Chapter 561 Space Exploration Competition
Humans' exploration of the new Mars earlier than Xu Xingchen expected.
This new Mars in parallel space-time is definitely more attractive to humans than the Mars in original space-time.
It appeared unexpectedly, flying in from outside the galaxy, at least ten outer solar systems, and even completely outer solar objects.
Therefore, the exploration of the new Mars is actually the detection of outer space of the solar system and even outer celestial bodies.
More importantly, as the observation continues to deepen, astronomers on Earth increasingly feel that this new Mars is likely to be a habitable planet.
Although it is very incredible, there may be creatures on it.
After the emergence of the new Mars, the situation on the earth fell into great turmoil, and the theme of the political level and even the entire world was the awakening and expansion of the Celestial Empire.
The subjects within the scope of astronomy have always been observation and research on the new Mars, which in turn has promoted the rapid improvement of astronomical observation capabilities.
The original Mars of history was once considered to have an atmosphere, with waterways on the surface and even intelligent life.
But later it was proved impossible by increasing evidence.
This new Mars in space-time was also observed in the atmosphere, and was discovered in rivers and oceans. The key is that it is directly blue, completely different from other planets.
And there is increasing evidence that there may really be seas on New Mars, and even vegetation and even animals.
Various analytical and computational data show that the average temperature on the surface of the new Mars is likely to be roughly equivalent to that of the Earth, or slightly higher, around 15 degrees to 18 degrees.
The atmospheric composition is also likely to be basically similar, with slightly higher oxygen and carbon dioxide content.
This is why it can maintain a temperature similar to the Earth at a distance from the Sun.
Over the past hundred years, various evidence and analysis have repeatedly proved that the New Mars may really be a habitable planet.
Although it flew in from the cold outer solar system, it was impossible to form an ecosystem there. It was only a hundred years since it was now, and it was not enough to form an ecosystem.
But the more detailed observations are there, unless all the logic and observations of astronomy are wrong, it is a living and livable planet.
This in turn continues to push up human interest in the new Mars and promotes further research on the new Mars.
Especially when the New Crusaders lost a lot, the Celestial Empire officially became the dominant world village, and after the Europeans were driven back to their hometown, their yearning for the outside world became stronger.
Yinberians, French, and British nostalgia for the colonial era, never grabbed the resentment of the colonial Germans. Coupled with the obsession of the Rakshasa Russians with the land, the taste became a special trend of thought after the mixture fermentation, and other European Union people have been influenced by these years...
They fantasized about a new world that could compete with the Eastern Celestial Empire, and the new Mars became an excellent fantasy target.
After the rise of science fiction novels, works related to New Mars have always existed and even become a relatively fixed category.
When humans on the earth have completed rocket technology and have the ability to launch probes into space and transmit data back, the new Mars has become the most important exploration target.
Its priority is even above the moon.
The moon has been seen clearly by humans with telescopes. There are really no things on it, only large and small meteorite craters...
And the new Mars may be a new world and a new world.
Although the European Union lost its colonies, it still had the opportunity to develop completely independently and independently, and the Celestial Empire did not interfere with them.
As a group that gave birth to two industrial revolutions, their learning ability is of course very strong, and their pursuit of the Celestial Empire has never stopped.
However, under the relatively limited social resources, they entered an inclined state similar to the original time and space dynasty, maintaining relatively strong vitality.
The situation of Americans is somewhat similar. After losing the entire Rocky Mountains, the area of America is still quite vast.
However, most of its inland areas are endless plains, and there is no depth to the Celestial Empire, just like the Song Dynasty that lost the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun...
At the same time, they have lost the raw materials and markets in South America, and have shown strong vitality and competitiveness, and have a very urgent yearning for new land.
This leads to the obvious gap between the European Union and the United States in terms of basic technology compared to the Celestial Empire, but it can barely catch up in aerospace engineering.
