Chapter 785 Martian Diary
Nearly two weeks have passed since landing on Mars, and three full days have passed since the life support unit was renamed "New Virginia".
During this period of time, the work at the New Virginia Research Station...or the colony has been going smoothly. Although there was a sandstorm that lasted for 17 hours, it finally passed without any danger.
In fact, given Mars' atmosphere, which is a hundred times thinner than Earth's, dust storms themselves are not dangerous. Dangerous are the electrostatic lightning that co-occurs with dust storms, and the long-term decline in light illumination that prevents solar power installations from getting enough energy.
However, this kind of thing has been considered by Space-X's Mars colonization project team. The life support unit is equipped with a generator for burning methane, which can replace the solar power generation device for energy.
At the same time, the first thing these colonists do after they land is to install lightning rods for their new homes to prevent possible accidents...
Although they encountered a lot of troubles in adapting to life on Mars at the beginning, fortunately, they successfully overcome them. At the same time, when cooperating with NASA's ground command center to complete the scheduled scientific research missions, Johnson usually takes half an hour every day to record the "Martian Diary" program.
As the Columbus of the New World, he certainly hoped that more people would be interested in his "New Virginia." Therefore, when he shoots, he usually chooses to show the good side of colonial life, the adventurous and not dangerous side, and ignores the bad places.
In fact, the broadcast of this "big colony advertisement" was also quite successful. People unexpectedly liked it very much and discussed life on Mars enthusiastically. After each episode of "The Martian Diary" is broadcast, it will cause a lot of hot topics on FB and Twitter.
So far, 5 episodes of "The Martian Diary" have been released, and it has become one of the most popular online programs in North America, and many TV stations have obtained the broadcasting rights from Space-X.
Today is the filming of episode 6.
Righting the camera on the table, Johnson took two steps back, showing his white teeth, and greeted the camera with a smile.
"Hey, everyone, I'm Johnson, the captain of the Heart of Gold! Long time no see, we meet again!"
"Unfortunately, we encountered a sandstorm just like Opportunity! You can't see your fingers outside, so you can't go out to explore today... But don't worry about us, we don't go out because we are afraid of being blown away by the wind. When a tornado blows, blowing on the body is no different from scratching an itch."
"Let's talk about something else today, I will show you what we will do in the colony when we can't go out..."
As he said that, Johnson picked up the camera equipment from the table, and while walking towards the public activity area next to him, he explained to the audience the interesting things that happened to them and how to use the VR game equipment or the treadmill here to pass the time. time.
"This is where we entertain... Although it looks a little cramped now, this is the initial stage of entrepreneurship after all, and everything will be fine... Tai Wei, say hello to everyone."
Tai Wei, who was playing a game, squeezed out a helpless smile on his face, but soon changed into a sunny smile under the reminder of Johnson's eyes.
Johnson returned a "good" gesture and frowned at him.
"I'll cut that part out for you just now, don't thank me."
"Then I can really thank you."
Taiwei rolled his eyes, put on the VR glasses and continued to fight in the ocean of video games.
In fact, life here is pretty boring, far less utopian than Johnson paints it.
However, these things are obviously not suitable for showing in this half hour, or even if he accidentally showed it, Space-X will help him delete that part kindly when editing the video .
But these things are not important.
He himself didn't shoot these things for the purpose of spreading negative energy.
Talking to the camera and watching viewership numbers grow on Earth tens of millions of kilometers away has become part of his daily stress-relieving regimen. If it is not that there is not enough content, editing will also take time, and he even wants to relax at the frequency of one episode a day.
After taking the audience and friends to watch Tavy, who is playing VR games, and Jones, who is sitting next to the coffee machine and reading a book, Johnson walked to the garage of the Mars rover and stood next to his "love car".
"Happy time is always short, and it's time to say goodbye again. I look forward to meeting you again, and I hope you look forward to the next meeting, bye—"
Johnson made a cool pose for the camera, ending today's shoot.
At this moment, footsteps came from the door of the garage, and Taiwei, who had finished the game time, came over.
Looking at Johnson standing next to the rover, he crossed his arms and said in a complaining voice.
"This damn show doesn't make me feel good at all."
Johnson smiled, stuffed the camera equipment into the pocket of his casual clothes, walked to the door and patted Tai Wei on the shoulder.
"Take it easy buddy, after a while the sandstorm stops, I can drive you out for a ride."
Tai Wei complained: "I don't want to go for a ride, go for yourself, there is nothing but sand here! Damn, why am I here?"
There is no such thing as a road on Mars, and it is a little better in the desert. The last time I went to the rocky area to drill and sample, the bumps along the way almost knocked out his lunch.
After the freshman period when he first arrived on Mars, he was quite resistant to work and asked to adjust his job to the colony.
Although very helpless, Johnson still met his request.
Instead, Jones was transferred to the attendance post.
Fortunately, these tasks themselves do not require a lot of people. Most of the equipment has been highly automated, and sometimes they don't even need to get out of the car.
Before setting off for the life support unit, NASA itself had considered the fact that none of the three colonists could leave the cabin.
To put it bluntly, their main task is actually to test this life support unit, and most of the other scientific research activities are incidental.
"Okay buddy, it's going to be alright. Two months of flying and we're just getting started,"
Faced with the complaints from his teammates, Johnson didn't know what to do, so he could only try to comfort him.
Regardless of whether his teammates buy it or not, it's the only thing he can do.
However, what he didn't know was that when he was comforting Tai Wei, the NASA ground command center tens of millions of kilometers away had become a mess.
Yes.
Dust storms on Mars are really nothing to be afraid of.
However, if this global dust storm lasts for more than half a year, even if there is a methane generator that can be used as a backup power source, the situation will start to become less optimistic...
Today's push book is here again~ This time it is "Rebirth: The Torrent Age", readers who like urban rebirth can pay attention~