Chapter 923 - Space Elevator Completed (1/2)

Translator: _Min_ Editor: Caron_

As long as the weather was good enough, even in New Guinea hundreds of kilometers away, the giant tower piercing the sky was visible.

No one knew what it was; it was like it appeared overnight, “grew” to the Earth’s center continuously day till night, and finally landed on the horizon.

From afar, it looked like a single strand of hair. Only high-powered telescopes could make out the surface of the tower.

On the southernmost island of Xin, Ange Island, it was possible to catch a glimpse of this magnificent tower even with the naked eye. It was precisely because of this that many aeros.p.a.ce and alien enthusiasts came to Xin from all around the world to see this incredible spectacle.

Yes, only the term spectacle could describe this magnificent project that connected heaven and Earth.

“Dad! What is that?” Standing on a beach on Ange Island, a little boy pointed to the distant white line connecting the heavens.

“It’s an elevator.” Looking at the s.p.a.ce elevator in the distance, the man in beach trunks showed a fascinated expression.

“An elevator? Where does this elevator go?” The little boy looked at his father and asked in confusion.

“s.p.a.ce.” The man tousled the boy’s hair. “When daddy was a kid, going to s.p.a.ce required very, very strong rockets. The rockets needed to be ignited from the back. Now, using an elevator is enough.”

“s.p.a.ce? Will I have a chance to go?” The boy’s eyes flashed with hope as he looked at his father.

“Of course. Not only s.p.a.ce, but you will be able to go to places even further.” The man smiled and looked at the clouds pierced by the s.p.a.ce elevator. “My child, you’re lucky you live in good times.”

The sea near the s.p.a.ce elevator was a.s.signed as a military restricted area by Celestial Trade. The frigate modified with a Type-50J electromagnetic pulse cannon cruised the area, and with the help of the maritime police, it drove away s.h.i.+ps entering the area. The offsh.o.r.e platforms equipped with laser air defense systems were deployed in the sea two kilometers away from the s.p.a.ce elevator to prevent missiles or aircraft that might pose a threat.

Under the narrow s.p.a.ce elevator was a connected cuboid several kilometers long and wide that floated above the sea.

As the base station for the s.p.a.ce elevator, it could dock freighters with displacements of up to 10,000 tons. The runway next to it also allowed civilian airliners to land.

The s.p.a.ce elevator completed currently had six pa.s.senger-transport channels on the inside and six freight lanes on the outside. A vertical upwards “carriage” was placed in the pa.s.senger pa.s.sage, and a single “carriage” carried 60-80 pa.s.sengers, using the principle of electromagnetic drive. The entire carriage was like a projectile of an electromagnetic gun, accelerated on a powered rail.

As for the freight pa.s.sage, the principle was similar to a pa.s.senger pa.s.sage, but because the cargo was being transported, the acceleration of the carriage was more than the 10G force limit, and the vertical speed also approached the first cosmic velocity.

Each freight car could push 50 tons of cargo to the synchronous...o...b..t, equivalent to two Long March 5 rockets. As for the cost of transportation per ton of cargo, it was exponentially lower than s.p.a.ceX’s Falcon series rockets.

The nations around the world seemed to know about this “giant tower” that connected outer s.p.a.ce with Earth, but they all kept silent. They believed that even if they didn’t say anything, Future Group would soon disclose this secret. They were waiting for Future Group to speak first then based on the chips in their hands, they would put forward their own proposals.

Compared to the silence of world governments, the Internet exploded.

s.p.a.ce elevator!

This concept that originally existed only in fantasy literature and films actually became a reality through the hands of Future Group?!