Chapter 530 Adaptability
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Sapiens Inc. base in Copernicus crater on the moon.
After several expansions, the base is now a base with 75 large cabins and a landing field.
At this time, a biological experiment was also being carried out inside the base.
Various biosynthetic bacteria are sent into the synthesis pool, and various nutrients and raw materials are also continuously injected into the synthesis pool.
As biologists, Du Kai and Kudo Naoya are among the technicians sent by Sapiens to the Copernicus Base on the Moon.
Currently, Sapiens has 24 permanent employees at the Copernicus Base on the Moon, 9 of whom are scientists.
"Naoya, how's the situation over there?"
"The synthesis of the sphere, cube, and cuboid parts is not a big problem. What about you?"
Du Kai replied with a headache: "Automatic synthesis of complex shapes is too troublesome."
Suddenly a researcher walked in lightly.
Kudo Naoya saw the person coming and asked with a smile, "Wise, why are you back?"
Wise Hernandez is a typical Latin American. He took out a large thermos container and replied with a smile: "I successfully separated helium 3 from the lunar soil using bio-enrichment technology."
"Oh? That's really cause for celebration." Du Kai showed some envy on his face.
"What about you?" Wise Hernandez looked at the dozen or so microscopic biosynthesis pools around him.
Du Kai spread his hands and replied helplessly: "It is impossible to accurately synthesize parts with complex shapes."
"It seems your research will take some time!"
"There's no other way. We can only proceed step by step. There's no point in rushing this kind of research." Kudo Naoya was very open-minded.
Du Kai asked curiously, "Weiss, you should have other things to do, right?"
Wise Hernandez then remembered why he came here, and he quickly explained: "I found something in the core of a drilling well."
"What is it?" Du Kai was very curious.
"You will know when you see it."
After that, Wise Hernandez projected some ultra-high-definition images taken by cryo-electron microscopy.
Seeing the picture in the holographic projection, Du Kai and Kudo Naoya both widened their eyes. It was obvious that the content of the picture made them very shocked.
"It's actually a cell structure?" Kudo Naoya was very surprised.
Du Kai turned to Wise Hernandez and asked, "Wise, have you tested the genes of this creature?"
Wise Hernandez nodded. "We have tested it. It is not a known species on Earth. This thing was found in an aquifer 352 meters underground. It is most likely one of the native organisms of the moon."
"This is simply a miracle of life." Du Kai exclaimed.
"In fact, it's not difficult to understand that there is life on the moon." Kudo Naoya explained while carefully looking at the microorganisms in front of him.
The reason why Naoya Kudo is so sure is because of a large number of scientific research reports from the Sapiens Company, including research papers on asteroids, which revealed the fact that various amino acid molecules exist in the ice-water mixture of some asteroids.
Amino acid molecules are considered to be one of the basic components of the origin of life.
Compared to the Earth with its dense atmosphere, the Moon's densely packed craters prove that the Moon is often visited by asteroids.
Among these asteroids, there must be some that carry amino acid molecules and merge with the moon.
Although the moon has no atmosphere and the intensity of solar radiation on its surface is very high, which is not conducive to the reproduction of life, this does not mean that there is no life on the moon.
For example, at this time, Wise Hernandez discovered that there were microbial cells in the underground aquifer.
This proves that there may be an environment suitable for the survival of life in the underground aquifer of the moon.
There is groundwater and magma activity underground on the moon. The magma activity can provide a certain amount of thermal energy to the groundwater. Water resources with temperature are the breeding ground for life.
Wise Hernandez continued: "I have reported this discovery to the ground center."
"What instructions does headquarters have?" Du Kai asked.
"Headquarters wants us to work together to study the genes and characteristics of these lunar microorganisms."
Kudo Naoya agreed: "Is that so? No problem, I have almost finished the experiment here."
"I haven't finished my work yet, so I can't get away for the time being." Du Kai could only express his regret helplessly.
Wise Hernandez also understood very well: "It doesn't matter."
The current manpower at the base is definitely not enough to study lunar bacteria and microorganisms.
However, the current size of the Copernicus base has locked in the size of the base's permanent staff.
Until the gravity problem is completely solved, it will be extremely difficult to station employees on the moon for a long time.
It’s not that there are not enough supplies or that the spacecraft’s transportation capacity is insufficient, but that humans currently have no way to survive for a long time in a low-gravity environment.
Even the new humans have no way to escape the gravity environment of the earth. This is a path dependence formed by humans over thousands of years in the earth's environment.
Unless humans cease to be human, they will have to live in the low-gravity environment of outer space and can only rely on the pseudo-gravity created by centrifugal force.
Sometimes, the differences in environmental adaptability between different organisms are really huge.
Maybe this is the price!
Throughout the long journey of evolution, humans have gained wisdom but have lost the ability to mutate rapidly.
Microorganisms have gained super mutation capabilities but lost their wisdom.
After all, there can be no perfect natural creatures in this world.
Du Kai remembered something and reminded Weiss Hernandez: "Weiss, if you want to go out of the cabin in the next few days, it's best not to leave the base too far."
"What happened?" Wise Hernandez was confused.
"Didn't there happen to be two solar wind explosions a while ago?"
Wise Hernandez nodded. "I know about this, but what does this have to do with my spacewalk? Is there going to be another solar storm?"
"No." Du Kai explained.
After listening to Du Kai's explanation, Wise Hernandez finally understood what was going on.
It turned out that two solar storms some time ago caused three Earth-linked satellites orbiting the moon to be scrapped.
Now these three scrapped satellites are still orbiting the moon, but there are some problems with their orbits and speeds, and there is a risk of falling onto the lunar surface.
That's why Du Kai reminded Wise Hernandez to be careful when going out, so as not to get caught by a scrapped satellite.
After learning about this situation, Wise Hernandez asked curiously, "Didn't the Earth Union say that they would build a permanent base on the moon? Why hasn't there been any movement recently?"
"They are just making trouble for themselves. Musk's large number of Starlink satellites are almost becoming spacecraft killers." Du Kai looked helpless.
Wise Hernandez quickly asked: "I heard that low-Earth orbit is now full of various debris. Will it affect our mission?"
"There is a little impact, but it's not a big one. Our satellites and spacecraft are semi-military products."
"That's good."
Wise Hernandez chatted with Du Kai and Kudo Naoya for a while, then left with the helium-3 container and returned to his cabin.
