This building complex is unusually large.
The first thing Su Zhe and his party saw were three oversized funnels.
All the uranium ore that was transported was poured into these three oversized funnels.
After Zhou Dashi's introduction, I learned that this oversized funnel was part of the crusher.
After these uranium ores are crushed by a crusher, the largest uranium ore is about the size of a fist.
The uranium ore is then transported by a conveyor belt to a mill, where it is ground into powder.
Then different substances in the uranium ore will be separated, such as uranium compounds, iron compounds, silicon compounds, etc.
The refined uranium compounds are stored separately and later made into fuel rods for nuclear power plants.
Like other compounds, they will continue to be refined and eventually become the building materials needed to build the SS-defense system subsystem base.
Such as steel, special cement, glass, etc.
Even the unused residue was turned into bricks.
Su Zhe and others entered the factory and visited it all the way, finally stopping in front of a pile of freshly baked steel.
These steels are still glowing red.
Xu Zhengping looked at the scene in front of him and sighed: "Why do I feel that the degree of automation of the factories here is much higher than that of the factories in the Tamu Gobi."
After looking around, he finally discovered it.
The degree of automation in this factory is extremely high.
Throughout his visit, you saw a few people wearing armored space suits like them, and not many remotely controlled humanoid robots.
Even these people are inspecting the site rather than participating in actual production.
You know, this factory is so huge.
Starting from uranium ore, which is the raw material mined, through a series of steps, we finally have semi-finished uranium raw materials, various steel materials for construction, special cement, etc.
According to Zhang Gaoming, some equipment could actually be added to make the refined uranium fuel directly into fuel rods for nuclear power plants, but considering safety and the purpose of the factory, it was abandoned.
"Principal! This factory is an upgraded version of our factories in the Tamu Desert. The degree of automation is much higher, but it has not yet achieved 100% automation. Many key locations use remote monitoring and control by personnel. Operation." Su Zhe explained.
The processing plant in front of us was able to be built thanks to the technology accumulation of those factories in Tamu Gobi.
You know, the factories in the Tamu Desert cover the entire industrial system.
It was through the technological integration of related factories in Tamu Gobi that the building materials processing plant and uranium ore refining site emerged.
"That's it! I understand." Xu Zhengping said.
After a group of people visited the building materials processing factory, except Zhou Dashi, Su Zhe and others flew to another SS-defense system subsystem base.
A total of ten SS-defense system subsystem bases need to be built on the back of the moon. Generally speaking, they are almost the same.
The reason why I wanted to look was because I was looking at the ice near the base of the SS-defense system subsystem.
When Su Zhe and the others flew to the next SS-defense system subsystem base, the front of the moon was bustling with activity.
After the morning ceremony, everyone started free activities in the afternoon.
These include people wearing armored space suits and those remotely controlled bionic robots.
Free activities, to put it bluntly, give everyone a half-day holiday.
These people are flying around in groups on the near side of the moon.
For these people, they are most concerned about the probes and landers that visit the far side of the moon.
These people took photos and group photos of these detectors and landers.
In the eyes of these people, not taking photos with these detectors and landers is equivalent to going to Yanjing and not climbing the Great Wall.
If it's just a simple visit and a photo taken, that's fine.
But these people posted all the scary photos and group photos on
on social platforms.
The result is that everyone who eats melons is envious.
There are many people on the domestic Internet clamoring to go to the moon.
Teachers and students at Lingzhou University of Technology, Shanngling University, and HKUST are very calm.
The students who have been admitted to three universities are very excited and are ready to apply to go to the moon after reporting on September 1st.
As for the teachers and senior students at these three universities, few have taken a break during the summer vacation.
Most people are preparing for full-scale development of the moon and landing on Mars.
As for teachers and students from other universities, if they want to go to the moon in a short period of time, it is difficult to achieve it except by participating in the comprehensive development plan of the moon.
The far side of the moon.
Su Zhe and his group arrived directly above a deep pit with one large and four small pits.
