Chapter 1576: A Planet!
What does an asteroid made entirely of gold mean to people on Earth?
Rich to rival the wealth of the country? A power over tens of thousands? At this moment, not only those scientists, but even the staff standing behind them were stunned!
However, after a while, Academician Cheng An shook his head with a wry smile and said: "The universe is so big, it is really magical, even such a celestial body can be encountered, but unfortunately, even if we find it, we can't get it!" ”
Academician Cheng An's words immediately reminded everyone, yes, such a large asteroid, even if it is all composed of gold and represents endless wealth, so what? A celestial body of this size, with their means, there is no way to pull it back to Earth!
This is a mountain of gold that can be seen, but cannot be touched!
"That's right, and even if we can get it, I'm afraid it's not a good thing!" Dr. Yamashima said with a smile and a shrug. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info he is an island country, and his island English sounds a little awkward, but the pronunciation is quite accurate.
He looked at everyone's eyes and continued with a smile: "Everyone, aside from the value of gold and precious metals, gold itself is just a metal like iron and copper, and because it is scarce, it is valuable. ”
At this point, he pointed to the asteroid and said, "More than 80% of this asteroid is made up of gold, imagine what would happen if this gold was refined and brought back to Earth?" ”
Hearing his words, everyone came to their senses. These people are all scientific elites, and they didn't think deeply about these issues because they were too excited to see Venus before, but now through Yamashima's words, they have come back to their senses.
Yes, such a huge Venus, if all the metals in it are refined, I am afraid that the gold obtained will be tens of thousands of times that of the earth's existing gold reserves! By that time, was gold still a precious metal? Is it still worth the money?
Not only that, if such a huge amount of gold flows into the earth's financial market, I am afraid that it will instantly destroy the earth's economic ecology based on the gold standard, and at that time, the entire earth's financial market will fall into turmoil!
Thinking of this possibility, these scientists immediately shook their heads, and looked at the asteroid, and their eyes were not so eager.
"Marking this sign of Venus, anyway, it's a big discovery. When we return to Earth, we can also show off to others, once there was a mountain of gold in front of me, and I didn't change color! Academician Cheng An said with a smile. His words also drew a burst of laughter from other scientists and staff. With this burst of laughter, the horror of the previous crowd was also diluted a lot.
"Okay, let's get back to work, the top priority is to find out our exact coordinates, so that we can know how far we are from the earth now, otherwise, even if we find more gold mountains, it will be useless, we can only continue to be trapped here!" Dr. Cuarón said, and began to study the star map, which was still being refined.
Hearing his words, others also consciously began to study it. They all knew in their hearts that although they were safe on the surface, in reality the Le God was in danger. If nothing else, the supply of thousands of people on board the spaceship alone is the biggest crisis at the moment!
Before coming, the thousands of people on board the Le Shen had only brought a week's worth of supplies. This is because the "Moon" project was originally planned to be completed within a week. But now, there has been such an accident, if they can't find their way home in a short time, then I'm afraid they will really starve to death here!
Understanding the current crisis, these scientists became more fanatical, and they were almost constantly overdrawing their energy, studying the strange star map in front of them!
In the blink of an eye, another few hours passed, and more than a dozen scientists studied the starry sky like crazy, trying to find out where they were now. In this process, some rare celestial bodies have been discovered in the asteroid belt, and Academician Cheng An even discovered a meteorite containing high-quality uranium, according to calculations, the uranium contained in that meteorite is ten times the total reserves of uranium on the earth!
With such an abundance of uranium, its value is even higher than that of Venus! You know, this is the main material for nuclear fission. Gold is just a precious metal, but it's a strategic resource!
Academician Cheng An carefully marked this precious giant meteorite that he named the Death Star. This meteorite is full of deadly radioactive elements, and calling it the Star of Death is not an exaggeration!
Dr. Mel took a heavy sip of his coffee, refreshed himself, and continued to look at the star map in front of him. He was trying to compare the star map with the star map in his mind, and then look for the location of this place in his memories. In the sky, the sky is full of stars, and even those who are professional can't remember all the stars. Besides, the three-dimensional starry sky, they used to observe the starry sky, with the earth as the coordinates, and all the labels were based on the earth as the reference, but now they have left the earth, the reference has changed, and it is so difficult to identify this three-dimensional starry sky!
Dr. Mel put down his coffee cup, looked away from the star map, stood out of the porthole, and shook his head. He was going to sober himself up, and now he felt like his mind was full of stars!
In his field of vision, the star was so large that it glowed orange, and Dr. Mel had to wear special goggles to allow himself to look directly at the star.
"It's spectacular, it looks younger than the sun!" Dr. Mel exclaimed.
His gaze continued to look at the huge star, feeling its incomparably great light and heat. Stars are the most common celestial bodies in this universe, and they are also the most precious gift from the universe to intelligent life. Because of the light and heat of the stars, the planet where carbon-based organisms can live will be formed, and because of the existence of the stars, countless different kinds of matter can be produced, and the universe will become rich.
Dr. Mel is a PhD supervisor in astronomy at the University of Oxford, UK, and has graduated in astronomy. He is naturally no stranger to stars. However, it was the first time he had seen a star so closely!
