Belgium, Brussels, European Parliament.

The EU headquarters, which has always been known for its chaos and quarrels, is extremely quiet at this moment, and everyone is focused and listens to the report of ESA Director Gilkut.

"According to our analysis and the information obtained from our allies, the No. 1 channel established by Star Technology between Weigu Island and Station Zero is actually a space elevator!" Gilkut said with a gloomy face.

Space elevator!?

That thing in science fiction!?

The members of the parliament were all stupid and could not believe their ears. Their expressions were stiff, as if they were struck by lightning.

It is hard to imagine that just when the EU is quarreling over how many refugees should be accepted, about the Paris climate agreement, the equal rights of men and women, LGBT, and about these messy things, the Chinese have unknowingly built a space elevator.

"Star Technology, they are really amazing!"

"More than North America! When Musk announced that Starlink was completed, I opened a bottle of champagne at home, and was happy for my allies. In the blink of an eye, Starlink threw out a space elevator that was more powerful than Starlink!"

"Along with the space elevator project, nanotube technology is also available. The rope less than the thickness of a little finger can withstand high temperatures and high pressures of thousands of degrees, plus a load of 750 tons! It is simply a miracle in the history of materials science!"

"What should we do? Where should Europe go? North America has at least developed the Starlink plan and restarted NASA, but what about us? There are endless quarrels and disputes every day, and the experts of the ESA are almost dug up by Star Technology!"

First, they were shocked, then complained, and finally they scolded, drinking coffee and eating macarons when they were tired. This is the usual routine of the nobles of the Old European continent.

In fact, according to the current situation, the strength of North America alone is already difficult to stop Star Technology, so North America is happy to see a plate of loose sandy Europe.

Because Europe continues to do nothing, North America's position as the leader of the West will become stronger and more and more European forces will support North America wholeheartedly and bring together the white world together.

...

Tokyo, Chiyoda, Prime Minister's Residence.

The Chief Executive of the Industrial Innovation Institution, Nakai Kanyi is sitting on the couch next to the Prime Minister at this moment. In Neon, the industrial innovation institution has a very special status and is a hub for the communication between the Neon authorities and major chaebol enterprises.

Thinking back to the beginning, Sanyo, Sharp, Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba, and other giants were fighting hard to get around LCD panels. When latecomers such as South Korea's Samsung, LG, Huaxia BOE, and Huaxing Optoelectronics continued to catch up from behind, industrial innovation institutions came forward, and tried their best to reorganize their panel assets, and established JDI.

Of course, JDI, who concentrated the entire neon force, could not stop the fierce offensive from China, which was another matter.

In short, although the industrial innovation institutions are low-key, they have great strength and means. The Prime Minister urgently summoned the industrial innovation institutions, which obviously makes some inconvenient information public, but he hopes that the chaebols will know and need to be conveyed in public.

"It has been confirmed that Xingchen Technology has established a space elevator on Weigu Island, a real space elevator."

The Prime Minister lowered his voice and solemnly told the news to Nengjian Gongyi. Suddenly, Nengjian Gongyi's head buzzed, and he was stunned.

Although Chinese people never like neon, they must admit that neon is the country with the best science fiction atmosphere in Asia. Yoshiki Tanaka, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, and Sakoko Komatsu, these science fiction writers have long been well known all over the world. In recent years, Liu Cixin's science fiction masterpiece [Three-Body] has landed in Neon, and its sales have instantly exploded. Within just five days, eight prints were added, which shows the strong science fiction atmosphere of Neon society.

Influenced by this, Nainjian Gongyi has also read a lot of science fiction works, so when the Prime Minister mentioned the space elevator, many magnificent space operas immediately appeared in his mind, and he couldn't extricate himself for a moment.

"It's worthy of being China." The Prime Minister sighed: "No one can only suppress them for a while, and there is no possibility of suppressing them for a lifetime. I seem to see the tide of the times coming unstoppable, and history will eventually return to its original position."

Naiji Nodded slightly. From the newly added white hair on the Prime Minister's temples, he could see his inner anxiety. It was so sad that he was sandwiched between the two giants of China and the United States.

On October 22, 2019, the new Neon Emperor ascended the throne. Russia sent two bombers without saying a word and returned after going around Neon. The Prime Minister was so angry that his face turned green, but he didn't even dare to say anything. After all, this world is still the world of the big gangsters.

"What do you mean?" Nuanjian asked with a frown.

The Prime Minister thought for a moment, dipped his fingers in tea, and wrote four words on the table, so that he would not mess with China.

Suddenly, I fully understood that North America could not compete with China, so I recruited my help. Not only traditional allies like Europe and Australia, most countries around the world, are in the North America. Whether they are willing or not, China has actually formed a battle alone.

There are also North American aircraft carriers stationed on Okinawa Island, so according to logic, Neon also wants to take sides in North America, but today the Prime Minister asked him to meet Gongyi, which conveyed another meaning: take sides, but don’t rush to the front, and let those white people rush to the front.

After a pause, the Prime Minister said meaningfully: "This is not just a matter of space elevators, but the light is too dazzling and the whole world is staring at the space elevator."

