Текст книги "Ways to heaven. Colonization of Mars I"

– We have come to a situation when the monster which is grown up by some of our former colleagues is developed in our party. And now we thanks to their irresponsibility and thirst of a profit have put the wholeworld on a side of accident in comparison with which the Caribbean Crisis of 1962 – childish sports. Foranybody not a secret that squadron weapon became a part of an arsenal not only at military and policedepartments long ago. Leakages of biological strains as it was with X107, can't be stopped if only to look forguilty and not to improve the skills of those who work in the most modest positions, but with officiallyallowed access to formulas and systems of use of dangerous substances. Several private companies in thefield of cybernetic arms are already at war in Afghanistan, Iraq and in the Middle East, carrying out fightingtasks. But, how rules of protection against leaks are followed? The yesterday's school students playingnetwork games and operating virtual tanks, planes, tools «play» the real equipment now, without leaving thehouse, shoot the real shells, kill the real people who quite often don't have to terrorists of any relation. Living people were too wrong in order that we could trust them in everything, hoping for their conscience. She won't replace qualification and system of a reliable stop of any dangerous actions still before theybecame fatal. There are cases when accounts of such users are hacked it is unknown whom, and then terriblethings begin! Automatic systems of defeat rush into peace kishlaks, press people, guns open fire on peacefulhouses, in our equipment! Who these people – we don't know. Our project on remote conducting wars is wrapped in the fact that cybernetic weapon the maniacs yielding to brute force teenagers and adults andother garbage of our society seize. Unfortunately, not to stop this wave anymore. We have gone too far. Andwe need to take radical measures.

In the hall some revival has begun. The general Parkers has understood that it is time to explain to thecolleagues and officers that they can become force capabilities to find even such dangerous war criminal. He has continued.

– A month ago our investigation managed to get valuable data from Russia. Russians in the classifieddocuments established the fact that reserves of their oil and gas aren't enough, the population growth afterbecause of oil infection with blue plague and other GMOs there comes a cruel crisis and a power collapse. With drinking water the situation isn't better. Stocks the pure, not infected radiation and other chemicals, waters, are promptly reduced. To be at war for resources, according to the Russians, silly. Therefore, all of them plan to throw funds for development of space, to be exact – the Moon, satellites of Mars, Jupiter andSaturn, and asteroids. There are many radioactive materials which will be raw materials for power plants, the plants and fuel for flights.

Already there are systems of electronic devices which with already from satellites by means of laser radiatorswill transfer solar energy to Earth. Technologies are fulfilled. The data collected by the Russian automaticprobes in some areas and on a surface of space objects have fallen of us into the hands. The results arestunning! Only on solar system and on satellites a large amount of water ice from which it is possible to extract drinking water contains, and to control work of system disinfecting will turn out remotely. Manyasteroids have in the subsoil the helium 3, conduits and other minerals capable to effectively replaceterrestrial oil, gas and coal! The Russians have already developed the plant for processing of similar asteroidswhich is planned to be placed in an orbit. They have thought over even ways of transportation of asteroids on Solar system! I am sure if we manage to transfer activity of cybernetic maniacs to space and to direct it to a research of asteroids, we can solve two problems at once: to reduce threat of wars on our planet and to findnew resources instead of quickly reduced terrestrial minerals.

– General Parkers! You just said that Russians have a fine investigation and counterintelligence! But how, youmanaged to get so valuable data? – In a voice of the English admiral Harry Mathewson irony notes wereheard.

Parkers waited for this question therefore has immediately answered:

– Sir! There are all bases to believe that the Russianshave intentionally leaked to us this information! TheGerman military who has settled down among generals from Sweden, Austria, Norway and Switzerland haverustled, conferring among themselves. They weren't ready to forgive to the USA the criminals who havepoisoned the world with the X107 system yet. A recent debate because of attempts of Germany to incline theEuropean Union to an exit from NATO and to form own block hasn't abated. Then only intervention of GreatBritain, Russia and, strangely enough, North Korea with her promise to close programs for neutron weapon(she has executed it), have forced the Germans to choose a way of the world and the help to patients. Thegeneral Shteyne, the young officer of land infantry, has cried out from the place:

– And who checked reliability of this information? Again, only doctors from the USA?

– Don't consider all our attempts to be ahead for lack of foresight. They invite, thus, us to join, put an end to wars. It and our chance to provide Earth with clever people whom there are enough benefits existing not it. They won't be torn to take control of the stranger or to make some wild action that is to him they are toonot provided. Systems of space exploration will bring up billions of people clever and happy lives, thesituation. For all there will be enough work on the computer with a simple check of the result: your car is broken or works. «Manual labors» which won't be too heavy will be enough for all and much. These peoplewill help to create self-starters which will release all necessary over time.

