On Balu's synchronized robot, the big-eyed camera looked at him: "What mission?" ”

"It's about the task of equipment manufacturing, it's about the improvement plan, you see."

"Improvement plan?!" Balu took the tablet and looked at the so-called improvements.

The modification of the miniature capsule is very simple: it is to add three 12.5mm machine guns to it, giving it the ability to automatically fight intruders.

There was a hint of incomprehension in Baru's voice: "Is it necessary that the moon is the company's base now?" ”

"Who said there is only a base for the company?" Qin Lang's brows rose slightly.

“？ Earth's lunar South Pole base? Is it necessary for the base to be so prepared? ”

Qin Lang shook his head: "Balu, you underestimate the evil thoughts of human nature too much, look at this!" ”

Immediately, he called up a copy of the information investigated by the field service department on the tablet, so that Balu could see what it means to be defenseless.

[Special Investigation Report of the Earthly Union Lunar Base...... The Lunar Cargo Spacecraft 14, launched by SpaceX, was equipped with 30 space versions of the Stinger, as well as five 30mm cannons, and carried 15 base ammunition...... ］

"Do you still think there is no threat to the Earth Alliance's lunar base?"

"They're looking for death!" Baru's tone became cold.

Qin Lang shrugged: "There are too many people with paranoia of destruction, even if we don't have the idea of doing it, they will be wary of us in their hearts." ”

"I see, but is a machine gun enough? Do you want to prepare other weapons and equipment? Balu asked.

"There's no need, we have 36 dead-light satellites in lunar orbit, and large bases have dead-light cannons, and they can't make any waves."

"Then I'll make it according to the improvement plan."

"Well, I'm sorry for you."

"It's a matter of duty."

Qin Lang came out of the industrial area and drove an electric car to the mining area.

At present, a total of 7 mineral mining sites have been opened around the base, which can produce 5000~6000 tons of various minerals every month.

On the way to the mine.

He was discussing mining with his assistant Riel.

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The other side.

Deputy Base Commander Deva? Sinbad, too, was discussing lunar minerals with a few people at the same time, but not around the Copernicus crater, but around the moon's south pole.

In front of the holographic projection model of the moon, Deva pointed to one of the craters: "The lunar base of the Earth Union is in the Kravi crater, and our recent work is to control more than a dozen craters around the Kravi crater. ”

"Deputy Chief, is there enough of miniature capsules?" A robot asked.

Deva replied confidently: "Enough, we have 7 in stock, we can produce 12 this month, plus three Tinder ships, enough for us to control these craters." ”

"Then let's talk about these crater minerals! We must control the most resource-rich areas. Another lunar mineral researcher who had come in via a synchronous robot suggested.

Deva nodded: "Well, the important resources of the moon are actually water resources and carbon resources, among the 16 target craters, we found that there are not a few water ice and dry ice in the Lang Ge Zitan crater that we controlled in advance, especially those areas that have not been exposed to the sun for a long time, and a lot of water ice and dry ice are stored. ”

Lunar mineralogists call up a holographic map of strata detected by geological remote sensing satellites.

In the craters around the south pole of the moon, there is a general rule, that is, the depth and width of the crater, the surrounding latitude, and the height of the terrain together determine the amount of water ice and dry ice storage at the bottom of the crater.

The closer you are to the South Pole, the deeper the depth, the smaller the width, and the higher the surrounding terrain, the larger the storage of water ice and dry ice.

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Conversely, the storage capacity of water ice and dry ice is smaller.

The researcher pointed to several craters of water and dry ice and proposed:

"These four small craters should be controlled, and I propose that the Tinder spacecraft be placed in one of the craters as the core of the Antarctic base."

Deva looked at it: "Yes, I will arrange it." ”

"In addition, this mountain range also needs to be paid attention to, and it is best to gradually control it."

It was a volcanic shield of mountains, although many of them had been smoothed out by the moon's cosmic rays and solar wind.

In addition, the large-scale volcanic activity of the moon has also stopped for hundreds of millions of years, but this does not mean that the moon has no volcanic activity.

Because the Moon's inner core is still active at this time, it has not completely cooled down.

On the other hand, volcanic eruptions do not necessarily require intense geological activity of their own, and asteroid impacts can also bring about intense volcanic eruptions.

Especially on a planet like the moon, which has no dense atmosphere, the destructive power of asteroids is very amazing, and those large lunar seas were formed by large asteroids hitting the moon back then.

The volcanic remnants left over from ancient times have very many metals and rare metal minerals.

For example, this volcanic mountain range at the south pole of the moon has been explored by the Institute of Lunar Geology and Mineralogy, where large quantities of copper, sulfur, lead, thorium compounds or elements have been stored.

Sulfur is not very important, but copper, lead, and thorium are.

Copper is one of the raw materials for wire motors, lead is one of the core materials for various protective layers, and thorium is one of the raw materials for nuclear fission.

If you add gold, silver and rare earth elements from other volcanic relics, the Moon branch can produce gold-based thermoelectric materials, silver-based superconductor materials, and produce its own nuclear power plants.

At present, various bases on the moon rely on cobalt rod nuclear batteries as the core energy source, but the lunar base does not have the capacity to produce cobalt rods and must be transported from the earth's headquarters.

Although Homo sapiens attaches great importance to the transportation of cobalt rods, the possibility of accidents has been largely eliminated.

However, cobalt rods are extremely dangerous radioactive materials, and if they leak into the earth's atmosphere, the consequences are unimaginable.

According to the instructions of the headquarters, Qin Lang, Dewa and others must find a way to mine thorium and uranium on the moon as soon as possible to achieve their own nuclear fuel.

At present, among the volcanic relics they found on the moon, there are many mines of heavy metals, rare earths, and radioactive minerals.

According to the analysis of the estimated magnetic field detection data, at least 6.76 million tons of mineable high-grade uranium ore and 39.8 million tons of thorium ore are stored in the strata at a depth of about 1,000 meters on the lunar surface.

If fully mined and refined, 2,782 tons of nuclear fission raw material (99% purity) can be extracted.

The Caucasus base set up by the Moon Branch in the Caucasus Mountains in the northwest of the Wet Sea is dedicated to mining thorium ore, and is currently conducting research on thorium bioaccumulation technology.

The reason why so much attention is paid to radioactive materials is mainly for the mass projector project on the far side of the moon, which requires huge amounts of electrical energy.

Cobalt rod nuclear batteries cannot supply enough energy, and nuclear fission power stations must be launched.

Of course, the Moon Branch has another task, that is, to seize the resource-rich area as soon as possible and curb the development and benefits of the Earth Federation on the Moon.

As long as there are not enough gains, the free world, dominated by private interests, will certainly feel weak to continue to explore the moon.

After all, private companies are meant to eat, and those investors will also retreat when they see that the returns are far away.