When Zhang Gaoming said this, he looked at Su Zhe, Fan Xiaoming and Xu Zhengping.
For this newly developed handheld imaging scanner, he asked for some when it was first developed.
But the reality is that handheld imaging scanners have not yet been mass-produced, and some of them have been distributed by relevant units very early.
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After all, they're not the only ones eyeing handheld imaging scanners.
In his opinion, it would be much easier for them to study the ice if they had a handheld imaging scanner.
Like now, you need to put slices of ice under a microscope.
Although there is no need for people to do it manually now, it is all automated, but slicing the ice layer always takes time.
Besides, the range of what a microscope can look at each time is also limited.
As a result, the progress of research can never be improved.
"Lao Zhang! You should have said it earlier." Xu Zhengping said, "I immediately transferred three professionals from the lunar base and asked them to bring two handheld imaging scanners. By the way! I gave the numbers of the three professionals Here you go, you send three humanoid robots to pick them up at the designated location.”
It’s not that he looks down on researchers like Zhang Gaoming.
In his opinion, these people are far inferior to Lingzhou University of Technology in terms of research.
If we had looked for them earlier, we might have discovered it long ago.
He still couldn't believe that there would be no special existence in such a large area of underground ice.
"Okay! I'll make arrangements right away!" Zhang Gaoming said.
While Xu Zhengping and Zhang Gaoming were making arrangements, Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming stopped and looked at the huge ice blocks on both sides of the passage.
"I saw something special about these ice cubes! They felt so hard to me," Fan Xiaoming said.
"Whether it's hard or not, the temperature we are in now is minus ninety degrees." Su Zhe reminded, "But judging from the light transmittance of the ice cubes, the purity of these ice cubes is very high."
"Yes! Yes! It's the light transmittance. These ice cubes look like crystals." Fan Xiaoming said, tapping the ice cubes with his fist gently.
The result was only a small mark on the ice.
"The ice at this temperature is indeed hard enough." Su Zhe said, "The more I look at this ice, the more I feel that there was life on the moon in the past."
"Yes! I feel the same way." Fan Xiaoming said affirmatively.
He felt the same way.
While the two were studying these huge ice cubes, Xu Zhengping and Zhang Gaoming completed their respective arrangements.
"What, do you think there has been life on the moon?" Xu Zhengping came over and asked.
Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming discussed through the public channel, and both of them could hear the discussion.
"Yes! I think there has been life on the moon." Fan Xiaoming said.
"I guess there was life on the moon. Maybe there is still life somewhere on the moon." Su Zhe said and knocked on the ice again. "The purity of this ice is really high."
"Due to limitations of conditions, we have not found traces of life at our current location, but you are right about one thing. The ice cubes currently mined are of extremely high purity, almost pure water." Zhang Gaoming explained .
"Pure water! Is it all pure water? It shouldn't be." Xu Zhengping said.
"If it were all pure water, then the possibility of there being traces of life in the ice would be even smaller." Su Zhe said.
"Yes! If it were pure water, there would be no life." Fan Xiaoming said.
"Not all. As the depth of mining increases, other substances contained in the ice layer also increase. As far as what has been discovered so far, there are organic substances in the ice layer, and several amino acids have also been found." Zhang Gaoming said.
"With amino acids, we can only say that the possibility of life has become greater, but it is not certain that life exists." Fan Xiaoming said.
During the geological survey of the front side of the moon, the presence of amino acids was also discovered.
Discovering the existence of amino acids is not a sufficient condition to prove the existence of life. Amino acids have been discovered on asteroids in the past, and there are many kinds of them.
"Yes! I think so too." Zhang Gaoming said, "Let's not look at these ice blocks here. Let's visit our laboratory first, and then we can mine them after the personnel from the lunar base come with handheld imaging scanners. Check out the underground ice caves.”
"good!"
Several people followed Zhang Gaoming, and after walking through a long passage, they arrived at the center of the sunshade.
There is an ice cave with a diameter of one hundred meters here, and ice cubes are being transported out of the ice cave.
