Chapter 325 Metal Core

The leisurely and happy time will always pass quickly...

Six months later, the Deep Space has successfully arrived at the planet GB131!

The curvature engine gradually extinguished, and the hull escaped from the curvature bubble. Then, the ion engine started, and the entire spacecraft tried to stay in the synchronous orbit of the planet GB131, maintaining the same rotation period as the entire planet.

GB131 itself is not as big as the moon, and there are no satellites around it, so there is no tidal friction.

The consequence of no tidal friction is... the planet rotates very fast, and it can rotate once in about eight hours. According to various data, the synchronous orbit of the spacecraft is about 8,800 kilometers above the ground, with a linear velocity of 2,182 meters per second.

In the captain's room, a group of people are paying close attention to the synchronization mission of this spacecraft.

This kind of mission should not be a difficult task for the Deep Space, so everyone is not nervous, but rather discusses each other enthusiastically. When people come to a new planet, they always have a sense of curiosity, excitement and a unique desire to explore.

Many scientists of later generations left Nix for the first time, so they were also particularly excited.

They have already observed the uniqueness of this planet through the astronomical telescope.

Of course, this uniqueness is definitely a good thing for humans!

The ion flame changes from strong to weak.

The entire spacecraft flew around the planet twice and finally reached the expected orbit, successfully maintaining a relatively static state with the planet.

8,800 kilometers from the ground!

"Hey, when we designed the spacecraft, it would be great if we could stay on the planet, which would greatly speed up our mining mission." A scientist complained

"It's impossible. The material science was not so advanced at the time... It can't support the mass of the spacecraft itself."

"And building a spacecraft that can land on a planet will greatly increase the amount of engineering."

"I don't know if the current nanomaterials are feasible..."

Yu Yifeng coughed a few times, interrupting the heated discussion.

"Okay, everyone, this synchronization work has been successfully completed... Each department carefully checks the operation status of the spacecraft, retrieves and analyzes the complete records of this voyage!"

"Report the results to me as soon as possible after completion."

Yu Yifeng gave orders calmly, and at the same time, there was a slight excitement in his heart, "Now, I announce that the first planetary landing exploration work has officially started!"

"Captain's order, the first landing exploration work has started!"

At the command, the tail of the Deep Space slowly opened a hole, and "whoosh" launched sixteen exploration satellites.

After that, one hundred small exploration spacecraft started one after another and flew out of the Deep Space cabin quickly.

According to convention, drones will first explore this unknown planet.

They will explore the specific terrain of the planet, collect rock and soil samples, and by the way, test whether there are any microorganisms...Even if it is an interstellar civilization, microbial prevention and control work is still necessary.

"To be honest, this planet is worse than the moon. There is no atmosphere, no water, no geothermal heat, and the stellar radiation is so high at certain times that even microorganisms can hardly survive."

"Yes, the light from the binary stars is too strong, and even tardigrades can't survive here. Moreover, the orbit of this planet is not circular, and the temperature difference is more drastic..."

Having said that, for the sake of caution, people still follow the established safety rules step by step... Even the alien Hei thinks that such rules are strict enough.

All weapons on the Deep Space are in a semi-activated state. If there is any emergency, they will fire without mercy. The central computer is also processing various information, trying to find any suspicious points.

After a hundred small shuttles landed safely, the cabin doors opened, and rows of robots ran out immediately.

Each spacecraft carried more than a hundred, and a total of 10,000.

These robots will fully explore the planet.

Because there is no geological activity on the planet, the ground here is quite flat. Except for large and small craters, there are no major ups and downs in other places.

The planet's environment is somewhat similar to that of the moon.

However, as time goes by, coupled with the huge temperature difference, the surface soil is quite sparse. The robots drove along, leaving traces of tracks and boiling dust...

The detection lights on the top of each robot turned on, illuminating the entire ground, and then filmed and recorded along the way, transmitting a large amount of data back to the computing center.

The central computer worked quickly, looking for suspicious areas, while commanding the robots to move, detect or collect specimens.

Everyone quickly got busy.

