Mars Plasma Weapons Research Center.
Chen Mengchuan glanced at the prompts on the gravity screen, let go, and continued talking to a group of weapons researchers.
Over the past period of time, the progress of the Plasma Weapon Research Center has been much faster than expected...
The huge and extremely complex drawing in front of Chen Mengchuan now is the design of the medium-sized Plasma Cannon on which the large gravity spacecraft is built.
This design drawing is the result of the collective thoughts of everyone and the precise calculations and calculations of super Artificial Intelligence Achen.
"Chen, our design drawings are now relatively complete. I think it's time to test and assemble one first. We must try the test as soon as possible. Only in this way can we have enough experience to update and repair it." The speaker was Thomson, one of the leaders of the plasma weapon project.
"Then give it a try." Chen Mengchuan calmly looked at the plasma weapon design drawing on the screen.
This design drawing is based on the Tiansuo as a blueprint for the ship-based Plasma Cannon. Most of the designs are the first attempts of human civilization. All scientific researchers are very excited. As experts and scholars in the field of plasma technology, they have long been looking forward to the application of plasma weapons, and plasma technology has very sufficient technical accumulation.
"In Bohr model, the orbital energy is quantized and is inversely proportional to the square of the principal quantum number. This is the energy that binds electrons. The atomic nucleus is assumed to be stationary, so this energy can also be regarded as the energy of the entire atom..." Langmuir, who was on the small experimental table nearby, spoke, and continued to discuss with several other people.
"We can try to adjust the energy aggregation of the entire electron in terms of transition energy changes..."
"From the perspective of the steady state of electrons, electrons can only exist stably in a series of discrete energy states. If the energy of the electron changes, it must be in the form of a transition between two steady states, so the electron can only be in a series of discrete steady states. When the electron jumps from one steady state to another, it will release or absorb energy in the form of electromagnetic waves to ensure the stability of the entire transition energy change. We can make full use of this entire process to further improve the stable output of plasma weapons..."
"In this case, the thermal balance of our high-temperature plasma takes priority over the cold balance..."
"With this design, will there be too many electrodes? Based on Debye sheath, if electrodes are added to the plasma, the measured potential will generally be much lower than the plasma potential..."
The constant discussion attracted Chen Mengchuan and several others to join in. Although the overall Plasma Cannon design drawing has been initially completed, discussions and exchanges among people have never stopped on a series of complex related parameters. Super Artificial Intelligence Achen also continued to cooperate with everyone, calculating and simulating tests again and again, striving to improve the data parameters of the entire Plasma Cannon as much as possible.
Edge of Sui Star No. 1 Remote Control Center, everyone's eyes are focused on the big screen.
The spacecraft is constantly falling, getting closer and closer to the surface ice of Europa. The 12 ultra-clear cameras clearly transmit back images from different angles.
Through the 12 sets of divided-frequency pictures, everyone in the control center saw a picture that exceeded everyone's imagination.
There is no white snow and no visible ice. The entire land seems to be evenly covered by a layer of light brown soil. The irregular dark brown stripes seen in the distant view of the planet have turned into gentle valleys ranging from a few meters to a hundred meters deep and dozens of kilometers wide. All the valleys can be seen are thick layers of brown soil.
Toni and the others were quietly waiting for the final landing of the spacecraft.
Zhang Dongyu looked at the Europa surface getting closer and closer, and slowly said, "Report the current information and data!"
"Report, the current surface air pressure is about 1 micropascal, and the atmosphere of Weibo has been detected. The atmosphere contains oxygen! Again, the atmosphere contains oxygen." The observer in charge of the data report had some excited vibrato in his voice. In the complex and ever-changing ocean of data of his team, he saw the key element that made everyone excited: oxygen!
The whole place was in an uproar. Although many previous data and speculations had predicted that Europa Europa had oxygen, when the Edge of Sui Star No. 1 scientific research spacecraft confirmed that oxygen was present, everyone could not suppress their inner excitement and joy.
With water ice and oxygen, the possibility of life in Europa becomes higher and higher.
"This oxygen..." Xu Shuwei murmured, and his inner emotions were also very high.
Toni looked at him, shook his head and said, "Don't expect it too early, Shuwei, Europa The oxygen in the atmosphere comes from non-biological sources. It is most likely the impact of charged particles and the irradiation of ultraviolet rays in the sun. As a result, some of the water molecules in the ice layer on the surface of Europa were decomposed into oxygen and hydrogen. The hydrogen with low atomic weight escaped, while some of the oxygen with relatively high atomic weight was retained. Only after hundreds of millions of years of accumulation did this oxygen accumulate."
"The current altitude is 9,400 meters, and the external temperature of the spacecraft is minus 67 degrees Celsius. The air composition of Europa is still being carefully checked. It is currently known that the oxygen content exceeds 70%, and there is nearly 26% nitrogen. At the same time, trace amounts of helium, argon, xenon, neon and other rare gases have been detected..."
"There is less movement of external airflow, and the impact of the airflow on the spacecraft is very low..."
"The overall visibility is good, and you can clearly see the external environment of the planet..."
"At an altitude of 3,000 meters from the surface, the external temperature is minus 78 degrees Celsius, and the oxygen content drops slightly... the airflow is stable..."
Looking at the surface of Europa getting closer and closer, everyone in the Edge of Sui Star No. 1 remote control center held their breath and nervously looked at the surface of the planet getting closer and closer.
Toni looked at the good visibility of the entire planet Europa. Many of the data information that could be confirmed by previous data showed that the surface of Europa was generally smooth. There were few undulating mountains exceeding a few hundred meters, and only a few drops close to one kilometer could be observed in some areas.
There is no doubt that Europa Europa can be called the smoothest celestial body among Solar System.
The conspicuous criss-crossing brown lines on Europa are the characteristics of albedo, and they are all caused by the low and shallow terrain.
Because there are very few impact craters, Europa is one of the satellites with the highest albedo.
From another perspective, the number of impact craters can also be used to determine that Europa Europa is young and active, because the longer it exists, the more meteorite impacts it must have received. Compared with other planets and satellites in Solar System, Europa Europa can be called the most complete.
"What a beautiful planet..." Toni murmured as he looked at the increasingly clear surface in the picture...