"There is not only water on the moon, but also a lot of stock," Su Province listened to Jiaying's question, explaining, "It's just scattered in craters in the form of ice, and in 2010, NASA's Mini-SAR radar detected the existence of water ice from more than 40 craters of different sizes at the north pole of the moon, with an estimated reserve of 600 million tons." ”

Listening to Su Province's narration, Di Zhexiao and Jia Ying were both novel, after all, the two had never been exposed to the knowledge of the moon, but it was Nie Peng, after listening to Su Province's description, he found that his knowledge reserve was already an expert in half the moon, and he was a little proud.

So he continued with Su Sheng's words:

"Also, there are other aspects, such as rare resources, remember the map of the moon hanging in the office? There are many craters near the North Pole, so to speak, large craters and small craters, and you may be able to find diamonds the size of a fist. As he spoke, he deliberately looked at Jiaying's hand, which meant nothing to say.

"Oh, this dog food is spilled, I'm tired of it." Su Province saw all this scene in his eyes and teased.

"Hahaha, I found it, we all have a share" Nie Peng laughed, and then said, "The above is considered from the external factors of the lunar base, and from the perspective of future development, the Arctic is also more beneficial to us." ”

"Oh? How does this mean? Di Zhexiao simply found a rock and sat down, ready to listen to Nie Peng's high opinion.

"So, let's brainstorm the usefulness of the lunar base first, and let's summarize it" Nie Peng took out a pen from Su Province's pocket and used the sole of his shoe to make a flat piece of ground on the ground as a blackboard:

"Since I put it forward first, I will first say that at present, the biological research nature of the lunar base is the largest, and it should be the easiest behavior to produce practical significance for the cultivation and observation of animals and plants."

Seeing everyone nodding, Nie Peng wrote on the ground: Biological research.

Su Province went on to say, "Astronomical observations, compared with the space environment, although there are still some impurities on the lunar surface, but if there is human intervention, then the data that can be collected is far more accurate and efficient than relying on space observations." ”

Nie Peng nodded and wrote again: Astronomical observation.

"That? Does the energy aspect count? Isn't there some kind of helium-3 thing, which is said to contain a lot of energy? Jiaying asked.

"At present, helium-3 is still difficult to be applied to the energy field, after all, nuclear fission and nuclear fusion have not reached a controllable level, even if it is reached, using deuterium and tritium in the sea as raw materials, it is enough for human beings to use it for another tens of thousands of years, so the mining value of helium-3 is not large." Su Province explained.

"However, in addition to helium-3, there are many rare metals, such as rhodium metal, which cost twice as much as gold! It is used in the chemical, aerospace, fiberglass, electronic and electrical industries and other fields, although the amount is not much, but it is very important, we call it 'industrial vitamins'".

"Twice as expensive as gold? How much can there be? When Nie Peng heard this, he suddenly felt that his moon base seemed to be built on a gold mine, no, two big gold mines!

"There are not many on the earth, the reserves on the moon are not easy to estimate, I also found it in the scientific literature, rhodium iodide was found in the moon rock brought back by the Americans, I don't know the specific content, but if it is used for refining, the grade is absolutely enough."

"That's good, that's good, it's not so good that we can earn money from the earth to raise the moon" Nie Peng wrote on the ground again: open a mine.

The topic continued to advance, and everyone's brains became bigger and bigger, and the records on the ground gradually increased:

material smelting;

a springboard for space exploration;

Space breeding base and so on.

It wasn't until everyone couldn't think of new aspects for the time being that Nie Peng gave up, and at this time more than a dozen articles had been written on the ground.

"Now, there are so many big items, just a small piece of flat land near Mount Lumke, is it enough for us? In the later stage, I am afraid that the place where the solar panels are laid is not enough. ”

When he said this, everyone understood that if you want to build a vast lunar base, you must start enclosing the land from now on, after all, the moon is a piece of feng shui treasure land in the North Pole that you don't need, nesting in the area of Rumke Mountain, what kind of fame can you make.

This is equivalent to a country near the Sahara Desert, which cannot do enough to do a city in the developed region of the Middle East. After all, in this day and age, resources are money, whether on Earth or on the Moon, it is the same.

"Yes, you're right, if we want to build a decent base, we have to plan in the direction of the next few hundred years, and the vicinity of Mount Lumke is indeed insufficient." Di Zhexiao said.

"Shall we move now? What to do with this base now? Don't want it? Jiaying was a little reluctant, and she had an indescribable feeling for the small base she and Nie Peng had set up.

"No one said no?" Su Xing stared at Jiaying in surprise, "Do you know what the concept of this base is if it is put up for public auction in the world?" ”

"What concept?" Jiaying has calculated the cost of this base, "So far, a total of 8 million yuan has been spent, what price can be auctioned?" ”

"Hehehe" Di Zhexiao and Su Xing both laughed, and after thinking about it for a while, Nie Peng also understood, and shook his head with a smile.

"It's really a fan of the authorities, a bystander, it seems that you and Nie Peng are used to teleporting, and you have forgotten the distance between the moon and there," Di Zhexiao nodded in the direction of the earth, prompting Jiaying.

"Ahh Shipping costs! Jiaying, who suddenly realized, screamed, only to understand what a few people were laughing at just now.

"Yes, if it is launched from there, even if it is with the Long March 5, with the current scale of our base, it will not be built without launching three or five times." Su Province said.

"Well, but also to consider the process of manual excavation, assembly, and commissioning, the astronaut's life support system is a big project, so ah, even the cost with profits, in addition to the time required..." Nie Peng pondered for a moment, and then said, "How can I get the cost of seven or eight Long March 5s." ”

"Seven or eight hundred million? I don't see it" Di Zhexiao increased the price of the base again:

"You only consider the cost, what about the success rate? What about the basics of astronautics? What about future value? I haven't heard of any real estate developer who sells them according to the cost of building materials. ”

When everyone heard him say this, they suddenly felt like they were suddenly opened.

"Well, yes, what a prime location on earth, the coastal castle, compared to our place, is simply a wilderness. I'm fucking guarding such a treasure land.,I'm still struggling with the housing problem.,I'm really... Su Province, who had been suffering for the house, suddenly felt like he couldn't laugh or cry when he heard Di Zhexiao's explanation.

"Don't worry about it, just take this opportunity to surprise you." Di Zhexiao looked at his expression and knew that at this moment, Su Province had completely tried to become a member of the 'Moon Base', and he was afraid that he would not be able to get rid of it.