Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Central Jungle Basin.

On the road through the Gulbantungut desert, a row of heavy engineering equipment carried dust and dust, and Zhenghao slaughtered deep into the desert.

With the completion of the site selection of the spark plan, the Ministry of Science and Technology quickly received funds, and almost simultaneously with the completion of the tender work, the construction unit's equipment went from the nearest city of Wu to the construction site.

At this point, a platoon of activity rooms has been erected on the construction site near the barracks. Workers in small yellow caps quickly completed the loading and unloading of equipment and materials and erected basic living facilities in the vicinity of the mobile room, while heavy equipment to the site has begun to be ploughed in the construction area, not far from this open space.

Any great project begins with the foundation, and the biosphere a is no exception.

Before erecting the reinforcement bracket, the construction unit will empty the area, dig out a large pit three to four metres deep, then pour the reinforcement into the ground, pour the cement, and finally lay the stainless steel plate.

Looking at the engineering equipment that was ploughing on the open ground not far away, Professor Hu, wearing a safety cap, was looking closely at the engineering drawings and construction plans in hand, listening to the head of the site next to him.

“… this is our construction plan, starting with the first phase of the project, which is now grounding, look what the problem is, and if there is one, we can talk about it now, and I'll figure it out. ”

Professor Hu nodded after carefully reviewing the drawings and the construction plan to confirm that there were no omissions.

“Basically no problem. When will it be ready? ”

He glanced at the rolling yellow sand on the horizon in the distance of his eyes, and the person in charge said, “Phase I is enough for three months. Phase III of the project is complete. If it is quick, it is six months, if it is slow, it is about seven or eight months, and the weather here is still to be seen. If there is a sandstorm five times apart, the construction period must be delayed. ”

Not just sandstorms.

And all of a sudden, high temperatures, etc.

There are many uncertainties about construction in the desert, and any accidents can happen, and the duration of construction is not accurate.

“Speed is minor, it doesn't matter slowly," Huyang said seriously, returning the engineering drawings in his hand, "be sure to work harder on the quality, any minor omission could cause the whole experiment to fail. ”

“Rest assured," bounced the ash on the cigarette butt, the person in charge laughed easily and made fun of it, “the quality is positive. This is a national project. I can't joke about the rest of my life, can I? ”

If he dares to steal from this project, he is simply tired of losing material.

Even if no one says it, he will give 120 points of attention to it.

Meanwhile, as the spark program is on track, the news of biosphere a follows.

Although the Gulbantungut Desert is located in a no-life zone, it is almost impossible for a project of this magnitude to be completely confidential.

And in fact, the Spark Project is not a confidential project, because that is not necessary at all. After all, it does not involve any defence technology, and many studies in the fields of biology, ecology, meteorology and hydrology fall within the scope of the natural sciences and require cooperation with other research institutions at the international level.

And soon after Biosphere a was officially launched, the news that China was building an artificial biosphere spread throughout the international academic community, causing tremendous surges in relevant fields of research as well as within ecological conservation public interest organizations.

The call to build Biosphere III has never stopped since the failure of the Biosphere II program in the United States, yet no one has ever been willing to invest in such high-investment, high-risk, low-return research projects.

At least, it's absolutely impossible to expect the Americans to jump into this big hole again.

The willingness of the Chinese State to pay for this Biosphere III, the biosphere that is being constructed in the middle of the Jungle Basin, is undoubtedly a surprise news for scholars and public interest who are committed to promoting artificial ecosystem research.

After all, China's investment in the field of natural sciences has always been extremely limited. This time, so much capital has been invested in the study of natural sciences, which has won the favor of many international scholars.

Interestingly, however, unlike the viewpoint of positive evaluation in academia, the viewpoint of criticism in the internationally renowned media is rather subtle.

Some believe that this is yet another brave challenge for mankind to take control of nature, and others, combined with the recent action of the Chinese State in the space field, whip in and analyze the background of the plan and argue that it has great potential to pave the way for “space expansion” in China.

In particular, the well-known North American newspapers, headed by the New York Times and the Washington Post, and under the guise of capturing news such as "military background” and “partial project opacity”, inadvertently awarded the nickname "Chinese space colonial outpost” to the biosphere under construction a, and called on scholars in the relevant fields to participate cautiously in the project.

While these views may sound absurd, they still attract the attention of NASA.

Or, NSC values.

About three years ago, after the United States announced its return to the moon, a cool hairstyle president signed the decree, re-establishing the National Space Commission for the third time, the so-called NSC.

This time, unlike in the past, the restructured NSC is directly subordinate to the Executive Office of the President and is personally headed by the Vice-President, at a level comparable to that of the National Security Council, the Bureau of Management and Budget, the Intelligence Advisory Council and others.

Clearly, the United States has demonstrated its determination to re-emerge in space.

In a conference room in the White House.

He assembled his own team of bureaucrats, as well as senior officials from the relevant departments, and the President patted his hands on the table, expressing seriousness.

“The Chinese have shown considerable ambition in the exploitation of outer space resources, and we must look at our own space programme. Whatever we have achieved, it would be pointless if we were unable to sustain our advantage in space! ”

At that time, a voice was heard in the conference room.

“May I say something? ”

Looking in the direction of the voice, the President nodded.

“Of course.”

Looking at a pair of eyes falling on him, Director NASA slowly stood up and said.

“China is still catching up with us, and I don't think we need to worry about transition. Of course, I don't mean to relax, we just need to speed up our own pace and maintain a leading edge. ”

Suddenly, Director NASA continued.

“I propose to move our front line in a more distant direction while maintaining the 'Return to the Moon’ initiative. For example, Mars. ”

The president frowned.

“Mars? ”

There was whispering in the conference room.

Without paying attention to those arguments, the NASA director nodded his head and said seriously.

“Yes, you heard me correctly, we already have the ability to explore Mars, and we have a lot of great space companies that are capable of this task, and we just need to give them a little help and integrate their powers. ”

Speaking of which, he paused for a moment and raised the volume to continue.

“I propose to launch the 'Ares' program to curb China's ambitions on the Moon! ”

“If they think footprints on the Moon can outpace us, then we will send our men to Mars further away as they footprint! ”