The Moon Jinghai, the Moon Mining Base of Galaxy Mining Group is here.

As the last box full of lunar soil was carried into the spacecraft by the robotic arm, the entire 'Lushan' spacecraft was already full.

The design take-off weight of the 'Lushan' spacecraft can reach a maximum of 10,000 tons, while its own weight is only about 1,000 tons, which means that its payload can reach 9,000 tons.

Of course, this is on the Earth's side, because the Moon's gravity is only one-sixth of that of the Earth, so on the Moon, its transportation capacity will be even stronger.

The huge warehouse, filled with dirt and rocks excavated on the moon, weighed a full 50,000 tons, was directly filled and ready to be brought back to Earth.

The 'Lushan' spaceship, which was full of dirt and rocks, soon took off and headed for the Earth, while the mining base left six people who continued to be responsible for building the base and exploring resources.

Without any accidents, the 'Lushan' spacecraft rose directly into space, flew around the moon a few times, gained greater speed, and returned to the earth.

There is no way, the weight of the spacecraft is too heavy, 50,000 tons of dirt and rocks, it is better to fly around the moon a few times, which can save some fuel and time as much as possible.

With a long tail flame, like a firefly flying in the dark night, the 'Lushan' spacecraft embarked on the road back, this time, the return time is expected to be more than 5 hours, and the dirt and rocks carried are too heavy, and the speed will be much slower.

"Immediately apply to the national side, the 'Lushan' spacecraft needs to be docked at the Tiangong space station, and part of the cargo will be temporarily placed in the Tiangong space station."

In the ground control command center of Huangping Town, Lu Qingwei instructed his subordinates.

The weight of the 'Lushan' spacecraft is too large, carrying 50,000 tons of lunar soil and rocks, and if it flies directly to the earth, its load will exceed the limit, and it will directly crash into the earth like a comet.

Therefore, it is necessary to put the cargo in space and then transport the soil and rocks back to the ground in batches.

"I don't know how much this rare earth content, this rare earth is called white gold~"

Qin Yi on the side touched his chin, his eyes were full of anticipation.

The reserves of rare earths on the earth are very small, but the precious metals in rare earths are indispensable in high-tech industries and fields, so the price of rare earths has always been very high.

And in recent years, as China has begun to take measures to protect resources, reduce the mining of rare earths, and severely crack down on the phenomenon of indiscriminate mining, the international price of rare earths has been rising year after year.

On the one hand, there is an increasing demand, and on the other hand, there are fewer and fewer resources that are being mined, and rare earths are also called white gold.

Five hours later, the 'Lushan' spacecraft successfully arrived at the earth, was captured by the earth's orbit, and after constantly adjusting its orbit, it also docked in the space port of the Tiangong space station very smoothly.

The hatch of the 'Lushan' spacecraft opened, and the mechanical arm here in the spaceport quickly unloaded the large boxes in the spacecraft and temporarily stored them in the spaceport.

After leaving one-fifth of the box, the hatch of the 'Lushan' closed again, slowly detached from the Tiangong space station, flew a few laps in orbit, adjusted its position, and flew headlong into the earth.

Here in the Xinghe Aerospace Industrial Base in Huangping Town, news media reporters from all over the world have almost flocked to it, and the planned news media reporter area is crowded with people, and long guns and short cannons are aimed at the 'Lushan' spacecraft that is slowly descending.

After a day, the 'Lushan' spacecraft returned from the moon very smoothly and brought back the first pot of gold mined by mankind from the moon.

The spaceship slowly descended on the top of the airport like a weightless feather, and the huge hatch slowly opened, revealing yards of neat boxes.

The ground crew, who had already been prepared, came over and began to load and unload the boxes inside the spacecraft, the work of the spacecraft was not yet completed, and there were still tens of thousands of tons of earth and rocks in space to be transported.

"Good afternoon, audience friends, my current location is in the Galaxy Aerospace Industry Base in Huangping Town, Jiangnan Province, China, you can see that behind me, this huge spacecraft has returned from the moon smoothly, and all the boxes are filled with mud and rocks dug back from the moon."

"According to the information we have learned from Galaxy Aerospace Industry Group and Galaxy Mining Group, these soils and rocks contain a large number of rare earth minerals, and we will continue to provide you with live broadcasts, so please tune in."

"Good evening everyone, it's 4 o'clock in the afternoon Huaxia time, and I'm here at the Galaxy Space Industry Base to bring you a detailed report on the first mining on an alien planet in human history."

