Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Shangjing.

The Orbital Design Institute of the Pan-Asian Academy of Sciences, a group of researchers in white coats, is standing in front of a map with a sad frown, pointing to a few red circles drawn on the map.

“What about point 104? I remember in the options…"

“Impossible, as discussed at the last workshop, although there has been no strong geological activity in 50 years, this area is still on the volcanic belt! ”

“Point 86...”

At this point, the sudden sound of footsteps coming from outside the door interrupted the discussion among the researchers surrounding the holographic map.

Looking in the direction of the door, when he saw clearly the people walking into the office, the white scholar immediately gave a surprised look on his face and greeted him.

“The President… and the Secretary-General? Master Lu? Why are you here all of a sudden? ”

The two most powerful figures in Pan-Asian cooperation!

And the leader of academia, Master Lu!

Although the speech at the Ignition Day celebration had already given him the impression that the space elevator project was becoming a national priority for trans-Asian cooperation, he had no idea that his little temple had attracted so many big men to visit.

“No, I'm sorry to bother you,” said Li Guangya, looking at the old scholar who had come to greet him at a friendly location, then looking at the canoe next to him.

“This is the Director of the Institute of Orbital Design, Academician Ge Huaizhi, and the actual head of the current space elevator project. Since about five years ago, his research team has been attacking technical difficulties in the field of space elevators, which is one of the top bulls in the field. ”

When speaking of the first half of the sentence, it was okay to hear President Li Guangya introduce the second half of himself, and Gertrude's face paused with an awkward look, some subtle words.

“I dare not, I dare not, after so many years of research in this field, I am ashamed that no decent result can be achieved. ”

“There is no need to be ashamed of this. Scientific research is not a field. It is not a seed that is thrown down and watered, and it will surely come to fruition.” Looking at an awkward scholar, the ark said with a casual comfort, “So what's the problem? ”

Granger hasn't said anything yet. Li Guangya coughed softly and spoke for him.

“There has been a problem since the location was chosen...”

“Location? ”

I couldn't believe a glance at the Gretchen, and after I got a positive look from his face, the face of the ark showed a silent expression, and I couldn't help but say.

“… what you are experiencing is unexpected. ”

“Cough, the saying is that everything is difficult to start...” Li Gaoliang coughed dry and hurriedly moved the topic to the right place, and gave a serious expression to continue, “Master Goh, tell Master Lu what's going on here. ”

Several researchers met each other and eventually the Academicians sighed and said.

“Let me tell you something, here's the thing...”

It took about three minutes for the Academicians to explain the beginning and end of the matter to the Ark in concise terms.

It turns out, about five or six years ago, when the entire space elevator project started, they actually chose the anchorage of the space elevator.

It is a small island near Malay, on the equatorial line, close to the Pacific Rim, but theoretically it does not belong to an earthquake-active zone.

Unfortunately, however, three years ago, an earthquake completely soaked up their plans.

But nobody cared at the time, after all, until a few days ago, research related to space elevators was a relatively marginal research project in Pan-Asia, and even the researchers in the project team were not very concerned, completely using applied science as theoretical research.

In any case, the site selection is not so important. Since the whole project has not started yet, it does not seem to make much sense to rush to find a place to anchor the space elevator?

But no one thought that the day had come so suddenly that the problems that had not been taken into account, or seriously considered, were all violent. Revealed.

After listening to the description of the Academician, the ark did not hesitate and said unnecessarily.

“Let me see the map. ”

“Right here.” The Academicians nodded down and immediately took the ark to the map suspended in hollow view, pointing to the red dots on the screen, and said, "These are the anchorages we've been looking at before, basically each of which was evaluated by a marine geologist… points 104 and 86 were in our options before, but for a variety of reasons we removed them again. ”

Not even listening to what the Graduate was saying, staring at the map's ark for about five minutes, suddenly sticking out his index finger and lighting it on the Pacific high seas on the eastern side of the Malay Islands.

“Finding an anchor for a space elevator in the Pacific Rim is ridiculous! The safest way is to build it directly in the Pacific Ocean. ”

All the territorial seas of the Trans-Asian cooperation on the equator are almost all distributed at the intersection of the Indian Ocean plate and the Pacific plate, or right next to each other, and it is almost impossible to find a suitable anchorage.

