Five days later, the rover sent a lot of useful data back and found several rare mineral veins, including monazite, bastnaesite, and hematite.
Iron oxide could be decomposed into iron and oxygen. The oxygen could be used as various combustion aids and reduce the air circulation system’s energy consumption.
Chase Lu and Ding were every excited when they saw these data.
Chase asked Ding, “Can it be certain that there is no alien life on Mars?”
Ding replied, “Yes. There is only sand and dust on Mars, and creatures we know can’t survive at all. As long as the spacesuit is not broken, we would be safe.”
Chase nodded and ordered, “The advance team gets ready to set off. You have half of an hour to prepare.”
Phil Du nodded. He looked at the 2000 soldiers with a serious expression.
“I just received the captain’s order. You will land on Mars in half of an hour. You are about to become the first pioneers to set foot on Mars and will be remembered in human history. I hope you will not let the captain down or let us all down.”
“Are you ready?”
“We are ready!” the 2000 soldiers yelled under the leadership of Joe.
Phil Nodded and added, “There is a high-power contactor on the shuttle. You can use it to contact us. The contractor uses a quantum encryption program, and every shuttle will be equipped with cryptographic experts. You have to protect them, or you won’t be able to contact us when something happened. At that time, we won’t be able to rescue you immediately.”
“Let’s get on the shuttle now!”
The shuttle was an aircraft that was developed later. Its technologies were similar to the improved version of the sixth-generation fighter technology. The shuttle could accommodate fifty people.
There was a set of space suits at each position. After the team got on the shuttle, they put on the suit, fastened their seat belts, and got ready to go.
“The first gate is about to be closed, and the staff nearby leave the area. Open the outer door to balance the pressure.”
“The shuttle is about to launch. Thirty seconds, twenty-nine, twenty-eight…”
110, 000 people on the spacecraft walked out of their tents and stared at the big screen on the wall.
They had known that the advance team would be the first human beings to land on Mars. Today would be remembered in human history.
All of them were praying and hoping that the shuttle would go smoothly and that all resources could be found on Mars.
They hoped that the recourses they had could support the spacecraft to fly to Planet B.
With the help of controllable nuclear fusion, the fastest speed of the “Hope” had reached 0. 5 times the light speed. The Earth was about 4 light-years away from the Planet B. Even if the speed of the “Hope” won’t improve in the future, the “Hope” would arrive at Planet B in 8 or 9 years.
A period of 8 or 9 years was a little long compared with a person’s life. Still, it was short compared with the long period of human development.
The exploitation of resources on Mars would determine whether human beings could leave the solar system in the future.
Thirty seconds later, the electronic current from the back of the shuttle spurted out, and the shuttle flew out of the “Hope” along the track at an extremely fast speed.
When it began to enter the atmosphere, a flame burned.
People on the spacecraft were anxious, but no accident happened next. The shuttle penetrated the planet’s atmosphere and pierced into the atmosphere of Mars.
At this time, the pilots took control. At the same time, the anti-gravity system was activated. The shuttle began to stabilize and then slowly flew towards the Martian ground.
As the shuttle slowed, the flame was extinguishing.
“We made it!”
Those workers who were going to mine ore on Mars clenched their fists. The success of the advanced team gave them greater confidence and courage.
A few hours later, the shuttle landed safely on Mars, and everyone cheered again. Chase was excited too.
Humans finally set foot on Mars!
This moment would be remembered in human history!
Ding suddenly contacted Chase.
“Captain, we lost contact with all of the shuttles,” Ding said anxiously.
Chase looked at the big screen and saw that all the shuttles that had landed on Mars disappeared.
Chase’s face changed. He felt ominous.