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Chapter 306 The first step

The destruction of civilization on "Tilang A" has a great impact on human civilization, especially moral ethics.

At that time, many people raised objections, believing that it was very cruel and inhumane to destroy two highly developed civilizations. [..com]

Fortunately, this is just a small number of people's opinions.

More importantly, politicians, soldiers, and scientists all believe that it is necessary to destroy the "Silang A", and subsequent discoveries prove this judgment.

In fact, the destruction of "Silang A" was quickly forgotten by most people.

At that time, the top priority of human beings in the universe was the development and colonization action of the planet that had already appeared in a lower organism and was very suitable for human habitation in the natural environment.

"Scorpio is about 4.2 billion light-years away from the solar system. It is an earth-like planet with a diameter equivalent to the Earth, a mass of about 90% of the Earth, and a slightly lower gravity at sea level than the Earth; the ocean covers an area of ​​66%, and the total water resources are 70% of the Earth; the atmosphere is less than 20 kilometers thick, the oxygen content is 19%, the nitrogen content is 88%, and there is a dense ozone layer, and the total atmosphere is 80% of the Earth; the orbital inclination is 37 degrees, the highest temperature in the equator in summer is less than 30 degrees Celsius, and the lowest temperature in the poles in winter is below minus 120 degrees below zero; the geomagnetic field intensity is comparable to the Earth, and the geomagnetic north and south poles are also similar to the Earth.

Relatively speaking, "Scorpio's biggest feature is that its orbital inclination is greater.

The problem caused by this is that only near the equator is more suitable for human habitation, and areas near the North and South Poles have a large seasonal temperature difference and extremely harsh climate. In addition, the seasonal changes of extremely low ice sheets are also very obvious, so there are obvious seasonal changes in sea level height.

In a sense, "Scorpio is the most suitable planet for human habitation besides "Sawkward A".

What’s even more fortunate is that in the “Scorpio”, there are two Earth-type planets in the star system, and these two Earth-type planets are in the life circle, and the other one is “Scorpio a”.

The orbital radius of "Scorpio a" is slightly larger and smaller than that of "Scorpio" and twice as large as that of "Scorpio". It has a seasonal liquid ocean. The gravity of sea level is one-four times that of the earth, and the land cover area exceeds that of the ocean. It belongs to a "land planet".

Of course, "Scorpio a" can also be used for human habitation, but the environment is not as good as "Scorpio,".

It is undeniable that compared with Mars, the environment of "Scorpio A" is much better. For example, it has a dense atmosphere, an oxygen content of more than 15%, and an ozone layer. Therefore, you do not need to wear a special spacesuit when you are outdoors, you only need to wear a warm coat.

What humans need to do is to colonize "Scorpio b" as soon as possible and then transform "Scorpio a".

According to scientists' estimates, these two planets can accommodate at least 500 to 700 billion people.

Of course, this is still a very conservative estimate.

"Scorpio has a very small satellite with a diameter of less than 500 kilometers, much smaller than the moon. However, this asteroid is very special, its main element is heavy metal, and there are at least dozens of Lutian gold mines in the photos taken by the exploration spacecraft in the distance.

There is no doubt that this is a huge treasure.

Because it is mainly composed of heavy metals, "Scorpio's satellite's mass is larger than the moon, and its orbital average radius is only about 100,000 kilometers, so the tidal force generated is much stronger than that of the moon. In fact, it is precisely because of this satellite that "Scorpio's climate has changed.

From a biological point of view, changing climate is an indispensable external factor for organisms in their primitive evolutionary stages.

In time, "Scorpios will definitely appear on them.

Of course, this is an extremely long process, maybe hundreds of millions of years, maybe tens of millions of years, but it won't happen immediately anyway.

According to the biological samples collected by the exploration spacecraft, "Scorpio, the main organism on it is a single-cell organism similar to cyanobacteria, and this single-cell organism also has chlorophyll, which is capable of photosynthesis. Obviously, the oxygen on "Scorpio" is mostly made by these organisms. In addition, there is also a phagocytonic single-cell organism, that is, other single-cell organisms are used.

In other words, “Scorpio, there has been a food chain on it.

At that time, some scientists proposed that the natural environment of "Scorpios should be protected rather than colonizing activities, because through studying "Scorpios, we can better understand the natural environment of the early stages of the earth and have a deeper understanding of the natural evolution of other Earth-like planets in the universe.

According to the proposals of these scientists, we will only colonize "Scorpio A" and develop "Scorpio, resources on satellites."

