"There are 9.7 million asteroids with a diameter of more than 1 kilometer, or even 37 million?" Toni was stunned for a moment.

Chen Mengchuan nodded with a smile: "There is no doubt that our 12 super astronomical telescopes are far more complete and complete than those possessed by NASA in the United States, and they have the advantage of closer observation at a closer distance." ”

"At present, many aerospace agencies and observatories on the earth, their exploration of the asteroid belt is not complete, there are too many exists in the asteroid belt that they have not explored, and we have even observed a new dwarf planet, which has a diameter of between 1,200 kilometers and 1,250 kilometers, which is the most exciting exploration we have obtained through X-ray telescopes and ultraviolet telescopes."

"We have large X-ray telescopes, ultraviolet telescopes, super optical telescopes and infrared telescopes. The combined observations that these four telescopes can make can provide us with a lot of observational data. In the future, we will carry out 24-hour uninterrupted exploration and observation of the entire asteroid belt, and these four astronomical telescopes can be of great help. ”

"But! And that's not even the best, our submillimeter-wave telescopes and ultra-large non-Nee imagers are the core of the observations. Based on the magic of these two astronomical telescopes, we can obtain more prediction data, which is the key to finding and locating the target asteroid! ”

"So. When did you get so much high-tech? Toni asked with a smile.

"Me? You spend so much time with me every day, can I have that spare time to toss around these telescopes? These are all customized by Wanyu from various channels with Ah Chen's research and development. The asteroid belt is too large, the space is empty, and there is not enough astronomical equipment to support it, so it is not so easy for us to find and locate these asteroids. Once the asteroid capture ship gets lost in the universe, it will be a very troublesome thing. Chen Mengchuan said.

"Then, the 62 asteroids of unequal volume and shape that we have observed and confirmed now are our first planetary capture targets!"

"For these 62 asteroids, our observation data has been basically completed, and at the same time, through supercomputer detection and calculation, our gravitational orbit is clear, two days ago, our first asteroid capture ship has set off for these asteroids, the latest one will arrive in 9 days, and the farthest one will be 12 days later."

"How big are these 62 asteroids?" Xu Shuwei asked.

"The largest one, which has been observed to be about 350 kilometers in diameter, is an irregular oval-like shape." Chen Mengchuan said with a smile.

"350 km in diameter!" Xu Shuwei gasped.

"What are you going to cut such a big asteroid for? Why not start with smaller asteroids, such as those with a diameter of several kilometers? In this way, if we are based on the cutting technology of the source point circle, it is easier to complete and realize the cutting effect, and you can get 350 kilometers at once, which is very difficult to operate, right? Xu Shuwei said.

Chen Mengchuan smiled and swiped across the screen, revealing a 3D structure of a huge oval asteroid.

"It's not difficult, these asteroids all have some relatively rounded water chestnut angles, based on these water chestnuts and our current source point circle technology, although we can't achieve the apple cutting effect, but we still have no problem to achieve the apple cutting effect, take a step back, if it's too big, then it should also be placed outside the orbit of Mars, to make an independent gravitational orbit, so that we can use it at any time."

"Brother Xu, the smaller asteroids you mentioned are of course our main goal at this stage, and our current technology of space source point circle size is not very powerful, but we have no doubt that we will continue to research and advance. We will quickly complete the source circle of dozens of kilometers of laughter, then hundreds, thousands, and finally even tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of kilometers. At that point, we will be able to slice through these asteroids and achieve large-scale access to metal mineral resources. ”

"So now, after these asteroid capture ships arrive at the target planet, they will conduct further search and positioning, and then start the capture and implementation." Chen Mengchuan said.

After a group of people exchanged and discussed for a while, Xu Shuwei suddenly received a message, and then his eyes opened and he laughed out loud.

"Usually when he laughs like this, it's when he picks up money and encounters good things. If it can make him laugh like this at this time, it should be that the mine-prospecting QS10086-type multi-functional dobby crabs have made some discoveries, probably some important mineral deposits have been discovered. Toni said firmly.

"Hahaha, Toni is right, we have a QS10086-type multi-purpose multi-armed crab that has found radioactive elements in the southern region of the Martian equator!"

"Uranium mines?" Toni's eyes lit up.

"It's not clear yet, but judging from the test data of the polygonal crab, a large number of α particles have been detected in the collected stony layer!" Xu Shuwei said with a smile.

"α particles?" Chen Mengchuan smiled.

Puslin said on the side: "It looks like it should be uranium." ”

"α particle is a very stable radioactive particle, consisting of two protons and two neutrons, without any electrons. It is important to know that chemical elements, which are usually radioactive and have large atomic weights, will emit α particles through α decay, thus becoming lighter elements until the element is stable. Due to the large volume of α particles and the two positive charges, it is easy to ionize other substances. As a result, its energy is also dissipated more quickly, and its ability to penetrate is the weakest of all ionizing radiations, and human skin or a piece of paper can block α particles. ”

"So, if you can detect a large number of radioactive α particles in the stony layer, it's usually not uranium, it's radium. However, I prefer the element uranium, which currently exists in nature in the form of three isotopes: uranium-238, uranium-235 and trace amounts of uranium-234. Regardless of the isotope, it will release α particles when it decays, and its half-life is very long! The half-life of uranium-238 has even been estimated to be more than 4.47 billion years, and even uranium-235 is more than 700 million years, based on which the current scientific community estimates the age of the earth. ”

"Therefore, I believe that there is a very high probability that this QS10086-type multi-functional polygonal crab has discovered an asphalt uranium mine!" Puslin said with some excitement!