"Whether it is a space station or this lunar scientific research station, their functions and purposes are the same, which are for astronauts and scientific researchers to live and conduct relevant scientific research experiments."
The space station can be regarded as a small home for astronauts in the sky, and this lunar scientific research station can be regarded as a big family. No matter whether it is a small home or a big family, it is actually the same."
It's just like our houses. Although there are various styles, the functions and purposes are actually the same. It just depends on the size, style and luxury of the house."
According to the information on the construction project of the Zhihai lunar surface scientific research station previously announced by Haoyu Aerospace, the first phase of the scientific research station covers an area of more than 1,000 square meters, with a total construction area of more than 500 square meters.
about."
According to functions, it is divided into central control center, living cabin, living cabin, service cabin, working experimental cabin, airlock cabin and other cabins."
The central control center here is the core of the entire scientific research station and can be regarded as the core module on our space station, so it is very important and critical."
Therefore, the first thing to be built for this lunar scientific research station is the central control center. Only after it is built can other related facilities be extended and built. It can be said that it is the core of the entire research station."
After Deputy Chief Engineer Cai finished speaking, Director Chang on the side smiled and said: "I have carefully studied the relevant information and found that there is not only one central control center, but two."
"Two core cabins?" the host couldn't help but ask.
Director Chang smiled and nodded and said: "What Mr. Cai just said, that is, the one that is about to be built, is its main control center. In fact, in addition to this main control center, there is also a deputy control center, which is
Its disaster recovery and backup control center.
The function of this secondary control center is to start operation only when a problem occurs in the main control center and cannot be repaired in a short period of time, so as to ensure that the entire research station can operate normally without being affected.
After all, they are 380,000 kilometers apart. It would take a week at the fastest from our earth to the moon. Once there is a problem at the research station, it will be difficult for rescue forces to arrive as soon as possible. Therefore, the safety of the people living in the facility must be ensured.
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"So that's it." The host understood.
Director Chang continued: "In fact, not only this central control center, but also other facilities and equipment have double backup, or even triple backup. Even this research station has backup."
"Is there another research station?" the host couldn't help but asked in surprise.
Director Chang smiled and shook his head: "No, to be precise, it is not called an investigation station, it should be called an emergency evacuation center. It is actually a facility that can accommodate people for short periods of time.
There is a certain distance from the research station. When the research station encounters major problems and cannot operate normally to ensure the safety of personnel, and these personnel are stranded on the moon and cannot be evacuated, this emergency evacuation center can be activated for these personnel to live and wait until
Earth's rescue forces are arriving."
"Isn't this too expensive? The construction cost will probably be very high." the host asked.
Deputy Chief Engineer Cai smiled and shook his head: "All of this is to ensure the safety of personnel. This is the first priority, and everything else is unimportant in comparison.
The reason why Haoyu Aerospace spares no effort to make this research station so safe is to assure all personnel arriving at the research station that their safety is guaranteed. This is also conducive to the promotion and promotion of their research station.
operations.
And with this safe and stable research station as a base point, they can develop on the moon with peace of mind without worrying about other problems.
From this aspect, Haoyu Aerospace is very far-sighted and forward-looking, so it is ahead of all of us."
"According to your opinion, it is very worthwhile for Haoyu Technology to spend so much money to build this scientific research station. Isn't it going to be a loss?" The host asked a very direct question.
After hearing the host's words, Deputy Chief Engineer Cai and Director Chang both laughed.
Deputy Chief Engineer Cai said with a smile: "This issue must be looked at separately. First of all, from a short-term perspective, this scientific research station has invested so much, it will definitely suffer losses in the short-term. This is inevitable. But in the long-term, this project
It’s definitely a sure profit, because there are too many scarce resources on the moon, such as helium-3 as everyone knows.”
"Let me interject here." After Deputy Chief Engineer Cai finished speaking, Director Chang said: "Helium-3 is very abundant on the moon and is the scarcest resource in our region. With it, our human society can get rid of its dependence on fossil fuels.
dependence, completely solve the energy crisis, and at least there will be no need to worry about energy problems for thousands or tens of thousands of years.
In the relevant white paper of Haoyu Aerospace's lunar exploration project, it is very clear that helium-3 resources are regarded as important mining resources. Moreover, both the persons in charge of Haoyu Aerospace and Wu Hao have spoken on various occasions.
They have made it clear that they will mine helium-3 in the future and transport it back.
The current price of helium-3 per ton is around three billion U.S. dollars, and it is estimated that there are more than one million tons of helium-3 resources on the moon, which can be said to be a huge treasure.
Not only us, many foreign countries and aerospace companies are eyeing this piece of fat. Compared with them, Haoyu Aerospace is progressing very quickly, and it can be said that it has seized the opportunity."
"Some people may not understand it, so let's put it another way. Why do you think Haoyu Aerospace chose to build this scientific research station here in Zhihai instead of other places?"
"Is there any explanation for this?" the host couldn't help but ask.
Director Chang nodded and explained: "Generally speaking, various countries and many aerospace companies choose the location of lunar scientific research stations as close to the south pole of the moon as possible.
Why should it be built in this place? Because it has been proven that the South Pole of the Moon stores a large amount of solid water resources. These solid water resources are the basis for our long-term survival on the moon."
"Water resources can not only be used for daily life of our personnel, but can also be used for soilless hydroponics to cultivate and grow some crops for human consumption.
In addition, water can be decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen, which are also one of the main fuels of rockets and can be replenished with spacecraft fuel. And the oxygen in it is also a necessity for our survival. With it, we
You can survive on the moon.
It is precisely because water is so important in deep space exploration, especially in the exploration of these extraterrestrial planets, that everyone regards the discovery of water as the most important discovery in exploration missions, even second only to the discovery of life."