Reduction of prices because of growth of the quality of cars – already an occasion to begin development of space in common. Such prospect for the benefit of all mankind.

And itself, it is unexpected for itself, has aloud repeated a thought of the great-grandfather, Hugh Parkers:

– It is necessary to learn to cooperate with the Russians. And then the Western world in the union with Russiawill be able to make real miracles.

The skilled general Parkers were able to understand people, including, politicians. He knew that his wordshave made an impression. Decisions on development of own space cybernetic program by the countries of NATO it is accepted for a long time, let and by the principle of rivalry with Russia. Parkers has imperceptiblygrinned. Tell him who a year ago that he will work for the benefit of Russia, he would strangle such personown hands. Yes, but he worked also for the benefit of Russia. Another thing is that in this situation interestsof Russia were first of all hopes of his own country and the whole world to make mankind clever, intelligentand noble.

Working Place: Asteroids' Belt

Irina has entered an office stepping a fast.

– How progress? – she asked, sitting down on the panel.

– Well! It will be possible to start unpacking soon, – Neil answered, without coming off the screen.

– Was the delivery place defined?

– Yes, Brusilov's crater.

Irina, unlike Neil, already had experience of towage and delivery of modules with the equipment for space geologists. Last year she has investigated seven asteroids. All of them now became a part of Earth network system of computer merging. When Neil comes to Earth Belt Formation Centre, Irina has been appointed his personal curator. Five years of training and training under her supervision, and now Neil has received the first individual task. He slowly moved the management joystick. To the set point remained still meters ten. And it is at least an hour. The situation was complicated by the fact that the asteroid did a whole revolution around its pivot center in twenty-two minutes. Eleven minutes the party with a probe was in «a dead zone». The signal from the satellite located nearby during this period of time was so weak that Neil preferred to leave the probe motionless. He didn't want a crash cause chosen the mine space where around wasn't a soul. Most of the neighbors remained at other edges of a ring or have been closed by a background of the next stones. It is impossible to say that a Belt is thrown but also there the civilization settled down, as well as on Earth's surface. It was possible to go to unexplored places hoping to find something valuable. But it was necessary to be reconciled with the fact that the nearest shop in an orbit was difficult to reach, as well as any alien. But only there was possible to feel himself the real head of the geological investigation.

– There was new, press on a mouse!

– Has taken.

– Two more.

– I'll take.

– Still is.

– I beat.

– Again, now three.

– By clicking on each

– One more! No, two.

– Ours only the second.

– Imagine if the mouse has now fallen off or the block has burned down, we would remain, as in the museum. There are a lot of materials, and it is only possible to store them.

These cameras video appeared on the screen of the computer. Each shot has been filled with marks about what was told about the roughness of soil wave return. Sonic depth finders of the space radar combed a surface in the millimetric range. People check each computer solution on the future place fastening reliability. Their work from outside could seem a network game, with such passion they processed the protocols ornamented by a machine raising of the curve and molecular ranges.

– Let's be fixed, we will unpack the equipment; it will be possible to make the clan.

– There will be many interested people. We have got far, at this point it is possible to build mines around, to place analyzers – Irinaobviously didn't finish speaking something. Possibly, she has already made someone the proposal, but waited for a firm consent before to tell about it at the office.

– For such complex works, I wouldn't take strangers. Though of course, if take their powerful computers and do additional researchers, it will be possible and to look for somebody, – Neil has thought of magnificent and luxury country houses which sometimes have ordinary participants of clan work. According to society columns, new clan friends have been often and willingly invited. Dinners were magnificent; parties are full of the celebutantes who are eager have a shower with the geniuses' gold as the manifestation of the peculiar kindness to each star. Ah, what are women…

– Let's take some interesting people. I heard that one capital group has a conceptual artist. He sometimes does actions with an art interpretation of our work. On one of them, there was a huge cardboard labyrinth. On the way inside the wall was decorated with photos from a Belt, but it is difficult to look at them because of darkness. In the center of a curtain from the reaped paper, the sculptural plaster heads, artificial fruit and a projector which shows explanations of his clan's work.

– I also saw installation; there the viewer talks to the huge girl from the screen. She glues crain and tells about open data on deactivation of radioactive materials, – at the thought of the girl with a height in one and a half human growth Neil has remembered that it is good to get quicker the good equipment for the Belt Control Center.

