September 7th, for Future Group and even the entire Earth Defense Alliance, this day would be a day worth celebrating.
After more than a month of hard work, the shipyard of Future Heavy Industries was finally completed. Just like a satellite of Celestial City, it quietly floated in the synchronous orbit. From a distance, the entire space station looked like two capital letters "U".
The entire space station would accommodate 10,000 workers, 20,000 construction robots, and thousands of small shuttles. With the support of giant robotic arms on both sides of the shipyard, it would specialize in the production of ships of more than 500,000 tons.
With the completion of this shipyard, the construction of the first million-ton warship of the Earth Fleet could finally begin.
And the construction ceremony of the first warship of the Earth Fleet would be held at the same time as the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the shipyard.
At this moment, in the middle of the shipyard, the invited guests of the member states of the Earth Defense Alliance gathered and formed a semi-arc-shaped human wall. In the middle of the crowd, an old man in strange clothes stepped forward and stood in front of a steel plate.
"… May God bless us with glory and grant us victory …"
The bishop, holding the cross in his hand, spoke in a compassionate tone, recited some unknown scripture, and stretched out his aged fingers to draw a cross on the cold steel.
This "blessed" steel plate would be installed on the warship that was about to begin construction.
When the blessing ended, there was applause around.
Then the steel plate was transported away by a trailer, and the second old man in a robe stepped forward, holding a three-horizontal wooden cross, and repeated the previous ceremony …
Inviting religious figures to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony and bless the first warship of the Earth Fleet was mainly to meet the requirements of certain countries. At first, it was Frankberg who proposed it, claiming that the people petitioned to ask Catholic priests to bless the warship.
Russia was a little unhappy when it heard this. Why should Catholics bless the Earth Fleet? The Orthodox Church hasn't even said anything yet! Emperor Putin said that without the Orthodox Church, there would be no Russia. How would history be written then? The Earth Fleet, with the blessing of the God in the west, defeated the powerful extraterrestrial civilization?
You can brag about this for a hundred years!
Hua expressed that it didn't matter. They would do whatever was convenient and put an end to extravagance and waste …
As soon as he saw the two major member states in conflict, Jiang Chen quickly stepped forward to mediate. He said that there were so many steel plates on a warship, there was no need for them to fight over that one! Since they both wanted to chant scriptures for the battleship, they could do it together!
Fortunately, everyone was secular, so it was easier to talk to them. In the end, everyone just chanted scriptures together.
Therefore, the Earth Defense Alliance Committee voted to pass a rule. As long as the member states applied, they could send a priest to the first battleship that had not yet started construction. As for how history would be written, it was up to everyone to write it according to their own national conditions …
It was precisely because of this that a large group of quacks joined the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Except for the Green Cult, which often exploded on the spot.
As for why they did not invite the Green Sect, it was not that no one invited them, but mainly because they had their own reasons. Almost no devout Green believers were willing to board the space elevator. They would rather die than go!
Standing on the rotating Celestial City, they couldn't find the direction to worship. Perhaps when he was about to kneel down, the sun would go down his buttocks …
Jiang Chen didn't really care about these preachers. As long as they didn't carve "Here" on his shipyard, he could do whatever he wanted. Xin implemented the system of freedom of belief while promoting atheism, and he himself was an atheist through and through. He was neither pious nor reverent.
Jiang Chen clapped perfunctorily as he thought in his mind.
[God can't save Earth civilization, but I can. Rather than worship God, why don't you worship me …]
The ribbon-cutting ceremony soon came to an end.
As the executive of the Earth Defense Alliance, Jiang Chen stood in front of everyone and read the speech of the executive and the program of the Earth Fleet. It was a perfect end to the entire construction ceremony.
In the thunderous applause, Jiang Chen nodded to the camera with a smile and walked off the makeshift podium. At the same time, he let out a long sigh of relief in his heart.
That was the end of it!
…
"The crew warmly reminds you that the SS Seagull will enter the orbit around the Moon in five minutes. Friends walking around in the cabin, please return to your seat as soon as possible …"
Jiang Chen opened his eyes, turned his face, and met a pair of bright eyes.
"You're awake?"
Looking at Jiang Chen who woke up from a deep sleep, a smile that melted the ice and snow on her cold face. Xia Shiyu woke up half an hour ago. Because she had nothing to do, she stared at Jiang Chen who was sleeping beside her. She didn't expect half an hour to pass so quickly.
Jiang Chen rubbed his sleepy eyes, yawned, sat up, stretched, and looked out the window.
"We're here already?"
"The crew said there are still ten minutes …" Looking at the Moon outside the window, Xia Shiyu couldn't help but exclaim, "It's the first time I've been so close to the Moon."
