"Five thousand one hundred forty... with a 2.5% margin of error."
Deng Lei looked at the numbers on the laser rangefinder and then confirmed them with a GPS.
The location of "Robin Hood's" test explosion was at the center of the mining area, using a semi-buried detonation primarily affecting the lunar surface.
The goal was to also test the grand idea of using nuclear explosions to modify the terrain; although this explosion wouldn't create a large plain, as long as the observational results were roughly accurate, it indicated that using nuclear bombs for construction was somewhat feasible.
There were seven unidentified experimental devices near the "Robin Hood" explosive device, four domestic, two American, and one Russian.
All the experts chose to skip over them when mentioned, simply placing them according to specifications and scattering observation instruments all around the core area.
