"Academician Chen, are you sure this is true?"
"Sure."
"Are you sure Luna 1 will return today?"
"OK." Chen Mo still nodded and smiled helplessly: "Academician Zhang, you have asked me five times in an hour since you came here. I feel like you are more anxious than me."
"hey-hey… "
Zhang Jianfeng grinned and turned to look at the horizon outside the window, looking forward to the return of Luna 1.
"How much moon rock and soil were brought back this time?"
"Not much, only 26 kilograms." Chen Mo said, "I will give you 10 kilograms."
"Enough is enough."
Zhang Jianfeng's face was as bright as a chrysanthemum.
On the black market, the price of one gram of moon rock is six figures, and there is still no market for it. You can imagine how valuable 10 kilograms of moon rock are.
He felt how lucky he was to collaborate with Chen Mo on the lunar exploration project. They gave a piece of data as an investment, and the return they received now has far exceeded their investment.
Time passed minute by minute while waiting. In the command center, the position of Luna 1 is reported every two minutes.
Half an hour later, the Mo girl next to Chen Mo spoke.
"Brother Mo, Luna 1 has returned. It is about two thousand meters above the base and is descending."
"came back."
Chen Mo also looked forward to it and led Zhang Jianfeng out of the command room.
Xiao Yu and Mo Nu also followed behind them.
After walking out of the command center and reaching the edge of the airport, everyone looked up to the sky. In everyone's field of vision, there is no shadow of Luna 1.
"over there."
Mo Nu pointed at a black spot under the white clouds in the sky.
It’s about the size of a sesame seed. If you don’t look carefully, you won’t even notice it’s Luna 1.
Zhang Jianfeng was a little nervous and his eyesight was not very good. He still stared at the sky, hoping to find it.
A minute later, the Luna 1 lander slowly zoomed in in everyone's sight. Luna 1, which is slightly larger than a water tank, is descending vertically with blue fireworks spraying from the bottom.
"came back."
When he finally saw Luna 1, Zhang Jianfeng became excited instantly. He had recognized it and was sure of it.
This is the first time that humans have brought lunar rocks and lunar soil from the far side of the moon back to Earth.
Due to the special characteristics of the far side of the moon, the research value of these lunar soils and lunar rocks is slightly higher than that of the lunar rocks brought back by the United States.
Luna 1 hovered two meters above the airport, its landing gear extended and its ion engine shut down.
Chi! !
Luna 1 landed steadily on the ground, marking the official return of the lunar rocks and lunar soil on the back of the moon to the earth.
The next moment, the intelligent machines and staff on the ground quickly surrounded Luna 1, took Luna 1 back to the transport vehicle, and headed back to the research institute of the space center.
"Let's go and take a look."
Chen Mo took the lead and walked into the research institute.
Through the glass window, you can see inside the laboratory. The robot has taken out the sealed jars for collecting lunar soil and lunar rocks, and is undergoing disinfection and cleaning work.
Ordinary people are not allowed to get close for the time being, because they have just returned from the moon and are not sure whether there are mutated bacteria or the like in space.
Ten minutes later, the thorough cleaning was completed and the sealed jar was sent to the sterile and dust-free laboratory.
"Finally we can see the moon rock."
Zhang Jianfeng was extremely excited. He wore protective clothing, and after disinfection, he couldn't wait to enter the laboratory. What is stored in the vacuum glass jar is the lunar rock and lunar soil that their team dreams of, and it is also from the back of the moon.
In the past, only the United States had the ability to obtain moon rocks in the world. Now, there is another one, a private company in China.
Although it is not their team, it is still something to be happy about. It proves that China's technology is now powerful.
"Academician Chen, what is your next space exploration plan? Can you tell me about it?" Zhang Jianfeng asked.
"The Flying Ant Space Center is now being expanded, and a space station will be built next. It will provide a location for our company's space tourism project and my research project."
Chen Mo said without hesitation.
"The next big plan is to find a suitable location on the moon to establish a lunar base. At the same time, I will build a larger aerospace plane to prepare for future lunar travel and mining of lunar resources. But in Before that, I need to find a way to use lunar rock and lunar soil as a building material."
Chen Mo pointed to the moon rock in the vacuum tank.
If you want to build a base on the moon, you must find a way to use the moon's lunar soil as 3D printing building materials. If you simply transport materials from the earth, even the superpowers will not be able to bear this consumption.
He has technical support from the Science and Technology Library. It is not technically difficult to use lunar soil as a 3D printing material.
hiss! !
