Chapter 508 The moon has belonged to all mankind since ancient times

People on the earth have been paying attention to the moon for a long time. They may have started paying attention to it a long time ago when humans were still "fools".

Of course, human imagination is unlimited, but technology is limited.

I have been watching the moon for so many years, and now that I know there are rich mineral resources on the moon, I want to go up and have a look. It was not until a few decades ago that humans were lucky enough to go to the moon for a walk, but they want to use the resources above. , and from the perspective of resource utilization, it is still far from enough to make profits exceed investment.

However, if the technology is not good, it will not delay people's imagination.

Originally, many countries and private companies were thinking about building lunar bases on the far side of the moon. Many scientists also believed that the far side of the moon was the best location for a lunar base. In addition to mining mineral resources, it was also very good to install telescopes there, which would be very useful to humans. Understanding the universe is very beneficial.

But there are also disadvantages, that is, a series of transit satellites are needed to maintain communication between the back of the moon and the earth. However, with the development of technology, this condition can also be solved.

This is a very important psychological factor, because astronauts working on the back of the moon cannot be made to feel isolated from the world, and they must feel that they are not alone.

But although this solves the contact problem, it is difficult for astronauts to take a look at the earth from the far side of the moon.

Although it is a bit pretentious to say this, sometimes human beings are like this. If you can see "home" with your eyes, you will not be lonely.

So later some people changed their minds. If it was purely due to resource utilization considerations, then a place near the lunar south pole might be a better location.

Because there is a lot of water ice and other minerals there, and the moon is a very different place from the earth, it takes nearly a month for the moon to rotate once, so in most areas of the moon, each night lasts about Two weeks.

However, some areas of the moon's south pole are almost always illuminated, similar to the conditions at the Earth's north pole in summer, which means that these areas do not have particularly large temperature changes, allowing solar panels installed there to absorb sufficient sunlight. Provide electricity to the moon base.

As for the telescope, it only needs to be built outside the atmosphere.

This is also the reason why Guguang Aerospace chose the site here, because Dong Chen didn't tell them about nuclear fusion, and they only considered Arc Light Aerospace's existing high-conversion solar panels.

Even if the conversion rate is high, it cannot be separated from the sun. Moreover, the area they want to build is still so large, and there are so many facilities inside, so the electricity consumption will definitely be high.

The initial base was just to test the survivability of human beings in building bases on extraterrestrials, and to explore more distant extraterrestrial exploration and colonization plans in the future.

If you can't even stay at the nearest moon, don't even think about farther distances.

Mining, experimenting, and operating tourism are actually part of the experiment, but they are not disclosed to the outside world, and they also hope to make a profit. After all, they are still private companies, right?

With this kind of business model, coupled with the technical support of Arclight Aerospace, the profitability is still very promising.

Dong Chen's ultimate goal is to go for helium-3. Others cannot use it yet, but he has ready-made technology. This element is a trump card in his hand, and it is a rigid demand during the development period of the universe. , must be occupied.

And with a lunar base, there is one more way.

After Dong Chen finished introducing all the situations, he looked at the reporters below who were raising their hands obediently like primary school students. He pointed at one of them and said, "Just you. What do you want to ask?"

Dong Chen didn't look carefully. When he stood up and looked at the name tag, he realized that he was an American reporter.

He raised his microphone and asked, "Mr. Dong Chen, when the United States declared that the moon belongs to all mankind when it first landed on the moon, does your company's current behavior violate the United Nations' Outer Space Treaty? "What about? After all, China is also a signatory to the treaty and cannot declare sovereignty over the moon."

"I've finished asking my questions, please answer?"

Looking at the reporter who sat down honestly after asking the question, Dong Chen was not sure whether he was under any instigation, and he blamed himself for pointing blindly.

But he smiled and said, "This American reporter, I think you got a question wrong, and you don't seem to know that there is a "Moon Agreement," right?"

Dong Chen raised his index finger and said, "First, the Moon Agreement mentions that the moon and its natural resources are the common property of mankind. In other words, what you said belongs to all mankind, and no country, group or individual may appropriate it for itself. Yes, but countries are allowed to develop and utilize it.”

"In other words, whoever develops first will benefit first. There is nothing wrong with our company's plan."

"Second, we have not declared sovereignty over the moon. Our company is only responsible for the lunar base and resource mines we built ourselves, and there is no problem at all."

"Third, please find comrade "All Humanity" to come out and talk to me. I am willing to sit down and talk with him."

"Fourth, it's true that your country, the United States, was the first to land on the moon, but now can you safely develop your technology and return to the moon? Don't always worry about things you can't control, okay? The new battleship has been built? "

"Fifth, the law depends on execution, not words."

After finishing speaking, Dong Chen glanced at him, then turned to look next to him and said, "After answering the first question, you can ask the second one."

Since Dong Chen quarreled with the first reporter, the subsequent reporters became much more honest.

As people in the news media industry, fans of the Arc Light Group complain that certain countries control their public opinion, but they know much better than others.

That's quite remarkable.

Fortunately, the entire press conference ended soon, but the issues brought about by the press conference were not. The discussion around the world was even more heated than the previous first interaction.

The reason lies in a series of human rights and interests such as sovereignty, ownership rights, development rights and other rights over extraterrestrial planets.

Various countries have formulated some laws and regulations in this area through the United Nations, and many countries have signed them. However, these regulations have not been fully implemented, and they are full of loopholes.

There were even a lot of jokes.

When the Outer Space Treaty first came out and restricted countries from declaring sovereignty over outer space, many private individuals declared their sovereignty over outer space, and some people successfully made money.

But in the end they gave up and were even arrested because they could not "beat" state institutions.

The feasibility of these laws has been discussed by the legal community. Although they have been signed, there is no final conclusion.

It’s still the same problem, the problem of execution.

It is now difficult for humans to land on the moon, let alone carry out living and production activities on it.

And even though there is nothing that can be done, they still want to frame the entire universe with just one law, without even asking if the aliens agree.

Therefore, although these laws and regulations have been introduced, those countries with strength still do what they should do, because these laws and regulations are simply useless.

Some international laws that only govern the earth are not very binding, let alone laws that govern alien planets.

The Arc Light Group has not directly declared sovereignty over the moon. That is because the Arc Light Group’s headquarters and foundation is on the earth. It also feels that there is no need to quarrel with other countries on the earth over a small moon. With the Arc Light Group’s technology, we will explore in the future The universe still gets the best of it.

There is no need to mess up your rear area just for the sake of a small profit at the beginning.

Therefore, Dong Chen had no intention of blocking the road, and also left a lot of roads for them. As long as they could come up, Dong Chen had no intention of blocking them.

As long as they're not greedy, of course.

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