"The current depth of this ice cave is two kilometers." Zhang Gaoming introduced, "Now it is said to be mining, but in fact it is still in the sampling and research stage. To put it bluntly, it is to understand the condition of this ice layer."
"Not to mention, this ice cave looks quite shocking." Fan Xiaoming said.
The group has no plans to explore the ice cave right now, and will wait until they have a handheld imaging scanner before going down to have a look.
They walked around this ice cave with a diameter of 100 meters and arrived at the laboratory location in a zigzag manner.
Su Zhe, Fan Xiaoming, Xu Zhengping, and Zhang Gaoming took off their armored space suits and entered a large building.
After the four people went through the procedures one by one, they entered the laboratory.
This laboratory is not big, only half the size of a football field.
There is a lot of equipment in the laboratory, but there are only two people wearing indoor space suits and eight remote humanoid robots in the laboratory.
After these people discovered Su Zhe and the others, they came over to say hello to the three of them.
After the three people briefly visited the laboratory, the experimenter began to introduce the results of the laboratory to Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming.
What has been discovered so far is that as the depth of the ice layer increases, its purity decreases.
In the ice layer, a large number of mineral compounds, organic compounds such as amino acids and methane are found.
The most critical thing is that oxygen is found in the ice layer, and the deeper the ice layer, the higher its oxygen content.
Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming listened carefully to the explanation.
After reviewing the relevant experimental data, the two chose an ice layer with a depth of one kilometer.
The two were conducting ice analysis experiments while waiting for the arrival of personnel and equipment from the lunar base.
Xu Zhengping and Zhang Gaoming were sitting not far away, watching the busy Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming chatting quietly.
"Old Xu! I see that Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming are very familiar with these experiments! They can start doing experiments after a brief introduction by the laboratory staff." Zhang Gaoming said.
"This is a basic operation! The two of them are not only strong in theory, but also in experiments." Xu Zhengping said.
"In the past, I always thought they were just strong in theory, but now it seems I was wrong." Zhang Gaoming nodded.
“Our school’s requirements, both theoretical and practical, must be strong,” Xu Zhengping said.
While Xu Zhengping and Zhang Gaoming were chatting, Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming completed the experiment.
The experimental results showed that the two made no direct discovery.
Su Zhe looked at the results of the experiment, looked at the previous experimental data, and quickly calculated in his mind.
After a while, he said: "I am now more convinced that life once existed on the moon."
"Uh! So sure, what did you find?" Fan Xiaoming was a little confused.
He and Su Zhe saw the same experimental results and data.
But Su Zhe actually said that there is life on the moon.
This shows that Su Zhe can see things that he cannot.
We can see the essence of things behind these experimental data.
While Fan Xiaoming was waiting for Su Zhe's answer, Xu Zhengping, Zhang Gaoming, and several others gathered around.
Several people looked at Su Zhe.
Su Zhe looked at the people in front of him and explained: "The substances contained in this ice cube, whether it is mineral salts or organic matter, have similar compositions to those of the earth and seawater, especially the several amino acids discovered... …To put it simply, there should be a high-temperature stage before the formation of these ice layers, and the detailed analysis requires the spatial structure analysis of amino acids.”
In his judgment, the underground ice layer should exist in the form of liquid water, and there is life in the water.
For some unknown reason, the water experienced high temperatures for a period of time and finally turned to low temperatures, thus forming underground ice.
"That's it! That means there has been life on the moon." Fan Xiaoming said with some surprise.
"If this is true, then life has existed on the moon. We just don't know to what extent the life on the moon has evolved. If intelligent life like us appeared, it would still be like Europa." Zhang Gaoming said.
"Well! I'm getting more and more curious." Xu Zhengping said.
Several people gathered together to discuss various possibilities.
Finally, everyone has always believed that there was life on the moon, but it has not been discovered yet.
"Old Xu! Has your school set up a scientific research team to study the origin of the moon? To be honest, the origin of the moon is worth spending human and material resources to study. The results of the research may subvert our current knowledge, such as the origin of life. On the moon." Zhang Gaoming said.
