Chapter 535 Space Elevator
Today is the day when the space elevator is opened for the first time, and many people came here after hearing the news. Nowadays, science and technology are very advanced, so many people travel to the Arctic. There is no difficulty in taking a day trip to the space elevator.
"Fellow, are you coming to play too?" These are two groups of travelers traveling by car in the Arctic. They have met at the scenic spot of the Big Ice Creation before, but they did not expect to meet again at the orbital elevator today. Everyone is from China. After getting to know each other, I realized that we are all fellow countrymen. Unexpectedly, we met again today.
As the saying goes, when a fellow villager meets a fellow villager, his eyes well up with tears. It’s even more rare to meet a fellow countryman in the Arctic. “I didn’t expect to meet a fellow countryman again so soon.”
Both parties are a man and a woman, but one party is an old couple who has been married for five or six years, and the other party is a newlywed couple. The two men are both sunny and enthusiastic people, and they couldn't help but talk nonsense when they met again, so they decided to act together today.
The tickets were not cheap, but the four of us were not short of money, so we just bought the tickets and went in.
"With so many floors and hotels, this place is simply a three-dimensional tourist attraction. It would take several months to completely visit it."
The four of them took the map, looked at the thick book, and looked at each other.
"What should we do, Brother Li?" Guo Junbao asked, looking at Li Ji, who was several years older than him. This space elevator is also a bit too big. Just looking at the dictionary-like guide in my hand takes me a long time.
"Of course I'm going to the universe." Li Ji said. He was the oldest and made up his mind. The other three had no objections.
But when they arrived at the elevator, they saw that the long queue had already made several bends. The elevator, which could transport 300 people at a time, was still blocked when three of them were running at the same time.
Because after the first batch of 900 people went up, not many came down, and although the port is large, it can only accommodate 10,000 people at most. But there are more than tens of thousands of guests today. People from all over the world who have time and financial ability have basically come here. Everyone wants to go to the universe and see it.
"It seems that we can't go up to the universe, so why not go to other places first." Li Ji flipped through the manual casually, "Let's take a look and see if there is anything interesting."
I couldn't stop turning it over. It turned out that this space elevator has a long section of solar panels that provide part of the power supply for the elevator. Look at the more than 700 floors open to the public, with food, clothing, housing and transportation, even airplanes for sale, and even farmhouses.
"I didn't expect that so many businesses would gather in such a short period of time. Even a farmhouse for soilless cultivation was established." Li Ji said with a smile.
Guo Junbao also laughed.
"Isn't this orbital elevator owned by the government? Why does it look like a theme park?" The person who asked the question was Guo Junbao's young wife.
"Sister, you don't understand. The orbital elevator does belong to the government, but such a large orbital elevator cannot all belong to the government, because the technology of this elevator belongs to a personal fund, so the owner of the fund owns part of the use of the orbital elevator. Right. It seems that you don’t pay much attention to current affairs. Some time ago, investment in orbital elevators was a global matter. At that time, our company also bought a ten-year right to use the area. "Li Ji suddenly became proud when he said this. The vacation was really earned because he led his team to take photos of the area that the leader liked.
"So, Brother Li, will you have the opportunity to work here in the future?" Guo Junbao was envious.
"It's not very likely. It's a laboratory. I work in public relations, so I don't have much chance of being transferred here." Li Ji felt a little regretful.
The four of them discussed it again. Although it was a pity that they could not go to the universe, since they were here, they still wanted to see the most unique scenery in the space elevator.
"Let's go here!" Suddenly Li Ji's wife pointed to a page in the manual and said. She usually doesn't speak much, but when she speaks, she can always help everyone solve problems. She is a typical good wife and mother.
"It's my sister-in-law." Guo Junbao was also moved when he saw where she pointed.
Everyone was moved.
So I went to find the elevator and went to the floor 200 floors away.
What is here? This is a simulated universe. Although it is not a universe, it has zero gravity, and you can drive bumper cars in a gravity-free environment.
There are not only three elevators that go up to the universe in the cosmic elevator, but there are also many other elevators. This kind of elevator is extremely fast. Instead of being pulled by a cable, it is driven by a magnetic field.
It takes less than ten seconds to reach the 200th floor, 1,000 kilometers, so the elevators only provide seats, not standing ones.
There are not many people here, and there are waiters to receive them. "The starry sky here is the same as that in the port, because these images are captured from the cameras there, and the weightlessness is the same. It is definitely the most realistic space environment. And here You can directly experience operating an aircraft for space operations. "Of course, the aircraft here are entertainment tools, just like bumper cars, they are born for collision.
Imagine the scene of balloons floating and colliding in the air. It is similar to the entertainment activities here, except that here you are in the balloon, and you can override the balloon to hit the place where it collides.
The area is very large, and several people are already screaming and playing in the weightless environment, but they can't turn around with their heads down. It's difficult to operate things in a weightless environment.
Weightless, the two couples held each other's lovers' hands to prevent their lovers from floating away.
Although there are attendants explaining the secrets of moving in weightlessness, and there are many floating handrails, people always feel uneasy after leaving the earth, and it is understandable that they have difficulty adapting for a while.
But they were soon attracted by the flying machines that were bumping against each other above their heads. This floor was very high and was divided into two parts. The lower part was for people to rest and watch the stars, and the upper part was for people to drive bumper cars. They were separated by a net, and from time to time a car would hit the net and bounce out. The people in the flying machine screamed "Ahhh~", and it was unclear whether they were afraid or excited.
The two men were moved. Of course they had to play with such a fun thing.
"We also provide two-person and family flying machines here." So the four people asked for two two-person couple flying machines and started playing in the weightless environment.
This machine can be swiped or coin-operated, and the payment is made every ten minutes. It is not difficult to operate. There is a spherical compass on it. As long as you turn it, you can control the posture of the spacecraft. The throttle controls the speed, and the front and rear gears control the front and rear directions.
The spherical compass is very sensitive. Many newcomers just scratched the compass when they got on, and the spherical spacecraft turned upside down, and then they could never get it right again.
The space elevator is not only a spectacle, nor is it just a bridgehead for humans to enter the universe. It also satisfies ordinary people's curiosity about the universe and gives ordinary people the opportunity to have an intuitive understanding of the universe. When everyone has experienced the environment of the universe, more people will be willing to go to the immigration satellite and the lunar palace city that are still under development.
Duran sat in the farmhouse restaurant of the space elevator and ordered a lot of delicious food. He was thinking about aliens. Will the earth use the Black Forest Law or the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence in the universe in the future? Such a boring question, he was thinking seriously.
This kind of thing can only be decided when you really meet aliens. If the aliens are strong, of course, follow their rules of the game. If the aliens are weak, then follow the rules of the earth.
Besides, the Black Forest Law is a persecution-like principle. Its premise is to assume that there is an alien civilization that is stronger than itself and follows the Black Forest Law.
The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence are much more friendly. The universe is so big that everyone can live well together. The premise is that the fist is strong enough.
Duran took a sip of juice and thought that it would be better to let the earthlings here worry about it after he left. As long as I leave a few back doors on Earth, I can escape even if I am really encountered by aliens who follow the Black Forest Law.