Chapter 1562: Uncovering the upper limit of human civilization (second update, please subscribe)
In June of this year, the world quietly changed. What was this change?
The United States and the Soviet Union both chose to accelerate their aerospace undertakings to varying degrees.
accelerate!
Perhaps this acceleration carries great risks, but sometimes human technological progress itself is progressing in constant adventures.
Through such acceleration, human civilization will be lifted to unprecedented heights.
The space race may seem to have little to gain, but its role in promoting human civilization is far greater than any other competition in human history.
The positive effects of this kind of civilized and scientific competition will be immeasurable.
In fact, in this game, every player is accelerating with all their strength.
In early July, just after the Kennedy Space Center launched Apollo 8 and completed three different stages of experimental missions in one launch mission, it was in the eastern Pacific Ocean at Wanhujiao.
Prometheus-2 Rockets are also getting ready to go.
The sky seemed to be suffocated by thick lead clouds, and an unexpected rainstorm poured down like a torrent, shrouding the world in a hazy water curtain. On Highway 2, a satellite ground communications vehicle slowly shuttled between the rain. The car lights penetrated the dense rain curtain, and the raindrops pounded on the car body intensively.
Zhao Jingye, who was driving the car, would occasionally look at the dark clouds in the distance, and then said:
“It’s raining so heavily, I don’t know when it will stop.”
"Yeah, if it doesn't stop raining, the rocket won't be able to launch."
"Now that we have the Fengyun Weather Satellite, the weather forecast is more accurate. Since they have determined this time, there must be a launch window."
Wang Ashin glanced out the window and said with an extremely positive tone.
"It's definitely no problem."
"Haha, Ashin, do you remember that when you first came to Wanhujiao as a trainee reporter, you didn't even know what a launch window was."
Zhao Jingye said again while mentioning the past.
"I didn't expect time to fly by so quickly?"
"Yes, our Ashin is not only the most famous host in the country, but also the mother of four children."
"Yes, time flies so fast!"
Wang Ashin nodded. People's fate was so wonderful at that time. This was how she arrived at the launch center with Zhao Jingye and the others in the satellite broadcast vehicle.
The hosting task at that time should have been hosted by Miss Xu, but because the launch was advanced, Miss Xu did not arrive, so she naturally reported on mankind's first manned space flight.
Since then, she has become the most famous host on television.
Three years later, she married the air force officer she met in Wanhujiao and gave birth to four children. It was all so magical.
Here, she not only stepped onto a new level in her career, but also found her lover.
When talking about the past, Zhao Jingye looked at the rain outside the window and said:
"It seemed like it was raining heavily when we came here."
"Well, yes, it rained very heavily that day."
Wang Ashin nodded.
"By the way, Ashin, let's come together in this car. Will anyone say anything? After all, you are the most famous host in the station now!"
Although Zhao Jingye's tone was full of ridicule, Ashin still said it in a respectful tone.
"What's the point? In my heart, no matter what time you are, Brother Zhao, you will always be my big brother..."
Wang Ashin's answer made Zhao Jingye burst into laughter, and then said:
"This is our Ashin."
Yes, there is no difference between Axin now and in the past.
He drove the car like this, the wheels rolling steadily on the slippery road, making a steady and powerful sound, and the wipers tirelessly swinging from side to side.
Finally, when the first ray of morning light penetrated the clouds and shone on the moist earth, the car quietly drove out of the rain curtain, and soon they entered the branch road of the highway.
After driving for another ten minutes, the checkpoint at Wanhujiao came into view. At the checkpoint, the military police in raincoats watched the approaching cars with vigilance. After they showed their IDs and interview invitation letters, the military police asked The vehicle was inspected inside and outside before being given the signal to pass.
Now, they have entered Wanhu Corner.
Just as a group of them entered Wanhujiao, several cars drove to another branch of the road, which led to another direction. Every time a rocket was launched, thousands of people would go to the beach. Watching rocket launches is no exception now. There are always some enthusiasts who will come there early to occupy the most advantageous position.
Compared to the past, there are more rocket enthusiasts gathered in Jiyun now, a total of five to six thousand people. For a region with a population of just over 100 million, so many people came here specifically to watch the rocket launch. , itself is an extremely rare thing.
After all, to a certain extent, they are all people who look up at the stars, but they look up in different ways.
"Today, we finally launched our own little raft into space."
Among the crowd watching the ceremony, Zhao Xiangming looked at the launch towers across the sea and said to himself:
"Haha, this little raft is a bit too big! It's several thousand tons!"
When Guo Linghang said this, Zhao Xiangming just smiled and said nothing. He had been admitted to the Department of Physics of Nanyang University and had just realized his dream - to enter the Department of Physics of Nanyang University.
