The astronauts wake up from sleep one after another.
"Liu Hanwen, how did you sleep?"
Kong Zhifei looked at Liu Hanwen who was flexing his body and asked with a smile.
"It's okay~ It doesn't seem to be any different from Earth."
Liu Hanwen smiled and said.
"I didn't sleep well all night. I was very excited. Especially when I thought about being on the moon, I couldn't sleep at all."
Kong Zhifei shook his head helplessly.
"Haha, me too~"
At this time, Fang Bo also came over, opened the window, and suddenly saw the blue planet in the void.
"It's time to have breakfast~"
Captain Li Haiyang's voice sounded from the loudspeaker in the room.
There is no air on the moon, so the propagation of sound is a problem.
When astronauts go out for a walk, whether they are wearing spacesuits or driving lunar rover, etc., there is a communication system on them, but it doesn't matter.
In the lunar base, each room in the lunar base has a separate system, which is an independently operated system. In order to facilitate communication and communication, each room is equipped with a dialogue system.
Another room belongs to the female astronauts. The four female astronauts are very virtuous at this time heating the meals. Of course, these meals have been prepared in advance and just need to be heated in the microwave.
Unlike half a century ago when Americans landed on the moon, they were shabby. At that time, the food astronauts ate did not consider the taste at all. They were all high-energy things, made into toothpaste, and squeezed out when eating.
The taste is very bad, but eating a little bit is enough to meet your energy needs.
Li Haiyang and the others are naturally completely different, with eighteen flavors and various dishes. Even this time, they brought a lot of vegetable seeds.
In the future, a vegetable base will be built on the lunar base so that astronauts, scientists, etc. who live and work on the moon can eat fresh vegetables.
"Eat~eat~"
Shen Yue is a female astronaut. She greets everyone to eat with a smile. After eating, they still have many tasks to do.
The construction of the lunar base, the exploration of surrounding resources, and the collection of lunar soil and rock samples, etc. are all very busy.
At 10 o'clock, the two spacecrafts have to return to the earth, so the actual remaining working time is only 3 hours, and the time is relatively tight.
Of course, not everyone will go back this time. Eight astronauts will stay on the moon to continue building a lunar base and explore the surrounding resources.
After a quick breakfast, the eighteen people clearly divided their duties and began to get busy.
Some people continue to build lunar bases, some explore the surrounding resources, and some collect lunar soil, rock samples, etc.
Li Haiyang, Liu Hanwen, Kong Zhifei, and Fang Bo were members of the resource exploration team, and each drove a lunar rover in four directions.
The moon is desolate and lonely, with craters everywhere. The surface of the moon is covered with all kinds of rocks, large and small.
The lunar rover driven by Liu Hanwen walked very slowly on the desolate land.
The engineering vehicle carries a variety of high-tech detection equipment. Just by walking on the surface of the moon, you can roughly know what minerals are nearby.
"Didi! Didi!"
The detection equipment on the lunar project is running all the time. When it works, all data and information are synchronously transmitted to the control and command center on the earth. At the same time, Liu Hanwen is chatting with other teammates here on the desolate lunar surface.
If there is no chatting and everything is silent, the whole person will feel panicked.
"Tsk tsk, the resources on the moon are really too rich. I discovered a giant ilmenite here. The preliminary detected reserves are as high as 5 billion tons, which is comparable to the giant iron ore in Panzhihua, our capital in China. This is just
Preliminary detection results, and according to detection data, show that this iron mine is still open-pit and has a very high iron content."
Fang Bo's voice came from the communication headset.
"Titanium and iron are the most widely distributed on the moon. There are 22 major maria distributed on the moon's surface, of which 19 are distributed on the front side of the moon (the side facing the Earth)."
"There is a large amount of mare basalt in these lunar maria. The lunar basalt is rich in iron and titanium. The volume of basalt filled in the lunar sea is about 1010 cubic kilometers in 22 months. The lunar basalt is rich in titanium, iron, etc.
resource."
"The area chosen for our lunar base itself has been surveyed by scientists in advance using resource exploration satellites. It is surrounded by rich mineral resources. The discovery of an iron ore is nothing at all."
At this time, captain Li Haiyang also spoke. It was obvious that he had obtained relevant information in advance and was very clear about it.
"Haha, a major discovery. I discovered the Kirklip Rock here."
At this time, another excited voice came from my ears. This was Kong Zhifei's voice.
