Homo sapiens

The big-eyed camera on Balu's synchronized robot looked at him: "What mission?"

"It's about the task of manufacturing equipment. This is an improvement plan. Take a look."

"Improvement plan?!" Balu took the tablet and read the so-called improvement plan.

The improvement plan for the micro space capsule is very simple, that is, to install three 12.5 mm machine guns on it to give it the ability to automatically attack intruders.

There was a hint of confusion in Balu's voice: "Now the moon is the company's base. Is this necessary?"

"Who said there is only the company's base?" Qin Lang raised his eyebrows slightly.

"? The Lunar South Pole Base of the Earth Alliance? Is it necessary for the base to be so defensive?"

Qin Lang shook his head: "Balu, you underestimate the evil thoughts of human nature. Look at this!"

Then he called up a piece of intelligence investigated by the field division on his tablet, letting Balu see what it meant to be on guard against others.

[Special Investigation Report of the Earth Alliance Lunar Base... The lunar cargo spacecraft No. 14 launched by the Space Exploration Company was equipped with 30 rounds of the space version of the Stinger, as well as 5 30mm cannons, and carried 15 base ammunition... ]

"Do you still think there is no threat to the Earth Alliance's moon base?"

"They are looking for death!" Balu's tone became cold.

Qin Lang shrugged: "There are too many people with delusions of destruction. Even if we have no intention of taking action, they will be wary of us in their hearts."

"I understand, but is a machine gun enough? Do you want to prepare other weapons and equipment?" Balu asked.

"It's not necessary. We have deployed 36 death-ray satellites in the lunar orbit. Large bases have death-ray cannons. They can't make any waves."

"Then I'll make it based on the improvement plan."

"Well, I'm sorry to bother you."

"It's your job."

Qin Lang came out of the industrial area and drove his electric car to the mining area.

Currently, a total of 7 mineral mining sites have been opened around the base, which can produce 5,000 to 6,000 tons of various minerals every month.

On the way to the mine.

He was discussing mining work with his assistant Riel.

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the other side.

Deputy Base Director Devasin Bader was also discussing lunar minerals with several colleagues, but the area they discussed was not around the Copernicus crater, but the mineral resources near the lunar south pole.

In front of the lunar holographic projection model, Deva pointed to one of the craters: "The Earth Alliance's lunar base is inside the Kravi crater. Our recent work is to control more than a dozen craters around the Clavi crater."

"Deputy Commander, are there enough micro space capsules?" a robot asked.

Deva replied confidently: "That's enough. We have 7 in stock and can produce 12 this month. Plus three fire spacecraft, it's enough for us to control these craters."

"Then let's discuss the minerals in these craters! We must control the areas with the richest resources." Another lunar mineral researcher who came through the synchronized robot suggested.

Deva nodded: "Well, the important resources of the moon are actually water and carbon resources. Among the 16 target craters, we found a lot of water ice and dry ice in the Lango Zitan crater that we controlled in advance, especially those Areas that have not been exposed to the sun for a long time have a lot of water ice and dry ice stored in them.”

The lunar mineral researcher called up a holographic map with stratigraphic conditions detected by geological remote sensing satellites.

There is a general rule among the craters around the south pole of the moon, that is, the depth and width of the crater, the surrounding latitude, and the height of the terrain jointly determine the amount of water ice and dry ice stored at the bottom of the crater.

The closer to the South Pole, the deeper the depth, the smaller the width, and the higher the surrounding terrain, the greater the storage capacity of water ice and dry ice.

On the contrary, the storage capacity of water ice and dry ice is smaller.

The researcher pointed at several craters storing huge amounts of water ice and dry ice and suggested:

"These four small craters need to be controlled intensively. I suggest placing the Spark spacecraft in one of the craters as the core of the Antarctic base."

Deva looked at it and said, "Okay, I will arrange it."

"In addition, this mountain range also needs special attention, and it is best to gradually control it."

It is a mountain range formed by a volcanic shield, although many of the mountains have been smoothed away due to long-term damage by the moon's cosmic rays and solar wind.

In addition, the large-scale volcanic activity on the moon has also stopped for hundreds of millions of years, but this does not mean that there is no volcanic activity on the moon.

Because the moon's core is still active at this time and has not completely cooled down.

On the other hand, volcanic eruptions do not necessarily require intense geological activity. Asteroid impacts can also cause intense volcanic eruptions.

Especially for planets like the moon that do not have a dense atmosphere, the destructive power of asteroids is amazing. Those large lunar maria were formed when large asteroids hit the moon.

Those volcanic relics left over from ancient times contain a lot of heavy metals and rare metal minerals.

For example, the volcanic mountain range in front of the moon's south pole, through exploration by the Lunar Geology and Mineralogy Institute, has stored a large amount of copper, sulfur, lead, and thorium compounds or elements.

Sulfur is not very important, but copper, lead, and thorium are very important.

Copper is one of the raw materials for wires and motors, lead is one of the core materials for various protective layers, and thorium is one of the raw materials for nuclear fission.

If you add gold, silver and rare earth elements from other volcanic relics, the Lunar Branch can produce gold-based thermoelectric materials, silver-based superconductor materials, and produce its own nuclear power plants.

Currently, various bases on the moon rely on cobalt rod nuclear batteries as core energy sources. However, the lunar base does not have the ability to produce cobalt rods and must be transported from the earth headquarters.

Although Homo sapiens attaches great importance to the transportation of cobalt rods, it has basically eliminated the possibility of accidents.

But cobalt rods are extremely dangerous radioactive materials after all. If they are leaked into the earth's atmosphere, the consequences will be disastrous.

According to the instructions from the headquarters, Qin Lang, Dewa and others must find ways to mine thorium and uranium on the moon as soon as possible to achieve self-produced nuclear fuel.

At present, they have discovered volcanic relics on the moon, and there are many mineral deposits of heavy metals, rare earths, and radioactive minerals.

It is estimated that integrated analysis of magnetic field detection data shows that there are at least 6.76 million tons of mineable high-grade uranium ore and 39.8 million tons of thorium ore stored in the lunar surface at a depth of about 1,000 meters.

If fully mined and refined, 2,782 tons of nuclear fission raw materials (99% purity) can be extracted.

The Caucasus base set up by the Lunar Branch in the Caucasus Mountains in the northwest of the Shihai Sea is dedicated to mining thorium ore, and is currently conducting research on bioenrichment technology for thorium ore.

The reason why we pay so much attention to radioactive materials is mainly for the mass projector project on the back of the moon. The mass projector requires huge electrical energy.

Cobalt rod nuclear batteries cannot supply enough energy, and nuclear fission power plants must be installed.

Of course, the Lunar Branch also has another mission, which is to seize resource-rich areas as soon as possible and curb the development and profits of Dilian on the Moon.

As long as there are not enough benefits, the free world dominated by private interests will definitely feel unable to continue to explore the moon.

After all, private companies have to make money, and those investors will also retreat when they see that the profits are far away.

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