A long time ago, various analyzes and indications showed that there was water ice at the poles of the moon.
Of course, these water ices are not ice in the traditional sense, but are mixed with lunar soil.
But observation is observation. Only by seeing it with your own eyes and extracting it yourself can you truly decide!
With the voice of geological captain Luo Kaihuai, the entire Yaoyue Ship, including the Xichang command center, immediately became excited.
Ye Ming drank a swig of coffee. He kept in contact with Aita, controlled the camera of the spacecraft, and displayed the complete picture on the big screen in real time.
Soon, the lunar rover returned.
There are three lunar rovers that landed on the moon this time. The vehicles are about the same size as ordinary cars, but the cabin is shorter and the wheels are much larger than ordinary cars. This design is to ensure a certain speed and maintain the stability of the body. .
After jumping off the lunar rover, Captain Luo and two other teammates immediately lifted out the heat-insulated collection box from the rover.
That's the good thing about a low-gravity environment. It doesn't take much effort to lift anything.
In addition, in the lunar landing training base, everyone has long summarized and adapted to the optimal way of walking on the moon in the anti-gravity force field, so they work very quickly - compared to the jumping walking method, it is actually the most efficient way to walk on the moon. To save effort, just use your toes to gently push forward and take a long stride.
Of course, the prerequisite for such a move is that everyone adopts new space suits. The new space suit is not as bulky as the previous space suit, and it also requires diapers and other things...
As the geological team members delivered the collection box to the Yaoyue No., a robotic arm immediately stretched out from the cargo bay of the Yaoyue No., and then the robotic arm clamped the collection box and returned it to the cabin.
Immediately afterwards, the three team members entered a pre-built integrated board room, and immediately a group of cleaning team members came to the lunar rover carrying something that looked like a mop.
These... are naturally for disinfecting.
The place where the Yao Yue is currently parked is at the boundary between the shadow area and the light area. The geological exploration team has just collected the water-ice mixture from the sub-zero Baidu area and returned...
(Hey, there seems to be a bug in the date of the moon landing and the lighting conditions of the moon... everyone pretends not to see it.)
The lunar soil in ordinary areas has long been proven to be very clean, with no grass growing, but in the permanently frozen areas... God knows if there are any bacteria or viruses that have been dormant for hundreds of millions of years.
Soon, the experimental team's analysis came out and no microorganisms were found.
This news made everyone sigh with relief and a little sigh at the same time.
This analysis was quickly passed on to Aita's lunar geology column - not surprisingly, these results will bring enough imagination to the study of the source of lunar water ice.
After confirming the safety of water ice resources, the rest is simple, just use the direct condensation method.
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Time passed slowly, and as the crew of the Yaoyue went back to the cabin to rest, the command center also gathered in the conference room.
The astronauts can sleep, they can't.
Because the construction of the most important lunar factory will begin tomorrow.
"Currently, based on the analysis of the lunar soil collected by Yaoyue, the location we parked is not perfect...if we were to go one kilometer further to the west, we would have landed in the richest helium 3 area in this area."
After pointing out five points on the moon map, Director Zhang said with some regret.
Everyone laughed - according to the data, if you talk about the reserves of these five points, they are not much different. It can only be said that in the richest area, they are slightly higher.
If it sounds good, it means striving for perfection. If it sounds bad, it's a bit like "people's hearts are not enough and snakes swallow elephants."
Director Zhang also chuckled: "Okay, actually it's pretty much the same. We still stick to the principle of proximity, right?"
"Well, the principle of proximity." Ye Ming held the pen and kept turning it in his hand: "The main thing is to take care of the power generation group, and we can use it as a follow-up expansion direction."
"Well, that's right! This area belongs to us from now on anyway!"
"Yes, the assembly period of the integrated factory, if nothing unexpected happens, can be completed within three days and put into operation within a week." Ye
Ming pursed his lips, exhaled softly, and then laughed to himself: "It's been a really tough day."
Everyone laughed too.
Yes, as the Yaoyue successfully landed on the moon and began its mission, the people in the country were overjoyed, and the whole country fell into a carnival.
But only they know that the most difficult part is yet to come, and it still depends on how the lunar soil is refined.
Fortunately, the helium-3 content of today's lunar soil has been found. Although it is not very rich, it is completely within the acceptable range of the plan. The next step is only large-scale refining.
The refining process involves the collection of lunar soil - although everyone believes in XCMG's machinery, no one can be sure about this long-term, mechanical reciprocating task!
Therefore, no matter how relaxed everyone is now, no one can really breathe a sigh of relief until there is not enough refined helium-3 to serve as return fuel.
And as long as this period of time is passed, as long as everything runs according to plan, then... the next Xiantian unmanned transport ship will make its debut.
