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Chapter 124 In the name of great-grandfather
All countries attach great importance to the drastic changes that have taken place on Mars in a real sense.

The United States soon announced that its aerospace budget will increase by 450% in the next two years, and by more than 1000% within ten years, reaching about 80% of the military budget. Both get more budget...

And some small countries are also seeking to cooperate with big countries, hoping to join the space program of big countries by paying money.

Due to historical reasons, many countries still hope to join NASA or Xizhou Space Agency. After all, the comprehensive strength and heritage are there, and Lucia and Dongguo also have some fans.

In fact, including the United States, most of the investment in space exploration is relatively small, especially compared with its huge military expenditure. The military budget of the United States in 2028 exceeds 1.4 trillion dollars, while the aerospace budget is only The pitiful 900 billion meters, this is the result of being stimulated by Hawke Island in recent years. Six years ago, the aerospace budget was less than 6 billion meters...

Therefore, they still believe that if the United States and other countries put all their efforts into raising the aerospace budget to a level similar to the military budget, they will be able to quickly bridge the gap with Hawke Island.

However, there are many countries that also hope to cooperate with Hawk Island at the same time, especially hope to use its commercial rockets for launch. At least for now, Hawk Island’s commercial rockets are clearly far ahead in the world, and the cost is at least cheaper than any one. One third, if the rocket technology of the United States catches up, it will not be too late to switch to the rocket launch of the United States!
Even Dongguo, Southern Federation, Lucia, and Xizhou Space Agency are trying to negotiate commercial cooperation with Hawke Island or introduce rocket core primary and core secondary recovery technology, only the United States is still carrying it.

Saving money is king!

Money is never enough when it comes to spaceflight!

In the past, it was just a small fight, but now it may be completely different.

All countries have realized that the Mars colonization plan may soon no longer be just experimental, but have commercial value. It may be a loss at the beginning, but in the long run, it is definitely of strategic significance!
Just like in the great colonial era, when Columbus and others first went to America, they found nothing but "Indians" gnawing bark.

From an economic point of view, it was actually a loss, but the results of the next few hundred years proved the significance of the great exploration.

Until now, the most advanced countries on the blue star are basically those colonial countries or the surrounding countries that are greatly affected by them.

Therefore, every country now hopes to be able to take a free ride on Mars colonization this time, and does not want to be left behind.

Even many hot mainland countries have no self-aware hope to participate...

At the United Nations General Assembly, the President of Gambia strongly urged all countries to develop the aerospace industry together, so that people from all countries have an equal opportunity to land on Mars. He suggested that the quota for landing on Mars should be evenly distributed by drawing lots... …

Although no one paid attention to him except for some crouching dragons and phoenixes, they at least expressed their demands.

The era of the great colonization of Mars is coming soon, and all countries are scrambling to get ahead.

Although so far, no country has achieved manned landing on Mars.

Whoever will be the first person to land on Mars will be the Columbus of the new era!It will be forever in the annals of history!

Of course, considering that there are currently only three countries that have achieved independent manned moon landings, it is basically locked in these three countries...

Who will come out on top among the United States, Hawke Island and the East?

This topic has triggered heated discussions among netizens around the world. According to the official voting on Twitter, 44% are optimistic about America, 41% are optimistic about Hawke Island, 3% are optimistic about Eastern China, and 2% are optimistic about Xizhou Space Agency. 1% are optimistic about Lucia, 7% are optimistic about the Southern Federation, and 2% are optimistic about other countries...

Except for the overconfidence of the netizens of the South Yin Federation, it can basically reflect the views of people in the real world.

But astronomers from all over the world have more important things to do now.

In the past few months, astronomers from almost all countries have stared at the data and photos sent back by astronomical telescopes and Mars rovers every day, looking for new discoveries.

This is the same as the era of great geographical discovery, whoever discovers first has the right to name it!
Therefore, scientists from all over the world are fighting openly and secretly at this time, vying for the right to name the newly discovered Mars...

In just 2 months, they discovered 177 newly formed Martian oceans or lakes, the smallest with an area of ​​only a few hundred square meters...the largest was still found on Hawke Island, with an area of ​​more than 15 square kilometers, more than Blue Star's largest freshwater lake, Lake Superior, is still growing.

This Martian ocean is located in the southern part of the Chris Plain. It was named Yuanhai by Hawke Island in memory of Admiral He Yuan, the hero of Hawke Island, who is the great-grandfather of the current Duke of Hawke.

According to the analysis of Mars topography and geology, it is likely to become the largest ocean on Mars, and it may eventually annex the entire Arcidalia Plain, with an area of ​​more than 1000 million square kilometers, more than twice the area of ​​the largest sea in Blue Star, the Coral Sea...

Compared with the area of ​​Blue Star's four oceans, it is still much worse. After all, Blue Star's largest ocean, the Eastern Ocean, has an area of ​​18081 million square kilometers——Due to the birth of Hawke Island, the area of ​​the Eastern Ocean is 60 square kilometers smaller—— The smallest Arctic Ocean is also 1475 million square kilometers. There is no way to do this. The total amount of water ice on Mars is limited, which is not enough to form a huge ocean like that on the blue star...

Not enough to hold all of Mars' oceans together.

According to preliminary estimates, the final water surface coverage of Mars will only account for 35% of the total area, while the land area can still account for 65%, which is basically the opposite of that of Blue Star.

In fact, there are at least 500 million cubic kilometers of water ice on the surface or shallow layers of Mars. If all of it is tiled on the surface of Mars, the water depth can reach 35 meters. However, due to the topography of Mars, it is impossible to tile it completely. to form oceans or lakes.

The depth is also very uneven, some places are thousands of meters deep, and some places are only a few meters deep.

Still can't compare with Blue Star. It is already a miracle that the current Mars can form large-scale oceans or lakes in some areas, and it can basically meet the needs of life.

Especially in places close to the ocean, the climate may be as comfortable as on the blue star, but the current oxygen content in the atmosphere is very low, which is not suitable for animals to survive, but some plants and microorganisms may already be able to survive!

This will greatly save the cost of the future Mars base, at least the food will have the opportunity to be self-sufficient!
As long as there are enough plants, the oxygen in the Martian atmosphere will continue to increase, and one day, animals will be able to survive...

Early blue stars also had no oxygen, and later also a little bit
As for whether the decrease in carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere will lead to a decrease in temperature, we should be able to think of a solution at that time.

Life always finds a way.

If you can't find it, maybe God will do it.

(End of this chapter)