The rise of nanometers

On the other side, the Mars Exploration Agency under the Ministry of Aerospace also held a special symposium on the newly discovered thermophilic fungi.

Many researchers involved in the study, as well as scholars of cosmic ecology, as well as some related scholars of social development studies, participated in this symposium.

As the person in charge of the Mars 33 probe, Wang Anping introduced the discovery of thermophilic fungi and related research.

After everyone listened, their expressions were slightly solemn.

Apparently, the discovery of thermophilic fungi on the surface of Mars has made everyone understand that the danger of the Martian ecosystem is much more dangerous than previously assessed.

The previously discovered fluorescent fungi, together with the recently discovered thermophilic fungi, are both extremely dangerous microorganisms.

Fluorescent fungi pose a great threat to carbon-based organisms, while thermophilic fungi pose a fatal threat to high-heating equipment such as power stations and nuclear batteries.

"Let's not talk about the scientific research value of derivatives of thermophilic fungi. Now let's talk about its threat!" A new academician who hosted the symposium said with a solemn expression.

Ren Jinglue, the person in charge of the Mars manned landing project, also looked troubled at this time: "Thermophilic fungi do pose a very serious threat to the establishment of a base on the surface of Mars."

After all, thermophilic fungi are very sensitive to heat energy, and their basic habits are organisms that chase heat.

If the Federation wants to establish a permanent base on the surface of Mars, it must use nuclear batteries and even deploy nuclear power plants.

In this way, the two are contradictory.

After all, thermophilic fungi like high-heat environments, and nuclear battery and nuclear power plants must dissipate heat. This is also the frustration of current power generation technology.

The current power generation technology has a maximum thermal efficiency of 78.63%, and still more than 21.37% of the thermal energy will be released into the surrounding environment in the form of waste heat.

In other words, the power station or nuclear battery itself must dissipate heat, otherwise serious heat accumulation will damage or even destroy the power generation system.

Of course, there is no way around this.

Several engineers who researched heat dissipation equipment came up with new solutions.

That is to switch to laser heat dissipation, which is also the mainstream heat dissipation method on many spacecrafts now, because the Suiren system has efficient photothermal conversion materials that can convert heat energy into laser and release it.

The laser radiator currently launched has a very high efficiency, basically reaching about 95 to 97%, and can efficiently convert waste heat into laser light.

During this transformation process, the laser can also regenerate electricity, thereby realizing the regeneration of laser power and efficient use of waste heat.

However, this system is not without its shortcomings. The first shortcoming is that the overall cost is very high, which the Federation can barely afford.

But the second shortcoming is somewhat difficult to solve. This shortcoming is that the system is complicated, which will lead to a rapid increase in the probability of failure.

In outer space and extraterrestrial environments, the failure rate of spacecraft is too high, which is not a good thing. After all, in order to ensure reliability, spacecraft adopt triple redundancy designs. Those designs that are too complex seem to be very Precision actually increases the probability of unreliability.

This is also something that is often tried to avoid during the design process of spacecraft.

What's more, according to the analysis of a group of research teams, the sensitivity and thirst for heat sources of thermophilic fungi are extremely high.

Even if only 3 to 5% of the waste heat is left, they will still be attracted.

According to the current detection of various detectors, traces of thermophilic fungi have only been found in the valley near detector 33. Other detectors have not found the existence of thermophilic fungi for the time being.

But this does not mean that there are not other places. You must know that the Grand Canyon Mariner is the largest canyon area on Mars. In addition, there are many mountains in the southern hemisphere of Mars. It is difficult to rule out the possibility of thermophilic fungi hiding in it.

This situation has brought great difficulties to the Federation in establishing a Mars base.

If thermophilic fungi appear in the nuclear power plant after the base is established, causing the nuclear power plant to be unable to generate electricity normally, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Everyone! Is there any way to eliminate the thermophilic fungi and establish an isolation zone?" Ren Jinglue asked, looking at everyone present.

A researcher who has studied thermophilic fungi stood up and said: "Using N16 organic matter decomposer, this fungus can be eliminated on a large scale, but doing so may destroy the local ecological balance of Mars."

"Indeed, N16 does not distinguish between friend and foe. As long as it is high-molecular organic matter, it will directly decompose, which will exterminate all living creatures around it." Another scholar who studies cosmic ecology shook his head.

The more people discuss, the more helpless they become.

Human beings enter the universe, on the one hand, to advance to civilization and no longer be bound to the blue star; on the other hand, they also hold the idea of ​​exploring other lives, looking for the richness and variety of life in this lonely starry sky.

The current ecosystem of Mars is a huge epoch-making discovery.

If, in order for humans to survive on Mars, we carry out a devastating blow to the original ecosystem of Mars, what is the difference between that and establishing a immigrant city on the moon?

This behavior is in conflict with the values ​​advocated by the federation.

According to the current level of human technological development, it will take a long time for humans to get out of the solar system. It may take at least 200 years, and it may even never get out of the solar system.

In this long period of time, perhaps Mars is one of the few living planets discovered by humans. Isn't its unique ecosystem worthy of human protection?

At least the vast majority of participants at the scene did not agree with the adoption of an extinction-style development plan.

If the Federation needs mineral resources, the mineral resources on Blue Star and the Moon, with the Federation's efficient utilization technology, can at least meet the development needs of the next 30 years or so.

Even if you want to mine mineral resources from other planets, Venus is much closer than Mars, and its volume and mass are much larger.

There are also asteroid belts, huge Jupiter galaxies, and Saturn galaxies.

There is no need to stare at Mars and destroy it, the only planet with life in the solar system.

The symposium lasted for several days, and finally had an in-depth discussion with federal senior officials, including Huang Xiuyuan.

After in-depth discussions, the federal government finally decided to temporarily shelve part of the plan and only conduct limited scientific research and development on Mars in the next 20 years.

The Federation has launched a backup plan, which is to explore Venus and the asteroid belt and use Venus and the asteroid belt as the Federation's future reserve mines.

The previously prepared manned landing plan on Mars was not completely cancelled, but was adjusted to establish a base on Phobos and send a group of astronauts to station there and do some scientific research.

As for manned landing on Mars, the risk at this stage is too great. Whether it is fluorescent fungi, thermophilic fungi, or other unknown Martian organisms, humans have not yet fully understood them.

There is no need to be so anxious. After all, the possibility of humans immigrating to Mars in a short period of time is actually not that great.

Instead of immigrating to Mars, it is better to build a large rotating space city. This route is more reliable.

The federal space development strategy has once again undergone strategic adjustments.

At the same time, the remaining forces of Blue Star are also struggling to survive, heading in the direction of their own choice.

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