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Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that the Journey starship had regained connection.

"Great."

Mr. Wang's face was also full of excitement at this moment, and he couldn't help but exclaimed.

Zhengtu has an important mission and is the first project after the establishment of the Global Space Exploration Alliance. If an emergency really occurs, it will deal a blow to everyone's confidence.

It may even affect the progress of human exploration of space control and slow down the current pace.

In addition, the successful launch of the Zhengtu has prompted many countries to publicly announce that they will increase their support for the Space Exploration Alliance.

It can be said that everyone has their eyes on space.

Therefore, in this situation, Zhengtu cannot afford to fail.

The mission must be successfully completed to leave traces of human civilization's visit to Mars for the first time.

Although everyone had enough trust in Xu Yuan, everyone would feel worried when faced with the loss of contact for several hours.

Fortunately, it's all over now.

As it turned out, what Xu Yuan said was correct.

Even at one percent of the speed of light, the Journey starship can ensure its own safety.

Facing this scene, Xu Yuan couldn't help but smile, and at the same time, he felt a rare sense of anticipation for what was going to happen next.

Just as he was thinking about this and was about to speak, he saw the familiar figure of Zhai Zhihang appear on the screen.

"Zhengtu calling headquarters, we have safely approached Mars."

"Request spacecraft landing."

After listening to Zhai Zhihang's report, Xu Yuan naturally did not hesitate.

The answer was immediately affirmative.

"Allow the Zhengtu to land on its own. Once it is safe, exit the spacecraft to complete the exploration of Mars."

The Zhengtu is equipped with artificial intelligence, and with the various advanced technologies the spacecraft possesses, it does not require the help of ground command. During the descent, it can completely rely on itself to detect and analyze the terrain below and plan the best suitable parking location.

When Zhai Zhihang is performing a mission, he becomes extremely calm.

Therefore, even when he was talking to Xu Yuan, he responded without any emotion after receiving the order.

"Zhengtu understands."

Then the communication from Mars to Earth, which had just been established, was hastily and actively disconnected.

But at this point, everyone obviously won't pay attention to these things.

All eyes were focused on the main screen, watching as the Zhengtu began its descent toward the surface of Mars.

"Since the Zhengtu has successfully reached Mars, the next step will be easy. We just need the astronauts to come out."

“This scene is really exciting!”

“Mars is just as beautiful.”

"We are still not as calm as Chief Xu. Sure enough, the development of the matter is exactly as expected."

“We have made new history.”

Although everyone was trying to calm themselves down and appear as calm as possible, at this point, they couldn't help but join in the discussion, and they didn't even bother to hide the smiles on their faces.

Many people at the scene have participated in the Zhengtu interstellar spacecraft project, and they are very familiar with their own spacecraft.

There is certainly no shortage of confidence.

Even the worry just now was because the spacecraft temporarily lost contact with the ground.

Now the speed of the Journey starship has been reduced to a normal level from 1 percent of the speed of light. Landing on the surface of Mars is basically as difficult as drinking a sip of water. It can be said that the result is a foregone conclusion.

of course.

This is indeed the case.

Not long after.

As the Zhengtu entered Mars and continued to descend in altitude, its own radar device had completed detection, analysis and calculations of the area below.

The most suitable descent location was quickly selected.

When the interstellar spacecraft was successfully landed, the nuclear fusion engine was temporarily shut down, and the spacecraft came into close contact with the surface of Mars.

At this moment, Zhai Zhihang and other astronauts in the core module of the spacecraft have begun to put on extravehicular spacesuits.

Preparing to go out of the cabin and explore the surface of Mars.

At the same time, the total number of people online in the live broadcast room has already exceeded one billion.

It is truly a concern of the entire nation.

Although the refresh speed of the barrage in the live broadcast room can no longer be described by common sense.

But it still couldn't stop everyone's enthusiasm for discussion.