And what’s next?
It is to get mankind out of this "canoe". "The rockets of the future, no, they should be spaceships. They should be bigger, maybe tens of thousands of tons..."
Of course, Zhao Xiangming did not say this idea out loud. After all, it would be just nonsense to say it. You must know that the heaviest rocket now is only three to four thousand tons.
But sometimes, people always have to dare to imagine.
And Zhao Xiangming has been imagining. Although he still doesn't have an answer in his heart, he knows that it is difficult to realize this dream just by relying on the giant rocket on the huge launcher in the distance. .
After all, the limits of chemical energy rockets lie there.
Therefore, in order to achieve this goal, we must develop new engines and new rockets. Only in this way can humans truly enter space.
This is also the reason why Zhao Xiangming chose physics. He believes that the solution to the problem lies in physics.
"A new type of engine must be developed..."
Staring at the rocket in the distance, Zhao Xiangming's idea came to him again.
What kind of engine should it be?
Zhao Xiangming had no answer in his heart, only a desire, which was a desire for the future.
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A few hours later, with people watching, the giant Prometheus-2 rocket launched again, this was its second launch,
This rocket, composed of three Prometheus rockets connected in parallel, finally took the first step to the moon.
Amidst the deafening roar and the huge smoke and flames, the giant rocket slowly lifted off and flew into space.
A few minutes later, amid applause, people cheered for the successful launch of the rocket.
What no one knows is that in Wanhu Corner, in the office of the Space Technology Exploration Company, Yuan Jialiu wrote a sentence in his diary.
"199 days behind D-Day."
This is the second launch of the Prometheus Rocket-2 rocket. Although it was successful, it has not yet conducted a manned test, and it has not yet conducted a drill flight of the entire lunar landing process except for the lunar landing.
In short, the progress lags far behind the Soviet Union and the United States,
However, Li Yian didn't think anything of this backwardness. Watching the live broadcast of the rocket launch on the TV, Li Yian nodded and said:
"Okay, there is still one last step to go,"
There is only one last step left, which is actually the last step. With this success, we will surely continue to achieve success in the future.
Moreover, compared to history, electronic technology is now advanced and more developed. Relatively advanced electronic technology has further boosted the aerospace programs of various countries.
After turning off the TV, Li Yian lit a cigar for himself with some emotion, and then lit a cigar with a relaxed expression,
In the end, he just sat on the sofa contentedly, smoking a cigar and thinking.
"Moon landing..."
In fact, compared to the moon landing project itself, the only thing that has always attracted Li Yian's attention is the role of the moon landing project in promoting technology. This is also the fundamental reason why he supports the moon landing project, which is to boost technology and climb to new heights in science.
It is precisely because of the continuous investment in the aerospace field that breakthroughs have been made in many technical aspects. While companies have made technological breakthroughs, they have also applied these technologies to product production.
“The key is still the popularization of technology application.”
Li Yian said to himself:
"Only in this way can a virtuous cycle be formed."
In fact, technological progress is never achieved overnight. It is developed step by step through continuous technological accumulation.
Li Yi'an's role has always been to accelerate appropriately, sometimes to accelerate there, sometimes to point a direction, and sometimes to lay a runway.
It is precisely because of its flexible guidance that in the past few years, sea has gradually caught up with Europe and the United States in technology, and eventually surpassed them in many fields.
At the same time, European and American countries have also benefited from the technological progress of sea. They have followed the footsteps of the pioneers and conducted in-depth research there. After all, they cannot tolerate being left behind, especially the United States and the Soviet Union. They cannot tolerate their own backward status. After all, being backward in the context of the Cold War means destruction. They must work hard to survive.
In other words, roll up for survival!
And when the world's scroll kings were scrolling, technological progress was also rapid. The speed of this kind of scientific and technological progress far exceeds the level of the same period in history. After all, people in this era really have an existential crisis.
Thinking of the breakthrough progress and leaps that scientists from all over the world have made in certain fields over the years.
What Li Yian felt was not a crisis. Although there were not many things far ahead, deep in his heart he was filled with a desire for the future.
"Where is the upper limit of the future?"
What is the upper limit of human science in the future?
Li Yian almost subconsciously thought of the era he lived in before time travel, the era when artificial intelligence had just exploded.
It is precisely because of this that humans are full of various imaginations about artificial intelligence. But is that the upper limit of human civilization?
"No,"
Li Yian shook his head and said:
"It's just the upper limit of what you know. The upper limit... there is no upper limit to civilization!"
Civilization has never been online. It just keeps developing and moving forward, and then step by step creates a brighter future day by day.
This is the true meaning of civilization!
(End of chapter)