The black tech madman who saves the world

Chapter 244 Mars work progress ([-])

"The number of asteroids with a diameter of more than 1 kilometer is 970 million, or even 3700 million?" Toni was stunned.

Chen Mengchuan nodded with a smile: "There is no doubt that our 12 super astronomical telescopes are far more complete and more complete than those owned by NASA in the United States, and they have the advantage of closer observation in the observation distance. "

"At present, many aerospace agencies and observatory agencies on the earth, their exploration of the asteroid belt is still not complete. There are too many existences in the asteroid belt that they have not explored. We even observed a A brand new dwarf planet with a diameter between 1200 km and 1250 km is the most exciting detection we have ever obtained through X-ray telescopes combined with ultraviolet telescopes."

"We not only have large-scale X-ray telescopes, ultraviolet telescopes, but also super optical telescopes and infrared telescopes. The comprehensive observations that these four telescopes can make can provide us with a lot of observation data. Next, we will These four astronomical telescopes can be of great help to the 4-hour uninterrupted detection and observation of the entire asteroid belt."

"However! This is not the best. Our submillimeter-wave telescope and super-large Fresnel imager are the core force of observation. Based on the magic of these two astronomical telescopes, we can obtain more These data are the key to our search and positioning of target asteroids!"

"So. When did you get so much technology?" Toni asked with a smile.

"Me? You spend so much time with me every day, how can I have the free time to fiddle with these astronomical telescopes? These are all customized by Wanyu through various channels in cooperation with Ah Chen. The asteroid belt is too big , It’s too open, and there are not enough astronomical equipment to support it. It is not so easy for us to find and locate these asteroids. Once the asteroid capture ship gets lost in the universe, it will be very troublesome.” Chen Mengchuan said.

"Then, the 62 asteroids with uneven volume and shape that we have observed and confirmed are our next targets for the first planetary capture!"

"For these 62 asteroids, our observation data has been basically completed. At the same time, through supercomputer detection and calculation, their gravitational orbits have been clarified. Two days ago, our first batch of asteroid capture ships had set off to Of these asteroids, the closest one can be reached after 2 days, and the farthest one after 9 days."

"How big are these 62 asteroids?" Xu Shuwei asked.

"The largest one is currently observed to have a diameter of about 350 kilometers, and its shape is an irregular oval." Chen Mengchuan said with a smile.

"350 kilometers in diameter!" Xu Shuwei gasped.

"What do you do to cut such a large asteroid? Why not start with smaller asteroids, such as those with a diameter of a few kilometers? In this way, if we use the cutting technology based on the source point circle, it will be easier to complete and realize the cutting effect , you can get 350 kilometers all at once, isn’t it very difficult to operate?” Xu Shuwei said.

Chen Mengchuan smiled and swiped across the screen, a huge 3D structure of an oval asteroid appeared.

"It's not difficult. These asteroids all have some relatively round water chestnuts. Based on these water chestnuts and our current source point circle technology, although we can't achieve the apple-cutting effect, we still have no problem achieving the apple-peeling effect." To take a step back, if it is really too big, it should be placed outside the orbit of Mars to create an independent gravitational orbit, so that we can use it at any time."

"Brother Xu, the smaller asteroids you mentioned are of course our main goal at this stage. Our current space source point circle-sized technology is not very powerful, but we will undoubtedly continue to research and advance .We will quickly complete the source point circle of dozens of kilometers, then hundreds of kilometers, thousands of kilometers, and finally even tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of kilometers. At that time, we will be able to cut apart these asteroids , to achieve large-scale acquisition of metal mineral resources.”

"So now we wait for these asteroid capture ships to arrive at the target planet, conduct further search and positioning, and then start the capture and implementation." Chen Mengchuan said.

After a group of people exchanged and discussed for a while, Xu Shuwei suddenly received a message, and then he opened his eyes and laughed hahaha.

"Usually when he smiles like this, it's when he finds money or encounters good things. If he can make him laugh like this at this time, it should be that the mine prospector QS10086 multi-functional multi-armed crabs have discovered something, probably Some important mineral deposit has been discovered." Toni said firmly.

"Hahaha, Toni is right, we have a QS10086 multi-functional multi-armed crab, and radioactive elements were found in the southern region of the Martian equator!"

"Uranium?" Toni's eyes lit up.

"It's not clear yet, but judging from the test data of the multi-armed crab, a large number of alpha particles have been detected in the collected rock layer!" Xu Shuwei said with a smile.

"Alpha particles?" Chen Mengchuan smiled.

Puslin said from the side: "It seems that it should be a uranium mine."

"An alpha particle is a very stable radioactive particle consisting of two protons and two neutrons, without any electrons. It should be noted that chemical elements that are usually radioactive and have a large atomic weight emit α particle, thus becoming a lighter element until the element is stable. Since the α particle is relatively large in size and has two positive charges, it can easily ionize other substances. Therefore, its energy is also dissipated faster , the penetrating ability is the weakest among many ionizing radiations, and human skin or a piece of paper can already block alpha particles.”

"So, if a large amount of radioactive alpha particles can be detected in the rocky layer, it is usually not uranium, but radium. But I prefer uranium. At present, uranium in nature mainly exists in the form of three isotopes: uranium -238, uranium-235 and a trace amount of uranium-234. No matter what kind of isotope, it will release alpha particles when it decays, and its half-life is very long! Among them, the half-life of uranium-238 is even estimated to exceed It is 44.7 billion years old, and even uranium-235 is more than 7 million years old, and the current scientific community estimates the age of the earth based on this."

"Therefore, I believe that this QS10086 multi-functional multi-armed crab has a very high probability of discovering a pitchblende mine!" Puslin said excitedly!
(End of this chapter)