Chen Jin's eyes are on the space mining industry.

After all, the earth's resources are limited, especially those scarce mineral resources, and it will not take a few years to deplete them.

The content of some elements in the earth's crust is only tens of thousands of tons or hundreds of thousands of tons, which is rarer than gold.

For example, a metal called rhenium, the world's proven reserves are only 2,500 tons, but it can be used as an industrial catalyst for the manufacture of aircraft engines and rocket engines, and its value is very high.

As for rare earth resources, the global mineable capacity in 20X8 is about 50 million tons, of which the remaining reserves in country Z are less than 10 million tons, and they can only be mined for another ten years at most.

Combined with the rare earth metals stored in the warehouse, it is only enough for 20 years.

That is, in 20 years, there will be no rare earth metals available on the mainland of country Z, and it can only rely on imports 100%.

If no new source is found, the price of rare earths will inevitably rise.

And Chen Jin thought of a good solution.

That's space mining.

"The first trillion (knife) billionaires in the next 1,000 years may be born in the space mining industry." ——This is the prediction given by the Goldman Sachs Group in country M.

"Mining an asteroid with a diameter of 50 meters may make a profit of 500 billion dollars." - Some private companies estimated.

The most authoritative NASA agency in country M has determined that there are more than 15,000 asteroids of different sizes within a radius of 50 million kilometers around the center of the earth, and most of these asteroids are rich in iron, nickel, copper, gold, silver and other metal elements, and even some asteroids have much higher metal element content than the earth.

If these asteroids are measured in vulgar money, then almost every asteroid will be worth tens of billions of dollars.

In addition, the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is home to more than 500,000 asteroids.

The Moon, which is only 360,000 kilometers away from the Earth, can also be seen as a huge "resource star" with countless minerals.

The problem of resource scarcity that may be encountered on Earth is not enough to worry about once it goes to space.

Chen now plans to enter the space mining industry.

And he felt that the time was almost ripe for space mining to start profitable.

Because he has two advantages at hand that others don't have.

"Recently, the 'Energy Research Center' has successfully developed the 'High Energy No. 2' battery, and the energy density has increased by 2.6 times on the basis of High Energy No. 1, reaching an astonishing 4000h/kg, which is one-third of the energy density of gasoline."

"Batteries generally have an energy utilization efficiency of more than 90%, and the high-energy No. 2 battery can actually be comparable to gasoline."

"The high-energy No. 2 battery is used as the energy source for the mining spacecraft, and then it is equipped with solar-powered sail panels and high-specific impulse Hall engines...... Such a mining spacecraft has the ability to travel almost infinitely in space...... A small amount of thrust medium is supplemented from the asteroid. ”

"Another advantage that a few people don't have is that I know that those valuable asteroids are there, and I know in advance about the high-value bonanza on the moon."

"For example, there is a mine site on the moon that has more than 50 million tons of open-pit rare earth ore, which is of high grade and very easy to mine."

You must know that on the planet Helfa, the minerals on the moon have been mined for hundreds of years, and a lot of valuable asteroid orbit information is stored in Nuwa's database.

On this side of the planet, no institution knows about it.

Knowing the specific location of the treasure in advance, is it not as simple as digging for something to make money?

Therefore, it may not be ripe for other companies to enter the space mining industry, but for Xinghai Technology, the opportunity has arrived.

However, Chen Jin still plans to find cooperation with countries to jointly plan space minerals.

Because even with the current repeatable and cheap launch technology, the cost of space launch is still more than 20,000 yuan/kg.

Assuming the launch of mining equipment with a total weight of 10,000 tons, the launch cost alone will require more than 200 billion.

The operation of equipment in the later stage, the construction of communication systems, maintenance services, space smelting, and transportation between heaven and earth...... There is a cost to everything.

With Xinghai Technology's own efforts, some are difficult to bear, and the cost is high.

Looking for cooperation with the country, with the help of the country's launch/tracking and control facilities to serve themselves, share part of the cost, and speed up the mining efficiency, Chen Jin estimates that in about three years, the first batch of space minerals will be transported back to Earth by cargo spacecraft.

Therefore, this matter was arranged by Chen Jin, so that Ling Jundong found the Aerospace Bureau and applied for cooperation.

"Good! We can cooperate, and we can join forces to solve the resource problem completely. The space agency quickly gave a positive response.

However, before a large number of cheap space minerals arrive on Earth, the production cost of Xinghai Technology's "Dream 1 Generation" virtual helmet is still estimated to be high, and it is difficult to get a wide range of promotion...... The price of 100,000 units is not many users who can afford it.

But the Dream 1 is not a product for the civilian market.

Chen Jin also does not plan to put it up for public sale.

Dream 1 will produce up to a few hundred units for advanced players of 100% Science Labs...... It has been six years since the launch of this game, much faster than Chen Jin expected, and there are 112 top scientists in various fields around the world, who have upgraded to SSS-level laboratories and explored the most cutting-edge technology, resulting in a lot of technical information that cannot be withdrawn, because it is too far ahead of the earth.

There are also several Scientists' player points, which are close to the level of upgrading to "Supreme Laboratory".

As long as they upgrade to the highest level, the gameplay will change, the "Dream 1" virtual helmet will be distributed to them, and the "Supreme Laboratory" set up in the lunar base, the final temple of science, will be open for them, and they can make their contribution to the scientific and technological development of Helfa planet.

Chen Jin is also very much looking forward to having players enter that hall.

……

This evening.

in the virtual world.

Artificial intelligence Alice reported a situation:

"Master, the player who ranks first in the "100% Science Laboratory" and only has 2,000 points left to enter the Supreme Lab has not been online for two consecutive weeks, and he used to log in to the game every day."

"You mean Edward Vuitton, who created string theory and M theory, why didn't he go online?"

Edward Vuitton is the most famous physicist and mathematician of our time, and is recognized as a top expert in the scientific community.

This is also the person who ranks first in the points of "100% Science Laboratory".

"I guess it may be due to physical reasons, this player is 88 years old this year, and he has been suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure all year round, could it be that there is something wrong with his body?" Alice said.

Chen Jin sighed in his heart, such a top bull is only half a step away from the Supreme Laboratory, if there is an accident.

"Alice, you turn on the global surveillance system, search where Edward is, and see how he is doing."

"Okay, Lord......"

Alice paused suddenly, and said, "No need master, Edward is on the line." ”

"Oh, it's online?" Chen Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

"He's sent another message to the system, master."

"What's the message?"

"He said he was sorry that he could not continue his exploration on the path of truth, that his organs were failing all over his body, and that he had a maximum of seven days left to live."

"Ah~"

Chen Jin was taken aback.