Great Country Academician

Mars landing success!

When the video of the landing of the Mars landing module of the Yinghuo was transmitted back from the distant Mars tens of millions of kilometers away, the whole of China and even the whole world were shocked.

Ever since humans learned to look up at the stars, the exploration of this mysterious red planet has never stopped.

Among the eight planets in the solar system, Mars is the closest planet to the Earth except Venus, and it is also one of the celestial bodies closest to the Earth.

However, even if the two are extremely close in astronomical units, it is still an extremely long distance for humans. In addition, the complex environment of Mars makes it very difficult for humans to explore Mars.

As of the end of June 2025, humans have carried out nearly 50 Mars exploration activities, of which only 25 were completely successful or partially successful, with an average success rate.

Many probes "died" halfway before they arrived at Mars, and some arrived at Mars, but eventually slept there.

But now, humans have left their footprints in the starry sky, standing firmly on the desolate and charming red land.

This is an epic space monument for the entire human civilization.

Especially for the 1.4 billion Chinese people, this is a time for everyone to be proud and cheer.

Beijing.

The old man who had rushed over from Jinling had just presided over an internal meeting to discuss some developments in the aerospace field.

Looking at the report documents at the meeting, his eyes fell on the picture of him and the young man being interviewed together two days ago. He had a warm smile on his face and was very happy.

For China, it has not been easy to get all the way from the founding of the country in the last century to the present.

Especially in the field of aerospace.

From the launch of the first "Dongfanghong" satellite to the Shenzhou series of launch vehicles, to the Chang'e Project and Tianwen Mars Exploration.

In the past few decades, although they have barely caught up with the United States and other countries in the field of aerospace.

But the technology of chemical fuel rocket engines, especially in the technology of high-thrust rockets, has always been very slow. Not to mention catching up with the United States, which was the first in aerospace, there is still a long way to go from the European Union and Tsarist Russia.

However, since the young man entered the aerospace field, everything has changed.

The successful test flight of the first space shuttle Hanhai not only completely reversed their backward situation in aerospace technology.

They have also achieved a curve overtaking on more advanced electric propulsion engines, sending Chinese astronauts into space and to the moon.

Not only that, they are one step ahead of the United States, sending astronauts to the distant Mars where no one has ever set foot.

Looking at the interview on TV, the old man smiled, and then seemed to remember something, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

"What's wrong? I was so happy just now." Sitting opposite him, another elder in the elders' hall looked over and asked with a smile.

The old man shook his head gently and said, "Nothing, just thinking about some things in aerospace."

"Isn't the manned landing on Mars successful? We are so far ahead, what else can we worry about?"

The old man smiled and said, "There is nothing to worry about in development. I am just thinking about how to reward this group of outstanding heroes."

The success of manned landing on Mars is undoubtedly the pinnacle of China, a work worthy of commendation and great praise.

But this is where he is a little worried.

For other scholars, researchers, or astronauts who participated in the manned Mars landing project, the commendation work is actually very easy to do.

Whether it is material rewards or spiritual enrichment, they will be implemented one by one.

The only difficulty lies in the reward for the young man.

After all, he has already won all the medals in the country.

Even the highest honor, the National Highest Science and Technology Award, has been won by him.

Across the office, another old man in the Elders' Council was also a little troubled after hearing this. He naturally knew what the other party was thinking about the core of the reward and commendation.

The commendation meeting for the manned Mars landing project must not avoid Xu Chuan, who led all this. How to commend him is really worrying.

After all, even the highest medal in the field of aerospace, the "First Class Medal of Merit in Aerospace" that countless aerospace people have dreamed of all their lives, he had won it as early as when he landed on the moon.

Now, for that young scholar, the country has long been at the point where he has not been rewarded for his merits.

After thinking for a while, the old man shook his head and said, "I'm afraid he doesn't care much about medals or materials."

"I think instead of making a fuss about these two aspects, it's better to see if there is anything else we can help him with in scientific research. He should be more interested in this."

Hearing this, the old man seemed to remember something and smiled and said, "Speaking of this, I brought back a report he wrote from there. Take a look."

After a slight pause, he waved to the staff and gave a few instructions.

Immediately, the other party walked out quickly, and after waiting for a few minutes, several freshly baked documents were distributed to several people in the conference room.

"What is this?" Someone took the document and asked curiously.

"A document about the earth transformation of Mars made by Academician Xu."

The old man smiled and then said, "Since we are considering the medal, why not consider supporting him more in scientific research? I think everyone can take a look at this report and discuss it?"

In the conference room, several people who received the report documents flipped through it with interest.

"I have heard about this before. At first, I thought he was just joking or setting a goal to get the country to invest more in the aerospace field. I didn't expect that he would actually make a transformation report now?"

After flipping through the documents in his hand, a middle-aged man with glasses and a slightly plump figure said with some surprise.

"Can this really be done?"

The old man shook his head and said, "I don't know yet. We need to wait for the follow-up in-depth exploration and investigation of Mars by the Xiashu Aerospace Base."

"But according to Academician Xu, there is still some hope."

Hearing this, several people in the meeting were all moved at the same time.

Transforming Mars and terraforming it to make it suitable for human habitation.

Not to mention for humans, even for any civilization that has initially stepped out of its home planet and is exploring space, the attraction is fatal.

After all, having one more planet suitable for civilization to live on means more than just doubling the population by 1+1.

