As long as the weather is good enough, you can see the giant tower reaching into the sky even from the island of New Guinea hundreds of kilometers away.
No one knew what it was, it seemed as if it appeared there overnight, "growing" toward the center of the earth day and night, and falling under the skyline.
From a distance, it looks like just a strand of hair. Only with a high-magnification telescope can you get a glimpse of the intricate textures on the tower.
If you are on Anga Island, the southernmost island of New Zealand, you can see the macroscopic view of this tower even with the naked eye. It is precisely for this reason that many aerospace and alien enthusiasts have traveled thousands of miles to New Zealand just to see this incredible wonder.
Yes, only the word "miracle" can describe this magnificent project that connects heaven and earth.
"Dad! What is that?" Standing on the beach of Anga Island, the little boy asked crisply, pointing to the white line connecting heaven and earth in the distance.
"That's the elevator." Looking at the space elevator in the distance, the man in beach shorts had an expression of fascination on his face.
"Elevator? Where does such a high elevator go?" The little boy looked at his father and asked with confusion on his face.
"Go to space," the man rubbed the little boy's head. "When dad was a child, you had to use a very high rocket to ignite the rocket and fly up. Now, using an elevator is enough."
"Space? Do I have a chance to go?" The little boy's eyes flashed with hope as he looked at his father and asked.
"Of course. Not just space, you may also have the opportunity to go to more distant places." The man smiled and looked at the cloud pierced by the space elevator, "My child, you have caught up with a good era."
The sea area near the space elevator has been classified as a military restricted area by Star Ring Trade. Frigates modified with J-type 50 electromagnetic guns cruised in the nearby waters, driving away ships entering this area with the help of coast guard ships. Maritime platforms equipped with laser air defense systems are deployed in the sea two kilometers away from the space elevator to defend against missiles or aircraft that may pose a threat to the space elevator.
Under the long and narrow space elevator, connected is a cuboid several kilometers long and wide, floating on the sea.
As the sea surface base station of the space elevator, it can dock cargo ships with a displacement of 10,000 tons, and the runway next to it also allows civilian airliners to dock.
The currently completed space elevator has six passenger passages on the inside and six cargo passages on the outside. There is a vertically upward "carriage" placed in the passenger passage. A single "carriage" can carry 60-80 passengers and adopts the electromagnetic drive principle. The entire carriage is like a projectile from an electromagnetic gun, accelerating on an electrified rail.
As for the freight channel, the principle is similar to that of the passenger channel, except that because it is transporting goods, the acceleration of the carriage will be above 10g, which is unbearable for humans, and the vertical speed will be close to the first cosmic acceleration.
Each cargo carriage can push 50 tons of cargo to the synchronous orbit, which is equivalent to two Long March 5 launch vehicles. As for the transportation cost per ton of cargo, it is even higher than that of the Falcon series rockets.
Countries seem to already know something about this "giant tower" that connects outer space and the earth, but they all remain silent. I believe that even if they don't say anything, the Future People Group will soon reveal this secret. They are waiting for the Future People Group to speak first, and then put forward their own demands based on the chips in hand.
Compared with the silence of various governments, the Internet exploded.
Space elevator!
This concept that originally only existed in fantasy literature, film and television works was actually brought into reality by the Future People Group? !
What completely ignited public opinion was a video uploaded to YouTube by a newly registered user. In the video, employees of Starlink Trading operate engineering vehicles, load unknown goods into the cargo boxes of the space elevator, and then send them into space.
The footage captured in the video is clear and well edited. This anonymous user is most likely an insider of Star Ring Trading. It can even be said that this video was released under the instruction of Star Ring Trading.
Regardless of the reason for the leak of this video, it has caused enough buzz on the Internet. Not to mention other online platforms, just below the comment area of this video, netizens expressed their shock in various languages.
"Oh my god, I can actually witness humanity moving towards the interstellar era in my lifetime!"
"You're going too far! It's just a broken elevator. Even if you haven't even built the Armstrong cyclotron super warp engine, how dare you claim to be heading towards the interstellar era?"
"What nonsense are you talking about upstairs? Stop saying anything and take some medicine first."
"I heard that Japan's Obayashi Construction Company plans to start building a space elevator in 2050? Please help the president of this company to have a psychological shadow."
Not only the spontaneous discussions among netizens, but also major newspapers, TV, and online media have followed up and reported on this century-old project of the Future Man Group.
"The breakthrough in graphene technology has paved the way for the completion of today's space elevator. At a height of 36,000 kilometers, it will exceed any tall building in the world and will exceed any building in the next fifty years. It is worth reflecting on The thing is, when we are trying to build the buildings higher and make the buildings more valuable, so valuable that most people cannot afford it, the small country far away in the Pacific has reached out to what we can only look up to. Place." bb news.
"The paradox of rockets is that most of the rocket's fuel is consumed in pushing the fuel itself. The space elevator only relies on electrical energy to send what we need to push to synchronous orbit. Peter, president of the International Space Elevator Association, believes that space The elevator is an amazing piece of technology that could open the door to our solar system. A few years ago we all thought it was fanciful, but now I’m afraid no one would doubt it.” CBS Radio.
"... Behind this great project is a very creative entrepreneur. His contribution to modern civilization is far greater than that of Jobs and Gates combined, because the breadth of his fields is jaw-dropping. And such a This great entrepreneur was born in a small county called Hucheng in the Jiangnan area of China. What kind of living environment gave birth to such a genius? Let us walk into this small county and his life. Go to the school you have passed and explore..."
Looking through the newspaper in his hand, Jiang Chen suddenly laughed out loud when he was halfway through.
Ayesha walked up to him with the coffee and placed it gently on the table. She tilted her head and looked at Jiang Chen who was giggling in confusion.
"Did anything good happen to you?"
"So be it," Jiang Chen shook his head and threw the newspaper aside.
As an official media, Renmin Daily also reflects the position of the Chinese government to a certain extent. These days, Renbao has been doing its best to package him as one of the "Four Good Young Men" who went from China to the world and brought honor to the country. Although he was happy to see someone bragging about his awesomeness in his hometown, he had to think about the deeper meaning behind it.
"I hope they will be on our side at the United Nations Summit on the Rational Development of Outer Space in a week's time." Jiang Chen thoughtfully picked up the coffee and brought it to his mouth to take a sip.
There is no doubt that space elevators will be a key topic of discussion at the United Nations Outer Space Summit. And what kind of vote the five gangsters will make on this issue is also an issue that the Future People Group has to pay attention to.
If nothing else happens, China and Russia should send people to contact him privately. The United States should also send people, and the United Kingdom, which has left Europe, should also do so. As for the European Union, it may be more reserved. After all, the relationship between the Future Group and the European Union is a bit delicate.
No matter what vote the United Nations Council makes at the summit, the plans for Star Circle Trade will not change.
On the second day after the summit, the space elevator will officially open its first train from the offshore platform to the synchronous orbiting space station Star Ring City.
This time the delivery was not goods, but people. (.)