My science and technology museum

"Commander Wu suddenly contacted me. Is there something wrong with the Guanghan Palace Moon Base?"

"That's not true."

Wu Chuping, who was in the holographic projection state, explained: "Actually, the reason for interrupting this time is because the lunar base is about to be officially completed, and I want to invite Academician Xu to come and participate in the celebration."

"At that time, we will live broadcast the Guanghan Palace lunar base."

"besides."

"The first batch of lunar resources will also be mined and transported to the ground via space elevators."

After hearing what Wu Chuping said, Xu Lei suddenly understood.

It turns out that the other party is looking for something good for him.

Not asking for help.

But it’s right to think about it. The space elevator is a very mature technology.

In addition, future technology provides such things as life capsules.

It is enough to ensure the survival of astronauts on the moon in the early stage.

With such prerequisites, it is not difficult to complete the construction of the lunar base.

After Xu Lei learned that the lunar base project was on track, the space agency implemented the near-lunar spaceport plan, making the transportation of astronauts and materials more efficient and convenient.

The next step will even be to build a Mars base and arrange solar system monitoring stations on it to ensure that dangers can be detected in time and the safety of the earth and planets can be ensured.

But the completion of the Guanghan Palace lunar base in just over a year still surprised Xu Lei.

Faster than he thought.

Xu Lei was not too interested in Wu Chuping's invitation.

This is a critical moment. It won't be long before the Science and Technology Museum will unlock new exhibits, and there may even be unknown special changes.

Now he just wants to wait for his influence to reach tens of millions.

I'm really not in the mood to participate in any activities.

Not to mention running to Dentian Island.

Since the space agency wants to follow his previous approach and set up a live broadcast to share the joy at this important moment, then watching the live broadcast will be regarded as participating. The key thing can be done sitting at home.

Thinking quickly, Xu Lei directly expressed his thoughts to Wu Chuping.

"Commander Wu."

"Congratulations on successfully completing the construction of the Guanghan Palace lunar base."

"Becoming the first lunar base in history."

"I will watch the live broadcast on time, but there is no need to attend the event."

Seeing that he was rejected like this, Wu Chuping not only showed no sign of anger, but showed gratitude all over his face, and then said seriously: "I think Academician Xu did this because he didn't want future technology to occupy too much attention from the outside world. So ignore our space agency."

"You can rest assured about this. After all, we are all contributing to the development of the country."

Xu Lei couldn't laugh or cry as Wu Chuping thought of this aspect, and he really didn't know what to say.

In the end, after a slight hesitation, he decided to stick to what he had just done.

"Commander Wu, I understand what you mean, but there are special circumstances in the company that require me to personally take charge of, so there is definitely no way to go to Dentian Island."

Speaking of which, Wu Chuping naturally knew that he could not convince Xu Lei.

So no more time wasted.

But in the end he still expressed his regrets.

"That's such a shame. I will definitely come and invite you in person next time."

"Definitely next time."

After Xu Lei responded to Wu Chuping with a smile, the video call ended.

Then Xu Lei turned his attention to Xingtong and specifically told him: "Remember to remind me when the space agency's lunar base live broadcast event starts."

"Okay boss." Xing Tong nodded in response.

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Since the two live broadcasts of the space elevator and the moon landing mission proposed by Xu Lei ended, the situation at the Guanghan Palace lunar base has almost become a state of lockdown. Apart from the occasional official release of a few photos, there are no other additional information channels. Come pay attention.

This makes the outside world unclear about the details of the lunar base.

In addition, the recent popularity of virtual helmets and neuroprosthetics has been so high that they have successfully attracted everyone's attention.

Even more, no one cares about the base.

I can't remember it in a short time.

So when the space agency issued an announcement, it stated that a new live broadcast event would be held to give everyone a clearer understanding of the Guanghan Palace lunar base.

As soon as the news got out.

It immediately triggered a new hot topic discussion.

Although the total number of views on the entire network is still not comparable to that of the virtual world, it still ranks in second place, dozens of times ahead of the third place.

Many people have expressed their expectations for this live broadcast.

"Are we going to broadcast live from our lunar base again? With no news during this period, I almost forgot that there are many astronauts living on the moon."

“Thanks for this announcement reminding me that there are astronauts on the moon.”

"Speaking of how the construction of the Guanghan Palace lunar base is going, the people in the space agency are still not as practical as Mr. Xu. It has been a year and there is no new news released."

"Suddenly a live broadcast is going to be launched. Is there any big progress? Looking forward to it!"

"You must have discovered Chang'e, right?"

"I just want to know when the space elevator will be commercially available. I really want to experience the feeling of entering the space station and the moon base."