Especially for this kind of project that requires civilization itself to be transformed, if it can really be done, it will be of great significance for expanding human knowledge, promoting scientific and technological development, finding the possibility of life and expanding living space.

And being able to transform one means that they can transform the second one.

For them who have always liked to "farm", the attraction is simply inexplicable.

After chatting for a while, someone frowned and said, "If the plan to transform Mars is feasible, this project may not be enough for our country alone."

"Besides, we can't complete this super project alone and monopolize Mars."

The old man nodded and said, "This project is not comparable to the lunar biosphere project and the lunar base. In the lunar biosphere project, we can pull Europe and Tsarist Russia to isolate the United States."

"But for the transformation of Mars, I'm afraid we can't isolate other countries from it, and we can't do it this way."

"If we really want to do this, the best way is to unite the forces of all countries in the world, complete it together, and share it together."

The value of a planet is a concept that cannot be measured by money for current humans.

Even if they want to own and control Mars alone, it is impossible for the current situation.

If they really want to do this, it will force all countries to unite against them.

In the conference room, someone nodded and said, "Joining forces from other countries to jointly develop and transform Mars is the best way."

"But."

After a slight pause, he smiled and said, "If we really want to do it, not all countries are qualified to participate."

Hearing this, the other people in the conference room were stunned.

Being able to sit here for a meeting, it is natural to know what this companion meant.

Although the path they have been taking is not in this direction, they have to admit that this proposal is indeed touching.

After all, although the cake of Mars is very big, if one less country shares it, they can have one more piece, right?

And for a resource that is measured in planets, even the smallest piece is a behemoth.

For a moment, the breathing in the conference room became a little heavy.

After a while, the old man who was sitting in the first seat and presiding over the meeting came back from his thoughts first and said with a smile: "We will talk about this later, but no matter what, we must definitely have the absolute leading power in the entire project."

Someone nodded with a smile and added: "We must also occupy the main share!"

At the same time, on the other side, Mars is tens of millions of kilometers away.

Riding on the Mars rover, the tires rolled on the gravel, making "click" and "click" sounds.

Under the long-term erosion of the Martian storm, many of the fist-sized stones in the Corinto crater have become very fragile. The Mars rover rolled over them and turned them into fragments, leaving a shallow gully.

Of course, there are also many hard stones, and the bumpy Mars rover sways up and down and left and right.

Sitting on the Mars rover, Jiang Xinlin controlled the vehicle to rush to the southwest.

In a desolate Gobi desert, he has seen his goal.

It was a cylindrical life support unit, which was dropped by another first-generation aircraft that set out with the Hanhai space shuttle to carry out the Mars landing project.

On Mars, they will conduct a three-day, strictly speaking, two and a half days, sixty-hour exploration activity.

And to survive these two and a half days, the supplies and equipment that can be carried by the two Yinghuo Mars landing capsules are far from enough.

So for this manned Mars landing, they also prepared a temporary life support unit, which can also be said to be a life support capsule.

This life support unit, jointly developed by the Xinghai Research Institute and the Aerospace Research Institute and the Aerospace Group, stores enough oxygen resources, water resources, food, sleeping bags and other supplies and equipment for four astronauts to use for a full five days.

And for the four astronauts landing on Mars, this is actually a "spare material".

Yes, strictly speaking, this life support unit is a backup.

The real life support unit for the four people during these two and a half days is the Hanhai space shuttle!

After completing the delivery of all materials and scientific research equipment, and docking with the first-generation aircraft to transfer Gui Haichao and Tang Shengjie who stayed on it, the Hanhai space shuttle will land on the surface of Mars under the control of AI intelligence.

After all, when it was designed, the second-generation aircraft with six small aerospace engines was theoretically capable of taking off and landing on Mars.

If the Hanhai landed smoothly, it would be the real "colonial cabin" for the four astronauts!

But before that, they still had to check and deploy this small life support unit first, just in case of any unexpected situation.

Driving to the Mars rover, Jiang Xinlin rushed to the front of this spare life support unit.

After getting off the car, he walked over calmly, first turned around to check whether the structure was damaged, and after confirming that there was no problem, he opened the protective cover and exposed the switch inside.

After reaching out and pressing the red button inside, Jiang Xinlin slowly took two steps back.

The protective cover on the upper part of the colony cabin that had shrunk into a cylindrical shape fell off piece by piece, revealing the folded Mars living cabin inside.

The current living cabin looks like a folded semicircular pancake, which is white in color and has an arc-shaped support structure.

This is the Mars living cabin designed by the Aerospace Group. It can be quickly inflated after injecting air and become a tent-like structure, with enough space for four people to rest at the same time.

After dragging the folded Mars living cabin out with some effort, Jiang Xinlin quickly inflated it and started working.

Using the small air compressor carried in the colony cabin, the thin air is directly collected from Mars and filled into the living cabin.

Although this process is very slow, the living cabin is still expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.

While paying attention to the inflation of the living cabin, Jiang Xinlin disassembled other materials that could be disassembled in the colony cabin.

It is worth mentioning that although the gravity on Mars is much lower than that on Earth, it does not have much impact on activities on Mars while wearing a space suit.

Especially when the space suit increases its own weight, it will not appear that you can fly directly into the sky by just running around on the moon.

This environment with lower gravity but not affecting astronauts' activities is much more comfortable than the moon and space.

Not long after landing on Mars, Jiang Xinlin felt that some of the physical fatigue and problems accumulated from long-term voyages in space were greatly relieved.