Super industrial overlord

Chapter 476 Asteroid Belt II

"According to spectroscopic analysis, this asteroid should be an asteroid mainly composed of nickel-iron."

However, before Wang Wei could say anything, the radar soldiers on the ship reported again: "Captain! An asteroid with a diameter of 200 meters was found 500 million kilometers to the right of our spacecraft. The speed of this asteroid is 23 Kilometers per second, weighing 90 million tons, according to the spectral data, this asteroid can be said to be an asteroid made of pure iron, and its iron content is as high as [-]% or more."

"What! An asteroid with an iron content of more than 90.00% has a diameter of 500 meters and weighs as much as [-] million tons."

"Sure enough, the universe is the entry and exit of human beings. Unexpectedly, we have just entered the asteroid belt and encountered such a huge wealth."

When the radar soldiers finished their report, many people on board couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Of course, more people looked at the radar data one after another, thinking about how to move this asteroid back to the earth.

Of course Wang Wei knew it, but he knew even more that with their current spaceship and human technology, it is absolutely impossible to move such a large asteroid back to the earth.

In fact, not to mention the experts and scholars on the spaceship, even Wang Wei himself is very jealous of this asteroid. After all, if the iron inside is extracted from such a large iron asteroid, it will absolutely You can get rich overnight.

We must know that with the development of human science and technology, the demand for resources has grown exponentially. Especially in recent times, with the development of human civilization, we have turned our attention to space and built huge base, the consumption of resources is increasing day by day, especially for the most common and common metal materials such as iron, copper, aluminum, and magnesium.

Therefore, the prices of these metal materials have skyrocketed recently. Taking the most common steel as an example, the original market price per ton was about 3000, but now the price has risen to nearly 6000 per ton, which has doubled. Double the price, it can be predicted that whether it is steel or other metal materials, the price will continue to rise for a long time in the future.

Therefore, if all the asteroids weighing 1 million tons are brought to the earth for sale, the price of such iron ore with an iron content of more than 90% will be at least 1500 yuan per ton.

In other words, the price of this asteroid with a diameter of only about 500 meters is at least 1500 billion or more.

"Yes! With our current spacecraft, there is no way to transport this asteroid to the earth. Is there no way for us to just watch the wealth disappear before our eyes?" A crew member said in a daze .

"Is there any way to do this, not to mention, in the asteroid belt where we are, there are many asteroids like this, and there are even other strategic metals and rare earth minerals.

And although it is said that due to the limitation of the size and thrust of our spacecraft, it is impossible to shake this asteroid at all, but this does not mean that we have no way to deal with this asteroid in the future.

As far as I know, our Qicaishi Group has already begun to develop a space mining ship that can mine in the universe, and has achieved certain results. If it goes well, it is expected to complete the development in a year or two, that is, It is said that after two years, we will have the ability to mine these asteroids in the asteroid belt. "As the captain of Ziwei Star No. [-] spacecraft, Wang Wei is very clear about some confidential matters.

"But captain! Since we have encountered such an iron asteroid in the periphery of the asteroid belt, it would be a pity to leave like this! After all, the demand for iron ore by our Colorful Stone Group and even the entire earth is very high. It is very huge, and the iron ore mined on the earth is almost in short supply for the current human beings, if the iron ore on this asteroid can be mined, then the current situation will definitely be alleviated." At this time One expert said.

"Okay, although we can only watch this asteroid, it's only temporary, so how about it! Immediately launch a miniature locator on that asteroid, so that we don't care about the asteroid in the future. In the asteroid belt, we can clearly know the location of the asteroid. Zhang Yi, after our mining ship is manufactured, we don’t have to search everywhere. At the same time, this is one of our missions in the asteroid belt this time. ’” Wang Wei said.

Then, they launched an interstellar locator to these asteroids, and transmitted all the data of this asteroid back to the moon.

Just after all the work was completed, the astrophysics expert who was very interested in asteroids stood up again and said to Wang Wei: "Captain Wang, before we discovered this asteroid, didn't we discover it?" Is it a meteorite with a very small diameter and tonnage? I wonder if our spacecraft is capable of capturing this asteroid?"

Hearing the words of this cosmic astrophysics expert, Wang Weicai remembered that before they discovered this iron asteroid, they had indeed discovered an asteroid with a maximum diameter of only about 1.8 meters, and the weight was not very heavy. to 200 tons, and for such ultra-small asteroids, their spacecraft does have the ability to capture them.

So he said: "Our spaceship does have the ability to capture this asteroid. After all, the total weight of this asteroid is less than two hundred tons, but is it really necessary to capture this asteroid? "

"Captain Wang! Since our spacecraft already has the ability to capture such an asteroid, I really hope that the captain can order to capture this asteroid.

After all, this is of great importance for us humans to understand the formation and composition of the asteroid belt, as well as the early solar system, so it is very necessary to capture this asteroid. "

"Okay! Since you have said so as experts in this field, I have no objection. After all, our spaceship is a scientific research ship, and the most important task is to investigate the universe and various celestial bodies."

After finishing speaking, Wang Wei immediately ordered the crew to prepare to capture the asteroid.

"Start accelerating and approach the target." When everyone on the spacecraft was ready, Wang Wei immediately ordered.

Following Wang Wei's order, the engine of the spaceship shone brightly. At the same time, the speed of the spaceship began to increase slowly. However, when the speed of the spaceship reached Zhang Yi's speed of 30 kilometers per second, he ordered the engine to be turned off. Advance with inertia, after all, they have already entered the asteroid belt at this time. Although they are still on the periphery of the asteroid belt, they should be careful not to be too careful.

(End of this chapter)