cosmic hegemony

Chapter 134, Treasures are everywhere

Near the lunar base in Lunar Storm Ocean, Ouyang Hao is slowly driving on the surface of the moon with a lunar engineering vehicle. This kind of lunar vehicle specially designed by scientists is powered by electricity and has a battery that can store millions of degrees of electricity. As an energy source, it is enough for the rover to work on the moon for a long time.

This kind of lunar engineering vehicle specially designed for exploring the moon is very powerful. It can not only be used to carry things, dig soil, ore, etc., it is also equipped with lunar positioning and communication systems, and carries various high-tech detection equipment. , You can roughly know what minerals are nearby just by walking on the surface of the moon.

"DiDi! DiDi!"

The detection equipment on the lunar project is running and working non-stop, and all the data and information are directly transmitted to Ouyang Hao's brain through the virtual machine. At the same time, Ouyang Hao is also chatting with other teammates. On the surface of the moon, if you don’t chat and everything is silent, you will feel panicked.

"Tsk tsk, the resources on the moon are really rich. I found a huge ilmenite mine here. The preliminary detected reserves are as high as 50 billion tons, which is comparable to the giant iron mine in our Huaxia PZH. This is only preliminary. According to the detection results, and according to the detection data, the iron ore is still open-pit, and the iron content is very high."

Through the virtual machine, Li Yang's voice came from Ouyang Hao's mind. They had already discovered a huge iron mine.

"Titanium and iron are the most widely distributed on the moon. There are 22 major mares distributed on the surface of the moon, 19 of which are distributed on the front side of the moon (the side facing the earth). In these mares there are There are a large number of mare basalts, which are rich in iron and titanium. The volume of basalt filled in the 22 mares is about 1010 cubic kilometers, and the mare basalts are rich in titanium, iron and other resources."

"The area chosen by our moon base itself has been surveyed by scientists using resource exploration satellites in advance, and the surrounding areas are rich in mineral resources. It is nothing more than an iron ore discovery."

At this time, the captain Nan Junpeng also spoke up, obviously he also knew the relevant information beforehand.

"Haha, a major discovery, I found the Cokrip Rock here."

At this time, there was another excited voice in his mind, it was Yu Haitian's voice, Yu Haitian and Ouyang Hao were on the same team, Ouyang Hao quickly looked at Yu Haitian's side.

The Krip rock he mentioned is the name of a rock that is widely distributed on the moon and is one of the three major rock types in the lunar highlands. It is named for its richness in potassium, rare earth elements and phosphorus.

The kryptonites rich in thorium and uranium were covered by late mare basalts, and the kryptonites mixed and formed high thorium and uranium materials, whose thickness is estimated to be 10 km to 20 km.

The total resources of rare earth elements in the kryptonite in the Ocean of Storms are about 225 billion tons to 450 billion tons. The abundant thorium and uranium contained in the kryptonite are also one of the important mineral resources for human beings to develop and utilize lunar resources in the future. .

"How quickly you discovered rare earths, but this is nothing. The distribution of rare earths on the moon is still very wide, and the Ocean of Storms area is one of the areas with the largest kripites. Discovering rare earths is nothing .”

"Let's compare who can discover the rarer resource first."

At this time, Yu Haitian's voice also sounded, and everyone played the treasure hunting game very happily with each other.

"Helium 3 is everywhere, and the distribution of helium 3 in the lunar soil is too rich."

Ouyang Hao's mind is constantly receiving data, what kind of resources are there in the place where the lunar engineering vehicle passes, and the detectors on the engineering vehicle will be directly displayed in Ouyang Hao's brain.

氦3，月球土壤中含有丰富的氦-3，而地球上几乎没有氦3。月球土壤中氦-3的含量估计为71.5万吨。

Helium fusion using deuterium and helium-3 can be used as an energy source for nuclear power plants. This kind of fusion does not produce neutrons, is safe and pollution-free, and is easy to control nuclear fusion. It can be used not only in ground nuclear power plants, but also especially suitable for space navigation.

Due to the large amount of helium-3 reserves on the moon, it is undoubtedly a timely help for the earth, which is relatively short of energy in the future. However, based on the current technological level of the earth, controllable nuclear fusion technology has not yet been mastered. For the time being, the moon contains The most abundant helium-3 resource is of no use at all.

