"The number of asteroids with a diameter of more than 1 kilometer is 9.7 million, or even 37 million?" Toni was stunned for a moment.
Chen Mengchuan smiled and nodded, "There is no doubt that our 12 super astronomical telescopes are far more complete and more complete than those owned by America's NASA, and they have the advantage of closer observation in terms of observation distance."
"Currently, many aerospace agencies and observatories on the earth have not fully explored the asteroid belt. There are too many things in the asteroid belt that they have not explored. We even observed a brand new dwarf planet with a diameter of between 1,200 kilometers and 1,250 kilometers. This is the most exciting detection we have obtained through X-ray telescopes and ultraviolet telescopes."
"We not only have large X-ray telescopes, ultraviolet telescopes, but also super optical telescopes and infrared telescopes. The comprehensive observations made by these four telescopes can provide us with a lot of observation data. Next, we will carry out 24-hour non-stop detection and observation of the entire asteroid belt, and these four astronomical telescopes can be of great help."
"However! This is not the best. Our submillimeter wave telescope and the very large non-Niel imager are the core of the observation. Based on the magic of these two astronomical telescopes, we can obtain more prediction data. These data are the key to finding and locating the target asteroid!"
"So. When did you get so much high technology?" Toni asked with a smile.
"Me? You spend so much time with me every day, how can I have the time to mess with these astronomical telescopes? These are developed and customized by Wanyu from various channels in cooperation with Achen. The asteroid belt is too large, empty, and without enough astronomical equipment to support it. It is not that 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 unequal volumes and shapes that we have observed and confirmed now are our next targets for the first planet 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 set off for these asteroids. The nearest one will arrive in 9 days, and the farthest one will arrive in 12 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 took a breath.
"How can you 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. If you make it 350 kilometers in one go, it will be difficult to operate, right?" Xu Shuwei said.
Chen Mengchuan smiled and swiped the screen, and a 3D structure of a huge oval asteroid appeared.
"This is not difficult. All of these asteroids have some relatively rounded water chestnuts. Based on these water chestnuts and our current source point circle technology, although we cannot achieve the apple-cutting effect, we still have no problem achieving the Operation Apple Peel effect. To say the least, if it is really too big, it must 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 Spatial Source Point Circle-sized technology is not very powerful, but we will undoubtedly continue to research and advance. We will soon complete the source circle of tens of kilometers, then hundreds of kilometers, and finally tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of kilometers. At that time, we will be able to cut through these asteroids to achieve large-scale metal mineral resources."
"So now we just wait for these asteroid capture ships to arrive at the target planet, conduct further search and positioning, and then start the capture implementation." Chen Mengchuan said.
After a group of people communicated and discussed for a while, Xu Shuwei suddenly received a message, and then he opened his eyes and burst out laughing.
"Usually when he laughs 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 mining exploration QS10086 multifunctional Multi-Arm Crab have discovered something, probably some important mineral deposits have been discovered." Toni said firmly.
"Hahaha, Toni is right, we have a QS10086 multi-function Multi-Arm Crab, and radioactive elements were found in the southern equatorial area of Mars!"
"Uranium ore?" Toni's eyes lit up.
"It's not clear yet, but judging from the test data of Multi-Arm Crab, a large number of alpha particles were detected in the collected stone layer!" Xu Shuwei said with a smile.
"Alpha particles?" Chen Mengchuan smiled.
Puslin said from the side, "It seems that it should be uranium ore."
"Alpha particles are a very stable radioactive particle, consisting of two protons and two neutrons, without any electrons. It should be known that chemical elements that are usually radioactive and have large atomic weights will emit alpha particles through alpha decay, thus becoming lighter elements until the Until the element is stable. Because alpha particles are relatively large and carry two positive charges, they can easily ionize other substances. Therefore, their energy is also dissipated quickly, and their penetrating ability is the weakest among many ionizing radiations. Human skin or a piece of paper can block alpha particles."
"So, if a large number of radioactive alpha particles can be detected in the stone layer, it is usually not uranium, but radium. But I prefer uranium. Currently, uranium in nature mainly exists in the form of three isotopes: uranium-238, uranium-235 and trace amounts of uranium-234. No matter where it is, A kind of isodigit, it releases alpha particles when it decays, and its half-life is very long! Among them, the half-life of uranium-238 is even estimated to be more than 4.47 billion years, and even uranium-235 is more than 700 million years. The current scientific community estimates the age of the earth based on this."
"Therefore, I believe that this QS10086 multifunctional Multi-Arm Crab has a very high probability of discovering a pitchblende mine!" Puslin said with some excitement!