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Chapter 87 Build a house on the moon?

On June 2028, 6, Hawke Island launched the Queen 6 lunar probe and successfully achieved a soft landing on the moon again.

But this time, the lunar rover it carries seems to be different from all previous lunar rover paintings.

First of all, it is very big, weighing 1200 kilograms, almost 10 times that of ordinary lunar surface patrol probes, and basically equivalent to the size of a small car...

Secondly, it does not look like an ordinary lunar rover, but more like a small excavator... However, the large shovel of this excavator can not only dig things, but also transform into a mechanical arm to perform some more delicate operations ...

Finally, after it landed on the moon, it did not start patrolling and detecting like other lunar rovers, but started digging and building houses...

It automatically selected a relatively flat and hard ground, and even carried out base measurements...

Then they began to collect materials locally, selected suitable stones on the moon surface, and began to build walls.

It is like a skilled mason, meticulously tamping each moon rock in the most suitable position according to its different shape...

In just four Earth days, it has created the framework of a pure stone house several times larger than itself.

Then, it disassembled the landing device of Queen IV, and used the metal, glass and other materials on the body of the landing device to add a roof and beautify the house, and even made a glass window and a movable door. metal door...

On top of the house are the solar panels of the original Queen [-] probe!
The whole process was captured by the camera on the lander and sent back to the earth...

Once the video was released, it immediately detonated netizens all over the world.

[It’s amazing, this is going to build a base on the moon!Hope I can live in it one day! 】

[Although it looks very powerful, what is the use of such a house? Given the environment on the moon, it is impossible to live in people]

[This house has no steel bars or concrete, so it probably fell down in a gust of wind... I know there is no wind on the moon, so I'm just making an analogy]

[Obviously, this is just the beginning. Use the existing materials on the moon to build a base frame, and then launch some space capsules or advanced materials to "decorate" the base and build a real moon base]

[Don't underestimate it, its top is a solar panel, which can generate electricity!With electricity, anything is possible! 】

[Is the technology tree of this Hawke Island a bit crooked, and the base has started to be built before anyone has sent it up? ? ? 】

[The times are different. In the past, artificial intelligence was not so powerful. Of course, it was necessary to send people to the moon first, but now artificial intelligence has reached a very high level. Maybe it is really urgent to put people on the moon. It may be a better choice to build the base and then send people up]

[Yeah, the human body is too troublesome, not to mention the weight, and it needs to be equipped with a lot of life support equipment, which is far less convenient than artificial intelligence]

[I don't understand, where does this Hawk Island get so much money, launching this and that every day, even if their launch costs are cheap, don't the research and manufacturing costs of those detectors cost money?Its oil reserves are only so much, and iron ore has just been mined. Is seawater desalination equipment really that profitable? 】

[Financing, in this day and age, as long as you have the technology and the plan, it’s easy to swindle investment. Musk can become the world’s richest man alone. It’s not difficult to attract as much investment as Hawk Island has developed technology in the past few years. I believe that For example, thanks to Roger Andre]

……

The shock of netizens is not over yet, Hawke Island has launched Queen V and Queen VI one after another, and the landing site is almost exactly the same as Queen IV.

The lunar rovers of Queen 3 and Queen [-] are somewhat different from the Queen [-] lunar rovers. They are better at some fine work. They unload the materials brought by the probe and reassemble them... Queen [-] even It seems to have its own [-]D printing function, as long as there are enough materials, it can produce a lot of things needed for construction...

It is worth mentioning that Queen 3000 and Queen [-] brought a large number of solar panels and power generation equipment at the same time. According to the estimates of netizens, the total power generation of these solar panels can reach [-] watts!
Careful netizens also discovered that the location of this "base" is very close to the south pole of the moon, less than a hundred kilometers away, and as we all know, there is water ice at the south pole of the moon!If water ice can be found nearby, water resources can be provided for the base. After treatment, it can be used for drinking by astronauts, and can also be used for other living and production activities. It can also use solar power to generate electricity and electrolyze it into hydrogen and oxygen for storage. These two can directly become the fuel for space exploration, or in turn generate electricity to maintain the operation of the base!

So netizens have boldly speculated that Hawke Island really wants to build the first permanent moon base in human history!
Although they haven't put astronauts on the moon yet...

This speculation once again caused explosive discussions. Countless netizens fantasized about the appearance of the future moon base. Some even drew a 3D rendering of the imaginary moon base. More people fantasized about being a volunteer to experience the moon base. a bit.

[Stop dreaming, this kind of volunteer is definitely not your turn, at least you have to immigrate to Hawke Island]

[I am willing to pay for it myself. I sold the house to make up 100 million pounds! 】

[Don't be ridiculous, 100 million pounds is nothing in front of the aerospace industry, you may need to spend 100 million pounds to fart on the moon! 】

……

Some families are happy and some are sad. While Hawke Island is gradually showing its strength on the international stage, the Southern Federation next door has fallen into a serious economic crisis.

Because the Southern Federation is highly dependent on the export of bulk minerals such as iron ore, the recent sharp drop in international raw material prices has put the Southern Federation in a serious predicament. It has experienced negative growth for two consecutive quarters, and the currency has plunged sharply. In just 6 months, it has depreciated. Nearly [-]%...

Therefore, the style of the netizens in the Southern Federation is completely different from that of other parts of the world. When they see the news about Hawke Island, they sneer and ridicule them, mocking them for being ambitious and wasting a lot of money on meaningless things. Their American father is more rational , although the manned landing on the moon was successfully carried out as early as 50 years ago, he has been very restrained since then and spent money on more meaningful people's livelihood...

It's just that they don't know that, seeing Hawk Island's actions on the moon, the United States is already in a hurry and is preparing to restart the moon landing plan...

They are discussing whether to build their own moon base before Hawk Island!
(End of this chapter)