"The asteroid numbered M0001 is not good, its diameter is more than 130 meters, although more than 80% of it is iron, but its mass has far exceeded the limit of what our spacecraft can drag, and the mass has reached more than 200 million tons."

Tang Boyuan and Dong Zhifei were looking for a suitable target at this time, and as the spacecraft entered the core area of the asteroid belt, more and more asteroids were discovered.

"Look at this, get rich, get rich."

Dong Zhifei excitedly sent the information of an asteroid to Tang Boyuan, and at the same time, the whole person looked like a pig brother, drooling and shouting in his mouth.

"You two have something good to share, but don't just care about your own happiness."

"That's it, what kind of fortune?"

The other team members also spoke one after another, but they couldn't help but not understand the spectral data, and they couldn't analyze the mass and composition of the asteroid, so they could only be anxious.

"Damn, I'm really rich, this asteroid number M0823 is actually mostly gold, oh my God, this is simply an asteroid made of gold."

"Damn, it's so big, more than 200 million tons, it's not a dish we can eat at all."

Tang Boyuan was still very happy, if he could bring back an asteroid full of gold, the entire earth would completely explode, but as soon as he calculated the mass of this asteroid, the whole person couldn't help but scold.

"I'll go!"

When the others heard it, it was like a deflated balloon.

"The mass of this asteroid is only 3 million tons, and we can drag it, but its mass is too small, and basically the elements it is composed of are silicon, which has no value."

"This asteroid has a mass of more than 10 million tons, and although it is basically composed of iron, it is very valuable, but it exceeds our limits."

Dong Zhifei and Tang Boyuan are very patient to calculate the mass and composition elements of each asteroid, anyway, there are more and more asteroids around, and there are opportunities to choose.

"According to the analysis of spectral images, the planets and meteorites in the asteroid belt can be roughly divided into three types, and more than 60% of all asteroids are C-type asteroids with rich carbon value."

"The number of silicon-containing S-type asteroids is about 25%, and the spectra show that their surface contains silicates and some metals, but the composition of carbonaceous compounds is not obvious. This suggests that they are significantly different from the composition of the original solar system, possibly due to the melting mechanism of the early solar system, which led to the result of differentiation. ”

"The total number of M-type asteroids accounts for about 15%. Their spectra contain iron-nickel lines, white or slightly red, and no absorption lines, and M-type asteroids are presumed to have been formed by a devastating impact with an iron-nickel core of the parent body. ”

Scientists have an approximate number of planets and meteorite structures in the entire asteroid belt based on the spectral information detected by various instruments, which is the means of science, and it is already clear to you thousands of miles away.

The real big impact is still the smallest number of M-type asteroids, these asteroids contain a lot of metal resources, most of the asteroids according to the spectrum of the asteroid is made of silicon, can only be used to make solar panels and the like

"Let's take a look, an asteroid with a diameter of about 80 meters was found 2270 kilometers in front of us on the left, and according to the spectral wavelength color position, this asteroid is all made of iron! This asteroid weighs between 9 million and 1 million tons, which is definitely our best goal. ”

Tang Boyuan sent the asteroid data of S0087 on the surface to everyone on the spacecraft, and then the whole person shouted excitedly, the whole body is composed of iron elements, and the quality is just right, this is definitely the goal that everyone has been looking for.

"Now the price of steel is more than 3,000 a ton, this kind of raw ore that has not been refined is pulled into space, I think 5,000 yuan a ton is the price of cabbage, no matter how low the transportation cost of aerospace aircraft is, it is much higher than the ground, this meteorite is 10 million tons, and it can be sold for at least 50 billion yuan after simple calculation!"

Someone next to him immediately calculated the number with a turn of his brain, 50 billion yuan, just an asteroid, a more common asteroid!

"Oh my God! How do you think that this asteroid belt is full of gold, any asteroid is worth tens of billions of yuan, and the number of asteroids with iron as the main component element has reached 15%, which can be found at will! ”

Zhanfei's whole person was drooling and hurriedly exclaimed!

The other people on the spacecraft were also shocked when they heard the numbers, and they didn't think how much this asteroid with a diameter of less than 100 meters could be worth at first, but now when they heard it, it was worth 50 billion, and they were all dumbfounded, and they didn't know how many asteroids like this had encountered along the way.

"The entire asteroid belt is full of gold!"

