The technological competition starts with the integration of space-time memory

Chapter 179 Great Terror

Li Tang was a little curious. He had just arranged people to seize the mysterious object from Mark.

Zero said: "His comment was, 'I'm glad we have a new competitor in space exploration today!'"

Haha, this Mark is still as high-profile as ever.

No, why is there a different purpose behind this?
His own Datang Aerospace is a newbie in the aerospace industry, and there has been no connection between him and Mark.

Previous rocket launches by domestic private aerospace companies have never received Mark's comments.

The [Shooting the Sun] rocket ranks second to Mark's Falcon Heavy rocket with a thrust of 3150 tons, but its low-Earth orbit payload of 150 tons is more than twice that of the Falcon Heavy.

Was it just this that made Mark find a blog he rarely used, and then comment under the photo of the launch site that he asked Zero to post?
Li Tang doesn't think so.

At this moment, he remembered what Zero said about Paimon's last words, that the mysterious object could bewitch people.

It's already with Mark!
In fact, Li Tang hopes that it is dominated by an artificial intelligence program. If not, that would be terrifying!
If its internal structure is not dominated by artificial intelligence, it means that it is a communication device for collecting and publishing information.

Any communication device means there are two ends of communication. Since one end is Blue Star, where is the other end?
What makes Li Tang even more alert is that the mysterious object came to Mark because it was an instruction given by the mysterious object to Paimon. Is there any conspiracy or hidden secret behind it?
So, get that mysterious object as soon as possible.

"Zero, reply to Mark, 'Look forward to the starship landing on Mars soon!'"

"Yes, Dean."

No matter how Mark would be bewitched by the mysterious object, Li Tang felt it necessary to provoke Mark in order to achieve the purpose of testing him.

You know, a starship just exploded two months ago.

At this time, the big boss of Shangdu City turned around and talked to him, asking Li Tang to stop caring about the interaction with Mark on a certain blog and turn off the light screen of the smart bracelet.

“President Li, in the past two months, the economy of Shangdu has grown rapidly, especially in the industrial sector. This is obviously due to the achievements driven by the Future Science and Technology Research Institute.

But with this achievement, another problem emerged.”

Li Tang asked cautiously, "What's the problem?"

Dabo said: "The unemployment situation of the middle and low-end population is somewhat out of control. You know this problem will make us hesitant in facing the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The industrial upgrade brought about by new technologies has not only failed to create more jobs, but has deprived the original middle and low-end groups of their jobs.

Such an industrial revolution puts us in a dilemma.

Dean Li, do you have any thoughts or suggestions on this?"

After listening to Daboshi's words, Li Tang thought for a while before saying, "I have considered this issue when I was studying artificial intelligence and robots, but not in depth.

Judging from the past three industrial revolutions, the development of new technologies will inevitably develop entirely new industries or completely reshuffle traditional industries.

Use new industries to drive new employment and thus solve the problems of the middle and low-end population.

The current situation is that the jobs created by new industries are too high-end, while new technologies sweep away all low-end and mid-end jobs.”

Dabosi added: "At present, tens of millions of our college graduates are not able to get mid- to high-end jobs, but are competing for mid- to low-end jobs. This is also a problem."

Li Tang nodded and said, “In my opinion, the current new technologies can build or transform two major industrial clusters and create new jobs.

At the same time, we can implement special protection policies for low-end groups.”

Daboshi showed great interest in his eyes and asked, "Tell me, what two major industrial clusters can there be, and what kind of protection policies should be implemented?"

Li Tang immediately explained: "First, we will fully develop the space industry, including space manufacturing, space mining, space tourism, space energy industry, etc., to create new jobs.

Second, integrate the online game industry and the media and entertainment industry, and fully develop the virtual economy industry so that anyone can make money through the virtual world. The threshold will be very low and can provide employment for many middle and low-end people.

Finally, we should make every effort to build a minimum income guarantee system to ensure that a considerable portion of the surplus value created by artificial intelligence and robots can be used to feed this group of people at the bottom of the society.”

After listening to this, Daboshi pondered for a few minutes and said, "You have indeed thought about it a long time ago. I can understand the space industry, but is this second virtual economic industry, this virtual world, the metaverse that is being hyped across the street?"

"Well, part of it is, but it's more about allowing people to make money using their wild imaginations."

"It seems that you have made technical preparations. I will wait and see. If this can really solve the employment problem of the middle and low-end groups, even if it only solves 50%, I will vote for you in the future!"

After hearing this, Li Tang felt a little disturbed.

Big Boss's words bring out a potential problem, that not everyone in that absolute circle is willing to accept him.

Where there are people, there is the world, and sometimes it is often very important to take sides.

It seems that next, I will focus on two major industrial fields to let everyone see that the future has come and let everyone embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

"Don't worry, I will do my best."

At this time, it was already thirty minutes before launch.

More than 100,000 tourists have gathered at the shore of Dishui Lake, and local volunteers are constantly distributing mineral water, towels and other items.

Although it is only early summer, the large gathering of people also poses a risk of heat stroke.

The Shangdu police dispatched a large number of police forces to conduct block-by-block patrols to ensure that no stampedes would occur.

