stjorthotic Chapter 193 Visiting The New Moon Base
Chapter 193 Visiting The New Moon Base
Regarding the issue of the main palace, a rare dispute broke out between the two sisters.
It took Chen Lu a lot of effort to calm Zhaohe down temporarily.
This Tsundere is good at everything, but can't help being funny.
After a few hours.
Thirteen starships landed slowly on the moon sea.
The ground has been leveled many times by the moon base, and they have specially opened up an open space for the supply ship.
Click——
The East China Sea Fleet and the six escort ships behind it landed steadily on the lunar surface, stirring up a cloud of dust.
"This is...the moon?..."
"I remember when the White Eagle landed on the moon for the first time, they still needed to wear protective clothing. Now you can operate in the open air?"
Essex stepped out of the bridge and took a breath of cosmic air.
"Actually, they also need it now, but we don't need it anymore.
Chen Lu smiled, and pointed to the weather controller in the distance.
"If we can further increase it to the third level of power, it will have the functions of artificial atmosphere and changing the gravity of planets."
"At that time, we can change every planet we encounter at will.
"Mars, Mercury, even Venus are fine, of course, gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn are a bit more difficult.
The second-level weather controller has been able to forcibly create a habitable zone in space while continuously outputting energy.
"Wow! Stars!"
While talking, Jinyang Fushun and Changchun also came out of the hull, bouncing around and playing on the moon.
Because the moon's gravity is very low, the three little ones often jump up to a height of several meters in the air, and then slowly float down.
"Major General, long time no see."
Zhao Wanli stepped forward and saluted Chen Lu.
"Thanks to you last time, the construction of the moon base went smoothly."
"This is the credit of the space agency, I am only responsible for transporting you.
After a few simple greetings.
The staff in the carrier starship immediately went to work.
They drove various construction machines, and small robots began to move materials.
Start leveling the land and laying foundations not far from the base.
According to the plan, the experimental area of Mikoto will be divided first, and then the Broken Dome base will be built.
However, there are dedicated personnel responsible for these tasks.
Chen Lu doesn't need to worry.
"Would you like me to show you around? You haven't come for so long, the base has changed.
"By the way, introduce this place to your partner."
Zhao Wanli made a gesture of please.
"thanks."
Chen Lu agreed to come down.
"Yeah! Visit the moon!"
The Four King Kong surrounded them.
"you......"
Commander Zhao glanced at the ship girls following behind Chen Lu, and was about to speak up.
These girls look so young, they feel like they are traveling on the moon.
But each of them was wearing a navy uniform.
Ying Ruizhaohe and Essex are both colonels, while the fourth is just a captain.
The military rank can not be faked.
"Why is the East China Sea Fleet full of female captains?! And what about these little girls?!"
He whispered in his heart.
The staff behind him were also stunned.
"Master, didn't you say that the captains of the Space Force are all men? Ten 々!"
"Is it too late for me to switch careers to the Navy?"
"Ansan, is that the captain of the Ansan ship?! The idol of the East Sea Fleet!"
Since his accidental debut last time, An Shan has become a top idol in Xiaopozhan.
"Go do your own thing and don't bother!"
Zhao Wanli gave a loud shout.
Fortunately, the personnel discipline in the entire moon base is still very strong.
With an order, everyone dispersed to do their own things.
All the way from the airport.
The area of today's lunar base is conservatively estimated to be more than 3,000 square kilometers.
The four main roads are centered on the weather controller and extend in all directions.
The city is also divided into four modules, the northeast is the residential area, and dozens of dormitory buildings are built with super alloys.
The northwest is the experimental area, where the architectural style is completely a replica of the Academy of Sciences.
There are even statues of several Academy of Sciences predecessors standing there.
In the south are industrial and agricultural areas.
Mining minerals, processing lunar soil, and doing some agricultural experiments here.
The structure of the whole city is very similar to the boxy Chang'an City.
It is very convenient to expand in the future, just extend along the main road.
"This is the first time we have built a space city. We have tossed and tossed for a while.
Zhao Wanli said as they walked along the main road.
"However, in the future, we have experience. The establishment of a space colony must be centered on the weather controller, and then spread to the surrounding area."
"As long as the local living environment can be guaranteed, the construction of industrial and agricultural systems will be a matter of course."
"Makes sense."
Chen Lu nodded and looked around.
The architectural style of the moon base is completely utilitarian, without any frills.
Under the starry sky, the black-gray exterior of the building has a grim aesthetic.
"Commander, Commander, look at this!"
Jin Yang plucked an arm-thick corn from the field and greeted Chen Lu.
"Wow, there are still strawberries here?! And they're growing on trees?!"
Fushun found that there was a strawberry as big as an apple hanging on a lush tree not far away.
Chang Chun jumped up and picked one and stuffed it in his mouth.
"Ugh—why does this strawberry smell like bitter melon?!"
"This is an experimental hybrid space variety with a rather peculiar taste.
The agricultural technician next to him said with a smile.
"In fact, we usually don't want to eat them."
