Homo sapiens

Moon, front.

Copernicus Crater, Copernicus Base.

After more than half a year of expansion, the scale of the Copernicus base has expanded a lot, with the number of space capsules reaching 427.

At the same time, thanks to the popularity of magnetic monopole crystal communicators, there are 300 synchronized robots here in addition to the approximately 50 permanent astronauts on duty.

The so-called synchronous robot actually uses a magnetic monopole crystal communicator as the core and is specially developed for use in alien bases.

On the other side of the earth, the Homo sapiens company has established an alien remote control management center to build a group of professional control cabins to facilitate employees in need to control synchronous robots and perform tasks in alien bases.

At this time, the 300 synchronous robots at the Copernicus Base are all in working condition.

In fact, synchronous robots are all in a mode where humans and machines are constantly resting.

In a cabin, several robots are inspecting the newly prepared biosynthetic fungi in the cabin, allowing these fungi to synthesize the required components in the culture tank.

"Jack, it's okay."

The robot named Jack took a look at the situation in the breeding tank and saw that a nano-silicon steel sheet had been synthesized. He was controlling the equipment.

Another robot held a tablet computer and recorded various data synthesized this time: "It only took 17.3 hours, 5.9 hours shorter than before..."

Zhi...

The sealed and transparent lid of the cultivation tank popped open automatically, and inside were the material-synthesizing fungi that had fallen silent. Due to temperature and pheromones, these model worker fungi stopped breeding and synthesizing at this time.

A robotic arm was inserted into the solution in the culture tank and took out the nano-silicon steel plate with a length of 3 meters, a width of 1 meter and a thickness of 1.5 millimeters.

Takaaki Hirata, the robot responsible for inspecting the plates, uses various rapid inspection equipment to conduct comprehensive inspections of the plates.

"The hardness is up to standard..."

"Strength meets standard..."

"The nanostructure defect rate is 0.039 per 10,000, Grade B 3 plate..."

"Radiation shielding rate..."

The robot responsible for recording nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, it has reached mass production standards."

In the Copernicus Base, there are more than 50 materials-related laboratories, and the base has now achieved self-sufficiency in most basic building materials.

On the northwest side of the base, in a recently constructed comprehensive factory, there are already a large number of breeding tanks producing various parts and components day and night.

As Qin Lang, the person in charge of the Copernicus Base's rotation this month, he was inspecting the production of parts in the factory.

He stood in front of an electric motor that was being spliced: "Baru, how is the production capacity now?"

While the robot Balu was assembling the electric motor, he replied: "If there are sufficient raw materials, our base can produce about 8,000 tons of parts every month. The problem is that there are not enough raw materials now."

"Don't worry! The Earth Headquarters will deliver a batch of core components this month. By then we can piece together 5 more diggers and 5 transport vehicles." Qin Lang said with a smile.

“Are there no problems at the mines and refineries?”

Qin Lang shook his head: "No, the surface sand and rocks here are rich in raw materials such as iron, titanium, aluminum, silicon, magnesium and calcium. In addition, there is a hot spring underground 47 kilometers away to the north."

"Hot spring? Are you planning to mine it?" Balu raised his head.

Qin Lang did not deny: "Yes, the value of this geothermal point is very high, and it contains water and carbon resources that we urgently need."

There is no way, the lunar surface is very rich in oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, magnesium and titanium resources.

However, the contents of hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon, which are volatile elements, are relatively low.

Fortunately, there are abundant carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen resources in the lunar underground. This has been discovered through detection data in recent years.

According to the analysis of long-term monitoring data of the moon, it can be known that carbon compounds will continue to be released in the relatively young maria and prairie of the moon. Obviously, this is evidence that there is a large amount of carbon element in the underground of the moon.

The hot springs near the Copernicus base have naturally been carefully explored.

The carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and radon emitted by the hot springs are hundreds of times higher than those of ordinary moon rocks.

A lot of elements are volatilized into outer space by the moon every year. If the moon's gravity was too weak to bind these volatile elements, it would not be as bare as it is today.

Obviously the bases on the Moon are of good size and were built earlier than the Venus Cloud Palace project. However, the industrial scale of the Moon is less than one-tenth of that of Venus.

The reason is that the moon has too little carbon and its gravity is quite different from that of the earth.

Venus is just the opposite. There is a high concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Venus, and its gravity is close to that of the Earth. Therefore, it can use local materials and use biosynthesis technology to mass-produce needed parts.

Now the Copernicus Base is mining hot springs in order to obtain carbon resources and reduce the pressure on the earth's material transportation.

Qin Lang and several other rotation leaders know one thing very well, that is, if the lunar base wants to be successful, it must get rid of its dependence on the resources of the earth headquarters.

Otherwise, all kinds of supplies require support from the Earth Headquarters, and it will be very difficult to develop.

For example, why the mass projector project on the far side of the moon has been slowing down before, but the progress of the project has surged in the past two months. The reason is that the base on the far side of the moon has achieved self-sufficiency in a large part of its components.

Now Qin Lang and other base leaders have realized the scarcity of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen in the base.

Their solutions were fourfold.

The first plan is to strengthen the recycling and reuse of hydrocarbon and nitrogen resources within the base.

The second option is to use alternative materials as much as possible to reduce the consumption of hydrocarbon and nitrogen resources.

Both plans are efforts to reduce expenditures.

The third option is to tap the moon’s underground carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen resources, such as hot spring mining.

The fourth plan is to use a spacecraft to capture some asteroids with high water and carbon content, then pull them to the vicinity of the lunar orbit and hand them over to the recently constructed lunar orbit industrial space station.

This is an open source effort.

Through these plans, the Copernicus Base is gradually solving the dilemma of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen resources.

Qin Lang discussed with Balu for a while, and after listening to their opinions, he headed to another workshop without stopping.

This workshop assembles micro space capsules, similar to the drone production workshops on Earth. The main product is micro space capsules with rough skin and thick flesh.

He looked at a miniature space capsule in front of him. It was about the size of a large gasoline barrel, almost 10 meters in length and about 3 meters in diameter.

The micro space capsule itself does not have an engine or the like, and can be carried by other spacecraft and thrown to various places on the moon as a temporary scientific research station.

In the past, this kind of space capsule could only be transported through the Earth headquarters, but now their base can also produce its own micro space capsules.

"Xin, can the production capacity of the micro-space capsule keep up with the schedule?"

Li Xin, who is in charge of this workshop, saw Qin Lang walking in, and he directly reported some situations: "Now we can produce 5 to 15 micro space capsules every month, but precision instruments need to be transported from the Earth headquarters."

"5 to 15? The production capacity is okay." Qin Lang nodded with satisfaction.

Li Xin helplessly spread his hands: "If the supply of raw materials can be increased, production capacity can be increased by about 80%."

"By the way, I came here this time because I have a mission for you..."

Thank you for your support (ω｀). Sorry, I have some things to deal with at home today. There will be no update at noon. I will update it in the evening.