Super Island Tycoon-Chapter 723 - 722 Mineral Resources

After they return and rest for a period of time, they will continue to Mars to replace those stationed at the base.

Since the construction work has been completely finished, Jiang Cheng is ready to bring the astronauts back.

Of course, this time a few astronauts cannot return because the Mars Base cannot spare the manpower.

The situation of insufficient astronauts has already emerged, and those who return may have to set foot on Mars again without much rest.

The twenty remaining astronauts in Jiang Cheng's hands have other uses, so they cannot be sent to Mars.

Jiang Cheng plans to divide the ten astronauts on Mars into two groups, with five-person teams taking turns stationed on Mars.

This period will be tough for these astronauts, as they have to shuttle back and forth between Mars and Earth, hardly getting any decent rest.

This situation can only be resolved after the first batch of astronauts completes their training and someone can replace them in performing missions on Mars.

However, the training for those astronauts has just begun, so these ten astronauts are likely to endure hardships for a while.

Nonetheless, being able to stay on Mars for a long time, those astronauts are more than happy and won't even feel it's too arduous.

"I'll arrange the astronauts' return now, and the tasks for those remaining on Mars need to proceed simultaneously.

We are preparing to undertake major developments on Mars; the time for officially developing Mars has arrived.

Upon hearing Jiang Cheng's orders, Xiao Peng responded briefly and quickly resumed his work.

He still has a lot to do, as he mentioned, they are about to embark on a significant undertaking.

Half of the astronauts on Mars are about to return, and they will take rockets, journeying through four months of space travel to return to Earth.

Once they have rested well on Earth, they will again board rockets heading to Mars to replace those companions still on the planet.

Of course, the astronauts remaining on Mars aren't exactly idle; they have a lot of work to do.

The time for the official development of Mars has come, after such a long preparation now it can finally begin.

The construction of the Mars Base was for the purpose of developing Mars; otherwise, why did Jiang Cheng expend so much effort fussing over Mars?

Jiang Cheng plans to divide the development of Mars into three steps, the first of which is to conduct preliminary mining operations on Mars, then transport the refined minerals back to Earth.

Of course, what Jiang Cheng plans to mine are all high-value precious metals; otherwise, they wouldn't even make up for the cost of transporting them back to Earth.

The second step is to expand the scale of the Mars Base and increase the number of personnel undertaking tasks on Mars.

Slowly, when the scale of the Mars Base is large enough, it's time for the last step in reality.

Finally, Jiang Cheng hopes to build a large human settlement on Mars, beyond the scale of a city, assigning a large number of people to work on it.

If it can reach this step, it can be said that humanity has begun to immigrate to Mars.

The ambition in Jiang Cheng's heart is massive; merely developing Mars cannot satisfy him.

He is planning a large-scale immigration to Mars, transforming Mars into the second Earth.

However, discussing this now is still somewhat distant; currently, Jiang Cheng's task is to do the first step of development well.

This first step in development is related to the success or failure of the subsequent steps.

Only by smoothly commencing mining on Mars and successfully transporting them back to Earth can the next plans begin. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

The subsequent large-scale expansion of the Mars Base cannot be achieved with the current technology level.

Transporting people and equipment materials with rockets slowly, who knows how long it will take to build a city on Mars.

Hence, to achieve large-scale development of Mars, a completely new transportation tool is needed, replacing rockets as the transportation between Earth and Mars. When rockets can no longer meet Jiang Cheng's transportation needs, it's when spaceships will come into play.

Spaceships have much larger capacity than rockets and are considerably faster.

If spaceships are available, the carrying capacity would be limitless for Jiang Cheng.

However, if Jiang Cheng wants to build spaceships, a rare metal is indispensable.

Platinum is a necessary material for building spaceships, and the amount required is not small; at least the output on Earth cannot meet the requirement.

So Jiang Cheng set his eyes on Mars, hoping to obtain enough platinum from Mars.

It is known that the platinum reserves on Mars, the shallow veins alone are a hundred times that of Earth's, far richer than Earth's reserves.

The shallow, easily extractable veins on Mars are more than enough for Jiang Cheng's use, let alone the deeper veins which are even more ample.

One could say that the platinum mines on Mars are something Jiang Cheng is determined to obtain, and it's also a reason he is developing Mars with such effort.

Next, Jiang Cheng focuses the development of Mars on mining platinum primarily.

Although there are other precious minerals on Mars, platinum is what Jiang Cheng needs most right now.

Soon, the five astronauts returning to Earth embarked on their journey home, while those who stayed began their work.

Today is when platinum mining officially starts, so the unnamed astronauts got up very early.

The conditions at this Mars Base are very well established, and each person's room even has a hot water supply.

After the astronauts freshened up in their rooms, they headed to the base's dining hall.

The Mars Base covers a large area, aside from the essential equipment taking up space, a sufficient living area has been delineated.

The living conditions are quite favorable, not only does each astronaut have a small suite, but a dedicated dining hall has also been built.

After the astronauts inside the Mars Base finished breakfast in the dining hall, they started their day's work.

Housekeeping chores need not be done by them, as cleaning robots naturally take care of these trivial matters.

First, they have to inspect the equipment inside the base, this is related to their safety, and they cannot afford to be careless.

After checking all the equipment, they also need to visit the Ecological Planting Area to see the growth conditions of the vegetables and grains inside.

The Ecological Planting Area is a massive semicircular building, with several special lighting equipment on the ceiling to simulate the sunlight essential for plants.

The ground is neatly divided into many areas, each cultivating different crops.

Some are staple foods similar to rice and wheat, while others are vegetables providing necessary vitamins to the astronauts.

All the crops thrive robustly under the simulated sunlight, and it won't be long until it's harvest time.

Next to the Ecological Planting Area, there is also a small breeding station, where some livestock are (living) raised.