At this time, the staff on the launch ship were very nervous and busy.

They need to recheck the various links that have been checked many times by the [Seiko] robot to ensure that there are no deviations. Countdown to fifteen minutes.

At 17:45 in the afternoon, the setting sun was almost as high as the Sun Shooting No. rocket on the launch ship.

Although it was still bright enough, the launch ship was illuminated by various lights and every detail was clearly visible.

Dai Mingyu, chief engineer of the [Sun Shooting] rocket, looked at the [Sun Shooting] rocket on the light curtain in the center of the command hall with a serious expression.

He gave the order.

"One minute countdown!"

The engine is powered on again and the control system performs another self-check to confirm the condition of the ignition system.

At this moment, hundreds of thousands of people by the Dishui Lake have begun to shout and count down together.

“12、11、10、……3、2、1！！！”

As the last countdown sounded, two engines on the diagonal outer circle of the nine engines were the first to emit white smoke.

九台发动机外圈以同时启动的方式，按照2-2-2-2-1的顺序依次点火。点燃外圈再点燃中间。

The tower on the launch ship has sprayed a large amount of water mist to cool the high-temperature combustion gas around the entire temporary launch silo.

In the water mist and escaping oxygen, the engine thrust steadily increased, and the fiery red flames couldn't wait to rush into the sea from the temporary launch silo at the bottom.

Suddenly, even bigger water mist was stirred up.

Under the influence of the huge thrust, the Sun Shooting No. 2 rocket has risen up from the temporary launch silo slowly but quickly.

Unlike the land-based launch where flames flew everywhere, the Sun Shooting No. 2 seemed to rise into the clouds due to the shelter of the temporary launch silo and the high temperature heat wave vaporizing the seawater.

It was a few seconds later that people near the Dishui Lake felt the earth and air shaking.

You know, this place is about eight kilometers away from the launch ship.

Pushed by the tremendous power, the rocket rises slowly into the sky, and together with the setting sun falling towards the sea, it looks like two suns, one big and one small.

At this time, Zero has reported, "Sensor detection, the first-stage thrust of the rocket has reached 3150 tons!"

As the fuel decreases and the thrust increases, the rocket's ascent speed gradually increases.

The light from the rocket's tail flame was scattered through the sea clouds to the ground, and spread onto the upturned faces of every tourist on the shore of Dishui Lake.

Then, a strong air current crossed eight kilometers of sea surface and hit us in the face.

The entrained water vapor actually brings a bit of coolness.

From the sea surface to the sky, a trail of condensed clouds was created where the rocket flew over, and under the illumination of the rocket's tail flame, it looked like a road to the sky.

In the live broadcast, Chen Yao was shouting with all her might, but her voice was still drowned out by the cheers of the crowd and the rumble of the [Shooting the Sun] rocket's engine.

In the end, the only scene cuts to the ground tracking camera, watching the nine engines at the bottom of the "Sun Shooting" rocket spewing light blue flames.

At this time in the command hall, some people in the VIP area had already begun to applaud softly.

As Dragon Country's largest rocket, [Sun Shooting] No. 2 would be a remarkable achievement if it could successfully enter orbit, and it would be worth the space agency spending ten years to catch up.

As the first and second stage rockets separated, a gentle white light from the atmosphere appeared on the live broadcast screen.

Then the vacuum liquid oxygen-methane engine in the center of the second stage started, silently emitting an almost transparent tail flame.

The second-stage rocket will send six satellite-carrying capsules into a 600-kilometer low-Earth orbit, then turn around and return to the atmosphere, where they will be burned by the intense friction of the atmosphere.

From the camera of the second-stage rocket, it can be seen that the first-stage rocket was successfully shut down and tilted and lay away from the second stage.

The first-stage rocket will rely on inertia to rise to an altitude of 160 kilometers, and then adjust its attitude to land.

The crowd on the beach did not disperse, as everyone knew that the Sun Shooting No. 2 rocket was going to recover its first stage.

Although the recycling site is located on a piece of land near the sea reclaimed by the Future Science and Technology Research Institute, it is actually less than 5 kilometers northwest of Dishui Lake.

It was even closer than the launching ship just now, and they could clearly see the recovery process.

In the East China Sea, a Yuanwang space measurement ship is aiming its receiving antenna at the first-stage rocket of the Sheri-2 in space.

It will send the measured altitude, speed, attitude and other data to the communication satellite, which will then be received by the ground base station and reflected on the simulated attitude image.

The benefit of spending money on the space tracking and control network is that Zero can now monitor the rocket in all aspects without blind spots, and the ground can conduct two-way verification based on the data sent by the rocket itself and active detection.

At the headquarters base of the Future Research Institute, not far from the Datang Aerospace factory building, there is a piece of land close to the sea, or rather a three-story floor.

On top of the [snow mud] floor, a normal cement floor was laid to construct a launch and recovery site.

A recycling tower stands alone on the seashore.

In the air, the first stage of the Sun Shooting II missile had adjusted to a vertical falling posture and was falling rapidly toward the ground.

(End of this chapter)