Technological Hegemony

Belgium, Brussels, European Parliament.

The European Union headquarters, which has always been famous for chaos and quarrels, is unusually quiet at this moment. Everyone is focused on listening to the report of ESA Director Gil Coot.

"According to our analysis and the information we got from our allies, the No. 1 tunnel established by Xingchen Technology between Weigu Island and Station Zero is actually a space elevator!" Gilcourt said with a gloomy face.

Space Elevator! ?

That thing out of science fiction! ?

The congressmen were all dumbfounded, they couldn't believe their ears at all, their expressions were all stiff, as if struck by lightning.

It is unimaginable that while the EU is arguing endlessly over how many refugees it should accept, the Paris climate agreement, equal rights for men and women, equal rights for LGBT, and all these messy things, the Chinese people have unknowingly built a space elevator.

"Star Technology, they are really powerful!"

"Better than North America! When Musk announced the completion of Starlink, I opened a bottle of champagne at home and was happy for my allies. In the blink of an eye, Stellar Technology threw out a space elevator that is more powerful than Starlink!"

"With the birth of the space elevator project, there is also nanotube technology. A rope that is less than the thickness of a little finger can withstand high temperature and high pressure of thousands of degrees, plus a load of 750 tons! It is simply a miracle in the history of materials science!"

"What should we do? Where should Europe go!? At least North America has come up with the Starlink project and restarted NASA, but what about us? There are endless quarrels and wrangling every day. The experts of the European Space Agency are about to be poached by Star Technology. Finished!"

First I was shocked, then complained, and finally cursed, drinking coffee and eating macarons when I was tired, this is the usual routine of European old continent nobles.

In fact, judging from the current situation, the strength of North America alone can hardly stop Xingchen Technology, so North America is very happy to see a Europe in a state of loose sand.

Because Europe continues to do nothing, North America's position as the leader of the West will become stronger, and more and more European forces will wholeheartedly support North America, bringing the white world together.

...

Tokyo, Chiyoda Ward, Prime Minister's Residence.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Industrial Innovation Organization, Can Jian Gongyi, is sitting on the couch next to the Prime Minister at the moment. In Neon, the status of the Industrial Innovation Organization is quite special.

It is the hub of communication between the neon authorities and major chaebol companies.

At the beginning, Sanyo, Sharp, Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba, and a series of giants fought fiercely around LCD panels, while South Korea's Samsung, LG, China BOE, China Star Optoelectronics and other latecomers kept catching up with each other from behind. At the time of Chaozhi, the industrial innovation organization came forward to overcome all opinions, took out the panel assets of each company and reorganized it, and established JDI.

Of course, JDI, which concentrated the power of the entire neon, failed to block the fierce offensive from China, that's another matter.

In short, although the industrial innovation organization is low-key, it has great strength and means. The prime minister urgently summoned the industrial innovation organization. Obviously, it is inconvenient to disclose, but he hopes that the news that the chaebols know needs to be conveyed by the public.

"It has been confirmed that what Xingchen Technology built on Weigu Island is a space elevator, a real space elevator."

The prime minister lowered his voice, and solemnly told the news to Can Jian Gongyi. Suddenly, there was a buzzing in the head of Can Jian Gongyi, and he was stunned.

Although Chinese people never like neon, it must be admitted that neon has the best sci-fi atmosphere in Asia. Yoshiki Tanaka, Seicho Matsumoto, Sakyo Komatsu, these sci-fi writers have long been famous all over the world. In recent years, Cixin Liu’s sci-fi The masterpiece "Three-Body Problem" was released on Neon, and the sales volume exploded instantly. In just five days, it was reprinted eight times, which shows the strong sci-fi atmosphere of Neon society.

Affected by this, Nengjian Gongyi has also read a lot of science fiction works, so when the Prime Minister mentioned the space elevator, many magnificent space operas immediately appeared in his mind, and he couldn't extricate himself for a while.

"As expected of China." The Prime Minister said with emotion: "Anyone can only suppress them for a while, and it is absolutely impossible to suppress them for a lifetime. I seem to see that the tide of the times is coming irresistibly, and history will eventually return to its original position."

I can see Gongyi nodding slightly. From the newly added white hair on the sideburns of the prime minister, we can see his inner anxiety. It is really sad to be caught between the two giants of China and the United States.

On October 22, 2019, the new emperor of Neon came to the throne. Russia sent two bombers without saying a word, circled around Neon and then returned. , This world is still the world of big hooligans.

"What do you mean?" Nengjian Gongyi asked with a frown.

The prime minister thought for a while, dipped his fingers in the tea, and wrote four words on the table, don't mess with Huaxia.

In a short while, Nengjian Gongyi fully understood that North America could not compete with China, so he recruited his younger brother to help. Not only traditional allies like Europe and Australia, but most countries in the world are all in line with North America. Whether they want to or not, China is in fact On the whole, they have formed a lonely army.

There is also a North American aircraft carrier stationed on Okinawa Island, so logically, Neon also wants to stand in line with North America, but today the prime minister came to see Gongyi, but what he conveyed was another meaning, stand in line, but don’t rush to the front. If you want to rush, let those white people also rush.