"At present, the Lushan spacecraft has successfully returned to the ground, and is loaded with mud and rocks collected from the moon that are said to contain rich rare earth resources, and we are fortunate to have obtained a permit, and we will be allowed to enter the smelting plant of Galaxy Mining Group in the future to witness the smelting of rare earth ores."

News media reporters from all over the world are reporting frantically, all kinds of lights are flashing non-stop, and news media, social networks, etc. around the world have reported the event in the form of headlines almost immediately.

For the first time in human history, mining on an alien planet is a big event that can be written into human history.

Galaxy Group also chose to be open very generously, inviting many news media to report, the most important purpose of which is naturally to let the Chinese people see that lunar mining is profitable, and it is also profitable~

Boxes were constantly being loaded and unloaded from the 'Lushan' spacecraft, and the loaded and unloaded boxes were lined up on the huge parking field, and the lids on the boxes were opened, revealing the dirt and rocks inside.

"Click~Click~"

Galaxy gave 10 minutes for these news media reporters to report, and after 10 minutes, trucks came and began to transport the dirt, rocks, and so on to the smelter.

The smelter is also in a huge factory, and there are also invited news media reporters here in the huge smelter.

The smelting of rare earth ores is completely different from the smelting of general resources.

Smelting rare earth ores from soil and rock requires the use of strong acid or strong alkali, and the solution of strong acid or strong alkali is used to soak to extract the rare earth in the soil or rock.

Seeing strong acids and alkalis, everyone should know that the damage to the environment caused by mining rare earths is extremely serious.

The first destruction is to destroy the green mountains and clear waters, the soil or rock mining, it is definitely necessary to push the mountain skin away, so that the mountain is directly exposed, the most direct impact is that the soil erosion is very serious, the green mountains and green water, once mined, will soon become a desert.

But that's not the worst of the damage.

What really destroys the environment is that rare earth mining requires the use of strong acids and alkalis, and the impact of acid-alkali solutions on the environment is too great.

In the rivers of the rare earth mining area, almost all living things are going to die, and no living thing can survive in the acid-alkali polluted waters, especially when the pollution is just beginning, when the acid-base concentration is high, and there is no grass in the place where it passes.

Secondly, there is also great pollution to groundwater, which is long-term, and the water in the rare earth mining area cannot be drunk at all.

There is also the waste residue left after mining, because these waste residues have been soaked in strong acids and alkalis, so there is no way to grow any vegetation on these waste residues, and it takes many years to slowly grow new vegetation.

The waste residue accumulated at will enter the rivers and cultivated land when it is washed away by the rainwater, which seriously damages the ecological environment.

The damage to the environment caused by the mining of rare earths is almost irreversible, and it lasts for a very long time, and the pollution is very serious, so in areas with very rich rare earth resources, with the phenomenon of indiscriminate mining and mining, the environmental damage is very serious.

In the southern Gan region, there was originally a place of green mountains and clear waters, because of the mining of rare earths, there was an incredible desert area.

This is also why the state will strictly prohibit the indiscriminate mining of rare earth resources, because the pollution to the environment is too serious, especially private mining, just to make money, regardless of the ecological environment, the pollution is even more serious.

The vast territory of the United States contains 40% of the world's total rare earths, but Americans just don't mine their own rare earth mines, because they know that the environmental sacrifice of rare earth mining is too great, and it is difficult to recover.

In addition, they are very chicken thieves and like to use other people's resources first, so the United States is extremely rich in all kinds of resources, but Americans never dig their own resources.

Galaxy Mining Group also uses strong acids and alkalis to refine rare earths, but because it is extracted in a factory, Galaxy Mining Group can effectively control it.

Wastewater and waste residue can be treated using scientists' methods, which can minimize the pollution to the environment, or even basically no pollution.

"Boom~"

Under the watchful eyes of many news media reporters around the world, boxes of dirt and rocks were poured into the shredder.

To refine rare earths, the first step is to crush the rock into the smallest particle state, so that the rare earth ore contained in it can be perfectly refined.

If the rock is not crushed, there is no way to extract the rare earth ore inside the rock with strong acid and alkali.

PS: Rare earth is this thing~ I have it near my hometown, I grew up watching the rare earth when I was a child, and I witnessed its pollution to the environment, which is extremely serious, and the places where the rare earth has been driven have become desert areas, which is definitely not a lie~

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