Chapter Seventy-Six: Expensive Materials
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Walk through the long corridor and come to a construction site.
He said that the construction site was not very suitable, because from time to time he crossed the robot arm to tell him that even if this was a construction site, it was a high-tech construction site.
People in protective suits, flickering fireworks, and highly dexterous robotic arms build the main theme of this construction site.
"The emergence of artificial intelligence has indeed made up for the clumsiness." Xiao Li put on a protective mask to protect his eyes, "As long as the smart template is ready, humans can try to build their own base on the moon." ”
"When the time comes, won't the rare metals on the moon be picked by us humans?"
How many rare metals are on the moon?
That is an immeasurable data, but at present, the pitiful data show that there are a large number of ilmenite resources on the moon, and ilmenite is the main material for making aircraft and engines, and it is widely used, and the most important thing is that ilmenite is one of the raw materials for making spacecraft, and human beings want to march into space, ilmenite is an indispensable resource, in addition to helium-3, which is a nuclear raw material.
It's just that in the past, there was a lack of air and edible water on the moon, and it was difficult for humans to survive on the moon for a long time, but after the robot, it is different, and the robots loaded with intelligent templates do not need air and water resources at all, and they can independently mine various rare ores for humans on the lunar surface.
"Xiao."
Wei Lan came over with a stack of materials, "Is the smart template ready?" He suddenly lowered his head and asked Xiao Li, "I'm afraid that durable titanium can't make engineering robots that can be used to establish bases on other planets. ”
Durable titanium is the main material of the NS-5 model robot handed over to him by Xiao Li, the hardness of the surface of this material is very good, but it does not perform well in the field of ultra-low temperature and ultra-high temperature, and the moon happens to be a satellite with great temperature changes between day and night.
"If it doesn't work, just change the material." Xiao Li waved his hand, he is not a rigid person, the NS-5 model robot was designed for the earth at the beginning, what environment is the earth? What environment does the moon have? How could he possibly ask for a rigid set, "How about titanium alloy?" ”
Titanium alloy is the main material of spacecraft at present, with high density, strong corrosion resistance, and high temperature resistance and low temperature resistance.
"As for the parts, stainless steel with titanium added can be used as the material."
"But then the cost is high." Wei Lan looked at the information, and his voice was lowered, "This planet is really not good in the performance of titanium alloys, although in the foreseeable future, due to the joint increase in the mining of ilmenite by various countries, the price of titanium ore will fall, but this decline is definitely limited." ”
"There's no way around it." Xiao Li is also helpless, ilmenite is known as a non-rare 'rare metal', the reason why it is not rare is because the storage content of ilmenite on the earth is very considerable, the content of titanium in the earth's crust ranks 9th, second only to aluminum, sodium, iron, etc. in metals, more than lead, tin, copper, zinc and the like combined.
There are two main reasons why it is called a 'rare metal', one is that it is too widely distributed, and the second is because it is difficult to refine.
At present, only the United States, Russia, Japan, and China have complete titanium industrial production technology, and the extraction of ilmenite has been a very big problem due to its complex smelting technology and difficult processing, so the price remains high.
In the future, the diffusion of titanium industrial production technology and the vigorous excavation of ilmenite will definitely lead to a decline in the price of ilmenite, but the engineering robot made of titanium alloy as the main material is a large consumer of ore, so it is really unknown how much the price of ilmenite can be reduced.
However, the number of engineering robots needed to build a base on the moon is too much, and the expensive cost will inevitably make people prohibitive.
"So I hope it's better to have a cheap alloy instead of titanium." Wei Lan looked at Xiao Li with affection, and saw that Xiao Li's whole body had goosebumps.
He hurriedly moved away from Wei Lan, "What alloy?" ”
"An alloy that is denser and more resistant to high and low temperatures than titanium alloys." Wei Lan Zhengse said: "The most important thing is that it must be cheap and massive, otherwise, even if it replaces the titanium alloy, it will only be another titanium alloy." ”
"So you're going to hand over this alloy?" Xiao Li said with a smile, a glint of anticipation in his eyes.
"Isn't that you?"
In an instant, the light of expectation in Xiao Li's eyes disappeared.
He and Wei Lan stared at each other with a look of 'why not you'.
