Chapter 1645 [Major Discovery of Tianwen-1]
At 11 o'clock in the morning, Fang Hong left the Stars headquarters.
Just after returning to the Jingxinju villa, Yu Qiu immediately greeted him and told him the good news: "The Mars exploration project team sent me news that Tianwen-1 has recently made major discoveries."
Fang Hong's heart moved, and he immediately asked: "Has life been discovered on Mars?"
Fang Hong is very concerned about this matter, because at the moment it is related to the export of the value of "a community with a shared future for mankind".
Yu Qiu shook his head: "It seems not."
When he heard that life had not been discovered, Fang Hong was quite disappointed and his interest dropped drastically.
Yu Qiu looked at him and said: "I told the project leader that you should be available around 11 o'clock. They are waiting to video connect with you."
When Fang Hong was hesitating, Yu Qiu said directly: "I think it's better to connect. The project team has just made a major discovery and can't wait to tell you, the funder's dad. It's also to express that so much money was not wasted on you. See you." On the contrary, it will dampen their enthusiasm.”
After hearing this, Fang Hong also felt that it made sense, and immediately smiled and said: "Then let's meet online."
About half an hour later, the video connection with the Mars exploration project team was started. Fang Hong sat alone in front of the screen, and the video image on the screen showed that the main leaders of the Mars exploration project team were present.
"I didn't expect a major discovery to be made so soon. What's the specific situation?" Fang Hong looked at the scientists in the video link and said with a smile, and showed great interest.
In fact, after it was confirmed that no signs of life were found, the sponsor's father was not that excited, but he must show great expectation at this moment.
At this time, one of the scientists said excitedly: "During this period, we have used the Mars seismic data collected by Tianwen-1 to model the internal structure of Mars and found a lot of evidence of the existence of liquid water. If the entire planet If the structure of the earth's crust is like this, then there will be enough liquid water to cover the entire Mars to form a global ocean with a depth of 1 to 2 kilometers. "
Fang Hong was slightly surprised at this moment: "Oh? Liquid water?"
This is good news. It proves the existence of liquid water, which means that we are a big step closer to discovering evidence of life.
The scientist nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, the rock physics model we used is the same as the model used to map underground water reservoirs and oil fields on Earth. We found that 5 kilometers underground on Mars is still very dry, but deeper into the stratum "There was an area of broken rock filled with liquid water."
The scientist who was explaining to Fang Hong pushed up his glasses and continued: "Although we can't see the liquid water with our own eyes, this is the best explanation based on the existing data. It turns out that not all water escaped into space. "In addition to some water ice on the polar caps, Mars now also has a large amount of liquid water seeping into the crust."
Obviously, this is undoubtedly exciting news for those who have been seeking water resources on Mars.
The scientist said again: "However, this underground reservoir is located in rock fractures and gaps 11.5 to 20 kilometers below the surface of Mars. It is very difficult to drill this deep even on the earth. It is currently one of the deepest artificial boreholes on the earth. The depth of the Kola ultra-deep well is only 12.2 kilometers, so there is no way to utilize the liquid water under the Martian formation in a short period of time.”
Another scientist involved in the project knew that the sponsor’s father was most looking forward to discovering extraterrestrial life, so he immediately said: “There has been a lot of evidence in the past, including the existence of river channels, deltas and lake sediments on the surface of Mars, as well as various All kinds of water-altered rocks prove that this dusty planet was a world with many rivers and vast oceans more than 3 billion years ago. However, due to the cooling of the earth's core and the loss of the protection of the atmosphere, the water on the surface of the planet was reduced. Gradually lost."
Having said this, he went on to say: "Basically wherever there is liquid water on Earth, there is life, no matter how harsh the conditions are. Although there is currently no direct evidence to prove the existence of life on Mars, With such a huge underground reservoir on Mars, it is entirely possible that it could become a refuge for life on Mars, and there is a high possibility of the existence of microorganisms.”
Fang Hong nodded: "It makes sense. It seems that we need to increase our exploration of Mars."
As soon as these words came out, several scientists on the video link were overjoyed. The funder's father's words meant that he would increase funding in the future, and they were naturally happy to hear this.
After Fang Hong communicated with them for a while, he suggested: "There is a large amount of liquid water under the bottom of Mars. This is also a very important discovery. I suggest that this result be released to the outside world as soon as possible, so as not to let the old people know when the time comes. Magnesium grabbed the starting spot.”
For Mars exploration, Ah Mei came here before Dongda University, and now there is also Ah Mei’s detector here.
Several scientists fully agreed with this. The first release of cutting-edge science is very important. Whoever publishes it first is a major discovery, and the discovery by others later proves that the first release is true. The meaning is completely different.
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Three days later, the Mars exploration research team released this major scientific research result, which caused quite a stir in the scientific community.
Many netizens who pay attention to astronomy and space exploration are also very excited, which has caused a lot of heated discussion.
[Results so soon? ]
[The stars and the sea are our journey. We hope to see humans farming on Mars in our lifetime. ]
[You can’t live without farming wherever you go, right… (covering face.jpg)]
[It’s impossible to create a large colony just by relying on the ice and water circulation devices at the poles, but this discovery will mean that the value of Mars has been further improved. ]
[The environment is originally harsh and not suitable for human habitation. At most, astronauts can go there. ]
[I see who is excited. Next time, let him go to Mars to open up wasteland… (Erha.jpg)]
[There is such a good thing. Now everyone is thinking about manned landing… (manual funny)]
[It’s decided to be you (Shiba Inu.jpg)]
[Geophysical exploration professionals are ecstatic… (funny/jpg)]
[If Mars has another major earthquake, it is still very likely to squeeze out the water in the cracks]
[No, the inside has cooled down. ]
[The core of Mars is dead but not completely dead. It is more inclined to be dead but still alive]
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This major discovery also completes the evolution of the entire climate of Mars. It has now been proved that Mars was not as desolate and dry as it is today billions of years ago, but a habitable planet full of liquid water.
These evidences include photos taken by orbiting probes showing that the surface of Mars is dotted with river valleys, deltas, oxbow lakes and other traces of water erosion similar to the surface of the Earth. However, about 3 billion years ago, the cooling of the core of Mars caused the magnetic field to disappear, and the atmosphere was consumed by the solar wind. The liquid water on the surface of Mars began to evaporate, and eventually became today's fishing.
Then Mars cannot be a completely dry planet. Its underground must have a large and rich water system like the strata of the Earth, and this discovery obviously fills this gap.
With the development of future science and technology, in the long run, it is very promising for humans to land on Mars and bring large drilling equipment to extract groundwater more than ten kilometers below.
There is no doubt that this discovery also gives humans the motivation to explore Mars, build bases and even interstellar migration in the future.
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(Ps: Today's market is too fierce, I got inspiration, and I can't write too conservatively later, the reality is so outrageous…)