Technology: Breaking the Global Monopoly

Chapter 2467 Heavy steps
The mortise and tenon technique is a brilliant achievement of the ancient architectural skills of Daxia and has been passed down for thousands of years. However, no one would have thought that at this time there was a "madman" on the moon who was using the mortise and tenon technique to build an ancient building.

Outside the circular foundation platform with a diameter of several hundred meters, equipment is electrolytically extracting aluminum, titanium, silicon and other materials from the lunar soil.

The main structure of this ancient palace-shaped building is made of a special fiber-reinforced composite material. Years of testing have shown that this material with a thickness of 15 cm can block 99% of cosmic rays.

Although a lunar defense system has been deployed, this palace with ancient architectural features is still designed with a special protective layer to defend against possible meteorite impacts - a grid structure sintered from lunar soil and supplemented with a special alloy as the backbone, and the surface is covered with a 1.5-meter-thick layer of lunar basalt particles.

Inside the palace, in addition to Han mythology carved from lunar basalt, there is also a small closed-loop ecosystem consisting of a cyanobacteria culture chamber and a water circulation system. Through additive materials and intelligent control, coupled with building phase change material wall panels, the indoor temperature difference can be kept constant between +20℃ and 2℃, allowing the oxygen regeneration rate to reach an outrageous 93%.

Even in the underground cave beneath the palace, a large-scale plant factory has been built. By using LED spectrum adjustment, the growth cycle of wheat can now be shortened to 65 days. The growth cycles of fast-growing vegetables such as lettuce and cabbage have also been shortened to varying degrees.

Tang Yi, a bioengineering expert from the official expert team, and mechanical engineers Zhou Jue and Li Li, among others, have expressed their feelings and complaints more than once when they saw this palace building.

"I heard that when Yu Hongbin proposed to do this project, it was Mr. Gu who made the final decision. It's really extravagant. According to this scale and design function, the cost of this Guanghan Palace should be around 100 billion..."

"The cost depends on the standard. Our Daxia Aerospace Group would have to spend hundreds of billions. If it were NASA, it would probably cost trillions. For Jiuzhou Technology, it would probably only cost a few billion. If we don't count the material consumption, equipment loss, and time spent, the cost can be reduced to about 10 billion."

"One billion, that's only if we make 'false accounts' for Jiuzhou Technology. But I really don't understand, do the top management of Jiuzhou Technology care so much about engineers? This Guanghan Palace, the spiritual ecological arena in the underground base, and they even plan to build a swimming pool. People who don't know would think that the environment on the moon is harsh, but who would have thought that the engineers here have no worries about food and drink, and can even surf the Internet and play games."

"To be honest, if it weren't for the low gravity on the moon, I would have stayed in the underground base for so long that I would sometimes feel as if I had never left Blue Planet. The treatment that Jiuzhou Technology gives to its engineers is indeed excellent, even better than that of many Blue Planet testing institutions in their homeland. I heard that the Titanium Star Department of Jiuzhou Technology is also developing new sleeping chambers, striving to allow engineers to live healthier lives on the moon for a longer period of time."

He Zizhang, the head of Daxia's official team, felt a little upset when he heard these complaints and sighs from his colleagues.

No matter from which perspective, the longer we can live on the moon, the more important it will be in promoting the development and utilization of lunar resources.

The land under our feet is not a "desert". Although plants cannot grow there without protection, it is rich in rare resources such as helium-3 and rare earth elements.

There is no doubt that Jiuzhou Technology is already able to build a base on the moon to develop and utilize these resources.

And from what we have observed over this period of time, Jiuzhou Technology may...

Looking at the engineering robots not far away that are specially used for moving and assembling equipment in the lunar environment, these things can even assemble buildings with higher efficiency and precision than humans. He Zizhang even felt a little powerless and curious.

It is impossible to worship. "These automated intelligent robots can prepare building materials, assemble buildings and equipment on the moon, which can reduce human intervention, improve work efficiency and reduce costs.

Jiuzhou Technology has even been able to utilize local resources on the moon and use 3D printing technology to manufacture some robots that are not highly sophisticated but are fully controllable, thereby speeding up the construction of the lunar base.

The circle of solar power stations surrounding the moon's surface can provide a stable energy supply, but Jiuzhou Technology must be developing nuclear fusion technology at the same time...

That group of experts believed that it might take 10 to 20 years, or even longer, to achieve the goal of building a base on the moon. Although this long time estimate is largely due to the extremely harsh environment on the moon, it seems obvious that Jiuzhou Technology does not need 10 years.

Judging from the scale of the underground base we live in and its various humanized designs, Jiuzhou Technology may have had supporting technical research and development results five years ago..."

He Zizhang was thinking in his mind, but he did not stop.

The lunar city construction project is a further pioneering cooperation project between the government and Jiuzhou Technology. As one of its members, he feels that the burden on his shoulders is very heavy.

If this project is done well, the Chinese nation will surely be able to unite and continue to soar.

However, if the cooperation between the two parties on this project is not pleasant, there will likely be disagreements in the future.

Building bases and cities on the moon involves multiple fields such as aerospace, materials science, and engineering, and it is simply not something that can be done alone.

He Zizhang knew that the official team of Daxia had already achieved certain results in the experimental stage under a simulated environment, and were even able to manufacture lunar soil bricks and lunar suits.

Compared with organizations in other countries and regions, these achievements are extremely excellent, but compared with the technological achievements of Jiuzhou Xinghai Company, they are really incomparable.

"Perhaps, all I can do is study hard..."

This talented engineer, who was once a top student, now feels that every step he takes forward is a little heavy.

But after he led the team back to the engineering command center and devoted himself to the work, he felt extremely relaxed and comfortable. He was even very efficient when operating equipment, analyzing parameters and giving suggestions for the plan.

"Using the ilmenite rich in the lunar soil, we can sinter it into building materials at 2450℃ through 1100MHz microwaves. We can produce 2 square meters of hexagonal hardened floor tiles per hour with a compressive strength of more than 50MPa. These new equipment are not suitable for the center of the project now. I suggest choosing the edge area for testing..."