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America has always put a lot of effort into its public relations, so people are aware of its future Mars plans.

The last time the Mars window opened, they sent a Mars rover and a Mars helicopter with nuclear batteries. According to the plan, they seem to be launching a retrieval device this time, and America is also going to bring back Martian soil.

But there's still no news about it.

Not to mention any information about aliens on Mars.

And then there's SpaceX's Starship rocket, which has already been built and has even flown successfully. Logically, they should be considering manned landings on Mars.

Elon Musk is a fervent Mars landing enthusiast. Now that the Starship rocket he's been dreaming of has been built, there's no way he wouldn't make a big deal out of it.

Even if he's not ready, he could at least hold a press conference to ride the wave. Given Musk's previous personality, he would definitely capitalize on this kind of hype, but there's still no news.

Strange.

The Tianxia official space agency doesn't seem to have any follow-up Mars missions in the near future. Plans for sample returns and the like have been pushed back a few years. Their current focus is on the Tianting space station and the lunar base.

They are also "turning a blind eye" to the aliens on Mars.

As for the Navigator Aerospace Company in Tianxia, they made a big splash before, sending a 32-ton unmanned probe to Mars, with both the bold ambition to contact aliens and the meticulous plan to bring back Martian soil and rocks in one go.

But these bold ambitions were ruined by the aliens, who not only attacked Navigator's large unmanned aircraft but also destroyed the large unmanned Mars rover and lander, preventing Navigator from achieving any of its goals.

Last time, Navigator relied on its advanced space propulsion system to reach Mars orbit in just over a month, even though they missed the Mars exploration window. Now that they've caught up with the exploration window, shouldn't they have something to say?

Don't they want to get revenge?

Yes, they don't.

So far, Navigator hasn't made any announcements, and there's no news of any Mars exploration missions.

This doesn't make sense!

Is Navigator the kind of company that's willing to suffer losses?

Obviously not!

If they're afraid of an alien starfleet bombarding Earth, even if the official space agency doesn't release relevant information, there are still many private observatories on Earth that have scanned the area around Earth and haven't detected any alien fleet.

So, theoretically, the only aliens humans currently have to deal with are the four on Mars. How difficult is that?

Their spaceships have crashed, and the aliens themselves are only as tall as a human's thigh, looking weak and pathetic. Humans could send a few astronauts to capture them.

Well, that's what the netizens are thinking.

Anyway, netizens feel that this Mars exploration window is very strange. There's a lot of activity in the private sector, such as the private observatories mentioned earlier, as well as some private public accounts and media outlets, all talking about Mars and the aliens on Mars, but the major official organizations haven't released any information.

Well, there's no information about Mars, mostly just information about Earth orbit and the moon.

People have asked the major space agencies, but they haven't received the information they want.

But the more it is like this, the more strange people feel, because this is definitely abnormal.

"I feel like they must be planning something big behind the scenes, because the current situation is obviously not normal."

"I think so too. It's like a bandit is at your door. Even if you don't come out to confront him, you should be watching him from the window to prevent him from doing bad things. There's no reason to cover your head and go to sleep."

"Yes, that's right. The current situation is obviously not normal. I don't believe that humans aren't making any preparations!"

"I might believe that Tianxia isn't doing anything, I might even believe that it has great illusions about aliens, thinking that aliens understand propriety, righteousness, and integrity, and might even be waiting to have friendly exchanges with aliens. But I don't believe that America isn't making any preparations, because throughout history, it's either at war or preparing for war, there's nothing else."

"That's right. Although it's a bit biased, it's basically on point. I also feel that at least America is preparing to deal with those aliens on Mars, maybe it's preparing Mars landing equipment right now."

"I feel that Tianxia shouldn't be idle either. Doesn't it have an old saying called 'pretending to mend the roads while secretly marching to Chencang'? I don't believe that it's a complete innocent, not taking any defensive measures and just waiting to be friends with aliens."

"As the two most powerful countries on Earth, I think they have an obligation to protect humanity, so if they have plans, they should make them public. Keeping all the information secret is letting down all of humanity."

"Good heavens, it's good enough that they're responsible to their own citizens, and now they're letting down all of humanity? I'm speechless!"

People's discussions are intense, both online and offline. As August progresses, the Mars exploration window from mid-September to the entire month of October is getting closer and closer, and America is the first to crack.

America has announced its manned Mars landing plan!

Many people see this and think, "Good heavens, I guessed right. Humans can't possibly be indifferent to the aliens on Mars."

Some people are even more excited, thinking that America is indeed a beacon of humanity, always at the forefront of protecting humanity.

Some people directly claim that America is hiding the truth and demand that all intelligence be made public, but more people are no longer paying attention to this. They are learning about America's manned Mars landing plan in detail.

Sure enough, they are using the Starship rocket, because the American space agency's official Mars landing plan is too far behind, and many projects have not yet been carried out.

But this time it's not quite the same as the Mars landing plan announced by Elon Musk. On closer inspection, it seems that the official plan and Musk's plan have been combined.

Originally, Elon Musk's plan was for the Starship rocket to carry cargo and astronauts into Earth orbit, then refuel several times in orbit, and finally fly directly to Mars.

It would take about half a year of spaceflight to reach Mars, and then the entire "Starship" would land on Mars.

His plan is like this, but his plan has flaws, that is, the Starship can only land and cannot take off immediately. It needs to produce fuel on Mars and have enough fuel before it can take off.

It's similar to Navigator's Benyue spacecraft, but it's much larger and heavier than the Benyue spacecraft. Plus, Mars has an atmosphere, and the environment is much more complex than the moon, so the take-off conditions are even more stringent.

The Benyue spacecraft has the assistance of the lunar base and a clear source of fuel, so it can take off easily. The "Starship" cannot.

Originally, the Starship would not carry people on its first flight to Mars. It also needs to transport some equipment to Mars first, and only after finding water and methane and obtaining oxidizer and methane fuel will it launch a manned "Starship."

But now America can't wait, so it's letting the Starship carry people on its first flight to Mars.

So they came up with a combined plan, which is to install the Mars lander from America's Mars landing plan onto the Starship.

As mentioned earlier, America has a Mars landing plan, but the overall progress is relatively slow, but even though the overall progress is slow, some sub-projects are very fast.

In fact, the implementation time of America's Mars landing project has been delayed again and again, but because some projects are progressing smoothly, they were built a long time ago.

Because they can't be launched, they can only be stored, which includes a Mars lander.

So the current plan is for the "Starship" to enter Earth orbit first, then receive fuel, and then launch the Mars lander to dock in orbit.

The Starship's nose cone will first move away a certain distance to allow the lander to dock on the Starship's head, and then the nose cone will be placed on the lander like a hat.

They are using the nose cone as a shield, which can withstand some cosmic dust impacting the lander when the Starship is flying towards the Mars lander.

Because this time it's to protect Earth and protect humanity, all the astronauts this time are from the American military. There are a total of six people, not a single professional scientist. They are all similar to the first batch of astronauts.

Two are from the Space Force, one from the Air Force, one from the Army, one from the Navy, and one from the Marine Corps.

The gender ratio is four men and two women.

And in order to protect Earth and protect humanity, they are also carrying weapons.

America once again claims that this is to protect Earth and protect humanity!

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