In three days of exploration, the 10,000 intelligent robots explored almost the entire world, and then reported the final results to the captain's room.

Everyone's face was filled with happy smiles.

Yu Yifeng took a breath lightly: "No trace of life was found! No microorganisms!"

"It's really a rare metal planet, with a lot of iron, nickel... and precious metals such as silver and gold? There are even a lot of uranium mines! It's amazing... A metal planet... There are such planets in the universe."

Xu Yunjin, who was standing in front, smiled and said: "If this planet can replace the moon, I guess people will really go there to pan for gold..."

"There is a lot of gold here, and the budget for the lunar base will increase significantly!"

The mass of this planet is about one-eighth of the Earth, similar to the Moon, but its density is 1.6 times that of the Moon. Because of its special formation conditions, the entire planet gathers a large number of metal minerals!

And most of the helium is concentrated in the ilmenite-rich soil with particles less than 50 microns.

There is no magnetic field on the surface of this planet, and the temperature difference between day and night is large, which will filter out ordinary helium elements. With the addition of suitable adsorbents, it is simply a natural helium-3 collector!

Scientists estimate that people can collect about billions of tons of helium-3!

Billions of tons, even if it is only one billion tons, it is too much for humans!

Helium-3 fusion produces powerful energy, and only a few dozen tons a year can meet the current energy needs of mankind.

One billion tons is simply too much.

So, such an opportunity must not be missed by humans.

"The operation of the Deep Space is normal!"

"The loss of each reactor, curvature engine, and ion engine is as follows:..."

As a series of test reports appeared, Yu Yifeng looked at them carefully.

In the end, he finally put his mind at ease. There was no big mistake in the Deep Space, which also meant that...humans have completely mastered the means of medium and long-distance interstellar navigation!

A treasure mountain is in front of people, and now people just need to keep mining and developing!

A group of scientists also discussed the conditions for the formation of this strange planet with great enthusiasm. For them, exploration and discovery of the unknown are always the most exciting things.

One of the astronomers talked freely: "Have you discovered? This kind of planet is very much like the inner core of a planet! As we all know, the core of the earth is mainly composed of iron-nickel metal, and the radius of the core is about 3,500 kilometers."

"If... we remove the outer crust and mantle of the earth, leaving only the core, it is completely an enhanced version of a metal planet."

"In this regard, I estimate that this metal planet should be the debris left by the collision of two planets a long time ago. The collision should not be too violent, so part of the core was preserved... and then evolved into this metal planet."

"So... where is the remaining shell?" asked another person.

"Maybe another planet was formed... should it be this one? Or it may become the asteroid belt here." The young scientist pointed at a photo of the starry sky.

The smaller planets in this area are quite dense, and there is a gas planet similar to Neptune in the farther distance, surrounded by a cloud era like Saturn's ring. So what the astronomer said makes sense.

All in all, the discovery of this metal planet made everyone extremely happy!

This is simply a treasure from heaven!

So much so that Yu Yifeng immediately made up his mind to build a large number of mining bases on this metal planet! Not only helium-3 is mined, but also a large amount of rare metals such as uranium, lithium, titanium, zirconium, and silver!

After all, humans have not yet achieved small-scale nuclear fusion. In addition to the Deep Space, other aircraft still use conventional power, so the more uranium ore, the better!

Energy, he definitely doesn't have too much, after all, the uranium mines on the planet Nix have been almost dug up, and humans haven't gotten much.

And gold and silver are some industrial materials, of course, the more the better...

It's the New Year,

I wish you all a happy New Year!

Free for the Chinese New Year, I am really drunk (T^T)

Not many people read books at this time, a good recommendation is wasted. Well, I am too busy, everyone should understand that I can't update more during this period, and I can't update more.

Chinese New Year, spring cleaning, tomb sweeping, sacrifice, and other things, and people come to visit, I am always embarrassed to write by myself. . .

Well, finally I wish you all a new year, grab red envelopes to the point of cramping your hands... I also hope that all single dogs will find their way out of singleness quickly, and quickly increase the population of civilization, hehe...