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Five hundred and five - Landing on Mars

As Blacklight Technology announced the news that the Ares is about to set sail, those who used to worry about mankind seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and those who didn't care about the development of science and technology also learned about it under the drive of major media. After hearing this news, Blacklight Technology once again became a hot topic in the world. It even ranked in the top ten on Sina Weibo's hot search list!

Sina Weibo hot search list:

1. Xiao Zhan's finger was scratched - the popularity is 100 million.

2. Zheng Jie's toilet is clogged - the temperature is 60 million.

3. Chase the light, brother—45 million popularity.

4. EXO collectively came out of the closet—30 million popularity.

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10. Black light technology is about to set foot on Mars - the popularity is 100,000.

In the Ares project, in addition to the Ares manned spacecraft landing on Mars, there is also a registration activity for the Ares project at the end of the video. After these people click on the website given at the end of the video, they will find I came to a page on the official website of Heiguang Technology, and the one at the top was the line of big characters before——

The Ares Project colonist registration event will officially open on July 1, 2028!

And below this line is an electronic application form, which contains name, age, education, occupation, etc., and anyone can fill it out.

If this application form is selected, the local Blacklight Technology branch will call in the next period of time, inviting applicants to go there for an interview.

If the interview is successful, then this person will be eligible to immigrate to Mars when the Mars colony is built a few years later.

According to the description, Black Light Technology will recruit 10,000 people as the first residents of the permanent Mars colony. With the ability of the nuclear fusion engine of Ars, they can reach Mars in just one week.

Compared with the past, this speed has almost an epoch-making significance. The various Mars probes launched by humans at the beginning required at least half a year of long voyage to reach Mars.

Now it has increased by 25 times. This is not the limit of the inertial confinement fusion engine.

But even now, a week's sailing time is not much different from a sea cruise.

This registration activity immediately aroused the interest of many people. In Western society, influenced by Western-style education, most people have a maverick spirit of adventure. Young people in life also signed up one after another.

At the same time, Blacklight Technology even promised that after becoming the first batch of Mars colonists, the colonists will be equivalent to having the status of employees of Blacklight Technology, and each person's monthly salary will reach tens of thousands of dollars, which is only the basic salary , without counting task bonuses and subsidies.

After becoming the first batch of colonists, the colonists will also enjoy a lot of benefits. Even real estate, food and drink will be taken care of by Black Light Technology for free. If they get married and have children on Mars, even the offspring will get free but high-quality Elite Education.

This extremely generous condition made countless people excited. In just one day, millions of people filled out the registration form.

However, there are thresholds for becoming a colonist.

Because of the emergence of XTN robots and bionics, the colony does not actually need low-end labor. From sanitation to planting and industry, there are automated robots to complete. Blacklight Technology will only recruit talents with special skills.

Such as mechanical maintenance, program development, engineers, designers, and various scientific research personnel, etc., so most white-collar and blue-collar workers are destined to miss the first batch of colonists.

Late at night, in a room on the outskirts of Chongzhou City, Zhongzhou District, a stubble-faced man with a haggard look was silently looking at the computer screen in front of him, smoking a cigarette.

On the computer, it was the immigration application form on the Black Light Technology website interface——

Name: Wang Wei, Gender: Male, Age: 27, Student Status: Department of Biological Sciences, Haizhou Jiaotong University...

The light in the room he was in was not turned on, the whole room was dark and gray, only the computer screen was lit with white light, which reflected the man's face a little pale.

He watched the promotional video of Black Light Technology on the screen, but his eyes gradually became blank, as if he was recalling something.

Amidst the smog, the man's memory seemed to fly back to seven or eight years ago, recalling his time in college.

I don't know how much time passed, but suddenly there was a burning smell from the corner of his mouth, and the man was pulled back to reality. He hurriedly took off the cigarette butt, and pressed the cigarette butt in the ashtray that was almost full.

Then, he pulled the completed form to the bottom of the webpage, and then moved the mouse to the "Submit" button at the end, but he still seemed unable to make up his mind to press the button.

At this moment, there was a burst of footsteps from far to near outside the house.

After hearing the sound of footsteps, the man quickly switched the form, so that the computer displayed the desktop pattern.

Immediately, there was a loud knock on the door, and a mean-looking woman in pajamas appeared at the door.

As soon as the woman entered the door, she immediately asked about the smell of smoke. She slapped the fan in disgust, and then said loudly, "Smoking again, smoking again, I know how to smoke all day long, and I can't get promoted in my position. I will give it to my family in a month." What can you do with a few thousand dollars? Let my mother and your son drink northwest wind?"

The man turned his head slowly when he heard the words, and said with a cold expression, "I see, I..."

But before he finished speaking, the woman suddenly came to the computer. She snatched the man's mouse, and then clicked on the bottom interface, revealing the website of Heiguang Technology.

"what are you doing?"

The man couldn't help but frowned.

"Hehe, I'm watching this kind of news again. Didn't you say you have to work overtime?"

The woman sneered, "It took me eight lifetimes of bad luck to follow you. I asked for money, and I didn't want to make progress. At the beginning, you kept bragging that you and the founder of Black Light Technology were in the same dormitory, and the relationship was so good Wearing a pair of trousers, but now that he is well-off, you don’t even remember him, and you don’t want to contact him even though you have his phone number. You said that if you can get a part-time job in Heiguang Technology, our mother and I can be more beautiful Is not it?"

"Have you said enough?"

