The airtight cabin carrying Xia Yu descended. When the hatch opened, there was a vast lunar sea in front of him. Beneath the shallow lunar soil was the lunar mare basalt, which was quite solid to step on.
Since Lao Mei's sixth moon landing, human beings have once again set foot on the moon, but no one knows about it except Xia Yu himself.
Xia Yu bent down and used a handheld laser welder to cut off a large piece of basalt. This rock is rich in ilmenite and has a high grade. It can be used to smelt iron and titanium, and can also be used to produce liquid oxygen.
Right here, opening an open-pit mine is absolutely a sure win. If humans want to colonize Mars, it is important to first establish an outpost on the moon. The developed mineral resources can be transported directly to Mars and can also be returned to the mother planet nearby. It is a win-win choice.
Xia Yu put the cut rocks into space. The Mining No. 1 Integrated Cabin Laboratory would analyze them on site, but he planned to take this opportunity to collect more mineral samples and bring them back to Earth.
Chang'e 5 took the efforts of many predecessors and brought back 2 kilograms of lunar soil with great difficulty. If you knew that Xia Yu could pick up hundreds of kilograms just by casually picking up, you would definitely be envious!
There's no way, this system is not scientific!
"Mr. Xia, you have a call forwarding call from Earth. Would you like to connect?"
Walter’s voice sounded in the headset.
Xia Yu's cell phone finally lost signal after leaving the Earth, and he had to use the Prometheus to transfer the call.
"Take it!"
It was already noon on Kana Island, and the call was from his mother asking him to come downstairs for dinner.
"No need, Mom. I'm not on the island right now. I'll be back tomorrow. You and Dad can just eat it."
Lin Shuqin had no doubts. It was normal for Xia Yu to disappear. She and Old Xia had long been accustomed to it.
Xia Yu hung up the phone, temporarily finished his work, and prepared to return to the boat for dinner.
The departure was rather hasty, and there was only high-calorie liquid food on the ship, which was a little more like food than nutrient solution, but it was nowhere near as good as the delicacies on Earth.
Xia Yu waved his hand, and a table full of delicious food appeared in front of him out of thin air. These were all the spare food he had received in the storage space in advance, and they were still steaming!
After filling their stomachs, they continued working until the next morning, when the belated Mining 1 entered the lunar orbit.
Prometheus took off again, and after following Mining 1 around the moon, its engine reignited, pushing the experimental module toward the moon.
The high-definition camera on the ship recorded the entire scene until the heavy cabin fell heavily on the designated area, stirring up a cloud of dust.
Xia Yu felt relieved when he saw this, and the news was immediately transmitted back to Earth by the Queqiao relay satellite.
The ground control room and the live broadcast room were filled with cheers. It was a success, the moon landing was a success.
The Falcon Heavy played an indispensable role in the successful lunar landing, and the domestic technical assistance team was also indispensable.
The Mining No. 1 project is cooperating with the government to a certain extent. The successful experience accumulated by Chang'e 5 has enabled Mining No. 1 to successfully land on the moon. In the future, some data collected and analyzed by the laboratory will also be communicated with the government.
This is like Chang'e 4, which, in addition to Yutu-2, also carries China's lunar surface neutron and radiation dose detectors.
Cooperation between countries and between countries and enterprises can lead to win-win results.
Xia Yu stared at the surface of the moon. Mining No. 1 raised its antenna, the system started up at 50%, 70%, and the hatch opened. The mining lunar rover drove out under the control of the main control room on the ground.
The car's functions are relatively simple. Bugatti is still developing the latest model, which will be launched to the moon along with Mining 2 in the second half of the year.
However, this prototype vehicle is now sufficient. It was seen to take a stroll, scoop up about 1 kilogram of lunar soil with its bucket, and then return to the laboratory along the same route.
The hatch was down, and even the boss Xia Yu couldn't see what was going on inside.
According to the mission plan, Mining No. 1 will initially only analyze the lunar soil, and will launch a formal lunar drilling project in late March.
The moon's open-air mineral resources are very rich, but the good stuff is hidden underneath, and drilling downwards is necessary.
The drilling equipment carried by Mining No. 1 was won in a lottery. It accompanied Xia Yu on the expedition to Antarctica, but that was a waste of equipment. The universe is where this kind of drilling rig is useful.
Because of the leading edge of technology, relevant data will be selectively retained, and even he is the only one who has the authority to issue instructions. After all, the things won in the lottery can only be used to buy consumables from the system mall, and cannot be assembled exactly the same. Otherwise, how about getting another Prometheus 2?
Even if I can save it up, it seems I can’t put it together!
Assembly is also a science. If there is an extra part after assembly, it will be fatal.
After landing the Prometheus in the distance, Xia Yu replaced the camera feed of Mining No. 1 with administrator privileges and walked to the front of the laboratory.
When he was on Earth, he had seen this big guy up close. Now seeing it again on the moon, it still feels magical. However, even if he put his ear against the outer shell, he could not hear any sound. He could only take a few close-up photos and then take a group photo.
It's perfect. When the photos are developed, no one will believe it's real.
They would just think that it was a photo taken by Xia Yu on the ground. These days, only honest people believe that photos cannot be photoshopped, but they never thought that this was true.
Back on the spacecraft, Xia Yu exported the photos and sent them directly to the publicity department of Space Mining.
That night, Universe Mining released these photos on Weibo and Twitter simultaneously.
The already high popularity of Mining No. 1 was ignited again. Netizens said that Xia Yu was good at it, but the photo-editing was not very good. Also, the space suit was too light. It looked like a prop suit for a movie.
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