Chapter 669: Helium-3

Outer space.

Guanghan Palace satellite.

This is the latest scientific and technological crystallization of Huaxia.

It is not a satellite. It is a group of satellites. There are thirty-two.

Among them, 28 were donated by Wang Bu'an himself. All the costs, including design, construction, launch, repair, maintenance, etc., are all out of his own pocket.

The resolution of the Guanghangong satellite is very high. It has already reached the point of 0.001 meters. That's 1 mm.

It is not difficult to read the headlines of newspapers from high altitudes.

If the visibility is good, you can even find the gray hair that is more noticeable on the human head.

Wang Buyan has incorporated a lot of new technologies into it.

The Guanghangong satellite is definitely the most advanced reconnaissance satellite in the world. Not one of them.

However, there is one point that is underestimated.

That is, the orbit of the Guanghangong satellite is relatively low.

Originally, the main purpose was to monitor the earth. It's for the highest resolution.

If you want to see clearly, you have to get closer. Therefore, the orbit of the Guanghangong satellite is only about 60 kilometers from the ground. That's 60,000 meters in height.

This is a height that even a fighter is almost able to reach. Of course, only Huaxia's own fighters.

Because the orbit is so low, it cannot be reversed to monitor outer space.

Relatively speaking, the altitude of the Beidou satellite is ideal. Basically, it's all over 100 km.

The Beidou satellites launched later all exceeded 120 kilometers at an altitude. It's to better monitor the movement in outer space. It's not just two meteorites.

Now, Wang Buyan can only rely on the Beidou satellite system to obtain the corresponding data.

With more and more satellites launched, the corresponding data is also very detailed.

It is......

Liang Wannian's eyes were still wrong.

The old professor still felt that Wang Bu'an should be taught a lesson. lest this guy be too blind.

The entire space center was almost driven crazy by him.

Including the logistics chef, almost all of them are going to scold their mothers.

More than 20 satellites have been launched in a row!

There must not be the slightest mistake!

Many scientific researchers are under great pressure and directly pull blood.

Speaking of Wang Bu'an one by one, they all felt itchy teeth.

It is simply more hateful than the legendary mad, wolf-hearted capitalists, inhumane imperialist minions.

If you have the opportunity to catch him, you must skin him, tear his bones, and drink his blood.

The worst thing is to lock up this guy and hang him.

However, Wang Buyan turned a blind eye.

There are so many people who look at me unhappy, how old are you?

If you are really unhappy with Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will pat his ass and leave. It's a big deal, dig a hole and hide.

Anyway, Qin Xueqing is now the best at digging holes. No problem at all.

As for the lives and deaths of others......

What's the matter with me?

As long as the people close to me are okay.

"Chief Engineer Wang, let's go and see the prototype of the space shuttle first. Luo Machuan took the opportunity to pull Wang Buan away.

"Okay. Wang Buan also understood that it was not a matter to wander around in front of Liang Wannian's eyes.

The old professor's heart must have been holding back a fire.

If it blows up, you'll be fine. But it will definitely hurt other people by mistake.

To see the space shuttle, it is undoubtedly the best choice.

Out of sight is pure, right?

Get in the car and go.

Go to the launch base.

This base is relatively far away, at the end of the cliff.

Why not in the Great Northwest?

Because of the railway in the Great Northwest, there is no way to transport such large parts.

Including the Long March series of bundled rockets, they are all first-class big guys. They are all non-disassembleable. Land transport is almost impossible. The only way to do this is by sea.

Since it is by sea, the most convenient place is, of course, Qiongya Island. As a result, a new satellite launch base was built in Qiongya. All the large-scale launch missions were relocated to Qiongya. Including the largest Long March 5 rocket and so on. A big guy like the space shuttle must also choose to be at the Qiongya launch base!

There are regular flights from the Great Northwest Space Center to the Qiongya Satellite Launch Base to facilitate the travel of researchers.

Of course, it is also possible to temporarily switch to the Bull Demon King transport aircraft.

At the speed of the Bull Demon King transport plane, it only takes an hour to reach the destination.

Sure enough, it felt like it had only been a short time since boarding here, and it landed there.

There is no doubt that the climate of Qiongya is much more comfortable than that of the Great Northwest.

It feels like two different worlds!

The scenery is also much more beautiful than that of the Great Northwest.

