This obvious error in figures is actually not because the scientists at the scientific research base are not rigorous. The main reason is that the administration, external publicity and scientific research of Yanbei University of Space Exploration are not one system. Even the external publicity of the school and the base is not one system.

It happens that external publicity is the department that receives the least attention within the base, so it is understandable that there are occasional errors and omissions in the release of various news.

Not to mention that at this time, no one is in the mood to care about whether there are any contradictions before and after the external propaganda.

Compared to Chen Xi's safety at this time, these are all minor details.

In the eyes of many people in the base, even if more than two thousand aerospace ships join the search team, it is not enough.

It is difficult for ordinary people to understand how empty space is, but these scientists at the base understand it very well.

Wu Gang, Nu Wa, Kua Fu, these giant scientific research and exploration ships that represent the pinnacle of current technology, are like a drop in the ocean if dropped on the Earth-Moon Waterway, let alone the safety escape cabin of a backward floating ferry. Even if it is all

The safety escape cabins are equipped with starry sky positioning systems.

However, the positioning of the starry sky positioning system may not be so accurate at present. The difference in space is a few thousand kilometers, which is about one or two centimeters on a scale of tens of meters. Think about it in a radius of several thousand kilometers.

How many spaceships can be packed into the range?

Secondly, at this critical juncture of capturing Enceladus and transforming Mars, most people hope to get this done before Ning Zi returns to Earth. It is best to rescue Chen Xi alive. Otherwise, with Ning Zi’s protective temperament,

No one can say what he will do or whether it will affect the key historical process of human beings transforming and colonizing the planet.

Damn it, just thinking about it makes a lot of people swear. How could something like this happen to the Earth-Moon Channel?

You must know that the current situation of the earth can really be described as dancing on the tip of a knife.

Transforming and colonizing the planet is like reaching for the stars. It sounds very romantic. But behind it is the consumption of countless resources. Not to mention anything else, just for the population reserve plan to promote planetary colonization, the annual subsidies consumed are tens of thousands.

Calculated in units of billions.

In addition, the base is constantly building ships, opening up space routes, various large-scale space experiments, and even the Nuwa is about to sail away to capture Enceladus, which is an extremely heavy burden for the earth. Now the whole thing can still maintain relative peace.

This situation is really based on China's huge space advantage and the fact that humans will soon be able to immigrate to extraterrestrials.

If the transformation of Mars is put on hold indefinitely, and problems arise in the space immigration plan, problems on Earth will most likely erupt at a certain point. By then, it will not be like in the movie, where people can be united by saying they are united.

…

In the solar system, near Mars, Earth's large scientific research ship Kuafu is flying around a small comet like dust.

Judging from the comet's orbit calculated by the brain, this is where the comet is about to enter perihelion in its orbit around the sun. Similar to other comets, this small icy object is mainly composed of ice, dust and rock.

Theoretically speaking, the comet numbered C/2012 UN271 on Earth is a medium-sized comet. The diameter of its core is about 11 kilometers and the diameter of its tail is about the same as that of the Earth. If it can be successfully guided to collide with Mars, it will continue to

The process will take more than ten hours.

This is definitely a rare spectacle in the universe, and it’s exciting to think about it.

Of course, it is extremely difficult to do this. It can even be said to be a job that requires patience. You need to slowly guide the alien to change its trajectory. The specific principle is to use anti-gravity matter and the gravity of nearby planets.

The comet's orbit was corrected little by little until it was captured by Mars' gravity.

The principle is quite simple in theory, but there are two main difficulties in practice: this is difficult, and that is difficult...

This stands for measurement and calculation.

The comet's mass, speed, gravitational pull through various planets, and other data directly determine how to arrange anti-gravity materials on the comet, including maximizing distribution and structure.

That means practicality.

You can imagine how difficult it is to place antigravity material on a comet according to set conditions.

It's impossible to get close to people, only robots.

Robots with a ten-year warranty on earth are all disposable consumables here. There is basically no possibility of recycling. But fortunately, doing this does not require a humanoid robot with precise joint components. In fact, it has four limbs.

In this environment, robots are not as easy to use as sucker-type robots with simpler construction and lower cost.

This can save costs significantly.

Of course, cost is not the only issue to consider. The most important thing is to be able to see huge fireworks on Mars.

…

In the Kuafu watchtower, Ning Zi was patiently teaching a little boy next to him who looked to be only eight or nine years old in front of the monitor.

"The number of this planet is CN: 2025-06879..."

Before Ning Jie finished speaking, the little boy started to answer: "I know, Dad, CN means that this star was discovered by China, and 2025 means that it was discovered in 2025!"

"Well...yes, but what I want to tell you today is..."

