Chapter 694 Minerals

After they come back to rest for a period of time, they will continue to go to Mars to replace those stationed in the base.

Now that the construction work has been completely over, Jiang Cheng is ready to send the astronauts back.

Of course, there are still a few astronauts who can't come back this time, because the Mars base is not available.

Now that the number of astronauts is insufficient, those who come back may not be able to rest for a long time, and they will set foot on Mars again.

The remaining 20 astronauts, Jiang Cheng, have other uses, so they cannot be transferred to Mars.

Jiang Cheng plans to divide the ten astronauts on Mars into two groups, and the five-person group will be stationed on Mars in turn.

During this period of time, these astronauts can only work hard. They have to travel back and forth between Mars and the earth, and they cannot get a good rest at all.

In such a situation, after the training of the first batch of astronauts is over, someone can take over their missions on Mars.

But now those astronauts have just started training, and these ten astronauts may have to work hard for a while.

But being able to stay on Mars for a long time, those astronauts are too happy, and they don't feel how hard it is at all.

"I'm going to arrange for the return of the astronauts, and the missions of the remaining astronauts on Mars will also be carried out at the same time.

We are still preparing to do a big job on Mars, and the next step is to officially develop Mars.

After Xiao Peng heard Jiang Cheng's order, he replied and continued working quickly.

He still has a lot of things to do, as he said, they are going to have a big fight soon.

Half of the astronauts on Mars are about to return. They will take a rocket and return to Earth after a four-month space journey.

After they have rested on the earth, they will continue to step on the rocket to Mars to replace those companions who are still on Mars

Of course, the astronauts staying on Mars are not just idle, they have a lot of work to do.

The next step is the official development of Mars. After preparing for such a long time, it can finally start now.

The Mars base was built for the purpose of developing Mars, otherwise Jiang Cheng spent so much effort on Mars.

Jiang Cheng plans to divide the development of Mars into three steps. The first step is to initially carry out mining operations on Mars, and then smelt the minerals and transport them back to Earth.

Of course, all Jiang Cheng plans to mine are expensive precious metals, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to earn back the travel expenses for transporting them back to Earth.

The second step is to expand the size of the Mars base and increase the number of people who will be on Mars.

Slowly wait until the scale of the Mars base is large enough, it will be the last step of reality.

In the end, Jiang Cheng hopes to build a large-scale human settlement on Mars, which is larger than a city-sized residence, and arrange a large number of human work on it.

If this step can be achieved, it can be said that humans have begun to immigrate to Mars.

Jiang Cheng has great ambitions in his heart, and just developing Mars can't satisfy him.

He is planning to immigrate to Mars on a large scale and build Mars into a second earth.

But it’s still a bit too far away to say these things now. What Jiang Cheng has to do now is to do a good job in the first step of development.

This first step of development work is related to the success or failure of the next few steps.

Only by successfully starting mining on Mars and successfully transporting it to the earth can we start the next plan.

The subsequent large-scale expansion of the Mars base cannot be done with the current level of technology.

Using rockets to slowly transport people and equipment and materials, it is not known when they will be transported before a city can be built on Mars.

Therefore, if you want to develop Mars on a large scale, you need a brand new means of transportation to replace the rocket as the transportation worker between the earth and Mars. When the rocket can no longer meet Jiang Cheng's transportation needs, it is time for the spaceship to start appearing. .

The capacity of the spacecraft is much larger than that of the rocket, and the speed is also many times faster.

If you have a spaceship, the transportation capacity will not be able to limit Jiang Cheng.

But if Jiang Cheng wants to build a spaceship, a rare metal is indispensable.

Platinum is a necessary material for the construction of spaceships, and it needs to be used in a large amount. At least the production on the earth cannot meet the requirements

So Jiang Cheng focused his attention on Mars, hoping to get enough platinum from Mars.

We must know that the platinum reserves on Mars, the shallow veins alone are hundreds of times that of the earth, far more abundant than the reserves on the earth.

The shallow ore veins that are easy to mine on Mars are enough for Jiang Cheng to use, let alone the deep mines.

It can be said that the platinum mine on Mars is what Jiang Cheng is bound to acquire, and it is also the reason why Jiang Cheng is developing Mars so vigorously.

Next, Jiang Cheng put the work of developing Mars mainly on the mining of platinum mines.

Although there are other precious minerals on Mars, platinum is what Jiang Cheng needs most now.

Soon the five astronauts who returned to Earth embarked on a journey home, and those who stayed behind also started their own work.

Today is the time when the platinum mines are officially mined, so the unnamed astronaut got up early.

The conditions in this Mars base are perfect, and even everyone's room has hot water supply.

After the astronauts finished washing in the room, they came to the dining room of the base.

This Mars base covers a large area. Apart from the space occupied by the necessary equipment, it also divides enough living areas.

The conditions of the living area are very good, not only each astronaut has a small suite, but even a special restaurant has been built.

In the Mars base, the astronauts finished their breakfast in the restaurant, and then started their day's work.

They don't need to do things like pick up and wash, and there will naturally be cleaning robots to help them complete these chores.

First of all, they have to check the equipment in the base, which is related to the issue of their lives and safety, and they cannot be careless.

After checking all the equipment, they have to go to the ecological planting area to see how the vegetables and grains are growing.

The ecological planting area is a huge semi-circular building, and there are several special lighting devices on the roof to simulate the sunlight necessary for plants.

The ground is neatly divided into many areas, where different crops are planted.

Some are staple foods like rice and wheat, and some are vegetables to provide astronauts with essential vitamins.

All the crops are growing vigorously under the simulated sunlight, and it won't be long before it's time to harvest.

There is also a small farm on the edge of the ecological planting area, which raises some livestock.