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"With the space elevator, you can directly enter the space station, and then go to the moon from where! This is much less physically demanding than the space shuttle! I don't think you and Teacher Yuan have any problem!" Lu Qiujian replied with a smile, "However, I am afraid it was earlier for you to say that this is the last ribbon cutting!"

"Then I'll go to the moon in a few months to have a look! I'll ask Kunqi if anyone else wants to go up, Xiao Lu, you can help us cut the line!" Qin Feng was not polite, "By the way, what do you mean when you said that the last ribbon cutting was earlier?" Qin Feng vaguely seemed to think of something, but he was not sure, so he immediately turned his head to look at Lu Qiujian and asked.

"The Pixiu has already begun to return home! According to their latest report, they can reach our space station before you leave!" Lu Qiujian replied with a smile, now the scale of the Huaguo International Space Station has been quite huge, in addition to the living and scientific research areas of the space station, a huge space smelting center has also been added, they will use the space vacuum, The advantage of low gravity further processes the metal balls carried back by Pixiu, and only after the processing process in space is completed will the semi-finished products be transported back to Earth by the Guò space elevator, and finally the final processing will be completed on Earth and become the end product.

These will take time, but platinum can be transported back in batches first, this is the first time that earthlings have brought back such a large amount of metal smelting products from outer space, which marks that space mining has officially become a reality! If the meaning is heavy, Qin Feng has every reason to come here again.

"Haha! Prime Minister Kunqi has been nagging about the high price of platinum recently, and now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief!" "Now except for a very small number of ordinary people who still have platinum in their collections, the absolute majority of platinum has fallen into the hands of those speculators! As far as Qin Feng is concerned, they have tried their best to avoid the losses of the people, and since those speculators are engaged in commercial speculation, they should bear the risks brought by market fluctuations! Therefore, there is no psychological pressure on the fate of these people.

The Pixiu mining spacecraft got closer and closer to the earth, and gradually not only the Chinese people, but also some foreign astronomical institutions discovered this special spacecraft and the three huge spheres with solar sails hanging behind it! What are these? Soon they analyzed the composition of the three metal balls through the spectral numbers!

Feeling that the time was almost up, the spokesperson of Xihe Project also announced the news of the upcoming return of the Pixiu mining spacecraft to Earth at a regular press conference, and she showed dozens of high-definition pictures in a row, revealing the situation of the Pixiu mining spacecraft and the three metal balls from all angles.

"As you can see, after more than a year of hard work, the Pixiu mining spacecraft has achieved fruitful results! They have collected ore from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter for smelting, and brought back a huge amount of wealth!"

"Whew!" There was an exclamation at the scene, and all the reporters at the moment were going crazy, how much should such a big platinum ball weigh, and how much would it be worth?

The spokesman seemed to hear the voices of the reporters, and began to answer their questions in a slightly trembling tone, to be honest, the spokesman was also scared when he saw this number, "The total weight of this platinum ball is more than 400 million ounces, and if converted according to the current price of 10,000 yuan/ounce in the international market, the value of this platinum ball is more than four trillion yuan!"

One ounce is about 28.3 grams, and 400 million ounces are almost equivalent to more than 11,300 tons.

"Of course, we all know that the price of platinum in the international market will definitely fall sharply!" the spokesman continued, saying that the sharp drop is still polite, I believe that there are already international speculators ready to jump off the building, right?" In addition to making jewelry, it also has a very huge use in the industrial field, platinum has strong antioxidant power and high melting point, and can be used to make spacesuits; platinum can be used as a catalyst for automobile tail purification devices, which plays an important role in protecting the environment; anyone's skin will not be allergic to platinum, platinum can be made into electrodes for electronic pulse regulators, directly inserted into the human heart, treating patients with irregular heartbeat, etc.!"

"In the past, due to the high price, the application of platinum has been greatly restricted! Now, the relatively low price of platinum can make its role be greatly played!" The spokesperson changed his heart while expressing his passionate opinion, the platinum earrings that he had saved up to buy now seem to be about the same as the price of silver?

"In addition, the Pixiu brought back equally large amounts of iron and nickel!" Most of the reporters lost interest in what followed, and they couldn't wait to send the news back! They knew that another wave of financial turmoil was coming.

Dozens of days later, it is still the offshore platform protected by the aircraft carrier formation, and it is still under the Jianmu No. 1 space elevator, and it is still the dignified Miss Manners and Qin Feng, Lu Qiujian and others!

Today they will welcome the first batch of platinum back to Earth! The huge elevator landed smoothly on the platform along the nanomaterial cable, the elevator hatch opened, and the staff pushed out a processed platinum ingot with a cart! The seductive light caused everyone to swallow their saliva, but it turned into regret in an instant, what a beautiful metal! Unfortunately, their prices have fallen too much now.

After the ribbon cutting, unlike last time, this time after Qin Feng and the others left, Lu Qiujian still stayed in the press reception area, and he talked eloquently to reporters around the world, "As we all know, mining on the earth is extremely easy to cause all kinds of pollution, and at the same time, the uneven distribution of minerals on the earth is also an important factor that triggers war! Now we have a better choice, in the vast and infinite space, there is an amazing amount of ore everywhere! In space, there is a truly inexhaustible wealth waiting for us to mine!"

"I have proposed to the Chinese government that in addition to those minerals that cannot be found in near-Earth space for the time being, they will continue to be mined, and in the future, the mines in China will be gradually shut down, and space mining will instead provide raw materials for China's development" (to be continued). )