"Some people can feel dizzy even if they sit in a car. I think it's better not to think about taking the space elevator. Why bother to make it difficult for yourself?"

"It's a pity that Mr. Xu has to be in charge of the virtual world and cannot serve as the commander-in-chief of the lunar base. Otherwise, I'm afraid the construction progress of the base will definitely be faster than it is now."

…

Three days later.

Sunday, December 26, 2027.

It is no exaggeration to say that today is the day with the smallest number of people online since the opening of the virtual world.

Because the space agency launched live broadcast on the moon again after a year.

Eight in the morning.

Binjiang City.

Longhu High-tech Park.

Xu Lei had just finished breakfast and came to the office when Xingtong's reminder suddenly sounded in his ears: "Boss, the live broadcast room at the Guanghan Palace Moon Base has been opened. Do you want to connect it?"

"Has it started yet?"

Hearing this, Xu Lei was startled for a moment, then sat on the sofa and whispered: "Open the live broadcast room."

He had previously rejected Wu Chuping's invitation and did not go to Dentian Island in person to participate in the celebration of the completion of the lunar base. However, after all, this lunar base involved future technology, and he also wanted to see what the overall situation of the base was like. of.

What's more, he has promised Wu Chuping to watch the live broadcast.

Following the instruction, Xingtong naturally did not hesitate and immediately projected a holographic virtual light curtain from his eyes.

What is shown above is the live broadcast of the lunar base.

Look around.

The name of the live broadcast room can be found to be the Guanghan Palace Moon Base Live Broadcast Room.

What surprised him was that the astronaut in the picture who was introducing the situation to the audience was no stranger.

It was Ye Junmin.

After the successful operation of the space elevator, Ye Junmin was selected to participate in the moon landing mission as a newcomer on his first space mission. In addition, the live broadcast was from his perspective as a third-person live broadcast, so Xu Lei was somewhat impressed by him.

It seems that he has been staying on the moon during this period and participating in the construction of the base.

"Hello everyone in the live broadcast room, my name is astronaut Ye Junmin, and today I will lead you to visit the Guanghan Palace lunar base."

Inside the lunar base.

Ye Junmin, who was still slightly shy, greeted the camera.

And put on a warm smile.

However, unlike the previous live broadcast in which he wore a heavy spacesuit, he was only wearing blue cabin overalls.

Of course, this situation quickly aroused the curiosity of the audience.

Some people even boldly speculated that Ye Junmin was not on the moon base at all.

It is very likely that there is a problem with the lunar base, so they want to use the live broadcast to appease the people so that they can explain the expectations of the outside world.

So much so that the barrage refresh frequency has been significantly accelerated, and everyone is asking this question.

"This time I can finally see the face of Astronaut Ye. The last time it was broadcast live from his perspective, but he was basically invisible."

"Shouldn't you wear a space suit on the moon?"

"It feels so weird!"

"It stands to reason that the Guanghan Palace lunar base should still be in the construction stage and cannot provide astronauts with the cabin environment of a space station."

"There must be some insider situation."

"Can you please stop messing around here and watch the live broadcast carefully first?"

"I believe it makes sense for astronauts to do this. Don't use your interests to question their professionalism."

Ye Junmin served as the host of the live broadcast. He must have been familiar with the entire process in advance, and naturally took into account various situations that may arise.

So when faced with the questions raised in the live broadcast room, he didn't show any worry on his face.

Dangjie opened his mouth to answer the questions raised by the barrage.

"I'm about to tell you the good news. Through the efforts of all members of the space agency and Future Technology, our Guanghan Palace lunar base has been officially completed after one year of construction."

"It's in normal operation."

"So when we stay inside the base, we astronauts only need to wear cabin work clothes."

"This will also facilitate the subsequent lunar resource mining work."

Ye Junmian's few words revealed two important pieces of information.

The Guanghan Palace lunar base was successfully constructed.

And will carry out lunar resource mining.

For the audience in the live broadcast room, they basically thought about this. No one would have expected that the lunar base, which seemed to be very difficult, would be built in such a short period of time.

You must know that this is only the power of the domestic space agency and Future Technology, and does not cooperate with overseas forces.

As soon as possible, Ye Junmin's face was extremely serious when he talked about these situations, and it didn't look like he was telling lies at all, but it was still difficult for everyone to dispel their doubts.

As the barrage refreshed rapidly, the voices of doubt grew louder and louder.

It is worth mentioning that although Ye Junmin served as the host of this live broadcast, he did not control the live broadcast in the live broadcast room.

At this moment, in the control center of the ground station, the commander-in-chief saw Wu Chuping seeing this situation and immediately issued instructions to the staff nearby.

