The curtain has come down on the development of outer space resources, and at the same time, it has also opened the prelude to the competition for the interests of the space market by capitalists. A total www.biquge.info of six large-scale external space stations with an area of more than 2,000 acres have been leased to developers around the world, and before all development work has begun, space tourism and space real estate advertisements have already dominated the big screen in Times Square in the United States.

Jiang Chen even heard that Yike Group had already sold 2,000 sets of commercial houses in the Xinghuan City Development Zone in China before the construction equipment was shipped to Anjia Island.

Although most of the living space is in the circle of Star Ring, not everyone is happy to live in a small living unit. Rich people who pursue quality of life don't care about the 10 million or 20 million, and the luxurious residence that can overlook the entire city and look up at the entire starry sky is what they are pursuing.

With an income of nearly 30 billion, the CEO of Yike was so happy that he almost fell off the chair, and hurriedly called Jiang Chen to thank him.

This is just the beginning, when the area of 700 acres is fully developed, the income brought by various shopping mall buildings is not lower than the income of 2,000 commercial houses in this area.

On the other hand, "6x4 standard" has become a hot word on the Internet for a while.

6 meters long and 4 meters wide, the caliber of the space station outside the Star Ring City. If nothing else, the "6x4 standard" proposed by Transwarp Trade will become the design standard for all space station interfaces in the interstellar era, and will continue to be used.

The power of habit is terrifying, especially for a civilization. Unless there is an unsolvable flaw, there is little chance that the standard that has been accepted by everyone will change.

It's like the not-so-perfect USB port, which has ruled almost the entire PC era.

As the details of the "6x4 standard" were made public, a large number of space station design companies came into being.

These companies are mainly concentrated in the Silicon Valley area, and most of them are transformed by space companies engaged in the design of rocket-launched satellites. These companies are designed to design and qualify large companies that are interested in building their own space stations in Transwarp but do not have the technical conditions themselves. Even SpaceX has opened a similar business, and the first business is to design an automated steelmaking space station for U.S. Steel that can be connected to Star Ring City.

It can be said that a business forum of Transwarp Trade has directly spawned an industry with a scale of more than 10 billion.

Affected by this, aerospace-related majors, which were not popular majors in major universities, are now gradually becoming popular, and even a number of branch majors have been born due to operational needs. For example, space station design, biosphere engineering, spacecraft design, and so on......

In the field of aerospace, the University of Koro is undoubtedly ahead of many major international universities.

With many halos on its head, this Koro University, which was established from the beginning to export talents to the Transwarp trade, has gradually been favored by other large enterprises with the establishment of space elevators. Although the international academic field is still not first-class, its position in the business field has taken on a considerable weight.

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Lunar colonies.

A cargo ship emblazoned with the Star Ring Trade logo landed smoothly on the concrete-poured tarmac. The staff who had been waiting for a long time operated the robotic arm and unloaded the cargo box on the belly of the spaceship, while at the same time, more than a dozen people in spacesuits stepped down from the spacecraft and walked in the direction of the colony under the guidance of a staff member.

This is already the fourth batch of this month.

When the space elevator is completed, the moon will no longer be driven by throw-away rockets, but by cargo ships that take off and land vertically. What used to be a few months of replenishment has now been changed to several times a month.

Another intuitive change is that there are now more and more people in the colonies.

From a few dozen at the beginning, to more than a hundred later, there are now five hundred people in the entire lunar colony. With the exception of some engineers and scientists, many of them had no profession related to colony-building. For example, journalists, musicians, painters, pure ordinary people......

Standing in the colony, Tang Weijie looked at the newcomers coming this way from a distance. He didn't know what the use of asking for so many people was, but he believed that the higher-ups of Transwarp Trade must have their intentions in making such a decision. It's just that he, the colonial administrator, can't understand it for the time being.

The dozen or so newcomers looked left and right along the way, and everything here was so new to them that some even exclaimed as they passed by a space farm...... Although this exclamation can only be heard by himself.

Compared to a few months ago, the colony on the surface of the moon looks much more presentable. With the exception of the mine and the space farm, most of the living and working areas are connected by pipes embedded in the ground.

From afar, it looks like a bunker connected by a trench. Before a breakthrough in shield technology, this design could effectively reduce the threat of meteorites. After all, the moon has no atmosphere, and the entire surface is full of cratered "bullet holes", which shows how frequent meteorite activity is.