"I can finally see the Zhengtu spacecraft again. Do you know how I spent the past few hours? I was the supervisor in the live broadcast room on the moon and I didn't dare to stop for a moment."

"Where is this from? Is this the moon?"

"What a beautiful Mars."

"It only took a few hours to reach Mars. It seems that the maximum flying speed of the Zhengtu has indeed reached 1% of the speed of light."

"look forward to."

"Should our astronauts leave the spacecraft soon? This is the first human to set foot on Mars."

"By the way, will we build a base on Mars?"

"Needless to say, I remember that Musk proposed the Mars immigration plan a long time ago. Now that we finally have this capability, we will definitely develop a detailed plan to transform the Martian environment."

"If we really want to transform the environment on Mars, it will be a huge project. I don't know if I can survive until the day I succeed."

……

For people all over the world, although most people believe the previously announced flight speed of the Journey starship, there are definitely people who have doubts.

After all, one percent of the speed of light is too shocking, and the official side cannot provide any substantial evidence to prove it.

But now the situation is completely different.

It took only a few hours for the Journey spacecraft to travel from the moon to the sky above Mars.

If the spacecraft had not reached one percent of the speed of light, it would obviously be impossible to do so.

This is also the Zhengtu interstellar spacecraft, and its value in everyone's hearts has increased a lot.

It can indeed be called the highest scientific and technological achievement of human civilization.

What's more, the Zhengtu is the first interstellar spaceship developed by humans.

With the birth of the second and third interstellar spacecraft in the future, perhaps this flight speed can be further improved.

If we can really reach a certain level, human civilization will have the ability to leave the solar system and explore more distant star systems.

Perhaps we can really find a planet with life there.

Of course, it is obviously too early to say this now. What we are pursuing now is only to successfully land on Mars.

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"The four of you get ready. Follow me out of the spaceship and explore the surface of Mars."

"Others are always ready to respond."

Inside the Zhengtu interstellar spacecraft, commander Zhai Zhihang, who was already wearing an extravehicular space suit, was talking to the four astronauts behind him who were also wearing extravehicular space suits like him.

As for the remaining astronauts, they need to stay in the spacecraft. After all, it is the first time to arrive on a strange planet, and anything can happen after leaving the spacecraft.

You must be fully prepared.

In this way, if any emergency occurs to astronauts performing missions on the surface of Mars, other people in the spacecraft can organize rescue in time.

It is also for this reason that Zhai Zhihang only plans to arrange four other astronauts to go out of the cabin with him this time.

Soon after everyone was ready, the system instructions were given.

There was no need for Zhai Zhihang and the others to open the hatch manually. As a result, they saw the hatch of the spacecraft in front of them slowly open automatically.

Suddenly, the mysterious and complex Mars appeared before them for the first time.

The atmospheric pressure on Mars is less than one percent of that at Earth's sea level. Without wearing pressure equipment, humans simply cannot survive in such an environment.

The Martian atmosphere is not only thin, but also mainly composed of carbon dioxide.

Although water was once plentiful, much of it has now evaporated.

The small amount of water currently exists mainly in the form of ice.

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However, Zhai Zhihang and his colleagues were wearing the latest version of extravehicular space suits.

The various equipment inside can ensure that they can walk and stay on the surface of Mars for a short period of time.

Enough to complete this scientific expedition mission.

Soon, with Zhai Zhihang's left foot taking the first step, humans left footprints on the surface of Mars for the first time.

Although this is a small step for Zhai Zhihang, it is a big step for mankind.

of course.

Even at this time, Zhai Zhihang did not forget his mission and responsibilities.

The first thing that comes to mind is to respond to the ground.

"Astronaut Zhai Zhihang reports that I have left the cabin and feel well."

Then, amid warm applause and cheers in the ground command hall, Zhai Zhihang continued to move away from the spacecraft.

Immediately afterwards, the next four astronauts also set foot on the surface of Mars.

