Chapter 800: Mining

Jinling Advanced Institute.
Office of the Director of the Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology.
After seeing the proposal brought by Lu Zhou, the waiting light just finished the office was a little hesitated and asked subconsciously.
"... mining on the moon?"
Lu Zhou nodded, and said briefly.
"Yes."
Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't look like a joke, Hou Guang picked up his glasses from the table and put them on again. He opened the front page of the plan and looked at it carefully according to the summary.
After about two or three minutes, he flipped a few pages behind the plan, then put it on the table, pushed his glasses and looked at Lu Zhou, saying cautiously.
"I've read the plan. Generally ... Do you want to design a device that can be deployed on the moon's surface to automatically mine shallow deposits?"
Lu Zhou: "Yes."
That's right ...
This time it changed a word.
Hearing that there was no ups and downs, as if to say what to eat today, Hou Guang could not help but smile a bitterly.
"But we have just completed the first phase of this month's work, and now we are working on this lunar mining ... is it a bit too big?"
Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "It's not that big, and the Moon Palace plan itself is a project that serves the development of lunar resources. There is no conflict between the two. Now the first Luqiao bridge has officially entered service, and I think it is It's time to take our steps from the moon's orbit to the lunar soil below. "
The 1920s were the beginning of the "Moon Age."
Mining on the moon, if it was said a few years ago, it may sound a little difficult to achieve, but today in 2021, it is not a difficult thing to achieve.
Whether it's NASA's Deep Space Gate program and a license issued to Moon-Express, the ESA's lunar mining program, and a contract with rocket manufacturer ArianeGroup, the timetable for the exploitation of lunar resources is set in 2020. -Within this period of 2030.
For the MX series of detectors launched by Moon-Express before 2020, it has been able to collect and bring back 20 kg of moon rock specimens from the moon. According to the new mining equipment research and development plan announced in response to the "Deep Space Gate" plan, it will focus on solving the problem of mining shallow deposits in low-gravity environments.
Of course, the opponent's actions are actually secondary. The most important thing is that Lu Zhou doesn't want to wait any longer.
The key to completing the second phase of the special event mission chain "Earth and Moon Control" is to build a semi-permanent scientific research station on the moon.
If it is only to get through the main line, it will not be very difficult to complete with the current technological strength of Xingkong Technology.
However, just by going through the main line, the reward of the task is quite pathetic.
According to the side missions given in the list, aside from those obviously unrealistic non-talks, several of which are barely hopeful, Lu Zhou will certainly not let go easily.
One of them is mining and smelting 100 tons of titanium alloy on the surface of the moon, and collecting 50 tons of rare earth raw ore from lunar soil.
Now the first phase of the Moon Palace project has just been completed, the second phase of the project is about to begin, and a lot of structural materials are needed, and the moon happens to have abundant titanium ore reserves.
If we can put some of the production tasks of structural materials on the moon and realize the "self-produced and sold" in the lunar system within a limited cost, we can undoubtedly cut some costs.
At the same time, this is also the only opportunity Lu Zhou can grasp at present to expand the production scale on the moon.
When the second phase of Yue Gong is completed, the remaining three phases will only be modified on the original molding space station.
At that time, even if he produced so many titanium alloys according to the requirements of the system task, he could only pay for it ...
Of course, although there is a theoretical basis for mining on the moon, the challenges are also great.
Whether it is the low-temperature and low-gravity working environment on the moon, or the high staffing cost on the moon, it is a huge test for the automation technology of the equipment that will also be deployed on the moon watch to complete production tasks.
Hou Guang scratched his head and thought for a while.
For a while, Lu Zhou suddenly threw out the idea, and he couldn't think of any constructive opinions. Even if he wanted to persuade, he didn't know where to persuade, so he said, "... Since you If you think so, let me put the plan first. I ’ll find some people who do this research ... But IMHO, industrial production is probably not our area of ​​expertise. I still have to ask about this stuff. Expert opinion. "
Lu Zhou nodded and said, "I have considered what you said. This issue was discussed at the weekly meeting of the Lunar Orbital Construction Committee yesterday, and relevant technical demonstrations have already been done."
Having said that, he paused for a moment, he continued.
"I will contact Shenji, as well as the two major groups of aviation and aviation. This project is not just for us to do, the top institutions in the field of domestic automation and space equipment will participate in it. I can give you a hand, After the start of the project, there are at least three academicians and more in the research group. The team leader is my name, but the specific work still has to be troublesome. You should pay more attention. If you do n’t have enough staff, you and me, I think of another way. "
When he heard Lu Zhou say this, Hou Guang quickly said.
"Enough is enough, it must be enough! No more can be digested."
There are a large number of scientific research dogs, such as academician-level Daniels, and countless scholars from the Yangtze River, Jie Qing, associate professors, researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and doctoral candidates. There can be one academician in a research group. As long as it is not particularly unpopular or does not require the research direction of so many people, it basically amounts to a group army in the scientific research field.
Not to mention the three academicians ...
At that time, I'm afraid that just coordinating the relationship within the project team and organizing so many scientific research labors, he will be busy.
Thinking of this, Hou Guang's heart was filled with emotion.
In the domestic academic community, academicians can let academicians drop their own projects and come to work for themselves. I am afraid that Professor Lu will be the only one who has gathered such an enhanced version of the "Group Army" ...
...
At the same time, the same plan appeared on a desk in an office of the Presbyterian Church.
After carefully seeing the plan, the elder took off his eyes and looked up at Director Li of the Science and Industry Bureau standing at his desk, asking.
"Is this written by Professor Lu?"
Director Li nodded and said seriously.
"Yes ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Have discussions at the meeting?"
"Already discussed."
"What are the opinions of other experts?"
"Academician Yuan of Hangke Group thinks you can give it a try, as does Academician Yang Zhongquan, Chief Engineer of Shenji. Even though it is difficult, whether it can be achieved or not, it will be of great help to our country's automation industry technology." Director Li Briefly stated what happened at the next meeting and basically restored the meaning of the two main speakers.
After listening to Director Li, the old man nodded.
"It is a great honor for a scholar like Professor Lu."
With a soft sigh of approval, he reached out and picked up the pen from the table, signed his name on the document, and stamped it with a bright red steel stamp.
"Approved!"