When Jiang Chen heard Lin Lin describe the gap between the two sides, he didn't know what expression he should use to face this fact.
Lucky? Of course, there was no sign of life activity on the spacecraft. Obviously, it had been abandoned by its owner for a long time. At least he didn't have to worry about advanced civilizations coming to find him. A colonial ship from 20.5 light-years away was enough to give him a headache. If there was an unfriendly neighbor, the game would be impossible to play.
Confused? There was also one thing he didn't understand why the spacecraft was abandoned. If they could even create strong interaction materials, there should be nothing in the universe that could threaten them, at least in his opinion.
"Don't think about this. When the 100-kilogram ball arrives, remember to bring it to me." Lin Lin patted Jiang Chen's shoulder like an old man, but her hand was slapped away by Jiang Chen and she received an eye roll.
"Arrives? Do you think it's a delivery? We'll see. "
Jiang Chen poked Lin Lin's forehead with his index finger and looked at the smug Lin Lin squatting down with her hand on her forehead. Jiang Chen ignored the dissatisfied stare and walked in the direction of the mansion.
…
It took a month to get there and about two months for the return flight.
Before the ball was brought back, any discussion about it was meaningless. Jiang Chen put it aside for the time being. After the ball was brought back, he would think of a suitable reason to take it from the Celestial Trade Space Department and bring it to the apocalypse for Lin Lin to study.
However, there was one thing Jiang Chen still didn't understand. Since he could discover the UFO, there was no reason the government or agencies in this world couldn't. Logically speaking, the discovery of extraterrestrial civilization should be a major event that would shock the world, but he didn't hear any similar news before the war in the apocalypse.
In this regard, Lin Lin provided an explanation.
"Now that this thing was discovered by you, will you talk about it on your side?"
When Jiang Chen heard Lin Lin's rhetorical question, he suddenly realized.
If it were him, he would also pretend that nothing had happened after he obtained the information about the extraterrestrial civilization. He would just close his door and secretly study the secrets of the civilization. Even if they couldn't find anything, they couldn't disclose it to other countries' research institutes, let alone to the media.
Needless to say, if the UA knew about the UFO, it would definitely jump out and say that the opportunity to communicate with alien civilizations should belong to all of mankind, and then ask Celestial Trade to send the object to the research institute in Area 51. At that time, even Xin's friendly partners, Hua and Russia, would tactfully express their agreement, except for the last point.
There was no such thing as true friendship between countries. In times of need, even enemies could become blood brothers, and brotherly love could also lead to war. History had proven this point countless times.
He didn't stay in the apocalypse for long. He only stayed for three days before returning to the modern world.
He didn't return from the apocalypse empty-handed. He also brought the Red River X1 engine designed by the Aerospace Science and Technology Research Institute in his storage dimension.
This engine was similar to the Shuttle 07 engine designed by East Asia Heavy Industries for the Pan-Asia Aerospace Group's Sea Dragon transport ship. It was the one Jiang Chen bought from the Beluga Station for 20,000 credits. As for the extent to which it was similar, it was up to one's imagination.
Anyway, intellectual property didn't exist in the apocalypse, so it was better to use it.
The Red River X1 engine would be installed on Celestial Trade's newly developed transport ship. As Celestial Trade's first large-scale "transport" spacecraft in the Earth-Moon system, it would also be the first giant spaceship in the true sense.
In theory, the performance of the Red River X1 had already reached the standard for sailing to Mars, but the technical difficulties of the transport ship were not only in the engine. Dragged down by other designs, the transport ship that was completed a year ago and was about to leave the port could only be used to perform flight missions in the Earth-Moon system for the time being.
Celestial Trade was still a newborn in "shipbuilding" technology, and many things needed to be learned through trial and error.
In this regard, even scientists from the apocalypse couldn't help them. Jiang Lin and other technicians at the Aerospace Science and Technology Research Institute focused on the engine. Designing the entire spacecraft was not a task that could be completed by a research institute, not to mention there were no ready-made drawings for reference.
In the dock of the gravity-free section of Celestial Trade, a spacecraft about 600 meters long quietly parked under dozens of robotic arms. Under the command of the engineer, the Red River X1 engine was connected to the empty slot at the rear of the spacecraft and completed the last step before it was "launched".
Because it was designed according to the specifications of the spacecraft, the connection was quite smooth without any accidents.
"Perfect design … Where did you get this thing?" Calvin, who was standing next to Jiang Chen, looked at the engine that was connected to the new ship in the warehouse.
However, Jiang Chen didn't answer his question. He just smiled without saying a word.
The new ship was a transport ship, but as long as Celestial Trade needed, it could be modified for military use at any time. The orbital airborne brigade needed ten small transport ships to complete the deployment, and this giant ship could carry the entire brigade at once.
Seeing that Jiang Chen didn't answer, Calvin didn't ask further but changed the topic.
"Speaking of which, our new ship hasn't been named yet. Do you have any good suggestions?"
"What's the tonnage of this ship?" Jiang Chen asked.
"Five hundred thousand tons."
After Jiang Chen closed his eyes and thought for a moment, he said.
"Five hundred thousand tons … Let's call it Seagull."
"Seagull? Okay, if you like it. "
Calvin was speechless at Jiang Chen's naming technique. Such an epoch-making spacecraft was given such an ordinary name without any commemorative significance. It was a first in history.
However, looking at the boss's satisfied expression, he didn't want to point it out, so he acquiesced.
With the installation of Seagull, Celestial Trade's transportation capacity in the Earth-Moon system finally increased to more than 500,000 tons. The increase in transportation capacity brought a leap forward in the development of Celestial Trade's space resources.
The most direct demonstration of this was probably the lunar colony. Five hundred new immigrants arrived on the surface of the Moon with the new ecological unit on board Seagull. With the arrival of new immigrants, the population of this outpost of Celestial Trade's colonization of the Moon had exceeded 1,000.
In order to celebrate this historic moment, Celestial Trade held a press conference to share the good news with the world.
At the same time, they took this rare opportunity to announce two things.
The first thing was that the Moon colony would be renamed Lunar City. It was now worthy of this name.
As for the other thing, Lunar City would be open to individuals or institutions from all over the world and welcomed enterprises to invest.
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