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Chapter 508 The moon has belonged to all mankind since ancient times
The moon, people on the earth have been paying attention to it for a long time, maybe a long time ago when humans were still "fools" they started to pay attention to it.

Of course, human imagination is unlimited, but technology is limited.

Baba has been looking at the moon for so many years. Knowing that there are rich mineral resources on the moon, I want to go up and take a look. It was only a few decades ago that humans were lucky enough to walk around the moon, but they wanted to use the resources on it. , and from the perspective of resource utilization, making profits exceed inputs is still a long way off.

However, the technology is not good, so it does not delay people's imagination.

Originally, many countries and private companies thought about building a lunar base on the back of the moon. Many scientists also believed that the back of the moon is the best location for a lunar base. In addition to mining mineral resources, it is also very good to install telescopes there. It is very rewarding to know about the universe.

But there are also disadvantages, that is, a series of transit satellites are needed to maintain the connection between the back of the moon and the earth, but with the development of technology, this condition can also be solved.

This is a very important psychological factor, because the astronauts working on the far side of the moon cannot feel isolated from the world, so that they can feel that they are not alone.

But although this solves the contact problem, it is difficult for astronauts to take a look at the earth on the back of the moon.

Although it is a bit hypocritical to say so, sometimes human beings are like this. If you can see "home" with your eyes, you will not be lonely.

So some people later changed their minds. If it is purely out of consideration for resource utilization, then a place close to the south pole of the moon may be a better location.

Because there is a lot of water ice and other minerals there, and because the moon is a very different place than the earth, it takes nearly a month for the moon to rotate around itself, so in most areas of the lunar surface, each night lasts about two weeks.

However, some areas at the south pole of the moon are illuminated almost all the time, similar to the summer conditions at the north pole of the earth, which means that these areas do not have particularly large temperature changes, so that the solar panels erected there can absorb enough sunlight, Provide electricity to the moon base.

As for the telescope, it only needs to be built outside the atmosphere.

This is also the reason why Guguang Aerospace chose the site here, because Dong Chen didn't tell them about nuclear fusion, and they only considered the existing high-conversion solar panels of Arclight Aerospace.

No matter how high the conversion rate is, it cannot be separated from the sun, and the area they want to build is still so large, and there are so many facilities inside, so the electricity consumption must be high.

The initial base was only to test the survivability of human beings building bases on alien planets, and it was for the exploration of more distant alien exploration and colonization plans in the future.

If you can't even stay on the nearest moon, don't even think about the farther distance.

Mining, experimentation, and operating tourism are actually part of the experiment, but they won't tell the outside world, and they also hope to make a profit, after all, they are still private companies, right?

With such a business model, coupled with the technical support of Arclight Aerospace, there is still hope for profitability.

Dong Chen's ultimate goal is to go for helium-3. Others can't use it for the time being, but he has ready-made technology in his hand. This element is a trump card in his hand, and it is a rigid demand during the development of the universe. , must occupy.

And with a moon base, there is one more way.

After Dong Chen introduced all the situation, he looked at the reporters below who were obediently raising their hands like elementary school students, pointed at one of them and said, "It's just you, what do you want to ask?"

Dong Chen didn't look carefully. After he stood up and looked at the name tag, he realized that it was a reporter from the United States.

He raised his microphone and asked, "Mr. Dong Chen, when we first landed on the moon in the United States, we declared that the moon belongs to all mankind, so is your company's current behavior a violation of the United Nations' Outer Space Treaty?" "What about? After all, Huaguo is also a signatory to the treaty, so it cannot declare sovereignty over the moon."

"My question is over, please answer?"

Looking at the reporter who sat down honestly after asking the question, Dong Chen was not sure if he had been instructed by something, and he blamed himself for pointing fingers.

But he smiled and said, "This reporter from the United States, I think you got a question wrong, and you don't seem to know that there is a "Moon Agreement", right?"

Dong Chen raised his index finger and said, "First, the "Moon Agreement" mentioned that the moon and its natural resources are the common property of mankind, that is to say, what you said belonged to all mankind, and no country, group or individual should take it for themselves. Yes, but countries are allowed to develop and utilize it.”

"That is to say, whoever develops first will benefit first. There is nothing wrong with our company's plan."

"Second, we have not declared sovereignty over the moon. Our company is only responsible for the lunar bases and resource mines we built ourselves, which is no problem at all."

"Third, please find comrades from "All Humanity" to come out and talk to me. I am willing to sit down and talk to him."

"Fourth, it's true that you, the United States, were the first to land on the moon, but now can you develop your technology and return to the moon with peace of mind? Don't keep worrying about things that are out of your control, OK? The new battleship is ready? "

"Fifth, the law depends on execution, not on words."

After finishing speaking, Dong Chen glanced at him, then turned his head to look beside him and said, "After answering the first question, you can ask the second one."

Since Dong Chen pissed off the first reporter, the following reporters became much more honest.

As people in the news media circles, fans of the Arc Light Group hate certain countries that control their own public opinion, and they know much better than others.

That's pretty remarkable.

Fortunately, the entire press conference ended in a short while, but the problems brought about by the press conference did not end, and the discussions around the world were even more heated than the first interaction before.

The reason lies in a series of rights and interests of human beings over various sovereignty, ownership rights, development rights, etc. of extraterrestrial planets.

Various countries have formulated some laws and regulations in this regard through the United Nations, and many countries have also signed them, but these laws and regulations have not been fully implemented, and they are full of loopholes.

Even made a lot of jokes.

When the "Outer Space Treaty" first came out to restrict countries from declaring sovereignty over outer space, many private individuals declared sovereignty over outer space one after another, and some people successfully made money.

But in the end, they all disappeared and were even arrested because they couldn't "beat" the state institutions.

The feasibility of these laws has been discussed by the legal profession. Although they were signed, there is no conclusion.

It's still the problem, the problem of execution.

It is difficult for human beings to land on the moon once, let alone carry out life and production activities on it.

And obviously can't do anything, but just want to frame the whole universe with a law, without asking whether the aliens agree or not.

Therefore, although these laws and regulations have been pushed out, those powerful countries should still do what they want, because these laws and regulations are useless at all.

Some international laws that only govern the earth are not very binding, let alone laws that govern alien planets. If they are binding, there will be ghosts.

The Arclight Group did not directly declare its sovereignty over the moon. That is because the Arclight Group’s base camp and foundation are on the earth, and it also feels that there is no need to fight with the countries on the earth for a small moon. With the technology of the Arclight Group, future exploration The universe can still get the most benefit.

There is no need to make a mess of your own rear for petty gains at the beginning.

So Dong Chen didn't intend to block all the roads, and left a lot of roads for them. As long as they could come up, Dong Chen didn't intend to block them.

Of course, as long as they are not greedy.

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