Looking from a personal perspective, you can find that the environment on the surface of Mars is very different from that on the moon.

The most intuitive feeling is the bumpy surface.

These are the potholes, basins, volcanoes, canyons and other landforms produced by meteorite impacts.

In such an environment, it is very inconvenient for astronauts wearing heavy space suits to move.

There is even a risk of tripping or gravel scratching your extravehicular space suit.

So when all five of them left the spacecraft, a Mars rover came out of the spacecraft, loaded with various instruments and equipment for geological and environmental exploration.

In the following time, Zhai Zhihang drove the Mars rover to install these instruments and equipment in different locations.

Others started digging.

That's right.

Since we have finally come to Mars, we must mine Martian soil samples.

If the Martian environment is to be transformed in the future, studying these samples is a necessary prerequisite.

Anyway, unlike before when we traveled to the moon on a lander, with the large-capacity Journey starship, we can basically bring back as many samples as we can collect.

In addition, Zhai Zhihang did not forget to plant a red flag on Mars.

and the logo belonging to the Global Space Exploration Alliance.

And just as they were working hard to mine samples on Mars, the atmosphere in the live broadcast room finally reached its peak.

Countless people witnessed this great historical moment and did not forget to send their congratulations.

I feel unprecedented pride and honor for being a part of human civilization.

As for some other people, they are even more eyeing Mars samples.

This made the live broadcast room extremely lively.

"We have finally done it. From conquering the moon to now landing on Mars, humankind's footsteps will never stop in the solar system forever."

"too excited."

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

"I really can't imagine that I will be able to see humans successfully land on Mars in my lifetime."

"A congratulatory message from Yanjing!"

"Brilliant."

"After we bring back these Martian soil samples, can we hold a lottery to win a few?"

"Don't say you really want it."

"Then please dig some more and bring them back so that I can have more samples."

……

While countless people on Earth were celebrating, in an office in a company building in a certain city overseas, Musk, with no intention of caring about his image at all, suddenly stood up from his chair and jumped suddenly. Judging from his flushed face, he must be very excited at the moment.

Because if someone walked in at this time, they would definitely find that the live broadcast of Mars was playing on the desktop computer screen.

Very early on, he proposed a wildly bold plan to build a community on Mars for interstellar migration.

And for this ideal, he founded Space Exploration Technologies Corporation.

Focus on developing starships.

Although he eventually gave up the starship, the relevant R&D personnel were fortunate enough to join the Global Space Exploration Alliance.

Eventually, they successfully developed the Zhengtu spacecraft and easily landed on Mars.

If we still use his starship, to be honest, I have no idea when we can land on Mars, let alone transform the Martian environment and build a community.

So when he saw this scene today, he was excited.

I am even more convinced that my choice is correct.

At least this allowed him to see early on that humans would set foot on Mars, and it also gave him a wish that might come true.

In my lifetime, I want to live on Mars.

Soon he suddenly thought of something, sat back, and without taking his eyes off the screen, called his secretary in.

In less than a minute, a blonde woman knocked on the office door and walked in.

When he came closer, he smiled and greeted her proactively.

"Boss, you seem to be in a good mood today. Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Just now, the spacecraft of the Global Space Exploration Alliance successfully landed on the surface of Mars. Human beings landed on Mars for the first time. Isn't this worth celebrating?" Musk raised his eyes and said happily, and then added as soon as he finished speaking.

"This good news is worth celebrating for everyone, so let's arrange it so that our employees can enjoy a few days of vacation."

"Okay, boss. This is indeed worth celebrating." The female secretary nodded and agreed immediately.

The same thing happened not only to Musk.

As the news spread that the Space Exploration Alliance had landed on Mars and created a new milestone in human civilization, many schools, companies and institutions around the world issued announcements, declaring holidays or bonuses to celebrate.

Especially since the Chinese New Year has already passed in China, the excitement is even greater than before.

(End of this chapter)