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Xinghai Research Institute, in the office of the central building.

Xu Chuan clicked on the mouse and keyboard, searched for some information and data from journals, papers, academic websites and other places, and then confirmed, filtered and recorded according to needs.

The construction of the lunar biosphere project is a huge mega-project, and if it is to be carried out, the preliminary preparations must be in place.

Everything needs to be considered, from the initial budget, to the technology, feasibility, and risks that will be used for the project, to the construction plan, and which countries to be invited to participate in the project.

Of course, for him, the main research direction is the feasibility of technology, and what kind of benefits and impacts the lunar biosphere project can bring to China after the completion of the project.

A large-scale hybrid project of lunar biosphere + scientific research base, even if it uses an advanced spacecraft such as the Xinghai space shuttle to transport various materials, its cost is at least tens of billions, or even hundreds of billions of RMB.

If the traditional chemical fuel launch vehicle is used for the transportation and launch of materials, the units behind the cost need to be replaced with rice gold, which is four or five times higher.

Such a mega project, although it is not a one-time investment, is also a huge pressure on the state funds for the construction of this project.

If the completion of controlled nuclear fusion technology can bring almost infinite capabilities to mankind, then what the lunar biosphere base can bring to mankind is something that Xu Chuan and the country need to carefully consider.

After all, compared to controlled nuclear fusion, this is a project that will not succeed and will immediately benefit humanity.

Just as more than half a century ago, the United States sent astronauts to the moon, and the development of the moon almost stopped for the next half century.

Before actually stepping out of the earth, before achieving real immigration, the investment on the moon is far from proportional. It's hard to find any government or company willing to invest heavily in this.

Behind the desk, Xu Chuan sat at his desk and thought about it for a long time, and finally took out a stack of manuscript paper and pens from the drawer.

The ballpoint pen in his hand paused for a moment on the paper, and then he wrote down the words one by one.

【Respectful】

[Hello, with the development of the times, and with the rapid breakthrough of modern science and technology, space exploration has become one of the major fields of human beings. It is foreseeable that space will undoubtedly be our future and the future of mankind. 】

[After Xinghai successfully completed the manned lunar landing project, we are no longer far away from the moon overhead. There is no doubt that it will be our first step out of the earth and into the deep space of the universe. 】

[As a springboard to deep space, building a base on the moon will become a training camp for humans to go to deep space.] If we want to be familiar with the extraterrestrial environment, we must first understand the lunar environment; 】

[The vacuum and low gravity conditions of the moon are a special environment that is difficult to replicate for scientific research on the earth, and has special utilization value for scientific research. 】

【. 】

Behind the desk, with the passage of time, a letter of thousands of words was completed with a beam.

When the last period fell, Xu Chuan exhaled a mouthful of turbidity in his chest, picked up the manuscript paper and checked it carefully.

After making sure there were no problems, he simply folded the letter and put it into the envelope he had prepared.

picked up the mobile phone from the table and sent a message to Zheng Hai, and after a while, the other party rushed over.

"Professor, you're looking for me?"

Xu Chuan nodded and said with a smile: "Well, there is a letter here, please help me deliver it." ”

"Where?" Zheng Hai asked.

Xu Chuan opened his mouth and said: "As usual, on that island on Chang'an Street, you know who it is for." ”

Zheng Hai nodded, took the envelope and carefully put it in his arms, and asked casually, "Is there anything else?" Professor. ”

"It's not for the time being, let's go."

Zheng Hai left, Xu Chuan cleaned up the things on the table, thought about it, and then picked up his mobile phone and sent a message to his assistant.

"Professor, you're looking for me?"

After a while, there was a knock on the door outside the office twice, and a female assistant with shoulder-length hair about twenty-three or fourteen years old walked in.

The assistant who walked in was called Qin Yue, and although he was not very old, he was the leader of the six assistant teams of the Xinghai Research Institute, responsible for coordinating the work in the hands of the assistants, and many things currently had to go through her hands.

Of course, the candidate for this position is not only her, but the six assistants are all personally selected and arranged from above. Whether it is the background, the ability of the worker, or the appearance, it can be said to be perfect.

After all, if this assistant has a bit of a basket, the loss will be too great.

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "Well, help me contact Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and other countries in the Middle East, and ask them if they are interested in building a resort hotel and scientific research base on the moon." ”

The amount of money needed to build a lunar biosphere project + scientific research base is a huge number.

In order to ensure the leadership of the project, in his plan, Huaguo will contribute half or more of the funding, but the remaining gap is still huge.

And how much money to expect from countries such as the United States, the European Union, and Tsarist Russia in this project, to be honest, Xu Chuan is really too lazy to talk to them.

On the one hand, international cooperation projects involving huge amounts of investment have always been a rather troublesome matter.

On the other hand, if these countries invest a large proportion of funds, the subsequent struggle for the right to speak is a rather troublesome thing.

In addition to the rest, take the now almost paralyzed International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) program, which was one of the world's largest and most far-reaching international scientific research cooperation projects, when controlled nuclear fusion technology was not fully realized a few years ago.

However, the progress of ITER has not been smooth, starting from 2002, when the EU, Japan and Russia began to negotiate an international agreement on the ITER plan on the basis of EDA, and the establishment of corresponding international organizations, until 2006, the initialing of the ITER international agreement was formalized.

It took four whole years.

And that's just the signing of the agreements, not the actual work.

Of course, from a normal point of view, four years is good enough to finalize the agreements for a major international cooperation project.

But for Xu Chuan, it took so much time to complete the initialling of the international agreement, which can be said to be outrageously inefficient.

He advocates efficiency, and he can't tolerate the future of the lunar biosphere project he leads in all kinds of situations.

