Super technology leader

"It turned out to be water. As far as this ice cube is concerned, at least there is one party, right?"

"I feel more than that, and there are ice cubes here, it means that there are more ice cubes nearby, and even here is a huge water source."

"It should be. Looking at the Navigator's detection report, this area is indeed a water molecule enriched area. I used to guess that there are a lot of water resources here, but now I see this piece of water ice. It is basically a big ice mine. Up."

"Okay, this place is good. This place is not far from the landing point. It is a very good resource point. With the resources here, we can completely use Polyd Crater as our forward base."

"Yes, when the landing site was originally selected, the Polyd crater was a Grade A landing site. The surrounding area is rich in minerals and the terrain is relatively flat. Although the crater wall is steep, there are many gaps. It is very suitable for building a highway."

"Well, all conditions are suitable. Now that we have water, the last and most important link is also filled. It seems that our calculations were correct."

"At the beginning, we signed a cooperation agreement with Navigator. With its technology and our organizational strength, we believe that we can quickly gain a foothold in Polyd Crater, and then radiate potential to the surrounding... the scope of scientific investigation."

"Hey, it's better to have a door on your lips. Don't miss your mouth in interviews with the media later. Although the facts are already the case, the opinions in international law have not been unified.

"Understood, understood..."

In the meeting room, because of the appearance of water ice, everyone else began to imagine the future with great interest. Only Mr. Long was discussing the details with Tang Chao.

It's not that the others are low-level, well, it's a bit lower than Long Lao and Tang Chao, but it's mainly because the discovery of a large ice block on the moon is too explosive.

In particular, this large ice block may also represent a huge ice mine, just near the initial landing.

This is equivalent to playing "Red Police", the base vehicle is deployed in a place full of gold and gem mines.

On the moon, ice is the foundation of everything.

Speaking of which, the difference between Tianxia's manned moon landing and the previous Meriken manned moon landing is that it is not a "visit here" style, but settles in the base after it arrives, basically it is permanent.

Astronauts will change shifts after a while, but the base will take root here to welcome batch after batch of scientific researchers and pioneers.

This will be the beginning of Tianxia's manned lunar base. Lunar Palace 2 is the core module of the first base, and the upcoming "Benyue" moon landing spacecraft is a bit complicated.

Yes, although it does not enter the earth's atmosphere and only operates in a vacuum and low microgravity environment, as the first lunar spacecraft, it has its own special positioning.

The positioning of the title of "first" in various fields is different.

In the field of competition, it is the well-deserved number one and has no other meaning.

In the field of scientific research, "first" is not simply the first, it often represents the "test product."

Even the later "second", "third", and "fourth" are all experimental products. It is only after the "tenth" that it is officially finalized, and then there are nouns such as "mass production".

This is the case with the "Benyue" spacecraft. As the first lunar spacecraft to fly to the moon, it is responsible for many scientific research and testing tasks.

The most important thing is the ability to reuse. In the future, “reuse” will be the basic ability of spacecraft. Disposable spacecraft are embarrassed to be called “spacecraft”.

There are no supporting facilities on the moon now, and the infrastructure is zero. Everything needs to be launched from the earth. Of course, the subsequent fuel supply has to be done by itself.

So it is equipped with a fuel reformer from Kanxing, which can efficiently separate oxygen and hydrogen molecules in the water without worrying about the danger of mixing.

As long as the mined ice is melted, and then purified, the mixed impurities and water are separated, and then the water is fed into the fuel reformer. The final product is liquid fuel.

Foolish operation, very simple.

Except for the complex body of the reformer, everything else is simple equipment on the earth, which can be integrated into one.

That is, because it is an experimental state, the fuel extraction speed is not fast enough, and even if the reformer fails to convert the liquid hydrogen-oxygen fuel that meets the requirements, the "Fanyue" moon landing spacecraft is dangerous.

It's not about the explosion, but that the astronauts can't take it to leave the moon and return to earth orbit.

Without fuel, "Ben Yue" cannot take off.

If it were during the first wave of mankind’s moon landings, this operation would basically be dead, and the small moon landing manned module would not be enough to support the long-term survival of two astronauts.

Moreover, at that time, human space capabilities were limited, and there was a high probability that new moon landing equipment could not be sent for rescue in a short time.

It is different now. The Moon Palace No. 2 is a small and complete survival base for sparrows. The materials in it are enough for four people to survive for two months.

In addition, the one-month survival supplies carried by the "Flying to the Moon" are enough for four astronauts to stay on the moon for three months.

In three months, it was enough for the navigator to rebuild two upgraded new moon spacecraft, one that would fly back and forth between the earth and the moon without refueling.

Even the reason why the "Benyue" spacecraft weighed 40 tons, but did not have the ability to return to the sea, was that it also contained a living place and a warehouse.

Basically, it does not need to bring any additional survival capsules. It can provide astronaut survival places during the flight from the earth to the moon, and it is quite spacious, and four astronauts will not feel crowded.

This is the standard space of a real lunar spacecraft.

Because it is too spacious, in order to make the best use of the material, it not only contains living materials, but also a lot of other materials.

In terms of transportation capacity alone, it can carry 10 tons of cargo to the moon, and it can also transport 5 tons of cargo from the moon.

This time it landed on the moon, it carried a large number of solar panels, which required astronauts to transport them out of the spacecraft and then assemble them on the moon watch.

The electricity they obtain can be used in fuel reformers, and the small solar sails on the spacecraft are obviously not enough for electrolysis.

After the spacecraft leaves, these solar arrays can also power Yuegong-2, allowing it to carry out some huge energy-consuming experiments.

Even when the resource production cabins, various experimental cabins, biological cultivation cabins, equipment maintenance cabins and other base cabins come later, they can also supply energy.

The power consumption of any base in the early stage of construction is not small, so it is very necessary to build a "power plant" first.

After all these things are built, plus the water ice in the permanent dark zone, Tianxia can truly stand on the moon.

The combination of these things constitutes a complete forward base, especially the important biological cultivation cabin, in which astronauts can engage in planting and breeding. It is also the key to the self-sufficiency of the forward base on the moon.

Tianxia people are very familiar with farming, and even this ability is already engraved in their genes. As long as the biological cultivation cabin can keep up, maybe the earth can eat the grain, vegetables and meat produced on the moon.

At that time, the lunar base is not simply a "foothold" on the moon. It will become a part of economic production and expand the human economic circle to the earth-moon system.

Only a sound economic system can promote a better and faster development of the human space industry.