History of Human Space Exploitation

Chapter 45 Bloody Disaster

Raki Hardy: "It's over, it's over, this year is my Tai Sui year, I don't know if something big will happen and I will die?"

Shang Yunkai: "Usually, don't you say such things? Why do you suddenly say that?"

Hardy: "That's right. I went to change my electromagnetic vehicle driver's license today, and suddenly I felt a little sad."

Shang Yunkai: "How do you say this?"

Hardy: "You know, we can generally learn to drive ground electromagnetic vehicles at the age of sixteen or seventeen, learn to drive aircraft in the atmosphere at the age of 23 or four, and participate in training for small space vehicles at the age of 25 or six. All these driving Qualifications, when you reach the age of 60, you will have to go for a physical examination, go through a 10-[-]-minute cutscene, and then we will be issued a new driver's license."

Shang Yunkai: "Well, I know this. I am 73 this year, and I should have received a new certificate in advance when I was 59. How can this make you feel sad?"

Hardy: "Today I opened a new qualification certificate. The next update time is 100 years later, when I am 160 years old. I thought, can I live to be 160 years old? And this year is my birth year... ..."

Shang Yunkai: "This is what you said about committing Tai Sui? What do you belong to?"

Hardy: "I'm 60 years old, and I belong to the ox. It's my fifth zodiac year."

Shang Yunkai: "Oh, by which standard do you refer to the crime of Tai Sui? Is it before 2521 AD or after 2521? I think you said the fifth zodiac year should be before the 5th century on earth. Is it standard?"

Hardy: "??? Does it make a difference?"

Shang Yunkai: "Why is there no difference? Since you all know the term Tai Sui, you should know that the concept represented by this term comes from ancient Chinese observations of Jupiter in the solar system, right?"

Hardy: "Well, I know that, the time for Jupiter to revolve around in the solar system is about 12 Earth years, right?"

Shang Yunkai: "Yes, but you know that after humans detonated Neptune in 2521 and obtained the second and first star tunnel in history that can allow manned spacecraft to pass through, the orbital cycle of Jupiter in the solar system has occurred significantly. change?"

Hardy: "Huh? I don't know. What's going on?"

Shang Yunkai: "Without the disturbance of Neptune as an important gravitational source in the outer solar system, Jupiter has been relatively stable for 4332 Earth days before blasting Neptune, which is about 11.86 years. In the next 500 years, it gradually approached 11 Earths. day."

Hardy: "Oh, oh, what does this have to do with Tai Sui?"

Shang Yunkai: "In ancient China, it seems that from the Xia and Shang Dynasties, the observation of Jupiter's return period was used to determine the 12 years. However, because the ratio of its revolution period to the time the earth revolves around the sun is not an integer, the zodiac was later determined. The integer of 12 was still taken at the time. However, the overall set of "Sui Xing Calendar" and concepts such as "offending Tai Sui" are still based on the coincidence of Jupiter's return cycle with the zodiac, the five elements, and the heavenly stems and earthly branches."

Hardy: "Let's think about it... that means, after Jupiter's orbital period changes, the period of this coincidence changes?"

Shang Yunkai: "Yes, in the past, an Earth year was basically the same as one-twelfth of a Jupiter year, but 500 years after the explosion, Jupiter orbited the sun in almost 11 Earth years. This caused, in fact, every If a zodiac year strictly follows the concept of "offending Tai Sui" when it coincides with Jupiter's return year, then the theoretical offending Tai Sui will only occur every 132 earth years."

Hardy: "Then... that is, I don't have to worry about committing Tai Sui for the time being?"

Shang Yunkai: "Haha... If you think you need to worry, it's not bad to worry."

Hardy: "How do you say that?"

Shang Yunkai: "Just now you said that I forgot, what do you belong to?"

Hardy: "I am a ox, and the year I was born should be a year of Xin Chou."

Shang Yunkai: "Well... Let me check, let me tell you something that happened in the year of Xin Chou when human beings were still on the earth 26 centuries ago, let's see if there is any inspiration."

Hardy: "Okay, okay."

Shang Yunkai: "In 1781, the year of Xin Chou, on October 10th, the ancient American War of Independence, which lasted more than 19 years, ended with the surrender of the British army. Although the Declaration of Independence passed on July 8, 1776 was documented Established the establishment of the United States, and the country's real independence began after winning the latter war. The ancient United States has been relying on its strong geographical, economic and military advantages to influence global development from the end of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first century. A number of internal and external problems have since weakened the country's influence, but America's legacy continues to affect all of humanity in many ways, hundreds of years after the beginning of the interstellar age."