So instead of looking for countries such as the United States, the European Union, and Tsarist Russia, it is better to find some other countries.

For example, they have always cooperated with 'good partners', some countries in the Middle East.

Compared with countries such as the United States and the European Union, the rich people in the Middle East are better talkative, as long as they can fulfill their wishes, they are actually willing to trade a lot of money to you.

Of course, some people may ask, the controllable nuclear fusion technology has been realized, the oil is worthless, and those 'big dogs' can still be rich?

Those who think this way can only say that they may not be so sensitive to the changes of the times and the nature of oil.

Indeed, after the realization of controlled nuclear fusion technology, the value of oil will be greatly discounted.

But even if the properties of the fuel are extracted from oil, it does not mean that the oil has no value, it is completely worthless.

Although the main source of oil consumption is fuel, in addition to fuel, a large amount of fuel is also consumed in all aspects of daily life such as basic chemicals, agriculture, industry, and transportation.

For example, plastics/rubber, clothing polyester/acrylic/nylon and other fabrics, pharmaceuticals and other industries, 90% or even more than 95% of their raw materials are petroleum.

So even if the fuel properties are removed, the value of oil is still there.

And on the other hand, the pace of change of the times is not so fast, from the successful ignition of the dawn demonstration pile to the present, it has only been less than two years.

In such a short period of time, the influence of controlled nuclear fusion technology has been expanding, but it is clear that it is not yet able to completely replace oil everywhere.

Of course, with the expansion and extension of controlled nuclear fusion technology and the development of the times, it is inevitable that its value will continue to decline.

But at least for now, the 'good partners' in the Middle East still have money.

On the other side, the capital.

A small island in the North Sea on the north side of Chang'an Avenue.

In an antique building, a simple letter was handed to an old man.

After hearing who had sent the letter, the old man's calm eyes moved, and he opened the envelope and took out the letter from inside.

A letter of several thousand words was not very thick, and he quickly flipped through it.

After learning the purpose of the young man's letter, the old man breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and shook his head gently.

It's really his style, the whole letter, which can be condensed and completely reduced to one sentence.

"I, Xu Chuan, want to engage in the lunar biosphere project and make money!"

Biosphere Engineering. He naturally understands.

The main use of this kind of engineering is basically in the direction of scientific research, just like the moon landing, which will not bring much practical benefit to mankind at present, and focuses more on the scientific direction.

It can be regarded as a scientific research project with a large investment, but not too much technical difficulty, and there will not be much direct benefit.

The United States did it once that year, but it ended in failure.

If it were on Earth, he would not hesitate to directly agree to this request.

With the experience of the United States Biosphere 2 in the past, it is nothing for them to find a desert in the country and build a Biosphere 3.

Even if it is calculated according to the super-large biosphere, the cost of the sky is more than 100 million.

And they can also develop the desert by the way.

But the biosphere was built to the moon, which he really didn't expect.

After all, the difficulty index and the amount of money spent on these two are completely the same thing.

The letter also wrote that the initial budget of the lunar biosphere project is about 500-100 billion RMB.

For Huaguo, this money is not without it. But to be honest, it's still very distressing to be thrown into a biosphere project.

After pondering for a moment, the old man called over to a guard, and after saying a few words, closed his eyes again and began to ponder.

After waiting for some time, under the guidance of the guards, Yuan Zhouli, the head of science and technology, walked into the two-story building in front of him, which was not too tall.

Knocking on the door of the study, he carefully pushed the door open and walked in, following a 'come in' sound from inside.

"You're looking for me?"

In the study, the old man nodded with a smile, gently pushed the letter on the table, and said:

"I've got a letter here, you can take a look at it first."

Yuan Zhouli nodded, stepped forward without hesitation, and picked up the letter from the table.

Seeing the paper used for the letter, he could almost guess who wrote the letter in his hand.

Although there are some people who can send the letter here, the one who writes the letter to the person in front of him with this ordinary manuscript paper in his hand is the one in Jinling who is capable.

After all, other people write letters, especially those sent here, and they usually have special stationery.

That's why he doesn't care about these things.

He could even imagine the man sitting at his desk writing a letter, casually pulling out a stack of manuscript papers from a drawer for daily calculations.

After guessing who sent the letter, Yuan Zhouli quickly unfolded the letter and read it carefully.

【. Space exploration will be a driving force and catalyst for the development of new technologies and basic scientific research", a view that has been repeatedly confirmed throughout history. 】

[Generally speaking, there are two types of models for the development of new technologies, one is "natural growth". For example, with the maturity of new materials and new processes, the indicators of a certain technical direction will also improve; 】

[There is another type of target indicator first, and then sort out the key problems that need to be overcome in order to achieve the indicator from top to bottom, and break them one by one. Such as controlled nuclear fusion engineering. 】

[Generally speaking, the second type of technological progress also tends to have a chain effect, and a technological breakthrough will be accompanied by a series of related technological advances.] But at the same time, the second type is much more difficult because it often implies interdisciplinary, cross-domain collaboration, and a lot of financial investment. 】

[Just like controlled nuclear fusion technology, its success has also led to the development of many other disciplines, which can be seen.] 】

[Today, the process of "space exploration" plays the role of such a catalyst: there are clear technical goals, massive financial support, and a large number of talents gathered. 】

[It enables us to discover new materials, new methods, invent better technical systems, better manufacturing procedures, extend the working life of instruments, and even discover new laws of nature.] All this newly acquired technical knowledge can also be applied to ground technology. 】

PS: Good luck to the big guys who read the book! Get rich in the new year! Rich! Rich!

Say the important thing three times! (ω)

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