The Kripite he mentioned is the name of a type of rock that is widely distributed on the moon. It is one of the three major rock types in the lunar highlands and is named after it because it is rich in potassium, rare earth elements and phosphorus.
Klip rocks rich in thorium and uranium elements are covered by late-stage mare basalts. Krip rocks mix and form high-thorium and uranium materials. Its thickness is estimated to be 10 kilometers to 20 kilometers.
The total resources of rare earth elements in the Klip Rocks in the Procellarum region are about 22.5 billion tons to 45 billion tons. The rich thorium and uranium contained in the Klip Rocks are also one of the important mineral resources for human development and utilization of lunar resources in the future.
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"How can you discover rare earths so quickly? But this is nothing. The distribution of rare earths on the moon is still very wide. The Oceanus Procellarum area is one of the areas with the largest amount of Kripite. Discovering rare earths is nothing.
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"Let's see who can discover rarer resources first."
At this time, Fang Bo's voice also sounded, and everyone happily played the treasure hunt game with each other.
"Helium 3 is everywhere, and the distribution of helium 3 in the moon's soil is too abundant."
Liu Hanwen looked at the data that kept appearing in the computer. The detectors on the engineering vehicle would automatically display what resources there were in the places where the lunar engineering vehicle passed.
Helium 3, the lunar soil is rich in helium 3, while there is almost no helium 3 on the earth. The content of helium 3 in the lunar soil is estimated to be 715,000 tons.
Helium fusion using deuterium and helium 3 can be used as an energy source for nuclear power plants. This fusion does not produce neutrons, is safe and pollution-free, and is an easy-to-control nuclear fusion. It can not only be used in ground nuclear power plants, but is also particularly suitable for space navigation.
Because the moon has a large amount of helium 3, it will undoubtedly be a timely help for the earth, which will be short of energy in the future. However, based on the current technological level of the earth, it has not yet mastered controllable nuclear fusion technology. For the time being, the amount of helium 3 contained on the moon
The most abundant resource of helium 3 is of no use at all.
However, the resource helium 3 is still very important. Once humans master the controllable nuclear fusion technology in the future, they will need a large amount of helium 3. However, this resource is not available on the earth, and the moon is rich in helium 3.
Resources have naturally become the focus of competition among the world's major powers.
But now, in the entire moon, only China has established a lunar base on it. It can be said that it has taken all the advantages. The moon is so big, you can occupy that area if you want, and occupy wherever the resources are rich. Anyway, there is no one now.
Fight with yourself.
"Haha, I found a large copper mine here with reserves of hundreds of millions of tons."
Another voice sounded in my ears. It was Kong Zhifei's voice. The resources on the moon are so abundant. Many times, there are not only one or two resources in a place, but many resources are dense and concentrated together.
The resources on the moon are so abundant, and the Oceanus Procellarum area selected by the scientists has been previously surveyed by resource exploration satellites, so it is definitely a very fertile area.
Liu Hanwen looked at the data in the computer and could detect good minerals everywhere, including iron ore, copper ore, titanium ore, rare earth ore...
Various mineral deposits are very abundant, the reserves are amazing, and they are easy to mine. Many of them are open-pit mines, and they are all very valuable for mining.
"After searching for a long time, have you found any gold, silver or anything?"
Liu Hanwen looked at the data in the computer and thought carefully that something seemed to be missing.
The most exciting thing is of course gold, because it is extremely valuable and is sold by the gram. If you can find a gold mine, you will definitely make a fortune.
"Gold and silver are both precious metals. They are extremely rare even on the earth. In the early days, we used resource exploration satellites to explore the entire moon's surface, but we did not find the existence of these two things."
Li Haiyang's voice came to mind in the headphones. Although the moon is extremely rich in resources, gold and silver have never been found.
"It shouldn't be. Even if the moon itself has no gold, and it has been hit by countless meteorites over hundreds of millions of years, there is no gold in the meteorites?"
Liu Hanwen expressed his doubts. Gold is a good thing. If a gold mine is found with large reserves, the country will pay it. The mining of gold mines alone will be enough to greatly promote the development of the lunar mining industry.
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"What you said makes sense. There must be some, but there shouldn't be many, and they don't have much value~"
Li Haiyang thought for a while and nodded in agreement. Gold is rare on earth, but not necessarily in space. It's hard to say.
While chatting with his teammates, Liu Hanwen drove the moon to continuously explore the lunar surface. From time to time, he would find a place to drill holes to collect some underground rocks and soil samples, or drill into pieces of some large rocks to look inside the rocks.
Are there any gems or something like that?
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