Chapter 1518 - End of Summit (2/2)

On the other hand, in the far away Europe in the Western Hemisphere, people in Britain and France also closely followed the summit.

Countless pairs of eyes all focused on the screen with envy, suspicion, and even jealousy, but no matter what kind of feeling they had, once the summit ended, the start of the new era had nothing to do with them.

“A total of 176 billion Xin New dollars of investment, including the 50 billion Xin New dollars invested by the Future Bank, this time our colonization of Himalia has a sufficient budget. Based on the plan, we can first establish on 200-person colony in Europa to build water treatment stations, electrolysis stations, and other life-sustaining facilities. Once we can ensure that we can maintain the oxygen, freshwater, and food consumption of 1,000 people in the Jupiter planetary system, we will send a second batch of colonists to Himalia.”

At the headquarters of the Space Department, Kelvin reported to Jiang Chen on the summit on the second day after the summit ended.

Based on the contracts signed by Celestial Trade with other countries, the Himalia colonization plan would be launched immediately at the end of the month, and all investments would be ready within a month. If Himalia’s gas output could reach 500 million cubic meters per day within a year, the member states would make further investments in accordance with the agreement.

The daily output of 500 million cubic meters was almost half of Russia’s natural gas production. Although most countries were still skeptical about whether the gas production in Himalia could reach this figure, Jiang Chen was not concerned.

He read the gas reserves report from the Himalia outpost and it stated that with the exclusion of the black alkane mines in the rock formation on the surface, the hundreds of large and small natural gas lakes on the surface was at least hundreds of times larger than the proven reserves on Earth, and the figure was a conservative estimate.

As long as transportation and large-scale mining could be solved, even if the figure of 500 million cubic meters per day was doubled, it was still possible to achieve.

“The colonization plan can be executed based on this plan,” Jiang Chen hurriedly glanced at the document passed over, put it aside, then continued, “Has the cultivation problem been solved for the MW1 bacteria at the Special Projects Institute?”

“There is no issue with cultivating on Himalia, but it is difficult to cultivate on Earth,” Kelvin replied.

“Have you found the reason?” Jiang Chen asked.

“The structure of the MW1 bacteria is very unique. It is very resistant to cosmic radiation and low-pressure environments, but it has extremely harsh requirements for gravity conditions. If the coefficient of gravity exceeds 0.1g, the metabolic level of this bacteria will begin to decline exponentially. When the gravity coefficient reaches 0.8g, the metabolism of MW1 bacteria will stop. If we want to cultivate MW1 bacteria on Earth, we must improve its genotype, or build a base in the form of a space station in the gravity-free section of Celestial City.” Kelvin repeated to Jiang Chen the original words of the researchers of the Special Projects Institute.

From a cost perspective, the idea of ​​cultivating MW1 bacteria on Earth seemed a bit unrealistic. But in fact, it did not impact the plan. After all, the gas produced by Himalia would naturally be converted into black alkane on Himalia.

Jiang Chen then asked Kelvin about the details of building a total of 20 astronaut training center branch schools in each member country and then asked him to leave.

After he checked his watch, it was already five o’clock in the afternoon.

Just when Jiang Chen planned to go to the cafeteria for dinner, and then rest for a while, the indicator light on his watch flickered.

He clicked on the holographic screen of the watch, and Lilith’s image appeared beside him.

“What’s the matter?” Jiang Chen looked at Lilith.

“Lin Lin asked me to bring you a message. The research task you gave her has already yielded results.”