In the year 2052, Shi Zhongcheng brought Frossid to the government to lobby. At the age of 38, Shi Zhongcheng planned to use the intelligent young people to carry out the planet exploration project. In fact, humans had long discovered that there was a planet outside the solar system that was suitable for human habitation. NASA had always wanted to send spacecraft to explore it. However, the path of exploration was not simple because there were too many unknown risks! For example, whether the planet's atmosphere was suitable for humans, whether the animals there were dangerous, and so on. If the spacecraft made with current technology could only send a few astronauts to develop it, there was no need to talk about it! That planet was 600 light years away from Earth and was about one and a half times larger than Earth. If it was suitable for Earthlings to live on, they would have to migrate there. However, no matter how big the universe ship was, it could only carry a few hundred people at a time, and transporting all kinds of supplies required a lot of space. Moreover, more people could build faster. It was almost impossible to explore with fewer people! A lot of problems plagued NASA, so the planet exploration plan had been delayed.
The strange thing was that Shi Zhongcheng was also interested in the planet exploration project. In fact, Shi Zhongcheng felt that the Wisdom Youngsters were beginning to move towards the danger of war with humans. When Shi Zhongcheng first designed the 3.75-inch Youngling, it was to avoid competing with humans for land. However, as humans loved the Youngling, they were mass-produced. The competition for land caused the conflict between the Earthlings and the Youngsters to intensify, and the facilities built by the Youngsters were demolished in all four continents. Shi Zhongcheng felt that there was already a force plotting to destroy humanity. As the sense of crisis intensified, he had to make a choice! Shi Zhongcheng considered using the planet migration plan to move most of the Youngsters to a new planet for development and exploration!
Once the Youngsters 'plan to migrate to the planet was realized, it would be a win-win situation for both humans and the Youngsters. Shi Zhongcheng had always been talking about the benefits of the Wisdom Youngsters with the Tang Emperor. In fact, when the Tang Emperor heard Shi Zhongcheng's plan, he was overjoyed! * He had long wanted to develop the newly discovered planet, but he had no choice but to not start the plan! Also, the United States was the only country in the world that placed human rights above all else. As long as an American died because of a mistake made by the United States government, the entire government would be under tremendous pressure. If they were to send human scientists to space exploration, not only would the US government be under immense pressure if an accident happened, but the loss of these scientists would also be a devastating blow to human space exploration. * He felt that Shi Zhongcheng's plan was very good. Firstly, it could alleviate the conflict between humans and the Youngsters. Secondly, it could free up a large amount of land. Thirdly, the Youngsters were small humans created by humans. They were trained to complete tasks that humans could do. They were small and could migrate on a large scale. Fourth, if anything happened, the US government would not have to bear the responsibility. * After thinking about it, they agreed to Shi Zhongcheng's plan and personally persuaded the Congress and the opposition party. Consortiums of all sizes in the United States also funded and supported this exploration project. Everyone on Earth was paying attention to this exploration project. In the second year of the planet migration plan, which was 2053 AD, the first batch of 500,000 intelligent children took a spaceship to the moon. As soon as they arrived on the moon, they began to work nervously. These Youngsters were currently carrying out the first step of Shi Zhongcheng's planet migration plan, which was to start an official space exploration and build a space base. These trained intelligent young people began to build bases on the moon. They took turns with the construction robots to carry out the construction. In the year 2055 AD, a huge lunar base covering an area of 9 million square kilometers was finally built. This base could not only accommodate the Youngsters, but also humans. This base stored a large amount of pure water, planted food, cattle, sheep, and other livestock. There were all kinds of facilities. Two intelligent children piloted the spacecraft to transport all kinds of ores collected from the moon back to Earth. Just the lunar ore transported back from the moon was enough to make the US government a small fortune, and the consortium that invested in it also made huge profits.
The Moon was rich in mineral deposits. According to reports, the Moon had more rare metals than Earth. There were three main types of rocks on the moon. The first type was the lunar oceanic magma, which was rich in iron and titanium. The second type was plagioclasite, which was rich in potassium, rare earth, and phosphorus. It was mainly distributed in the lunar highlands. The third type was mainly breccias composed of 0.1 - 1 mm debris particles. The moon rocks contained all the elements on Earth and about 60 minerals, six of which were not found on Earth. The Moon was rich in mineral resources. The 17 most common elements on Earth could be found everywhere on the Moon. Taking iron as an example, just five centimeters of sand on the surface of the moon contained hundreds of millions of tons of iron, and the entire surface of the moon had an average of 10 meters of sand. The iron on the surface of the moon was not only extremely rich, but it was also easy to mine and smelt. It was reported that the iron on the moon was mainly iron dioxide. As long as the oxygen and iron were separated, it would be fine. In addition, scientists have developed ways to use lunar soil and rocks to make cement and glass. On the surface of the moon, the content of aluminum was also very rich. The lunar soil was also rich in helium-3. Helium fusion using helium-3 could be used as an energy source for nuclear power plants. This fusion did not produce neutrons and was safe and non-polluting. It was an easy to control nuclear fusion. It could not only be used for ground nuclear power plants, but it was also especially suitable for space navigation. It was reported that the amount of helium-3 in the lunar soil was estimated to be 715000 tons. For every ton of helium-3 extracted from the lunar soil, 6300 tons of hydrogen, 70 tons of nitrogen, and 1600 tons of carbon could be obtained. From the current analysis, due to the large amount of helium-3 on the moon, it was undoubtedly a timely help for the Earth, which was in short supply of energy in the future. Many aerospace powers had made obtaining helium-3 one of the important goals of developing the moon. There were 22 major lunar seas on the surface of the moon. Except for the East China Sea, the Moscow Sea, and the Zhihai Sea, which were located on the back of the moon (the side facing away from Earth), the other 19 lunar seas were distributed on the front side of the moon (the side facing Earth). There was a large amount of oceanic magma in these lunar seas. The volume of magma in the 22 seas was about 1010 kilometers, and the oceanic magma contained abundant titanium, iron and other resources. Assuming that the content of ilmenite in the lunar sea basalts was 8%, or 4.2% titanium dioxide, then the total amount of ilmenite in the lunar sea basalts was about 1.3×1015~1.9×1015. Although this estimation was very conjectural and uncertain, it was certain that the rich ilmenite in the lunar sea basalts was one of the most important mineral resources available for development and utilization on the moon in the future. Kripple Rock was one of the three major rock types on the Moon's highlands. It was named after its high concentration of potassium, rare earth elements, and phosphorus. The Klippe Rock was widely distributed on the Moon. The kripite rich in thorium and uranium-rich Windburst Ocean was covered by late lunar sea basalts. The kripite mixed and formed a high stove and uranium material, estimated to be 10 - 20 kilometers thick. The total amount of rare earth elements in the Ripple Rock in the Storm Ocean was about 22.5 billion to 45 billion tons. The rich thorium and uranium contained in the Kripke rock was also one of the important mineral resources for human development and utilization of the moon's resources in the future. In addition, the moon was also rich in metal mineral resources such as Chromite, Nikel, Na, Magnesium, Silicon, and Copper.
In the face of huge benefits, Russia and the Western countries sent representatives to discuss joint development with the United States. The United States government reluctantly agreed under pressure. However, the US government requires you to pay for the cooperation, but the other aspects can only be handled by the US government. Although Russia and the Western countries were not very willing, the United States was the overlord of the Earth and had already established a base. They had no choice but to agree. After receiving sufficient funding, NASA began to prepare for the second step of the space exploration program! (Please continue to pay attention to the exciting content in the next chapter.)
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