Chapter 2684 The Beginning of the Space Mining Industry
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.
The scientific research results are very important. This not only provides great information for studying the geological structure and geological evolution of the Zhihai area, but also for the moisture content of the surface lunar soil in other areas of the moon and the entire moon, as well as the geological evolution, the nurturing and long evolution of the moon.
precious information.
Everyone knows about the resource of helium-3. It was only detected before, and this experimental mining and extraction has further verified the existence of this material in the lunar soil and its related reserves. This is very important for detecting the lunar surface soil.
The helium-3 reserves in China are of very important significance.
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 introduction video was broadcast, the host immediately spoke to the camera.
Good evening, viewers, and welcome to today's "Focus on" program. Recently, Haoyu Aerospace announced big news. One of their experimental mining projects on the moon is conducting a twelve-hour non-stop operation on the lunar soil.
After experimental mining, 174 ml of water, 6.1 ml of helium-3, and other minerals were successfully extracted from the lunar soil.
This news immediately aroused strong attention from all walks of life. Today our studio invited Chen Zhongming, a well-known 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.
Mr. Chen, as well as experts who have long been engaged in astrogeography and lunar geography research, Zhou Ziang and Professor Zhou.
Mr. Chen and Professor Zhou, welcome to our program as guests. 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 information, 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, my heart couldn't calm down for a long time. Once upon a time, we were still fighting for a gram of lunar soil.
We value lunar soil 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 program?"
Okay. Zhou Ziang nodded, and then said: "First of all, of course, it represents the significance. 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 is the first time it has been implemented so 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 Mr. Chen said just now. This time we successfully mined and extracted liquid water from the lunar soil on the surface of the moon, and there was still 174 milliliters. This shows that the moon knows the sea.
The water resources in this area are still very rich. You must know that what was extracted this time is 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 factors
Matter will decrease 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 next test chamber mining of deep lunar soil, more water resources will be mined and extracted.
A lot of liquid water.
In addition to liquid water, 6.1 ml of helium 3 was also 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 how much was still an estimate without specific data support. But now through experimental mining, we can know how much is on the moon.
Helium III resources.
Of course, one-time experimental mining and regional experimental mining cannot yet accurately know the overall mineral reserves of the moon. But seeing the big from the small, with the support of this data, at least the data we estimate is more accurate than before
It may even overturn a series of previous speculations.
To be honest, I am kind of looking forward to the follow-up related news being disclosed. This is really happy for those of us astrogeographers living in this era, 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 little 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?
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 of the moon and the influence of special factors.
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 probes of several countries, for example, all ended in failure.
And because the distance is too far and the technical requirements are very high, the cost of transportation remains high. At present, the world is able to conduct lunar exploration, and there are very few countries and companies that have landed on the moon. It is no exaggeration to say that there are only a handful of them."