The point is that around the launch base, there are also a large number of resorts with sea views.

Verify your identity.

Enter the base.

All the way to the launch site.

Half an hour later, the shuttle appeared.

It is about the same size as the Boeing 747. Maybe a little bigger. It's a little bit thicker. Chubby and very round.

Outer space is airless, there is no air resistance, so there is no need to think about aerodynamics. As for what happens when you come back to Earth, you have to go through the atmosphere? It's okay, there are high-temperature corrosion-resistant alloys. Rubbing against the atmosphere casually and causing a fire. As long as the temperature does not exceed 100,000 degrees, it is safe and sound.

"So big?" Wang Buan felt a little surprised.

"Didn't you say bigger is better?" Loma Chuan was also a little surprised.

In other words, you said it yourself.

Don't deny it!

We're all desperate at work.

If you say you don't meet the requirements now, then I, Lomachuan, will also give it up.

"No......" Wang Bu'an said carefully, "No wonder your deadline is so rushed, and everyone is so hard." You've made it so big!

"Actually, there's nothing ......," Lomachuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that the other party was overjoyed.

That's pretty much it. Is there a time when we are unreliable when we do things in the space center?

We will always do better than the standard.

Good doesn't work at all.

It must be several levels above the standard.

For example, the standard is that the size of a Boeing 737 is sufficient. But we tried to make it the size of a Boeing 747.

Anyway, the engine thrust of 10 million K is also sufficient. It's a waste to be small.

All the raw materials are also provided by Wang Buan's industrial park.

So many titanium alloys, no need to use white.

There has never been such a luxurious time!

Precious titanium alloy, you can use it as much as you want, and you can use it as much as you want.

Wang Bu'an slowly approached the ......

Good guys, it's really a bit big!

It feels like it's a lap bigger than the Boeing 747. It's really not low-key at all!

Holding titanium alloy and not using dry food!

Its skeleton is grade 6 cemented carbide.

The skin is a sixth-grade high-temperature corrosion-resistant alloy mixed with titanium alloy.

In other places, it is basically titanium alloy. Or T1600 carbon fiber.

In short, the highest grade materials are used, no matter where they are. If it's a calculation of the cost, it's definitely a sea away.

Thankfully, it doesn't require a cost. At all costs. Just make it.

"Can I go up?"

"Yes. ”

Wang Buan quickly boarded the plane.

Good guys, the equipment and facilities inside are not bad!

It feels like a normal civil airliner. Not at all like a space shuttle. The sense of science and technology is not strong enough.

However, what Wang Buan needs is exactly that.

Don't be too special.

It's like a civil airliner.

No matter who it is, it doesn't feel abrupt.

It's best to get a relaxing night's sleep to the moon.

The same goes for coming back from the moon. I easily closed my eyes, opened my eyes, and found that I had returned to Earth.

As for those who like to see the scenery of outer space......

Sorry, there's nothing in outer space. Where is the view?

It looks like there are only very lonely stars. Big, small. Bright, dim. Far away, near. I get tired of watching it for a while.

Of course, if you haven't seen it, you can also watch it seriously through the porthole.

Lomagawa deliberately designed the portholes to be very spacious.

The general civil airliner is a small window.

On the space shuttle, however, it's about the same as floor-to-ceiling glass.

But it is a special glass from the Tyrannosaurus rex industry, and the strength is also very high. It can completely replace cemented carbide.

There are a total of three layers of special glass. There are two mezzanines in the middle. The inside of the laminate is transparent fiberglass. It is a powerful weapon against cosmic rays, which can effectively block damage from the outside world.

Wang Buan chose a seat near the window and sat down slowly.

It feels pretty good. Fluffy.

The key is that it is very spacious.

The seats are more than 50 more spacious than those of ordinary airliners.

Even a big fat man of 300 pounds can easily sit down. There is no need to buy two seats (_).

"We didn't distinguish between first class, business class, economy class and so on. ”

"How many seats are there?"

"The entire space shuttle, with only 188 seats. ”

"Oh......"

Wang Buan silently muttered to himself.

No wonder the distance between the front and back is sufficient, and the width of the left and right is also amazing.

It turns out that such a large plane has only 188 seats, and if it is a Boeing 747, it will have at least 388 seats.

In terms of value for money, 188 seats is actually very small. But it doesn't matter.

He didn't make money on tickets to the space shuttle.

