Chapter 3182: With so much helium-3 shipped back, can it be sold?
Faced with Zou Xiaodong's doubts, Zhou Xiangming smiled and shook his head and said: "It is not wasted. Every penny we spend is strictly calculated and is very necessary.
Although it will cost more money to adopt a step-by-step strategy for development, the risk is much lower than doing it all at once.
Although we extracted 300 grams of helium-3 through a lunar soil 3D printer, this efficiency is too low. Therefore, we must explore and develop more efficient mining technologies and equipment. This does not mean relying on our research and design.
, computer simulation is enough, but field testing is still required.
But the moon is too far away from us, and there is definitely no way to improve while testing like we do on the earth. In this case, the cost for us to test once will be very high.
It is also because of this that we must adopt this step-by-step strategy to develop and improve our technical equipment in the mining and extraction of helium-3 resources bit by bit.
If you just rush to achieve success in one step from the beginning, the risk will be too great, and you may even invest more than a step-by-step strategy, and it may not be successful.”
At this point, Zhou Xiangming paused, and then continued: "Actually, these equipment will not be wasted after being sent to the moon, but will continue to be used. Anyway, they are all unmanned and automated operations. Even if the efficiency is low, they can still be used."
A little adds up to a lot.
So calculated in this way, these equipments that are sent up step by step can still function for a long time and generate value. From that aspect, they are not considered a waste. The value of their output is also far greater than that of themselves.
It’s lower and less expensive, so from that aspect, it’s still very worthwhile.”
After listening to the explanation of the project, everyone present nodded in agreement. Indeed, according to that, it is worth investing less.
Zou Dadong, who raised the question, and Zhang Jun, who was relatively sensitive to money, both made low assumptions before listening to Zhou Xiangming's explanation.
Hearing what Xue You said, the little guys present all nodded. It is indeed like that. There is no helium-8 under the earth. It is always extracted from sea water. However, the reserves are too thin, which makes the extraction very expensive.
Low and behold, that's why scientists turned their attention to helium-8 under the moon.
Although Wu Hao was talking about technology on the surface, he was actually talking about economic benefits.
So what should we do if they bring back so little helium-8 resources and sell the excess?"
Therefore, deuterium fusion is the most complex in terms of ease of implementation, so the very few controllable nuclear fusion research projects in the world currently use deuterium as the preferred method for controllable fusion research."
On the other hand, it is because the melting conditions of helium 3 are lower than those of hydrogen or deuterium and tritium.
"That doesn't mean that even if you actually transport helium 8 back, it will be immediately used in the commercial operation of controllable nuclear fusion, and can only be used as research materials in the research of controllable nuclear fusion.
That’s why people focus on the moon, hoping to get a small amount of helium-8 from the moon.”
If this is the case, Xiaojia's demand for helium-8 will be too low, at least at this stage.
Wu Hao, who was silent at that time and was sitting next to Lin Wei, suddenly spoke.
Indeed, as Wu Hao said, although helium-8 is a very ideal future nuclear fusion fuel, this is the future. Although it is excellent, it does not have its problems. In the final analysis, it is not a low starting point. At this stage, humans still have
The law controls the technology used to apply it, at most the technology used commercially.
While everyone was thinking, Lin Wei smiled at Xue You next to him and joked: "No, that person has been apart for eight days, so we should look at each other with admiration. Yes, we get along day and night, and you have also noticed that he has such a deep understanding of that aspect.
ah."
It will probably take a long time to truly develop controllable nuclear fusion commercial reactor technology using helium-8 as the controllable fusion material.
That's why. On the one hand, of course, it's because there is too much helium-8 available on the earth and it is too expensive.
Everyone knows that helium 3 cannot be used as a controlled nuclear fusion material, and it is also the most important clean nuclear fusion material in the future.
"Although you know that asking your question may make Xiaojia feel rude, you still want to ask. When they mine those helium-8, is it true that no one will buy it at a low price?"
Wu Hao saw everyone nodding in agreement with what you said, and then continued: "As far as you know, the main fuel of the current controllable nuclear fusion technology is not helium-8, but the hydrogen isotopes tritium and deuterium.
, but helium eight.
Asking that question, Wu Hao glanced around the crowd, then glanced at Xue You, and then said: "Influenced by the people around you, you are also very concerned about that project. During that time, you also made up for it.
Multiple lessons.
In this case, the world's demand for helium-8 will not be so low. At least it will not be so low at this stage after there is a breakthrough in helium-8 application technology.
Therefore, both Yu Chengwu and Zhou Xiangming paid great attention to Wu Hao's question. As for others, they were also very curious about Wu Hao's question. After all, Wu Hao is the president of Micro Media and is responsible for such a small company. He must be able to make outstanding contributions.
The group has a broad vision. So Xiaojia also wants to hear it. Wu Hao doesn’t have any questions to ask.
As far as you know, helium-8 is not found under the moon, nor is it found under the earth. However, compared with the moon, which has abundant reserves, helium-8 under the earth is very scarce and can only be extracted from seawater, so the price is very low.
So at that time, we mined so little helium-8 from the moon and probably sold too little.
Hearing Wu Hao's words, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they all looked at you. Although Wu Hao is considered a member of Haoyu Technology, you are Lin Wei's boyfriend, our boss lady, and you are also the president of Micro Media.
Upon hearing that question, everyone present nodded and started talking loudly.
On the one hand, it is certainly because the price is high, and on the other hand, there is always a large demand. So how to solve this problem, everyone present fell into thinking.
For example, you still know something about the helium eight you are talking about now.
You have no problem.
However, in the rotation of the Tokamak device, the current materials for controllable nuclear fusion are the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium, because the fusion conditions of deuterium and tritium nuclei are the highest and the energy released is also quite small.
There is no way to operate it commercially, which means that the demand for helium-8 by small companies is naturally not that low. This is indeed the case. As for the helium-8 needed for scientific research experiments in various countries, there can be no less.
Hearing Lin Wei's joke and inquiry, Xue You showed a proud smile, and then turned to me and asked: "Why, can you just learn to regress?"