The surface of an asteroid was uneven. Telescopes of Earth showed this sector too badly. The congestion of small stones didn't give a chance to see clear. The complexity of the soil chemical composition foretold problems with breed cleaning search. But future plants on Mars need catalysts and additives for composites. It was one of the reasons why Neil has a strong interest in flight and delivery of the equipment. Radiation and communication through partners' networks forced to be more attentive, problems were added also by a lack of cameras around a congestion of stones. They were just inside the module that he was going to take to the place. He's been looking for something natural barriers at least a little protected from accidental occurrence of dangerous meteorites. The longest journey was already passed. The equipment was almost on the site. Therefore, it was necessary to move with extreme caution.

Neal moved the probe to the last study object – a small basin. Close to the preliminary shootings might be some ice deposits. It was necessary to confirm or disprove these data. If it's so, it is necessary to define the chemical composition, volume, and weight.

Several years ago, the Russian space Agency has launched a program for mass sending automated probes to the Asteroid Belt. Their task was to study space debris that lies between Mars and Jupiter, determining their chemical composition, decontamination and distribution equipment for a thorough search of the place. Cybernetics of the Earth can be described in the work of the lazy and primitive robots, compared with their colleagues working abroad.

Remember how many decades have passed since the beginning of the Internet boom, when everyone got himself a system of access to the network, and have completed the relevant institution's experts looking for work at least for creating a website. They could not be called rich, but many decided to not only do the pages in order for children and academics, which they only needed to support the image. Made stores, the system of cash settlement, the portals for the delivery of goods to any place and any transport units. Created a convenient state of the system to the Internet citizen could get help or an answer, not turning to the official. Traffic on the highway even equipped with cameras, which included fixing rules violation, even spending has caught the sensors, causing the observation to remove the number of the car from all angles.

All this happened in a time when almost all people were literally crammed with antibiotics for long term storage. Without the ability to sell their goods agricultural workers cheated, shops continued to come up with highly questionable methods in order to keep food on the counter longer looked tempting. Society has accepted that people are going to die from dangerous additives. This feast of the spirit still for thirty years could not force the earth's programmers to make the portal for the convenience of working in this industry. The same one you can find, even if you're going to only sell apples from the three trees at his dacha. Billions of dollars in turnover are not attracted to the earth's programmers so long that only a decade after they became aware of the future loss from food with additives, they decided to make the first common portal for the convenience of industry. The story of the teachers of the driving courses simple means of transport told every beginner. Over her laughed popular comedians. In space, systems was not a man who is not be offended if his own virtual world would compare with their quality of work. But not the only reason the stones became the object of control of all accountants and players, Roscosmos and the tourists from the Chinese sea.

From asteroids to send to Mars chose only those that had in its composition necessary for the future colonization of Mars minerals. Valued above all water. Its reserves set aside for future stations on the Belt, many militaries secretly thinking about the future of personal inspection trips «with the wind in a vacuum», hoping for a speedy invention of engines and fuel better. Then away from the sun would require a new residential area with own air. Valued metals, rare substances to additives, catalysts, gadolinium for the decontamination of radioactive areas and everything you need for complex purification and synthesis. After the asteroid was recognized as suitable for the purposes of the project, it sent the equipment in one of two ways, from the Ground or from the store (already on the Belt or flying to it).

_ Radioactive waste, which arose after laser cleaning, disposed of, or tow or more systems of the motor to the Packed material. The second method involves the attachment to the soil of the asteroid where there was almost no gravity. Earth designer has created a portal where they proposed methods of attachment, looking for work on a great task and show their work to buyers. There could be found a video which had many ships with the creators of the movies developed about the invasion of aliens. Those and tried to surreptitiously insert their designs into stories of their own movies for free, undercutting the prices from inventors and giving them hundreds of competitors after the success of the film. Say, now those same programmers are going to introduce such fines. In the end, buy! Prices are still insignificant compared to your revenues, and worries about the future of humanity from the creators of the technology much more than the rich Bohemia, copy of which rarely profitable.

The Waistband of these moving following the movement of artificial hands was the only way to attach the stone equipment. To each robot was attached a heavy duty rope. An automated probe, carried out by remote control from Earth drilling, driving all the wires into one and connect them to the launcher. The installation, resembling a small-size missile, produced on the surface of the asteroid and the space around it all that I brought with me. Even in vacuum conditions around small-size asteroids, it was only a small boost to everything that is not attached, began to move independently in any direction. Catch not bound to the detail was difficult, even where he could help the neighbors.