However, these scientists have ignored the problem that human population pressure is already very high, and colonization of exoplanets is imperative.

You should know that by the end of the 24th century, the total human population had exceeded 3 trillion.

What is this concept?

Even if Mars is developed, coupled with the expansion of colonies on the moon, the development of Phobos and Phobos, and even counting several larger moons of Jupiter and Saturn, plus larger asteroids such as Ceres in the asteroid belt, the solar system can only accommodate up to five trillion people.

So, how long will the human population reach 5 trillion?

Up to one hundred years!

At that time, the human government in the universe was already considering whether to limit fertility, otherwise the over-inflated population would sooner or later overwhelming human civilization.

However, the majority of people oppose the control of childbirth.

The reason is simple. The rapid development of human science and technology is largely due to the huge population. In the future, cosmic exploration and large-scale development of the universe require more human resources. After the policy of restricting population is introduced, it will be difficult to abolish it in the short term, which will inevitably have a negative impact on human development.

Without restricting childbirth, new colonies can only be opened.

In fact, this is also the reason why the human government in the universe did not directly destroy the "Silang A".

Even if it will take two hundred years before the first human colonists can settle on "Silang A", then more colonies will definitely be needed at that time. Because the surface area is about twice as large as the Earth, and after the impact of asteroids, there is no longer any problem of protecting the natural environment, so "Silang A" can theoretically become the home of four trillion people and have richer resources. Not to mention, "Silang A" has much more water resources than the Earth, so there are much more energy that can be directly mined than the Earth.

It is not in the interests of mankind to show off the peninsula and protect the natural environment on "Scorpio b".

When the "Silang A" was hit by the destruction, the "Scorpio" operation began, and the first one was dispatched was an environmental survey spacecraft.

The spacecraft arrived at the "Scorpio B" in 42 years. It will take three years to conduct a comprehensive environmental survey of "Scorpio B" to confirm whether the planet is suitable for human settlement. Of course, the main thing is to find out the potential environmental risks on the planet and conduct a comprehensive study of existing organisms on the planet. If these organisms are harmful to humans, they will be removed, and harmless will be preserved.

When the environmental survey spacecraft set off, the human government of the universe issued a "colonial call".

The first group of colonists were all volunteers, and the human government of the universe would provide a settlement fee so that the colonists would have enough funds to open up the wilderness after they arrived at their new homes.

Initially, there were not many voluntary colonists, and they were mainly workers at the bottom of society.

You should know that at that time, human civilization had already had a problem of overcapacity, and many people at the bottom could not find jobs at all and could only rely on government relief to survive.

A year later, things changed.

The main reason is that the adventure spacecraft sent back a lot of valuable information, especially on the satellites of "Scorpio," which has a large number of high-value heavy metal resources.

Now, the volunteers have become pioneers, or gold diggers.

You know, everyone wants to get rich, and "Scorpio," is very likely to get rich overnight.

Within five years, the number of people who voluntarily signed up to colonize "Scorpio" exceeded one billion, and it was growing at a rate of nearly ten million per day.

Now, the problem is here.

The human government of the universe has only prepared one million colonial quotas, that is, it can only transport one million people to "Scorpios at one time," and a larger-scale colonial operation will have to wait until the survey work of "Scorpios" is fully completed, that is, after the environmental survey spacecraft arrives at "Scorpios".

According to the plan, at that time, we will colonize one billion to one hundred billion people from "Scorpios".

The result is that the human government of the universe can only select one million people from voluntary applicants by drawing lots, making them the first colonists.

These people later became mobs.

The main reason is that the settlement location of the first colonists was not "Scorpio," but "Scorpio, satellite, and the second colonists settled in "Scorpio,".

Five years after the environmental survey spacecraft set out, ten colonial spacecraft carrying one million colonists left the solar system.

These ten spacecraft will fly in the vast universe for about sixty years before reaching the destination, and the colonists will enter deep hibernation, that is, frozen, and will wake up after arriving at the destination. At that time, in addition to this group of colonists, there were about ten thousand soldiers. To be precise, they were crew members of the ten colonial spacecraft, and after arriving at the destination, they will become the administrators of the colony.

Flying to "Scorpio," became the first step for humans to colonize the universe and the first alien galaxy colonization activity.

This is a great moment for human civilization, because from this moment on, human living space has expanded beyond the solar system.

According to the standards of cosmic civilization, human beings officially became cosmic civilization at this time.

You should know that whether you can settle in other star systems for a long time is the first criterion for measuring the stability of the universe and the bottom line for becoming the universe civilization.

It took more than two hundred years for humans to take this step.
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