What are the components of these ores?
The members of the research team were stunned when they saw the endless expanse of ore.
It's important to understand that all minerals on Earth need to be mined.
Most of them are located inside the layers of the Earth's crust.
Mining alone requires a huge amount of manpower and material resources.
But these basin terrains before us
All the ore was exposed.
"Principal Su, could some of these ores contain the iron we need?"
Commander Tang looked at the images sent back by the expedition team.
The most needed material for building a launch site now is not oil, nor coal.
It's not natural gas.
Instead, it was iron ore.
Because it has a nuclear reactor, it only needs to launch a few Gravity rockets.
Landing near the construction site allows for the transport of a significant amount of supplies.
It can also be used as a small nuclear power plant to continuously provide electricity to the construction site.
However, the launch site requires a large amount of steel, specifically composite steel, and the hardness of the steel needs to be considered.
Toughness is a requirement that is extremely high.
If we want to transport goods from Earth to the Moon, there are over 200 launch sites.
The transportation costs are simply too high.
"We'll know when the analysis results are in."
Su Lin only vaguely remembered it from his memories before he transmigrated.
These basins, known as lunar seas, contain abundant iron ore.
I only found out today that all these minerals are actually exposed on the surface of the moon!
"Analyze the ore immediately!"
"Okay, Principal Su."
Members of the research team used a simplified version of the spectrometer.
Place it on the ground.
A small portion was chipped off from the black ore with a hammer.
Put it into the analyzer.
After waiting for about 10 minutes, the composition of these ores can be determined!
Time passed second by second.
Everyone's hearts were in their throats.
As long as the iron content is greater than 10%, the ores in these surrounding basins...
That's enough to build 10 to 20 launch sites.
Basin topography on the lunar surface covers almost the entire lunar surface.
"The results are in!"
The operator of the research team said excitedly,
A sheet of paper was printed out from the spectrometer, showing the metal components that had been measured.
And the content of each metal,
"Chromium, nickel, sodium, magnesium, silicon, copper..."
"Iron is also found! Report to command center, iron has been discovered in these ores!"
Inside the command center of the Houyi launch center,
All eyes turned to Su Lin.
Is this the kind of leadership leadership I'm talking about?
"Isn't that amazing? How did Principal Su know that there were abundant mineral resources in these basins?"
"The key point is that it actually contains the iron we're looking for!"
"Brother Su, are you an alien, or did you travel through time? How could you guess that?"
Commander Wang looked at Su Lin with disbelief.
"If I had traveled from the past, I would have bought every lottery ticket in the world."
"And you guys are still doing research here?!"
"That shows that you have a high level of ideological awareness."
Su Lin picked up the military communication equipment.
"Calling out, research team, what is the iron content?"
The expedition team's operator carefully examined the printed ingredient list.
"55% iron content!!!"
"What????"
A 55% content? Let alone putting that on the moon...
Iron ore is extremely rare, even on Earth.
If the content is over 30%, it's considered high-quality iron ore.
55 percent, which is equivalent to smelting one ton of ore to obtain at least half a ton of pure iron.
"Principal Su, moreover, this ore contains nearly 20 kinds of rare metals in addition to iron."
Could you please send us the elemental composition table of the composite steel used in our launch tower?
Su Lin nodded.
The communications soldier sent over a detailed internal document.
The document contains a detailed list of the steel and all metal materials used in the launch tower of the Houyi Launch Center.
It also represents the highest level of engineering technology in China to date.
The Houyi Launch Center, once completed, has launch towers capable of continuous launches.
The launch success rate remains at 100% to date.
It went from a newly built launch center to the world's number one launch center.
"Report to launch center, everything is available! All the metal elements we need are here."
Upon hearing the news of the scientific expedition team,
The command center erupted in enthusiastic applause.
"Principal Su, you are incredibly insightful!"
"Doesn't this save hundreds of billions in transportation costs?"
"If we establish multiple smelting centers on the moon, then the materials our Moon Palace will need..."
Production can now also be carried out on the moon.
"Self-production and self-consumption, how daring are people! How much can be produced on the moon!"
While everyone was still immersed in the celebratory atmosphere,
The expedition team sent another message.
"Principal Su, why is there still helium-3 in it???"
"Helium-3??? Isn't that the fuel for helium fusion nuclear power plants???"
According to research reports from the world's top research institutions
Helium-3 is abundant in the high-energy particle stream ejected from the sun, specifically in the solar wind.
However, because the temperature of the solar wind is too high, it is simply impossible to collect data.
The total amount of helium-3 on Earth is only about 500 kilograms.
They are still distributed in various parts of the world.
The costs of mining are astronomical.
If a large amount of helium-3 is discovered on the moon, it would mean that the energy problem of controlled nuclear fusion has been solved.
"Impossible! How could helium-3 exist in ore?"
"We must conduct another analysis and find the substance containing helium-3."
What is the current abundance of helium-3?
The expedition team members checked the analysis table again.
"Report: Only 0.3% content!"
"Principal Su, even if it's only 0.3%, it's still a very high concentration!"
The research team extracted another portion of the ore.
Place it in the spectrometer.
Everyone is waiting for the results.
However, this time the results showed that no helium-3 element was found.
"Is there something wrong with your spectrometer? Why is the content of the same ore showing zero in this experiment?"
The expedition team members were also baffled.
Could it be that the same ore, or even an ore that has been formed for thousands of years, is present here?
It's impossible for the components to differ that much.
"Is it in the soil???"
Su Lin said to the expedition team...
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