Chapter 96 - The start of science and technology - NovelsTime

The start of science and technology

Chapter 96

Author: huo dong
updatedAt: 2025-05-04

"Report, the lift car is ready to start at any time!" the staff reported.

    On the Penglai tower, hundreds of foreign engineers, designers and constructors are waiting nervously and eagerly.

    Hundreds of millions of people around the world are watching the live broadcast. This is the first stage super project of the "Death Star crisis response plan". Its successful operation determines the future destiny of mankind!

    "Start." Du Xingyu said decisively.

    "Start the ladder!" the operator of the ladder presses the button, and the lift car of the ladder starts to rise.

    At first, it was like a train, climbing slowly. After a few seconds, the acceleration of the climb began to increase gradually.

    The people looked up and watched the speed of the elevator car getting faster and faster. After rushing out of the tower more than ten kilometers high, the car was like a spaceship flying into space. The speed reached five kilometers per second and continued to climb!

    Du Xingyu explained to the live camera: "the speed of the lift car comes from electric energy climbing. With the reduction of atmospheric resistance, its final speed will reach 10 kilometers per second, which is similar to the speed of our existing chemical energy Rockets!"

    "In an hour, the space elevator can reach the Tiangong space station from the ground!"

    At this time, UAV aerial photography can''t keep up with the speed of space elevator. It depends on the camera and satellite photography of the car to display its picture.

    The car passed through the clouds and climbed rapidly on the stretched carbon nanotube cable. The guide in the live broadcasting room also specially switched to the perspective of the robot in the car to make the audience feel it personally.

    The surrounding clouds disappeared rapidly, and the outline of the sea and the earth appeared in the field of vision. The feeling of rapid ascension made people a little breathless.

    "The sense of substitution is too strong. I''ve rolled my eyes!"

    "This is the real roller coaster! It''s so exciting!"

    "This elevator is better than a plane!"

    "Dear Taoist friends, the era of flying is coming!" the Chinese audience joked.

    On the streets of a city in the United States, a group of demonstrators are holding signs to protest.

    "Death Star is a scam!"

    "Strongly protest against the space elevator. It''s all fake!"

    "We don''t need super engineering, we just need to raise wages!"

    "Super project is Du Xingyu''s plot to rule the world!"

    The marchers shouted loudly, wore custom parade T-shirts, and painted protest slogans and patterns on their faces and bodies.

    People all over the world have seen this kind of thing. In fact, there are such marchers in more than one place and all regions.

    They crossed the street and came to the bustling commercial square. The large electronic display screen of the commercial square was broadcasting the picture of the operation of the space elevator.

    The host said in English: "now the space elevator has climbed to an altitude of 17000 kilometers. In another 30 minutes, it will officially arrive at the space station and send materials into space!"

    "That''s a space elevator. They''ve built it?" someone said in surprise in the parade.

    They saw a cable connecting heaven and earth, and the space elevator was "going to heaven"!

    "That''s great!" someone stopped and looked up at the big screen.

    "Are they really finished?" the procession gradually diverged. Even the people passing by looked at them like fools.

    "It''s only a long time. How can they build it?" the proponent of the parade shouted, "this is all fake. It''s computer special effects. Don''t believe it!"

    "No, it''s not a special effect!" a man shouted excitedly in the street.

    Immediately, a reporter following the parade came to interview him and asked, "do you believe in space elevators? Have they really been completed and put into operation?"

    "Of course!" said the man. "I''m a construction designer. I went to Penglai Island with the company delegation three months ago, which is where the space elevator is located."

    "I saw with my own eyes that tens of thousands of Chinese workers and engineers from various countries are working together to design and manufacture this space elevator! I have never seen such a big construction scene in my life!"

    "God, that''s a miracle! You can''t imagine an elevator to space! They can really do it! It''s all true!"

    "I must tell you not to believe those stupid remarks. Some people work hard for the crisis facing mankind, and we need to support them, not boycott and protest!"

    "Nonsense!" the marchers tried to stop him from going on, but they didn''t expect to attract more opponents.

    "You people are real liars!" someone shouted.

    "Yes, you marched for money. Do you dare to swear to God?"

    "They did a good job, we all saw! The space elevator is already running. You don''t need to resist!"

    The situation slowly changed, and the marchers found that no one seemed to be on their side.

    Even in the procession, some people quietly left their protest signs and mixed with the crowd.

    The parade crowd is getting fewer and fewer. Seeing this, the organizers quickly take people away from here. This parade is doomed to end without illness!

    "35000 kilometers high, about to enter the Tiangong space station!" Penglai tower, Du Xingyu and others have waited for 47 minutes. At this time, the lift car has entered the low earth orbit and will reach the end.

    The astronauts stationed at the space station have been waiting for a long time.

    The space elevator began to slow down. At the last distance, it slowly climbed to the terminal platform in the middle of the space station and stopped steadily.

    "Report, this is Tiangong space station. I''m Chinese astronaut Jian Lingying. The space elevator has arrived! We''re loading and unloading goods!" the astronauts control the mechanical arm to transport materials into the space station.

    At the same time, three space handling robots were also controlled out of the capsule and into the space station.

    Du Xingyu took a deep breath and said slowly, "I announce that the space elevator transportation mission has been successfully completed!"

    "Finished!" engineers shouted in Penglai tower, and some foreign engineers even began to sing and dance.

    "We have finished!" all the constructors of the ladder project cheered. They have completed the miracle in the history of human architecture!

    They danced excitedly. In only a year and a half, they built an elevator to space. This can blow for a lifetime!

    "Just now, the super engineering project TIANTI, led by China, successfully completed the task of transporting 50 tons of materials and three robots to space! This marks the realization of the first stage super engineering of the Death Star crisis response plan!"

    "Mankind will have a transportation hub for free access to space, so we will build more space equipment and facilities. At the same time, the second space elevator is also under construction..." the state television immediately reported the news.

    "The space elevator has completed its mission and will be officially opened!" this message immediately burst the news channels all over the world!

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