Die on Mars

At Kunlun Station, Lao Mao and Ophiopogon japonicus are pounding tomato seeds.

"We need a germ bed to keep the tomato seeds moist during the germination period. You can use soaked cotton or gauze... Tang Yue is back?" Ophiopogon japonicus on the screen saw Tang Yue coming in and said hello, "Have the panels been moved? How is the weather today at Kunlun Station?"

"The battery panels have been moved. It's a sunny day." Tang Yue took off the life support system of the Mingguang Armor and left it there to charge. "There is an advantage in this damn place. You don't have to worry about rain when drying pickles. If I were a carrot The dry people must like Mars."

The old cat found an iron dinner plate, put ten tomato seeds on it, then opened a pack of medical gauze and soaked it with water.

Tang Yue got out of the bloated Mingguang Armor, found a corner where the girl could not see, neatly took off his clothes, put on a thermal blanket, and transformed into a Martian caveman again.

The old cat carefully wrapped the tomato seeds in moist gauze and placed them on the dinner plate.

"When seeds germinate, remember that the temperature must be kept at about 25 degrees Celsius. Low temperature is not good for the germination of seedlings." Ophiopogon japonicus reminded, "The seeds that have been germinated only need to wait for three to five days to germinate. After the seeds turn white, you Just plant the seedlings into the soil.”

"What is Lu Bai?"

"Lubai means that the buds have started to sprout, and you can see the white germs." Ophiopogon japonicus explained.

The old cat nodded and put the wrapped tomato seeds on the shelf. The room temperature at Kunlun Station was 25 degrees. This temperature is very suitable for tomato growth. The old cat rubbed his paws and was very excited. He would see it soon. These cute little creatures emerged.

Ophiopogon japonicus breathed a sigh of relief. The preliminary process of planting tomatoes has come to an end here. Next, Lao Mao and Tang Yue will continue to prepare fresh water and fertilizer while waiting for the seeds to germinate.

"By the way, old cat, I just remembered something." Tang Yue hung the Mingguang Armor on the wall, "When I checked the Kunlun Station outside, I found a crack... about this long, in the airlock room On the left exterior wall.”

Tang Yue used his hands to show the old cat a length of about thirty centimeters.

"The paint is peeling off again? When did you discover it?" The old cat turned his head.

"yesterday afternoon."

"Cracks?" Maidong was a little nervous, "Will there be any problems?"

"Don't worry, it happens all the time. It's not a big deal." Tang Yue shook his head, "It's just the outer paint cracking. There is no problem with the main structure. Kunlun Station is an old house after all. It is normal for the paint to peel off."

Kunlun Station is indeed an old scientific research station. It has stood on the surface of Mars for almost ten years. Like the Joint Space Station, it is the product of the early landing missions of the Mars plan. Every Mars landing mission since then has Astronauts will maintain the Kunlun Station, replace internal equipment, do some upgrades and repairs. The outer wall of the Kunlun Station is coated with a white polyester coating to protect the internal structure. This coating will continue to be damaged. wear and tear, so regular maintenance is required.

"Do we have any extra paint?" asked the old cat.

"No more." Tang Yue spread his hands.

"Do you still have the transparent tape? Use tape to mend it." The old cat sighed, "It takes three years to sew and mend, and another three years to sew and mend."

"There's not much tape left... There are only a few rolls left. Damn it, are those people eating tape? Or is Lao Zheng doing some kind of bondage play with tape?"

"Who can he play with?" asked the old cat.

"Old Wang." Tang Yue replied.

"Oh..." Lao Mao imagined the scene, "Tie up Lao Wang's strong gluteus maximus with tape. The picture is so beautiful."

Tang Yue opened the cabinet and took out the tape. He looked up and saw the girl on the screen looking downcast. He smiled and said, "Ophiopogon japonicus, you don't have to worry about Kunlun Station. This broken house is very strong and has a long life. It can survive the old cat." Death will not destroy us during our lifetime.”

Tang Yue was telling the truth. Among the many things in Kunlun Station, the Kunlun Station itself has the longest lifespan. The oxygen circulation, fresh water circulation and temperature control systems are all very sophisticated and delicate equipment, and their use time is only more than ten years at most. But The shell of Kunlun Station was built to last hundreds of years. Tang Yue would never see the day when Kunlun Station was damaged and collapsed in his lifetime.

Maidong nodded.

Tang Yue put on the Mingguang Armor again, carried a large roll of tape, and opened the airlock door.

He was going to repair the cracks on the outer wall of Kunlun Station.

"Good Luck!" The old cat waved his paw.

Tang Yue suddenly stood still.

"What's wrong with you?" The old cat turned his head.

"Damn it." Tang Yue cursed, "My legs are cramping again."

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Maidong tapped the keyboard lightly. She was managing various modules in the joint space station. During this time, Maidong tried to learn how to manage the behemoth she was in. She adjusted the power of the solar panels and batteries to try her best. Extend the life of the space station.

The Mars Joint Space Station is the most expensive and complex research facility ever built by humans. It has many unique advantages that laboratories and ISS on Earth do not have.

The initial successful establishment of the Mars Joint Space Station project was based on the name of the Deep Space Laboratory, promising to provide a good and long-term experimental site, and attracting strong support from a large number of basic disciplines and scientific research institutes. Initially, the Congressmen did not It was agreed to spend such a large sum of money to build a space station in Mars orbit because the Orion spacecraft itself can serve as a transit for landing.

Because it is far away from all human interference and noise, the Joint Space Station is an excellent place for electromagnetic and radiation observation. It is like a quiet room in deep space, and any small sound in the universe will be amplified hundreds or thousands of times.

The space station is large enough to carry large-scale observation equipment, so cosmology and theoretical physics projects are rushing to get involved. There is a very sensitive neutrino capture instrument in the Dawn module. It is not large, but it is The result of instantly killing the Super-Kamiokande detector.

There is also an X-ray telescope. Its original purpose was to verify Hawking radiation, and by the way, it made the Hubble constant more accurate to a few decimal places.

There are also large-scale spectroscopy and remote sensing equipment, which follow the joint space station orbiting Mars and accurately measure the distribution of water sources and methane on Mars.

And Lao Mai, he brought a lot of draft paper. If Lao Wang's ancient scrolls and accidents hadn't appeared, maybe Goldbach's conjecture would have been solved.

It is simply fruitful.

The academic community expressed joyfully that the Nobel Prize in Physics in the next twenty years will be due to the Joint Space Station.

It is said that the next Mars mission will carry a gravitational wave observation equipment, which is a two-kilometer-long metal rod. To be honest, Maidong doesn’t know how they are going to send that thing to the sky, but how bold are people? Rockets Just how big the guts are.

Maidong shut down most of the detectors, but she still retained some of the observation equipment to turn towards the direction of the earth, and at the same time maintained the search and tracking of the Orion 1 spacecraft. Maidong has not given up searching for the earth and the Orion spacecraft so far. In her heart Still holding on to the faint hope that one day when I wake up, greetings from the earth or the Orion 1 spacecraft will pop up on the computer screen.

The space station was still diligently collecting radio waves from all directions. The girl stared at the screen silently. She could only see a blank.

Maidong shook his head, this kind of waiting is meaningless.

She turned and left the crystal cabin.

As Maidong passed through the interface of the cabin, a faint "beep" sound suddenly came from behind him. The girl was stunned, turned her head, and stopped moving.

Could it be that I heard it wrong?

A few seconds later, another "beep" sound came from the core cabin. This time she heard it clearly. Maidong's mind almost went blank, and sudden ecstasy filled her heart. This was a signal! The space station received a strange radio signal!