However, the resource of helium 3 is still very important. Once humans master the technology of controllable nuclear fusion in the future, they will need a large amount of helium 3. However, such resources are not available on the earth, and the moon is rich in helium 3. Naturally, resources have become the focus of competition among the world's major powers.

But now, in the entire moon, only Huaxia has established a lunar base on it. It can be said that it has taken up all the advanced. The moon is so big, you can occupy it if you want to occupy it, and occupy it wherever it is rich in resources. Anyway, there is no one now. Compete with yourself.

"Haha, I found a large copper mine here, with reserves of hundreds of millions of tons."

Another voice sounded in my mind, this is Xiao Mingguang's voice, the resources on the moon are too rich, many times a place not only has one or two resources, many resources are densely distributed together.

"Why can't gold be found on the moon?"

"Gold? At present, it seems that no gold minerals have been found on the moon. Whether it is our resource detection satellite or the resource detection satellites of other countries, it seems that gold has not been found on the moon."

"Is there any diamond?"

"Diamonds may exist, but like gold, resource exploration satellites have not found these two things, but this does not deny that there are no distribution of these two things on the moon."

"I still want to pick up a few diamonds and take them back as souvenirs."

"..."

"You think diamonds are ordinary basalt rocks, and you still want to pick up a few diamonds to take back as souvenirs. If you can find diamonds, you are really lucky."

"Yes, yes, remember to pick up a few for me. I really envy you who can go to the moon to pick up treasures."

At this time, Lan Yu's voice also sounded, and they all joined in the fun.

"Gold? Diamonds? These things may be very valuable on the earth, but on the moon, even if they exist, if the reserves are not very large, the content is not very high, and mining is inconvenient, they are actually not of much value. "

Ouyang Hao listened to his teammates talking about where, from time to time, someone said that he had discovered a certain mine, and the most common ones were iron ore, titanium ore, rare earth ore, copper ore, and so on. Almost every once in a while, someone called come out.

The lunar rover driven by Ouyang Hao kept walking on the surface of the moon, and the five people responsible for the detection gradually became farther and farther apart from each other. Because there are positioning satellites and the "Moon Palace" space station in the lunar space, the energy on the lunar rover is also very sufficient, so Compared with Uncle Sam's lunar rover, this time China's moon can safely and boldly explore a farther and wider range on the moon.

"This crater is really big enough, with a diameter of more than 1000 meters. There is actually a huge ore in the center. It seems that it should be the huge crater formed by it hitting the moon."

"Well, the surrounding iron mines are very rich, and it can be regarded as a relatively large iron mine."

"Wait, why is the data displayed by the detectors in this area a little different in the middle area of ​​this pit? It seems that there is something special, and it is in that huge rock."

Ouyang Hao looked carefully in his mind, because the surrounding iron ore distribution is too rich, so the area here shows that there is a big iron mine around, but the data in the middle of this pit shows something different.

"Find a way to go down and have a look."

Ouyang Hao drove the rover around the huge crater, found a relatively gentle slope, and carefully accelerated the rover into the big crater.

"It's this big rock. Now it is less and less disturbed by the iron ore, and the signal from the detector is clearer."

Ouyang Hao slowly approached the huge meteorite. This meteorite came from space. At this time, the detector sent out very clear data, showing that there was an unknown mineral inside.

"Earth Command Center, I found an unknown ore. This huge meteorite should come from outer space, not the moon itself. The probe can't analyze what's inside, so please ask experts to help analyze it."

Ouyang Hao drove the lunar rover around the huge meteorite. The huge meteorite was pitch black with uneven surface, and it still presented a spherical structure as a whole. At the same time, Ouyang Hao sent the data back to the earth command center.

A few seconds later, the scientists of the Earth Command Center received Ouyang Hao's request, and soon a team of scientists in the field of mineral resources began to analyze the data, and the final analysis was not very sure about this huge meteorite. what is contained in it.

"Cut a part of the stone."

Scientists on the earth side decided to cut a part of this rock first, and a cutting machine on the lunar engineering vehicle driven by Ouyang Hao began to cut this meteorite from outer space.

Soon, the thick black shell of this meteorite was peeled off, and under the sunlight, a ray of light shone out. When Ouyang Hao saw it, he immediately regained his energy, and kept using the mechanical arm to move the larger area around him. When it was peeled off, a huge shining stone appeared in Ouyang Hao's field of vision.

At the same time, the scientists at the Earth Command Center also quickly received relevant information. Scientists looked at this shining stone, and they were constantly thinking about what it was.

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