"Switch the live broadcast perspective to the outside of the base."

"Since everyone doesn't believe it and thinks we are cheating, let them appreciate our Guanghan Palace Moon Base."

"It's the commander-in-chief." The staff member, who was also holding back his breath, nodded suddenly and smiled.

soon.

Under the control of the ground control center staff, the audience immediately discovered that astronaut Ye Junmin disappeared from the live broadcast, and was replaced by a familiar lunar soil scene.

This is the same scene as when the astronauts came out of the Yutu lunar module.

To put it simply, the perspective picture in the live broadcast room is the lunar rover outside the base. As the lunar rover begins to move under the control of the ground control center personnel, the live broadcast picture gradually moves forward, and soon it moves from the desolate lunar soil to On a special eggshell-shaped building.

Since the Guanghan Palace lunar base is built on a location with inherent advantages such as the impact crater, the base will not be much higher than the lunar soil level.

And the top resembles an eggshell-like structure.

Made of high-strength, lightweight special alloy materials, it is corrosion-resistant and radiation-resistant.

Together with the internal cabin structure and various equipment and instruments that meet the survival requirements of astronauts, they form the current Guanghan Palace lunar base.

Speaking of which, this is the first time Xu Lei has fully seen the overall appearance of the Guanghan Palace lunar base.

The thought of going in and staying there for a few days came up in my mind.

Of course this is just a thought.

The lunar base does provide living conditions for astronauts, but the comfort level is definitely not comparable to that of the Earth or even the Tiangong space station. Moreover, it is necessary to cope with the special environmental changes on the moon at any time.

It's not an exaggeration to say it's bad.

The selection of astronauts is so complicated and requires layers of screening, almost reaching one in ten million, to ensure that they can survive safely in a changing environment.

Ordinary people who rush up there are afraid that their bodies will undergo unknown changes.

This risk simply cannot be taken.

Unless humans can create real spaceships or galaxy battleships.

But it should be said that there is no problem in taking the space elevator to experience the Tiangong space station for a short time.

"No wonder the Guanghan Palace Lunar Base can be built so quickly. Using this relatively simple base structure, coupled with the geographical advantage, can indeed greatly improve the construction efficiency."

Looking at the lunar base in the picture, even Xu Lei had to admire the experts in the space agency. It can only be said that they are indeed very powerful in the moon landing project that human civilization has always been looking forward to.

It can be said that his space elevator created an opportunity for them to turn theoretical research into reality.

After all, from the day the moon landing program was established.

The design of the lunar base is in progress, and the two are synchronized.

Let’s talk about the audience in the live broadcast room.

Facing the Guanghan Palace Moon Base in front of him, even Xu Lei expressed his admiration for it, let alone these ordinary people.

After seeing that what Ye Junmin said was true, everyone was excited!

And that powerful sense of pride and honor instantly filled his body.

No one thought that the base had already been built.

The barrages in the live broadcast room stopped for a few seconds before being updated again, and this time the frequency was several times higher than before.

Everyone was expressing their excitement.

I can't see any questioning comments anymore.

"Damn it, is this really our Guanghan Palace Moon Base?"

"Has anyone calculated the time? It's incredible that the base construction was completed so quickly!"

"It's nothing short of a miracle."

"My sister asked me why I was kneeling on the sofa."

"I am short-sighted. Just now I was still doubting the authenticity of the moon base."

"Even though I was slapped hard in the face, I was very happy. What's going on?"

"Has the title of infrastructure madman gone to the moon?"

"No wonder the live broadcast suddenly started. It turns out that I want to submit this perfect answer sheet to the public!"

"I think I just heard Astronaut Ye talking about mining resources on the moon. This is definitely good news. Maybe we will have controllable nuclear fusion energy."

…

There are still many professionals in the live broadcast room with tens of millions of people.

After learning that the Guanghan Palace lunar base had not only been built, but also that the mining of lunar resources would begin immediately, I suddenly became excited.

After all, everyone knows that the moon contains a large amount of helium-3 resources, which is an important part of the research and development of controllable nuclear fusion energy. If it is successfully mined from the moon and transported to the earth through a space elevator, then the research on controllable nuclear fusion energy will be Ushering in breakthrough progress.

Maybe it’s just around the corner that humans can achieve controllable nuclear fusion.

At that time, human civilization will officially become a first-level civilization and move towards a second-level stellar civilization.

This will be a landmark breakthrough.

Because there was much more to this live broadcast, including the environment inside the base, the living conditions of the astronauts, and the most important resource extraction areas, the live broadcast from the outside perspective did not stay for too long.

Soon he switched back to Ye Junmin.

