Chapter 266 (1/2)

Although people have long suspected that Zhang Wei might announce the plan of immigrating to the moon at the press conference, they still felt a shock when they heard it. This is the immigrating to the moon. Is the dream of human beings for many years really to be realized now? And in three years, it's so sci-fi, you know, the moon is still a desolate and dead world, even without air! If other people say this, they will certainly scoff at it, but Zhang Wei is not the same. What he says from his mouth, even if it is impossible, has convincing capital.

Of course, there will be no less doubts about believing. People don't question technology, because with Zhang Wei, there should be no problem in technology. The question is, will future technology companies have the money to build a city on the moon? Although the technology companies in the future are very rich, even the United States, which is still the first in the world in terms of GDP, dare not presume to have the financial resources to build a city on the moon for 300000 people! Because the moon is destitute, all materials and equipment, even a brick and a mouthful of oxygen, have to be transported from the earth. Such a cost is really terrible. Unless the whole world undertakes it together, it will be terrible to rely on the financial resources of future technology companies alone.

”Dr. Zhang, how much will the technology company invest in the future?”

”Dr. Zhang, will future technology companies be able to undertake the construction of the moon city on their own?”

Although we haven't reached the question section, the reporters under the stage can't help but ask questions loudly.

Zhang Wei said with a confident smile, ”the investment of the future technology company must be an astronomical figure, which is hard to be estimated effectively even by ourselves for the time being, but I believe that the future technology company is fully capable of undertaking the construction of a moon city on its own.”

His confidence comes from three sources.

First, in the future, the technology company will be a terrible gold monster for a long time, and will continue to provide financial support for the construction of the moon city.

Second, for others, the most important cost of building a lunar city is transportation cost, while the energy of FutureTech's spaceship is provided by nuclear fusion atomic furnace. Helium 3, the fuel of nuclear fusion atomic furnace, is now available for free from the moon, so the transportation cost of FutureTech's spaceship is almost zero. Of course, this is without considering the depreciation of spaceship and other equipment.

Third, in the future, science and technology companies will build a large number of moon factories on the moon. When these factories are completed, they can use the resources on the moon to build the moon city. As for the factory workers? Of course, it's smart robots that can adapt to the moon environment perfectly without pay.

Seeing Zhang Wei's self-confidence, there was a buzzing discussion under the stage. Then a reporter asked Zhang Wei loudly what was his morale.

However, Zhang Wei did not explain in detail, but entered the next topic, ”the moon is just a starting point, after the moon, it is Mars. As we all know, Mars is the nearest neighbor of the earth, the most pleasant planet in the solar system besides the earth, and the most suitable planet for interstellar migration discovered by human beings so far.

According to the current exploration results and various theoretical studies, in ancient times, Mars was a world with humid climate and ecological environment suitable for life reproduction. The atmosphere was denser than it is now. There were vast oceans, scattered lakes, trickling rivers and alluvial fans formed by flooding on its surface. At that time, Mars was just as suitable as the earth The existence of life.

But after ancient times, Mars changed from a vibrant planet to a dead one. According to the analysis, the root cause is the cooling inside Mars. When Mars cooled down, the inner core stopped flowing, resulting in the loss of magnetism. The fierce solar wind directly blows on the surface of Mars, making the air of Mars drift into space. Then with the loss of water evaporation, there is no basis for the existence of life.

In theory, however, we can transform the Martian environment into a ”blue planet” so that Mars is suitable for human survival. The solution is to heat Mars and make it ”live”.

Scientists have come up with a variety of solutions for how to heat Mars quickly.

For example, use a mirror to reflect sunlight. As you may have seen in science fiction, the principle of this method is not magical. It is to build a large number of giant Myra mirrors on the orbit. How big is it? It's about 250 kilometers wide. It can cover Lake Michigan directly. Since the whole project weighs nearly 200000 tons, the construction process can only be completed in space. Set up a mirror 210000 kilometers away from Mars, and the reflected sunlight will be enough to melt the carbon dioxide on Mars and activate the greenhouse effect. In terms of current technology, this scheme has great feasibility.

Another option is to throw a meteor at Mars. If we can catch or redirect an asteroid or comet flying through the solar system, maybe we can let it fall to Mars and burn and release a lot of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Similar to throwing a nuclear weapon, a more effective way is to throw a bunch of 10 billion tons of asteroids or comets directly at Mars, which will increase the temperature by about 5 degrees Fahrenheit. According to my expectation, in the next five to ten years, science and technology companies should be able to initially grasp the relevant technologies to pull small comets to impact Mars, which can not only increase the quality and temperature of Mars, but also bring water to Mars.