As a large number of media and bloggers rushed to report, relevant news began to land on important TV towers in various countries and regions. After all, this news is definitely sensational, and it can be regarded as a great achievement in the history of human development and human spaceflight.
Previously, people only knew that there was water on the moon through detection and partial sampling, but the exact amount was not known. However, this time through experimental mining, the moisture content of the surface lunar soil in the Zhihai area can be known. Scientific research results are very important. This not only provides very precious information for studying the geological structure and geological evolution of the Zhihai area, but also provides very valuable information on the moisture content of the surface lunar soil in other areas of the moon and the entire moon, as well as geological evolution, the nurturing and long evolution of the moon.
Everyone knows that helium-3 is a resource. It was only detected before, but this experimental mining and extraction has further verified the existence of this material in the lunar soil and its related reserves. This is of great significance for detecting the helium-3 reserves in the lunar soil on the surface of the moon.
Beijing, National TV News, Asia and other platforms conducted special reports on this news and invited experts to conduct relevant interpretation and analysis.
In the studio, the two experts sat face to face with the host, and the camera was set up. After an introductory video was played, the host immediately spoke to the camera.
Good evening, viewers, and welcome to today's "Focus on" program. Recently, Haoyu Aerospace announced heavy news that one of their experimental mining projects on the moon successfully extracted 174% of the lunar soil after twelve hours of uninterrupted experimental mining. milliliters of water, and 6.1 milliliters of helium three, as well as other minerals.
This news immediately aroused strong attention from all walks of life. Today our studio invited Chen Zhongming, a famous expert in aerospace, who serves as the deputy chief engineer of many projects in our country and is responsible for many major aerospace projects in our country. General, as well as Professor Zhou Ziang, an expert who has long been engaged in astrogeography and lunar geography research.
Mr. Chen, Professor Zhou, welcome you both to our program. First of all, what was your reaction after hearing the news, Mr. Chen?
Seeing the host asking about him, Chen Zhongming smiled and nodded and said: "I was very surprised when I heard the news. I even wondered if it was fake news from another marketing account until I watched Haoyu Aerospace. After reading the relevant news, photos and news released, I knew that the news turned out to be true. This achievement is really remarkable. I am gratified and proud that our domestic colleagues can achieve such results."
Professor Zhou, how about you, what was your reaction after hearing the news? The host looked at Zhou Ziang.
Zhou Ziang smiled when he heard this and said: "Like Mr. Chen, I didn't believe it at first. After carefully reading the news, I couldn't calm down for a long time. Once upon a time, we were still fighting for a gram of lunar soil. We treat it like a treasure and feel complacent. Now we have not only mined the lunar soil from various areas on the moon and brought it back to the earth. Now we have actually built a new research station on the moon, and we have also conducted experiments on the lunar soil in the Zhihai area. Mining and extraction is of great significance.”
After listening to Zhou Ziang's answer, the host immediately asked: "Professor Zhou, you said that this achievement is of great significance, so why is it so important? Can you explain it to our viewers who are watching the show?"
good. Zhou Ziang nodded, and then said: "First of all, of course, it is representative. This should be regarded as the first permanent settlement built by humans on an extraterrestrial planet, on the moon. Although other lunar scientific research station projects are also in progress, but this This is the first of its kind to be implemented quickly, in real time, and on such a large scale.
Secondly, this is also the first time that we humans have implemented mining on an extraterrestrial planet. Although this is only an experimental small-scale mining with very small mining equipment, it is of great significance.
All space mining projects in the future will start with this one. It can be said that it represents that our human space mining projects will turn from dreams to reality.
Then there is the practical significance it brings, just like what Mr. Chen just said. This time we successfully mined and extracted liquid water from the lunar soil on the surface of the moon, and there was still 174 ml of liquid water. This shows that the water resources in the lunar sea are still very rich. You should know that what was extracted this time was only 30 centimeters of surface lunar soil. This surface lunar soil is easily affected by the moon's autobiography, as well as cosmic radiation, solar illumination and other factors. Many materials will be reduced under this series of influences.
This means that a long time ago, the water resources in the lunar soil in this area of Zhihai were very rich, much richer than now. I believe that in the future, more liquid water will be mined and extracted for the test chamber mining of deep lunar soil.
In addition to liquid water, 6.1 ml of helium 3 was extracted during this mining.
This is also of great significance. In the past, we knew that there was helium-3 in the lunar soil, but the exact amount was still an estimate and there was no specific data to support it. And now through experimental mining, we can know how much helium-3 resources there are on the moon.
Of course, one-time experimental mining and regional experimental mining cannot accurately know the overall mineral reserves of the moon. But with the support of this data, at least the data we estimate is much more accurate than before, and it may even overturn a series of previous speculations.
To be honest, I am looking forward to the subsequent disclosure of relevant news. This is really a blessing for those of us who are astrogeographers in this era of life, especially those like me who study the moon. "
It can be seen that Professor Zhou is very excited. Please calm down first. Looking at Zhou Ziang, who was a bit agitated, the host said a little relieved, then turned to look at Chen Zhongming and said.
Mr. Chen, is this experimental project difficult? Why has no one done it before?
After hearing the question asked by the host, Chen Zhongming smiled slightly and said: "It is very difficult. It should be said that all projects carried out on the moon are very difficult. This is mainly due to the cruel environment and special factors of the moon.
The first is the distance. The moon is 380,000 kilometers away from the earth. Such a long distance makes it very difficult for us to transport equipment to mountainous areas, and the technical requirements are very high.
So far, humans have carried out dozens of exploration projects on the moon, and the failure rate is very high. The recent detectors from several countries have all ended in failure.
And because the distance is too long and the technical requirements are very high, the cost of transportation remains high. At present, the whole world can carry out lunar exploration, and very few countries and companies have landed on the moon. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are rare. "
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