"It's unlikely that life originated on the moon." Xu Zhengping said, "As for the scientific research team studying the origin of the moon, there is one."
In his opinion, it is possible that life originated on the moon, but it is extremely small.
To be honest, life may have originated on Europa, after all, its subglacial ocean has a complete biosphere.
Besides, life may also have originated on Mars, Venus, etc.
After all, the solar system is too long, and there are many possibilities for the origin of life.
"I also think it is unlikely, but it is possible." Fan Xiaoming said, "We not only have a scientific research team that studies the moon, but also a scientific research team that studies the earth, the sun, Mars and other celestial bodies. Let's put it this way! The entire solar system It is our key research object. Not only our school and research center, but also other universities and research institutes have related research, and it is coordinated by the Academy of Sciences."
As far as he knew, in the past, only a few universities and research institutes in China had conducted research on the solar system and celestial bodies in the solar system.
There are not many people studying these together.
At that time, most of the people who studied these aspects were people who had no worries about food and clothing, or who were really interested.
After all, people who work in these areas have no actual output, and their income is naturally not high.
But after the simplified version of the heavy photon aerospace engine was successfully developed, especially after the moon landing, the situation changed.
China has begun to vigorously support research in this area, and relevant institutions such as major universities and research institutes have established a large number of projects.
Everyone knows that the space age is coming.
Studying the solar system and the celestial bodies in the solar system is no longer like the past where we could only watch and think without taking actual actions.
In the past, the only way to study these things was to use various telescopes to look at them, or to launch detectors to explore them.
It’s different now. At the beginning, a large number of detectors were used to explore. After it was almost figured out, it was necessary to land, build a base, and fully develop it.
Just because of the need to study the solar system and celestial bodies within the solar system, related projects have been established one after another.
Naturally, a large number of researchers are needed.
"Yes! That's true, but there is a shortage of personnel doing research in these areas. Of course, there is a shortage of personnel in all walks of life now," Su Zhe said.
Research on the solar system and its celestial bodies is a delicate job that requires people to explore and analyze bit by bit.
Particularly labor intensive.
To fully develop the solar system, we have to do research on these aspects.
Xu Zhengping looked at Zhang Gaoming and said: "Old Zhang! You should pay more attention to changes outside, and don't just care about the work at hand all day long. The general environment at home and abroad is now different from a year ago, and relevant policies have also changed. Everything is different. If nothing else, all walks of life in China are short of manpower."
He still knew something about Zhang Gaoming.
I just stay busy with what I am doing all day long and don't pay much attention to other things.
"Old Xu! I'm paying attention, okay!" Zhang Gaoming said, "Take the employment situation in various industries in the country. All the positions that can be replaced by automation have been replaced. In this way, the jobs released from factories and other related enterprises have been replaced. A population of nearly 300 million has been released, and sales and services have also released nearly 100 million people. Most of these people are involved in scientific research or positions surrounding scientific research. Even so, there are still a large number of positions related to scientific research. We are short of people, if this were not the case, we would not ask you for people.”
At present, the largest number of domestic employed people are in scientific research-related positions.
It is no exaggeration to say that half of the country’s population is involved in scientific research and scientific research-related positions.
There is nothing we can do about this. After all, there are too many scientific research projects to fully develop the solar system.
"It seems that you all know." Xu Zhengping said, "Although the vast majority of domestic employees are concentrated in scientific research-related positions, the gap is still large. According to our school's evaluation, scientific research-related employment will account for 10% of the total in the future. The absolute majority will account for 70% or even more.”
With the development of science and technology, fewer and fewer people will be directly involved in the production of food and industrial products.
For now, there is such a trend.
Factories are automated.
From the extraction of raw materials to finished products, fewer and fewer people will be directly involved in production.
The same goes for food.
Under normal circumstances, there are resources, energy, and technology. If there is no shortage of all three, then human beings can just lie down.
But now is not the time to lie down.
