Chapter 855: Beginning of Exploration
"Teacher, I really envy you. You can stay on the Blue Planet and go to Mars to explore with everyone. Alas, I don't have this opportunity."
Seeing Xu You regain his normal demeanor, Lin Shi said regretfully beside Xu You.
During this period, Lin Shi did not stop practicing controlling the Martian robot. It was just that these operations were too difficult and Lin Shi was unable to complete these control tasks perfectly.
Severi has basically mastered this ability, but for various reasons, Severi did not participate in the first Mars landing mission.
"It's okay. I will definitely go to Mars in person in the future. Then you, Lin Shi, will have a chance. Of course, the prerequisite is that you have to pass the test for Martian astronauts."
Hearing Xu You say this, Lin Shi couldn't help but feel happy.
"Teacher, that's great. Don't worry, I will definitely pass the test."
After finishing a day's work, Xu You did not go home with Lu Zhiyao, but stayed directly in the office.
In order to carry out the Mars exploration mission more smoothly, the entire team will not work according to Shenzhou’s regular working hours, but will choose a more suitable time to work based on the weather on Mars.
Because of this, Xu You needs to adapt to the team's work and rest schedule and can no longer follow his usual habits.
In order to be able to control the Martian robot at any time, Xu You also chose to live directly in his office. This would save some time and allow him to perform some temporary tasks at any time.
Lu Zhiyao naturally understood Xu You's decision. After all, this was an exploration mission to Mars, and Lu Zhiyao would provide Xu You with the greatest support and understanding.
In the early morning of Jijing time, the astronauts on Mars have already got up and prepared to start their day's mission.
After a good night's rest, everyone has regained their energy and is ready to work.
Xu You also appeared beside everyone on time, put on his space suit, and came out of the Mars base with everyone, ready to walk towards the target .
Due to the special environment of Mars and the fact that it is much farther away from the blue planet than the moon, there will be no equipment similar to the lunar rover in this operation. The astronauts will walk on Mars on their own legs.
"Old Xu, why didn't we bring a rover with us this time? We can't walk very far on Mars just by our legs."
Hu Shucheng walked side by side with Xu You and started a discussion with Xu You.
"In fact, we already have the ability to build a Mars rover, but transportation is a problem. After all, the Mars rover is too big to be easily transported by aerospace fighters. The limited space on the aerospace fighters has been reserved for the Mars base. If it is a small Mars rover, its speed is not even as fast as our walking speed, so there is no need to carry it."
After a pause, Xu You continued:
"In addition, this is also related to the content of our mission this time. Our main purpose this time is to look for traces of life on Mars, and the places where life may appear are very close to our base, no more than five kilometers away, so in fact, we don't need to use equipment such as the Mars rover for this mission."
"Yeah, that's true. Of course, I think another important reason is that even if this Martian space suit is light enough, walking is actually not much different from walking on the Blue Planet."
Although the Martian space suit itself has a certain mass, because the gravity on Mars is only 38% of that on the Blue Planet, people will not feel that the weight is very heavy.
Before they knew it, they had arrived at the first testing point.
"This place is 648 meters away from our Mars base. It seems that our walking speed is still relatively fast."
In this operation, there were several Martian robots leading the way, and the astronauts only needed to follow behind, which made it relatively easy for them to perform the mission.
After arriving at the first test point, everyone took out the equipment and prepared to carry out testing.
"Looking at the land here, it doesn't look like it's a place where life can easily survive," said Hu Shucheng.
What Hu Shucheng said was not false. Compared with the desert of Blue Star, this place even looked more desolate. It certainly didn't look like a place with any signs of life.
"You can't tell anything with the naked eye. Everything still depends on advanced equipment." Xu You said with a smile.
After setting up the instruments, everyone started analyzing the soil in that area.
These measuring instruments are the most advanced on the Blue Planet. They are much more advanced than previous Mars rovers and can discover much more detailed information.
However, after analyzing this part of the Martian soil, the results were still quite disappointing.
"There is indeed no sign of life, only some organic matter was found." Xu You said.
What makes everyone a little happy is that, judging from the composition of the soil, the organic matter content of Martian soil is still higher than that of the lunar soil.
Judging from the proportion of elements, the soil on Mars also has a higher potential for giving birth to life, and it is entirely possible to transform it into a human settlement.
Just when everyone wanted to go to the next location for measurement, Xu You suddenly said:
"Let's dig here and see. The composition underground may be very different from that above ground."
After hearing what Xu You said, no one had any objection.
"Okay, let's start digging here. It will be easier to dig with these robots."
As they spoke, everyone directed these Martian robots to begin digging at several locations around them.
This time, Xu You did not release the control of the Mars robot again, but personally participated in the soil excavation work.
Because Xu You felt that if he personally participated in it, it would be easier for him to discover some hidden clues and find secrets that others could not easily discover.
Xu You controlled the robot to dig in places where he thought there might be signs of life, and constantly changed the direction of digging according to changes in the environment.
Relying on the power of the Martian robot, Xu You did not need to expend too much physical energy, and the excavation process seemed relatively easy.
Unknowingly, Xu You had dug several meters deep into the soil, a speed that a normal human astronaut could never achieve.
"Old Xu, don't dig too deep, or you'll be stuck coming out."
Hu Shucheng advised Xu You through the radio communication equipment.
