Chapter 424: Space Farming
At the lunar spaceport, the CCTV interview team walked out of the passenger space shuttle.
CCTV reporter Zi Xin greeted the camera and said, "Hello everyone, I am CCTV reporter Zi Xin.
Space plants are very popular, and we have come to visit the current situation of space agriculture on the moon this time. ”
The CCTV interview team boarded a flight from the lunar spaceport to the Xinghuo Technology Lunar Base.
There is the largest space plant plantation on the moon around the Xinghuo Technology Lunar Base, and CCTV has contacted the Xinghuo Technology Lunar Base to obtain the qualification to interview the space plant plantation.
The flight soon arrived at the Xinghuo Technology Moon Base, and the CCTV film crew found the relevant person in charge of Xinghuo Technology's space agriculture.
A middle-aged man with a somewhat plain face and about 40 years old stands in front of the camera.
CCTV reporter Zixin introduced to the camera: "This is Han Yuke, manager of the Moon Branch of Xinghuo Technology Space Agriculture Company, he is a professor at Huaxia Agricultural University and an authoritative expert in the field of agricultural technology in China."
CCTV reporter Zi Xin interviewed Manager Han Yuke: "Manager Han, can you take us to visit the plantation and introduce us to the characteristics of space plants."
Han Yuke politely agreed: "There is no problem at all, I will take you to visit the lunar plantation."
Han Yuke took the CCTV interview team to the moon plantation covering an area of 20,000 square kilometers.
The CCTV interview team began to use drones to overshoot the plantation.
The boundaries of the plants in the plantation are very clear, they are distributed in strips, the most are corn and sorghum, and the rest are tomatoes and eggplant.
These four plants occupy more than 90% of the plantation's space.
CCTV reporter Zixin patted the transparent shield on her head in front of the camera.
"It's a real lunar vacuum, and we all need to wear spacesuits to walk here.
These space plants really don't need air to survive. ”
CCTV reporter Zixin picked a volleyball-sized tomato, and she asked Manager Han Yuke: "Manager Han, do these space plants usually need to be fertilized?" Its management is complicated.
How I didn't see the canal in the plantation. It's not that space plants need to consume a lot of water to grow. ”
Manager Han Yuke immediately replied: "Space plants grow from seeds to seedlings, and they need to be fertilized and managed in the process of their cultivation.
All we get are standard space plant seedlings that don't need to be fertilised.
Space plants also do not need to do work such as pest and weeding.
Grow space plants in the universe, there will be no weeds competing for space with it at all, and there will be no bugs to gnaw on it. ”
After Manager Han Yuke finished his introduction, he bent down and used his hand to remove the shield covering the roots of the space plant.
Space plants can be seen growing in a translucent tube with water flowing inside.
Manager Han Yuke introduced to the reporters: "The soil that can be used by plants on the earth is an extremely valuable item, and only the soil in the most superficial layer of the earth's crust has the ability to provide a place for plants to grow.
At present, the relevant departments in China strictly prohibit the transportation of soil into space, except for scientific research projects, which can obtain a small amount of approval.
Space plants are considering a more convenient hydroponic method in the research stage.
We grow space plants in pipes that contain fluids that contain all the nutrients they need to survive.
We can also control the situation of the culture medium through the background, and can intelligently manage the growth environment of space plants. ”
Manager Han Yuke then took the CCTV interview team to visit space corn, space sorghum, space eggplant and other plantations.
CCTV reporter Zixin listened silently to Manager Han Yuke's introduction all the way.
When they walked out of the plantation, CCTV reporter Zixin asked the questions that ordinary people were most concerned about.
"Hello Manager Han, on behalf of our ordinary people, I would like to ask you a sharp question.
How safe are space plants? Some people still have concerns about space plants. ”
Manager Han Yuke replied with a smile: "We have a detailed introduction to space plants on the official website of Xinghuo Technology and the official website of the Ministry of Agriculture of China.
Space plants are a special plant produced by grafting, the main body of our edible part, which is still an ordinary plant.
The edible ingredients of a space plant are exactly the same as those of a normal plant, both in terms of its genetic material and cell structure.
This is also the plant with thick stems that we all use in space, because this plant is easy to graft at the seedling stage.
Leaf plants like cabbage are not convenient to graft at the seedling stage, so there are very few vegetable varieties of space plants.
Only when scientists break through grafting technology will it be possible to cultivate this kind of space plants.
Plants that eat roots, such as radishes and sweet potatoes, cannot grow space plants at all. ”
CCTV reporter Zixin also cooperated: "When I heard Manager Han's introduction, I understood that the composition of space plants we can eat is exactly the same as that of normal space plants, and everyone can rest assured that they will not threaten our health."
"Let me take you to see the deep processing center, our company has formed an industrial chain that fully utilizes space plants." Manager Han Yuke invited them.
The CCTV interview team accompanied Manager Han Yuke to the deep processing center.
CCTV reporter Zixin was on the road and took the opportunity to interview: "Manager Han, may I ask what contribution the emergence of space plants has made to our current space development."
Manager Han Yuke replied excitedly: "The appearance of space plants is simply the installation of an abundant power engine for space development.
In the case of the Moon, the most obvious point is that the Moon is self-sufficient in food and vegetables.
You must know that people live on food, and in the past, the bulk commodities transported from the earth to the moon included the category of food.
The moon is now self-sufficient in food and vegetables, which means that the moon can carry more people.
If there is enough population on the moon, then settlements and cities can be formed.
Our development of the moon has shifted from initial resource exploration to urban development. ”
They came to the deep processing center next to the plantation, and the CCTV interview team began to shoot the situation of the deep processing center.
Manager Han Yuke kept introducing them to the specific situation.
"Space plants not only provide us with food, some of its highly processed products, but also provide us with important industrial raw materials.
Corn and sorghum can be processed into feed and liquor.
Feed meets the requirements of animal husbandry, further reduces the cost of raising livestock in space, and provides sufficient meat for human beings.
Alcohol can satisfy the local market on the moon and reduce the transportation of this type of goods from the earth.
Space plants are not discarded except for the edible parts, which are important industrial raw materials.
We extract plant fibers from straw and carbonize them to create a tough carbon fiber.
The fabric woven from it is cheap and durable, and most of the clothes on the moon are now made of this material.
The leaves of space plants can be used to cultivate microorganisms and produce some important products.
Space plants are treasures, and they are the cornerstone of space agriculture. ”