Seeing that the scope of the live broadcast room has changed drastically compared to just now, the smile on Ye Junmin's face became even brighter.

My heart is filled with strong pride.

"Next, please follow my perspective to explore the world's first Guanghan Palace lunar base. I will also explain it to you and answer your questions."

"I believe today's live broadcast will be unforgettable for everyone."

The words just fell.

Then he took light steps and walked towards the cabin next to him.

The next live broadcast will be more teaching-oriented.

Under Ye Junmin's introduction, everyone saw the place where astronauts sleep and rest, as well as the various tasks that need to be done every day.

besides.

The most important thing is the food source.

Relying on the transportation of the space elevator as soon as possible, supplies will be replenished for the base from time to time.

But the base will also use advanced technology to synthesize starch through carbon dioxide to meet certain astronauts' physical energy needs.

This once again proves the greatness of science.

As time passed, the originally planned one-hour live broadcast event finally came to an end.

At this time, Ye Junmin was standing at the lunar resource mining area, giving final explanations to the audience in the live broadcast room.

“After our scientific inspection of this area, we can confirm that there are abundant ilmenite reserves underneath, and then we will use this special equipment to mine it.

"The Shenzhou spacecraft went back and forth several times to install this equipment."

"When the ilmenite is mined, it will be transported to the space station via a cargo spacecraft for docking, and then sent to the ground via a space elevator."

"Also, let me tell you a little knowledge."

"The helium-3 required for controllable nuclear fusion is extracted from the lunar soil rich in ilmenite."

…

"That's it for today's live broadcast. I look forward to meeting you next time."

When the screen in the live broadcast room closes and turns into a blue screen, the audience is naturally unsatisfied and hopes to extend the live broadcast time or start the broadcast at a fixed time period.

That's what I think, but everyone knows that this is basically impossible.

After all, astronauts do not stay at the lunar base to eat, drink and have fun. The work they have to do every day is not easy.

How can I have time to broadcast live often?

The only entertainment activities are virtual helmets funded entirely by future technology.

But in the face of this sudden stop, it is relatively difficult for everyone to quickly calm down and do other things.

After exiting the live broadcast room, everyone went to the platform website to continue discussing the Guanghan Palace Moon Base.

Some more professional people even conducted a more detailed analysis and explanation of the things mentioned in the live broadcast, which was really hardcore.

As for those netizens who like to have fun, they deliberately jumped over the wall and went to the Internet to show off. After all, since the advent of the space elevator, the moon base plans of other overseas forces have basically been put on hold.

Why waste resources when you know you can't compare to Yan Guo?

As the saying goes, Feng Shui takes turns, thirty years to the east of the river and thirty to the west of the river.

There was a time when China could only look up to the powerful overseas technologies and was envious of them, but now things are different.

Yan Guo has grown to the point where he needs others to look up to him.

What everyone didn't expect was that, according to the behavior of overseas forces in the past, Yanfang, as the first superpower to own a moon base, would definitely face all kinds of belittlement or ridicule and exclusion.

But this time, they immediately sent a message to congratulate Yan Fang.

This includes four other permanent council forces.

However, considering the influence of their country in the world now, everyone did not think much about it, thinking that this was just a disguised show of goodwill by overseas forces.

at the same time.

After watching the live broadcast, Xu Lei stood up from the sofa and stretched his neck, and gave Xingtong a new instruction.

"Xingpu."

"Constructing the Moon Guanghan Palace base in the virtual world."

"Since you can't experience it in the real world, it would be nice to be able to fulfill your dreams in the virtual world."

Yes.

After seeing the living conditions of astronauts in the lunar base, Xu Lei came up with the idea of ​​​​building a moon in the virtual world. After all, the virtual world is originally a benchmark for the real world.

In this way, users can obtain the qualifications to go to the moon in the virtual world through a special method.

Anyway, there is only one Guanghan Palace base on the moon, and it doesn’t take long for Xingtong to build it.

However, it should be noted that this is not what Xu Lei wants to experience.

He just wants to benefit virtual world users.

Um.

That's it.

Xingtong must have obeyed his boss's orders unconditionally. After receiving the order, he immediately nodded and responded: "Okay boss, Xingtong will start building the moon base immediately."

After doing this, Xu Lei slowly exhaled a breath, and his whole body suddenly relaxed a lot.

In the next few days, he will wait in a more relaxed state for his influence to exceed tens of millions and welcome the unlocking of new exhibits.

But what Xu Lei didn't know was that just as the lunar base began to mine underground ilmenite, Yang Senping, the president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences headquarters in the imperial capital, held a meeting.

This meeting is related to the direction of the next scientific research field and whether to cooperate with overseas forces.