Hardy: "Hmm, interesting. I have read some records of ancient America, and it seems that my ancestors are from Virginia."

Shang Yunkai: "1901 AD, the Year of Xin Chou. On January 1 of that year, Queen Victoria of England, known as the "grandmother of Europe", passed away. Later generations generally believe that the European undercurrent behind her has begun to spurt eagerly, becoming a charcoal The terrible torrent of life. On July 22 of the same year, the first human airship designed by the ancient German Ferdinand von Zeppelin successfully made its maiden voyage. Compared with the previous hot air balloon, the airship has been greatly improved. In 7, the Wright Brothers invented and first flew the aircraft, which could be described as the shining moment of human aircraft in the early twentieth century. Also on September 2 of this year, the Chinese government and the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia, Germany, Japan, and Austria , France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium signed the "Xin Chou Treaty". Although the actual implementation time of the treaty was only more than 2 years later during World War II, most people later believed that its impact on multiple levels until the human race passed through the stars When tunneling out of the solar system, it still exists."

Hardy: "Well, yes, ancient Britain, as well as ancient China, are the most important countries on earth. I know that the efforts of ancient China in the 22nd and 23rd centuries are very important, otherwise Probably without us."

尚云开：“公元1961年，又是辛丑年。这年4月12日上午莫斯科时间9点07分，古代苏联宇航员尤里·加加林乘坐东方一号飞向太空，并在1小时48分后的莫斯科时间11点05分成功着陆在萨拉托夫州。这是人类有史以来第一次脱离地球引力的束缚，走向太空的壮举。加加林成功着陆的5天以后的4月17日，标志着当时世界两大阵营之间冷战进一步升级的猪湾事件在古巴发生。”

Hardy: "Well, the ancient Soviet Union and Gagarin are names worthy of being remembered forever in history. However, I have read the information. If the Cold War breaks out, it will really be a bloody disaster for the entire human race."

Shang Yunkai: "In 2021 AD, which was still the year of Xin Chou, the coronavirus continued to ravage the world, and the global economy continued to decline. This global change that occurred at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century also caused a great impact on the subsequent human society. had a profound impact.”

Hardy: "Yeah, it's been almost 1000 years, and there are still traces of that incident in a lot of popular culture, and there are still a lot of people who wear masks when they have nothing to do. This is also a bloody disaster!"

Shang Yunkai: "2081 AD, another year of Xin Chou, February 2. Dr. Gu Lanlan discovered iron asteroid 17 on the "Tiangong-2973161" space observation station in the asteroid belt. The asteroid moving at the speed of light will hit Mars in 300 years, and the large fragments of Mars will hit the Earth with a high probability, causing a more serious mass extinction than the Cretaceous."

Hardy: "Oh, Dr. Gu Lanlan... Another bloody disaster..."

Shang Yunkai: "It was also the year of Xin Chou, 300 years later, in 2381, when the asteroid entered the Kuiper belt of the solar system, the fusion weapon used to destroy it started from the orbit of Mars and flew towards the orbit of Neptune."

Hardy: "Hmm... This should be a great thing, giving hope to mankind."

Shang Yunkai: "Perhaps you understand? What I mean by saying this is to express that the concept of committing Tai Sui is too idealistic. There is no objective basis, or even statistical basis. Even in ancient China, Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties During the period, I started talking about committing Tai Sui, because Tai Sui represented the king, and I hoped to use this taboo habit to show my respect for them. It’s just that this habit was alienated later.”

Hardy: "Haha, if you put it that way, I'm not afraid at all that if I fall into Tai Sui this year, I will encounter bloody disasters."

Shang Yunkai: "Hmm...you are 60 years old this year, let me see...the year you were born was indeed in the solar system, and it was a cycle of the earth's Jupiter revolution that meets the ancient standard, that is to say, you are 132 standard years old At that time, you will experience the real 'offensive Tai Sui'."

Hardy: "Yeah? That's still early, there are still 72 years to go, but according to the average life expectancy of human beings in our era, everyone will basically experience Tai Sui twice."

Shang Yunkai: "Yes, yes, you will wear red underwear then?"

Hardy: "Haha, I'm wearing it today!"

(End of this chapter)