Chapter 134, Treasures Everywhere

Near the lunar base in Ocean of Storms, Ouyang Hao drove the lunar engineering vehicle slowly on the surface of the moon. This lunar rover specially designed by scientists is powered by electricity and has a battery with a capacity of millions of degrees as energy, which is enough for the rover to work on the moon for a long time.

This lunar engineering vehicle specially designed for exploring the moon is very powerful. It can not only be used to carry things, dig soil, ore, etc., but also has a lunar positioning and communication system installed on it, and carries various high-tech detection equipment. Just walking on the surface of the moon can roughly know what minerals are nearby.

"Ding! Ding!"

The detection equipment on the lunar engineering is running and working all the time. All data and information are directly transmitted to Ouyang Hao's brain through the virtual machine. At the same time, Ouyang Hao is chatting with other teammates. If you don't chat on the desolate surface of the moon, everything is silent and the whole person will feel panic.

"Tsk tsk, the resources on the moon are really rich. I found a giant ilmenite mine here. The preliminary exploration shows that the reserves are as high as 5 billion tons, which is comparable to the giant iron mine in PZH, China. This is just the preliminary exploration result. Moreover, according to the exploration data, this iron mine is open-air and has a very high iron content."

Through the virtual machine, Li Yang's voice came to Ouyang Hao's mind. They have discovered a giant iron mine there.

"Titanium and iron are the most widely distributed on the moon. There are 22 major lunar seas on the moon's surface, 19 of which are on the front of the moon (the side facing the earth). There are a lot of lunar basalts in these lunar seas, which are rich in iron and titanium. The volume of basalt filled in the 22 lunar seas is about 1010 cubic kilometers, and the lunar basalts are rich in titanium, iron and other resources."

"The area selected for our lunar base has been explored by scientists using resource exploration satellites in advance. There are rich mineral resources around it. It's nothing to find an iron mine."

At this time, the team leader Nan Junpeng also spoke up. It was obvious that he had learned about the relevant information in advance.

"Haha, a major discovery. I found Koklip Rock here."

At this time, another excited voice came from my mind. This was Yu Haitian's voice. Yu Haitian and Ouyang Hao were on the same team. Ouyang Hao quickly looked at Yu Haitian.

The Kreip rock he mentioned is the name of a rock. It is widely distributed on the moon and is one of the three major rock types in the lunar highlands. It is named because it is rich in potassium, rare earth elements and phosphorus.

The Kreip rock, which is rich in thorium and uranium, is covered by the later lunar mare basalt. The Kreip rock mixes and forms high-thorium and uranium materials, and its thickness is estimated to be 10 kilometers to 20 kilometers.

The total rare earth element resources in the Kreip rock in the Ocean of Storms are about 22.5 billion tons to 45 billion tons. The rich thorium and uranium contained in the Kreip rock are also one of the important mineral resources for human beings to develop and utilize lunar resources in the future.

"How come you found rare earths so quickly? But this is nothing. Rare earths are still widely distributed on the moon. The Ocean of Storms is one of the areas with the largest amount of Kreip rock. Finding rare earths is nothing."

"Let's see who can find more rare resources first."

This is Yu Haitian's voice, and everyone is very happy to play the treasure hunting game with each other.

"Helium-3 is everywhere. The distribution of helium-3 in the soil of the moon is too rich."

Ouyang Hao's mind is constantly receiving data. The detectors on the engineering vehicle will directly display what resources there are in the places where the lunar engineering vehicle passes.

Helium-3, the lunar soil is rich in helium-3, while there is almost no helium-3 on the earth. The content of helium-3 in the lunar soil is estimated to be 715,000 tons.

Helium fusion using deuterium and helium-3 can be used as energy for nuclear power plants. This fusion does not produce neutrons, is safe and pollution-free, and is easy to control. It can not only be used in ground nuclear power plants, but also is particularly suitable for space travel.

Due to the large reserves of helium-3 on the moon, it is undoubtedly a timely help for the earth, which will be short of energy in the future. However, with the current level of science and technology on the earth, it has not yet mastered the technology of controlled nuclear fusion. For the time being, the most abundant helium-3 resources on the moon are of no use at all.

However, helium-3 is still a very important resource. Once humans master the technology of controlled nuclear fusion in the future, they will need a lot of helium-3. However, this resource is not available on Earth. The moon is rich in helium-3 resources, which naturally becomes the focus of competition among the world's major powers.