At a glance, you can tell that this is the SS-defense system subsystem base and the construction land for four nuclear power plants.
As seen before, numerous remotely controlled humanoid robots and construction machinery are busy laying the foundation.
Su Zhe and his party did not stop too much, but flew to the location of the ice layer 80 kilometers away.
"It's a coincidence that the location we chose to build the SS-defense system subsystem base here is also a huge crater. This crater is fifteen kilometers in diameter and three hundred meters deep. We only dug at the bottom of the crater. The ice layer was discovered after walking fifty meters," Zhang Gaoming said.
I don’t know if it’s just luck.
The site where the ice layer was discovered is the first of the ten SS-defense system subsystem base sites to be started.
According to the plan, the base will be dug to a depth of 500 meters underground.
But they only dug fifty meters when they discovered the ice beneath the ground.
"This is luck." Fan Xiaoming said, "There are ten sites in total. One of them allowed you to dig out uranium ore, and one discovered ice. If you weren't so lucky, there are extremely rich resources under the moon. .”
In his opinion, such luck was too much.
You know, the area on the back of the moon is quite large.
But even so, out of ten selected sites, two will lead to significant discoveries.
The importance of uranium mines goes without saying.
The ice layer is more important in a sense.
Several people came to the sky above the crater. From a height, the bottom of the crater seemed to be covered with a black cloth.
"The cover at the bottom of the pit that you see is actually a huge awning. Its purpose is to prevent the exposed ice from direct sunlight." Zhang Gaoming explained.
"Understood!" Fan Xiaoming said, "The discovery of so many ice layers shows that the moon is really not short of water resources. To be honest, discovering so much water resources so early will be of great help to us in developing the moon and the solar system. , at least we don’t have to transport water from the earth.”
"Indeed! With these water resources, the industrial cities to be built on the moon will be self-sufficient and can be exported to the outside world," Xu Zhengping said.
"I'm laughing. If we mine the water on the moon and make it into lunar mineral water, we might be able to sell it on the earth and earn us a lot of money," Fan Xiaoming said.
"It's a good idea, but it's not necessary. At this stage, what we lack is not money, but time, talent and resources." Zhang Gaoming said.
"I think so too." Xu Zheng commented, "To be honest, money is really just a series of numbers to us. There is no need to work hard to make money."
Strictly speaking, since the collision of the two asteroids, money has become just a string of numbers to them.
The amount of money represents the amount of social resources that can be mobilized.
Whether it’s people, things, or anything else.
With the current achievements and status of Lingzhou University of Science and Technology, money is really just a bunch of numbers.
"Yes! Yes!" Zhang Gaoming said affirmatively, "As for Lingzhou University of Technology, you can make a lot of money with just a little bit of technology. You need technology, people, and resources.
We have resources, we need energy, we really don’t need you to make money by selling mineral water. "
Su Zhe said seriously: "In my opinion, things outside the Earth should not be transported to the Earth on a large scale, especially if they are not for scientific research."
"No! Don't be so serious! I just said it casually." Fan Xiaoming said, "Director Zhang! Tell us about the big ice layer!"
"Okay!" Zhang Gaoming said, "It has been proven that with this crater as the center, the underground ice covers an area of several kilometers. The thickest ice is three kilometers, and the thinnest is one kilometer."
"With such a large underground ice layer, will it be an underground lake when the moon rises early?" Fan Xiaoming said doubtfully.
"It's hard to say, but it could be a lake on the ground." Xu Zhengping said, "After that, the lunar environment changed. The temperature of the entire moon dropped sharply, and all the water was frozen. After a long time, it finally became like this .”
"How these ice layers formed remains to be studied in the future," Su Zhe said. "What I'm concerned about now is that since there are such ice layers under the moon, will there be any interesting discoveries in the ice layers, such as life? "
Water is the source of life!
Although he didn't completely agree with this statement, it wasn't completely wrong either.
At least that's true for life on Earth.
Although there is a lot of marine life found on Europa, he also hopes to find life on Europa and places other than Earth.
It is a pity that from the moon landing to the present, there is still no life found on the moon.
