Chapter 693: Fantasy

The astronauts are now in a very flat terrain, and there are not many undulations around them, and they will not encounter any obstacles if they want to develop around.
And the geological structure here is also very good, can withstand the construction of various buildings.
The most important thing is that there is a high-quality shallow iron ore vein not far from here.
This iron ore is basically located on the surface. Mining is very simple and you can see the veins without digging deep.
Moreover, the iron content of iron ore is also very high, even exceeding the highest quality iron ore on earth.
This super high-quality iron ore is very simple to smelt and process, and it is easy to get finished steel.
You know that steel is the most basic industrial raw material. As long as you have steel, many things can be processed on-site on Mars without being transported from the distant earth.
Jiang Cheng finally chose this place as the address of the Mars base because of this high-quality shallow iron ore vein.
This iron ore vein is simply too rare, mining and smelting are so easy.
If this reservoir vein is on the earth, I don't know how many companies will rob it.
It is a pity that there are not such good iron ore veins on the earth, and those companies can only look at it with jealousy.
This is the advantage of developing outer space. This is only Mars, the nearest to the earth, and already has mineral resources that will be good.
And there is more than this mineral vein on Mars, there are many excellent minerals waiting to be developed there.
Iron ore is just a big demand for the construction of bases, but it is actually valuable. Not too high.
At the very least, the iron ore mined by Mars cannot be transported back to the earth to sell for money. Transporting such a worthless thing as iron ore back so far is simply a brain-dead behavior.
The price of transporting love alone is countless times higher than that of iron ore, and it is not worth transporting back to the earth.
But this is not to say that there is no point in developing Mars. Iron ore is not valuable but there are valuable things on Mars.
During the last detailed exploration of Mars, Jiang Cheng found several platinum veins on Mars.
The gold reserves of these platinum veins on Mars far exceed the largest platinum mines on earth, and the mining difficulty is lower than that of the veins on earth.
If Yi Jiang Cheng establishes a base on Mars, he can start mining platinum on Mars.
Platinum is a very precious metal, the reserves on the earth are very low, so the price has always been high.
The platinum reserves on Mars have been detected dozens of times that of the earth, so platinum mining on Mars is still very promising.
Although judging from the current cost of transportation from Mars to Earth, shipping platinum back is still a bit of a loss.
But technology is constantly improving, and the cost of space transportation in the future will definitely continue to drop.
Jiang Cheng's new type of rocket has been under development all the time. After this type of rocket is developed, the cost of space transportation will drop again.
It is estimated that when platinum can be mined on Mars, transportation costs will be reduced to a profitable level.
At that time, Jiang Cheng can rely on this to make money, and a steady stream of platinum will flood the earth's market.
Maybe the price of platinum will drop because of Mars mining, but the significance of shipping platinum back from Mars is still great.
Platinum has very high stability and is very suitable for use as an industrial raw material
Therefore, platinum, a precious metal, can not only be used as jewelry, it also has great practical use value.
Jiang Cheng knows that many space vehicles in the future will require a large amount of platinum.
If you just rely on the earth to buy, even Jiang Cheng's wealth will not be enough to make up the platinum demand.
The platinum on Mars also solved this problem. This is also one of Jiang Cheng's goals in developing Mars.
From this we can see how barren the earth is. Compared to the universe of Liao, the resources on the earth are not worth mentioning.
Therefore, going to space is the only way for mankind. There are countless resources waiting for mankind in the solar system alone.
Astronauts are busy doing preparatory work on Mars, and the technicians on this side of the earth are not idle.
The entire aerospace technology team is now in a nervous and busy state, except for the space mission center where someone needs to monitor the situation on Mars.
The R&D team is also busy with their own work here, and they are doing the final technical R&D.
The establishment of a Mars base requires a lot of new technologies, and these technicians are now making preparations.
While the astronauts are working Mars, there is also a busy carbon scene in the Umbrella Aerospace Technology Company.
Now that mankind has completely set foot on Mars, the first step of the Mars development plan is considered to be completed.
Next is the initial establishment of a permanent base on Mars, which will be used as a base camp for the development of Mars.
This is the second step of the entire Mars development plan and the most important step in the entire plan.
Do you want to carry out development work on Mars and realize Martian immigration in the future? This requires a permanent Mars base.
This Mars base must first be able to protect humans living on Mars, and at least be hard enough to withstand accidents encountered on Mars.
And there must be enough life support systems in the Mars base to guarantee the basic needs of humans on Mars
Oxygen production equipment is a must. Human beings cannot live for ten minutes without oxygen. This is the first element of survival. It is best to survive some simple things in the base, which can also reduce the trouble of transportation.
Especially the food problem can best be solved in the base. If the food for humans on Mars has to be transported from the earth, then the development of Mars is just a fantasy.
This Mars base can only provide guarantee for the development of Mars if it can achieve basic self-sufficiency.
It is not an easy task to do this, and the entire R&D team is now busy with it.
The issue of construction materials has been solved. Now many mining robots have been produced. As long as they are transported to Mars, they can continuously mine various ores.
The smelting and forging integrated equipment, as well as maintenance robots, have also been manufactured.
It can be said that after a period of efforts, the materials needed to build a Mars base have been basically solved.
But the construction materials are just a small question, and other problems are the most troublesome.
The most troublesome thing is the base's life-saving system. This system is related to the safety of human life on Mars, but it cannot be joked in this regard.