Titan had a thick atmosphere, and its total mass was even higher than that of the earth’s atmosphere. Its main component was nitrogen, up to 95%.
The atmosphere of this concentration meant that when the shuttle entered the atmosphere of Titan, there would be severe atmospheric friction, even more significant than that of Mars.
“According to the results of their field investigation showed that there was no life no danger on Titan.” Dasin Ding told Chase.
The military had sent ten soldiers and two scientists to explore Titan in person for three days, and nothing dangerous happened.
Then Dasin presented the three-dimensional map of Titan in front of Chase, which they had gradually finished.
On this map, Dasin marked the differences in the topography of Titan, such as where mountains were, where volcanoes were, which areas were rich in iron, which areas were rich in silicon, which areas were lakes, which areas were land.
Chase nodded and looked at the map carefully.
After careful analysis, they finally chose a place.
SD Area was a highly bright reflecting region in the leading hemisphere of Titan, with the same size as Australia.
According to the traditional theory, this was a colossal methane lake, but after field observation, Dasin denied this view.
Through the dense atmosphere, the surface conditions of the SD Area entered into the camera. Heaving in Chase’s sight was a magical world.
There were solid surfaces, lakes, but not very large. At the same time, there were rivers that were all made up of liquid methane. Those rivers were moving slowly, just like the rivers on earth.
The geological survey report showed that there was extremely rich iron ore in a specific part of the SD Area. Chase and Dasin planned very carefully and finally chose the landing site here.
Yes, because Titan was safe, they decided to land The Hope to Titan.
Because Titan was so rich in resources, they planned to develop on Titan for a year or two before leaving.
So, the amount of energy that The Hope needed to orbit Titan was an enormous figure, enough for them to fly far out of the solar system.
Moreover, it was very troublesome to transport such abundant resources to The Hope slowly by shuttle.
When people knew that The Hope was coming to Titan, they were excited because they had not stepped on the land for more than 20 days. Many people hoped to have a chance to work on Titan.
Not only would they have high incomes, but also they can come out from The Hope to take a walk.
After adjusting the landing speed, The Hope had left the earth for more than 20 days and would finally land.
Under high-speed friction, the outer shell of the spaceship quickly turned red. However, all this was expected, and they had no worries about it with the current science and technology level.
The altitude was continually falling, from 3000 kilometers to 1000 kilometers, down to 100 kilometers, into the troposphere of Titan’s atmosphere. The speed began to drop sharply, from two kilometers per second to 1. 5 kilometers per second, one kilometer per second, six hundred meters per second…
Of course, these speeds were completely adjusted by the anti-gravity system. In other words, when The Hope was lowered to the surface quickly, it would feel like it was floating.
In a dense white fog, The Hope was like a fairy from the sky, landing on Titan safely.
The crowd cheered.
As the fog cleared, Chase ordered the hatch to open.
Then the long prepared troops went out first.
They quickly checked the surrounding situation to ensure the safety of The Hope.
Then Chase and a group of the senior executive also walked off in their spacesuits.
It was a magical world.
It was the night of Titan, and the sky was dark.
Under this dense atmosphere, there were few stars in the sky, only a few bright stars can be observed.
Titan also got a huge “moon”.
It was Saturn, that yellowish planet with a beautiful ring.
On Titan, the huge figure of the “moon” was quite conspicuous.
Saturn’s size observed from Titan was as big as the sun watched from the earth.
Saturn was 1. 22 million kilometers from Titan.
This distance was enough to cover Titan in Saturn’s own magnetic field, which helped to ward off the solar wind.
Titan took 16 days to orbit Saturn.
Titan was shrouded in the vast darkness, which could basically be described as so dark that you can’t see your hand in front of you. At least standing in front of The Hope, you couldn’t see anything without turning on the flashlight.
Chase picked up his night vision telescope, and soon, a shocking scene appeared.
There was a lake in front of them. It was about a kilometer ahead of The Hope.
It was a huge lake. Under the wind blowing from Titan, there were ripples on the surface of the lake. There were some waves flapping the shore of the lake, making a clattering sound.
They had analyzed the lake before, but it was still stunning to observe it from such a close distance.
Next to it, there was a winding river. Some unknown liquid slowly flew into the lake.
As they lowered their head, they saw a slightly mottled ground, like sand, and some stones, similar to the Gobi Desert on the earth.
“Let’s go back to the spaceship and have a rest. Tomorrow, we will officially develop Titan.” Chase stowed up the night vision telescope and ordered the senior executives to return to The Hope.
But the thousands of soldiers, of course, would stay outside to patrol.
Five hours later, Titan’s Day arrived.
Titan’s sky was beautiful dark blue.
When Titan moved to Saturn’s side facing the sun, the sun would shine on Titan. After most of the sunlight was reflected away, a small part of the sunlight would penetrate into the ground. After the diffuse reflection of Titan’s thick atmosphere, the sky would become this beautiful dark blue.
The principle was similar to the blue sky on earth.
At this time, countless miners and geological experts came out of The Hope.
Because they were sure that there was a huge oxidation ore and methane lake nearby, they must mine the oxide ore and collect liquid methane as soon as possible.
Liquid methane was the raw material of hydrogen isotope deuterium, and deuterium was the necessary energy for controllable nuclear fusion.
In addition to these two places, scientists had found several rich mineral resources of rare materials.
In the next one or two years, The Hope would carry out great development and construction on Titan.