The Mars mission is approaching.

Astronauts involved in the work have been selected, including the oldest Lu Xiaowei, the younger Zhou Jin, the female astronaut Zhang Liping, and Lin Sheng, an engineer who specializes in communications. The other is Zou Yongcheng sent by the Space Administration.

Lin Sheng is an engineer in space information technology. He is relatively younger, only twenty-nine years old. He can be said to be a genius in the field of communications. He is very familiar with the structure of space communication devices and is also familiar with the internal devices of the spacecraft. If a failure occurs, he can repair it.

Zou Yongcheng is an experienced astronaut. He has carried out missions on the space station and lived in the space station for three months. He has also participated in the launch project of the energy-catching satellite, and is the captain of the Martian figure.

The most important thing in Mars exploration mission is to ensure the safety of personnel, complete the round trip of small spacecraft, whether it can bring back soil samples on the surface of Mars, or other mission work is secondary.

This is an instruction made by the superior.

Zou Yongcheng is the best astronaut in the Space Administration. It will definitely be more reassuring to be led by Zou Yongcheng, who is experienced.

Zhao Yi went to meet the astronaut who participated in the mission and said encouragemently, "No one should worry too much, this mission is fine."

"Whether it is a spacecraft or other device, we have ensured to the greatest extent possible that there will be no problems."

"If you talk about a probability, I think there will be no danger of personnel for more than 99%.

"As long as you operate properly during the mission, there will be no problem."

What Zhao Yi said is still very useful because he has created countless miracles in research and development, and there have been no accidents in related space exploration missions.

Everyone is more willing to believe him.

After motivating astronauts participating in the mission, Zhao Yi also cared about the process of astronauts performing missions, that is, how they need to operate and how they complete the mission.

This process is a bit complicated. Zou Yongcheng helped him introduce it, and he also learned a detailed look.

When he arrived at the aerospace R&D center, Zhao Yi met the senior leaders.

Although it is a project led by Yixing Technology, it is actually a national-level exploration project, or even a project that is attracting the world, and senior management is also very concerned about the project.

When the Mars mission is about to begin, the senior leaders will come early and he will stay here until the end of the mission.

This time span is quite long, and it takes at least two weeks. Senior leaders can spend more than half a month, which shows how much attention they attach to the exploration of Mars projects.

When Zhao Yi met senior leaders, he was like meeting friends. He talked about going to the astronaut training base and lamented how great and touching the astronauts were in disregard of the dangers of going to space in order to perform their missions.

The senior leader also said a few words, then said, "Actually, I envy them. I have the opportunity to go to space or even go to the surface of Mars. When I was a child, I had a dream to be an astronaut and actually go to space to see it."

"At that time, the radio was talking about Apollo's moon landing. I was very excited about it. I hoped that the country would develop its own satellite and its own space station in the future. However, later, I felt that I didn't have much hope. At least it would be difficult to see it in my lifetime. I didn't expect it to be true."

"It would be great if I could go to space one day."

The senior leaders shook their heads all the time. He knew it was impossible, and his status decided that it could not involve life-threatening matters.

Zhao Yi smiled and said, "Maybe there is hope, but I don't think it's impossible."

"Oh?" The senior leaders were a little puzzled.

He continued, "Yi Xing has already involved a new type of spacecraft, which is the function of manned and sightseeing. The most important technology is high-compressed tempered glass, which can see the universe through the super-large glass in the spacecraft."

"After this mission is over, if nothing unexpected happens, we can start to build sightseeing spacecraft and apply for independent knowledge of anti-gravity thrusters, and the two are combined."

The senior leader nodded, "It should be no problem for Yixing to manufacture anti-gravity thrusters, but only for the purpose, and a report needs to be submitted."

“If it’s a manned sightseeing”

He smiled bitterly and shook his head, "It sounds a bit extravagant, right?"

Zhao Yi did not take on the topic of "luxury", but continued, "According to the existing design, under the circumstances of ensuring safety, a manned sightseeing spacecraft can carry more than 50 people at a time. The spacecraft only circles the earth for more than a dozen times and will not involve other fields, because the performance of compressed materials is very good now. As long as you stay in the spacecraft, you will not be affected by space radioactivity or other factors."

He talked about the content of the 'sightseeing spacecraft' and continued, "We are also considering pricing now. The manufacturing and patent costs of the sightseeing spacecraft are about one billion yuan. The number of uses is expected to be up to fifty times, and large-scale repairs and updates are required."

"In addition to the personnel and risk costs, if you want to make a profit, you have to earn at least 50 million yuan each time. The pricing of cosmic sightseeing is indeed a bit high."

Zhao Yi said, shook his head, thought about it carefully, and felt that the price was very low.

If the total "ship fee" is charged 100 million yuan each time, the average person is only more than 2 million yuan, and the unit is only RMB, I believe many rich people are willing to pay this money.

For real wealthy people, the opportunity to take a spaceship to visit is even more precious. More than two million yuan is nothing, and even a fraction of their assets is far from being considered a fraction of their assets.

The senior leader asked with interest, "When I retire, if I want to take your sightseeing boat, can I give you a discount?"

"free!"