The agricultural experiment area on the moon base opened Chen Lu's eyes.
Although the earth has seen potatoes the size of cantaloupe.
But looking at the cherries the size of watermelons, the watermelons the size of cherries, and the colorful bananas in front of him, he had to admit that Yan Country's agricultural technology never disappoints.
"If a suitable improved variety can be found, it is expected to further increase my country's grain output in the future.
Another agricultural technician broke off a nearby clump of wheat.
Its wheat ears are as full as grapes, more than five times larger than the varieties on earth.
"This is the twelfth generation of space hybrid wheat. It is a relatively successful variety we have studied. If it is planted in a low-gravity environment, the yield per mu is expected to reach 8,000-13,000 jin."
“If properly improved, we think it is possible to increase its yield by 2-3 times. 17
"Can it be doubled or tripled?!"
Ying Ruizhaohe was frightened.
The yield of 8,000 catties of wheat per mu is nearly ten times that of Blue Star.
If it is doubled again...to be honest, it is a bit unimaginable.
"Yes, space crops can be produced very efficiently with the help of weather controllers."
"In addition to wheat, we are still studying the plan of planting rice on the moon. After all, noodles and noodles are staple foods.
"As long as one-third of the lunar sea is planted on the ground, it can feed the people of the whole country!"
It is only in the past twenty or thirty years that the people of Yan Kingdom can eat enough.
Thanks to the efforts of several sages, rice and wheat with higher yield per mu and vegetables with richer taste were produced.
However, land desertification and salinization have been eroding cultivated land.
There is also a great contradiction between urban construction and agricultural land.
Space planting technology allows people to see the opportunity to completely solve the food crisis.
After all, agriculture is the foundation of all industries, and if you don’t have enough to eat, you don’t need to talk about anything.
After leaving the agricultural experiment area in the south.
Zhao Wanli brought everyone to the industrial area.
A giant machine like an offshore drilling platform is roaring at work.
Dozens of staff next to them are driving space tracked vehicles like trucks, and are transporting lunar soil back and forth.
"This is the helium-3 extraction facility."
The accompanying scientist introduced.
"The lunar soil is rich in helium-3, which is a very efficient nuclear fusion fuel, but it is more troublesome to extract, and the lunar soil needs to be processed to at least 800 degrees."
The reserves of helium-3 in the entire blue star are only half a ton, and there may be some in the core of the earth, but we have no way to mine it.
"The moon's helium-3 is more than 1 million tons, these soils are treasures!"
As he spoke, he grabbed a handful of off-white moon soil from the ground and squeezed it.
In the future, the built moon base will continuously provide energy and food for the earth.
Like a blood transfusion kit.
Walk through the industrial area.
It is the scientific research area of the moon base.
A scientific research building stands on the plain.
Surrounded by a dozen small laboratories.
Judging from the sign hanging at the door, there are all kinds of research conducted here, including physics, medicine, chemistry and even biology.
Inside the building, the environment is clean and tidy.
Clean white walls, light blue tiles, and warm lights on both sides.
And scholars in a hurry.
However, through the glass window, Chen Lu found that there were many animals in the room.
Chickens, ducks, even pigs and cows.
"We've been working on genetic engineering recently.
The person in charge of the scientific research building came over.
"Because in the base, everyone wants to eat something good, and it is too troublesome to always transport supplies back and forth from the earth.
"We are wondering if we can genetically modify some animals in the space environment so that they can adapt to the space environment and grow faster."
"Ok?!"
"Do you want to make a chicken with eight wings and four legs?"
Chen Lu recalled that when he was a child, foreign fast food brands like KFX had just entered Yanguo.
At that time, I don’t know where the rumors came from, saying that they (are they) used genetically modified chickens, and the reason why there are so many chicken legs and wings for sale is because each chicken has seven or eight wings and four or five legs... ...
"That is already a new species, and we seem to be unable to do it now."
The scientist looked embarrassed.
"Speaking closer, we can improve the tolerance of animals so that they can survive for a longer period of time in the environment of weightlessness, hypoxia, high temperature and low temperature."
"In the future, it may be possible to carry out genetic modification of humans to make our bodies faster and stronger."
"Isn't this just genetic ascension?!"
Chen Lu was startled.
Mikoshi can assist humans in mechanical ascension.
The moon base is researching genetic ascension.
I don't know which path I will choose in the future.
"So where are you going now?"
An Shan looked curious.
"Well... because the technology is just getting started, we can only experiment with some relatively simple insects.
The person in charge thought for a while.
"Last week, Professor Li successfully genetically modified the mosquito so that it can survive in a vacuum environment and withstand high temperatures of up to 80 degrees and low temperatures of minus 30 degrees."
"The flying speed has also been increased by more than two times, and it is said that if someone slaps you, you will not die.
"He originally wanted to bring it back to Earth for experiments, but we held him down."
"???"
"!!"
The first team looked shocked.
"If this technology is really brought back, it is estimated that the masses will petition to shoot him??!!".