Chapter 693

Astronauts are now in a very flat position, there are not many ups and downs around the terrain, want to develop around will not encounter any obstacles.

And the geological structure here is also very good, can withstand the construction of various buildings.

The most important thing is that not far from here, there is a high-quality shallow iron vein.

This iron ore is basically located on the surface of the earth. Mining is very simple. You can see the vein without digging too deep.

And the iron content of iron ore is also very high, even higher than the highest quality iron ore on earth.

This super high quality iron ore smelting process is very simple, it is easy to get finished steel.

You know, steel is the most basic industrial raw material. As long as there is steel, many things can be processed on Mars in situ, and there is no need to transport them from the distant earth.

Because of this high-quality shallow iron vein, Jiang Cheng finally chose this place as the site of Mars base.

This iron ore vein is so rare that it is easy to mine and smelt.

If this reservoir vein is on the earth, we don't know how many companies will plunder it.

It's a pity that there are not so good iron ore veins on the earth, so those companies can only look at them with envy on the earth.

That's the advantage of developing outer space. It's just Mars, which is closest to the earth. It already has what kind of good mineral resources it will have.

Moreover, there is more than one vein on Mars. There are many excellent minerals waiting to be developed.

Iron ore is just a big demand for construction base, but its value is in fact high. It's not very high.

At least, the iron ore mined from Mars can't be transported back to the earth to sell for money. It's a kind of mental handicap to transport such worthless things as iron ore back so far.

The price of Yunai alone is countless times higher than that of iron ore, so it is not worth shipping back to the earth.

But this is not to say that there is no point in developing Mars. Iron ore is not valuable, but there are valuable things on Mars.

On the last detailed exploration of Mars, Jiang Cheng found several platinum veins on Mars.

The gold reserves of these platinum veins on Mars far exceed the largest platinum mines on the earth, and the mining difficulty is lower than that on the earth.

If Jiang Cheng establishes a base on Mars, he can start mining platinum on Mars.

Platinum is a very precious metal. The reserves on the earth are very low, so the price has always been high.

The reserves of platinum on Mars have been detected to be dozens of times that of the earth. Therefore, it is very promising to exploit platinum on Mars.

Although the transportation cost from Mars to the earth is now considered, it is still a bit of a loss to transport platinum back.

But the technology is constantly improving, and the cost of space transportation will certainly continue to decline in the future.

Jiang Cheng's new rocket has been under research and development. When this kind of rocket is developed, the cost of space transportation will drop again.

It is estimated that when platinum can be mined on Mars, transportation costs will be reduced to a profitable level.

At that time, Jiangcheng will be able to make money from this, and a continuous stream of platinum will fill the market on the earth.

It is possible that the price of platinum will drop due to the exploitation of Mars, but it is still of great significance to transport platinum back from Mars.

The stability of platinum is very high, and it is very suitable to be used as industrial raw materials

so platinum, a precious metal, can not only be used as jewelry, but also has great practical value.

Jiang Cheng knows that many space vehicles in the future will need to use a lot of platinum.

If we only rely on the earth to buy, even with Jiangcheng's wealth, we can not make up so much platinum demand.

The platinum on Mars has also solved this problem, which is one of Jiang Cheng's purposes in developing Mars.

From here we can see how poor the earth is. Compared with the Liao universe, the resources on the earth are not worth mentioning at all.

Therefore, going to space is the only way for human beings. There are countless resources waiting for human beings in the solar system alone.

The astronauts are busy preparing for the mission on Mars, and the technicians on this side of the earth are not idle.

The entire space technology team is now in a tense and busy state, except that the space mission center needs people to monitor the situation on Mars.

The R & D team is also busy with their own work. They are doing the final technology research and development.

The establishment of Mars base needs a lot of new technologies, and now these technicians are making preparations.

At the same time that astronauts are working hard on Mars, the company is also busy with carbon.

Now that mankind has completely set foot on Mars, the first step of the Mars development plan is the completion of the project.The next step is to initially establish a permanent base on Mars, which will serve as a base for the development of Mars.

This is the second and most important step of the whole Mars development program.

If you want to carry out development work on Mars and realize Mars migration in the future, you need a permanent Mars base.

This Mars base must first be able to protect the human beings living on Mars, at least be hard enough to resist the accidents encountered on Mars.

There must be enough life support system in Mars base to meet the basic needs of human beings on Mars.

oxygen production equipment is a must. Human beings can't live more than ten minutes without oxygen, which is the first factor of survival. It's better to survive some simple things in the base, which can also reduce the transportation trouble.

In particular, the problem of food is best solved in the base. If all the food people eat on Mars has to be transported from the earth, then the development of Mars is just a fantasy.

Only when this Mars base is basically self-sufficient can it provide support for the development of Mars.

It's not easy to do this. The whole R & D team is busy with it now.

The problem of building materials has been solved. Now many mining robots have been produced. As long as they are transported to Mars, they can continuously mine all kinds of ores.

The integrated melting and forging equipment and maintenance robots are also produced.

It can be said that after the efforts of some time ago, the materials needed for the construction of Mars base have been basically solved.

But construction materials are just a small problem, and other problems are the most troublesome.

The most troublesome thing is the life support system of the base, which is related to the safety of human life on Mars, but we can't joke about it.