The command center immediately ordered the temporary base to identify the heavy water reserves as soon as possible.
After Ye Han drew the general scope of the heavy water area, he conducted a more detailed sampling survey, and the sampling distance was directly reduced from one kilometer to one hundred meters.
Surveying thirty square kilometers requires a lot of work. Another week passed, and the situation in the entire heavy water area gradually became clearer. Ye Han added sampling points in the area with the highest heavy water content.
Because the sampling area was reduced, the sampling distance was finally reduced to ten meters.
I personally marked the survey results on the map. After the last mark was completed, the heavy water area on the map turned into an oval, with the highest content located west of the center of the oval. The record heavy water content also increased linearly from 95% to 172%.
, almost doubled!
The expert team believes that the cause of this phenomenon is probably that an asteroid rich in heavy water crashed into the glacial lake.
As for how much heavy water is stored in the entire heavy water area, Ye Han doesn't care at all and has no ability to calculate.
Experts from the space center do have the answer, but the heavy water area has been a state secret from the beginning. Even if you don't know, you dare to ask, and if you know, no one dares to tell.
After the investigation, the heavy water incident was shelved by Beidu as if it had never happened. The entire lake area was divided into various areas. The heavy water area was divided into a no-mining area, and no one was allowed to collect ice. All areas with a lot of impurities were classified as
The shallow water area is not suitable for mining ice minerals; the rest of the area is all classified as deep water area, but it is also divided into two types: mineable and non-minable, it is said that there is some plan on the ground.
All in all, Ye Han can only harvest ice in a few designated areas in the future, rather than letting the entire lake area roam freely.
Half a month after the second team arrived on the moon, the third team successfully arrived on the moon and built another base one kilometer away from the second team. Ye Han's burden became heavier again.
After that, the ground launched a series of spacecrafts at intervals of fifteen to twenty days. Two months later, there were four temporary bases in the crater, fifty astronauts, and four construction sites. Thousands of lunar rocks were excavated every day.
tons, and the communication with the command center is 24 hours a day. Not only can you contact the ground anytime and anywhere, but you can also browse the Internet and read news.
Due to the convenience of communication, astronauts still have a good understanding of the situation on the earth even when they are far away on the moon.
At this time, the northern hemisphere has entered midsummer, but the environment in the crater has remained unchanged for hundreds of millions of years. Ye Han has long forgotten about the seasonal changes. It was not until he saw his wife changing into a thin summer dress while making a video with Bai Xiaoting that Ye Han suddenly realized
What time is it now? I can’t help but lament that I have long forgotten what the seasons are.
Only when talking to Bai Xiaoting on the phone did Ye Han feel that he was still a living person.
It's not that he has any world-weary thoughts, but there are too few people in the temporary base. Everyone has been together for a long time, and they have said what they can say over and over again. Ye Han has already memorized the eight generations of everyone's ancestors by heart, and they know each other by heart.
There was a tacit understanding between them, as if they were one person, and there was really nothing to say.
In fact, he didn't have much to say to Bai Xiaoting, but even just looking at Bai Xiaoting's appearance, Ye Han's heart was filled with happiness.
The two of them are separated by heaven and earth, so they can only use this method to relieve the pain of missing each other.
Everything went according to plan until Gao Kai called all the team leaders together: "I just received a notification from the command center that the American manned spacecraft has been launched and will reach the moon in a few days."
Gao Kai is now the top person in charge on the moon, in charge of all affairs of the four temporary bases.
The team leaders gathered here are the specific people in charge of each base. Temporary base No. 2 and No. 3 only have engineering team and logistics team, and base No. 1 and No. 4 also have a water supply and oxygen production team. There are ten team leaders in total.
It was these ten team leaders and dozens of astronauts who supported the construction project of the lunar base.
Gao Kai looked around everyone with bright eyes: "Everyone knows the situation over there. The equipment is basically in place, but the dispatchers haven't arrived yet. As the old saying goes, we must be on guard against others. What the command center means is, let us be more careful.
, be more careful with Americans."
In recent months, international bases led by the United States have been preparing equipment, and a spacecraft has arrived on the moon every three to five.
There is no atmospheric refraction here, so you can clearly see the takeoff and landing of the spacecraft with just an ordinary telescope.
Although the lunar base is a primitive one and does not have the ability to travel long distances, the temporary base and the ground command center have been paying attention to the international base through satellites and are well aware of the preparations for the international base.
The Americans are not stupid either. They have also prepared several lunar satellites and have been monitoring the situation of the temporary base. The current situation is that neither side has any secrets, at least on the surface.
Gao Kai added: "According to the instructions of the command center, all members of the military team are notified to prepare for the handover. The military team will immediately enter a standby state to prepare for the uncertain factors caused by the international base."
"How to solve the personnel gap?" Hu Liang asked the thoughts of the team leaders.
"Kongtian-5, which is about to arrive on the moon, will no longer build a new base. The astronauts aboard Space-5 will supplement the vacancies left by the military team and enrich the strength of the four existing teams... Ye Han!"
"arrive!"
"The work of the third group will be handed over to Duan Zhiyang immediately, but before arriving on the 5th, the military group cannot move for the time being. You must take up the burden first."
Ye Han frowned: "I obey the organizational arrangements, but the military team is so poor, how can I start working?"
Gao Kai immediately said: "The command center has instructed that you will be responsible for the monitoring of the international base from now on. In addition, the ground has agreed to allocate part of its resources to print weapons and equipment. The ground has prepared digital models for printing. Please contact the command center yourself later.
one time."
"Okay!" Ye Han nodded, his heart burning.
After working as a miner for more than two months, he had almost forgotten what it was like to fight.
"After the equipment is in place, don't expose it. There is currently no threat to the international base on the ground. We must focus on the construction of the base. We must have military power. At the same time, we must also downplay the military presence to avoid turning the construction of a lunar base into a
In the lunar arms race, when will the Yankees dare to blow up their hair and stretch out their claws, give them a taste of their strength... In my personal opinion, Ye Han will be in charge of the military team alone for the time being, and the others will be prepared, but there is no need to go out of work."
Several team leaders nodded together, agreeing with Gao Kai's plan, and even Ye Han voted in favor: "I basically agree with Captain Gao's suggestion. My opinion is that people don't need to be concentrated, but weapons and equipment must be in place in advance."
Gao Kai sighed: "Only your equipment has been approved by the ground. The others should wait a little longer."