After a pause, the Prime Minister said meaningfully: "This is not just a problem with the space elevator, it's just that the light is too bright, and the whole world is staring at the space elevator."

"In fact, in just a few months, Xingchen Technology has come up with robots, nanotubes, and space elevators. The three major killers in total seem to be accelerating the rhythm of the attack."

...

A few days later, when people finally realized that the so-called No. 1 channel that Luo Jia said was actually the legendary space elevator, a turbulence like a magnitude 10 earthquake inevitably swept the entire world.

Everyone was shocked. Although so far, only a thin nanotube line has been stretched between Station Zero and Weigu Island, which is far from the final form of the space elevator. The nature of the Chinese nation-building madman.

One after another silver ultrasonic climbing motors appeared on the stage, quickly attracting everyone's attention. This small thing is in a round barrel, and can be firmly clamped by gears to the nanotubes, and then relying on the torque of the motors, the No. 2 rope Pull into the air.

After reaching a height of 1,000 meters, the climbing motor stopped, and the engineers installed a second motor. The length of the nanotube line was 36,000 kilometers, and its self-weight reached an astonishing 360 tons. Although the ultrasonic motor has an astonishing Performance, it is also more laborious to bear such a weight.

Even if it is calculated at 60 kilometers per hour, it will take a full 25 days to transport the No. 2 rope to the No. 0 station. The time is long and the task is heavy. Four ultrasonic climbing motors are used for traction, transporting nanotubes with a total weight of 360 tons at the fastest speed, and the load of a single motor is about 15 tons.

On the one hand, it is transporting from the equator to space, and on the other hand, it is continuing to drop cables from space, at an average rate of one every 24 hours. Two-pronged approach, strive to build the first space elevator within a year .

This space elevator will use 512 super ropes made of a mixture of graphene nanotubes and carbon nanotubes. A single rope is less than the thickness of a human little finger, but it can carry 750 tons. Three hundred and sixty tons, the redundant load is as high as three hundred and ninety tons.

It has to be said that the space elevator is not only a miracle in the history of space exploration, but also a miracle of materials science. After a simple calculation, it can be known that the ultimate total load of 512 nanotubes is, 199,680 Ten tons.

Most of them will be assigned to Station Zero, and as a safety redundancy. In addition, the main wires and backup wires will also take up a lot of weight. There is no way to send electricity there, only high-power cables are used, and the outer layer is protected by graphene materials.

As for the operation part of the space elevator, it will adopt a circular design with five floors above and below, with mixed cargo for people and cargo. The topmost floor is the crew cabin, and the lower four floors are dry bulk cargo warehouses, frozen cargo warehouses, etc.

Two hundred and sixteen high-performance ultrasonic motors are responsible for the drive. The maximum load of a single machine is 120 tons. Auxiliary passive safety slow down system, accidental separation and ejection system, and a series of safety measures. The single operation time is 48 hours, and the average There is a round trip between Weigu Island and Station Zero once a week, transporting goods with a quality of no less than 5,000 tons, and the ultimate carrying capacity is 8,000 tons.

The passenger cabin has 148 flat-bed cabins, a dining room and kitchen, an emergency medical room, eight public washrooms, and two multipurpose rooms.

There are a total of twelve staff members, four of whom are elevator controllers, two security officers, two medical staff, four flight attendants and logistics administrators.

In addition, there are cargo robots of varying numbers, but the robots are not included in the total number of people. Considering that the initial stage of station zero was mainly construction, the first space elevator was mainly freight, and the total number of crew members carried was only 100. Sixty people.

After the initial completion of Station Zero, larger space elevators No. 2 and No. 3 will be built, as well as a large space terminal extending from the central axis extension line, etc.

In short, Starlink Technology has a huge plan that spans the next few decades, or even hundreds of years. In comparison, although the Starlink project in North America is also crazy, it is obviously not crazy enough.

"Hahaha, let me laugh for a while, those who think that Station Zero is just a space station, look, have you been slapped in the face?"

"Many people still say that Station Zero has no prospect of making money, and it is not as good as the Starlink project in North America. But in the end? Station Zero is actually a part of the space elevator. If this project is done well, we will be able to use the entire solar system. resource!"

"Guys, please don't take the rhythm out of the way. The real meaning of the space elevator is neither to make money nor to destroy resource-based countries like Australia. The straight men of Xingchen Technology rely on the space elevator to turn space into their own. This is the greatest meaning."

"What you said upstairs is right. Going to Tibet is really weak. If you have the ability, go to space and take a trip as soon as you want!"

"Although North America was the first to land on the moon, they have never conquered it. Star Technology obviously not only wants to be space explorers, they also want to be conquerors, occupying the moon, and even the entire solar system!"

"If that's the case, I can only say that Xingchen Technology is awesome!"

The emotions that have been suppressed for a long time because of the Starlink project are finally relieved. The Chinese people feel that they have finally let out a sigh of relief. North America wants to destroy the Great Wall of China. After just one day, Xingchen Technology expanded the edge of the Great Wall to outer space!

From now on, the geosynchronous orbit at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers will be the new Great Wall of China!