The price of hydrogen bombs and atomic bombs is not expensive, and the main expenditure of each nuclear power is actually in the development stage and annual maintenance, if only a batch is produced and used on the moon immediately, in fact, the cost is less than imagined.

Moreover, according to the supercomputer simulation of the base, the larger the yield of the nuclear bomb used, the more beneficial it is for future exploitation, and the subsequent costs can continue to be reduced.

The overpressure of the 10-million-ton hydrogen bomb can throw all the rocks and lunar soil out, and because of the low gravity of the moon, the resulting explosion crater will be an unimaginably smooth parabola, and the wall will be compacted by the shock wave without worrying about collapse.

The ideal model is to detonate a 200-million-ton super hydrogen bomb at a depth of about 1,000 meters, but this is almost impossible, and the realistic solution is to use six, three, and one 15-million-ton hydrogen bomb to explode in three layers in three phases, and obtain a pit at a depth of 1,200 meters to 2,000 meters by controlling the location of the explosion.

This is much more convenient than its traditional means, not only the cost can be saved by more than 80%, but also the construction period can be compressed to about 1 month, and the explosion is almost ready for mining.

Therefore, the nuclear explosion plan has always been the best solution for the base, but it did not put forward it at the first time, but waited until the preliminary research encountered difficulties.

Now Lin Ju wants to probe the wind first and see what the attitude above is.

Anyway, the base won't make these things anyway, so we still have to find a way to talk to the authorities.

He thought that Academician She's reaction would be great, but the latter was only slightly surprised and fell into thought, as if he was really considering the feasibility of this matter.

Nuke Mine ...... In fact, when the establishment of United Mining was discussed, it was discussed within the space agency, and it was easy to think of this direction.

Not to mention that the use of nuclear bombs can save the number of launches of large rockets, an atomic bomb or hydrogen bomb weighs at least more than 100 kilograms and a maximum of two or three tons, and the Long March 6, Long March 2, and 3 and even the small rockets of some private aerospace companies can easily hit them, and the technology is very simple.

But the reason why this plan did not make a splash in the end was not technology, but a treaty.

"Kobayashi, you should know about the Outer Space Treaty."

Lin Ju immediately understood and understood what Academician She was referring to.

In the last century, with the rapid development of atomic bombs, hydrogen bombs, and ballistic missile technology by major powers, the world was worried that outer space would become another battlefield, and the Cold War parties were unwilling to continue to expand the scope of their armaments, which increased the pressure, and finally signed the "Outer Space Treaty".

One of the most important is that neither side can build military bases and weapons of destruction in space or other celestial bodies, which is actually to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons into space.

As a great power that cares about prestige and credibility, it must not openly violate the treaties it has signed with its own hands, because the impact will be too bad.

Even if, in fact, all countries have never given up their efforts to militarize space, they are all flying the banners of "reconnaissance" and "defense," and they will never openly admit that dropping a nuclear bomb directly on the moon is too sensitive and will certainly cause widespread and fierce controversy.

The "Outer Space Treaty" must be observed, this treaty is the basis for the operation of the current world space order, including the previous rescue of astronauts from other countries in accidents, in fact, the obligations stipulated in this treaty, and it is a legitimate action with the endorsement of international law.

But before everyone was a little cautious when they secretly thought about it, but now that the two of them are talking about it, they are both comparing the benefits of using nuclear bombs in their hearts, and they both see the intention in each other's eyes.

The atmosphere was silent for a while, and then Academician She thoughtfully tapped his finger and said:

"In any case, our purpose must be the development of peaceful resources, and it has nothing to do with military purposes, and there is still a certain possibility of operation.

Perhaps we can test it in a step-by-step way, and it is not without precedent for the use of nuclear bombs for people's livelihood purposes! ”

"You mean ......"

Academician She stood up and walked to the window, and then made up his mind to turn around:

"Now that countries are actually concerned about the results of the Tianmu-2 mission, we can publish some of them, especially the experts' research on the mining methods and costs of the pit, and appropriately exaggerate the cost of traditional methods.

In addition, it is necessary to reduce the public's sensitivity to nuclear bombs, and find some media to publish the incidents of the former alliance using nuclear bombs to extinguish fires and blow up reservoirs. ”

Lin Ju nodded in agreement, and he also thought of a way:

"I think we need someone who has a lot of say in this area...... Cheng Nankai of our base has a good relationship with Academician Yu Min, if only he could post an article. ”

"You can give it a try. However, I'm more worried about Ami's ghost. ”

……

Texas.

Musk has been keeping an eye on the Skydome 2 mission, or rather, space agencies around the world are attentive.

Although they don't know whether it can be done, everyone agrees that this is an inevitable step for mankind, and even if it fails, it can provide a very beneficial experience for future generations.

Starting from August 12th, the Aviation Development Commission finally began to release some specific test data and analysis reports collected by the Tianmu 2 mission, and Musk, who has always attracted attention, immediately got the summarized information.

Tom Mueller joined him to decipher as much information as he could from the Skydome II mission.

Tom went straight to the blasting test part that he was most interested in, probably to make it more understandable, although there were a lot of professional charts and information in the published content, but also attached the test results of the same technology on Earth, so that people who didn't understand could get a rough idea of what the situation was.

"Oh, that's not good."

Musk skimmed the final result at a glance, and concluded that if the progressive blasting method is used, according to the use of more than 4 tons of explosives per 5,000 tons, 7.6 million tons of traditional explosives need to be consumed; If a new type of high-energy explosives requires 4.5 million tons, it is impossible for so many explosives to be transported by rocket.

Even if it can be transported, the price is too high, even 7.6 million tons of cement will cost two or three billion, not to mention explosives.

Although the article concludes by saying that scientists have been able to develop high-energy explosives synthesized from lunar soil and lunar ice, that is at least 4.5 million tons of high-energy explosives, and according to fertilizer production, Aramco's annual fertilizer production in 2016 was only 12 million tons!

And the infrastructure to be built around this super explosives factory...... There is a huge investment on the planet, let alone the moon?

(End of chapter)