"Nuclear ion thrusters? They''re not going to take the earth fire transfer orbit?" the European Space Agency, the aerospace experts who heard this sentence were surprised!

    They thought that the Yinghuo spacecraft would take the earth fire transfer orbit, use the Hohmann orbit to accelerate, and reach Mars in nearly 200 days.

    I didn''t expect that the other party was going to take a straight line! According to the current power system, it is difficult to support the spacecraft to resist Mars normally!

    "They have new technology!" everyone in NASA was also surprised.

    "If their technology is established, then when they return to earth, we haven''t arrived at Mars yet?" the people looked at each other and realized a very embarrassing question.

    Before departure, the American Mars ship announced to the world that it would be the first to land on Mars. The launch was smooth and the flight was smooth. It only took six months to reach Mars and announce the good news - unexpectedly, the Huaxia Mars spacecraft directly adopted a more advanced power system, catching up from behind!

    "I have a bad feeling!" Anderson, the head of the space agency, looked very ugly. It seemed that they were going to fall behind in this beach landing on Mars!

    In space, Du Xingyu has completely switched to a nuclear ion propulsion system. High temperature electric ions push the spacecraft forward, which is accelerating the spacecraft continuously.

    Without air resistance, the shape of the spacecraft can be completely expanded. From its front and rear ends, expand the solar wing and the detector respectively. The space in the middle also began to expand, and the volume of the spacecraft suddenly expanded more than twice!

    In the pictures taken by the satellite, the Yinghuo has become a spaceship full of a sense of future and science and technology, like a armored Superman who has completed its transformation.

    "Handsome!" the audience marveled at the scene.

    "Lying in the trough, can you change?"

    "This ship is great!"

    "This TM is called a Mars spacecraft. It''s much more handsome than the simple column just now!"

    ……

    Royal Academy of Sciences, Sweden. According to Nobel''s will, the Nobel physicists will be elected by them from among the candidates every year.

    At this time, members of the Royal Swedish Academy of sciences are selecting this year''s Nobel physicist, and Du Xingyu is one of them.

    "The contribution of American theoretical cosmologist James pibles in theoretical physics is obvious to all. His discoveries enable us to further study the structure of the universe. I nominate him to be elected this year''s Nobel Prize in physics," said a member of the Committee.

    "The gaseous giant planets outside the solar system discovered by Swiss astronomer Michel Meyer have also brought great changes to Astronomy... I nominate Michelle."

    "Ladies and gentlemen, the above two discoveries are indeed very important. But here I have to mention the aerospace dynamics and astrophysicist Du Xingyu from China. His research on miniaturized nuclear reactors and nuclear power thrusters has made long-distance space navigation a reality..." said a committee member.

    The committee members discussed until someone said, "Oh, guys, maybe we underestimated Du Xingyu''s research."

    "Just now, Huaxia launched their Mars spacecraft, which uses the ion thruster of nuclear power. Human aerospace power has ushered in a big breakthrough!"

    "Ion thrusters for nuclear power?" a member stood up and said in surprise, "doesn''t that mean they can sail between planets in the solar system?"

    "That''s it, Commissioner Leonard."

    They talked fiercely, and specially sent a letter to Huaxia Engineering Institute for verification.

    A few days later, in the Royal Academy of Sciences, the chairman of the Nobel physics prize committee stood on the stage and solemnly announced: "everyone, the voting results have come out!"

    "The Nobel Prize in physics this year is --" he paused and then said, "Mr. Du Xingyu of China."

    "What a young winner!"

    "He deserves the honor!"

    "You can inform Huaxia Engineering Institute."

    Du Xingyu was confirmed as the winner of this year''s Nobel Prize in physics. The award ceremony will not be held for more than half a year. That''s all after he came back from Mars.

    ……

    One week after the Mars spacecraft Yinghuo entered space, the live TV broadcast and Du Xingyu''s live broadcast had already been completed. Since they have left the earth a certain distance, communication is now beginning to delay.

    When we get to Mars, the communication delay will expand to more than four minutes. One question and one answer will be more than eight minutes. This is because the earth and Mars are on the same side of the orbit around the sun. If they are at the farthest point on different sides, a round-trip communication takes 20 minutes!

    "The first time I was so far away from home!" astronaut Su Peng looked out of the window and said with emotion.

    Outside the window, there is a vast starry sky. Stars from countless light-years away slightly light up the dark and distant space.

    The brightest star in the field of vision is Mars, which reflects the light from the sun and is also the end of their trip.

    "It''s beautiful and terrible!" Xu Lianqiu also looked into space, with a little star in her eyes.

    On the spacecraft, there are several astronauts who landed on the moon before, and there are also new people. When they first entered space, they were still very excited.

    But a week later, it was replaced by curiosity and fear of the unknown.

    "Will there be aliens in the universe?" female astronaut Shen Yan suddenly asked.

    "There must be!" Du Xingyu affirmed.

    "Captain, why are you so sure?" asked Xu Rui, a scientific researcher who entered space for the first time and was also on this mission.

    "The earth is just an ordinary planet in the solar system. There are more than 100 billion stars in the Milky Way alone! How many planets are there in these stars?" Du Xingyu said.

    "The Milky way is just a drop in the ocean of the Virgo supercluster. The Virgo supercluster is only a tiny point in the observable universe... The vastness of the universe is beyond human imagination."

    "Among them, there are many planets with the same conditions as the earth. There must be planets that give birth to life and civilization. If we further liberalize the conditions for the birth of life and are not limited to human cognition, the existence of alien civilizations is almost inevitable! And their number will reach a terrible number!"

    Looking at the deep space outside the window, everyone fell into reverie.

    Xu Lianqiu said, "I believe there must be other civilizations in the universe. Maybe we can find traces of life on Mars!"

    "Yes!" everyone cheered up. If there were traces of life on Mars, it would definitely be a major scientific discovery in the 21st century!

    The space flight continued, and everyone kept in touch with the command center.

    The nuclear ion thruster is still stable, the speed of the spacecraft is steadily increasing, and the linear distance between the spacecraft and Mars is rapidly decreasing.

    "On the 38th day of the Martian journey, we can clearly see the desert planet. Its surface is red. The ancients of China described it as'' glowing like fire ''when observing it. Because its position in the sky often changes, glowing and confusing, it is also called'' glowing '', which is also the origin of our spacecraft command..." Du Xingyu is writing a logbook, which has continued from the era of navigation to the era of space navigation.

    "Tomorrow will be the most important day for our team... We will land on Chris plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars."

    After writing the log, Du Xingyu went into his sleeping bag and began to rest.

    When he woke up again, the Mars spacecraft Yinghuo had entered the near earth space of Mars.