cosmic hegemony

Chapter 206, Exploring Mars ([-])
The terrain in the northern hemisphere of Mars is very flat, and it can be said to be a very vast plain. According to scientists' speculation, the history of the formation of this landform in the northern hemisphere is not too long.

The surface of Mars is full of red gravel and finer red sand. These are all formed of iron oxide and cover the entire surface of Mars. Therefore, looking at Mars from space, Mars is a red planet.

On a wide plain here, a spaceship descended from the sky. The huge parachute slowed down with the help of air, and at the same time flames were ejected from the tail to reduce the speed, and it landed on the surface of Mars very smoothly. This is an unmanned spaceship. above Mars.

At his tail, the mechanical door slowly opened, and an engineering vehicle slowly drove out of the spaceship, set foot on the soil of Mars, and began to walk around and look around like a curious baby, knocking on stones and digging from time to time. Dig the soil and collect the samples one by one.

"Humph!"

A mechanical arm on the engineering vehicle made the roar of the machine, and saw a drill-like thing continuously drilling into the soil, preparing to dig out deep soil or rocks for better research on Mars ,

Samples were collected back to the spacecraft. Some of these samples were rocks and soil on Mars, some were obtained from the deep soil of Mars through drilling, and the air in Mars. The samples were collected back to the spacecraft.

"boom!"

Flame spewed out from the landing spaceship and the surrounding soil, sand, etc. were blown away. For a while, the dust was flying like a big storm.

The unmanned spacecraft lifted off slowly, then became faster and faster, and soon disappeared into the atmosphere of Mars and came to outer space, and then slowly approached the "Ocean" spacecraft, preparing to collect all kinds of The samples are sent to the scientists on board the spacecraft for study.

As the unmanned spacecraft continue to return, the samples collected from various regions and locations on Mars are slowly gathered on the "Ocean" spacecraft. The scientists are extremely busy. The collected samples are analyzed, and another aspect is to prepare for the next manned landing.

"Principal, this Mars is really barren enough. Judging from the information collected from various regions of Mars, the resources contained on Mars are not even as good as the moon."

Li Quanjiang handed over the data of an analysis report to Li Fu. This data was obtained by the scientists after analyzing the samples collected from various regions of Mars. Compared with continuing to detect in space, it was much more accurate.

The main element of the Martian soil is oxygen, whose content is about 50%, silicon is 15-30%, iron is 15-16%, aluminum is 2-7%, calcium is 3-8%, and a small amount of potassium, phosphorus, and sulfur , chlorine, tantalum, chromium, magnesium, cobalt, nickel, copper, etc.

硫的含量(2.6～3.1％)比地壳的平均含量高1～2个数量级，钾的含量低于0.25％。铷、锶、钇及锆的含量比大多数地球火成岩低得多。

The chemical composition of the Martian soil is characterized by high iron, moderate magnesium, calcium, sulfur and low aluminum. Its chemical composition does not represent the composition of the original rock. It is likely to be the product of various chemical and weathering processes of mafic igneous rocks. .

根据矿物成分的计算，火星土壤是80％的富铁粘土，约10％的硫酸镁，约5％的碳酸盐及约5％的氧化铁组成的混合物，该混合物的矿物组成相当于59.1%的绿脱石、21.7％的蒙脱石、11.8％的水镁矾、1%的石盐，约0.5％的TiO2及5.9％的方解石。

"It's really barren enough. There are not even any scarce resources. There is still a lot of He3 on the moon!" Li Fu looked at the data from the beginning to the end. They are all very common elements, and there is nothing worth paying attention to at all. .

"So the moon is a gift from the universe to mankind!" Chen Bin on the side also said with a smile.

"However, these are the soil data on the surface of Mars. To really find out the minerals of Mars, we still need to dig in depth. Get ready, arrange people to log on to Mars tomorrow, and dig some deeper soil and rocks up."

"No matter how big the planet is, I don't believe we can't find some rare resources." Li Fu muttered as he ordered.

"Li Fu, heavy, great discovery, great discovery!"

At this time, Li Fu's teacher Liu Yi floated over excitedly. He was very excited, he was dancing, and his tone was incoherent when he spoke.

"What's the matter, teacher?"

Upon hearing this, Li Fu immediately asked in surprise.

"Haha, I just analyzed the ice, rock, and soil samples collected from the north and south poles of Mars. What did you discover?"

Liu Yi couldn't be happier. He came out this time to find extraterrestrial life, and what he found when he analyzed the samples just now made him ecstatic.

"Have you discovered extraterrestrial life?"

Liu Yi asked in surprise.

"No, but it's coming soon."

What Liu Yi said made people feel a little confused, and Liu Shiying on the side couldn't help but said: "Old Liu, what did you find out, tell me quickly, and you are still here to whet people's appetites, and what you said is incomprehensible."

"Haha, I discovered amino acids. Although they are very, very rare, I still discovered them. Amino acids, do you know what this means?"

Liu Yi grabbed Liu Shiying's shoulder and looked very excited.

"Amino acids?"

Li Fu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this. As a scientist majoring in biology, Li Fu certainly knows what amino acids are. If amino acids are really found on Mars, then there is only one possibility. There are really microorganisms on Mars, because there is only one source of amino acids, and that is microorganisms.

"Is there really something on Mars?"

Li Fu couldn't help muttering.

"What? Is there really extraterrestrial life?"

Liu Shiying on the side was even more excited when he heard it, his eyes widened. It is unbelievable that extraterrestrial life can really be found on Mars. If extraterrestrial life can be found on Mars, it means Life should exist widely in the universe, and the earth is definitely not the only living planet in the universe.

"It is not yet possible to draw conclusions, but the possibility is very high. I like more data. It is best to have sample information from the deep layers of the North and South Pole. I think there may be liquid water in the deepest layer of the North and South Pole ice caps in the Antarctic. It exists, and there will definitely be major discoveries in it."

With a smile on Liu Yi's face, he looked very eager, as if he couldn't wait.

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