War of words.
This was Jiang Chen's only reflection on participating in this United Nations summit.
Canberra, the capital of Australia, is located in an open valley in the Australian mountain range. It has a small population and quite beautiful scenery. It was selected as the venue for the United Nations Outer Space Summit. The Australian government attaches great importance to the convening of this summit, because this summit will be visited by many heads of state and high-level representatives sent by the five permanent members. One can imagine the importance of the meeting.
As early as three days before the meeting, the area near the summit venue in Canberra was under martial law. Shops were closed and factories were closed. The entire street in Canberra's West End was deserted without a single soul.
The meeting was held smoothly without any twists and turns.
Usually at such summits attended by multiple heads of state, there is often more than one topic discussed, not even limited to the issue of outer space development, and the highlight of the summit is often not placed at the beginning.
The first issue discussed was not the space elevator, but the North Korea nuclear issue. Just two months ago, North Korea launched a rocket that appeared to be a ballistic missile and was said to be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. I wonder if this has anything to do with the Outer Space Summit? Of course there is still some connection. It has always been the consensus of the international community to use outer space for peaceful purposes.
Although the lean-looking representative was impassioned enough in his speech, Jiang Chen, who was sitting next to Zhang Yaping, still yawned.
No matter how long we discuss a problem like this that cannot be solved at all, it is just a waste of time.
To sum up, the main protagonists of the speeches were basically the representative of North Korea and the US Secretary of State Kerry, and the contents of the speeches of both parties can be summarized into four sentences.
"You are not allowed to fire rockets!"
"It's my power to launch rockets!"
"Would you like to fire one shot?"
"Hey, I cum."
beat
If you can, you should do it as early as possible.
But war is never an issue that can be decided with one or two missiles and a pat on the head, and international issues are definitely not applicable to the player mentality of hitting wherever you click with the mouse - "If A hits the opposite base, you win."
People will look for reasons to convince themselves of what has happened, or use their own set of logic combined with limited information to deduce the so-called necessity. The only commonality of the conclusions drawn by all reasoning is nothing more than one, that is, there has never been Really correct.
People will always repeat the same tragedies, and humans will always make the same mistakes.
Believing this, Jiang Chen sat there confidently, yawned at NASA Director Bolden who was looking at him, and then glanced at the nearest camera, guessing that it might not be able to capture it. The part below his desk, and then he took out the future mobile phone from his pocket with peace of mind, and played the mobile game produced by Futureman Technology.
Even if the space elevator is right here, even if they know the value of this thing, they can only watch themselves walking in front of them in the face of the price they can't afford.
Zhang Yaping glanced at Jiang Chen, who was sitting next to him, and couldn't help but whisper a reminder.
"You are in a good mood."
"It's okay. Our space elevator will be after three issues. You don't have to be so nervous now." Jiang Chen did not raise his head, his eyes were still staring at the picture on the screen of his mobile phone.
Zhang Yaping was stunned for a moment and touched his face with a strange expression.
"Am I nervous now?"
"Maybe it's my imagination."
As Jiang Chen expected, the North Korea nuclear issue did not result in any discussion. However, judging from Kerry's indifferent expression, it seemed that he himself did not think that any results could be reached from such a meeting.
After the question of whether North Korea launched missiles or rockets, the civil war in Turkey continued from the second half of last year to the present, and then the civil war in Ukraine. If the previous issue can still have something to do with outer space, then these two issues have nothing to do with each other. It was purely because there were not many opportunities for such high-level representatives to get together, so a discussion was forced.
These two topics did not last long, and soon the highlight of the summit was discussed - the issue of safety in the use of space elevators.
Jiang Chen put away his cell phone under the table and glanced at the venue.
With his eyesight, he could clearly observe that the originally drowsy Italian President perked up, the ESA director who had been writing again stopped, and the NASA director who had been staring at him finally took it back. He looked at the memo on his desk.
"The next topic is a discussion on the safety of the use of space elevators..."
The voice of Ms. Mazlan Osman, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, rang in the venue. Before the words were settled, the President of Panama, a Central American country, stood up and asked the new country a question with the help of a microphone.
"Regarding the space elevator, I have something to ask the President of New Zealand. When you submitted your space activity declaration to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, the registration stated scientific research purposes and a geostationary space station."
When he said this, the Panamanian president did not sound kind. Central American countries are basically the underlings of the United States. Looking at NASA Administrator Bolden's busy look, Jiang Chen knew that the Panama representative's speech was probably meant by the United States.
When Starlink Trade built the space station bigger and bigger, it had already aroused the vigilance of the United States and other countries. In the end, when Star Ring Trade began to "throw ropes" down from the space station, they were completely dumbfounded.
When NASA analyzed and learned that it might be a space elevator, it was already at the end of last year. Until Star Ring Trade announced the news in mid-January, they could not fully accept this reality.
God, that's something straight out of science fiction!
Zhang Yaping stood up, held down the microphone on the table, and spoke at a leisurely pace.
"This is the new country. The domestic companies of the new country carry out reasonable and legal projects within the inherent territory of the new country in accordance with the constitution of the new country. There is no need to explain to the countries across the Pacific."
In the circular conference room, the representatives from the United States looked at each other. Although they had expected such an answer, they still couldn't help but feel embarrassed when they heard it with their own ears. Bolden looked very calm and whispered something to the person sitting next to him.
The representative from Panama sat back.
Soon, it was the turn of the South American country Ecuador to speak. The dark-skinned president stood up and spoke in a sincere tone.
"Ecuador's border crosses the equator. Can the new country assist our South American country to build our own space elevator? Of course, the Union of South American Nations will bear all the expenses for the construction of the star ring trade. I can make a promise here, which will It’s an investment of over $50 billion.”
As soon as these words came out, the Chinese and Russian representatives immediately became nervous.
Where can South American countries have so much money to build this space elevator? Ecuador's annual GD is only 100 billion US dollars. With financial constraints, it is difficult for them to squeeze out even one percent of the 100 billion, let alone any 50 billion project.
You can tell with your feet who is really paying.
China and Russia are both countries far away from the equator, and their overseas influence is somewhat unsatisfactory. It is almost impossible to own a space elevator. Otherwise, Ye Laolai would not have said anything about leasing the orbit when negotiating with Jiang Chen. Wouldn't it be better if I just pay you to help me build one
Among all the countries present here, including those oil bosses in the Middle East, which country is richer than Rabbit
It is precisely for this reason that China and Russia have been sparing no effort to win over the new country.
"As for the question about the space elevator... I think Jiang Chen, the chief designer of the space elevator, can answer this question." As agreed, Zhang Yaping asked Jiang Chen this question that he was not comfortable answering.
When all the cameras focused on him, Jiang Chen stood up and nodded slightly to the representatives from various countries.
"It's an honor to stand here and answer the international community's questions about the space elevator. I understand that you are very interested in this 36,000-kilometer elevator, because it is definitely the longest elevator in the world, and it is definitely the most profitable. Elevator. Apart from corporate secrets, I can’t tell you anything. As the chief designer and chairman of Starlink Trading, I will answer everything.”
After saying that, Jiang Chen's eyes inadvertently swept over NASA's position, glanced over Director Bolden's black face, and finally landed on the President of Ecuador.
"Regarding Ecuador's request, we regret that although we are very interested in this $50 billion project, our factory currently does not have the spare capacity to complete this order. Perhaps you can choose other engineering units." ( .)