Chapter 413: Haobo Crystal and Resource Issues
When Tang Chuxia heard this, he couldn't help but smile: "People have struggled all their lives, and they still want all kinds of titles?" You're good, but you're all kinds of impatient! ”
Ye Yu didn't want to be a little speechless, but she probably also knew Xie Dong's character, and nodded slightly: "Doing this, they are indeed for their own peace of mind." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info probably also wants to trap you with rules and regulations, and give you a tight spell. After all, there are too few people who know you! ”
Xie Dong sighed: "People are unpredictable, forget it, when do you want me to pass?" ”
"Tomorrow at noon!" Tang Chuxia said: "We will wait for you in Yanjing." ”
Xie Dong nodded: "Okay!" ”
After a brief chat, the two of them walked out.
Recently, they have a lot of things, in addition to the guards need them to be responsible, they also need to participate in flight training occasionally, these two women are determined to join the interstellar flight team.
The two of them have very good mental qualities, and since they were also soldiers before, Xie Dong did not stop them.
Mu Lingshan and Wang Nianlei went out shopping, there was no one else at home, Xie Dong thought about it and walked back to the laboratory.
"Vicky, how are the Mars station detections going? What was found? Xie Dong looked up and asked, tapping on the holographic screen and pulling out a long screen.
"A fire mine has been discovered, with an estimated amount of 300,000 tons, two large uranium mines with a content of 10 million tons, and a platinum mine with a content of 100,000 tons. Below is a list of sequences that you can check out. In addition, Dongzi, according to a large amount of evidence analysis, there may also be Haobo crystals on Mars! ”
"Platinum Crystal?" Xie Dong was stunned.
"Yes!"
The holographic screen in front of him flashed, and a barren Martian representation appeared, and many white crystals appeared on the surface.
"Haobo crystal, energy crystal, cosmic material, after refining and processing, can be made into a super-high-power energy module, it is a necessary material for space warships to carry out interstellar travel!"
Of course, Haobo Crystal Xie Dong knew that this was a necessary material that those ancient people needed to add to develop energy blocks in the interstellar battlefield, and it was extremely precious. Without this material, it would be impossible to develop the energy modules of the ancient people.
Although Xie Dong has developed and manufactured graphene batteries, which are enough to support the operation of hovering cars and ordinary cars, the power of graphene batteries is too low to support spacecraft for interstellar voyages, so he has long thought of a way to quickly replace them.
In addition to the need to develop energy crystals, Haobo crystal is also one of the catalytic materials of nuclear fusion reactors, and only by adding this crystal powder can the operation capacity of the reactor be improved on a large scale.
The reason why I chose to go to the moon and go to Mars is to find some rare ores, and Haobo crystal is one of them.
Xie Dong narrowed his eyes: "How many?" ”
Vicky said: "At present, only traces have been found, only about two kilograms. ”
Two kilograms?
A little less.
"I know, speed up the reconnaissance, I need to grasp the situation on Mars at any time, if there is a discovery, report it to me immediately!" Xie Dong nodded and said calmly.
"Yes!"
Although large-scale interstellar exploration activities have been carried out and some gains have been made, in fact, there are still a large number of rare minerals that have not been detected, and some minerals may not be found not only on the moon, but even on Mars.
For example, none of the materials for the development of an antimatter cannon have been found.
Previously, Xie Dong's antimatter cannons were all obtained from the interstellar battlefield, and it took him a great deal of effort to find less than twenty.
This kind of thing, even in the interstellar battlefield, is extremely rare, and if it weren't for Xiao Wan's mention, he wouldn't have found it at all.
I have to say that being able to find Haobo crystal is indeed an unexpected joy.
Xie Dong checked the preparations in the lunar base again, and was quite satisfied.
The progress of the lunar base is very fast, and the initial construction has been completed, and it is already possible to collect a steady stream of minerals from it.
Because the moon is too important to the earth, Xie Dong did not carry out large-scale collection, and everything was pointed.
"Battleships, cruisers, destroyers, transports, ......" appeared in holographic screens with pictures of large starships.
Each of the superships is a Star Project will develop, each with its own unique features, and they will be equipped with state-of-the-art curvature engines and anti-gravity devices.
The ships were all white, triangular in shape, extremely advanced, and in the center, had a huge tower and cockpit that could carry 30,000 men.
Due to the constraints of conditions, at present, the Star Company has only started the development of one of the battleships, and the others have not been manufactured.
Under the construction of the day and night, the battleship has already taken shape.
It is worth mentioning that in order to develop this battleship, Star Corporation has spent almost 500 billion US dollars, almost emptying the entire company's foundation, which is still the result of not counting the appropriations of other countries and the investment of scarce resources.
Star is already one of the largest economies in the world, with a total output of almost $10 trillion, but that's after adding floating cities and all kinds of high-tech weapons, and most of these are real estate.
Therefore, the amount of money they can use at the moment is definitely not more than a trillion dollars.
Therefore, it can be said that after the construction of this battleship, Star Company will probably not be able to develop a second one in a short time.
No matter how capable Xie Dong is, he is still limited by various resources and manpower, and robots are not omnipotent.
How many resources does the whole planet have? How many starships will be able to be built in the end? Xie Dong had some expectations in his heart.
Vicky also calculated that even if all the world's resources were consumed to manufacture, the super battleships they could develop would definitely not exceed ten, and a mothership like Xiaowan might not be able to build one.
Because rare metals such as lithium, rubidium, cesium, and niobium on the earth contain very little of them, and some rare metals do not even contain more than 100 tons.
Opening up a moon base or a Mars base can indeed solve some of the problems, but at present, both bases are still in the investment stage, and a huge amount of money needs to be invested in the construction every month, so in a short period of time, they will not be needed at all.
"Relying solely on collection may not be enough at all, and some greed is insufficient!" Xie Dong looked at the data on the screen, narrowed his eyes slightly, and sighed a few words.
At present, although the robot manufacturing capacity of Star Company has reached its peak, as long as the resources are sufficient, it can continuously manufacture robots, but when the manufacturing quantity reaches a certain level, the production capacity will be limited by resources.
Because every time you make a robot, you need to consume a lot of graphene and a lot of metal, and these materials are not endless.
"I guess I have to think of a way!" Xie Dong rubbed his cheeks with some distress, although no one else knew about the crisis of the Star Company, but he was clear in his heart.
At present, the biggest crisis of Star Company is not the outside country, nor the Preston Company, but resources and funds.
During this period of time, due to a steady stream of investment, the entire company has almost reached the level of resources, and even with the support of genetic enhancers, there are still many problems that need to be solved.