"It looks younger than the sun! What a berserk guy! This galaxy is also really interesting, there are actually three stars in one galaxy, they are so close before, they will definitely be affected by the interaction of forces, I don't know what the law of operation between them is! Hey? What is that? ”
Dr. Mel was staring at the star, when suddenly his gaze swept into a black dot that didn't start at a moment's notice. That black dot was just a flash, and if ordinary people saw it, I am afraid it would not attract attention at all, but Dr. Mel, who has studied astronomy for half his life, keenly captured the anomaly of this black spot!
"That's like ...... A planet? Wouldn't it, in such a galaxy with chaotic force fields, there would be a planet? Oh, my God! Dr. Mel stared at the inconspicuous black dot. In front of the huge football-like star, the black dot was like a sesame seed. If it weren't for Dr. Mel's keen eye, I'm afraid I wouldn't have noticed this little black dot at all!
He immediately rushed to the supercomputer excitedly and said to the operator: "Quick, turn the main radio telescope to this coordinate and focus on scanning this area!" ”
"This ...... Doctor, the computing power of supercomputers is now occupied by ninety-five percent, and the radio telescope is scanning the A16 area, which is still far from the area you need to observe, and if you turn it over now, it will waste a lot of energy and time! The radio telescope operator, a young man in his twenties, said with some embarrassment.
"What's a waste of energy? I have an important discovery! I have to observe this area right away! Dr. Mel yelled at the poor young man!
At this moment, Dr. Cheng An also noticed the situation here, he walked over and asked Mel, "What's wrong, Dr. Mel?" Any questions? ”
Seeing Cheng An coming, Dr. Mel immediately pulled his sleeve and said, "Quick, Cheng An, you quickly order him to scan the B26 area with a radio telescope!" I've made a big discovery! ”
Hearing Mel's words, Cheng An looked at him with some surprise and asked, "A major discovery?" What are the major findings? ”
Although he had been studying the star map just now, he had also paid attention to Mel's movements, and knew that he was standing in a daze at the string window just now, so Cheng An felt a little strange to hear him talk about "major discoveries".
"Planet! A planet! I suspect there's a planet in this galaxy! Mel said, pointing to the largest star in front of him and saying, "That's it, what I just saw!" ”
"What? What did you say? You say there's a planet in this galaxy? You can't be mistaken! Cheng An asked in surprise!
"I'm not sure, but in my experience, it's a planet!" Dr. Mel exclaimed.
At this moment, more and more people have come to the spotlight. These people had been studying this star map just now, but like Cheng An, they didn't gain much. At this moment, hearing the quarrel here, these people immediately put down their work and gathered around!
"Mel, what did you say? You say there's a planet there? What do you observe with the naked eye? Dr. Cuarón lined up and came up to Mel and asked in a surprised tone!
"Yes, I'm not sure yet, but I'm more than 90% sure that it's definitely a planet!" Mel said in the affirmative. When it comes to his field, Mel at the moment shows strong self-confidence!
Seeing his expression, Caron also became serious, only to see him turn around and say to Cheng An: "Cheng, Mel and I have been friends for many years, and I believe in his judgment in the professional field!" If there really is a planet in the galaxy closest to us, that may be our only hope! ”
Hearing Caron's words, Cheng An's face also became solemn. He knew exactly what the situation was at the moment. At this moment, the energy left on the Le Shen is less than 20%, and they can only make one more regular voyage, and if they are wrong, they will be wandering in this universe forever!
It was only at this time that Academician Cheng An felt the weight of the burden on his shoulders! However, looking at Dr. Cuarón's sincere look and Mel's confident look, Cheng An finally gritted his teeth and gave the order!
"Turn the Tianyan-1 radio telescope to the B26 area!" Academician Cheng An said to the technicians operating the radio telescope.
The technician was a young man in his early twenties, named Li Zhi, who was also from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and had worked under Cheng An, and Cheng An had a little impression of him.
At this moment, seeing Li Zhi quickly typing on the keyboard with both hands, Cheng An's gaze became extremely solemn!
On the side of the huge hull of the Leshen, several thick air currents suddenly erupted, and at the same time, the hull of the ship was slowly pushed and adjusted to an angle!
A giant radio telescope with a diameter of more than 300 meters and a length of about a kilometer, with the movement of the ship's hull, slowly adjusted the angle and aimed its "eyes" at the B26 area.
"Tianyan-1" is the main telescope equipped on the Leshen, bringing together the top technology of top optical companies in many countries such as Huaxia Ricoh Optics, Canon, Nikon, German Leica, and Stick Samsung, costing nearly 10 billion meters of gold, which can be said to be the most powerful radio telescope that can be built within the scope of the earth's science and technology. If it weren't for the strong integration of companies from these countries by the Leshen Group, it would have been impossible to develop such a powerful telescope!
And that's just a few of the many powerful technological products on the Le Shen! The entire Leshen consumes nearly one trillion dollars, which can be called the greatest scientific and technological creation in the entire history of mankind!
However, in the vast universe, such a spaceship, which represents the highest technological level of mankind, is just like a speck of dust!
After twenty minutes of adjustment, the huge "Tianyan No. 1" aimed its "sight" at the B26 area and started scanning at full power at the same time!
The galactic supercomputer, which is trillions of times per second, quickly processes massive amounts of data and scans the star field millions of kilometers away!
The vast star map once again began to grow slowly. At the same time, those scientists also focused their attention on the B26 area!
1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes......
The star map of the B26 region is getting more and more complete, but the expected planet has never appeared!
Just when everyone was about to be disappointed, a surprised voice suddenly shouted: "Look, it's it, it's there!" ”