Chapter 93 The economic circle around the solar system

Thinking of this, Sai did not delve into the issue. Instead, he repaired it in the ward for a while and then asked the PDC to find the space development experts from the PDC and the three major fleets.

Soon PDC found a large number of experts, so everyone gathered together and began to discuss the issue of developing the solar system.

"Hello elites, my new plan is to establish an economic circle around the solar system. Do you have any suggestions on how to develop the solar system?"

"You are focusing on the inner solar system, right? The outer solar system outside the earth is still in the exploration stage and is difficult to fully develop." asked the chairman of the PDC Space Assets Council.

"Yes." Sai nodded and said: "The first phase of the economic circle around the solar system will focus on the development of Mercury and Venus, and at most Mars will be added. The four gaseous planets will not be considered for the time being."

"If we only talk about Venus and Mercury, first of all, the energy problem is easy to solve, because the surface temperatures of Mercury and Venus are extremely high, which means infinite energy." said the chief of staff of the Asian Fleet.

"What infinite energy, heat energy?" Sai asked.

"Yes, it is precisely because of the high temperature that only the thermal differential power station is needed to produce enough electricity, and controllable nuclear fusion power stations are not even needed."

"It means that energy is not a problem, so is there any technical difficulty in developing these two planets?"

"Let's talk about Venus first." The mayor of the New Paris Space City said: "Venus's corrosive atmosphere, thunderstorms and air pressure are extremely destructive to mechanical equipment.

"But we have considered a response plan, which is to build air cities and space cities to avoid the terrible air pressure and thunderstorms on Venus."

"There is no need to explain the space city. It is exactly the same as the space city in the near-Earth space, and the sky city is essentially a giant balloon floating in the sky."

"The atmosphere of Venus is dominated by carbon dioxide. Balloons filled with nitrogen and oxygen can float at an altitude of tens of kilometers. At this altitude, the atmospheric pressure of Venus is almost the same as that of the Earth."

"At the same time, the temperature at this altitude is less than 100 degrees Celsius, and the protection work is much easier, so the cost of this kind of aerial city is lower than that of a space city."

"It's a very interesting idea." Sai couldn't help but admired: "It's as magical as living in a modern giant airship."

"Indeed." The mayor of the New Paris Space City continued: "These giant airships will orbit Venus under the influence of the wind belt around Venus, flying just like the airships a century and a half ago."

"Automated mines on the surface of Venus will mine resources and then transport them to sky cities or space elevators. As for most people and industry, they will be located in the sky cities above."

"I'm sure transportation won't be an issue, so what's the status of Mercury's development?" Say asked.

"As for Mercury, it's even easier." Another expert explained: "The environment there is much better than that of Venus. There is no need to consider air pressure and corrosive issues. It's just that the high temperature is more difficult to handle."

"And more importantly, the mineral resources there are richer than those on Venus. You must know that the entire Mercury is composed of 70% metal. Such a natural mine has infinite economic value."

"And because of Ray Diaz's hydrogen bomb project, we also have rich experience in developing Mercury. Mining equipment can use Mercury's slow rotation to hide on the side of Mercury facing away from the sun."

"So these two planets are so hot, can the space elevators and spaceships there withstand it?"

"The spaceships and space elevators for the two planets are too simple. Now our cold heat shielding system, combined with a new generation of nanomaterials, is enough to withstand the high temperatures near Mercury."

"So aerospace equipment and space elevators are not affected by high temperatures. For example, the Wannian Yandi can stay near Mercury for a long time, as long as it does not plunge into the sun, it will be fine."

“What about shipping costs?”

"A lot of fuel can be saved through the gravitational slingshot. In addition, the spacecraft of this era can achieve one thousandth of the speed of light. The ecological recycling device will not consume fuel."

"So the cost will be much higher than that of earth-to-moon transportation, but it will definitely be profitable and there will be no loss-making transactions."

"So how difficult is it to mine ore?" Sai asked again.

"Mercury is very simple. Just use a super giant excavator to dig on the surface. As for Venus, a special anti-barometric laser drill will be used to dig out the ore." Someone said,

"Okay, then show me the details, such as the distribution of mineral deposits on Mercury and Venus..."

After chatting with the experts, Say submitted his conformation to the PDC. Perhaps because this project fully aligned with the interests of all countries, it was approved without any debate.

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Crisis Era Year 48

After Say's concept of an economic circle around the solar system was proposed, traces of human civilization began to gradually appear on Mercury in the past three years, with dots of light appearing on it.

The light is mainly caused by the space city of Mercury, and a small amount is provided by the surface mines of Mercury. As for Venus, it is blocked by the thick atmosphere.

At the same time, with the advancement of space development technology and nanomaterial technology, many super-giant projects are gradually coming into being, such as the super-giant Venus sky city that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people.

As well as the super giant bucket wheel excavator on the back of Mercury, these behemoths weighing hundreds of thousands of tons on Mercury are equipped with wireless power supply receivers.

What provides power to these behemoths are thermal differential power stations all over Mercury, as well as microwave transmitters on giant solar power stations in low-Earth orbit.

Just as experts speculate, the abundant thermal differential energy of Mercury and Venus is enough to meet the power needs of the mining industry on the surfaces of the two planets, without the need for controllable nuclear fusion at all.

With the support of sufficient power, super giant bucket wheel excavators used giant bucket wheels with diameters of several hundred meters to level mountains on Mercury.

The mined ore will then be sent to the microgravity factory in Mercury's near-Earth space via a space elevator for smelting and processing, and then transported back to the Earth-Moon economic circle to be made into industrial products.

Therefore, after the great development of the Earth and the Moon, mankind once again ushered in economic and industrial prosperity, which was due to the development of the three solid planets outside the earth.

Compared with satellites like the moon, Mercury and Venus are undoubtedly richer in resources. For example, Mercury's helium 3 reserves are an order of magnitude larger than those of the moon, and are less difficult to extract.

Not to mention other mineral resources, so the scale of development of Mercury and Venus is much larger than that of the moon. The resources contained in the solar system have inspired mankind's desire for gold.
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