Chapter 29 Chapter 23 Hell

Before Jupiter exploded, Jupiter's moon Io was the closest planet to Purgatory in the solar system after Venus.Now, the surface temperature of the magic star has increased several hundred degrees, even Venus can't compare with it. Sulfur volcanoes and geysers have increased activity so much that the surface of the tormented moon changes every few years rather than the decades it used to take.Planetary scientists have given up making maps of it and instead take orbital photographs every two or three days, from which they have systematically documented considerable periods of infernal activity.

The London and Lloyd Merchant Marine Association placed a high insurance premium on this mission, but it is not really necessary, because when a spacecraft flies by Io within 10,000 kilometers, and passes through it, it is relatively stationary. There is no real danger when using the backlit side of the screen. As he watched the approaching yellow-orange sphere (the most dazzling object in the solar system), Lieutenant Chris Jr. couldn't help remembering what his grandfather had experienced half a century ago.The Rionov used to meet with the abandoned Discovery here, and Dr. Jian Zhuo made the Haier computer work again here.Then these two spaceships fly to the Tigu magnetic plate at the Lagrangian inner point L1 between Io and Jupiter, to carry out the detection work.

Today, the magnetic plate is gone, and so is Jupiter.Jupiter, a huge planet, formed a big sun (magic star) rising like a phoenix due to its internal rupture. This small sun and Jupiter’s original satellite formed another solar system, but only Gnemedes and Europa have it. Similar to the temperature of the earth.No one knows how long this situation will last. It is generally estimated that the lifespan of the magic star ranges from one thousand to one million years. The Yinhe team of scientists is eagerly eyeing L1, but it is too dangerous to approach right now.There has always been a river of electrical energy (Io "flow channel") between Jupiter and its inner moons, and the birth of the magic star has increased its intensity hundreds of times, and sometimes it can even be seen with the naked eye because An energy river that emits yellow light with the unique light of inner ions.Some of the engineers on Gurneymede had discussed pumping the spacecraft through another window by generating a huge amount of electricity, but no one could come up with a plausible way of doing it.

The first probe was cast at the vulgar suggestion of a team member, and two hours later the probe began swooping through the festering moon like a hypodermic needle.It continued to function for about five seconds (ten times longer than its designed lifespan) before the Io destroyed it, reporting back thousands of chemical, physical, and fluidic measurements. The scientists were fascinated, but van den Berg was only slightly elated. He had expected the probe to work; Io was a fairly easy target.But if he's right about Europa, the second probe must have failed. But that doesn't prove anything either, there could be many reasons for it to fail, and if it fails, there's no choice but to land.

That is of course absolutely forbidden, not just by human law.