"But Dad, this star is so small. Why is it so small?"

"Forehead……"

"By the way, Dad, that star is Mars, right?" The little boy began to click on the screen with his little hands.

"Um."

"Then why do you drive the comets we are following to Mars? I heard from the teacher that every star has life. If you drive the comets to Mars, won't they hurt if they collide with each other?"

"This question...who told you that stars are alive?"

"Teacher Zhu? She told us the story of the stars."

"Well, this is a kind of thinking of liberal arts students, which is to personify inanimate things..."

"Ah? Dad, what is liberal arts student thinking? What is anthropomorphism?"

"The liberal arts thinking is...forget it, you go play with March."

"Yeah!"

Ning Zi finally gave up. He was a world-famous mathematician, so what about a great scientist?

When it comes to educating children, being unprofessional means being unprofessional.

The questions that the third-grade child kept popping up were enough to consume the patience he had accumulated all night long, and then he fell into cognitive impairment.

In fact, it is not that difficult to admit that your child is not that good. However, Ning Zi thinks that the child’s genes are most likely inherited from his mother.

Well, fortunately, Lu Xiaoya never denies this.

Seeing the little guy picking up the desperate kitten and kneading the cat's head with his little hands, I felt inexplicably better.

The reason why I brought Lu Xiaoya and the little guy with me this time to carry out the Mars environment transformation mission, especially to bring Xiao Ningjie with me despite the objections of the elders of both families, was because I wanted to bring this child to see the world. It would be best if we could

Cultivate children's curiosity about the stars in this space environment.

Ning Zi firmly believes that interest is the best teacher.

Just like when he was a child, although no one cared about him, his grades have always been good. It's really not because a child from a poor family can realize early that only learning can change his destiny. It's just because he is very curious about those science knowledge, so learning can keep him focused.

It can even be said that solving a difficult problem is a kind of happiness.

But apparently his trick failed on his son.

In addition to showing unlimited interest in space during the first week on board the ship, the children completely lost any interest in the outside world. They only felt that space was empty and not as lively as the school. They even began to regret going on the ship with their father.

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This is related to the positioning of the Kuafu. The Kuafu is taken from the idiom Kuafu chasing the sun. The biggest difference from the Wu Gang and Nuwa is that it is a purely scientific research mission ship. In addition to the most basic living material support on board,

Outside, there are no entertainment facilities. There are only many warehouses, automatic production lines and laboratories.

These things are obviously not attractive to a child who is only one month shy of nine years old. In addition, Ning Zi is very busy most of the time. She only has her mother and a kitten to keep her company.

Yes, although ten years have passed, March is still a kitten. Of course, in the eyes of others, this cat is not the other cat, including Lu Xiaoya. Just last year, the old March "passed away".

At that time, the whole family, especially Xiao Ningjie, was sad for a while.

So a few days later, Ning Zi brought another young kitten, again named "March", and the family returned to its former peace.

Anyway, March is the most common little orange cat in the countryside. Basically, as long as the coat color is slightly changed, no one will think much about it even if the other parts are similar to the previous March.

There's no way around it, March is indeed very insignificant.

That year, when Ning Zi told Dupont Le that they had no idea where they were falling behind, the words he held in front of the old man while holding March in his hand probably made it clear. But the old man still

I didn't realize what kind of existence the cat was, so I just glanced at it briefly.

What's even more ridiculous is that the group of people focused on the cat food and canned food that March usually ordered, and even used his love for March and even replaced him with a cat that looked very similar to March to psychologically control him.

Profile.

In fact, it's quite good. It makes it easier for Ning Zi to hide the origin of March.

Now Ning Zi has made preparations. After the kitten "passes away" due to an accident a few days later, Ning Zi will release the news that he will use the technology of the laboratory to make a body for the cat, and will publicize and design a special artificial body for the cat.

Intelligent systems are embedded in this body…

In this way, March's identity can be cleared directly, and he won't have to go through the trouble of ordering cat food and canned cat food every month. In fact, he thought about doing this last year, but was rejected by classmate Lu Xiaoya.

The mother of the child is worried that the technology of the base is not up to standard and the kitten made does not look real.

She simply felt that the child was too young and did not quite understand the importance of life. If March was made into a robotic cat that could always move and even speak as long as it was charged, it might cause bad problems as he grew up.

Impact, such as loss of reverence for life itself.

Ning Zi chose to agree with her mother's concerns.

Anyway, small-scale controllable nuclear fusion technology has not been successful yet. At that time, there is really no way to explain why this robotic cat created in the laboratory does not have a charging interface. It is better to wait in a few years, when Xiao Ningjie grows up and has a strong understanding of life.
To be continued...