Chapter 858 New Uses of Carbon Quantum Tubes
"Okay, Academician Xu, let's go to the next stop first."
The other astronauts had no complaints against Xu You, but since they had wasted a lot of time here, they would definitely not be able to complete the scheduled mission today.
However, you don’t have to strictly follow the plan to carry out daily tasks. At most, you will stay on Mars for a few more days, which is not a big deal.
While controlling the Martian robot to move forward, Xu You continued to think about this matter.
"If we want to transport the necessary equipment now, it will be a huge project. Whether it is the time or the cost, it is obviously not worth it."
Soon, Xu You denied such an idea.
However , if no external equipment is shipped in, the team will be completely unable to complete the task with the equipment it currently has.
"Wait a minute... Actually, we don't have to dig a very deep cave. As long as we can extract soil samples from deep underground, we can verify my idea..."
Xu You quickly changed his thoughts and soon found a new direction.
"If we can make carbon quantum tubes on Mars... maybe we can penetrate tens or even hundreds of meters into the ground and take out some soil samples..."
Because there may be some hard rocks under the land of Mars, even if we keep digging down with the current equipment, it will be difficult to continue digging when we encounter some materials similar to mineral veins.
However, carbon quantum tube materials, due to their own characteristics, can penetrate almost all other locations.
This is also why carbon quantum tubes can be used as the material for space elevators. The height and weight of the space elevator will not cause damage to its structure.
Thinking of this, Xu You temporarily released the control of the Martian robot, allowing the Martian robot to follow the team on its own, while he entered the brain simulation state.
This time, Xu You’s goal was to calculate what specifications of carbon quantum tubes would be able to penetrate deep enough into the soil underground on Mars.
This calculation does not seem difficult, but the problem is that Xu You does not have a very good understanding of the underground conditions on Mars. He is not sure of the specific structure, nor does he know at what depth there might be "dormant" organisms.
Therefore, Xu You could only set a rough range and calculate the specification range of the carbon quantum tubes.
And then, a more difficult problem troubled Xu You.
That is, how to get the carbon quantum tube structure you need on Mars.
If it is transported from Blue Star , it is actually not that easy.
Because the structure of carbon quantum tubes is quite special, their overly long structure makes them not so easy to transport, and this structure cannot be disassembled.
Once the carbon quantum tube is broken down, problems will arise in its overall structure, making it no longer as powerful as before.
"By the way, can't we just send the super quantum to Mars?"
At this moment, Xu You suddenly had an epiphany and thought of the best solution to the problem.
Since Super Quantum is the manufacturer of carbon quantum tubes, the most core problem can be solved by simply transporting Super Quantum to Mars.
And because the flying speed of super quantum is the speed of light, it only takes a very short time for the super quantum to reach Mars.
Just provide the super quantum with enough energy and carbon elements to enable it to manufacture the required carbon quantum tube structure.
Thinking of this, Xu You came out of the experimental cabin directly and prepared to implement his plan.
"Teacher, has today's Mars exploration mission ended?"
At some point, Lin Shi had appeared in the laboratory. Seeing Xu You coming out of the experimental cabin, she asked curiously.
"Not yet, but I have some new discoveries that I plan to verify on Mars."
Xu You roughly told Lin Shi about his guess, and Lin Shi was very interested.
"A species that can hibernate underground for a long time? It sounds incredible."
Although some species on the Blue Planet have similar characteristics, their ability to withstand stress is completely inferior to the species described by Xu You.
After briefly explaining this matter to Lin Shi, Xu You controlled the super quantum within his authority and flew towards Mars.
The number of super quantums that Xu You has mastered is very impressive, enough to produce the carbon quantum tube structure that Xu You needs within a short period of time.
In the following period of time, Xu You no longer controlled the Martian robot , but instead focused all his energy on the manufacture of Martian carbon quantum tubes.
After controlling these super quantums to the target location on Mars, Xu You set programs for these super quantums and began to manufacture carbon quantum tubes.
Since the carbon content on the surface of Mars is still very abundant, and the energy of these super quantum is also very sufficient, it is not a problem to manufacture carbon quantum tubes.
On the other hand, the Mars exploration team has arrived at the next exploration site and is continuing their exploration mission.
Like the previous detection location, this time they still found traces of DNA-like structures several meters underground on Mars, but no living organisms with vitality were found.
"Old Xu...how come you have already released control of the Martian robot without knowing when?"
It was at this time that Hu Shucheng noticed that the Martian robot next to him was not controlled by Xu You, but was just an artificial intelligence that resembled Xu You.
However, Hu Shucheng knew that no matter what Xu You chose to do, he must have his own judgment, and there was no need for him to intervene.
When the time comes, Xu You will naturally tell himself why he made these decisions.
After finishing a day's work, the team returned to the base and prepared to rest.
Although the Mars exploration work on this day did not actually discover life on Mars, it did find many soil samples that were suspected to contain traces of life, which can be said to be a very significant breakthrough.
"Huh? Academician Xu didn't show up?"
When preparing for the evening summary meeting, everyone discovered that Xu You did not come online to control the Martian robot.
"Should we contact Academician Xu?"
"No need for that. Academician Xu is not a formal member of the team anyway. He just has the right to enter the team at any time. Since Academician Xu is not online, it means he must have other work to deal with."
