Vol 3 Chapter 2229: Human's first scientific drilling on an extraterrestrial planet

In the hall of Xinyuehu Space Command and Control Center, Zhou Xiangming, Shi Zhaoping and other leaders and technical experts gathered here to witness the first scientific research drilling on the moon.

Facing the eyes of everyone, as the project commander, Zhou Xiangming issued an order.

The order has been issued!

Immediately, in the picture on the big screen, the drilling platform has been started, and as the drill bit rotates in the lunar soil, a lot of dust is soon drilled out.

How long will the entire drilling take? A geologist next to him asked.

Shi Zhaoping smiled and replied: "It will take about ten to fifteen hours."

So fast? Hearing Shi Zhaoping's pad, the geologist, including other experts present, were surprised. They did not expect the whole drilling process to be so fast.

"If it is on Earth, it may take only a few dozen minutes to complete the depth of fifteen meters." Zhou Xiangming said with a smile.

But this is on the moon, is it alright so soon? An expert in planetary geology asked.

Zhou Xiangming smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, there is no problem. We have experimented with related technologies many times, and there will be no problems."

Drilling continues, and more and more lunar soil is accumulated on the edge of the drilling. These are all lunar soil brought up by the rotation of the drill pipe. But this is only a small part of the surface layer, what everyone is waiting for is actually the deep lunar soil composition.

The entire exploration process should be said to be relatively boring, but the experts in the hall watched it quietly and interestingly. For them, there are several times in life that they can witness the exploration of extraterrestrial planets.

Somewhat fast. Shi Zhaoping glanced at the data and frowned.

Is not it good? One of the experts in the room asked in confusion, shouldn't it be a good thing that it is easier to drill?

Hearing the expert's words, one of the geologists shook his head and said, "This shows that the surface lunar soil here is relatively soft, so drilling is easier.

However, on this geological structure, it is not suitable to build housing facilities, because it is easy to sink. Even if the moon's gravity is small, there is gravity. "

Now we can only go on and see what the geological conditions are like below. Another geologist also said seriously: "However, this is also quite in line with our expectations, no. The entire Zhihai is a large crater, so the soil must be loose. I don't know that it has gone through so long of lunar geological activities and precipitation. Evolution, the deep lunar soil structure will be more compact.

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As for whether it can hit the rock layer, this is really hard to say. Although it is on the edge of Zhihai, such a large crater can be as powerful as it was when it hit it, and how deep it can be. "

No, another expert present shook his head: "Comparatively speaking, the structure of the lunar soil layer here should be more compact. The huge impact brought by the meteorite should exert a greater impact on the lunar soil. Peripheral and downward pressure, which forced the originally loose lunar soil structure to be more compact.

So I think, right now it's just a dead topsoil on the surface, and the soil below will be more compact. "

Hope so. When everyone heard the words, they nodded slightly.

As for Zhou Xiangming, looking at the dignified people, he smiled and said: "Actually, this is also a good thing, because this is great news for our moon mining project.

As we all know, the helium-3 content in the lunar soil is mainly located in the surface of the lunar soil. If the lunar soil surface is too strong, it will definitely bring many difficulties to the mining process. And now that we know that the surface lunar soil is loose, it will be much more convenient to mine helium-3 in the future. "

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Hearing Zhou Xiangming's words, everyone at the scene laughed.

An expert asked Zhou Xiangming, "Why, are you really planning to mine helium-3 on the moon?"

Why would you not believe it?

Zhou Xiangming said with a wide range, and then said with a smile: "We spent so much money and so much effort to build a lunar scientific research station on the moon, is it just for research, the cost is too great .

Besides, how many companies do you think can support such scientific research projects, and how many scientists and scientific research institutions can afford such huge scientific research funds?

Take everyone here as an example, when our lunar scientific research station is successfully built in a few years, we will open relevant places to relevant geological science research experts, allowing them to go to the lunar scientific research station for residency and field work. Research.

However, the related costs must be borne by everyone and the institutions behind them. At that time, you and the scientific research institutions behind you could afford it. "

Hearing Zhou Xiangming's words, many experts present shook their heads one after another. Just the little bit of annual research funding from their research institutes can support such a large scientific research project.

Even if the funds look down, it is not certain whether it will be his turn. The first is the physical aspect. Several of them who have been over 50 years old can withstand the bumps of the journey to the moon in space.

If nothing else, let's just say that the self-load that the rocket has to bear during the ten minutes of lift-off~www.readwn.com~ This is not something that everyone can bear. Even though Haoyu Technology's pedestrian manned spacecraft is very advanced, it also has certain requirements for its members.

As Zhou Xiangming said, if such a large project is only used for scientific research, it is indeed too wasteful. People are a private aerospace company, and they have invested so much. Naturally, it is impossible to send a few experts to the moon for scientific research. There must be a bigger purpose.

And helium-3 resource is a rare energy material that is relatively scarce on the earth. If it can be successfully mined and brought back to the earth for sale, then the profit will undoubtedly be huge.

And this can not only bring huge economic benefits to Haoyu Technology, but also help the country to achieve energy freedom, and even promote the realization of energy freedom in the whole world. You don't have to worry about energy anymore, because thermonuclear power generation using helium-3 can bring abundant power resources to human society. And this resource is still clean and green, with no emissions, and there is no radiation danger. It should be said that it is the most ideal existence among the known energy sources discovered by human beings.

Therefore, after hearing Zhou Xiangming's words, many experts present could not help being shocked. It seems that the ambitions of this group of people are even greater than they imagined. Now they are still exploring the unknown, but these people are already studying how to use the unknown.