According to Wu Hao's plan, both the next lunar scientific research station and the future lunar city will be constructed using lunar resources as much as possible. In this way, on the one hand, it is to reduce the construction cost as much as possible, and on the other hand,
On the one hand, it is for sustainable development.
Constantly transfusing blood from the earth is definitely not a long-term solution. If lunar scientific research stations and lunar cities want to develop, they must rely on lunar resources.
Therefore, in their plan, some construction equipment and related raw materials will be transported to the moon in the early stages of construction of the lunar scientific research station. The most important of these are naturally intelligent robots. These robots will become the future lunar scientific research stations and lunar cities.
The main construction force.
At the same time, they will also assume the main role in future lunar operations. Whether it is scientific research, exploration, or mineral development, etc., they will use this fully automated intelligent robot to take charge. If they rely on manpower, the cost is too high.
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In the process of utilizing lunar resources, the most important thing is the utilization of mineral resources on the moon, including the development and utilization of metal mineral deposits on the moon, which must use arc furnaces. At that time, the platinum star core will be melted,
It's just a matter of course.
While the public focuses on this platinum star core worth 400 million, scientists, including Wu Hao, are actually focusing more on the "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface inspection and detection.
The on-board laboratory’s test and analysis report on the lunar soil samples from this small crater.
Although the composition of the lunar soil samples extracted from many places in this small crater is not much different from the composition of the lunar soil samples extracted before, it is just that the proportions of each element are different. However, this comparison
In particular, what attracted the attention of all experts and Wu Hao and others was that this time after they added oxygen to the extracted lunar soil samples, oxygen was actually separated from them.
This is definitely a major scientific research discovery, and it also verifies the research results of previous scientists that the idea of extracting oxygen from lunar soil is achievable. Previously, scientists found through the lunar soil samples brought back that in the loose lunar soil
There is still oxygen in the soil, and the proportion is very high. However, because the lunar soil samples brought back were affected by the earth's environment and were not conducted in a vacuum box, such a discovery has never been confirmed.
This time, the scientific research team directly used the on-board laboratory of the "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface patrol and exploration vehicle to conduct experiments in a pollution-free vacuum environment, thereby obtaining the oxygen composition, which can verify previous scientists'
The findings are correct.
The significance of this achievement is undoubtedly huge. It will lay the foundation for humans to land on the moon in the future and live on the moon for a long time. It will provide a sufficient source of oxygen for humans to live on the moon. Moreover, this oxygen can not only be breathed by humans, but also
Can be used as fuel, as well as converted into water.
Of course, this is just a preliminary test and analysis. The instruments and equipment in the on-board laboratory are not complete enough, so the test results have been questioned by many experts and scholars. Although there are doubts, such results are worth exciting for everyone.
Abnormal, because such a discovery can point out the direction for many future studies.
"Are you sure?" After learning that such a discovery was successful, Wu Hao also came to the Xinyuehu Aerospace Command and Control Center, looked at the detection and analysis data on the big screen, and asked Zhang Qutong.
Zhang Qutong shook his head, and then said conservatively: "This is just the result of a test and analysis, so we can't be sure whether it is really a test for oxygen or whether it is a malfunction of the instrument and equipment.
Therefore, we are preparing to negotiate with the control team of the "Wangshu" intelligent lunar surface patrol rover, and plan to stay here for a while longer to sample and analyze the lunar soil in this crater again.
In addition to the lunar soil in the crater, we will also sample and analyze the lunar soil around the crater. From this, we can analyze and study whether it is the oxygen brought by the asteroid impact or the oxygen in the original lunar soil.
The energy from the asteroid impact was carried to the lunar soil on the surface."
Wu Hao nodded when he heard this. Such a discovery is indeed suitable to spend more time here. If the source of oxygen in these lunar soil samples can be figured out, then this is a great discovery. Its value is enough to be on the Nobel Prize podium.
, will even push the human lunar exploration program to a new stage, and its significance is self-evident.
Of course, for Wu Hao and others, if the oxygen content in the lunar soil here is rich, it may become one of the possible sites for their lunar scientific research station or even a lunar city in the future.
Zhang Qutong looked excited and chattered at Wu Hao: "If oxygen can be found and it proves that the oxygen content here is rich, then we can consider locating the lunar scientific research station here in the future.
With oxygen, we can provide sufficient oxygen for astronauts and researchers in scientific research stations, and we can also use oxygen as propulsion fuel and produce domestic water.
Of course, it is best to directly find water resources, especially the water-bearing ice layer in the lunar soil, and mine them, so that we can save a lot of trouble."
Hearing Zhang Qutong's words, Wu Hao laughed and said: "Through the resource detection of NASA and CNSA, the water resources on the moon are mainly concentrated in the North and South Poles. There are basically no water resources near the equator like this."
After Wu Hao finished speaking, Zhang Qutong smiled and shook his head: "It's not absolute. We believe that there is still a lot of surface ice in the permanently shadowed parts of these craters, and the reserves are still very rich, enough to meet the initial needs.
Used by humans to land on the moon.
And we believe that the deeper lunar soil on the moon also contains a lot of water. So in the next step, we plan to find a suitable location for drilling, and plan to extract lunar soil samples from a depth of one meter to one and a half meters for testing.
Analyze and see if our judgment is correct."
"I'm afraid it will be more difficult to utilize the deeper permafrost." Wu Hao shook his head slightly after hearing this, obviously not very optimistic about such a research project.
It is only preliminary research at present, and the specific utilization method needs to be solved in the future. Zhang Qutong obviously heard the meaning of Wu Hao's words, and then explained: "And this research is very important for our analysis of the formation of the moon and the geological structure of the moon.
The history of the development and formation of the moon is of great help.
Moreover, science and technology are constantly developing. It is definitely difficult to use the water sources in these deep frozen soils with current technical conditions, but in the future, if the technology matures in the future, it will not be a problem to reuse it."