Chapter 1708 Establishment of a Moon Base

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Because the solar wind that hits the front of the moon is blocked by the earth, the maria on the back of the moon will have the highest concentration of helium-3 on the lunar surface. Relatively speaking, this isotope is very rare on the earth, and it is a very good fuel in nuclear fusion reactors.

Helium III, the main fuel of the Red Police Corps in the future, will begin to be used in various weapons and equipment and industrial equipment of the Red Police Corps.

The era of nuclear fusion energy has arrived, and one of the inevitable problems is the long-term operation of nuclear fusion.

The energy driven by nuclear fusion reactors will be able to completely change the current energy demand structure of mankind.

To give the simplest example, the initial detected reserves of helium-3 fuel on the moon can satisfy the human beings on the earth, and they will waste electricity for tens of thousands of years.

The full mining of helium-3 on the moon will also completely change the way of life of human beings. Sufficient electricity can be maintained for a long time at a low cost.

Petrochemical coal power generation, nuclear fission power stations, and natural power generation can almost be replaced, and can also greatly reduce pollution to the earth's environment.

Of course, if it is really possible to freely mine the helium-3 on the moon, then human beings can already leave the earth and enter the solar system.

Naturally, Cai Ruichen cannot wait for other countries. He needs a lot of Helium III to meet future needs. The tens of kilograms of Helium III are only used as a capital to start this plan.

Going straight for three hours, the future space shuttle No. 1 has disappeared from the eyes of all the probes on the earth and successfully arrived at the back of the moon.

At the same time, the future No. 1 space shuttle has completely lost contact with the ground command center, but it still maintains contact with the base.

Cai Ruichen will also solve this problem in the future, that is, to solve the problem of communication signal interference on the back of the moon, just like satellite communication, connecting global communication.

At that time, there will be communication satellites all over the lunar orbit, directly connecting to the communication on the moon, and then connecting to the earth.

Latency is inevitable, and even light has a speed, let alone radio waves.

The connection between the base console and the future No. 1 space shuttle is still maintained, the neutrinos have not been blocked by the moon, and there is not much delay in the connection data.

Because of the speed of neutrinos,

It is more like the speed of space transmission, which exceeds the speed of light. It is only the speed relationship of neutrinos. It is only a theory among human beings. If Cai Ruichen did not announce this fact, human beings still need a long way to go. Be able to determine the true usefulness of neutrinos.

The future No. 1 space shuttle, which arrived on the back of the moon, also began to approach the surface of the moon as close as possible. The moon has no atmosphere, so it can easily enter a place very close to the surface of the moon.

Keeping the power of the space shuttle and the balance of the moon's gravity can maintain a fixed position.

For the choice of landing site, Cai Ruichen did not choose those well-known lunar maria, nor did he choose those large craters, but directly chose the darkest central point of the moon when the earth is daytime.

This central point is also the area with the most helium-3 reserves.

As space shuttle No. 1 slowly came to the sky above the airborne area, the hatch in the abdomen of the space shuttle also slowly opened.

Inside the hatch, several technology expansion station mobile vehicles weighing three tons are suspended and fixed. These mobile vehicles are all equipped with cushioning propulsion devices, which can cushion the pressure when they fall.

Since the gravitational force on the moon is smaller than that of the earth, it only needs a simple buffer to completely offset the huge pressure brought by the airdrop.

Accurately arriving at the sky above the planned construction base, the first technology expansion station was dropped from the future No. 1 space shuttle.

The ranging radar was activated at the same time, and when it was still 500 meters away from the earth's surface, the buffer thruster was activated, and the thruster reduced the falling speed of the technology expansion station to a very slow level, and then slowly landed on the surface of the moon.

The whole process is like gently caressing the lover's cheek, soft and delicate, only a little dust is raised.

The follow-up technology expansion station has not been air-dropped, and the No. 1 space shuttle will enter a standby state in the future.

Cai Ruichen in the base excitedly opened the technology expansion station that was airdropped on the surface of the moon, following Cai Ruichen's operation in the base.

The science and technology expansion station on the surface of the moon also slowly unfolded. The crawlers went directly under the surface of the moon, exactly the same as on the earth. The science and technology expansion station unfolded on the surface of the moon very smoothly.

After unfolding, a reminder of the technology expansion station also appeared on the control panel of the base. The reminder indicated that construction work can be carried out on the moon, and the buildable area is still 30 square kilometers.

For this, Cai Ruichen already has a comprehensive construction plan. The first technology expansion station will mainly build electricity and explorers, comprehensively explore the mineral resources on the moon, and carry out a comprehensive data reserve for subsequent real large-scale mining.

At the same time, the mining of helium-3 on the moon will also start in an all-round way. Whether to immigrate to the moon in the future will also be combined with the mineral reserves on the moon to conduct an overall assessment and calculation.

However, it is certain to establish a moon base. A military base with active and passive defense will be arranged on the moon. This is also in Cai Ruichen's plan.

Therefore, in the first stage, a basic survival base will be established on the moon, which must be able to meet simple living needs, and then continue to expand the scale of the survival base.

The construction of the lunar base will start together with the Mars base, and on Mars, it is determined to be immigrants.

Because water resources can be directly obtained on Mars, but it is difficult to obtain water resources on the moon. Therefore, water is a very serious problem for immigrants on the moon.

Beside the technology expansion station, with the movement of Cai Ruichen's finger, the first unit magnetic energy reactor actually built on the moon began to move.

The closed construction module was launched on the moon, and the construction has also entered a six-hour countdown. As long as the magnetic energy reactor is completed, Cai Ruichen will also start the construction of the tank factory.

Then the prospectors appeared and began to explore the energy division on the moon. After all, ore extraction wells can't be built casually. If there are no minerals below, the construction is just a waste of time and energy.

Once the location of the mineral is locked, the ore extraction shaft can be built later, and then the hyperspace mining vehicle will start to travel back and forth between the moon and the earth, and transport the helium three extracted from the ore extraction shaft back to the earth.

Prospectors will also choose new delivery areas for other technology expansion stations.

(To be continued.)