Wandering Spaceship in Deep Space Chapter 204: Colonial base
Before this exploration activity, scientists had launched several artificial satellites in advance, trying to use remote sensing technology to find mineral deposits exposed on the surface. In the past few days, most of the data on the entire planet has been collected, and a lot of various minerals have indeed been discovered.
But people’s requirements for minerals are very high, not only in terms of abundance, but also in terms of transportation. The distribution of mineral deposits can never be located one east and one west. If each place is separated by several thousand kilometers, transportation It is very troublesome, and it is best to concentrate in an area within a radius of 100 kilometers. It will be much easier to lay the railway in this way. First release https://https://
Through satellite detection, the accuracy will decrease as the depth increases. Most of the minerals on the planet are hidden under the ground, so we still have to rely on another simple technology-planetary impact!
Throwing heavy objects from high altitudes, quickly hitting the planet, and then analyzing the raised dust, we can get the specific composition of rocks and soil.
Among these, the most critical minerals are water resources and organic matter.
In theory, this planet does not lack metal, but only these two are lacking.
"The temperature difference on the surface of the planet is too great, and there can be no water on the surface...So water resources are likely to be hidden on the deeper surface and appear in the form of ice. We have found a large number of them in the north and south poles of the planet. Ice mines. But the north and south poles are too far away from the spacecraft’s stopping point, and the transportation is not convenient enough."
"As for organic compounds, it is the top priority of this exploration. Whether it is the production of carbon fiber, or the growth and development of plants, humans, and animals, all need the support of organic matter..."
On the display screen, a hostess is broadcasting this planetary impact experiment. Many ordinary people gathered in the central square, waiting for this exciting result.
"Satellite 1" is similar to the moon, and theoretically a small amount of organic matter exists. But if there is no large-scale enrichment, it is too difficult for humans to develop, and the economic value will be greatly reduced.
It’s impossible to go to the next living planet to mine organics. All kinds of microorganisms are enough for humans to eat a pot.
Watching the satellite gradually fly away, Zhang Yuan felt a little nervous: "It should be okay?"
A nearby scientist said: "It's hard to say, if we can't find these two kinds of mineral sources for a long time, our development speed will slow down a lot..."
"It’s even more troublesome to change the planet."
Other planets have their own advantages and disadvantages. Either they are too close to the star, or lack certain elements, or geological activities are very intense, and there will still be volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
In addition, these artificial satellites are all brought from the earth. Once they are launched, it is extremely difficult to recover them again. At that time, there will be no artificial satellites, and the exploration of other planets can only rely on manual surveys, and the efficiency will be greatly reduced.
"The movement of the mothership will also consume a lot of fuel. Alas, it's a one-time success..."
Zhang Yuan prayed silently in his heart for a while, then stared at the big screen.
As the experiment progressed, the narrator next door began to speak faster: "Audience friends...As you can see, the satellite is already approaching the first target area."
"According to the calculations of experts, this place was a super volcano billions of years ago. As we all know, a volcanic eruption may infuse a large amount of material, which will also be accompanied by some organic matter and sulfur compounds... This is A very good place to choose..."
"The experiment has started!"
In the screen, an iron ball was suddenly thrown out of the artificial satellite. After a long free fall, the speed of the iron ball is getting faster and faster...
In an instant, the iron ball crashed to the ground, because there was no air slowing down, its energy was comparable to a high-explosive bomb, enough to raise a huge amount of dust.
Of course, I can't hear any sound in the vacuum, it's just that Zhang Yuan is replenishing the whole process.
"Well, everyone, the next thing you need is to wait patiently for a few hours. Our scientists will use spectroscopy to analyze the specific composition of the dust..."
This seemingly boring experiment has been repeated 16 times.
No matter how experienced the narrator is, and no matter how emotionally mobilized, the melon-eating crowd in the hall is still drowsy, and most of them have left without realizing it.ァ新ヤ~⑧~1~中文网ωωω.χ~⒏~1zщ.còм
In fact, many scientific research investigations are very boring, not as passionate as imagined. What ordinary people need is just a result.
But in the central control room of the Earth Age, many researchers have been busy, and the researcher's brows sometimes stretched and sometimes frowned. The results of the previous experiments are not too ideal...
The time passed slowly, and it was not until three o'clock in the afternoon that people found abundant thiophene, aromatic and aliphatic organics in the mud and dust of No. 5 crater. The abundance of organic matter in this area is more than sixty times that of ordinary locations, and it is very valuable for mining.
Even below the area, there are a large number of cavities caused by the original volcanic eruption, as well as a thick layer of natural ice, with a reserve of about 120 million tons. The amount of this water resource is not too much, it is only equivalent to the water of 10 West Lakes, but it is 40 times more than the less than 3 million tons of water stored in the Earth Age itself!
For the current human beings, it is already a huge amount of water resources!
The news came, and there was a small cheer in the conference room.
"I didn't expect two important substances to be found at once." Captain Zhao was full of joy: "It proves that our worries are superfluous. The planet is so big, how could there be no such resources..."
In the next few days, one by one detection robots were lowered from the mothership, focusing on the geological condition of the No. 5 crater~IndoMTL.com~ and collecting rock and soil samples from various areas, and then re-transporting them through ropes Back to the mothership.
For safety's sake, more than a thousand biologists and doctors were summoned and kept busy all night. People carefully cut these rock and soil specimens, trying to confirm that there are no living bodies inside. There is a living planet next door, and microbial contamination is not impossible.
There are many specimens that need to be tested, scattered in various locations of 100 square kilometers, there are tens of thousands in total.
But no one finds it hard. Many people are as excited to die as if they were beaten up with blood.
Fortunately, no, there are no possible life forms...including carbon-based life, or imagined silicon-based life!
After reaching this conclusion, everyone cheered again, and the last dangerous point was eliminated.
The main development base of the new civilization has undoubtedly appeared.
"Today is undoubtedly an exciting day. Starting today, we have found our own colonial base."
"A hundred years later, maybe our technology will catch up with the earth’s civilization...We will also launch our own deep space colonial ship to start the real planting plan! But there is no doubt that all the origins are from today Start."
"Let us cheer for this day!"
Zhang Yuan, seeing his colleagues enthusiastically discussing, was equally excited, and applauded. I don’t know why, there is always a faint sense of depression in his heart, and the direction of depression comes from...
The life planet next door?