Not to mention those spots on the monsoon belt, which in a sense is worse than earthquakes and volcanoes.

From this perspective, therefore, only the Pacific Ocean is the most appropriate option.

“I'm afraid not," Secretary-General Wu Shuhua, who had never spoken when he heard the Ark, frowned softly, warning that "this is in violation of international conventions and is inconsistent with the diplomatic norms of the Trans-Asian Union to build a community of human destiny. ”

Gretchen's face gave a bitter smile and a helpless expression to the landing boat.

He would have offered to build a small island in the Pacific.

However, this is clearly unrealistic.

“Not necessarily.” After hearing Wu Shuhua's words, the Ark looked at her and countered, "It is precisely because the diplomatic norm of pan-Asian cooperation is to build a community of human destiny that we should be more exemplary in building this space elevator on the high seas. ”

Wu Shuhua frowned and was about to say something. Li Guangya, standing next to him, suddenly said with a smile.

“Academician Lu is right that once the space elevator has been built, the world can benefit from it, and from that perspective, there is nothing wrong with our behaviour, which represents the interests of all humankind. ”

“… this is too messy, don't you think this interpretation is a bit drastic? ”

When he heard Li Guangya's words, Wu Shuhua's face couldn't help but smile.

In fact, what she was trying to say was that it was too rogue and undermined the international image of pan-Asian cooperation.

However, Li Guangya smiled soberly, as if he was not serious.

“I don't know, it's kind of a strong word at best... but I think we're still strong, and there's probably nothing wrong with doing this. If you take 10,000 steps back and cause a diplomatic dispute, I believe that with your abilities, it will be easy to resolve! ”

Wu Shuhua sighed, did not continue to say anything on this issue, but persuaded him from a different angle.

“Diplomatic issues have been set aside for the time being... haven't you considered the cost of building space elevators on the high seas? ”

Without waiting for Li Guangya to speak, Wu Shuhua continued.

“The farther this space elevator anchor is from our economic zone, the higher the cost of construction and maintenance, and the less economical it will be. Even if this is a work of merit in the present, in the autumn, we should consider leaving a precious fortune for future generations, rather than a heavy burden. ”

The Academician nodded and added:

“Cost is indeed a big problem… 500 kilometres long of space elevators, this super-engineering is an astronomical number, let alone construction, simply the logistical cost of building materials. The further away this site is from our transportation network, the more pressure we are under on our costs. ”

The discussion seemed to be in trouble.

Even Li Guangya, who had previously endorsed the view of the Ark, had an embarrassing look on his face.

That's true.

It makes no sense if space elevators stay away from the borders of trans-Asian cooperation.

In addition to that, he had in mind a number of other aspects, such as national security.

Guarding an elevator up to 500 km vertically on the high seas is clearly not as convenient as it is in the country.

Looking at the Ark for help, Chairman Li Guangya said sincerely, “Is there an alternative? ”

The Ark pondered for a while and gave a reply that seemed feasible to him.

“… Although I was not very knowledgeable in economics, the decision of our Moon Orbit Construction Committee was to build a city on the Moon. ”

Building a city?

When I heard that, Wu Shuhua was all stunned.

“Build a city? You mean landfilling? On the high seas in the Pacific? How is it possible...”

“I didn't say fill the sea to build the land," interrupted her, and the ark continued in a calm tone, "We built a big boat, probably as big as Guangdong Cold Market, and then let it float at sea, a symbolic move a centimeter or two a year... nobody would measure it anyway. ”

“I see what you mean,” Li Guangya's eyes lit up and he awoke in a flash, "just like our strategy in Guangdong City, the territory of the Moon belongs nominally to all mankind, but our spacecraft deployed on the Moon is the property of the Pan-Asian people! ”

The ark smiled and nodded down.

“That's it. ”

Freedom of navigation is the legitimate interest of all States, organizations and regional alliances, and this ship cannot be kept out of the water because it is a little slow, right?

With Pan-Asian cooperation's current technical and industrial capabilities, it is perfectly possible to build this floating city at sea, while this project can be carried out with space elevators!

Li Guangya's eyes became brighter and brighter. He held his right hand into a fist and slapped it hard in the palm of his left hand.

“It's settled! ”

“This city is called Penglai! ”