Chapter 48: Experimental Machine

After dealing with the matter of Perfectin, Oliver went back to his work and started his busy daily life.

Time passed quickly, and by the second month, a big thing happened: the first batch of experimental super machines were finally manufactured!

After the super machinery fresh out of the oven, a group of experts immediately gathered around, and some emergency transformation.

Its height and width are several times larger than ordinary excavators, with a height of at least 13 meters and a mass of 1,300 tons, it looks like a mobile steel fortress!

Of course, the low gravity of Mars also played a role in pushing, the same mass under the gravity of only a third of the Earth, so that the material aspect is much less elaborate, its chassis is similar to the tank tracks, above the huge mechanical arm, can wield thousands of tons of powerful force.

What a fierce nuclear-powered monster, Oliver could not help but sigh. If the super excavator collided with the strongest tank on earth, it could just crush the tank into a pulp just by its own size as well as weight!

With the operator in control, the first unmanned excavators drove to the uranium mining area, and then the computer automatically took over.

Their top speed was just 30 kilometers per hour, not a fast run, but the digging speed was not slow.

Oliver looked at the screen next to him and nodded, "This unmanned system is okay, the digging speed is also good, and it's better because it can work for a long time. Even if there is any accident, there will be no casualties. How many such machines are there? Can they be produced in large quantities?"

A nearby expert shook his head and said, "At present, there are only four experimental ... captains, and in a few days when the Kinov industrial base is up, there is no problem with mass production. The only problem still lies in the unmanned side."

"Oh? What happened to unmanned piloting?" Oliver asked.

"The northern hemisphere of Mars is not much magnetic field, vulnerable to the influence of cosmic radiation, satellite signals also interfered with the strong. The short time is not a problem, but I am afraid of any accident after a long time. Unmanned mostly rely on satellite navigation ..."

"To solve this problem, either to launch more satellites, to establish a complete satellite navigation system. Either establish more signal stations on the surface, according to calculations, a dozen signal base stations in relatively high terrain will do. I think the surface base station solution is a little better, saving time and effort ..."

Oliver nodded, since the experts have a specific plan, definitely follow what the experts said. "Please leave these matters to your own eyes." He replied casually, using people without doubt, doubting people without using, has always been his philosophy.

In fact, the unmanned systems on Earth are already relatively mature. For example: unmanned reconnaissance aircraft in the military, unmanned submarines, etc., relatively speaking, the environment is complex but dangerous places, or use unmanned equipment is more convenient and safe.

So many years of development on Earth, all corners of the dense gPs navigation as well as Beidou navigation, the accuracy can reach the centimeter level, therefore, the unmanned use of extraordinarily smooth.

But Mars is not the same, a total of two polar satellites, or geological exploration of special satellites, to use the navigation is a bit too weak. If you want to pinpoint the location, at least 4 satellites or more.

Therefore, the establishment of ground signal station is also necessary, the signal does not have to cover the world, as long as it covers a mining area on the line.

Four excavators, one at a distance of more than three hundred meters apart, this is to prevent system errors, resulting in accidental collisions, three hundred meters apart is sufficient. At the beginning, the driving system is bound to have imperfections and needs to be left at a sufficient distance to facilitate the monitoring personnel to take over manually.

"They can work continuously for a week, and then maintenance for ten hours. If it goes well, it can excavate 100,000 tons of mineral soil every day." An expert described.

Oliver nodded and looked intently at the screen, those machines wielded huge steel shovels, and the rocks in the mine were constantly crushed and dug up, it could really be described as blasting mining ...

He was already very satisfied, and suddenly thought of something: "By the way, there is no problem with safety, right, it should not produce any nuclear explosion or other problems?"

"Of course not!" The one who spoke was Professor Ding Yidong who came to visit, and his voice immediately raised an octave because the excavator's nuclear engine was designed by their Wild Wolf Design Bureau.

"You don't have to worry about safety, our nuclear fuel is low-enriched uranium, it won't reach the critical point of explosion at all, even if the engine breaks down, there is only a very, very low possibility of it leaking out." Ding Yidong also did not say all the words, but only used the word "extremely low".

"We only add about seven days of nuclear fuel at one time, and each maintenance is re-added, even if it leaks out is not much, this is in Mars, do not need to consider environmental pollution. So safety is no problem at all!"

"Okay ..." Although choked by Ding Yidong, Oliver did not say much. He is still very tolerant and respectful of the great science that has the ability.

At twelve o'clock in the morning, the four test models operated successfully, during which there were no accidents and all values met expectations. At this rate, it would be more than enough to dig 100,000 tons of uranium ore a day.

"These uranium mines have particularly loose soil for some reason, probably because of the geology ... other mines are not so good to dig." An expert said.

But the tests aren't over yet, the four excavators will have to complete at least one round of work in seven days, and only after all the results meet expectations will they be officially mass-produced ...

Since the new excavator came off the ground, many laboratories seem to have been stimulated to speed up their research, and pilot-type tests of super trains and cutting robots have started one after another.

People are getting more and more accustomed to this busy and fulfilling life, all of which are favorable reports.

The most important thing is that the first phase of the Genov industrial plant will finally be completed, and this is the point Oliver is most looking forward to! As soon as the first phase of this super factory is completed, people's industrial capacity will be able to rise significantly, and a large amount of heavy industrial machinery will be able to be mass-produced.

During these months, the smelting workers also smelted a large amount of metal resources. Steel, copper, aluminum, and titanium were piled up in rows in warehouses like a mountain, ready for use. These resources provided favorable conditions for manufacturing on a large scale.

Oliver's heart was really ecstatic.

An industrial report that basically met or even exceeded expectations!

These big scientists, big engineers, at the beginning of the time one so worried, so headache. But a period of time down, it seems not so difficult well ... human beings are really able to create a miracle race, so many technical difficulties, but in just a few months to overcome, this can not be said to be luck, but a strength!

One by one, they speak with confidence, their voices are louder, their passion remains full, and they are more frantically devoted to their work ...

Oliver was very satisfied with the current state of the Noah, he just briefly read through the report, and basically got the data he wanted. "Exceeded expectations! Exceeding expectations! Meeting expectations!"

But in the middle of the pile of reports, there was one scientific report that listed something that interested Oliver, and that was the research report on the Martian virus!

The genetic sequencing results of some of the disease-causing viruses were already available, and these viruses were basically similar in structure to Earth viruses, with genetic material also consisting of Dna and Rna.

However, they are slightly more complex than viruses, generally able to absorb nuclear energy, able to synthesize proteins and survive independently, yet simpler than bacteria. It is supposed to be an organism between a virus and a bacterium.

This report points out that the origin of life on Earth may have originated from meteorites! Because people once found fragments of Dna in meteorites, it is possible that life developed from extraterrestrial meteorites!

So, did the origin of the Martian virus also come from meteorites? Because the genetic structure of Martian viruses, and life on Earth are too much like too much, one cannot help but wonder. Did this meteorite containing Dna fragments spread to the entire universe, giving most planets life?

About the origin of life in the universe becomes more confusing to speculate ...

Well, Oliver is not concerned about that, but about another one: people who have been infected by the Martian virus, their cellular activity became higher!

Their physique becomes better, which means they are likely to have a longer life span!

Seeing this, Oliver was so shocked that his whole body almost jumped up, he read this paragraph of the report carefully back and forth, slowly chewing on the meaning of it, he felt that he should not misunderstand.

Extend the life span? 50% longer? Really?

After a while, he finally sent an order through the contact device in the captain's room, asking this research team to come to the council, and also notified some biologists, members of the security department, and some council members to be there.