You were told to build a tractor, but you're building a rocket? Chapter 555 - 543: Guidance1

"The first Artificial Gravity Space Station was officially completed, and astronaut Li Sheng completed a 400-ter run inside the space station."

"March, with a mass of 1680 tons, beca the largest space station in orbit that humanity has built to date."

"Aerospace Developnt Committee: Intensive testing will be conducted on the space station in the coming months, with hopes of providing gravity for the crew by the first half of next year."

"French space experts suggest using March as the Mars exploration spacecraft for the Huayin Organization."

"Guo Fan announced that the final part of The Wandering Earth’s space scenes are about to start filming, with the release date set for the Spring Festival slot."

"NACA congratulates the completion of the ’Forward’ Space Station, calling it ’another giant leap for mankind.’"

"Large-scale protests break out in Fugoka Town, suspected to have led to clashes with the International Atomic Energy Agency Ergency Security Rescue Team."

"..."

By the ti the mbers of the Science Advisory Committee arrived at the base by high-speed rail, it was already the second day after the completion of Forward Space Station.

This ti, the 12 astronauts on the two space shuttles did not need to return imdiately to prepare for the next mission, as before, but were expected to stay aboard the Forward Space Station for at least 60 days.

Only after confirming the good condition of the space station’s various parts during the two months of living there, would they return to Earth for several unmanned rotational tests, and then manned tests would ensue.

Of course, they also had an important task of collaborating with the crew of The Wandering Earth to film the space scenes, with only three months left until the Spring Festival slot. Plus, with post-production and editing, the crew had already prepared to go to space soon, expecting to ride aboard the still earthbound Pioneer, while also delivering a large amount of supplies and new scientific research equipnt to the space station.

So, when Frank Yang got off the shuttle bus, he imdiately saw the film crew’s bus parked not far away.

Guo Fan, who was busy checking the equipnt again, also looked towards the several shuttle buses carrying the committee’s scientists. When he spotted Frank Yang, their eyes t.

Frank Yang felt an uneasy premonition looking at this enthusiastic young director coming up to greet him.

"Mr. Yang, I never expected to run into you here!"

"Hello, hello..."

Guo Fan sized up Frank Yang, who still seed in good spirits, and quickly searched his mind for where he could fit a cao for this guest, even if it ant holding onto him for the next movie.

But by this ti, other scientists had also disembarked. Public figures like Hawking and Penrose also had high recognition, and Guo Fan even felt a bit overwheld choosing among them.

There were nearly a hundred foreign mbers in the advisory committee, and the news of their involvent had been heavily publicized dostically. Of course, Guo Fan knew what they were here for.

However, although he tried hard to persuade these well-known individuals to make a cao in the movie, the scientists who ca all seed preoccupied with other matters. Coupled with the language barrier, Guo Fan’s efforts were not successful.

Especially when Academician She and Lin Ju hurried over, he was quickly overlooked.

"Welco to our base."

Lin Ju’s pun-filled greeting imdiately resonated with many present, who shook his hand enthusiastically as if they were old friends reunited.

Academician She, on the other hand, did not understand, having not found these foreigners so amiable before in Beijing. Could it really be that a simple Aero-Space Plane ticket bought them over?

That’s far too lacking in the pride of a scientist!

Of course, he did not know their mindset. Most of the top scientists in the advisory committee were quite old and were intensely curious about the supernatural experiences that had happened a few days before. They were eager to learn more.

However, they were still ostensibly "outsiders" who had only co for space training. Their public activities were limited, and they were soon settled into a designated area.

It was only when night fell that Lin Ju and other executives snuck in for a eting.

Although they were worn out from the day’s travel, the mbers remained ntally sharp and curious to experience the base’s achievents.

Hawking was being whisked around in his wheelchair by a service robot, and Frank Yang was poking at the lifelike exterior of another robot.

To them, the plethora of well-trained service robots was not the most shocking aspect. Penrose was interacting with the base’s "Mountain and Sea" AI using a tablet and occasionally let out exclamations of surprise.

Upon seeing Lin Ju and others, they imdiately gathered around, forming a circle spontaneously.

Lin Ju didn’t waste words and went straight to discussing the two most important matters: the establishnt of the Zero Plain and the Scientific Research Center, and then so other matters for which he distributed docunts for them to digest later.

The ntion of Zero Plain imdiately caused an uproar at the scene, but fortunately, they were in a basent where no sound would leak out.

If the might of the system perplexed them, the threat of Zero Plain felt much more real, causing imnse shock amongst all present.

When it cos to speculations about aliens, there are many. Fermi was obsessed with this subject in his later years, proposing the famous Fermi Paradox:

Even if the probability of the ergence of life is low, just the Milky Way alone contains several hundred billion stars, and there are countless stars in the universe. Why has humanity not observed any other civilization?

According to the speed of human scientific developnt, it’s entirely possible that powerful interstellar civilizations could have developed in the past tens of billions of years of the universe’s history.

This conjecture instantly beca a significant hypothesis in the scientific community about extraterrestrial life. Although Zero Plain did not answer the Fermi Paradox, it undeniably proved the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations, which in itself is a trendously shocking discovery.

However, Lin Ju did not give them much ti as these issues could be digested slowly later. The focus for the evening remained the future developnt direction of the base.

First was the matter regarding Mars, where the entire mbership of the Science Advisory Committee unanimously agreed to launch the Mars mission as quickly as possible and to offer full support.

Of course, this did not an technical help but using their influence to guide countries worldwide to invest more resources into space travel.

Frank Yang further proposed:

"We must imdiately prompt the academies to provide more support to United Mining. Additionally, many ongoing material and scientific research projects must find ways to align with space. We need to make all developnt inseparable from space.

From the mont Zero Plain appeared, the entire course of human history changed, and we must be fully prepared for every eventuality."

Penrose: "It’s imperative to guide the public’s attitude change. Many still believe space is irrelevant to the average person. We have to make them feel the benefits of the developnt of space technology, as the power of just the scientific community is too thin.

Moreover, developing near-Earth orbits is not enough. We should consider pushing the technology for deep space travel: controlled nuclear fusion, faster-than-light space crafts, quantum communication technology, and so on. Otherwise, we still lack the capability to safeguard against danger."