Competition in space is intensifying day by day, while countries on the ground are beginning to continuously unite. As space competition becomes increasingly severe, resource consumption becomes more and more severe, and the demand for science, technology and talents is also increasing.
In this regard, China also has expert companies using cutting-edge technology to plunder resources around the world to support their own businesses. Traditional powers such as the United States and Russia rely on their huge territories, complete economic systems, solid scientific foundations, etc. to support their aerospace industry. However, there are still more countries in the world that do not have the ability to independently support aerospace development and have to unite and unite again!
The joint scope of the Arabian Peninsula has extended to Egypt; Brazil in South America is annexing other countries. Here in China, we have also received requests from countries such as North Korea and Laos to merge with China.
People of insight have seen that the earth is undergoing a transformation, a transformation with no retreat: In this space age, failure, whether it is a country or a nation, will forever become a symbol in the history books! There is no other possibility.
Cuba, which is close to the United States, is also applying for annexation to the United States, getting rid of China's remote control. There are also some countries, such as Canada, which are somewhat basic, and jointly develop the aerospace industry with other countries by establishing super groups. An unprecedented atmosphere of tension enveloped the world.
As mentioned earlier, the space age is an era of globalization, and it is difficult for one country to support astronomical consumption by itself. When billions of dollars are often used as units of calculation in space, the economic system on the ground has actually collapsed. If it weren't for the strong control of the state, I don't know what kind of chaos it would have become.
A large amount of social resources, even talents, have been taken away; so-called democracy is gradually declining, and centralization is expanding step by step. This is an irreversible process and a process that cannot be reversed. This is not a decision made by a few people for their own interests, but this is the way it has to be in this era. Only in this way can we gather the strength of the whole country, form a fist, and rush out of space.
Many people have expressed confusion about the future, but there is nothing they can do about it. Fortunately, this does not include the master company.
At the end of May 2050, a conflict broke out between China and India. Myanmar was finally unable to support the huge international pressure, and coupled with domestic calls, it wanted to merge with neighboring powers for continuity.
The fierce space competition is the Cold War of the new era, a Cold War that spreads all over the world. To this end, too many countries have already had to use up the last bit of capital in their national treasury. However, the world has never been fair. Some countries are naturally weak. Even if they have exhausted all their capital, they can only look up to space powerlessly. There are only three or two satellites, which is really hard to get rid of.
But India somehow got the news and took the initiative to contact Myanmar; at this time, Myanmar's application had been submitted to the Chinese capital. India, which has reunited Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, and Bangladesh, is unprecedentedly powerful. It is not afraid of China's space-based weapons and shows a tough attitude.
Of course, China cannot give in. Seeing that a conflict is about to be inevitable, the international community has become passive. Everyone has agreed, you can play the Cold War in any way you like, but don't get angry!
If these two big countries really fight, it may really trigger a world war.
The international situation, which was already tense enough, has become tense again.
The already fragmented Association of Southeast Asian Nations cannot handle it.
But sometimes things develop really unexpectedly.
On June 2, the British Save the Earth Federation issued a statement: Apophis is coming! Will be inserted into Earth orbit on July 14th!
Oh shit! In one sentence, the tension in the world was instantly transferred to space!
Apophis, the Egyptian god of destruction, but during the Space Age, the name was given to an asteroid.
According to existing astronomical observations (the following information comes from the Internet, try to be as concise as possible and take up as few words as possible), Apophis is an asteroid that poses the greatest threat to the earth. It is about 394 meters in diameter, has an oval shape, and has an estimated weight of 45 million tons (estimated based on rock texture and non-ferrous material). It revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit with a revolution period of 354 days. However, because the asteroid orbit is not very stable, even if Even real experts have a headache (so I didn’t calculate the orbit o(n_n)o haha~).
This asteroid once caused panic among humans. On April 13, 2029, it merged with the Earth's orbit and directly inserted into space 29,000 miles (some say 33,500 miles, etc.) within the synchronous orbit, frightening the people on earth. According to the calculations of modern scientists, an asteroid exceeding 10 kilometers will cause a global disaster if it hits the earth. This is how the dinosaurs were killed (one of the modern scientific theories); and an asteroid exceeding one kilometer will cause 1.5 billion casualties. He is a veritable god of death.
(The following paragraph first expresses that I am guilty...) Many people now know that there is an asteroid belt in the solar system, which is an asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter and about one astronomical unit wide (no exact information has been found). There are more than hundreds of thousands (some say hundreds of millions) of asteroids in the belt. Everyone knows this.
However, both scientists and the country have deceived the public, but this is a white lie. In fact, strictly speaking, there is no so-called asteroid belt at all, it is just that there are more between Mars and Jupiter. If it really counts as the asteroid belt, its exact range should be the space between the Earth and Venus, and between Jupiter and Jupiter. Near the Earth alone, there are 1,106 asteroids (some say larger than ten meters) that pose a threat to the Earth. The total number of asteroids that are in danger of falling to the Earth is about 47,000. The Earth increases in weight by about 1.2 trillion tons every year, and its diameter increases. 0.45mm. Those so-called meteor showers are actually the performance of asteroids after they hit the earth's atmosphere. They are just too small and disappear due to violent friction before they get close to the surface. (Will he be investigated...)
In fact, the Earth is surrounded by debris, remnants of the creation of the solar system. And now, this asteroid is suddenly approaching, and it is estimated that it will pass by tens of thousands of kilometers in outer space again... This is almost a scratch on the scalp!
However, scientists are a little panicked. According to estimates, Apophis should not arrive at this time. The last time it posed a threat to the earth should be around 2071. But at this time, a theory explained that because the solar system is entering or approaching the remnants of a supernova explosion, the orbits of small and unstable asteroids are affected (don’t panic, it’s a novel plot, o(n_n)o~), thus Departed from the original track. And now the asteroid Apophis will likely fall into the keyhole of space under the gravity of the earth, and eventually fall to the earth, and then... there will be no more.
Some people may ask, how can an asteroid with a diameter of less than 500 meters pose a fatal threat to the earth? Then let's look at the thickness of the earth's crust. The thinnest part is only 8.5 kilometers (ocean), the average thickness of the crust is 17 kilometers, and the average thickness of the continental crust is 33 kilometers. The diameter of the earth is more than 12,000 kilometers! What does this ratio mean? The earth is a lava ball, with only a layer of rock as thick as a hair on the surface. Once the impact force is too great, the rock layer will break and even cause the lava to fluctuate, which may cause major earthquakes on a global scale...
At that time, volcanoes will erupt, volcanic ash will cover the sky for several months, and cold will dominate the earth... This is the reason for the demise of the dinosaurs proven by modern science.
Many people don’t know why geologists are so pessimistic. When you see this, you will understand that the earth is a real big thin-skinned dumpling!
But now, Apophis is back. For a moment, China and India couldn't care less and hurriedly looked for a solution, because it was estimated that one in 7,000 would hit the earth, which was already an extremely dangerous number in space.
Suddenly, the tense situation all over the world because of space competition was stirred up by someone with deliberate intentions, and the end of the world came again!
But there are more knowledgeable and discerning people.
The United Nations came forward to find the Master Company and asked the Master Company if it could destroy the asteroid. After all, the Master Company has destroyed comets with cores hundreds of kilometers in diameter. Instead of worrying like this every year, it would be better to completely destroy the asteroid!