Chapter 543: Returning the One Gram Sample to You
After Williams' inspiring speech, everyone finally calmed down.
Williams knew clearly that even if he wanted to apply to join the Rabbit's moon landing plan, the people above would not agree.
This is undoubtedly giving up one's own moon landing plan and surrendering to the rabbit.
Although SAM Space Agency has declined a lot, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse, and they will not give up now.
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After finishing the call with Johnson, Xu You was in a good mood.
These days, Xu You successfully kept Sam Space Agency hopeful, but eventually fell into despair.
The root cause of all this did not come from Xu You’s strategy, but from the various problems existing in the space launch system itself.
If it weren't for so many hidden dangers in the space launch system itself, no matter what Xu You did, it would not have any impact on Sam Space Agency.
However, what made Xu You and others feel regretful was.
These days have passed, and the Lunar Rover No. 3 still has not regained its signal.
Everyone has made psychological preparations for the worst for this lunar rover.
"Under strong electromagnetic interference, it is difficult to ensure that the No. 3 lunar rover will not be affected in any way. Once the energy is completely exhausted, we may never find the lunar rover again."
"Of course, there is also a best-case scenario, which is that the Lunar Rover No. 3 is still carrying out its mission, but it is still in an area with very serious electromagnetic interference. It will not be until the Lunar Rover No. 3 completely leaves that area that we can get in touch again."
Fortunately, the other three lunar rovers are still carrying out their missions and will not have a fundamental impact on our lunar exploration program.
While analyzing the data transmitted by the three lunar rovers, the National Space Administration began another task.
That is the sharing of lunar samples.
The last time three astronauts brought back samples from the moon, the mass of which weighed several hundred kilograms.
Most of these samples will be distributed to our major scientific research institutions for detailed analysis.
Part of it will also be distributed to other countries so that all countries can enjoy our achievements together.
When distributing lunar samples, we mainly target various allied countries.
These countries have carried out a series of cooperation with us before, and it is very natural for them to share some lunar samples.
In terms of specific distribution methods, we try our best to allocate according to scientific research capabilities.
Because this sharing is not completely selfless, these allies will share their research results on these lunar samples back to us.
This allocation method can maximize the utilization of these resources.
For example, the Soviet Union obtained one kilogram of our lunar samples.
Such a large number of samples was extremely precious in the past.
But considering the total number of samples exceeding several hundred kilograms, there is no need to feel bad about separating these.
After all, with Soviet scientific research technology, it will definitely be worthy of these samples.
However, we had some differences of opinion on the sample allocation of some Western countries.
After all, not only have they not provided any help to our space program , they have even provided some obstruction.
If this is the case, it would be inappropriate to proactively give them some lunar samples.
What’s interesting is that this time, SAM Space Agency actually took the initiative to propose to obtain some of our lunar samples and help us with our research work.
"Has Sam's space agency become so humble now..."
"That's nothing. After all, they haven't explored the moon on a large scale since the Apollo project. If they have the opportunity to obtain some of the lunar samples we bring back, it will definitely be of great help to their research."
"Back then, they also gave us a one-gram lunar sample. After all, we should reciprocate."
After some discussion, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration decided that it should meet the request of SAM Space Agency.
In the end, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration donated the precious one gram of lunar samples collected to the SAM Space Agency.
SAM Space Agency was deeply moved by this and accepted this precious one gram of lunar sample.
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As time went by, the Lunar Rover No. 3 still hadn't recovered its signal.
However, these days the three Golden Rabbit No. 1s have brought us a lot of valuable information.
One of the pieces of information is that it once again proves the existence of large amounts of helium-3 on the moon.
A new type of mineral discovered has an extremely high content of helium-3, which is considered to be the easiest ore to extract helium-3 known so far.
Because of this new discovery, the application of helium-3 has once again been put on the agenda.
In the conference room, everyone was discussing the future applications of helium-3.
"I think the application value of helium-3 is not as great as we think, at least it will not be one of the conventional energy sources on Earth in the future. Because the temperature required for helium-3 nuclear fusion is very high, it is more difficult to ignite than deuterium and tritium, which are more abundant on Earth. In comparison, deuterium and tritium are obviously more suitable as fuel for nuclear fusion."
"Yes, I agree with Professor Wang. Besides, it is difficult to mine helium-3 on the moon, and it is also difficult to transport it back to Earth. Even if a new type of ore is discovered, it will take several tons of ore to extract one gram of helium-3."
Listening to the opinions expressed by these experts, Xu You was also thinking quickly in his mind.
Indeed, the opinions expressed by these experts are all reasonable and well-founded, and Xu You has no objection to them.
However, in Xu You's heart, he did not give up this new type of clean energy immediately.
After the other experts finished their discussion, Xu You said:
" Everyone's opinions are very reasonable. I also think that helium-3 will not become one of our conventional energy sources in the short term. But I have some preliminary plans for the future development of helium-3."
Hearing Xu You's words, all the experts present immediately perked up and focused their attention on Xu You.
After all, Xu You is .
No matter which industry he is in, Xu You has a very important say and often puts forward some novel and highly forward-looking opinions.
After looking up at the experts, Xu You continued:
"Admittedly, the extraction, transportation, and ignition of helium-3 are indeed very difficult, and it is difficult to achieve a breakthrough in a short period of time. However, if we change our thinking, we can save a lot of trouble."