However, now, China is the only country that has built a lunar base on the moon. It can be said that it has taken advantage of the advantages. The moon is so big that you can occupy any piece you want, and occupy any place with rich resources. Anyway, no one is competing with you now.

"Haha, I found a large copper mine here, with a reserve of hundreds of millions of tons."

Another voice sounded in my mind. This was Xiao Mingguang's voice. The resources on the moon are so rich that many places often have more than one or two resources. Many resources are densely and concentratedly distributed together.

"Why can't I find gold on the moon?"

"Gold? At present, it seems that no gold minerals have been found on the moon. Whether it is our resource detection satellite or the resource detection satellites of other countries, it seems that gold has not been found on the moon."

"Do you have any diamonds?"

"There may be diamonds, but just like gold, resource exploration satellites have not found these two things at present, but this does not mean that they are not distributed on the moon."

"I also want to pick up a few diamonds to take back as souvenirs."

"..."

"You think the diamonds are ordinary basalt rocks, and you want to pick up a few diamonds to take back as souvenirs. If you can find diamonds, you will be really lucky."

"Yes, yes, remember to pick up a few for me too. I really envy you for being able to go to the moon and pick up treasures."

At this time, Lan Yu's voice also sounded, and everyone joined in the fun.

"Gold? Diamonds? These things may be very valuable on the earth, but on the moon, even if they are there, if the reserves are not very large, the content is not very high, and the mining is inconvenient, they actually have little value. "

Ouyang Hao listened to his teammates chatting. From time to time, someone would say that they had discovered a certain mine. Naturally, the most common ones were iron ore, titanium ore, rare earth ore, and copper ore. Almost every once in a while, someone would call. come out.

The lunar rover driven by Ouyang Hao kept walking on the surface of the moon. The five people responsible for the detection gradually became farther and farther away from each other. Because there are positioning satellites and the "Moon Palace" space station in the lunar space, the energy on the lunar rover is also very sufficient, so Compared with Uncle Sam's lunar rover, this time China's lunar rover can confidently and boldly explore farther and wider on the moon.

"This crater is really big enough, with a diameter of more than 1,000 meters. There is a huge ore in the center. It seems that it should be the huge crater formed by it hitting the moon."

"Well, the surrounding iron ore is very rich, and it can be regarded as a relatively large iron ore."

"Wait a minute, in the middle area of ​​this pit, why do the detectors in this area display different data? There seems to be something special, and it's in that huge rock."

Ouyang Hao looked carefully in his mind, because the surrounding iron ore was too abundant, so the area here showed that there was a large iron ore around it, but the middle data of this pit showed something different.

"Find a way to go down and have a look."

Ouyang Hao drove the lunar rover around the huge pit and found a relatively gentle slope. He carefully accelerated the lunar rover and slowly entered the large pit.

"It's this big rock. Now it's getting less and less interference from the iron ore, and the signal from the detector is clearer."

Ouyang Hao slowly approached the huge meteorite, which came from space. The detector sent out very clear data, showing that there was an unknown mineral inside.

"At the Earth Command Center, I discovered an unknown ore. This huge meteorite should come from outer space and is not something from the moon itself. The detector cannot analyze the content inside. Please ask experts to help analyze it."

Ouyang Hao drove the lunar rover around the huge meteorite. The huge meteorite was completely black and had an uneven surface. It still had a spherical structure. At the same time, Ouyang Hao sent the data back to the Earth Command Center.

A few seconds later, scientists at the Earth Command Center received Ouyang Hao's request. Soon a team of scientists in the field of mineral resources began to analyze the data. In the end, the analysis was not very sure about this huge meteorite. What is contained in it.

"Cut part of the stone."

Scientists on the earth side decided to cut a part of the stone to take a look. A robotic cutting machine on the lunar engineering vehicle driven by Ouyang Hao began to cut the meteorite from outer space.

Soon, the thick black shell of the meteorite was peeled off, and under the sunlight, a ray of light shone out. When Ouyang Hao saw it, he immediately became energetic and continued to use the mechanical arm to continuously cover the surrounding larger area. Peeling it off, a huge stone shining with crystal light was revealed in Ouyang Hao's field of vision.

At the same time, the scientists at the Earth Command Center quickly received relevant information. Each scientist looked at this sparkling stone, and they were constantly thinking about what it was.

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