Chapter 942 - Is this really just a Space Station? (1/2)

“Is this Celestial City?”

The universe was cold, but standing there, Zhang Feng with short sleeves only felt the coolness like an air-conditioned room. With his foot stepping on the solid metal floor, he was surprised to feel gravity similar to Earth here.

This should be the gravity section of Celestial City, which was the “balance hammer”-part of Celestial City.

Standing around him, except for the man named William who was playing with his phone, everyone went to the transparent floor-to-ceiling window and examined the beauty of Mother Earth.

“This five-hour journey took a century.” Rudolf Clarke reached out and gently stroked the reflection of the Earth on the window, opening the wooden box he had been holding on his chest. It was his grandfather’s photo inside.

The old man who had predicted this day with his imagination.

Although everything was late by almost twenty years…

“Can I throw it into space?” Rudolf found a guide who was waiting for them at the exit of the space elevator, he asked with a sincere but serious expression, “It was my grandfather’s last wish.”

The young guide shook his head and rejected Mr. Rudolf’s request.

“No.”

Any space debris that left the space station would become a potential safety hazard, and in the future, it may cost tens of billions to recover them.

“It’s just a photo.”

Rudolf tried to convince the tour guide, but the tour guide still shook his head and rejected his request.

“Photos flying at 3.1 kilometers per second are no different from blades.”

And it was the kind of blade that could cut steel.

Although regrettable, Rudolf wasn’t a very unreasonable person. The tour guide nodded at him, thanking him for his understanding then he walked over to everyone, clapping his hands and indicating for everyone to look in his direction.

“Welcome, visitors to Celestial City Space Station. My name is Lu Fengming. I will be your guide for the day. If you encounter any problems during the tour, please be sure to consult me. I will do my best to provide assistance.”

“I don’t want to say too much more, so I wish you a pleasant trip.”

The guide’s concise opening remarks immediately won Zhang Feng’s goodwill. He wasn’t the type who talked much, and he naturally didn’t like people who spoke a lot.

The group followed Lu Fengming and walked into the space station.

“From the side, the entire space elevator is like a ‘Y’ plugged into the Earth, and the opening is like a ring. Now, we’re inside the ring, also known as the gravity section.”

“We can feel gravity, but in fact, it’s not gravity but pseudo-gravity generated by centrifugation. Yes, us, the floor under our feet, and the space we’re in are all rotating around the axis of the space elevator, rotating at a speed of several kilometers per second.”

“Thanks to this ring that opens outwards and rotates continuously, the center of gravity of the entire space elevator can stay in the synchronous orbit and we can feel gravity similar to what we would feel on Earth. We are now standing in this ring, facing the center of the circle.”

Having said that, Lu Fengming paused and thought for a moment, then said, “The specific principle is hard to explain. You can view us as a group of hamsters who are running on a running wheel nonstop,” Lu Fengming explained humorously and amused many travelers.

They all carried Future phones with a voice translator, and there was no communication barrier after wearing the headphones. Many people felt very strange because they weren’t floating. Now after listening to the tour guide’s explanation, although it was by no means scientific, they gained a rough understanding.