device. " Kelvin walked in front of a long cylindrical tube and patted the silver-white tube. "Centrifugal pump. This thing doesn't require much technology, but it's definitely useful on Mars."
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