Chapter 947 - There is no way to compare… (1/2)
“That’s impossible!”
With a critical attitude, Fred opened a video called “Asteroid Mining Record” on Celestial Trade’s website. His expression gradually turned from disdain to suspicion, then changed from disdain to shock. When he saw two robotic arms popping up two laser knives like light sabers, his heart suddenly sank.
Then there was the exclamation, “That’s impossible!”
The video continued.
The two laser knives interlaced, and two holes were created without any hindrance. Then the tool turned into a hammer, and the large ore was peeled off from the asteroid. The mechanical hammer smashed on the ore, and at the same time, it slammed on his heart. The technical capabilities of Future Mining completely shattered his doubts and disdain.
He was the editor-in-chief of the Nouveau York Times Technology Editorial. In recent years, he realized that readers seemed to be more and more keen on understanding what Future Group created compared to Apple and Microsoft’s product launches.
Since NASA’s announcement that Celestial Trade had dragged the Bennu asteroid to the Earth-Moon system, he already published dozens of articles in succession and continued to follow the story.
“Who gave the power to the madman on the other side of the Pacific Ocean to drag a three billion TNT-equivalent asteroid close to our home?”
“Technology must be limited; unconstrained technology will only accelerate our destruction! This time it’s three billion tons of explosives—what about next time? Ten billion tons? God can’t save us! We’ll become extinct like the dinosaurs after a hard landing of the asteroid!”
As the editor of the Technology Editorial, his comments seemed to be largely inappropriate. But as an editor who climbed up the ranks as a reporter, he knew what a journalist should say. The seriousness and rigor of the news? No, no, that was the old tradition of the last century. News without hype and sensation has no future!
Therefore, he chose to oppose mainstream society.
At the same time, he also believed he was obliged to stand up and remind the UA citizens who were blindly pursuing Future Technology. They must be sensible in dealing with the more and more arrogant man.
Because of his critical words and controversial speeches, he was even invited as a guest on famous talk shows and appeared on TV as the editor-in-chief.
On his computer, a document criticizing Celestial Trade dragging the asteroid to the Earth-Moon system was already edited, and it could be published after his return. In order to create this piece, he traveled almost to all the colleges and universities in the country. He even flew to Massachusetts to see astronomical experts who taught at Harvard University to prove that mining on the Bennu asteroid was impractical and dangerous.
He was very confident about this report.
Because a professor at Harvard University assured him that even the most advanced technology in the world could only bring back a few mineral samples from the Bennu asteroid at best. The ore transported back and forth from 400,000 kilometers away would have a fuel consummation cost several times higher than the value of the collected ores.
It turned out this professor had been in the laboratory for too long and couldn’t keep up with the times.
The video released by Celestial Trade slapped Fred’s face so hard that he became numb.
Impossible?
Celestial Trade told him with actual footage that impossible was nothing.
He speechlessly closed the video and rubbed his sore eyebrows.
“Fu*k, what have I done in the past half month…”
He devoted too much effort on this report. However, if it was published, it would be like putting his face forward and asking people to slap it again.
But if he just gave up…
In the end, he made a decision to abandon the report, but the moment he hit delete, he felt like his heart started to bleed.
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Shangjing.
In the space technology laboratory of the National Science and Technology University, an old gray-haired professor was staring at the images on the computer screen meticulously. Standing behind him was an old man standing straight with a serious expression, and a middle-aged man with a square face.