He relied on control of the moon.

The moon is the biggest treasure.

What is a mine at home?

Keeping the moon for yourself is king.

Mineral deposits on the Moon......

The moon is extremely rich in mineral resources, and the 17 most common elements on the earth abound on the moon.

Taking iron as an example, the 5 centimeters of sand on the surface of the moon alone contains hundreds of millions of tons of iron, while the entire lunar surface has an average of 10 meters of sand. Iron on the surface of the moon is not only abundant, but also easy to mine and smelt. According to research, the iron on the moon is mainly iron oxide, as long as oxygen and iron are separated. In addition, scientists have developed ways to make cement and glass from lunar soil and rocks. On the surface of the moon, aluminum is also abundant. The amount of various rare earth metals is much more abundant than that of the earth.

But what Wang Buan focuses on is not these.

He needs a special mineral, helium-3 (He3).

A colorless, odorless, odorless and stable helium isotope gas. It is an important raw material for the manufacture of nuclear fusion.

Lunar soil is rich in helium-3. Heating the lunar soil to a temperature of 700 degrees Celsius is able to release helium-3 gas. Helium fusion using deuterium and helium-3 can be used as an energy source for nuclear power plants, this fusion does not produce neutrons, is safe and pollution-free, is easily controlled nuclear fusion, and can be used not only in terrestrial nuclear power plants, but also especially suitable for astronautics.

Conservative estimates put the amount of helium-3 in lunar soil at 715,000 tons. For every tonne of helium-3 extracted from lunar soil, 6,300 tonnes of hydrogen, 70 tonnes of nitrogen and 1,600 tonnes of carbon are obtained. Judging from the current analysis, due to the large reserves of helium-3 on the moon, it is undoubtedly a relief for the earth, which is relatively short of energy in the future. Many spacefaring powers have made the acquisition of helium-3 one of the important goals of the development of the moon.

In China's lunar exploration program, there is one thing that foreign countries have never set foot in: China's plan to measure how thick the soil layer of the moon is, which is of great significance for us to calculate the helium-3 content of the moon, if the project goes well, we estimate that the helium-3 resource content may be one step ahead of our predecessors. Finally, we will study the Earth-Moon space environment, which is essential for the development of both the Earth's environment and human society.

The problem is that it is not realistic to want to transport soil back from the surface of the moon. The cost is too high. Technically, it is also not up to the mark.

Without the advent of the Transformers, humanity would now begin to implement a plan to mine helium-3 from the moon, and in about 30 to 40 years, humans will realize the field mining of helium-3 from the moon and transport it back to the surface, and the total cost of this plan will be between $250 billion and $300 billion.

Now, that's changed a little.

The emergence of Transformers has accelerated the use of helium-3.

The best way to do this is to build and process it directly on the moon. Direct refining.

At all times, energy is paramount.

Right now it's oil.

After that, it's nuclear fusion.

Because there are no neutrons in a thermonuclear reactor using helium-3 (the thermonuclear reaction between helium-3 and deuterium only produces non-radioactive protons), the use of helium-3 as an energy source does not produce radiation and does not cause harm to the environment. However, because the earth's helium-3 reserves are scarce, it cannot be used as an energy source in large quantities. There are only about 500 kilograms of helium-3 known to be easily available in the world. Not even a ton. Fortunately, according to the results of lunar exploration, the amount of helium-3 on the moon is estimated to be about 1 million tons, which is more than 2 million times that of the earth.

What is the concept of 1 million tons?

Currently, 100 tonnes of helium-3 can provide the total amount of energy that the entire planet can use for one year.

In other words, it can be used for more than 10,000 years.

Mastering the soil of the moon is equivalent to mastering the energy of the future. Who can compete with that?

Wang Buan's idea is very simple.

When you land on the moon, you stop others from approaching.

As long as it is a competitor, it is all excluded.

If you have the ability, find a way to go to the moon yourself!

If you can't go to the moon yourself, then you can only watch me dominate.

And not only on the moon. Forbidden, so is Mars. When you finish searching for it yourself, you can basically get all the benefits and throw it to others.

How much do you think the moon is worth? priceless.

If you want to join, you have to pay an entrance fee.

The last Antarctica Airshow summit was the gateway ticket to the moon.

With this entry ticket, you can go to the moon.

If not......

Sorry, let's get in line first.

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Chapter 669: Helium-3