The situation in the Celestial Empire was slightly different. Although technology is continuing to develop steadily, it is relatively uniform overall.
Moreover, the pace of society and industry is a little slow, because it is not as stressful as two opponents, so it is a bit like Europeans and Americans in the original time and space.
Of course, the Celestials also remained interested in astronomy, aerospace-related projects, and the exploration of new Mars, but they were not particularly urgent, and were only being researched.
However, they also have a special sensitivity, that is, they must strive for the first place in everything.
When it was discovered that both the European Union and the United States were preparing to launch satellites, the Celestial Empire quickly listed the related projects as emergency projects.
Although the technical reserves are the most abundant and the resources are the most abundant, they did not pay much attention to the beginning, so they were a little late.
Finally, on February 30, 120, the European Union, including the Russians, first successfully launched an artificial satellite.
Although this satellite has no function and has lost contact after seven circles around the earth, it was successful after all as a satellite experiment.
America followed closely, and on May 16, it launched a useless artificial satellite, which was lost after six days of operation.
Finally, the Celestial Empire did not complete the satellite launch mission until August 32, the last day of the end of the month.
Although the completion rate of this satellite is higher than that of the first two, it continues to operate stably for a long time after launch and has a test communication function.
But after all, it is already third, and there are only three players in this event, and the third place is the last one.
After a newspaper brought out this statement, resentment from the Celestial Empire broke out.
Therefore, all the engineers issued a military order together, and they must win the first place in the next major project!
The next project is very clear. All organizations know that their opponents’ next goal is to launch a Mars rover.
Before this, there were several small projects, including more mature communication satellites, including the lunar probe, as a pre-test of the Mars rover.
Compared with ordinary artificial satellite experiments, there is still a big gap between lunar exploration and Mars exploration, and the difficulty has increased by one level.
The Celestial Empire, which had a better technological foundation, finally regained its advantage in this competition.
In fact, the foundation of satellite testing is that the Celestial Empire has been laid, and the other two companies have to continue polishing satellites, which is actually a step slower.
In the next two years, the three parties each launched several new satellites, and then two years later, in May 122, the Celestial Empire first successfully launched a lunar probe.
The pressure was immediately upon the Europa League and the United States. Both sides held back their strength and tried to catch up. In the end, the Europa League was eight months late and the United States was ten months late.
After the moon probe, the real highlight, the new Mars exploration began, and the difficulty rose sharply again.
After three years of exploration, project personnel from the European Union and the United States believed that due to the relatively weak basic technology, it is difficult to win the normal competition with the Celestial Empire.
The research of the Celestial Empire should have been basically completed and it is likely to be launched within the window period of the empire of 124 years. It is impossible for one side to complete all research and tests.
The key is that Mars exploration is different from lunar exploration. If you miss a window period, you will be two years behind. The next chance will be at least 1126 years.
After several internal discussions, the two sides made an agreement to take risks.
Without waiting for all the research and testing to be completed, and while the project is still somewhat unpredictable, take the risk of launching immature rockets and detectors in advance.
If it fails, it is considered to be a theoretical verification, but if it succeeds, it will be basically synchronized with the Celestial Empire and get first-hand information on the New Mars at the same time.
Therefore, when the Celestial Empire thought that its opponent would continue to test the rockets, it saw the news from the newspaper that the other party was about to launch a detector.
The empire was shocked to see it. The astronomical circle was very small, and there was basically no secret to the big progress. Everyone knows that the other two Rockets have not yet been rectified.
Now that you can launch it directly, you can only take the risk...
There is nothing to say about the Empire, so I can only seize the time to cheer up, continue to polish the rocket and detector functional modules, and wait for the launch time to arrive.
So, from July to August of the 124th year of the Empire, three space agencies threw out their Mars probes in just two months.
In the end, the probe carefully prepared by the Celestial Empire successfully arrived at the new Mars relatively smoothly.
Chapter completed!