"In the soil???"
The expedition team members examined the two previous samples.
Indeed, there was a bit of dirt stuck to one of the ore pieces.
"Report to command center: the first sample did indeed contain a small amount of lunar soil."
Now we will proceed with the third test.
The expedition team members placed the soil from the ore into their instruments.
After waiting for 10 minutes for the results,
Sure enough, they obtained a large amount of evidence of the presence of helium-3.
"Report: The soil contains a large amount of helium-3."
Upon hearing this news, the experts and scholars at the command center from the Qingshan Nuclear Power Plant...
They immediately went mad.
The other working groups and research institute staff nearby all looked bewildered.
"Stop, stop, stop!! Mr. Huang, what are your researchers doing?"
Maintain order in the command center!
Commander Tang ordered everyone back to their posts.
Do not make loud noises.
"Principal Su, what's with all this excitement from the nuclear power plant?"
"Commander Tang, you'll find out soon enough!"
ah?????
Just then, Mr. Huang, the head of the Qingshan Nuclear Power Plant, ran over.
"Principal Su, have you discovered helium-3?"
Su Lin nodded.
Is the content high?
Although helium-3 exists on Earth, its reserves are extremely limited.
Moreover, the extraction fee is very expensive.
So even if controlled nuclear fusion technology can achieve a breakthrough...
Due to the availability of raw materials, it cannot be widely promoted.
"We are still waiting for the final result."
"Reporting to command center, based on the current measurement results..."
It's 1.5%.
1.5?! This is outrageous!
Mr. Huang's face turned red with excitement.
"Mr. Huang, why are you making such a fuss? What helium-3 element, helium-4 element?"
Please explain this to everyone quickly!
Commander Tang was also puzzled. Why was he so excited about discovering an element?
Mr. Huang took a deep breath and calmed himself down.
"Commander Tang, let me put it this way: our nuclear fusion technology has actually been jointly developed with Lanxiang Military Industry."
Breakthrough progress has been made, but on the issue of fuel,
There is a persistent need for a stable, safe, and clean fuel!
"Helium-3 is currently the best choice for this type of fuel!"
Another engineer from the Aoyama Nuclear Power Plant said.
"Nuclear fusion??? Isn't the nuclear reactor we use a nuclear fission reactor?"
Although Commander Tang wasn't very educated or formally trained, he had been with Su Lin for so long...
They also went through the project design of the Shrimp-shaped aircraft carrier propulsion system and the Gravity-class launch vehicle boosters.
I've heard so much about it every day that I've memorized the term "nuclear fission."
"Yes, if China can become the first country to master nuclear fusion,
Then all the world's oil and gas companies will have to be beholden to us!
"That powerful??"
"Based on our current experimental data, only about 1,500 tons of helium-3 are needed."
That would meet the energy needs of all humanity for a year!
1500 tons
That's far from enough for the amount of helium-3 present on Earth; it's not even a fraction of it.
However, if all the soil on the moon contains this component,
Let alone 1,500 tons, even 150 million tons is just the tip of the iceberg!
"Awesome! What if we built a few fusion nuclear power plants on the moon?"
That solves the energy problem for all the bases and launch centers on the moon!
Su Lin instructed the expedition team to continue exploring the lunar soil and other components in the minerals.
General Huang and the four commanders were all summoned to the office.
"Mr. Huang, how is the development of the fusion reactor progressing?"
"Principal Su, theoretically there's no problem, and the experimental data also meets our design requirements."
But the amount of data is too small. As you know, it's extremely difficult to obtain helium-3 on Earth!
"What about the reactor size?"
"Similar to before, this time we're designing a microreactor. If a large amount of data verifies its feasibility..."
"We will build a larger-scale reactor..."
"Principal Su, since we don't have enough data, why don't we just have the lunar expedition team send some back?"
Commander Wang suggested that they directly obtain several tons of lunar soil.
They came to Earth to refine the materials and then conducted experiments.
"We've successfully landed on the moon so many times, the return mission is a piece of cake for our space team."
"No major technical issues!"
"Where's the launch tower???"
There are currently no launch towers on the moon.
The Gravity launch vehicle, although reusable,
However, it requires a large launch tower for support. If a rocket specifically designed to travel between Earth and the Moon were to be developed...
That's such a waste of time.
"Mr. Huang, go back tonight and pack your things to select a professional technical team."
"Principal Su? What? You don't mean to send me to the moon for experiments, do you?"
I'm afraid of heights!
"Commander Tang, what should be done for disobeying military orders!?"
"General Huang, for the future of humanity, we can only ask you to work hard. You know that military orders cannot be disobeyed!"
"Okay, okay... So you mean I have to go whether I want to or not, right?"
"Mr. Huang, there's nothing we can do without a transmission tower, isn't there?"
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