Chapter 1,439 Sending the Astronauts Home

Rafael Leif, the seventeenth president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, returned to his hometown of Venezuela after retirement. The headhunting company hired by Jiang Chen re-invited him with an annual salary of US$4 million and came to the new country to serve as the president of the University of Coro. .

Ever since Jiang Chen gave up his "Cosmology" public elective course to Mr. Hawking, he, the chairman of the school board, honorary professor and honorary principal of the University of Coro, rarely participated in school affairs and handed over all the things that needed to be taken care of. It was given to the Ministry of Education of New Zealand to manage.

Of course, even though he doesn't care about things, Jiang Chen has never been stingy when it comes to funding. After all, for him, attaching importance to education is more than just a slogan.

President Leif is quite impressive. Under his leadership, the University of Coro has become a world-renowned institution of higher learning by virtue of its advantages in aerospace technology, bioengineering and other fields, and has become a leading institution for international students in East and South Asia. preferred institution.

"Principal Leif, what's the matter?" Jiang Chen said pleasantly after the call was connected.

"There is a scholar from the United States who wants to interview you," Raphael Leif said on the phone. "His name is Frank Dobbin, a professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Harvard University. He is very knowledgeable about the Star Ring Trade and the rise of the New Nation. I’m interested, and I’ve been doing research in this area recently. I wonder if you are free these days?”

Jiang Chen was slightly stunned when he heard that someone wanted to interview him.

To be honest, he doesn't like to be made difficult by reporters, and he is naturally not sensitive to interviews or anything like that.

Just when he was about to refuse, Principal Leif's next words made him unable to refuse.

"If it's convenient, he hopes to write a biography of you through an interview with you."

He glanced at the door and saw Lilith looking at him expectantly.

It was really embarrassing for her, so she specially opened the expression simulation program.

"Tomorrow, I have something to do today." Jiang Chen said after confirming that there were no special arrangements for tomorrow.

"Then I'll thank you on Frank Dobbin's behalf," Leif said with a smile.

"You're welcome."

After lunch, Jiang Chen drove Lilith out.

I agreed to take her to the bookstore.

Although he is just a cyborg, Jiang Chen has no intention of breaking his promise.

"Have you decided what to buy?"

"I searched for a batch of book lists on the Internet, and the introduction looked interesting." Lilith unfolded the holographic screen and gently pushed it in front of Jiang Chen, her tone slightly filled with excitement.

"...Stop blocking it. I'm still driving. Wait until I get on the maglev channel first."

Stretching out his fingers to move the holographic screen to one side, Jiang Chen glanced at a few familiar names on the book list with his peripheral vision.

Are they all detective novels and horror novels?

Sure enough, because it is an AI, logic is the first element in novels...

Jiang Chen was a little surprised.

He originally thought that Lilith would prefer novels with strong stories, or simply fantasy novels that were divorced from reality.

…

Just as Jiang Chen drove Lilith to the largest bookstore in the center of Colo City, Brace, who was far away in the Mars colony, was dragging the suitcases onto the trunk of the Mars rover with the other six American astronauts.

The flight was suddenly delayed some time ago, which made him happy in vain when he had packed his luggage. Fortunately, the engine failure of the transport ship has been eliminated. Although he will not be able to make it in time for Christmas, he is very satisfied to be reunited with his family.

"Where's Jenny?"

"She can't leave. Starring Trading has no intention of giving up the prosecution of her for espionage," a slightly older man complained in a low voice. "I told her before, don't look around. This is not Washington. I Bet she can’t even find a lawyer.”

"Do we just give up on her? Leave her here alone?" Another female astronaut looked at the male colleague next to her with disbelief, "She is our companion!"

"It's not that we gave up on her, it's that she committed suicide!" The man who looked very silent and hadn't said a word from the beginning until now silently stuffed the suitcase into the trunk of the rover and then spoke. Said, "Otherwise we might have been able to go back long ago."

"How could you say that about her!"

The female astronaut's eyes widened and she was about to pull him into a argument, but was quickly stopped by Captain Brace in time.

"That's enough, stop arguing." Glancing at the Halo Marines who were looking over here, Brace said to several of his subordinates, "Jenny's matter will be resolved by the politicians in the White House. Let's not get involved. There's nothing you and I can do. In addition, I tried to persuade her before, but she obviously didn't listen to what I said. Now I want to repeat to you what I said to her. Once again, don’t do unnecessary things, definitely don’t do unnecessary things! Especially at this juncture.”

Hearing what the captain said, the female astronaut also calmed down.

Although they felt sorry for Jenny who was locked up in the small dark room, as Brace said, there was nothing they could do. Star Ring Trade would not listen to their complaints. Those soldiers only knew how to obey orders and did not even bother to look at them.

"Be happy, no matter what, we are going home soon. When we get back to Boston, I will treat you to drinking all night." After patting the shoulders of several teammates, Brees squeezed out a smile on his face. Take the lead and walk towards the open car door.

Twenty Mars rovers drove out from the open gate, crossed the steel city wall covered with alloy, threw circles of gray dust on the sand, and drove majestically toward the south.

In the distant sky, you can see a black line connecting heaven and earth.

Sitting in the car, Blaise couldn't help but open his eyes slightly.

He remembered that when Ares landed on the surface of Mars, he had never seen this thing. Unexpectedly, it only took less than a year for the Star Ring Trade to build a space elevator on Mars. Such construction efficiency really makes viewers marvel.

In fact, what Brace didn't know was that as early as the second half of last year, Halo Trading had been studying the feasibility of building a space elevator at the equator of Mars, and launched related plans before the end of 2019.

From the beginning of construction to the completion of the main structure, the construction time of the entire space elevator has exceeded one year.

Of course, whether it is gravity coefficient or orbital height, it is much easier to build a space elevator on Mars than on Earth. Taking the space elevator below Halo City as an example, the construction of this elevator at the equator of Mars can be described as a success.

Relying on the large graphite mine found in the crater near the colony, 60% of the materials for this space elevator were produced independently by the Mars colony. Today's Mars colony is no longer the child that had to rely on importing everything from its home planet. With the opening of regular flights between Halo City and the Mars colony, in the foreseeable future, the industrial potential of this city located on iron ore will exceed that of any city on Earth.

Including Halo City.

Sitting on these twenty Mars rovers are not only American astronauts preparing to go home, but also two hundred New Zealand researchers, including Dr. Amos. After completing the inoculation of the Flower of Memory, these researchers, accompanied by nursing staff, completed a total of one hundred rehabilitation exercises while organizing the knowledge in their brains into a database.

Just as Jiang Chen and others expected, these flowers of memory are not without side effects.

After taking over the memory of Gaia civilization, some people feel nauseated by all mammalian meats such as pork and beef, but they can't help but secrete saliva when it comes to insects such as snails, earthworms, and even devil bugs. Some people even forget how to walk upright and can’t help but hit the wall with their non-existent tentacles in daily life...