Chapter 1027 - Mars Colonization Plan (1/2)

Even the closest calculated distance from Mars to Earth was hundreds of times the distance between Earth and Moon. A distance that would even take light three minutes to travel. Under the current technical conditions, it was unrealistic to establish a supply line to and from the Mars colony and Celestial City.

At present, the research plan developed by the Aerospace Research Institute in the apocalypse was to design an engine capable of making return trips between Mars and Earth. The engine must accelerate a million-ton transport ship to escape velocity 60,000 kilometers per hour, so the duration of the trip would be between a week to half a month. Although the technical barriers were overcome long before the war, no engine drawings were available for reference. So the engine must be redesigned based on the technologies of their predecessors.

Jiang Chen felt this was the greatest misfortune.

The Zhenghe Space Colonization Ship could accelerate to one-tenth of the speed of light. However, the researchers involved in the design of the engine were invaluably talented and definitely didn’t stay on the wasteland.

Since establishing a supply line was impossible for the time being, it meant that the colony on Mars must be self-sufficient. It must have a higher resource utilization efficiency than the lunar base, and the production cost of its equipment reflected the challenge.

At the end of the tour, Kelvin gave Jiang Chen a number.

The cost of the entire facility totalled 25 billion XND, and 90% of the structure must be manufactured through industrial 3D printers. It only took 20 people to burn off the market value of his public company which made even Jiang Chen feel the pain.

On the first Friday after his return to Xin, it was time to launch the Mars Colonization Plan.

On top of the offshore platform of Celestial City, Jiang Chen sent twenty colonists to the space elevator. After shaking hands with them, they were personally presented with commemorative medals in recognition of their contributions and sacrifices for the space industry.

Upon arrival in Celestial City, they would receive a week of training. At the end of the training, they would board the ship and sail to Mars tens of millions of kilometers away.

For now, it was a one-way ticket. In the next few years or even a dozen years, they would spend their lives on the barren Mars. At least until return flights were possible, they wouldn’t be able to see their loved ones even once.

The scenes of parting were touching. All the people present were in tears, witnessing the families of the heroes and heroes saying goodbye. Media from all over the world recorded this historic moment and spread the news to every corner of the global community.

The responses from NASA and SpaceX were quite calm after Celestial Trade beat them to a completely manned mission to Mars. They had fully prepared for this day since the completion of the space elevator.

SpaceX silently canceled their Mars mission originally scheduled to start in 2020 and focused on adjusting its business focus to the development of asteroid resources.

However, all this had nothing to do with Jiang Chen. Regardless of whether SpaceX adjusted its business strategy, he never considered them a competitor in the space race.

As for the reactions of the UA and Hua, he also hadn’t considered them too much.

After end of the ceremony, Jiang Chen cleared all of his plans and spent his weekend leisurely. He woke up naturally in the morning, spent the afternoon surfing or just lay on the private beach sunbathing. As for the evenings, even if he didn’t want to, he would be dragged into the gentleness of his girls.