On the other hand, the Mars Exploration Agency, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Aerospace, also held a special symposium on the newly discovered heat-eating fungi.

Many researchers involved in the research, scholars in cosmic ecology, and scholars related to social development research, participated in this symposium.

As the person in charge of the Mars 33 probe, Wang An introduced the discovery of heat-eating fungi and related research to everyone.

After listening to it, everyone's expressions were a little solemn.

Obviously, the heat-eating fungus found on the surface of Mars made everyone understand one truth, that is, the dangers of the Martian ecosystem are much more dangerous than those assessed before.

The previously discovered Florida fungus, coupled with the recently discovered heat phage fungus, are both extremely dangerous microorganisms.

Fluor fungi are very threatening to carbon-based organisms, while heat-pharyngeal fungi are fatal to high-heating equipment such as power plants and nuclear batteries.

"Not to mention the derivatives of heat-eating fungi, they have some scientific research value. Let's talk about its threat now!" A new academician who presided over the symposium said with a serious expression.

Ren Jingluo, the head of the Mars manned landing project, also had a headache at this time: "Thermal sucking fungus is indeed a very serious threat to establishing a base on the Mars surface."

After all, heat-swalking fungi are very sensitive to heat energy, and their basic habit is that they are creatures born from chasing heat.

If the Federation wants to establish a permanent base on the Mars surface, it must use nuclear batteries and even arrange nuclear power plants.

In this way, the two are in conflict.

After all, heat-eating fungi like high-thermal environments, and nuclear batteries and nuclear power plants must dissipate heat, which is also the helplessness of current power generation technology.

The current power generation technology has a maximum thermal efficiency of only 78.63%, and there is still more than 21.37% of the heat energy, which will be released into the surrounding environment in the form of waste heat.

In other words, power plants or nuclear batteries must dissipate heat themselves, otherwise once severe heat accumulation occurs, it will damage or even destroy the power generation system.

Of course, this is not impossible to solve.

Several engineers who are studying cooling equipment have proposed new solutions.

That is to switch to laser heat dissipation, which is also the mainstream heat dissipation method in many spacecrafts nowadays. Because the Suiren system has efficient photothermal conversion materials, it can convert heat energy into lasers and release them.

The laser radiator currently launched is very efficient, basically reaching about 95-97%, and can efficiently convert waste heat into laser.

During this transformation, lasers can also regenerate power, thereby realizing laser power generation and efficient use of waste heat.

However, this system is not without its shortcomings. The first disadvantage is that the overall cost is very high, and the Federation can barely bear this.

However, the second disadvantage is somewhat difficult to solve. This disadvantage is that the system is complicated, which will lead to a rapid increase in the probability of failures.

In outer space and alien environments, the failure rate of spacecraft is too high, which is not a good thing. After all, in order to ensure reliability, spacecraft adopts three times redundant designs. Those too complex designs seem very precise, but actually increase the probability of unreliability.

This is also something that is often something that should be avoided during the design process of spacecraft.

What's more, according to the analysis of a research team, the sensitivity and desire of heat phage fungi to heat sources are abnormally high.

Even if there is only 3 to 5% of waste heat left, it will still attract them.

According to the current detection of each detector, traces of the phage fungus were found in the valley near Detector No. 33, and other detectors have not yet found the existence of the phage fungus.

But this does not mean that there is no other place. You should know that the Sailor Grand Canyon is the largest canyon area on Mars, and the many mountains in the southern hemisphere of Mars, it is difficult to rule out the possibility that the heat-eating fungi are hidden in it.

This situation has brought great difficulties to the Federation to establish a Mars base.

If the heat-pharyngeal fungi appear in the nuclear power plant after the base is established, causing the nuclear power plant to fail to generate power normally, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Everyone! Is there any way to eliminate the heat-eating fungus and establish an isolation area?" Ren Jingluo asked as he looked at everyone present.

A researcher who has studied heat phage fungi stood up and said, "Using N16 organic decomposition agents can eliminate the fungus on a large scale, but doing so may destroy the local ecological balance on Mars."

"Indeed, N16 is not only a rival to me. As long as it is a polymer organic matter, it will directly decompose, which will extinct all the surrounding organisms." Another scholar who studies cosmic ecology shook his head.

The more everyone discussed, the more helpless they became.

On the one hand, humans enter the universe to promote civilization and no longer be bound to the blue star; on the other hand, they also seek the richness and colorful life in this lonely starry sky with the idea of ​​exploring other lives.

The current Mars ecosystem is a huge epoch-making discovery.

If humans can survive on Mars, they will carry out devastating attacks on the original ecosystem of Mars, what is the difference between building immigrant cities on the moon?

This behavior is inconsistent with the values ​​advocated by the federal government.

According to the current level of human technological development, it will take a long time for humans to get out of the solar system, which may take at least 200 years, and may even never get out of the solar system.

During this long time, perhaps Mars is one of the few life planets discovered by humans. Isn’t its unique ecosystem worthy of human protection?

At least the vast majority of participants on site disagree with the use of an extinction-style development plan.

If the Federation needs mineral resources, Blue Star, and mineral resources on the moon, in the face of efficient utilization technology of the Federation, it can meet the development of at least about 30 years.

Even if you want to mine mineral resources from other planets, Venus is closer to Mars and has a much larger size and mass.

There are also the asteroid belt, the huge Jupiter system and the Saturn system.

There is no need to stare at Mars and destroy the only two life planets in the solar system.

The symposium lasted for several days, and finally had an in-depth discussion with the federal senior officials, including Huang Xiuyuan.

After in-depth discussion, the federal government finally decided to temporarily shelve some plans and only carry out limited scientific research and development on Mars within the next 20 years.

The Federation has launched a backup plan, which is to explore Venus and the asteroid belt, and use Venus and the asteroid belt as the future reserve mines for the Federation.

The previous plan to land on Mars was not completely cancelled, but was only adjusted and changed to establish a base in Phobos. At the same time, a group of astronauts were sent to station and do some scientific research.

As for manned landing on Mars, the risk is too great at this stage. Whether it is the Fluor fungus, the heat-eating fungus, or other unknown Martian creatures, humans have not yet fully understood it.

There is no need to be so anxious. After all, in a short period of time, the possibility of human beings immigrating to Mars is not so great.

Instead of immigrating to Mars, it is better to build a large rotating space city. This route is more reliable.

The federal space development strategy has made strategic adjustments again.
Chapter completed!