Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Thirty-six thousand kilometers above sea level, on an astronomical observation space station, because a man in a white sweatshirt was standing in front of a thick starboard glass, looking far away at that deep starry sky.

There, more than a dozen mammoth starships were parked.

As a thick, long robotic arm stacked the reinforced skeleton in the correct position, an engineered drone came out of the cabin without tide, wrapped around the magnificent outline of the scale like a firefly, and constantly flashed with a faint but unoblivious electric spark as the upward and downward trajectory flickered.

The entire sky segment of the space elevator is being shaped at a visible rate to the naked eye.

Every hour you do the station, you take a high-resolution photo of the station, pick two photos together, and you can clearly feel the difference.

“Looks like they're getting real. ”

The man who said that, named Fields, was recently sent here by NASA as a permanent observer on mission.

Since this is the closest synchronous orbital space station in North America to a space elevator site, a week ago the scientific mission here went from looking at distant stars to looking at those Asian sites.

“Otherwise? Even for trillions of billions of dollars, they don't make sense. ”

Walking up to Fields, Johnny handed him a bag of coffee.

“Would you like some coffee? ”

“Thanks.”

I picked up the coffee bag from Johnny's hand, and Fields pulled a plastic straw from the bag, biting the straw and squeezing it hard.

Looking at the construction site outside the starboard window, Johnny said in a chatty tone.

“By the way, you're a space engineer, right? ”

“Yes, I worked for the SpaceX Group for a while before joining NASA. ”

“Really? From the perspective of a professional, what stage do you think their site has reached? ”

Looking at the starry sky outside the starboard window, Fields thought for a moment and gave an answer.

“It is only from experience that they are probably still building the main beams of the station. ”

Upon hearing this, Johnny lifted his eyebrows and looked at him unexpectedly.

“Such a big beam? ”

Although his specialization was not in space engineering, he had worked on the station for so many years that he knew his working environment quite well.

At least in his impression, he never heard of a space station that would repair such a long main beam.

In order to keep the centre of gravity relatively stable in operating orbit, the vast majority of space stations are designed in flat shapes to minimize the length in the axial direction of gravity.

“Yes…” was obviously also thought of, as a professional Fields concentrating his head, continuing, "The length of the main beam makes this station at least twice as large as the Skyboat. ”

Otherwise, there is no need for such an exaggerated beam.

And not only that, there's one more sentence he didn't say, but it's already planned on the observation report.

What surprised him most was not the length of the main beam, but the position of the entire main beam with respect to the outline of the space elevator.

After all these years of work, he's seen a lot of space stations, but this is the first time he's seen such a strange design scheme.

Although he had not seen the drawings of the sky section of the space elevator, his instincts told him that the Pan-Asians might be building something terrible.

“Gyro space station? ”

“… do they intend to balance mass changes in space elevators against the pull of gravity through centrifugal motion? ”

His pupils contracted slightly and his mouth muttered softly.

“… how is this possible. ”

It is almost impossible to do this, and a range of influences, including the load of the space elevator cargo compartment, the speed of motion, the solar wind, the atmospheric air flow, and so on, could cause a change in the center of gravity of the space elevator.

This tests not only the ability to process information, but also the strength of materials and the ability to control machines.

If they can really do it...

Well, that's just a little overwhelming.

……

Just as Fields and NASA were both complaining about the site of the space elevator sky segment, the waves were rolling over at sea levels well below 36,000 kilometres.

It was only a few hours ago that there was a storm in the sea, and yet the wind did not cool the bloody heart.

Above the roaring waves, there are more than twenty hundred thousand tons of engineering vessels, and the distance looks like a floating fortress.

Each of them, designed for the construction of large ports with throughput of more than a billion tons, is now entirely far from the coastline they are familiar with and at this endless sea level.

This time, their task is not just to build a port, but to build an iron and steel island and a city on it.

With the telescope in his hand, looking at the distant horizon, Chief Engineer Wang of East Asia Heavy Industries shook a smile at the corner of his mouth and said proudly.

“If this project is successfully delivered, it will be a milestone in the history of human engineering! ”

Standing next to him, another East Asian Heavy Industries Group academician, haha said with a smile.

“Is that what you say? The entire space elevator goes from 36,000 kilometers above altitude to our feet, which is not a miracle in human history! ”

Theoretically, space elevators should be covered from the sky down, but the academicians made very different suggestions.

That is, the sky segment is constructed simultaneously with the sea level segment. And after the completion of the two-part project, the part of the sky segment begins to propel towards the ground, connecting the synchronous orbit and sea level like a long sword into a sheath.

Immediately after the proposal was made, it was adopted and East Asian heavy engineering vessels were leaning out, with almost all of the capacity deployed at sea level concentrated in the area.

At this time, a staff member came to the bridge, stopping next to Chief Engineer Wang, and said with excitement.

“All engineering ships have reached the target area! Mr. Wang, shouldn't we be planning our next move now? ”

The smile on his face grew brighter.

Dropping the telescope in his hand, Chief Engineer Wang's face was slightly toned and said with a powerful voice.

“All engineering ships ready...”

“Down the anchor! ”

As a chain penetrated the seabed, disturbed fish fled.

Heavy engineering equipment began to cultivate at sea level as the engine rumbled.

From the sky to the sea level, from this moment onwards, this industrial machine, called Trans-Asian Cooperation, which is all over the earth, was totally mobilized, sending a howl almost unheard of by the people of this century.

That was a neat, unified voice when a group was determined to do one thing.

The sound was not conveyed by air, but resonated with everyone's mind.

At this moment, its industrial capacity has reached its limits, even breaking through the margins of its imagination, and is making impossible things possible.

Perhaps, as was announced to them at that triumphal ceremony, by a great man who was destined to remain in history.

And they are the well-wishers.

They bear responsibility for human civilization and for the future of the community of human destiny.

At the same time, it is the “destiny” that our ancestors inscribed in their cultural blood.

Academia is also brewing an exciting storm just as the construction of space elevators is in flames and people's enthusiasm is completely ignited by iron and electricity.

Just three weeks after the Ignition Day celebration, the Ark suddenly released a public proposition on LSPM and made a solemn promise at the end of the proposition.

He will personally be awarded the Ark Science Award if someone is able to resolve this proposition he has put forward, or if he achieves sufficiently outstanding results in this area.

Awards named in their own name are awarded by themselves.

Although that sounds strange, and there is even some self-exaggerating suspicion, no one feels anything wrong.

Even…

The enthusiasm of all scholars, both in mathematics and physics, was ignited.

No one has ever been so honored in history with the Ark Science Award awarded personally by the Ark itself.

And even the huge prize money went dark in front of this prize.

After all, he's an ark.

The man known as the man who stood at the top of the human mind...

When the news spread, the whole academic community went crazy about it...