The man took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart and asked.

"Why, are you afraid of me saying that you have no skills?"

The woman continued to sneer and said, "If your mother hadn't been seriously ill last year and spent all the family's money and owed a lot of debts, I would have wronged myself to live in this kind of crappy house? It's good that I didn't divorce you, now Still dare to be impatient with me?"

Hearing this, the man's originally rising flames were instantly extinguished. This matter has always been his weakness.

"Now the child's milk powder money has to be borrowed by me!"

The woman continued, "I don't know where the money will come from when my child goes to kindergarten next year, but you are lucky. Now that you smoke all day long, you will know!"

After some abuse, the woman saw the man bowed his head, and then turned and left.

Hearing the footsteps of the other party leaving, the man let out a silent and sad smile. He no longer hesitated, dragged the page to the bottom again, and pressed the "Submit" button heavily!

Click!

With the light click of the mouse, the interface flashed and changed into the words "You have submitted successfully".

"Chenzi, I'll mess with you from now on!"

There was a heavy flash in the man's eyes, and he murmured in a low voice.

...

With the announcement made by Blacklight Technology, more than ten million people filled out the application form within one day. Although most of them are ordinary professionals, there are also many valuable researchers, and even some well-known scientists Dana also filled out the registration form one after another, and publicly declared that he hoped to become the first batch of colonists in human history and contribute to the progress of mankind.

And it doesn't mean that after becoming a colonist, you can't return to the earth. Black Light Technology also promised that the colonists will still retain the citizenship of their respective continents. After the colony is established, the flight route between the two places will be completely opened. In the distant future, travel between Earth and Mars will become as common as taking an airplane, and colonists can resign and return to Earth at any time.

Since the launch of the Mars colonization plan, the tense situation in the world due to resources and land for a hundred years has also subtly eased, and there is a lot of joy.

After all, outer space has unlimited resources and space. After having a channel to vent, the four continents are unwilling to continue internal friction for the one-third of an acre of the earth. Instead, they are continuously developing nuclear fusion reactors. Transfer to the starry sky above your head.

According to the current popular saying: Our goal is the sea of ​​stars!

Therefore, in the midst of much anticipation, on August 1, 2028, the Ares manned spacecraft officially set off. To the distant Mars!

In the expedition to Mars this time, there are three people from each of the four continents in the team, which occupies twelve places on the spacecraft, and the remaining four places are employees of Blacklight Technology.

At the same time, the Ares spacecraft is also equipped with 200 tons of building materials and living supplies, 100 XTN engineering robots of various types, 50 bionic humans, and several special drones.

Although the air density on Mars is extremely low, only about 1% of that of Earth, the gravity of Mars is only two-fifths of that of Earth. According to the calculations of scientists, if a drone is sent there, it will be impossible to rely on modern materials. And battery technology, there is a chance to fly.

In order to obtain detailed data, the scientists of Black Light Technology also built a test machine before, which is a space simulator.

In order to get as close as possible to the environment of Mars, scientists first pumped out the air in the simulator, and then put in a small amount of carbon dioxide to achieve the same state as the atmosphere of Mars.

As for the gravitational part, scientists use a wire to pull it with a specific force from above to "reduce weight" for it.

So it was finally tested that the drone can fly on Mars, and after technical adjustments, it can fly higher and faster than on the earth.

Under the nuclear engine, the Ares only flew for a week. When the seventh day came, a huge orange-red planet had appeared on the window of the bridge, even occupying more than half of the field of vision.

At the same time, all the scientists in the cabin felt a slight gravitational force. Whether it was eating or floating, all objects tended to drift forward.

And as time passed, this sense of gravity became more and more intense.

At this time, inside the bridge, a group of scientists stared at the behemoth in front of them with some shortness of breath. If there is a Guinness World Record at this time, then their group has successfully broken the record for the farthest humans have set foot, because at this time They have come to a distance of more than 100 million kilometers from the earth.

Here is a strange world that humans have never set foot in...

"Don't be impatient, everyone, with the control of AI, we can easily land, just like when we left the earth."

The captain of the Ares, who is also a researcher of Black Light Technology, suddenly said jokingly, "This time we will land at the South Pole of Mars—the Ultimi region, although it is colder than the South Pole of the Earth." Much, the temperature is about minus seventy degrees to minus one hundred and thirty-nine degrees, but don't worry, we will wear thick clothes."

"Sorry, that's not what I'm worried about."

A European scientist in his forties shrugged, "What I'm worried about now is, does the South Pole of Mars really have enough water for us to take a shower? You know, I've been very dirty these seven days..."

"Hahaha!"

Everyone laughed loudly.

"Don't worry, the polar cap of Mars is composed of ice and solid carbon dioxide. Many previous detections have confirmed that there is a large amount of liquid water under the ice cap. Even if there is no liquid, we can turn the ice into water for you to bathe in."

Although he knew it was a joke, the captain said responsibly, "So you don't need to worry about taking a hot bath."

As everyone chatted, an electronically synthesized female voice suddenly came from the spacecraft, "Crew members, please get ready, the Ares manned spacecraft has entered the gravitational range of Mars. In the next twelve hours, we will will merge into low-Earth orbit and land at Ultimi, South Pole."

"In order to prevent any accidents from happening, from now on, everyone please wear space suits and enter the rescue capsule, thank you for your cooperation!"

Following the words of the Ares intelligent system, everyone bumped their fists and said "see you on Mars" before leaving the bridge one by one.

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