Zhang Jianfeng was frightened by Chen Mo's courage.
This kind of big plan, even for a big country, is just a concept at this stage. However, Chen Mo is just a private company and dares to have such courage and claim to build a moon base.
If something goes wrong, even a large company like the Army Ant Group can be brought down.
But considering the helium-3 contained on the moon, as well as other rare minerals, and its significance, there seems to be nothing wrong with Chen Mo having that kind of technological strength.
If Chen Mo really succeeds in building a lunar base and developing resources on the moon, his personal wealth will reach a terrifying level.
"During this period, I will continue to launch more exploration robots into the moon to find suitable locations for building bases. I can help with whatever instruments your team needs to launch."
"Our lunar exploration engineering team is also preparing to launch the Chang'e lander in the near future. This mission is also to obtain samples of lunar rock and soil. You may be required to provide some technical consultants at that time." Zhang Jianfeng said.
Chen Mo's success in obtaining samples of Yueyan does not mean that they were also successful.
This is the original plan of the lunar exploration engineering team, and they will not give up on this plan just because Chen Mo successfully retrieved the sample.
"No problem." Chen Mo said.
After handing 10 kilograms of lunar rocks and lunar soil to Zhang Jianfeng, Chen Mo sent him away from the Flying Ant Space Center, and Chen Mo and Xiaoyu followed closely behind.
"Where to go on vacation? Do you decide or do I?" Chen Mo asked.
Now that he has just returned from space, the doctor told him to rest and eliminate the physical fatigue caused by spaceflight. Although he had the final say in major matters, Xiao Yu would never compromise on such small matters related to his body and life, so Chen Mo could only rely on her.
"You decide. You can go anywhere, as long as you have a good rest." Xiaoyu said.
"I'll take you and Wushuang home for a few days first, and then go out to have some fun."
…
"Will Yueyan send it over?"
"Just delivered it." Li Ruoxi nodded: "Boss, won't he come to announce it in person?"
"He just came back from space. The doctor said he needs to rest. Xiao Yu is watching too closely. You should know Xiao Yu. I don't dare to compete with her at this time, otherwise I will be finished." Zhao Min said with a smile.
Chen Mo's health had happened several times, which frightened them all at the time. Now, every time it concerns Chen Mo's health, Xiaoyu never compromises.
Li Ruoxi smiled and understood immediately.
She and Xiaoyu are best friends who talk about everything. Xiaoyu has a gentle and uncontroversial personality. He is usually very gentle, but he is very stubborn when it comes to things he really believes in, and it is about Chen Mo.
"let's start."
Zhao Min looked at the time and stepped out of the backstage, followed closely by Li Ruoxi, Lan Xi and others.
The press conference held by the Army Ant Group was crowded with people.
Every reporter had expectations on their faces. The Marching Ant Group informed yesterday that a press conference would be held today.
Even on the day Chen Mo returned safely from space, the Army Ant Group did not hold such a grand press conference, and did not even invite reporters to the scene. The sudden press conference held today must have more important news than Chen Mo's return from the sky.
From past press conferences, they knew that the Marching Ant Group's style would not announce major news until the last moment, so they did not know what important news the Marching Ant Group would announce this time.
The next moment, when they saw Zhao Min taking the lead coming out of the backstage, the reporters on the scene were instantly excited.
Zhao Min was present in person.
Judging from previous press conferences, there was no ordinary news that Zhao Min appeared at the scene.
"I invite you all to come here today because there is an important news to be announced."
Zhao Min stepped onto the podium of the press conference and went straight to the topic.
She looked at the opening and saw the staff carefully carrying a box into the middle of the press conference stage.
When the red cloth was uncovered, there was a stone covered by a glass ball. It was about the size of a fist and looked like a decayed fossil. There was nothing special about it.
"What's this?"
"A stone that's about to weather?"
"It's nothing special, right? Is it some special material?"
The eyes on the field were instantly attracted to this stone, but they did not see anything special about it.
When everyone was full of doubts, Zhao Min spoke again.
"Just an hour ago, our group launched the Luna 1 lander to the far side of the moon. After obtaining lunar rock samples from the far side of the moon, it successfully returned to the Flying Ant Space Center. The rock in front of you is from the moon. Lunar rock samples obtained from the far side. This is the first time that humans have obtained rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon."
Wow! ! !
The originally puzzling scene suddenly exploded.
(End of chapter)