Having reached the asteroid, rare modules falling on its surface under its own weight, because gravity was negligible. For the first dock with a successful hit to the ground often would be enough to release the hoses from the water with soap, so she immediately froze and gave the first mount, and at the same time and disinfection. Even in the ice of the Arctic is inhabited by bacteria, with alien too afraid to face, every owner of the development. But water and soap are almost never used, replacing them with synthetic molecular compounds. When mixed, both substances become sticky and grasp, gaining strength, not decreasing at high and low temperatures. Irradiation at specific frequencies did tar more poignant. With its help, it was possible to separate the module from the asteroid. But this technique was not so often. The programmers of the Earth chose to reconcile all the movements of the house and over the years the flight before landing, to waste less of the precious material. Every kilogram of body weight of the sealant becomes a rejection of a hundred robots on the construction design and packaging of radioactive waste.

– How much more convenient where there is gravity!

And the metal is not soldered, it is necessary only to fold two of the cut, with the air of a connoisseur scolded conditions in space Neil.

The collapse of the asteroids on Mars had two goals: scientific and practical. Both was to conduct experiments and observations associated with the construction of the planet's surface. The stones were small, but they were made of the future of mountains and continents, the surface would someday grow earth trees, there is a need to find a place familiar to the Blue planet animals. While all this is only distant plans, but the laboratory of the Earth used the millions of computers to test theories about how to decontaminate a new soil and air. The systems work is easier to compare and familiar earthly. Therefore, the General scheme and professionals for control stations that took the insurance of food security. System help food producers were once created in order to not have to use the threat of genetic modification or antibiotics for safe keeping. It was introduced with the battle. The opposition raised the whole demonstration, but more and more people fought, demanding harmless to human food. Only under the pressure of reforms started. Not immediately paid program, but their excellence is appreciated still.

– Don't you forget about the solar cells? If electricity will be enough for all of the modules that will make leads up to the mines.

– Still, have to use batteries. Another from the wires technique will fly so that the most skilled detectives will not reveal the cause of death devices.

– Strangled the neighbor's wire, want you to say?

If you look at the earth system the food industry where their portals already offer the user to earn with their help, one can see the main paragraphs. They – the main work of applied analysis. Education of the thousands of textbooks they are classified and transferred to the vector scheme. Their mazes have become the basis of digital circuits’ transitions. A visitor to the site receives a text with pictures where all of his questions arise in minutes. Chapters for small-scale farmers are full of pictures and buttons to search for stores in an area. No problem, they choose the carrier, destination; consider the price for the work.

When a firm appears in the tables they follow a load. If it is in containers on the highway, they have the right to ask the driver to submit photos or the area around to make sure particular employees. Every refrigerated item is sold by the meter, the camera will always show the condition of the products in the warehouse. Advertising portals are the ability to order the work anywhere and at any time of the day. The results are normal, the exceptions are insignificant. The workers themselves attracted payment and the required minimum actions. Do not waste time on quarrels and caprices, people almost do not spoil each other's nerves, because all actions go through the steps where there are no expectations and leaving without a job due to the fact that the boss would also participate in his personal life.

You kicked our stone well.

I also see that its rotation is slowing down.

Someday, our descendants will be to juggle the asteroids as in the circus.

They will be useful to make contact with the God of war on the peace front.

I hope that each poker will hold without the desire for revenge.

Among the military, it happens.

Asteroid attack, provoked by the people, was to strengthen the rotation of Mars. The future planet with the earth's gravity will be the place with the same length of day. The asteroids were carriers of chemicals, without which the colonization of Mars by humans would be unlikely. On the Ground in almost every state were institutions that were involved in the construction of robotic factories using the connections on the Blue planet have not met, but promised great benefits of the virtual miners. It was the catalysts and components for molecular switches, which are used in electronics.

Asteroids increased the mass of Mars, but those that contain water, especially heading to the warmest region of Mars – near the equator. There they gradually melted, releasing CO2 into the atmosphere, thereby compacting it. They have only practiced a soft landing, because their location was among the caves, sheltering plants for decontamination of soil. If Mars were built a faster way to hide the technique from the storms didn't help, new stones covered them. But the plan of its architects, the most important was the choice of location, material quality and upbringing of the new humanity in the work. Because of this, the building was identified as a cult and promised to finish it in two hundred, then eight hundred years.

Work on the study and the towing of asteroids only in the company of Neil and Irene carried out a group numbering a hundred and seventeen people. Only in the asteroid belt worked fifty-two automated probe from Roscosmos, and they rarely trust the plants to the students or Amateurs. Every year in the area of the Asteroid Belt from Earth was sent an automated cargo spacecraft to probes of nuclear warheads and launchers. Within a few years of work on Mars was dropped over 500 asteroids of different sizes. They are not materially changed the conditions on the red planet. But this does not bother scientists. The work had only just begun.

