The topic of lunar cultivation is not new; it's something unique to Earth.
Even America only took some soil brought back from the moon and tried planting it.
Needless to say, other countries haven't even been there yet.
This is currently a demand unique to China.
The Chinese astronauts are not only taking seeds that originally existed on Earth, but also the most viable genetically modified seed that Jiang Yan has carefully cultivated.
Jiang Yan could only sense that this seed had the most vigorous vitality, and that it was a seed that had mutated from rice.
It's worth noting that before becoming a mage, Jiang Yan had been researching seawater rice.
After becoming a monk, he took another big step forward in the cultivation and practical value of seawater rice.
This time, it was specifically designed for China's plan to build a base on the moon, abandoning all requirements such as yield, taste, and insect resistance, and focusing on improving the survival rate of seeds in harsh environments.
"If we can successfully grow rice on the moon this time, then maybe we can eat rice grown on the moon when we come back to the moon next time." Chen Dong said with a hopeful look on his face.
"Actually, planting there was only a secondary purpose for us."
The most important purpose of this lunar landing was to establish a small base.
Although the building materials were as easy to prepare as building blocks, the challenges on the moon included wearing heavy spacesuits and adapting to gravity that was completely different from that on Earth.
We also need to consider the effects of solar wind and temperature differences; I have a feeling that building our base won't be as easy as we imagine.
Ye Neng is the oldest astronaut in this lunar mission, and the three of them spend much more time working together than they do with their own families.
Ye Neng is usually seen as a steady and reliable older brother figure in the team. He considers issues comprehensively and always maintains a pessimistic outlook, but he handles problems with optimism and positivity.
He was also the leader of their three-person team.
"Most of the building materials were already transported up the moon during the previous moon landings."
We have conducted thorough tests in simulated environments, both on the moon and on Earth.
"Brother Ye, don't be too pessimistic. We'll definitely succeed this time."
In China's three previous lunar landing missions, except for the first one, the latter two missions carried some special building materials as planned.
And they are fixed near their chosen base location.
America originally planned to land directly on Mars and build a base there.
However, China's progress far exceeded expectations, and landing on Mars was not as easy as they had anticipated.
Therefore, America chose to tweak its plan, and they also intend to first build a small base on the moon.
Because there is no transit station like the lunar space station, America's cost would be tens of billions of US dollars more.
Of course, there are also various costs associated with NASA, including but not limited to human resources costs, which are inherently higher than NASA's.
The reason America was willing to change its plans to build a base on the moon was not because of the economic value of the lunar landing itself.
The moon has abundant mineral resources, including lithium, phosphate, and rare earth elements, which have become very popular in recent years.
However, Earth's current technology is still some distance away from low-cost mining on the moon.
The round-trip transportation costs alone are at least ten times higher than buying the ore directly from Earth, even as lithium prices continue to soar.
This is similar to how Russia launched a manned rocket first, and how America, despite incomplete testing and extremely high safety risks, still insisted on landing on the moon.
America needs to cultivate a globally leading image of technological prowess that cannot be questioned.
Of their three pillars, energy is already on the verge of collapse, and the pillar of technology cannot be shaken any further.
China's biological storage technology has already had a significant impact.
Products including brain-computer interface VR have had a very negative impact on America globally.
To put it simply, the countries led by America originally hoped to reconstruct the image of Chinese people in the global public opinion arena.
However, when China's unique technologies and products circulate globally, people abroad are likely to question this kind of public opinion.
If Chinese people are as bad as portrayed in media outlets like bbcn, then why are they able to create world-leading technologies?
The aerospace field is even more intuitive, especially the point that space indirectly reflects a country's scientific and technological strength, which is an inherent connection in the public opinion that America itself has created.
What America cannot accept is that China has repeatedly broken through the propaganda traps they have constructed regarding its national image.
China and America are both vying for territory on the moon, which has alarmed some countries.
Especially the Indians, who repeatedly stated that the moon is the common property of mankind, not the territory of a few countries.
To prevent destructive mining of the moon by certain countries, the development of the moon must be discussed and agreed upon by all countries on Earth.
For China and America, India's proposal didn't even qualify as a formal discussion; it was more like them grumbling on the sidelines.
Chinese netizens ridiculed this news extensively:
"If you want to interfere with our construction of a lunar base, the Indians should first develop their own lunar landing capabilities."
"Indians are the typical type who have ambitions that are too high but lack the ability to achieve them. They haven't even figured out manned spaceflight yet, but they're already thinking that they might be able to land on the moon in the future?"
The lunar landing trio, who had been receiving training at a specialized aerospace base, were completely unaware of the outside speculation.
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