Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

"Mo Yuan, should we consider the income from the lunar project?"

March 27.

Not long after the Lantern Festival.

The cabin assembly of a semi-permanent base on the lunar surface has more than 30 cabin sections.

The number of people on the lunar base and in orbit on the lunar surface has exceeded three digits.

After dozens of launches, the Qiushi Research Institute has placed thousands of man-made objects on the lunar surface and lunar orbit.

The near-Earth space platform in geosynchronous orbit has passed the application and is currently in the process of joint construction by the Qiushi Research Institute and the Aerospace Academy.

This is a time period in the previous life,

A feat that is far from being achieved.

But at the same time, there is another point that cannot be ignored.

In addition to scientific research itself, Qiusuo Research Institute has not yet gained any economic value in the moon landing and aerospace projects.

In addition to the quite generous financial support given to Qiusuo Research Institute by the above and the Aerospace Academy, Qiusuo Research Institute has not received any income from aerospace projects.

The expenditure on aerospace has now exceeded the original expenditure of the Qiusuo Research Institute on controllable nuclear fusion research, including the construction of a demonstration reactor.

This is despite increased productivity and reduced manufacturing costs.

also,

The third expansion and expansion of Qiusuo Research Institute after the realization of controllable nuclear fusion,

After five years.

At this moment, the number of researchers at the Qiusuo Research Institute is close to 80,000.

The core researchers of the optical core team are close to 200 people. These are leaders in each field and giants in the industry.

Officials responded to Qiusuo Research Institute’s security issues,

The expressions have risen to a new level.

Previously, there was an attack on the Qiusuo Research Institute’s residence.

Considered a declaration of war.

Now, the attack on the Search Institute,

It is regarded as the use of nuclear weapons directly against its own soil.

The area occupied by Qiusuo Research Institute has been expanding towards a more suburban area.

From the inside, it looks like a town with a quiet environment, surrounded by parks, sparse buildings, but full of greenery.

In the outer circle, a group of soldiers were mobilized.

To maintain the safety of Qiusuo Research Institute.

At the same time, it brings about huge costs every day and every moment for the Research Institute.

All these together, just thinking about it, make people who care about the fate of the Institute of Exploration and Research tremble with fear.

this time.

In the conference room.

Mo Dao was having some exchanges with several academicians among the core team members, including an academician from the Aerospace Academy who joined the Qiusuo Research Institute.

"Mo Yuan. I mean, apart from being the first stage goal, what else are we going to do on the moon?"

An academician in the aerospace field considered his words and communicated with Mo Daodong.

Although I was worried that the real behemoth of the Research Institute would suddenly collapse.

But as core members of the institute, they still know,

Even though Qiusuo Research Institute has a huge need for funds, the current funds of Qiusuo Research Institute can still support it.

now,

After five years of construction, controllable nuclear fusion commercial reactors have become widely popular.

Among the electricity used throughout China, the electricity generated by fusion has begun to account for a considerable proportion.

And according to the previous agreement.

The Qiusuo Research Institute can earn a portion of the revenue from every kilowatt-hour of electricity generated by the controllable nuclear fusion commercial reactor.

Although electricity prices are now cheaper, residential and industrial electricity consumption is also increasing.

This is also the current main source of income for Qiusuo Research Institute.

It is still more than enough at present, and with the further popularity of commercial stacks, this part of the income can continue to increase a lot.

Now, what the academician is worried about is the value of the things done on the moon.

The value here actually has little to do with the income itself.

"Academician Yu wants to ask? Is it necessary to send so many people up?"

Mo Dao asked.

The academician nodded.

Mo Dao looked at these core researchers and said,

Probably knows what they are worried about.

At this point in time, Qiusuo Research Institute's achievements in landing on the moon are somewhat special.

It is almost as if the Qiushi Research Institute is dragging the entire human race along the path of aerospace.

Currently, there are nearly 200 people at the Qiusu Research Institute on the moon and in lunar orbit.

If we speed up the pace, the Qiusuo Research Institute will be able to build a small community-scale lunar colony on the moon.

But here's the problem.

Is it necessary for Qiusu Research Institute to recruit so many people?

If it was just for scientific research, there would be no need for so many people.

Even at the current scale, a rotation is enough.

So, why send so many people up there?

Just to achieve an achievement?

If you send these people to the moon, there must be something they need to do.

Otherwise, they will be sent to the moon to lie down. How about developing lunar tomb services and making some money.

Generally speaking,

The expansion of territory is to expand people’s living space.

But currently, there are not so many people on the earth that the earth can’t be accommodated, so we need to immigrate to other planets.

In other words, the biggest demand for outward expansion does not currently exist.

Environmentally speaking, the moon is not a particularly suitable place to live.

The construction of a lunar city must have value.

It is impossible to build a city just for the sake of building a city.

The Qiusuo Institute can certainly do this by force with its wealth,

but the consequence of doing so is that once the Qiusuo Institute stops, the development of the aerospace field will inevitably shrink and retreat.

Because if there is no actual value, it is equivalent to the Qiusuo Institute's willful behavior.

In addition,

the long-distance navigation goal that the Qiusuo Institute wants to achieve also needs a solid foundation.

There must be enough value for humans to actually bring the moon into the scope of human civilization.

The starting point of the Qiusuo Institute's long-distance navigation can gradually transform from a mother star civilization to an interstellar civilization.

This value has nothing to do with whether the Qiusuo Institute is making money at this stage.

"Let's mine helium 3."

After a pause, Mo Dao said to the academicians in front of him.

It's not that they can't find the value of the moon at all, but this matter needs Mo Dao to decide.

"After the moon landing technology becomes more mature, mining helium 3 will be one of the main goals of building a city on the moon."

"In addition, when productivity improves a little more, I hope to build a spacecraft construction base, or a 'dock', on the moon."

Several academicians had no doubts about Mo Dao's mining of helium 3.

This is basically recognized by many people that the Qiusuo Institute can obtain the greatest value by developing the moon.

Even if the second-generation nuclear fusion technology has not yet been realized, the previous nuclear fusion technology was realized by the Qiusuo Institute.

The work of mining helium 3 can indeed support a certain number of lunar populations.

As for the second point mentioned by Mo Dao, it is the follow-up of the moon landing exploration plan.

The environment of the moon is naturally good for the construction of spacecraft.

If a large spacecraft is built on the moon, then whether it is entering space or escaping the gravity of the planet, it will be much easier.

For the Qiusuo Institute, which has the need for long-distance voyages, the material strength requirements for building large spacecraft on the moon will be much lower.

If we do not consider entering and exiting the atmosphere, the current technology can make the spacecraft quite large.

Just like the near-Earth space platform in Mo Dao's previous life, that behemoth can also be moved in theory.

After a pause, several core researchers nodded again.

"That's another big project."

The core researcher said with a smile, with some expectation in his eyes.

The construction needs of this interstellar spaceship dock can already support the existence of a lunar city.

Mo Dao smiled,

In fact, he has another idea, which he has not mentioned yet.

If the technology can meet the standards,

he hopes to be able to reproduce the "Sui Gu Project" of the previous life on the moon in this life.