And Mars accumulated physical, chemical and raw potential to become in the future a planet suitable for human life.

Did you check all the controllers supply the data?

– No, but the alarm has not yet filed.

– There's no need to rely on automation, if you're observing a site where not a soul around.

– I try to cherish the time. Now put the machine on the dock and see what's behind.

The probe, led by Neal finally made it to the desired square. By the fence of the ground, he began drilling, in parallel, exploring just taken the test. After 10 minutes was given the first results. Neal had already prepared them to look like the signal's gone.

– Know well about this and always forget! – in the hearts he said aloud. Irina only smiled, continuing to gaze into your monitor. Neal crossed his arms and began to wait the required ten minutes, while the asteroid does not return the probe to the area of the signal. Finally got a signal, it became possible to continue the work.

The studied square was a vast piece of dry ice. Around him was the hard plot, which had to land the module to gain a foothold where the devices are not on the fragile ice, where the blows of the equipment of the machine when you return to fly off into space. Only after the generator will give the signal about the acceleration to the required voltage of electricity, it will be possible to place equipment. Neil finished the job and handed over her night shift. Their managers were experienced, but he knew that in the event of unforeseen difficulties it will Wake the night bell. Home he went, thinking that it is time to go on a diet for the nervous. In the morning woke up thinking that I forgot to turn on the phone and only after convinced that everything is in order, he could afford to say that the most important work of planting is done.

Next week his whole work was devoted to creating ways for off-site analyzers. In weightlessness had to come up with methods of attachment that would hold the equipment when you travel to the right place, but the most difficult was the mounting method where the module was supposed to strike on the ground to extract a core sample. Some of them can be delivered in the automatic laboratory in the Zone. The most interesting were taken to the Ground from there, after all, hardly anyone wanted to do it at their own expense. States all over the world love to protect their borders, the same could be said about the posts, millions of miles from their capitals. Most countries did not like to associate with since there were rumors about the rise of prices of samples for the future industry of Mars. Each country was secretly hoping to put their necks on the valuable specimen of the breed and bring it to their own territory. Because of this policy, they forked at free for owners of the mines delivery. Of course, many countries were willing to deceive the beginner, hiding the true value of the sample. But it was easy with only the rare minerals and the gullible pilots who were ready to accept the incoming offer to buy their mines.

More experienced to know that if you come too quickly the buyers, know that your mine is worth at least a hundred times more than they offer.

– Have you worked, when he opened the lunar ice?

That you, it was in 2013-2014, almost immediately after the discovery of the Martian. Then it was almost forgotten. The boom in development began only after the first programmers decided to make the game for mobile, as usual, and give online players the opportunity for money to steer a real Rover.

– The players were not any and then the game is not free – with a true connoisseur noticed Neal.

Of course, but who but a millionaire could afford to send from the Land the vehicle, weighing at least thirty pounds?

– Programmers are clever. Now you can play for free… no, to work on a miner, fingering his samples. They came up with around this much bonuses and clans for the company that some are even willing to spend some little thing that goes in the pocket of the creators of the tools.

The experience was a rewarding pastime in every sense of the word, Irina was not accustomed to condemning Golden for stores requisitions from students. There are traditionally bad followed so that children are not spending too much. The Terrans watched that inequalities in childhood, not forced the offended to go to work in the security services and the police, then to brutally oppress their former oppressors, children of wealthy parents, inheriting a family business.

Doctors cure to save a person's life. We will save civilization itself, to ensure that through the centuries he had two planets for habitation, – has reminded Neil.

– I hope to before this time it will be in time not to destroy their home.

Went quieter operation. It was important to find a place where the rock was solid, but not so much that it was impossible to drill the tabs. Radar probing of the terrain pointed out that under the small top layer is ice with a size from 10 to 17 meters, a length of 2 km and a width of 800 meters to 1 km. after Receiving these data, Neal introduced them in a common data table on the asteroid and got a total result. Asteroid 77% consisted of frozen water. Of course, on Earth, would it not considered to be so valuable, because it was full of impurities that it remains for us to break down chemists. But that was enough to classify the find in the group «Atmosphere». This stone was suitable for sending to Mars, if it is low radiation. And need researchers, because the work of cleaning the water of impurities begin many years before his arrival on the planet. There was hope that despite the long stay in space most of the radiation struck the upper soil layer, rather than internal, the most valuable part.