"You'll be even closer in a while, and you'll even stand on it." Jiang Chen smiled and joked.
Because it was a first-class cabin, there were only the two of them in this compartment. Not only was it decorated, but they could also enjoy the scenery outside the window. However, the entire passenger cabin was loaded with a total of two thousand passengers. Especially the ordinary cabin, it was still a bit crowded.
Yesterday, after attending the party after the ribbon-cutting ceremony, he and Xia Shiyu boarded the flight to the Moon without stopping.
Celestial Trade now only had a total of four Seagull-class transport ships, one of which was returning from Mars, and the other was serving in the Aerospace Defense Force. There were only two flights between Celestial City and Lunar City a day. If they missed it, they would have to wait another twelve hours.
After a total of ten hours, SS Seagull finally entered the orbit around the Moon after two orbital changes.
Standing here and looking at the Moon, the entire Lunar City was like a bright silver medal inlaid in the center of a large crater. Although this was not the first time Jiang Chen had a bird's eye view of Lunar City, it was the first time he directly overlooked this incredible city through his own eyes.
If he sat in the ordinary cabin, he would definitely hear the exclamations of the passengers.
Of course, the premise was that he wouldn't be treated like a panda …
Looking at the scenery outside the window, Xia Shiyu's eyes were also filled with amazement.
Her sight gradually moved from the colony to space, and she suddenly said.
"Why don't we also build a space elevator on the Moon?"
"Because the Moon doesn't have a geosynchronous orbit." Looking at the colony getting closer and closer, Jiang Chen's mouth curved up. "However, building an elevator to the lunar orbit can be studied. The height of 200 kilometers is only one-hundredth of the geosynchronous orbit, and the amount of work won't be too large."
The gravity of the Moon was only one-sixth of that of the Earth, and the requirements for the cable strength of the "Moon Elevator" were far less than the "Space Elevator" that extended from the Earth's surface to the geosynchronous orbit. Not to mention the high-strength graphene material now mastered by Future Group, even the high-strength, high-heat resistant composite fiber developed by Nippon called "Chai Long" could be used as a material for the Moon Elevator.
Nippon companies also encouraged Celestial Trade more than once to contract the Moon Elevator project, but Jiang Chen didn't pay attention to them at all.
Even if the elevator was to be built, it would be built by Future Heavy Industries. What does it have to do with you?
Xia Shiyu's words reminded him of something. Jiang Chen silently thought that when he arrived at Lunar City, he must take a good look at the cargo throughput and the number of floating people. If it was necessary, after he returned, he would ask Calvin to set up a project for the Moon Elevator.
The gravitational force of the Moon itself was very small, and there was no atmosphere. Therefore, even without a geosynchronous orbit, spacecraft could travel from outer space to the surface of the Moon without much trouble. Spacecraft less than 100,000 tons could land directly on the surface of the Moon, and transport ships more than 100,000 tons could directly throw their cargo down.
That's right, throw them down.
After the rectangular cargo was separated from the SS Seagull, two clusters of blue flames spewed out from the bottom and landed in the direction of Lunar City. There were a total of four cargo cabins that were thrown down together. Only one of them was the passenger cabin, and the other three were all cargo cabins.
The passenger cabin landed steadily on the flat airport. A closed escalator more than ten meters long and two people wide extended from the cabin door and connected to the rectangular transit station next to the airport. As the signal light lit up, passengers stood on the escalator one after another and moved to the transit station.
There was an underground passage under the transit station, and people could take the light rail directly to Lunar City two kilometers away.
It was the first time for many people to come to the Moon. When they passed through the escalator, they looked around excitedly from time to time, took out their phones, cameras, and shouted at the craters. The tour guides of various tourist groups calmly held up flags and reminded everyone to put on magnetic belts and follow the team.
The floor of Guanghan City was paved with alloy steel. When disembarking from the spaceship, everyone could receive a magnetic belt. For rookies who could not master the essence of the Moon Steps, staying on the ground was the wisest choice.
When all the passengers left, Jiang Chen took Xia Shiyu's little hand and took her to the transit station.
As the owner of the entire city, of course, he would not squeeze on the light rail with ordinary passengers. As soon as he boarded the SS Seagull, a lunar rover was already parked at the transit station, waiting for his arrival.
On this lunar rover the size of an armored vehicle, Jiang Chen met the former chief of the Lunar Colony, the current mayor of Lunar City, Tang Weijie, and several other senior executives of Lunar City.
"Welcome President Jiang, CEO Xia to the Lunar Colony …"
Tang Weijie bowed politely to Jiang Chen and Xia Shiyu.
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