Chapter 210

Before this exploration activity, scientists launched several man-made satellites in advance to try to find minerals exposed on the surface through remote sensing technology. Over the past few days, more than half of the data of the whole planet have been collected, and many minerals have indeed been found.

However, people have high requirements for minerals, not only in terms of abundance, but also in terms of transportation. The distribution points of mineral resources can not be one in the East and one in the West. If each place is separated by thousands of kilometers, it is very troublesome to transport. It is best to concentrate in an area within a radius of 100 kilometers. In this way, it will be much easier to lay the railway.

Through satellite detection, the accuracy will decrease with the increase of depth. Most minerals on the planet are hidden underground, so we still have to rely on another simple technology - Planet impact!

By dropping heavy objects from high altitude, rapidly impacting the planet, and then analyzing the raised dust, we can get the specific composition of rock and soil.

Among them, the most critical minerals are water resources and organic matter.

In theory, the planet is not short of metal, but only these two.

"The temperature difference on the planet's surface is too large, and there can be no water on the surface... So water resources are likely to be hidden in the deeper surface in the form of ice. We have found a large number of ice mines in the north and south poles of the planet. But the north and south poles are too far from the stop point of the spacecraft, and the transportation is not convenient enough. "

"As for organic compounds, it is the top priority of this detection. No matter the production of carbon fiber, or the growth and development of plants, humans and animals, all need the support of organic matter... "

On the display screen, a hostess is broadcasting the planetary impact experiment. Many ordinary people gathered in the central square, waiting for this exciting result.

Satellite 1 is similar to the moon. Theoretically, a small amount of organic matter exists. However, if there is no large-scale enrichment, it is too difficult for human development, and the economic value will be greatly reduced.

It's impossible to go to the life planet next door to mine organic matter. All kinds of microorganisms are enough for humans to eat a pot.

Seeing the satellite fly away, Zhang Yuan was a little nervous: "should it be all right?"

A scientist nearby said, "it's hard to say. If we can't find these two ore sources for a long time, our development speed will slow down a lot..."

"Changing the planet is even more troublesome."

Other planets have their own advantages and disadvantages. They are either too close to stars, or lack some elements, or geological activities are very intense. Up to now, there will be volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

In addition, these artificial satellites are brought from the earth. Once launched, it will be very difficult to recycle them. At that time, without man-made satellites, the exploration of other planets can only rely on manual exploration, and the efficiency will be greatly reduced.

"The movement of the Mothership will also consume a lot of fuel. Alas, it's better to succeed at one time... "

Zhang Yuan prayed silently in his heart for a while, and then stared at the big screen.

As the experiment went on, the commentator next door began to speak faster: "audience friends... As you can see, the satellite has approached the first target area."

"According to the estimates of experts, it was a super volcano billions of years ago. As we all know, volcanic eruptions may exhale a large amount of material, which will also be accompanied by some organic matter and sulfur compounds... This is a very good place to choose... "

"The experiment has begun!"

In the screen, an iron ball was suddenly thrown from the satellite. After a long free fall, the speed of the iron ball became faster and faster

In an instant, the iron ball fell to the ground, because there was no deceleration of air, and its energy was comparable to that of a high explosive bomb, enough to raise huge dust.

Of course, I can't hear any sound in the vacuum. It's just Zhang Yuan filling the whole process in his brain.

"Well, ladies and gentlemen, what we need next is to wait patiently for a few hours. Our scientists will use spectrum to analyze the specific components of these dust..."

This seemingly boring experiment has been repeated 16 times.

No matter how experienced the commentators are and how to mobilize their emotions, the melon eaters in the hall are still sleepy and have unknowingly left most of them.

In fact, many scientific research investigations are very boring, not as passionate as expected. What ordinary people need is just a result.

But in the central control room of the earth time, many researchers have been busy, and their eyebrows stretch and wrinkle sometimes. The results of the first few experiments are not ideal

Time passed slowly. It was not until 3 p.m. that people found rich thiophenes, aromatic and aliphatic organics in the mud and dust of crater 5. The abundance of organic matter in this area is more than 60 times that of ordinary places, which has great mining value.

Even below the area, there are a large number of holes caused by the original volcanic eruption and a thick layer of natural ice, with a reserve of about 120 million tons. The amount of water resources is not too much. It is only equivalent to the water of 10 West Lakes, but it is 40 times higher than the water of less than 3 million tons stored by the earth times itself!

For the current human beings, it is already a huge amount of water resources!

When the news came, there was a small cheering in the conference room.

"Unexpectedly, two important substances were found at one time." Captain Zhao was full of joy: "it proves that our worries are superfluous. The planet is so big, how can we not have these resources..."

In the next few days, exploration robots were lowered from the mothership to focus on the geological conditions of crater 5, collect geotechnical samples from various areas, and then transport them back to the Mothership through ropes.

To be on the safe side, more than 1000 biologists and doctors were summoned to work all night. People carefully cut these geotechnical specimens, trying to confirm that there is no life inside. There is a life planet next door, and microbial pollution is not impossible.

There are many specimens to be tested, scattered in various locations of 100 square kilometers, with a total of tens of thousands.

But no one felt hard. Many people were as excited as beating chicken blood.

Fortunately, no, there are no possible life forms... Including carbon based life, or imagined silicon-based life!

After reaching this conclusion, everyone cheered in a low voice again, and the last dangerous point was eliminated.

There is no doubt that the main development base of new civilization has emerged.

"Today is undoubtedly an exciting day. From today on, we have found our own colonial base. "

"One hundred years later, perhaps our technology has caught up with the earth civilization... We will also launch our own deep space colonial ship and start the real sowing plan! But there is no doubt that all origins begin today. "

"Let's cheer for this day!"

Seeing that his colleagues were discussing enthusiastically, Zhang Yuan was also excited and clapped his hands. I don't know why, there is always a faint sense of depression in his heart, and the direction of depression comes from

The life planet next door?