Chapter 204

Before this exploration activity, scientists launched several satellites in advance to try to discover mineral deposits 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 a lot of minerals have indeed been found.

But people have high requirements for minerals, not only in terms of abundance, but also in terms of transportation. The distribution points of mineral deposits can not be located in the East and the West. If each place is thousands of kilometers apart, it is very difficult to transport. It is better to concentrate in the area within a radius of 100 kilometers. It will be much easier to lay the railway.

Through satellite detection, 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!

Throw heavy objects from high altitude, quickly hit the planet, and then analyze the dust, you can get the specific composition of rocks and soil.

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

This planet is not short of metal in theory, but only these two.

"The temperature difference on the surface of the planet is so great that 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've found a lot of ice mines in the north and south poles of the planet. But the north and south poles are too far away from the stopping point of the spacecraft, and the transportation is not convenient enough. "

"As for organic compounds, they are the top priority of this exploration. 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 planet impact experiment. Many ordinary people are concentrated in the central square, waiting for this exciting result.

"Satellite 1" is similar to the moon, in theory, a small amount of organic matter exists. But if there is no large-scale enrichment, it is too difficult for human to develop, 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 human beings.

Watching the satellite fly away, Zhang Yuan felt a little nervous: "should it be ok?"

A scientist nearby said: "it's hard to say that if we can't find these two kinds of mineral sources, our development speed will slow down a lot..."

"Changing planets is even more troublesome."

Other planets have their own advantages and disadvantages, either too close to the star, or lack of certain elements, or very intense geological activities, and now there will be volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

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

"The movement of the carrier also consumes a lot of fuel. Well, let's make it a one-time success.... "

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

As the experiment progressed, the narrator next door began to speak faster: "audience friends As you can see, the satellite is close to the first target area. "

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

"The experiment begins!"

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

In a flash, the iron ball fell to the ground, because there was no air deceleration, its energy was comparable to high explosive bombs, enough to raise huge dust.

Of course, no sound can be heard in the vacuum. It's just Zhang Yuan's whole process of brain tonifying.

"Well, audience, the next thing we need is to be patient for a few hours. Our scientists will use the spectrum to analyze the specific composition of the dust..."

This seemingly boring experiment has been repeated 16 times.

No matter how experienced the commentator is, no matter how emotional he is, the melon eaters in the hall are still sleepy and have left most of them unconsciously.

In fact, a lot of scientific research is very boring, not as passionate as imagined. What ordinary people need is just a result.

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

Time went by slowly, until 3 p.m., people found abundant thiophene, aromatic and aliphatic organic compounds in the mud and dust of crater 5. The abundance of organic matter in this area is more than 60 times of that in ordinary places, which has great mining value.

Even below the area, there is a thick layer of natural ice due to a large number of cavities caused by the original volcanic eruption, 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 more than that of the earth age itself, which reserves less than 3 million tons of water!For the current human, it is already a huge amount of water resources!

When the news came, there was a little cheer in the conference room.

"I didn't expect to find two important substances at one time." Zhao Jian Chang's face was full of joy: "it proves that our worries are superfluous. The planet is so big, how can there be no such resources..."

In the next few days, one by one exploration robot will be lowered from the carrier, focusing on the geological conditions of crater No. 5, collecting rock and soil samples from various areas, and then transporting them back to the carrier by ropes.

For safety's sake, more than a thousand biologists and doctors were summoned to work all night. People carefully cut these rock and soil specimens, trying to confirm that there is no life in them. There is a living planet next door, and microbial pollution is not impossible.

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

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

Fortunately, there is no, no possible life form Including carbon based life, or imagined silicon-based life!

After getting this conclusion, everyone cheered in a low voice again, and the last dangerous point was ruled out.

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

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

"One hundred years later, maybe our technology will catch up with the civilization of the earth We will also launch our own deep space colonial ship to start the real seeding plan! But there is no doubt that all the origins begin today. "

"Let's cheer for this day!"

When Zhang Yuan saw his colleagues discussing feverishly, he was also in a high mood and clapped his hands. I don't know why, there is always a light sense of depression in his heart, and the direction of depression comes from

The life planet next door?