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Half of the astronauts on Mars will be ready to return soon. They will return to Earth after a four-month space journey on a rocket.

After they have rested on Earth, they will continue to set foot on the rocket to Mars to replace those companions who are still on Mars.

Of course, the astronauts staying on Mars are not just idle, they have a lot of work to do.

The next step is the official development of Mars. After such a long preparation, it is finally time to start.

The Mars base was built for the purpose of developing Mars, otherwise Ye Su spent so much effort on Mars.

Ye Su plans to develop Mars in three steps. The first step is to conduct preliminary mining operations on Mars, and then smelt the minerals and transport them back to Earth.

Of course, all that Ye Su was going to mine were expensive precious metals, or else he wouldn't even be able to earn back the cost of transportation back to the earth.

The second step is to expand the scale of the Mars base and increase the number of willful missions on Mars.

Slowly wait until the scale of the Mars base is large enough, it is the time for the last step of reality.

Finally, Ye Su hopes to build a large human settlement on Mars, larger than a city-scale settlement, and arrange a lot of human work on it.

If this step can be achieved, then it can be said that humans have begun to migrate to Mars.

Ye Su had great ambitions in his heart, and developing Mars alone could not satisfy him.

He is planning to migrate to Mars on a large scale and build Mars into a second earth.

But now that these are too far away, what Ye Su has to do is to do the first step of the development work.

The development of this first step is related to the success or failure of the next steps.

Only if you successfully start mining on Mars and successfully reach the earth, can you start the next plan.

The subsequent large-scale expansion of the Mars base cannot be done with the current level of technology.

Use rockets to slowly transport people, equipment and materials, but I don’t know when it will be transported before a city can be built on Mars.

So if you want to develop Mars on a large scale, you need a brand new means of transportation to replace the rocket as a means of transportation between the Earth and Mars.

When the rocket can no longer meet the needs of Yesu's transportation, it is time for the spacecraft to begin to debut.

The capacity of spacecraft is much larger than that of rockets, and the speed is many times faster.

If you have a spacecraft, the transportation volume will not be able to limit Ye Su.

But if Ye Su wants to build a spaceship, a rare metal is indispensable.

Platinum is a necessary material for the construction of spacecraft, and it needs a lot of usage. At least the output on the earth cannot meet the requirements.

So Ye Su paid attention to Mars, hoping to get enough platinum from Mars.

To know the platinum reserves on Mars, the shallow ore veins alone are hundreds of times that of the earth, far more abundant than the reserves on the earth.

On Mars, only the shallow veins that are easy to mine are enough for Ye Su, not to mention the deep veins.

It can be said that the platinum mine on Mars is something that Ye Su is inevitable, and it is also the reason why Ye Su vigorously develops Mars.

Next, Ye Su put the work of developing Mars mainly on mining platinum mines.

Although there are other precious minerals on Mars, platinum is what Ye Su needs most now.

Soon the five astronauts who returned to Earth embarked on a journey home, and the remaining people started their own work.

Today is the time to officially mine the platinum mine, so the unknown astronaut got up very early.

The conditions in this Mars base are perfect, and there is even hot water supply in everyone's room.

After the astronauts finished washing in the room, they went to the base restaurant.

This Mars base covers a large area. In addition to the space occupied by the necessary equipment, it also has a sufficient living area.

The conditions in the living area are very good. Not only does each astronaut have a small kit, but a special restaurant is even built.

The astronauts in the Mars base finished their breakfast in the dining room, and then began their day's work.

They don’t need to clean up and wash anything. Naturally, there will be cleaning robots to help them complete these trivial tasks.

First of all, they have to check the equipment in the base. This is beginning to affect their lives and safety, so they cannot be careless.

After checking all the equipment, they will also have to take a look inside the ecological planting area to see how the vegetables and grain grow in it.

The ecological planting area is a huge semicircular building with several special lighting equipment on the ceiling to imitate the sunlight necessary for plants.

The ground is neatly divided into many areas, and different crops are planted separately.

Some are staple foods like rice and wheat, and some are vegetables to provide astronauts with essential vitamins.

All the crops are growing vigorously under the simulating sunlight, and it won’t be long before it’s time to harvest.

There is also a small farm on the edge of the ecological planting area, which breeds some livestock.

After the astronauts walked in here, they began a careful inspection to see how the situation is here.

These are all things they will eat in the future, and they will need to be careful to take care of them in the future to improve their meals.

After the five astronauts have completed these tasks, they are ready to leave the base and go outside to perform today's mission.

Going outside is not like being inside a base, it won't work without the protection of a spacesuit.

Soon the five astronauts put on their spacesuits and left the Mars base through the isolation room.

After the astronauts left the base, they boarded a special train and drove to the distance facing the rising sun on Mars.

The destination of the astronauts today is a relatively close platinum mine, and it will be time for official mining soon.