Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Although Mars is close at hand, it is still too early to start celebrating victory now.

Soon, in the moment of contact with the gravitational field of Mars, Xufu ushered in its most severe test since sailing.

Unlike other small and exquisite spacecraft, this large and complex colony ship is not easy to accelerate or decelerate.

Especially slowing down.

If the speed is not enough, it may not be able to catch up with Mars. If the speed is too fast, it may pass directly through the gravitational field of Mars. The window period for Xufu to decelerate is very short. They must shorten the speed to be able to be caught by Mars in a short time The size of gravitational capture.

In particular, Mars does not yet have an atmosphere, and the method of decelerating on the edge of the atmosphere like the Earth does not work here. They can only achieve the deceleration of the spacecraft by the way of thruster reverse injection.

Fortunately, for the electric propulsion technology of Starry Sky Technology, this is not a very difficult thing.

The portable controllable fusion reactor core starts, the temperature in the heating chamber starts to rise linearly, and the propulsion medium sent into the heating chamber is instantly vaporized and ionized into an active plasma.

The temperature in the reaction chamber and heating chamber is getting higher and higher, just like a miniature sun.

As the power of the reactor continued to increase, at the moment when it broke through a certain critical point, the ready-made plasma engine suddenly ejected a blue arc light, lighting up the ring-shaped area of ​​No. 2 at the tail of Xu Fu. It's up!

Pushed by the clear blue arc, Xu Fu briefly accelerated forward a short distance.

However, this situation did not last for a long time. As the rectifier was unfolded, the plasma ejected from the cabin began to turn under the adjustment of the magnetic field, and gradually tilted forward from an angle that was straight behind, like a piece of paper. Like the opened parachute, Xu Fu, dragging toward Mars, began to slow down.

After waiting for about ten hours, Xu Fu, after several orbital changes, finally completed the deceleration when he finally entered the Martian gravitational field range and was successfully captured by Mars gravitational force.

At the same time, a clear broadcast sound came from the heads of the people sitting in the cabin.

"Xu Fu has successfully entered the Mars system. The assisted landing mode will be activated in half an hour. Please ask the colonists to wear the spacesuit in the cabin and go to the No. 1 ring area to stand by."

Unfastening the seat belt on the space chair, Liang Liangcheng, wearing the space suit in the cabin, stood up from his seat.

Looking back at the teammates who stood up with him, he said in a serious tone.

"It's all ready."

Answering him were four uniform voices.

"Ready!"

Nodded with approval, Liang Youcheng said loudly.

"Everyone, go!"

The journey has entered its final stage.

The previous probes deployed on Mars have scanned the basic landforms into the database of the Jinling Space Launch Center, and have already determined the landing point before they set off.

Xu Fu will not stay on the track for too long, and will immediately start the colonization process after reaching the target area.

The ring 2 and the main structure of the spacecraft, including the propulsion system, will remain in the orbit of Mars and remain as temporary space stations and communication relay satellites. The ring 1 will be separated from the spacecraft, as planned, towards the Mars's atmosphere is falling.

A pedestrian passed through the narrow passage without delay, moving along the corridor outside the spacecraft from the cabin at the front of the spacecraft to the No. 1 ring zone.

This is the core part of the entire colonial ship.

It is also their future home on Mars.

Looking at the slowly falling door behind him, Liang Youcheng raised his right arm in silence and performed a farewell military salute.

Having done all this, he turned away and took the other four astronauts to the buffer room on the outer edge of the No. 1 ring zone.

This is the entrance to the colony. It has the strongest shell and the most complete tools in the colony. At the same time, it is also the place where they wait for landing in space.

"Find a place to sit down and connect the life insurance system to the space suit."

"Raise your hand after confirming that the device is operating normally, and let me know that you can survive in a while."

The joke sound eased the tension in the cabin a little, and many people's tense brows relieved a smile.

Looking at the four raised right hands, Liang Youcheng nodded, and then he stretched out the movable seat leaning against the wall and sat up, and then methodically connected the seat belt and life protection device in his own cabin. Space suit.

If you say, the previous slowdown is a test of the Xu Fu.

Well, their test will soon arrive.

After waiting for ten minutes in a quiet atmosphere, Liang Youcheng, who adjusted his breathing rhythm, even heard his own heartbeat.

Finally, a series of slight shaking came from the seat, and the astronauts sitting in the buffer room were all excited.

Putting his hands on the armrest of the seat, Fan Tong exclaimed nervously.

"Captain, are we coming soon!"

Trying to make himself less nervous, Liang Youcheng smiled and said easily.

"What's the matter, just separated from the spacecraft, the free fall just now--"

As soon as he was halfway there, the familiar broadcast interrupted him.

"The separation procedure is starting. The colony capsule will be separated from the colonial ship Xu Fu within one minute. The landing procedure will be started one minute after the separation procedure ends ..."

"I wish you a pleasant journey."

The moment the voice dropped, the jitter under the seat became more intense.

With the sound of a click coming along the alloy wall, the connection between the colonial capsule of the ring structure and the Xu Fu completely lifted the last insurance.

At the same time, four small chemical thrusters installed on the outer wall of the annular structure ejected flames, pushed the colony capsule out of the Xu Fu with weak power, and sent it to the turbid and thin atmosphere.

Just like a baby with its umbilical cord cut off, the detached colony capsule sprayed flames while slowing towards the fiery red planet.

Soon, the most difficult time came.

The bumpy feeling was like jumping up and down like bungee jumping, so that the astronauts sitting in the buffer room, the nerves were tightened to the extreme.

His gaze was staring straight at the turbulent atmosphere outside the porthole. Liang Liang clutched the armrest of the seat tightly. Although this did not make him sit more stable, it could at least give him a little comfort.

The outer periphery of the atmosphere broke through, and the power of engine injection suddenly rose to a level!

For a brief moment, Liang Youcheng even felt that the nostalgic earth's gravity seemed to return to himself.

However, the familiar feeling was only a brief moment.

Soon it gradually decreased with decreasing altitude, and eventually it was less than half of the original.

As if something had hit the sand, with the last tremor, all the discomfort went away in an instant.

Looking at the flying yellow sand outside the porthole, and the outline of the horizon buried in the mist, Liang Youcheng suddenly wanted to cry.

An indescribable excitement filled every corner of his chest.

Mars!

Here is Mars!

They finally arrived!