November 6th, 2015. This was the day that the whole world paid attention to. Because on this day, humans were about to take their first solid step toward Mars.
According to the plan announced by the Solar System Technology Exploration Company, five spacecraft had been launched to Mars from 2010 to 2014. These spacecraft were all non-returnable.
Among them, the first probe was a Martian satellite. It was used to scan all the data on the Martian surface at close range and then find a suitable landing site.
The second and third probes were Martian exploration vehicles. They were used to accurately detect the landing site, draw the most comprehensive landing topography map, and record the climate and environmental data on the Martian surface.
The fourth and fifth probes were the equipment and supplies for the return trip.
After some calculations, with the current technology of humans, there was no way to support the launch of a spacecraft that could go to Mars and then return.
Because the mass of such a spacecraft was too large, the current carrying capacity of human rockets was simply not enough for a single launch.
Also, the surface of Mars was not like the surface of the Moon. The propulsion needed to leave Mars and enter space was almost the same as Earth's. This required too much fuel.
Also, Jia Changtian's plan was to stay on the surface of Mars for about 40 days. In this case, a surface base on Mars would need to be built. This would inevitably require a large number of supplies.
Therefore, the fourth and fifth launches were dedicated to transporting supplies, including fuel, an assembly base, daily necessities, an emergency center, large amounts of food, medicine, and even two Mars rovers.
These things were directly transported to the surface of Mars through the fourth and fifth launches. After that, Jia Changtian and the others could directly use these supplies when they landed.
On the return trip, these supplies would be discarded on the surface of Mars … Of course, humans might retrieve these supplies after a few years. However, by then, these would not be ordinary supplies, but real cultural relics!
[PS: These settings are from the movie "Mars Rescue", the one where potatoes are planted on Mars.]
Finally, at the end of 2015, it was time for humans to personally go to Mars.
This was different from the standard three-person teams that were used to land on the moon. This time, they had to stay on the surface of Mars for 40 days, and there was also a lot of complicated work to be done. After considering all kinds of problems, they finally decided on an eight-person team. Two of them would stay on the Zhurong spacecraft after arriving in Mars orbit, and they would be responsible for supporting the landing. Only six of them would actually land on Mars.
What was worth mentioning was that this time, there weren't any female members … Although this made a certain country's fighters very unhappy, and thus continuously attacked the Daqian, the Daqian didn't even care about them. Jia Chang Tian even publicly stated in a TV program that first of all, a female's body wouldn't be able to withstand such a long voyage.
Secondly, during some experiments, some of the emotional psychology of women would cause a lot of unnecessary risks. For safety reasons, they did not bring female astronauts.
These words were equivalent to directly smearing feces on the faces of the boxers, causing them to cry out in anger.
But the miraculous thing was, this didn't shake Jia Chang Tian's position as the man that Hua Xia wanted to marry the most.
This selection was launched by "Men's Wear" magazine in 2010, and it lasted for five years. Jia Chang Tian had always been at the top, and he deserved to be first.
And the votes were increasing year by year.
In the first year, a total of about 10,000 people voted.
And in 2015, more than 8 million women voted. In the end, not only did Jia Chang Tian's votes increase, but his percentage of votes also increased. In the end, 68% of the votes were cast for Jia Chang Tian.
This was something that couldn't be helped. Jia Chang Tian was just 20 years old, and he inherited the genes of Boss Jia and Zhu Qiushui. He instantly killed a bunch of little fresh meats. He also had the aura of abstinence, and he was a top scholar … No, he was already a top scientist. Many top scholars had publicly stated that Jia Chang Tian could be called one of the greatest scientists of the 21st century.
Most importantly, he was the son of the richest man in the world, and the eldest son. Even if they split the family business in the future, he would still be the next richest man in the world.
So after Jia Chang Tian made such a statement, many boxers kept scolding the Daqian, and even our Boss Jia, but not Jia Chang Tian.
But this couldn't stop Jia Chang Tian from going up. Finally, at 16: 16 in the afternoon of November 6th, under the live broadcast of more than 200 media outlets around the world, and under the watch of billions of people, the Hou Yi 2 rocket, a giant with a liftoff mass of 3874 tons, ignited and lifted off, bringing the Zhu Rong spaceship's material warehouse into space.
The reason why it was called a material warehouse was because the Zhu Rong spaceship was almost fully assembled in outer space. The entire Zhu Rong spaceship had a mass of 9874 tons, and it had launched six rockets, completing the docking and assembly in outer space. The last part was the material warehouse of the spaceship, and the eight astronauts were also staying in the warehouse. After the docking was completed, they would be transferred to the prepared cockpit, and then the journey to Mars would begin.
"In the end, the Huaxia people beat us to it. Could it be that our technology is really behind the Huaxia people?" Seeing the last part of the Zhu Rong spaceship lift off, many people in front of the TV shed tears.
After all, even five years ago, everyone in the world thought that the first person to land on Mars would be someone from a certain country. But now that Hua Xia's people had already set off, the parliament of a certain country was still debating whether to fund NASA's Mars landing plan.
This made many people in a certain country feel very desperate. They could only watch as Hua Xia's people surpassed them in the field of aerospace step by step.
At this time, some lively voices suddenly came from outside the bar. Although they couldn't hear clearly in the bar, they could vaguely hear something about making a certain country great again!
"I've decided, I'm going to vote for Old Donder!" After the live broadcast ended, a young man suddenly stood up, put down the glass in his hand, and said excitedly.
"Are you crazy? Don't you know that Old Donder is a lunatic and a racist?" his companion quickly said.
"I don't care. I only know that Old Donder promised us that as long as he is elected as the commander, he will immediately approve NASA's Mars plan. During his term, our astronauts will be able to land on Mars!" The young man drank the brandy in his hand in one gulp, then slammed the glass on the ground and said, "At most, it will be eight years. No matter how bad our country is in these eight years, it will be enough for us to see our spaceship fly to Mars with our own eyes!"
"Our country must always be great!"
"…" The scene was silent, but many people's eyes were shining. This young man might be right. If Old Donder could really make a certain country land on Mars, eight years wouldn't be a big deal. Anyway, it would be the same no matter who came to power. It couldn't be worse.
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