Chapter 1027 List of Colonists

As soon as the call was connected, Kerwin's voice came from the other end of the phone. Jiang Chen could clearly hear a hint of excitement in his voice, which must be a good thing.

"The list has been finalized, why don't you take a look?"

"List? What list?"

"The first batch of colonists, or pioneers, to colonize Mars. The equipment needed to colonize Mars was built as early as last month, and the list of colonists will only be finalized at the end of this month. The equipment and personnel will be available in a few days. It has all been transported to Star Ring City. I guess you will be interested and come to visit it?" Kerwin said with a smile.

"Wait for me at the experimental base. I'll be back in a moment."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Chen immediately stood up from his chair and walked towards the door of the office.

However, as soon as he reached the door, the office door opened by itself.

I saw the beautiful secretary in professional attire holding coffee. She smiled sweetly when she saw him.

"Chairman, your coffee."

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that he had just ordered a cup of coffee.

Looking at the white mist floating above the cup, it didn't look like he could drink it in one gulp. Jiang Chen was silent for two seconds and finally said sheepishly.

"Well, just drink it for me."

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The northern part of Anga Island, where the aerospace training base is located, has almost become the aerospace scientific research base of New Zealand and even the world. It gathers aerospace technical talents from all over the world, astronauts receiving professional training, and people who simply yearn for the deep sea of ​​stars. Aerospace volunteers.

The Mars Colonization Experimental Base is also located here, but due to the confidentiality of the project, this scientific research center covering an area of ​​nearly 100 acres seems very deserted. This place is not open to the public and tourists, and no interviews are accepted. There are soldiers stationed by Star Ring Trade to guard the outside, just like a military base.

A Rulka car stopped at the entrance of the checkpoint. After the soldier stepped forward to confirm the identity of the visitor, he stood at attention respectfully and saluted, and gestured to the checkpoint to let him go.

After entering the experimental base, Jiang Chen, led by Kerwin's secretary, arrived at the experimental base.

Standing at the door of the test site, Kerwin looked at his watch, obviously having been waiting for a long time. As soon as they met, this guy warmly greeted Jiang Chen and gave him a bear hug.

Then he stuffed the list into his hand, turned around and led the way towards the proving ground.

Although the lunar colony base has not yet reached a large scale, and the electric rays that traveled tens of millions of kilometers away have not yet returned, this does not prevent the star ring trade from spreading its seeds in further directions. The most important thing is that the ecological cycle system of the lunar colony base has provided a theoretical basis for the construction of a Mars colony base. Although the Halo Trade currently does not have a spacecraft that can travel between the Earth-Moon system and Mars, it is still possible to send a small number of people to Mars to build a colonial outpost.

It is certain that you will burn money, but after making so much money, isn’t it just for burning?

At least Jiang Chen believes that when funds are abundant, burning money in the sky is much more meaningful than burning it 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: Painter..."

"..."

There were a total of twenty people on the list obtained from Kerwin, from different countries. They stood out from ten thousand volunteers and were selected as pioneers to sail to Mars and establish outposts for outer space colonization.

"Interesting, and football players? Are there football fields on Mars?"

While looking through the personal information of the colonists on the list, Jiang Chen followed Kerwin and visited the equipment displayed in the experimental base. Normally, the colonists would be training here, but now they are enjoying their last vacation on earth and saying goodbye to their relatives and friends on earth.

"In order to understand the adaptability and psychological pressure of people with different professions in the Martian environment, we will consider sending people from non-related majors when selecting colonists. These are all experiments... er, they are part of the colonization plan. One ring. Look here, this is the colonial unit, which is the center of the future Mars colony and the center of the ecological cycle device of the entire colony. Its shape is very strange, isn't it?" Kerwin grinned, showing his mouth full White teeth.

"Like a sewage treatment plant." Jiang Chen looked at the rows of pipelines juxtaposed on the surface and the six-grid egg-shaped main structure with interest.

"Okay... your point of view is quite unique. Let's continue to look down. Here is a small nuclear fusion generator. The atmosphere of Mars is thin and there is no protection from the magnetic field. Although the content of helium 3 in the soil is not as rich as that of the moon, it is We can still find helium 3-rich areas. The only trouble is deuterium, which can only be sent from the earth. It seems that we must quickly find a way to solve the problem of third-generation nuclear fusion. If nuclear fusion energy only consumes helium 3, the lunar colony will The burden will also be reduced a lot.”

"Research will take time, but I think it won't take too long." Jiang Chen said helplessly.

Now the third-generation nuclear fusion has become the main research project of Camp 27 in the apocalypse, but it has not made much progress so far. Only for scientific research, he couldn't arrange a fixed timetable. Maybe the research on the apocalyptic side would make breakthrough progress when he woke up tomorrow, or maybe this project would be like the original warp engine, which could take half a day. There was no movement at all.

Kerwin shrugged and continued walking down, introducing the small pyramid-shaped house to Jiang Chen.

"This is the colonial living unit, divided into four sections, which can accommodate four families, connected to each other through pipes, and ultimately connected to the colonial unit."

"This is this?" Jiang Chen turned his attention to the back of the living unit. It was an equipment that looked like an aquarium fish tank. Through the translucent outer wall, one could see parallel thin circular tubes, which were covered with thick moss. , the whole thing is soaked in the culture medium.

"This is the fungus culture room." A proud smile appeared on Kerwin's face.

"A mushroom grower?"

"That's not the case." Kerwin laughed, walked up and patted the giant fish tank covered with moss, and then said, "Special strains of bacteria are cultivated in it, which can survive in high carbon dioxide concentrations and low gravity. It survives in an environment, fixes carbon dioxide in the air into organic matter through photosynthesis, and generates oxygen at the same time. This thing can be used with the organic conversion furnace. I have drunk the nutritional mixture produced, and the taste is okay."

"If you drink for a few more days, you'll feel like vomiting." After teasing Kerwin, Jiang Chen 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's very thin, mostly soaked in the soil, and it's very salty, like brine. But fortunately, we have a way to turn it into pure water. By eroding the rock shape and terrain According to the analysis, we will choose the landing site in the lacustrine sedimentary environment area. Then we have to talk about this set of equipment." As he said that, Kerwin walked to an upright cylindrical tube and patted the silver The white barrel says, "Centrifugal water pump, this thing is not very technical, but it will definitely work on Mars." (To be continued.) New website launched