Chapter 563 Seize
The big eye-like lens on Baru's synchronized robot looked at him: "What mission?"
"It's about the task of equipment manufacturing. Here's the improvement plan. Take a look at it."
"Improvement plan?!" Baru took the tablet and read the so-called improvement plan.
The improvement plan for the micro space capsule is very simple, which is to install three 12.5mm machine guns on it to give it the ability to automatically attack invaders.
There was a hint of confusion in Baru's voice: "The moon is now the company's base. Is this necessary?"
"Who said there is only the company's base?" Qin Lang raised his brows slightly.
"? The Earth Alliance's lunar South Pole base? Is it necessary to have such defenses at that base?"
Qin Lang shook his head: "Baru, you underestimate the evil of human nature. Look at this!"
Then he pulled up a piece of intelligence obtained by the field division on his tablet computer, so that Baru could see what it meant to be on guard against others.
[Special Investigation Report on the Earth-Union Moon Base... The Lunar Cargo Spacecraft No. 14 launched by SpaceX was equipped with 30 space-version Stinger missiles, 5 30mm machine guns, and carried 15 bases of ammunition...].
"Do you still think the Earth Alliance's moon base poses no threat?"
"They are looking for death!" Baru's tone turned cold.
Qin Lang shrugged: "There are too many people who have sabotage paranoia. Even if we don't intend to do anything, they will be wary of us in their hearts."
"I understand, but is a machine gun alone enough? Do we need to prepare other weapons and equipment?" Baru asked.
"That's not necessary. We have 36 death ray satellites deployed in the lunar orbit. All large bases have death ray cannons. They can't cause any trouble."
"Then I will manufacture it according to the improved plan."
"Well, thank you for your help."
"It's my job."
Qin Lang came out of the industrial area and drove his electric car to the mining area.
Currently, there are 7 mineral mining sites around the base, which can produce 5,000 to 6,000 tons of various minerals each month.
On the way to the mine.
He was discussing mining work with his assistant Riel.
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The other side.
Deputy base commander Deva Sinbad was also discussing lunar minerals with several others, but the area they were discussing was not the area around Copernicus Crater, but the mineral resources near the Moon's South Pole.
In front of the holographic projection model of the moon, Deva pointed to one of the craters and said, "The Earth Alliance's lunar base is inside the Clavi Crater. Our recent work is to control the dozen or so craters around the Clavi Crater."
"Deputy Captain, are there enough micro space capsules?" a robot asked.
Deva replied confidently: "That's enough. We have seven in stock and can produce 12 this month. Together with the three Spark ships, it will be enough for us to control these craters."
"Then let's discuss the minerals in these craters! We must control the areas with the richest resources." Another lunar mineral researcher who came over via a synchronous robot suggested.
Deva nodded. "Well, the important resources of the moon are actually water and carbon resources. Among the 16 target craters, we found a lot of water ice and dry ice in the Langozhitan crater that we controlled in advance. Especially in those areas that have not been exposed to the sun for a long time, a lot of water ice and dry ice are stored."
The lunar mineral researcher called up a holographic map showing the stratigraphic conditions detected by geological remote sensing satellites.
There is a general rule in the craters around the Moon's South Pole: the depth and width of the crater and the surrounding latitude and terrain height jointly determine the amount of water ice and dry ice stored at the bottom of the crater.
The closer to the South Pole, the deeper the depth, the smaller the width, and the higher the surrounding terrain, the larger the storage capacity of water ice and dry ice.
On the contrary, the storage capacity of water ice and dry ice is smaller.
The researcher pointed to several craters that stored huge amounts of water ice and dry ice and suggested:
"These four small craters need to be controlled. I suggest placing the Spark spacecraft in one of the craters as the core ."
Deva looked at it and said, "Okay, I'll arrange it."
"In addition, this mountain range also needs special attention, and it would be best if it could be gradually controlled."
It is a mountain range formed by a volcanic shield, although many of the mountains have been flattened due to long-term damage from the moon's cosmic rays and solar wind.
In addition, the large-scale volcanic activity on the moon has stopped for hundreds of millions of years, but this does not mean that there is no volcanic activity on the moon.
Because the moon's core is still active at this time and has not completely cooled down.
On the other hand, volcanic eruptions do not necessarily require intense geological activity; asteroid impacts can also cause intense volcanic eruptions.
Especially for a planet like the moon that has no dense atmosphere, the destructive power of asteroids is extremely alarming. Those large lunar seas were formed by large asteroids hitting the moon.
Those volcanic relics left over from ancient times contain a large number of polymetallic and rare metal minerals.
For example , the volcanic mountain range at the South Pole of the Moon has been explored by the Lunar Geology and Mineralogy Institute and found that it stores a large amount of copper, sulfur, lead, and thorium compounds or elements.
Sulfur is not very important, but copper, lead and thorium are very important.
Copper is one of the raw materials for wires and motors, lead is one of the core materials for various protective layers, and thorium is one of the raw materials for nuclear fission.
If gold, silver and rare earth elements from other volcanic relics are added, the Lunar Branch will be able to produce gold-based thermoelectric materials, silver-based superconductor materials, and produce its own nuclear power plants.
Now all bases on the moon rely on cobalt rod nuclear batteries as their core energy source, but the moon bases do not have the ability to produce cobalt rods, so they must be transported from the Earth headquarters.
Although Zhiren Company attaches great importance to the transportation of cobalt bars, the possibility of accidents has been basically eliminated.
But cobalt rods are extremely dangerous radioactive substances after all. If they leak into the Earth's atmosphere, the consequences will be unimaginable.
According to the instructions from the headquarters, Qin Lang, Deva and others must find a way to mine thorium and uranium on the moon as soon as possible to produce their own nuclear fuel.
At present, they have discovered many mineral deposits of heavy metals, rare earths and radioactive minerals in the volcanic remains on the moon.
According to the integrated analysis of magnetic field detection data, at least 6.76 million tons of 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 fissionable raw materials (99% purity) could be extracted.
The Caucasus base established by the Moon Branch in the Caucasus Mountains northwest of the Wet Sea is specifically for mining thorium ore and is currently conducting research on the bio-enrichment technology of thorium ore.
The reason why radioactive materials are given so much importance is mainly because of the mass projector project on the back of the moon, which requires huge amounts of electrical energy.
Cobalt rod nuclear batteries cannot supply enough energy, so nuclear fission power plants must be built.
Of course, the Lunar Branch has another mission, which is to seize the resource-rich areas as quickly as possible and curb the development and profits of the Earth Alliance on the moon.
As long as there is not enough profit, the free world dominated by private interests will certainly feel powerless to continue exploring the moon.
After all, private companies need to make a living, and investors will also back off when they see that returns are far away .
