Inside the lunar simulation base of the China Space Research Institute, the staff are busy.
Inside the simulation base, there is a small experimental base. The entire experimental base is like a slightly larger manned spacecraft.
In fact, this experimental base is just a larger manned spacecraft. But this spacecraft has some special characteristics.
This spacecraft can land on the surface of the moon. Not only that, the entire spacecraft is also an experimental base.
This spacecraft can carry two astronauts, and their residence is a small house of less than fifteen cubic meters. However, it is completely enough for two people to live in.
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that there is a complete ecosystem inside this base. Inside this experimental base, there is a thirty cubic meter experimental cabin.
The entire experimental cabin uses the most advanced technology and is equipped with light-guiding optical fibers, making the entire experimental cabin look like the outside.
This experimental cabin is a planting base, and the entire planting base is also a complete ecosystem. Rice and vegetables will be grown in it.
The rice grown is the latest developed rice variety. The biggest advantage of this variety is that the maturity cycle is very short.
Especially under the irradiation of light-guiding optical fibers, it receives 24-hour irradiation. It only takes sixty days for the rice to mature.
In the experimental cabin, there is the most sophisticated processing system. This system can accurately collect every grain of rice in the space environment, and it will also collect straw and other things.
Not only that, the collected rice will be processed through a processing system into rice cereal that can be eaten in space.
The straw is specially treated and turned into nutritious soil that can be used to grow rice.
Recycling, part of the harvested rice is used as seeds for further planting, and part is made into food for astronauts.
The straw and astronaut feces will be processed and turned into nutrient soil for planting. This forms a complete cycle.
At the same time, water recycling has reached 100%. The water in the astronauts’ urine and feces will be processed and reused.
In other words, within the entire base, two astronauts can rely on this small experimental cabin to be self-sufficient in life.
Water, vegetables, and food can meet daily needs without external transportation. This is the real purpose of this experimental cabin.
Once this experiment is completed, it is very important for mankind. Because if this experiment is completed, then mankind's goal of building a permanent base on the moon can be achieved.
This is the highest technology of China's aerospace industry, and China has been working hard for this technology for many years.
Inside the simulation base, harvesting is underway. Two astronauts also spent two months living inside the simulation base.
Except for gravity, life on the moon is completely simulated. It does not leave the warehouse and does not rely on external supplies. Everything inside is simulated on the moon.
Today is the harvest of rice. Vegetable harvesting has been carried out many times. The experiments have reached perfection. The grown vegetables are harvested and processed into vegetable paste.
This vegetable paste is put directly into a special container. When the astronauts eat it, they have to squeeze it out like toothpaste.
Vegetables are already self-sufficient. Now we only need to see whether rice can be self-sufficient. A single harvest of rice must be able to produce enough food for two people for two months.
The intelligent harvesting system starts harvesting, and the harvesting is completed in a closed environment. The intelligent harvesting system can only remove the rice ears.
The ears of rice are directly turned into rice through a special system, and the outer skin is also collected. This system is very powerful, and it can ensure that not a single grain of rice is wasted.
After the rice is harvested, a part of the good rice is left as seeds. The rest is processed and stored in a blur.
"How many?"
The chief engineer asked quickly as he watched the assistant come out.
"78 days' worth..."
The assistant's words made everyone cheer. The rice cereal produced was enough for 78 days. In other words, the food grown in two months can feed two astronauts for 78 days, which is an extra ten days.
Eight days' worth.
If there are an extra eighteen days on the ground, then there is a high probability of success when we reach the moon, because there is so much margin.
The simulation experiment has been successful, and the next step can be to directly conduct the lunar experiment. China has long been prepared for the moon landing.
Especially in recent years, spacecraft have been continuously launched, including the construction of the International Space Station, all in preparation for the moon landing.
If you want to play big, play big. China's moon landing is not just about taking two steps on the moon. China is also preparing to permanently leave a base on the moon to allow two astronauts to survive on the moon for a long time.
Being on the moon for a long time will be more convenient for various lunar experiments. At the same time, the base is also equipped with an unmanned lunar rover. The lunar rover can collect samples at the lunar base, and can also conduct exploration and mapping of the moon, etc.
At the same time, this base also has a feature, that is, it can be docked with other cabins. Just like the docking port of the International Space Station, when you launch a base next time, you can dock with this base to form an overall space.
At the same time, it can also be docked and returned to the spacecraft. Astronauts can return to the International Space Station or the Earth through the return spacecraft.
Regarding the space program, China has its own plans and its own ambitions. China's ambition is not to build an international space station, but to build a lunar base.
This experimental base uses the latest materials and is designed to have a service life of fifty years.
At the same time, the warehouses can be docked one after another, so that China can launch such experimental bases one after another.
Multiple bases connected in series will form a lunar base. Like a honeycomb, it is getting bigger and bigger, and its functions are getting more and more complete.
When the news came back that the experiment was a perfect success, the China Aviation Department was very excited. Not only China was excited, but Longteng Group, Luyin Group, and Zhang Group were also excited.
Zhang Fan also received the news immediately. In this base, a lot of Zhang Group's technologies were used.
Needless to say, the light-guiding optical fiber is also involved in the control and recycling system. The Zhang Group is also involved in the special materials.
Although there are not many participants, this also represents the technology of Zhang Group.
Now that the experiment is completed, it means that the launch of the lunar base is about to begin. The entire experimental cabin has already been built, and everyone is waiting for the results of the experiment.
Now that the result is a perfect success, the next step is to launch. To explore the moon, compared to the earth, there are many resources on the moon that are not found on the earth. Whoever explores and develops first will have an advantage. Not to mention this base
, is also part of China’s space war. This trick consumes the funds of the United States and Europe. Now China has the strength to play with them.