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#266 - Billions of people on a journey to Mars

Being urged by billions of people to start a live broadcast is absolutely unprecedented!

In this day and age, live streaming isn't new, but being urged by billions of people to start one is something no one could have imagined before.

Yet, today, it's happening.

And it's practically impossible to refuse. Think about the pressure from billions of people—it's immense!

In fact, Navigator Company never considered refusing. This live broadcast is absolutely unique in the history of Earth and humankind!

Initially, they were concerned about the reaction from the Americans, so the initial plan, although including a live broadcast, was quite conservative.

But the world has changed so much in a short period of time that no one cares about America's opinion anymore.

Besides, this isn't a manned mission to Mars involving transformative technology. Even if America wanted to confront Navigator Company, most people wouldn't support it.

As long as they think they still have a chance, they won't self-destruct.

After all, America's mental state has been off in recent years, so caution is necessary.

Moreover, with the expectations of billions of people, America can't really do much, even if Navigator Company's unmanned helicopter is heading towards those aliens.

Navigator Company's unmanned probe has already reached Mars and is just one step away from landing.

So, they can only watch. Their probes combined aren't even as big as Navigator's unmanned probe.

Of course, if they really want to do something, there's always prayer.

Pray that the landing equipment malfunctions during landing.

Pray that the helicopter malfunctions after landing.

Pray that if the helicopter doesn't malfunction, something goes wrong when contacting the aliens.

Basically, pray that something goes wrong with this mission.

Because in their minds, even if they have to disclose intelligence at a United Nations meeting, the amount they reveal is still up to them, so they are far ahead in terms of progress.

They certainly don't want any organization to surpass them in contacting aliens.

Of course, if nothing goes wrong, they can only try to gather more information through this live broadcast.

With no one to stop them, the live broadcast of the Mars landing for billions of people is definitely on the agenda.

To conduct a live broadcast on Mars, aside from the delay, the hardware needs to be up to par.

Especially the communication antenna.

Navigator Company's unmanned probe is amazing because of its 32-ton weight and use of ion thrusters, which require very little propellant. Therefore, most of the weight isn't fuel but actual, practical equipment.

The main antenna on it is huge!

For its tonnage, it might be heavier than an entire previous probe, let alone compared to the small antennas on those probes.

Imagine the signal transmission efficiency!

Once the command center issues the final command, everything else is hands-off. After an initial delay of a few tens of minutes, Earth can smoothly watch the 4K live broadcast.

Of course, this "live broadcast" is in quotes because by the time Earth starts watching the landing, Mars will have already landed and be waiting for the unloading command.

If it were just one live stream for billions of people around the world watching simultaneously, no server could handle it; it would crash in less than a second.

So, this live broadcast has been divided into various streams to ensure that everyone who wants to watch can watch a smooth and ultra-clear broadcast.

"Ah, the image quality, the smoothness, it's amazing!"

"We used to see Mars through renderings and retouched images. To be able to watch a live version of Mars in my lifetime, I'm crying!"

"Wow, so this is what a living Mars is like. I've really learned something today."

"Look over there, isn't that a dust storm? Will it affect the landing?"

"It shouldn't have any impact. The landing site is in another location. The dust storm can't reach it and will dissipate soon."

"I've heard that Mars' dust storms are incredibly powerful, lasting for months and even sweeping across the entire planet. How do you know it won't have an impact?"

"To be honest, although I haven't studied aerospace or space physics, I think Navigator should consider the opinions of netizens, otherwise, it would be a major loss. Mars probes are very expensive."

"Is the person in front okay? I carefully thought, organized my words, sorted out my thoughts, and forgot what to say."

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"Check out Navigator Company's mission report. After the unmanned probe reached Mars orbit, it immediately activated the weather forecast module. Its weather forecasting capabilities are more powerful than all the other probes combined. It said everything is normal, and the landing will proceed as scheduled."

"Amazing, I'm increasingly discovering the awesome attributes of the unmanned probe. Its arrival in Mars orbit is like humanity entering the machine age from the manual age, a leap in functionality."

Amidst the discussions, the timer on the large screen in the Navigator Mission Center reached zero. After Tang Chao issued the final command, everything else depended entirely on the unmanned probe for the next period of time.

"Begin landing."

Billions of people heard Tang Chao's command, and some suddenly felt a jolt throughout their bodies.

They suddenly realized that the effect of this command seemed to be more than just giving an order to the Mars landing equipment to start the next phase of the mission.

Its effect is very subtle.

With the command issued, the live broadcast didn't show the Mars landing equipment detaching from the spacecraft and descending towards the surface of Mars, but instead played a demonstration video.

After all, the time in the mission hall is the same as real-time, but the live broadcast of the scene on Mars is delayed, so they can only fill the gap with other things.

How to fill it?

Expert Q\u0026A.

This is a super heavyweight Mars landing, with a landing equipment weighing over ten tons, heavier and larger than any previous overall Mars probe. Even though it's still a landing, the situation it faces is definitely different.

Moreover, the landing equipment includes the largest unmanned Mars rover and the largest unmanned Mars helicopter ever, both weighing five tons. Even these individual figures are comparable to the original complete Mars probes, highlighting their uniqueness.

Experts must be brought in to discuss this thoroughly.

So, the expert who knows the unmanned probe best on-site is its designer and manufacturer, or rather, who Earthlings believe to be its designer and manufacturer—the big boss, Tang Chao.

No one knows the unmanned probe better than him.

On Earth, this statement is absolutely correct.

This situation is too special. Previously, the most was during America's manned moon landing, when hundreds of millions of people watched the live broadcast, but this time, billions of people are watching, and the influence is much greater than that of the previous American president.

Perhaps even Tang Chao himself didn't realize this special time, place, and people—no, number of people.

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