Galaxy Technology Empire

Rhine and others quickly and carefully watched the exploration report of "Iron Star 1 Asteroid", and the more they looked at it, the more envious and jealous they became.

At the same time, he also has his eyes open to the resources in outer space. Just an asteroid is so rich in resources.

Although mineral asteroids account for a small proportion of the total asteroids, the overall number of asteroids is huge.

The overall base of anything must be improved, and there will be more or less useful parts in it.

Asteroids are celestial bodies in the solar system that are similar to planets and orbit the sun, but are much smaller in size and mass than planets.

We all know that 98.5% of asteroids are distributed in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. There are also many asteroids distributed around Jupiter's L3 and L4 points, known as the Trojan group of asteroids.

If you have seen the star map of the solar system, you will know that most of the asteroids are very far away from the Blue Star and are more difficult to reach than Mars. For these distant asteroids, it is meaningless to develop them in recent years.

Then turn your attention to those asteroids closer to the Blue Star, namely Near Earth Asteroids (NEA).

Compared with other asteroids, developing near-Earth asteroids is obviously less difficult, cheaper, and technically easier to achieve.

Near-Earth asteroids usually refer to asteroids whose orbits intersect with the orbits of blue stars, and their orbital radii are usually between 0.983 AU and 1.3 AU.

AU refers to the Astronomical Unit (AU), which is a unit of length, approximately equal to the average distance between the blue star and the sun. It is one of the astronomical constants. It is the basic unit for measuring distances in astronomy, especially the distance between celestial bodies in the solar system. The average distance from a blue star to the sun is one astronomical unit. One astronomical unit is approximately equal to 149.6 million kilometers.

There are currently 12,819 known near-Earth asteroids, and the number of discoveries continues to grow.

Among them, the number of known near-Earth asteroids with a diameter of more than 1km is 873, but the rate of discovery is on a downward trend, and the number of such near-Earth asteroids is estimated to be about 981.

According to different orbital radii, near-Earth asteroids can also be divided into the following three categories:

Ardennes-type asteroids, the average orbital radius of this type of asteroid is close to one astronomical unit, and the aphelion is larger than the perihelion of the Blue Star (0.983 AU). They are often located within the orbit of the Blue Star.

Apollo-type asteroids, the average orbital radius of this type of asteroid is outside the blue star orbit, and the perihelion is within the blue star orbit.

Amor-type asteroids, this type of asteroid orbits between Blue Star and Mars, and its perihelion is a little outside the Blue Star orbit (1.017 ~ 1.3 AU).

The Amor asteroid often crosses the orbit of Mars but not the Blue Planet.

Mars' two natural satellites, Phobos and Deimos, appear to be Amor asteroids captured by Mars' gravity.

The next step is to take a look at the resources on the asteroid, mainly its mineral resources.

According to the different spectra of asteroids, they can be roughly divided into the following three categories: C-type asteroids, accounting for about 75% of the total asteroids; S-type asteroids, accounting for about 17% of the total asteroids; M-type asteroids (WX asteroids are M-type).

Category C asteroids have more abundant water resources and are also rich in geotechnical resources (such as silica, magnesium oxide, iron oxide, etc.);

S-type asteroids have more geotechnical resources (mainly silica); M-type asteroids have more metal resources (iron, nickel, etc.).

Many people may be more concerned about the content of things like platinum. In fact, we have inferred the content of platinum group metals in asteroids through statistics of the iridium (Ir) content in iron meteorites on blue stars.

Platinum group metals are mainly distributed in M-type asteroids, and about 50 to 60% of M-type asteroids are richer in platinum ore than those on blue stars.

In other words, C-type asteroids account for 75% of the total, and M-type asteroids account for 8% of the total. The water resources of C-type asteroids and the metal resources of M-type asteroids are crucial to the future expansion of the universe by humans.

If you are lucky and encounter a resource-rich asteroid like the WX asteroid, you can earn at least tens of billions from one.

What's more, there is the important satellite of the moon. The moon is not only a matter of resources, but also a more important position. Whoever occupies the moon will take the lead in the future development of the universe.

"Mr. Fang, we need to think about it. After all, this amount is too big." Rhine was obviously a little moved, but such a large investment was indeed not something he could decide alone.

"I can wait, but Mao Xiong and Tianzhu are also talking. The property rights of the mass projector determine the future launch share." Fang Dongliang reminded with a smile.

What he means is that 49% property rights means having 49% of the launch share. If 300,000 tons of cargo can be launched a year, the 49% share is 147,000 tons of cargo.

"Mr. Fang, we are very sincere, but please give us a little time." Rhine said anxiously.

"I will give you three days, and you will not wait until the expiration date." Fang Dongliang said directly.

"Okay, we will make a decision within three days."

After this secret negotiation ended, Rhine quickly had a holographic conversation with Layton in Shanghai.

After listening to Rhine's words, Layton knew that this was an opportunity and a threat. Once the Western Continent Alliance gave up cooperation, others might take the opportunity to take over.

"Rheinland, we will act separately and convince the country as soon as possible that even if we reduce social welfare, we must spend money to win this project."

"Their quotation is 1.3 trillion Chinese dollars, and we bear 80%, which is 1.04 trillion Chinese dollars. The current exchange rate between the Western dollar and the Chinese dollar is 1:7.2, and we need to pay 144.44 billion Western dollars." Rhine said.

"We can afford this number. Although it is a bit difficult, we can still prepare it if we find a way." Leighton thought for a while and said.

Currently, the Western Continent Alliance has 28 member states. Excluding the Stirring John family, there are still 27 member states. As the top four strongest members in the Western Continent Alliance, they are the Hans family, Gaul, Spaghetti Country, and Western Panya. The total GDP in 2019 was approximately 5.5 trillion US dollars.

The total economic output of the Xizhou Alliance this year is about 18 trillion US dollars, so it is still okay to spend 144.44 billion US dollars.

What's more, the money will definitely not be taken out in one go. They will definitely bring up the idea of ​​installment payment during the negotiation.

After Rhine, Layton and others reported this situation to the Western Continent Alliance, the Western Continent Alliance immediately secretly held an emergency joint meeting.

In order to gain first-mover advantage, the Hans family and Gaul joined forces to persuade other member states, even at the expense of increasing their own share of funds.

Rhine and Leighton didn't know how the West Continent Alliance fought internally, but this time they were very efficient. In less than two days, an approval document was in Leyton's hands.

"The joint meeting has agreed to this project, but they asked us to strive for as many conditions as possible." Layton told Rhine.

"Great, I will try my best to negotiate with the Dongtang people for other conditions." Rhine said quickly.

"Then it's up to you." Layton said seriously.

Fang Dongliang, who is in Shanmei, has received a request for renegotiation from Rhineland. He did not expect that the efficiency of these Xijiao guys was so fast. He originally thought that they would not be able to give a result in ten days and a half. It seems that people have potential. is unlimited.

Since they want to negotiate, Fang Dongliang has no reason to refuse. After all, they are here to give money. If they can get this money, the investment in the construction plan will almost be paid back.