Luo Xiaoyao couldn't help but sigh along, constantly thinking in his mind, with the rapid development of the space industry and technology, more and more steel needs to be used in space, etc., it is obviously not possible to completely transport from the ground to space, and mining asteroids from asteroids will inevitably become the mainstream, and maybe their own opportunities will come in the future.

Such a thought flashed in his mind, and soon, Luo Xiaoyao immediately regained his composure.

"All attention, the ship has changed direction, and we will capture the asteroid."

The distance of more than 2,000 kilometers may seem like a long way, but it doesn't take a few minutes for a spaceship flying in the starry sky to reach the vicinity of the asteroid.

Dumbo slowly opened behind the huge butt on the spaceship, and two small spaceships roared out, each carrying a long rope on it.

This kind of rope is naturally not an ordinary rope, all of them are made of carbon fiber materials, and a thin hair of carbon fiber can hang several tons of things. Carbon fiber material is a new type of fiber material with high strength and high modulus fiber content of more than 95%. It is a microcrystalline graphite material made of organic fibers such as flake graphite microcrystalline stacked along the axial direction of the fiber, and obtained by carbonization and graphitization treatment.

Carbon fiber is "soft on the outside and rigid on the inside", lighter than aluminum metal, but stronger than steel, and has the characteristics of corrosion resistance and high modulus. More importantly, it not only has the inherent intrinsic characteristics of carbon materials, but also has the soft ~ soft processability of textile fibers, and is a new generation of reinforced fibers.

Before the departure, the Fuyun Group had already worked out a detailed method for mining the asteroid, first using this high-strength carbon fiber rope and using a small spacecraft to weave a net on it, and then using the spacecraft to detach the asteroid from its original orbit.

Finally, relying on the gravitational force of the solar system, calculate the position, let the asteroid re-form a new orbit through the earth, and when the asteroid is about to reach the earth, drag the asteroid again, and then rely on the gravitational force of the earth to capture the asteroid, form an orbit around the earth, and become a satellite of the earth, so that even if the asteroid is captured, the rest can be handed over to the solar farm to smelt the asteroid with reflected solar light.

Two small spaceships will slowly fly to the asteroid's location, and the two spaceships will be responsible for weaving a net for the asteroid and wrapping the asteroid with carbon fiber rope.

"Whew! Shout! ”

Each spacecraft launched a steel fork, the steel fork relied on inertia to penetrate deeply into the asteroid, and a long carbon fiber rope was dragged behind the steel fork, and then the two spacecraft began to circle the asteroid continuously, circle, circle, and soon dozens of circles.

Then the two universes began to fly around each other, and the two ropes were wrapped together again, slowly flying towards the Dumbo spaceship.

In the Dumbo spaceship, the mechanical arm began to wrap the rope behind the spacecraft and fix it on the pillars of the spaceship, at this time the rope connected the Dumbo spaceship and the asteroid, but the rope was not tightened, so it did not have much effect on each other at all.

All this seems to be very simple, but it is actually full of risks, it is definitely not so easy and simple, not to mention anything else, you must know that at this time, the spacecraft and the asteroid are constantly moving, and the speed is very fast, so first of all, the speed and direction of the two must be adjusted to the same, so as to achieve a state of mutual stationery.

Then using a small spaceship to entangle the asteroid is also full of risks, asteroids generally in addition to orbit, but also autobiography, a careless may lead to the asteroid to drag the spaceship to collide and other major accidents.

There are also two small spaceships that are wrapped around each other and braided ropes, which also requires very high flying skills and high performance requirements for spacecraft.

You must know that this is in the void of the universe, not on the earth, there is no air here, there is no south, south, west, north, west, up, down, left and right, etc., and it is not easy to change direction at will.

Although the risk is very high, the scientific and technological equipment on Dumbo is the most advanced, which is the pinnacle of technology crystallization of Fuyun Group, plus the crew on the spaceship are carefully selected, and everyone has rich experience in space, so they can complete all this smoothly.

"The rope is secured!"

"Start the engine!"

With Luo Xiaoyao's order, everyone began to become nervous, although according to theoretical calculations, Dumbo can completely drag this asteroid weighing almost 10 million tons, but this is only theoretical data, what will happen when the real operation is carried out, everyone is still more panicked, because this is related to everyone's life.

PS: It's too cold, cold hands and feet!