Homo sapiens.

Chapter 562 Getting Started
Moon, front side.

Copernicus crater, Copernicus base.

After more than half a year of expansion, the scale of the Copernicus base has expanded a lot, and the number of space capsules has reached 427.

At the same time, thanks to the popularity of magnetic monopole crystal communicators, there are 50 synchronized robots here, in addition to about 300 resident shift astronauts.

The so-called synchronous robot actually uses a magnetic monopole crystal communicator as the core, and is specially developed for use by alien bases.

On the other side of the earth, Homo sapiens has established an alien remote control management center, which has specially built a group of professional control cabins, so that employees in need can control synchronous robots and perform tasks in alien bases.

At this time, the 300 synchronous robots in the Copernicus base are all in working condition.

In fact, synchronous robots are all human-machine chatter patterns.

In one cabin, several robots are looking at the newly prepared biosynthetic fungi in the cabin, allowing these fungi to synthesize the required components in the culture tank.

"Jack, it's all right."

The robot named Jack took a look at the situation in the cultivation pond, and a thin nano-silicon steel plate was synthesized, and he controlled it on the equipment.

Another robot is holding a tablet computer and recording various data this time: "It only took 17.3 hours, which is 5.9 hours shorter than before..."

Nourishes...

The airtight and transparent cover of the cultivation pool popped open automatically, and inside were material-synthesizing fungi that had settled down. Due to the temperature and pheromones, these labor model fungi stopped multiplying and synthesizing at this time.

A robotic arm was inserted into the solution in the cultivation tank, and the nano-silicon steel plate with a length of 3 meters, a width of 1 meter, and a thickness of 1.5 millimeters was taken out.

The robot Koki Hirata, who is responsible for inspecting the plates, uses various rapid testing equipment to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the plates.

"The hardness is up to standard..."

"The strength reaches the standard..."

"The defect rate of the nanostructure is 0.039 per ten thousand, the B-3 plate..."

"Radiation shielding rate..."

The robot in charge of recording nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, it has reached the mass production standard."

In the Copernicus base, there are more than 50 material-related laboratories. At present, the base has achieved self-sufficiency in most basic building materials.

On the northwest side of the base, in a recently built comprehensive factory, there are already quite a few cultivation ponds producing various parts and components around the clock.

Qin Lang, who is in charge of the Copernicus base this month, is checking the production of parts in the factory.

He stood in front of a motor being spliced ​​together: "Balu, what's the production capacity now?"

While assembling the motor, the robot Balu replied: "If the raw materials are sufficient, our base can produce about 8000 tons of parts per month. The problem is that the raw materials are not enough now."

"Don't worry! The Earth Headquarters will send a batch of core components over this month, and then we can piece together 5 more Diggers and 5 transport vehicles." Qin Lang said with a smile.

"Are there no problems with mines and refineries?"

Qin Lang shook his head: "No, the surface sand and rocks here are rich in raw materials such as iron, titanium, aluminum, silicon, magnesium, and calcium. In addition, there is a hot spring underground 47 kilometers away from the north."

"Hot springs? Are you planning to mine?" Baloo raised his head.

Qin Lang did not deny: "Yes, this kind of geothermal spot is of very high value, and there are water resources and carbon resources that we urgently need."

There is no way, the oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, magnesium and titanium resources on the surface of the moon are very rich.

However, the content of hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon as volatile elements is relatively low.

Fortunately, there are abundant carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen resources underground on the moon, which was discovered through the detection data of the past few years.

According to the data analysis of the long-term monitoring of the moon, it can be known that carbon compounds will continue to be released on the relatively young lunar maria and the lunar plain. Obviously, this is evidence of the existence of a large amount of carbon in the lunar subsurface.

The hot springs near the Copernicus base have naturally been carefully detected.

The carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and radon gas emitted by the hot springs are hundreds of times higher than that of ordinary moon rocks.

There are a lot of elements that are volatilized into outer space every year on the moon. If the moon’s gravity is too weak to bind these volatile elements, it would not be as bare as it is today.

Obviously, the scale of each base on the moon is good, and the construction time is earlier than the Venus Cloud Palace project, but the industrial scale of the moon is not even one-tenth of that of Venus.

The reason is that the moon has too little carbon, and its gravity is quite different from that of the earth.

On the contrary, Venus has a high concentration of carbon dioxide in its atmosphere, and its own gravity is close to that of the earth. Therefore, it can use local materials and use biosynthesis technology to mass-produce the required parts.

Now the Copernicus base is going to mine hot springs, the purpose is to obtain carbon resources and reduce the pressure on the earth's material delivery.

Qin Lang and several other rotating leaders are very clear about one thing, that is, if the moon base wants to do something, it must get rid of the resource dependence on the earth headquarters.

Otherwise, all kinds of materials need the support of the Earth Headquarters, and it will be very difficult to develop.

For example, the mass projector project on the back of the moon, why has been dawdling before, but the progress of the project has been soaring in the past two months, the reason is that the base on the back of the moon is self-sufficient in a large part of parts.

Now the person in charge of the base, such as Qin Lang, has realized that the base is scarce in the three elements of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen.

There are four of their solutions.

The first plan is to strengthen the recovery and reuse of hydrocarbon and nitrogen resources inside the base.

The second solution is to use alternative materials as much as possible to reduce the resource consumption of hydrocarbons and nitrogen.

Both programs are trying to save money.

The third option is to mine the moon's underground hydrocarbon and nitrogen resources, such as hot spring mining.

The fourth plan is to use spacecraft to capture some asteroids with relatively high water content and high carbon content, and then pull them to the vicinity of the lunar orbit and hand them over to the recently constructed lunar orbit industrial space station.

This is an open source effort.

Through these programs, the Copernicus base is gradually solving the plight of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen resources.

Qin Lang discussed with Balu for a while, and after listening to his opinions, he went to another workshop without stopping.

This workshop is for assembling miniature space capsules, which is similar to the drone production workshop on the earth. The main product is the miniature space capsules with rough skin and thick flesh.

He looked at a miniature space capsule in front of him, which was about the size of a large gasoline barrel, with a length of about 10 meters and a diameter of about 3 meters.

The miniature space capsule itself does not have an engine or the like, and can be carried by other spacecraft and thrown around the moon as a temporary scientific research station.

Previously, this kind of space capsule could only be delivered through the Earth headquarters, but now their base can also produce miniature space capsules by themselves.

"Xin, can the production capacity of the miniature space capsule keep up with the schedule?"

Li Xin, who is in charge of this workshop, saw Qin Lang walk in, and he directly reported some situations: "Now 5 to 15 miniature space capsules can be produced every month, but the precision instruments need to be transported from the Earth headquarters."

"5-15? The production capacity is okay." Qin Lang nodded with satisfaction.

Li Xin spread his hands helplessly: "If the supply of raw materials can be increased, the production capacity can be increased by about 80%."

"By the way, I'm here this time and I have a task for you..."

　Thank you for your support (ω｀), sorry, there are some things to deal with at home today, there is no update at noon, and the update will be made up in the evening.

　　
　
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