“The second problem is that the rare material we have won’t help us leave the solar system. We need to find more rare materials in the solar system,” Chase said.
Divine Land Spacecraft had taken most of the rare materials away. There were rare ores on the Earth, but Chase and his people didn’t have time to mine.
Controllable nuclear fusion supported five systems: power system, electricity system, anti-gravity system, ecological system, and air conversion system.
Deuterium and tritium were the most important materials for nuclear fusion.
“I discussed this issue with the captain before. Our destination is Planet B, which is four light-years away.”
“According to observations, Planet B is an earth-like planet and has an environment suitable for human survival. I believe that was the destination that Divine Land Spacecraft was for.”
“But it’s too far away. We need ten years to get there at the current speed. Suppose we develop curvature navigation technology and reach the speed of light. In that case, we may be able to get destiny in one or two years.”
“Even so, our energy is not enough.”
“Our uranium will be used up within half a year, so we plan to search for more in the solar system and study curvature navigation during this time,” Ding explained.
Ding only talked about this with Chase before. But to improve efficiency, he told everyone about their plan.
The goal was to lead the human being to find an Earth-like planet.
Chase continued, “Our next stop is Mars. It had been proved that there are not many rare materials on the moon, so we can only go to Mars to explore.
According to multiple image analysis, there are rare earth mines on Mars.”
Ding added, “We will reach to the orbit of Mars in ten days at current speed. Now we need to talk about how we explore and mine rare ores when we landed on Mars.”
Ding waved his hand, and a light screen showed in front of him with many photos of Mars.
These photos were observed from a telescope and then synthesized by a computer.
Ding pointed to a picture and analyzed it for everyone who didn’t fully understand.
From the picture, Mars looked like a striking red star. The distance between it and the EarthEarth varied greatly at different times. So, the brightness of Mars varied greatly too.
Mars is roughly 230 million km away from the sun, with a pronounced orbital eccentricity of about 0. 093. It is a large planet with a relatively flat orbit.
Mars’s orbital period is 687 days, with an orbital speed of 24 km per second. Its rotation period is 24 hours and 37 minutes, which is similar to that of EarthEarth. The equatorial radius of Mars is 3395 kilometers, which is about half of the size of EarthEarth.
Scientists assumed that there was no life on Mars.
In the end, Chase suggested that the “Hope” stayed in the orbit of Mars, and they sent a shuttle to explore Mars first.
The meeting ended after the goals and plans being set up, and Chase asked the military to stay.
There were about 20, 000 troops on the “Hope,” and most of them were ordinary people. It was still unknown whether they prepared to face interstellar wars.
The chief commanders of the military were Phil Du, Zhan Xiao, and Zeno was the deputy commander. Jian Stone was the defense general, and Joe was the general of Tiantai.
Chase looked at them and said, “Although there should be no extraterrestrial life on Mars, you have to lead the way for everyone to ensure the scientists’ safety. Before you go down, we will send robots first. If something happened, don’t get out of control. We can’t give up until the last minute.”
“Yes!”
Chase added, “Go to prepare. Make sure everything goes smoothly.”
After they left, Chase said to Reba, “Tell Wade and Wall to form their government as soon as possible and recruit 2000 to 5000 workers to mine.
Reba nodded and left.