A newspaper with a blue cover on the azure.
Below the earth is a hand that stretches out of the darkness, and at this moment the hand is holding the whole earth firmly.
Through the black screen, you can see a face looming.
The face is very young, and there are no other features. However, even the most blind person in the world will not be unfamiliar to this person after seeing this face... as long as he is not out of touch with the times.
The headline of the news below the picture is very ambiguous.
"Who will dominate the next hundred years? 》
Now, this newspaper is lying with many similar newspapers and resting on the desk of the White House presidential office.
"What do you think?" sweeping the newspaper on the table aside, staring at the sour brow, Hillary looked at her chief of staff, "The special-class starship."
"..."
The chief of the sergeant did not speak, but with the Secretary of Defense Carter, silently looked at Bolden standing next to him.
Seeing that everyone looked at himself, Bolden took a deep breath and said with a hard scalp.
“Our scientists have solved the problem of designing the weight of the large space station. The only problem now is the material.”
“How long will it take to solve?” Hillary asked, looking to Bolden.
"Conservative estimates for 20 years, but it may be a little longer..." Bolden said a little embarrassed.
"This is not the same as what you said last time." Carter looked at Bolden, and his tone was a bit aggressive. "When you met half a month ago, you said that the problem of space elevators could be solved by 2040 at the latest. At least one elevator to the sync track will be built for the United States."
"This can't completely blame us." Bolden argued, "If it wasn't for Dalin Construction Company to cancel the joint research and development agreement with us, this time can be reduced by at least half."
"Dalin Construction?" Hillary cried slightly and looked at Secretary of State Kerry, who had never spoken. "I seem to have heard of this name."
“The company controlled by the Japanese Sumitomo Foundation has announced that it will complete the space elevator in 2050. There is reliable information that they have been engaged in research on related technologies since 2010.” Kerry paused for a moment, without understanding I looked at Bolden and frowned slightly. "I remember that the Sumitomo Foundation has been actively participating in our International Space Station program, and that Nasa and Spae have been working closely together for a long time. Why..."
“It’s a star-ring trade,” Bolden said. “They convinced them and let them take the initiative to give up the space elevator plan. What promises is 80%? You know, the main business of Dalin Group is in the construction field, maybe the star trade. Have contracted Mars or the project on the moon to them? Anyway, they have already paid the liquidated damages."
"This **** white-eyed wolf..." Carter whispered.
"They have always been white-eyed wolves, and we should have been mentally prepared." Kerry sighed and said.
Seeing no one talking, Bolden coughed and coughed and added a sentence.
"... Fortunately, we found the next home. Now we are working with the Thoth Technology Company in Ontario, Canada. The pressurized tower design they studied will reach 20 kilometers three years ago, as long as it is high. Breakthroughs in graphene materials, we have a lot of opportunities."
However, the trouble is on high-strength graphene materials.
It is well known that there are many types of graphene materials. Moreover, this thing is similar to steel. Although it is also called steel, different materials, different forging processes, and steel produced at different temperatures are different in nature.
The same is true for graphene.
Although Xinghuan Trade has registered nearly 100 patents for nearly ten kinds of graphene materials such as semiconductor type in the world, it is called a strict one for graphene materials related to aerospace and military fields. Not to mention the registration of patents, even if the export of finished products is few and far between, basically all of them are self-produced and sold.
The atmosphere in the office was silent.
Graphene.
This is the **** graphene.
No one had thought that two pieces of transparent plastic could stick to the gadget, and it would be a superpower.
"Is there any good news?" Carter asked hard.
If you want to say that the construction of the special-level starship is the most stressful, it is undoubtedly his defense minister.
He really can't imagine what can be used to pose a threat to that monster.
missile? Naval gun?
Do not make jokes.
Is it the same thing to throw a missile into a synchronous orbit to play satellites and fight a warship?
Just then, Bolden spoke again.
"Actually... the good news is not without."
Everyone once again turned their eyes to Bolden.
"What good news?" Hillary asked immediately.
"Google-Lab is ready to join our program."
"Google-?" Kerry frowned slightly. "Did they not give up the space elevator plan six years ago?"
As early as 14 years, google-laborator Astro Taylor announced the termination of the space elevator project at the American Entrepreneurship Technology Conference (td), and was also terminated with portable jet engines, floating skateboards, etc. Projects that will appear in science fiction.
"They did announce the termination..." After a moment of silence, Bolden began. "But they promised to help us in the high-strength graphene project and break through the technical blockade of the star trade."
Although this is a happy thing.
But everyone’s face showed a slight smile of self-deprecating.
Technical blockade?
Why does the word sound so familiar...
......
Star City, the conference room of the Earth Defense Alliance headquarters, members of the member states sat around the conference table and just discussed the next development of the Earth Fleet.
The conference table was filled with relaxing air, and even the most serious committee members stretched their brows because of the success of the origin.
"...I know that you must be very excited, but please stay calm before the excitement. Standing on the position of the CEO of the Confederate Committee, I have to pour a glass of cold water on your head. It is still too early to open the champagne. Our opponent is very strong." In the final summary of the meeting, Jiang Chen stood up and looked around everyone in the room and used this sentence to draw a sentence for his speech.
Although he said this in a joking tone, the meaning of his words is not half-joking.
Confidence is good.
When the mother-in-law incident in Finland was equated with the extraterrestrial civilization, the world was filled with panic, and even the global economy was implicated by the impediment. What do you want to teach, Noah’s Ark Fund, All the cows and ghosts came out.
In the face of the extraterrestrial civilization that has already reached the doorstep, it seems that no one except the first news of Jiang Chen, no one is optimistic that human civilization can survive the invasion of extraterrestrial civilization.
After all, it was only a mother's nest at the time, or on the thin tundra of life, even though the powerful star-ring trade orbital airborne brigade, it took a lot of effort to clean up the aliens in the mother's nest. Until now, the area is still a military restricted zone, which is jointly controlled by the Finnish military and the Star Ring trade.
Now, when I see the battleship that devours the universe, I am afraid that no one will doubt the victory of the Earth Fleet again.
To be honest, Jiang Chen will not doubt this.
But he will not be taken lightly.
Although the development of civilization cannot be simply measured by the indicator of time, at least from the perspective of world history, ancient civilizations may not be able to defeat young civilizations, even if the former tends to have great advantages in the early days... but Jiang Chen cannot be sure. The million-ton class starship is the standard for the star-ring trade to enter the "late period".
Confidence is good, right.
But conceit is a poison.
At least before the breakthrough of the two technologies, the speed engine and the anti-matter, he will not be too optimistic about the victory. (To be continued...)