Chapter 721 - Interstellar mining
Fan Yihang scratched his head and stared at his boss. Although he returned to the country from the Congolese mine, he thought that his job might be replaced, but he did not expect that the transfer would be so strange. Mr. Zhang, am I not wrong? You said that Xi and the plan sent a transfer letter and asked me to be transferred? I am a mining professional, what do they want me to do? “
“Oh, if you’re a half-hanger, what about the rest of us?” Zhang, the boss of their company’s rare boss, smiled incredibly sympathetically at this time, “When it comes to the application of mining machinery, you are in the entire group The top talent! Xi and the plan are also your skills in this regard! “
“Do you want me to go to the moon for mining?” This is not impossible, although the conditions of the moon are difficult, but after all, the black milo without ak is running around, which is even safer than Africa!
“It’s not the moon! I don’t know the exact place!” President Zhang shook his head. “In short, it will not be on the earth. You need to receive a lot of training before officially starting work! Of course, your salary will also be higher than It is much higher now! Although our company is still inseparable from you, but we have always supported Xi and the plan, you can consider replying to me! But I personally suggest that you still seize this opportunity! It turns out that there is The projects that Professor Lu participated in have always been very rewarding! “
It’s not that Lu Qiujian and their company won’t be able to win the Congo’s big list. Now people with clear eyes can see that Lu Qiujian is now preparing for a new plan! If you get Fan Yihang in, do you want to cooperate with Xihe in the future? Mr. Zhang’s abacus is extremely smart! To this end, he worked hard to patiently persuade his company’s technical backbone.
“Go! No need to think about it! Since Xi and the plan are in need, I am definitely willing to go!” Seeing Zhang always sincerely supported himself, the last trace of concern in his heart also disappeared, Fan Yihang resolutely replied.
“Okay! I’ll reply to them!” Mr. Zhang happily patted the table. “You don’t have to go to work these days, so be prepared! Tonight I will invite you to dinner on behalf of the company. Thank you for your company Contribute! “If it is not without a daughter, President Zhang would like to find him as son-in-law! This is a project in which Lu Qiujian participated! Once you seize this opportunity, your company will not have to worry at least for the next few decades!
President Zhang couldn’t help but loosen his tie. Li Shufu could get to the forefront of the Forbes rankings. Wasn’t it because he was embracing Professor Lu’s thigh? I also want to sit in this position!
Three days later, Fan Yihang was taken to the local military area by a car with a special license plate, and then came to the Xihe Project Base in Chang’an through a military aircraft. Now the scale here is more than ten years ago! Many researches related to nuclear fusion have gradually moved out of the cave, leaving more advanced research in the cave, and Fan Yihang is one of them.
After several identity verifications, Fan Yihang finally entered the cave, and a white-haired white man led him over, “Fan Yihang, right, I am the person in charge of this project, Li Yan. Let me familiarize myself with the project first. Right! “
Entering the experiment site, I saw a huge boulder stacked in the middle of a huge pool. A group of workers were operating various strange-looking machines busy on the stone! Through many years of work experience, Fan Yihang Mingrui observed that what they are doing is mining work!
What is this for? Underwater mining? Does this technology seem to be new? The South China Sea was originally full of places, but it was gradually closed a few years ago!
Li Yan’s next words quickly dispelled his doubts, “They are now simulating the mining operation under weightless conditions! Now it is only a small test stage, and when the small test is mature, we will go to the lake and ocean for a large experiment ! We will officially enter space to capture asteroids after the large-scale experiment is completed! “
Lying trough, asteroid mining! Fan Yihang almost jumped up excitedly! He has heard of this technology many times. The Planetary Resources Corporation and Deep Space Resources Corporation of the United States have long announced their interest in asteroid mining and attracted Google ’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt and Google. Founder Larry Page, Google Board founder Ram Schrem, Microsoft’s “Father of Word” Charles Simone, and director James Cameron invested in them; while steel-based industries The small European country Luxembourg has launched its own asteroid mining plan in the name of the country! Unexpectedly, China has now begun its own research in the field of asteroid mining!
As a veteran of the mining industry, Fan Yihang deeply knows how much benefit asteroid mining technology can bring to mankind; of the approximately 9,000 asteroids known, more than 1500 are as easy as landing on the moon; and here Among the 1500 asteroids, there is massive wealth.
In 2015, an asteroid about 500 meters in diameter flew across the earth. The arrival of the asteroid has attracted everyone ’s attention, not because of what disaster it will bring, but some scientists estimate that this asteroid number 2011uw-158 contains 100 million tons of platinum, with a total value of up to 5.4 trillion US dollars (about 330,000 100 million yuan).
As long as you can capture this asteroid ~ www.mtlnovel.com ~ enough to make platinum on the earth into cabbage prices! Oh no, then cabbage will be much more expensive than platinum!
The asteroids that have been discovered so far can be divided into three categories, one is a carbonaceous asteroid, one is a silicon asteroid, and the other is a metallic asteroid. Among them, carbonaceous and metallic asteroids are considered to be usable by humans, providing huge resources and economic value. Carbonaceous asteroids are rich in elements such as hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen, and can provide fuel for space exploration. Metallic asteroids are mainly composed of iron and nickel. Some asteroids are also rich in platinum-based metal elements, such as platinum, cobalt, rhodium, iridium, osmium and other rare metals. Obviously, this platinum asteroid belongs to a group rich in platinum-based metals.
If 2011uw-158 has gradually moved away from the earth, then the 241germania with a diameter of 168.9 kilometers may be in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter! If according to the current market price, the iron ore contained in him is worth nearly 100 trillion US dollars, which is enough to match the current total GDP of the world!
In this asteroid belt, there are many small stars similar to 241germania!
Did Professor Lu focus on the mining industry after burying the oil industry? Fan Yihang began to observe silence for BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. (To be continued.)