"In fact, in just a few months, Xingchen Technology has taken out three killer weapons, including robots, nanotubes, and space elevators, which seem to be accelerating the rhythm of attack."

...

A few days later, when people finally realized that the so-called Passage No. 1 in Luo Jia was actually the legendary space elevator, a turmoil like a magnitude ten earthquake inevitably swept the entire world.

Everyone was shocked. Although so far, only a thin nanopipe was pulled up between Station Zero and Weigu Island, which was far from the final form of a space elevator, the construction was still in progress and the nature of the Chinese national construction madman.

One silver ultrasonic climbing motor after another made a brilliant debut, quickly attracting everyone's attention. This little thing is in a round barrel and can firmly jamm the nanotubes with gears, and then rely on the motor torque to pull the No. 2 rope into the air.

After the height reached one thousand meters, the climbing motor stopped. The engineers installed a second motor, with a length of 36,000 kilometers and a self-weight of an astonishing 360 tons. Although the ultrasonic motor has amazing performance, it is quite laborious to bear such weight.

Even if it is calculated based on 60 kilometers per hour, it will take a full twenty-five days to transport the No. 2 rope to Station Zero. It takes a long time and a heavy task. Therefore, Xingchen Technology adopted a simple and crude solution, using up to twenty-four ultrasonic climbing motors as traction, and transporting nanopipes with a total weight of 360 tons at the fastest speed, with a single motor load of about fifteen tons.

On the one hand, it is transported from the equator to space, and on the other hand, it continues to throw cables from space, and takes two-pronged approaches to build the first space elevator within one year.

This space elevator will use 512 super ropes made of mixed graphene nanotubes and carbon nanotubes. The single rope is not as thick as a human's little finger, but it can carry 750 tons of weight. Excluding the self-weight of 360 tons, the redundant load is as high as 390 tons.

It has to be said that space elevators are not only a miracle in the history of space exploration, but also a miracle in materials science. After simple calculations, we can see that the limit total load of 512 nanopipes is 199,680 tons.

Most of them will be allocated to Station Zero, as well as security redundancy. In addition, the main wires and backup wires will also occupy a considerable weight, at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers. StarChen Technology's wireless power transmission technology has no way to send power to it anyway. It can only be protected by high-power cables and graphene materials on the outer layer.

As for the operating part of the space elevator, it will adopt a five-layer design with a circular upper and lower upper floor, mixed with people and cargo, the top floor is a crew cabin, and the four lower floors are dry bulk cargo warehouses, frozen cargo warehouses, etc.

Two hundred and sixteen high-performance ultrasonic motors are responsible for driving, with a maximum load of 120 tons per unit, auxiliary passive safety slow-down system, accidental separation ejection system, etc., and a series of safety measures, with a single operation time of 48 hours, an average of back and forth between Weigu Island and Station Zero on average, transporting cargo of no less than 5,000 tons of mass, with an extreme carrying capacity of 8,000 tons.

The passenger cabin has 148 flat-laying cabins, a dining room and kitchen, an emergency medical room, and eight shared bathrooms, and two multi-purpose rooms.

There were twelve staff members, four of whom were elevator controllers, two safety officers, two medical staff, four flight attendants and logistics administrators.

In addition, there are different cargo hold robots, but the robots are not included in the total number of people. Considering that Station Zero is mainly built in the early stage, the first space elevator is mainly freight, and the total number of members is only 160.

After the initial completion of Station Zero, a larger space elevator of 2 and 3 will be built, as well as a large space dock that extends from the central axis extension line, etc.

In short, Star Technology has a huge plan that spans the next few decades or even hundreds of years. In contrast, although the Starlink plan in North America is also crazy, it is obviously not crazy enough.

"Hahaha, let me laugh for a while. Those who think that Station Zero is just a space station, look, are you slapped in the face?"

"Many people also said that Station Zero has no prospect of making money, which is not as good as the Starlink program in North America. But what about the end? Station Zero is actually part of the space elevator. If this project is done well, we will be able to use the resources of the entire solar system!"

"Everyone, please don't deviate from the rhythm. The real meaning of space elevators is neither to make money nor to destroy resource-based countries like Australia. The straight men of Star Technology rely on space elevators to turn space into their own back garden. This is the greatest meaning."

"What is right upstairs is right. Going to Tibet is simply weak. If you have the ability, go to space and travel at will!"

"Although it was the first North America to land on the moon, they have never conquered it. Star Technology obviously not only wants to be a space explorer, they also want to become a conqueror, occupy the moon, and even the entire solar system!"

"If that's the case, I can only say that Xingchen Technology is awesome!"

The emotions that had been suppressed for a long time because of the Starlink project were finally relieved. The Chinese people felt that they had finally breathed a sigh of anger. North America wanted to destroy the Great Wall of China. In just one day, Star Technology expanded the margins of the Great Wall to outer space!

From now on, the geosynchronous orbit with an altitude of 36,000 kilometers is the new Great Wall of China!
Chapter completed!