The entrance to the colony is a two-way valve.

As with the design of most subsea facilities, after crossing the first gate, the vacuum buffer chamber is filled with air, and then the second gate opens, and the group moves on, taking off their spacesuits in the locker room, showering and changing into civilian clothes with fumaroles at the joints.

Then, everyone gathered in the square in the center of the colony.

"All right, newcomers, look this way. Tang Weijie clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to look at him, "You are the fourth batch of this month, first of all, I have to wish you a happy life on the moon." Also, I have to say that you will miss life on Earth. ”

"Spend an hour or two a day in the gravity room to work out so you don't get osteoporosis. Observe the discipline of the colony, and any fight and brawl will be expelled. Remember to bring your ID card at all times, it is your ID card, and you can use it at all times. That's all you need to pay attention to, and if there is anything unclear, hurry up and ask. ”

As soon as the words fell, someone raised their hands.

"Where's our luggage?"

"It will be delivered directly to your residence in a moment, is there anything else?" asked Tang Weijie.

Seeing that no one answered, he paused and continued.

"Very good, if you have any questions, you can consult through your personal terminal. Ask the AI or the psychiatrist, these two guys are the only ones in the entire colony who are available at any time. In a moment, someone will take you to pick up your groceries and take you to the living quarters. ”

"Before that, let's take a roll call and check the list ......"

The list check was quickly completed, and then Lu Fan got his ID card.

The soft graphene card is smooth to the touch, and can be rolled up and worn on the hand like a future phone, with your name written on the front of the card, as well as words like "power engineer".

Under the guidance of the instructor, Lu Fan received his daily necessities and a room key. In the room of more than thirty square meters, he saw his suitcase.

But before he could pack his belongings and sit by the window to reminisce about life on Earth for a while, there was a knock at the door.

"Lu Fan, power engineer?" The middle-aged man in the colonial uniform looked Lu Fan up and down a few times, and asked in an inquiring tone.

"Yes. Lu Fan nodded politely and asked, "Is there any problem?"

Receiving an affirmative answer, the middle-aged man immediately grinned and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.

"Haha, you're here! Introduce yourself, my name is He Biao. ”

"The colony is preparing to change the lines, and in order to avoid going wrong, our power department is particularly short of manpower. Some time ago, I just applied to the headquarters to send an electric power project over, but I didn't expect it to be delivered so quickly! Come on, come on, leave the luggage alone, go somewhere with me. ”

"Wait, change the line, why do you suddenly have to change the line?" Lu Fan said confusedly.

He had the impression that the colony should have been established in less than half a year.

"The colony was going to build two new mines, and the solar power stations could not afford to generate electricity. It just so happened that some time ago the headquarters ordered that we could put that equipment into use. In the future, the colony will never run out of electricity again, but by the end of this month, it is estimated that we will not have any holidays. ”

When he said this, He Biao did not have the slightest complaint on his face.

Life on the moon is boring, not working is more idle than working, and the only way to relieve loneliness is to chat with a psychiatrist, or to vent your desires with a beautiful robot that will be reworked by the future people. He heard that after the power shortage problem was solved, the colony could start building some recreational facilities, and he was not surprised to be so enthusiastic.

Although the newcomer Lu Fan didn't understand his mood very well, he was attracted by a word in his words.

"Equipment??" Lu Fan asked stunned.

There will never be a shortage of electricity again? Before he came, he had studied the power consumption of the lunar colonies. The electricity consumption of 500 people is even higher than that of a small town of 10,000 people on the earth. Although the surface of the moon is illuminated, the duration of one day and night is almost four weeks on Earth. To do this, Transwarp had to invest in the construction of a large number of solar panels, as well as power storage equipment. Electricity alone eats up nearly S$50 million of Transwarp Trade every month.

Hearing Lu Fan ask about this, He Biao smiled and looked at him proudly.

"Do you know what our lunar soil collection center produces?"

"Rare earths?" Lu Fan wondered.

"Although it is also produced, but it is wrong!" He Biao smiled mysteriously and said in a low voice, "We produce helium-3, and we have produced I don't know how many tons!"

Lu Fan was stunned, and the expression on his face instantly turned into intense disbelief and shock.

Helium-3!

Controlled nuclear fusion?!

And it can be used to generate electricity?!(To be continued.) )