Military Technology

Chapter 2331 Imagine lunar immigration

Hearing Wu Hao's words, Jiang Nan smiled, flipped through the notebook in his hand and said to Wu Hao: "You seem to have always been very optimistic about the lunar immigration project. You have elaborated on your lunar exploration and immigration on many occasions in the past. plan.

Why, why are we so optimistic about lunar immigration, a dream that seems very far away to us? And there is nothing on the moon, so why go to the moon with so much trouble. "

"Yes, lunar colonization has always been my dream and goal. In fact, all our space projects are centered around this goal."

Wu Hao smiled and said: "I have been comparing the great voyages with human exploration of the universe. For our human ancestors hundreds of years ago, they were also disappointed. No one had ever tried to sail so far away.

The same is true for our Zheng He fleet, which is also exploring and advancing step by step. In that era, it took extraordinary courage to have the courage to fight against the huge waves and sail on the boundless possibilities.

For people at that time, great voyages were like today's space exploration projects. Even though it is so dangerous and difficult, the sea still does not stop us humans from exploring the unknown. This led to the discovery of new continents and global routes.

It is precisely because of the continuous exploration of these navigators that today's world map is created and the entire time is completely connected.

Today, what we are doing is the same as the original voyage. We are constantly entering deep space to prepare for going further.

The moon, an extraterrestrial planet, is very special. It is a satellite of our earth and the closest extraterrestrial planet to our earth. Therefore, if humans want to explore deep space, they must pass by the moon. This is just like Zheng He's fleet hundreds of years ago. If they want to enter the Indian Ocean, they must pass by Malacca.

The position of the moon is like that of Champa Port or Semarang Port. It will be a supply station for us humans to go into deep space and explore deep space, and it will also be a trestle and stop for our earth in the universe.

Our earth's gravity is too great, so if a spacecraft wants to fly out of the earth, it must consume a lot of fuel, which greatly restricts the range of the spacecraft.

The gravity on the moon is very small. If we build a supply base on the moon and let these spacecrafts fill up their fuel here, they will lose very little fuel, allowing the spacecraft to fly longer distances. .

Therefore, the geographical location of the moon is very important. Whoever controls it will control the future gateway to and from the earth. Nowadays, various aerospace giants from various countries have launched their own lunar exploration plans and actively participated in lunar exploration and the construction of lunar scientific research bases.

Everyone is seizing the opportunity, hoping to have a greater say in future lunar exploration.

If we don't work hard now, we will probably lose the right to speak in this area, or let others seize some better areas.

For example, our Wangshu-1 intelligent lunar rover has carried out scientific exploration of a large area of ​​the moon and obtained a large amount of precious detection data.

Through these data, we can know what kind of resources are distributed where, and where the resources are rich, which is more suitable for us to establish scientific research stations or future lunar cities, etc.

The construction of these scientific research stations and lunar cities is not just about randomly demarcating areas on the moon. First, we have to find some regional plates that are relatively stable and the topography meets the conditions. Secondly, we need to find areas with relatively rich resource reserves, such as some metal mineral resources, water resources, etc. These are the reserve mineral materials for the construction of future scientific research stations, as well as the resources on which human life will depend in the future.

If we don't seize it in advance, these good places may be taken away by others, and it will be very difficult for us to get involved. "

Finally, there are resources. Wu Hao looked at Jiang Nan and said.

resource? Jiang Nan repeated the word and looked at him with a puzzled look.

Wu Hao smiled and nodded: "Yes, resources. For a long time, people have had the impression that the moon is very barren, with no oxygen, and is filled with sand and stones.

In fact, the lunar soil contains abundant reserves of various mineral resources, such as manganese, titanium, iron, copper, gold and silver, etc., as well as water resources that we are familiar with, and the most famous helium-3 resources.

The resources on the earth are limited. How many years can these resources be used by humans?

After the resources on the earth are exhausted in the future, humans will have no choice but to reach out to the universe if they want to obtain the resources needed for development, and the moon closest to us will be the primary target.

Perhaps, our perception of other mineral resources is not strong yet, but helium-3 resources should be said to be the most scarce and most desired clean energy source for mankind. If we can collect helium-3 resources on the moon and transport them back to the earth, we can solve the current energy shortage problem on the earth.

With the continuous advancement of artificial sun technology, fusion power generation will become a reality, and the demand for helium-3 resources will also be very urgent.

We predict that the first fusion power station will be built within ten years, and we plan to use five years to establish a preliminary lunar scientific research base on the moon and begin to mine helium-3 resources and then transport them back to the earth. "

After saying this, Wu Hao paused briefly, and then continued: "In addition, there are space resources. The space on the earth is very limited. The rapid increase in population has also caused the space on the earth to become more and more limited. It’s crowded. The birth of a large population requires a large amount of space and land. This will not only reduce the area of ​​cultivated land on the earth, thus reducing the food supply, but also seriously crowd out the space of other animals and plants.

As for the moon, it has vast space resources. If settlements and lunar cities are established on the moon, then we can immigrate a large number of people from the earth. In this way, the space congestion on the earth can be greatly reduced.

Of course, these are all very late. We know that the environment on the moon is harsh and it is not suitable for human settlement. Therefore, the moon actually functions more as a transfer station, and mankind's new home should be on other planets. "

"Like Mars?" Jiang Nan interjected.

Wu Hao smiled and nodded: "Judging from the current Mars exploration results, Mars is indeed a planet more suitable for human habitation. But that's it. There is also no oxygen on Mars and the atmosphere is thin.

The most important and difficult thing is that the nearest distance to Mars is 240 million kilometers. How to get there and how to achieve large-scale immigration is also a big problem. "