After a while, Xiao Li took a deep breath, straightened his face and said, "I don't have the kind of alloy you said." ”
"And aren't you the chief scientist of the Welland Corporation? I remember that you Weland also studied the material. ”
The Welland Enterprise, which can manufacture a scientific research ship of the level of the "Prometheus", is not like a rookie in the field of materials, and if he remembers correctly, the Welland Enterprise is the vanguard of developing extraterrestrial resources in the world of "Prometheus", and it must have its own set in the aerospace field.
"I'm the chief scientist, yes, but I don't know anything about materials." Wei Lan said helplessly.
The two of them began to stare dryly again.
Both of them don't know anything about materials science, and it is a fool's dream to develop a material that is better and cheaper than titanium alloy, and the two of them obviously thought of this, so they can only be relatively silent.
"Lord God."
Xiao Li called out to the Lord God from the bottom of his heart, "Can I freely choose to travel through other four-dimensional universes?" ”
"You can freely choose the four-dimensional universe that has locked the coordinates, but the unknown four-dimensional universe can only be searched randomly." The Lord God replied.
Xiao Li's brain spun and he began to search for the four-dimensional universe he had traversed.
"Interstellar" is not good, the earth, which has fallen into an anti-intellectual frenzy, has already stopped researching new materials, and the reason why such a large space station can be built at the end of the movie is entirely because of the support of global forces.
"Iron Man" is also not good, "Iron Man", the earth in the four-dimensional universe is actually more backward than the current earth in some aspects, if it weren't for the existence of geniuses such as little Tony and old Tony, there would be nothing bright about that earth, and in material science, neither Tony Jr. nor Tony Sr. would have achieved anything.
The same is true of "I, Robot", the earth in 2035 has not made any progress in the field of aerospace compared to the earth where Xiao Li is located, but because of Xiao Li's relationship, they have been suppressed.
As for the Earth in the Prometheus universe, yes, yes, but the biggest problem is time.
The four-dimensional universe of "Prometheus" is too close to the time ratio of Xiao Li's Earth, and according to the flight speed of the "Prometheus" spaceship, it will take at least a few years to return to Earth from Heavenly Star, so he can't stay in Prometheus forever
And the element of uncertainty in random crossing is too great.
For a while, Xiao Li didn't find a good way.
"It can only be proposed to build the industry related to the extraction of titanium on the moon, and then hand it over to robots to maintain!" Xiao Li could only take the sword, "Although the funds consumed in the initial stage are larger, with the commissioning of the titanium industry, the lunar base will soon be self-sufficient, and it can even provide robots for the bases of other planets." ”
It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.
That's all he can do.
"And in the future space age, we can't build all the industry on the earth, and it is imperative to build a complete industry on other planets, and this time, it will be regarded as a practice."
"There's only one way." Wei Lan nodded, "I'll write a report to you later, you can transfer it to the above, you are more worthy of the attention of the higher authorities compared to my identity." ”
"Yes."
Xiao Li nodded, although he is not the person in charge here, his identity is the highest, not because of his official rank, in fact, he does not have an official title, what really makes him the highest is prestige.
The father of gravity and the creator of cold nuclear fusion technology, these two titles alone are enough for everyone to look up to him.
After separating from Wei Lan, Xiao Li sorted out all the design drawings and materials non-stop, and at the same time cared about the progress of the smart template, and then submitted the report written by Wei Lan to it in his own name, and it was already three days after doing these things.
He went out of the construction site, ready to go to the imperial capital to hang out, relax and relax, always staying in the construction site, he felt that his spirit was a little unbearable.
However, as soon as he drove away from the construction site, a car desperately blocked his way, and a man in a suit in his forties rushed up with a happy face, and was immediately stopped by Xiao Li's bodyguards.
“…… Hai ...... Hai ...... Masaharu Fukuyama of the contemptible Mitsubishi Military Industry. The middle-aged man kept nodding and bowing, "Taro Iwasaki, the director of Mitsubishi Military, has been waiting for you for two days, and please be sure to come here." ”
"Mitsubishi Military?" Xiao Li looked at him with wide eyes, he remembered that he had nothing to do with Mitsubishi Military Industry, how did they come to him? After thinking for a moment, he agreed, "Lead the way." ”