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Chapter 1554: Distant World
Chapter 1554: Distant World
That’s right. These octogenarians with white hair are all “space tourists” who have traveled to outer space at their own expense.
In order of their time in space: Dennis Tito, who holds a bachelor's degree in astronautics from New York University, a master's degree and honorary doctorate in engineering science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a former scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and founder of VirtueXchange Investments; Mark Shuttleworth, a South African entrepreneur and founder of Ubuntu; Gregory Olsen, chairman of the American high-tech company "Sensors Unlimited"; Ms. Arushi Ansari, an Iranian-American female entrepreneur; Charles Simonyi, a Hungarian-American billionaire and famous software developer known as the "Father of Word"; Richard Garriott, a famous computer game designer and producer and founder of Origin Systems game software company; Guy Laliberté, founder and general manager of Canada's Cirque du Soleil; Richard Branson, founder of the British Virgin Group; Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon; and Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese rock musician, collector and entrepreneur.
A total of 10 people.
Although the 10 space tourists come from all walks of life and different countries, they all have one common label: billionaires.
Ten elites from all walks of life are also reflected in the plot. According to Wu Chen, the core team supporting the ISS International Space Station comes from the engineering teams of Amazon and Microsoft, and the astronaut fleet comes from Virgin Galactic and Cirque du Soleil members...
In one sentence: "Technology elites save humanity" is a classic Hollywood setting.
"Wu Chen, we all unanimously invite you to come to the International Space Station." Such a big show must be for this reason.
"Okay, ma'am." Wu Chen accepted it happily: "How do I get up there?"
"We will send a spacecraft to pick you up. This is the first time that humans have returned to Earth since the last 'Dispersion Day'." Ms. Anousheh Ansari could not hide her excitement. As for what will happen in the future, it is beyond her responsibility. These astronaut leaders who have fought for half a century have completed their mission.
My mood at this moment may be the same as those astronauts who are unwilling to return.
"It's all over, Wu Chen."
"I hope so, ma'am." Wu Chen ended the call with a smile.
The Valkyrie "Valkyrie" Megan Gale, who is advancing steadily under the "limb motion capture mechanism", controls the giant mecha to wade through the turbulent rapids of the Arctic Ocean, step by step away from the Arctic Circle.
This global "Asteroid Annihilation Plan" permanently changed the topography of the Arctic. Fortunately, the "diamond cluster" crystal layer, the hardest known on Earth, isolated the Earth's core. The Earth still maintains its "state" intact. As the Arctic Ocean water poured into the deep crater created by the impact, a stable "crust equilibrium" would gradually be achieved under geological action.
Many years later, this man-made "Kola Deep" will probably be gradually compensated and closed. The new earth ecology will even cover up its former traces. Referring to the asteroid impact that destroyed the dinosaur ecology, this is also a foreseeable change.
Of course, it is unknown whether the next overlord of the Earth will still be human beings. After all, compared with the 45 billion years of the Earth, human history is still very short.
Not long after, an astronaut's spacecraft broke through the clouds, and its "recoverable launch vehicle engine" constantly adjusted its flight attitude and landed straight on the designated ground.
Technically speaking, the ISS spacecraft is an improved version of the space shuttle, and it is also the lowest threshold for humans to enter space.
The female pilot of this ISS spacecraft is the heroine of "Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away": Erica Linz.
"My Lord, there should be a lot of similarities between acrobats and stuntmen." Valkyrie "Valkyrie" Megan Gale paid more attention to the female pilot than the ISS spacecraft. "It should be. The biggest common point is 'dare to take risks.'" Compared with the panic of the female pilot who climbed out of the cockpit and faced the giant mecha, Wu Chen was much more relaxed.
"Oh my God...what kind of monster is this?" Erica Linz, the female pilot who answered the video call, has not yet come to her senses.
"Ms. Linz, this is the doomsday technology of the humans on the ground. We collected and manufactured it." Wu Chen responded with a smile. You can fly to the sky, so why do you care about this giant mecha in front of you?
"Only the 'Big Slingshot' can launch your Fortress Titan into space, Mr. Wu." The female pilot calmed herself down: "But the last ground base fell as early as the day of the scattering. There is nothing we can do now."
"There is another workaround." Wu Chen said with a smile: "I believe there must be a 'booster' version of the 'recoverable launch vehicle engine' on your spacecraft."
"Of course." The female pilot immediately understood: "You want to use the method of bundling the 'booster' to send the Fortress Titan into space."
"Yes, is that okay?" Wu Chen nodded with a smile. This is the same simple principle as the space shuttle. As long as you build a high-thrust "rocket backpack" for the mecha giant, you can fly into space.
"It should be fine." The female pilot immediately contacted the ISS International Space Station: "A long time ago, we made a lot of reusable 'simple cargo spacecraft'. They are used to transport various important materials to the ISS International Space Station. Before the last 'dispersion day'..."
The so-called "simple cargo spacecraft" by the female pilot is actually a "recoverable launch vehicle" in the shape of a long pencil. But its thrust is far greater than the prototype version, which is also the last technological energy of human civilization before the end of the world. It is one of the important black technologies in this time and space. It continuously sends many important resources to outer space and builds the most important core structure of the ISS International Space Station. After completing the mission, these high-thrust "simple cargo spacecraft" were sealed by the ISS International Space Station. Now it is just in time to be reactivated.
Soon, one after another "simple cargo spaceship" broke through the clouds and landed straight next to the fortress giant.
As for the transformation and installation, the ISS International Space Station does not have to worry about it. The onboard computer "Fortress-279" immediately released a swarm of drones to complete the transformation of the "boost vehicle (rocket backpack)".
While the transformation was in full swing, female pilot Erica Linz was carried by a giant mechanical arm into the "transmission cockpit" located in the chest of the Fortress Titan.
"Nice to meet you, everyone."
"Hello, Erica." The Queen of the Citadel, Furiosa, replied with a smile: "I am Furiosa, the pilot of the 'Fortress-279'."
"Where is Mr. Wu?" Female pilot Erica Linz did not see the hero on the ground who saved humanity.
"My Lord is busy with some finishing work." Melissa Jaffer, the mother of the beautiful girls of Vovallini and the "seed protector", smiled and said, "I am Melissa."
"Okay, ladies." Wherever the female pilot Erica Linz looked, the beautiful mothers of Vovallini were full of youth and smiling like flowers.
Well, that seems to be correct.
The half-century-long bacterium disaster has proven that women’s survival rate in the apocalypse is much higher than that of men.