"Yes! Since there is such a large ice layer on the moon, then there is a large amount of water on the moon before the surface of the water. If there is water, there is a high possibility that life can exist." Fan Xiaoming said, "Even if there is no life now, but There may have been life in the past, but there may not necessarily be life specimens frozen in the ice.”
"It's very possible." Xu Zhengping said, "Europa is so far away from the earth, and its subglacial ocean has a complete ecosystem. The most important thing is that the types of marine life on it are extremely similar to the types of marine life on Earth. Similar, there must be an inevitable connection between these types.”
For Europa.
According to relevant regulations, no one can go to Europa except for necessary scientific research projects.
"To be honest, I also hope to make interesting discoveries in the ice." Zhang Gaoming said, "Unfortunately, we have not found any traces of life so far."
Under the leadership of Zhang Gaoming, several people began to lower their altitude.
The group of people came directly under the huge awning.
This awning is fifty meters long, and its area is as large as ten football fields.
The most peculiar thing is that there are countless huge ice cubes placed under the huge awning.
A large number of humanoid robots and construction machinery are shuttled between these huge ice blocks.
"At this stage, we are collecting some ice blocks to prepare for the full development of the moon." Zhang Gaoming led a few people to walk among the huge ice blocks. "By the way! We have built a simple laboratory here. Its purpose Just to study this ice layer, one of them is to find traces of life in this ice layer."
"Lao Zhang! I said you are a little unkind! You always hide some new discoveries. If we hadn't come up with a sudden idea to visit the back of the moon, you wouldn't have told us." Xu Zhengping Said, "To be honest, what you are doing is so unethical."
You know, whether it is a technological breakthrough or a new discovery at Lingzhou University of Technology, they will report it as soon as possible.
I don’t expect institutions like the Lingzhou Institute of Optoelectronics to hide whatever discoveries they make.
"Old Xu! How could I hide this from you? This is not because you are busy. Besides, we have only discovered uranium ore and ice layers here, which is not a major discovery. If traces of life are found, we will I will notify you immediately." Zhang Gaoming said.
In his opinion, the discovery of uranium ore and underground ice is really not a major discovery.
As far as he knew, during the geological survey on the front of the moon, underground ice layers and uranium deposits were also discovered, but their size was
The model is just small.
Just like those exploration teams discovered a high-quality iron ore with huge reserves on the front of the moon, a gold mine with reserves of 10,000 tons, and many, many other mineral veins.
Compared with these, there is no need to make a fuss about their discovery of uranium deposits and underground ice.
"Really? I don't think so." Xu Zhengping didn't believe it. "To be honest, Lao Zhang, you don't want to hear it. Compared with scientific research capabilities, there is no one at home or abroad that can compare with our Lingzhou University of Science and Technology. Just like here We are the most professional in finding traces of life in the ice."
He wasn't bragging, he was telling the truth.
Even though Lingzhou University of Science and Technology has only been established for one year, its scientific research capabilities have far exceeded those of domestic and foreign universities and research institutions.
It is no exaggeration to say that if they dare to say second, no one dares to say first.
"Director Zhang! You have several researchers here. Are the experimental equipment and related instruments complete? If not, we can help. Someone at the moon base has the equipment." Fan Xiaoming reminded.
"This..." Zhang Gaoming hesitated for a while, "We need the help of three professionals. It is best to bring professional equipment, such as the handheld imaging scanner recently developed by your Jiutian Research Center. I wonder if you have brought it. Come to the moon."
He had to be convinced by the strength of Lingzhou University of Technology and Jiutian Research Center.
Its strength indeed exceeds that of universities and research institutions at home and abroad.
Take the handheld imaging scanner newly developed by Jiutian Research Center as an example. It is so powerful that it is not necessary.
The total weight is only about fifty kilograms.
The scanning distance for gases is one kilometer, the scanning distance for liquids is one hundred meters, and the scanning distance for solids is ten meters.
Within the scope of effective scanning, the presence of viruses can be detected.