Zhao Yi smiled and said, "I will help you with money."

"Ha ha"

The senior leader laughed after hearing this, and he was really looking forward to it.

In fact, if he wants to take a space sightseeing boat, the obstacle is definitely not the ship ticket money, but the status issue. Unless it is a sightseeing boat that ensures absolute safety, there is no risk, because even after retirement, he still has a high status and influence, and others will stop him if he wants to take risks.

At the Space Administration's Mars Mission Center, the final preparations are underway.

When the last period of work is reached, most of them are testing the device and proofreading the data. There is a lot of data that needs to be proofed, and the most critical software system also needs detailed inspection.

The most important one is an automatic control system.

The automatic control system of the Mars-1 spacecraft inputs the operations that the spacecraft needs to complete and can perform missions without manipulation. However, because the spacecraft is too large, there is no accurate data to reach the landing location of Mars, so astronauts need to assist in the operation.

Yixing’s main job is on software systems, and intelligent control systems are just one of them, and also include complex computing systems.

This part of the work was taken over by Zhao Yi, because the computing system is the most critical.

Even if there is no automatic control system, astronauts can complete the task manually, but astronauts cannot operate manually and control the spacecraft to slide into orbit accurately. When they operate the spacecraft, an accurate auxiliary computing system is needed.

In controlling the operation of the spacecraft, the calculation accuracy is very high.

For example, put into the shuttle track.

In this process, the speed and direction of the spacecraft need to be very accurate, that is, it is necessary to reach the established position at a certain time and have a predetermined direction and speed to ensure that the spacecraft is rowed into the shuttle orbit on time.

At the same time, the spacecraft's control cabin also needs to communicate with the ground in time to know the exact time when the Z-wave generator releases the Z-wave and establishes a space shuttle channel.

A little bit of deviation may become a big problem.

In fact, deviations can still exist, but the range of deviations is very small, and the main reason is the insufficient energy and power.

The Z-wave device can only be released once, and as long as it is released a second time, there will be a process of accumulating energy.

In addition, the Mars-1 spacecraft also needs to accumulate energy to accelerate the shuttle.

To sum it up, it’s all about energy and power issues.

If the Mars-1 spacecraft does not enter orbit at a given time, it will need to rely on solar power to slowly fly back to Earth, because Mars is very far away from the Earth and it will take more than five months to return.

This is the emergency plan.

The Mars-1 spacecraft is loaded with food for more than a year, which is enough for astronauts to live, but the main limitation is water.

Water is not only drinking water, but also requires electrolyzing water to make oxygen.

Breathing is the most consumed.

The efficiency of electrolyzing water to produce oxygen is very high. In theory, one liter of water is enough for an astronaut to breathe in one day.

However, it is also very expensive to consume when it takes too long. On the Mars-1 spacecraft, even urine must be used. In theory, the maximum duration is nine months. If there is no supply for more than nine months, astronauts will suffocate to death because they do not have enough oxygen to breathe.

Of course.

Compared to the task, nine months is enough.

As long as there is no accident in a small spacecraft, support can still be provided on the ground, such as sending spacecraft to dock with Mars-1, which is carrying out the mission.

A connecting device was built above the Mars-1 spacecraft, which can be used for space docking and complete the transportation of materials.

After a week of preparation, it is time to perform the task.

The Mars exploration mission is still broadcast live to the outside world and has attracted attention from the whole world. Sixty-one countries will broadcast the exploration process.

As the media said, "The Mars exploration mission is a major breakthrough for humans to explore the universe, marking that humans officially leave the earth."

The farthest distance that humans have stepped forward before was the moon, but the moon is only 300,000 kilometers away from the earth, which is relatively too close.

Mars is different.

Mars is now more than 80 million kilometers away from the Earth, which is more than 260 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Exploring the Moon and exploring Mars is not at the same level.

In addition, it is the involved technology.

Exploring the moon relies on power provided by fossil fuels and solar energy.

The Mars exploration mission relies on space shuttle technology, and its speed is much faster than the moon exploration mission. In terms of solar power, it also relies on space light energy transmission technology, which is not on the same level as ordinary solar power.

Although it is a major breakthrough for humans to explore the universe, it can actually be simply said to be a breakthrough in China, because no other countries have participated.

Many top countries are very unwilling to give up and are very sorry, but they have no choice because they are too behind in related technologies.

Now, the direction of universe exploration has changed a few years ago. The domestic industry is leading the development of the aerospace industry, but foreign countries do not even have the qualifications to participate.

In fact, there are new domestic new technologies that are open to citations, provided that technology must be possessed and the relevant absolute dominance is explored.

This is something that other countries cannot accept.

Those top countries and institutions in the world do not want to be dominated in any field, perhaps because their mentality has not changed, or they still have hope of R&D technology, and they are unwilling to engage in related negotiations because they know that negotiations will definitely be very passive and can at most get the qualification to participate. For example, if you send astronauts and scientists to participate in the mission, you will not be able to gain any technical gains.

Of course.

They may be able to obtain the right to buy the core device.

For example, an anti-gravity device that can release the space cover can be used to create a spacecraft that can shuttle space.
To be continued...