In the plan, Yaoyue will return after a two-month mission, perform a two-month rest and spacecraft maintenance assessment, and then launch again with the Xiantian-1 transport ship in September.
If you have a professional transport ship, you can carry a lot more things.
"Now that water ice has been determined, the construction of a water resources collection plant must be taken into consideration - and there is iron ore there, which means that a smelting plant can be built in the future."
"Isn't it difficult to mine iron ore?"
"Well, it's not cool, but that will happen later." Ye Ming narrowed his eyes slightly and fell into imagination: "By the way, the living area must be designed as a gravity area, otherwise you will not get used to anything."
"The main reason is that in low gravity, many things need to be redesigned, and habits also need to be changed - the cup will fly when you touch it, which is really unbearable."
"Yes." Ye Ming nodded again: "In addition to the moon base, there is also a space city... Hey, I really won't take this command next time, I can't stand it."
Everyone was startled, then laughed.
Indeed, everyone can see Ye Ming's hard work and worries these days.
Frankly speaking, if it is not the first time that there is no experience, and a genius like Ye Ming who can coordinate the overall situation must be in charge, in fact, everyone does not want Ye Ming to suffer this.
Such a baby bump, it’s really hard to lie down because of exhaustion, that’s really...
That's why, before BOSS left, he urged Ye Ming to rest, to balance work and rest, and to have the stars and the sea waiting for him...
Amid laughter, Ye Ming's phone rang.
After a while, Director Niu's voice came.
"You're still in the meeting, right?"
Ye Ming glanced at everyone: "The meeting is about to end, is there something urgent?"
"It's urgent to say it's urgent, but it's not urgent to say it's not urgent." Director Niu's voice contained a slight smile: "You don't need to arrange a discussion immediately."
"Huh? What's going on..." Ye Ming paused and said immediately: "Damn it, is it an old beauty...?"
"Haha! Yes, a note has been sent over there, and Guo Wuqing and Weijiao officials are rushing to the capital overnight. So you said...for what?"
Ye Ming immediately coughed: "Are they planning to land on the moon and let Yaoyue take it back?"
Director Niu laughed obviously: "Well, the summary is like this. But the note sent out is to strengthen space cooperation, promote bilateral relations, and achieve peaceful development of the moon."
Ye Ming was stunned, and then laughed.
When Ye Ming told the contents of the note, everyone laughed like him.
I have to say, it’s about time now...
"The beauty really cares about face." After Director Zhang smiled, he thought about it and said seriously: "Then do you want to notify Yaoyuehao? Let them prepare some cabins to come out?"
"I don't think it's necessary for the time being..." Ye Ming pondered for a few seconds and then shook his head: "Since they care about face so much, they will definitely not cooperate with us. Besides, all the instruments, equipment and systems of Yaoyuehao are from China.
Wen, and Yinta is not compatible with their equipment... What can they do when they come? Grab two handfuls of lunar soil? Or pick up two handfuls of green onions? "
Someone added with a smile: "You can also learn to stir-fry sugar."
"Hahahaha! Well, I guess they will only send people here when they are about to leave at the end."
Ye Ming nodded: "Well, they are not in a hurry, why are we anxious?"
Not only does Yaoyuehao adopt an integrated design, but all interface languages, operation guides and even systems are incompatible with the West.
Even if the old Americans were let in, they would be blinded.
Rather than coming here and being restrained, it's better to do your own thing.
…
Brak's special plane landed slowly in the capital.
Different from the grand welcome scenes when arriving at other places, this time... there was not such a grand welcome ceremony. There were only a few officials and the ambassador from his side waiting.
It seems that this time he came here just to discuss business that was different from usual.
Suppressing his dissatisfaction, Brack quickly got into the car and then arrived at the location of this interview.
Well, he came here today... indeed just to discuss business.
And it's a business involving billions of dollars.
It's just that...as Party A who spends money, he doesn't feel the treatment he deserves as a rich man.
Thinking of this, Brak's face turned pale.
Following the guidance of the staff, Brack walked into the conference hall silently.
The old rival with a serious expression on the opposite side was smiling at the moment.
"Mr. Brak, welcome."
"Let's get straight to the point."
"good."
"As shown in the note, we hope that both parties will abandon all interference and strengthen cooperation in the space field..."
The owner of this house kept smiling as he listened to what the other person said.
Then, he looked at Brak again and smiled meaningfully.
"Mr. Brak, why are you beating around the bush like this? Just say that you need to take the moon cruise back."
Brak breathed out slowly and looked directly at the other person: "There must be cooperation in space!"
"Yes, of course, cooperation." The host smiled again: "Three hundred million US dollars per cabin."
(This paragraph is awkward and I dare not write it)
