Recently, the screen has been blunted by space elevators on the Internet, and the attention to Benu asteroid has not yet formed enough popularity.

From the doomsday theory in 2000 to the dull Christmas in 2012, people have been baptized by the strange doomsday theory.

Even if Jiang Chen stood seriously in front of the media and told them that there was a colonial ship from the stars that flew to the solar system for almost a century from 20.5 light years out, people would probably smile at most and put a few labels on the wealthy chairman, which was similar to "humor" and "loving to tell cold jokes".

Thanks to this, the irresponsible voices of protesting against the Star Ring Trade are harsh, but not strong.

However, this does not mean that some countries will give up using this as an entry point and make remarks about the "space hegemony" that is forming in the Star Ring trade.

For example, the United States, their partners, the European Union, and Latin American countries.

The ESA first protested against the "irresponsible" behavior of the New Zealand State and asked the New Zealand State to explain the incident at the United Nations General Assembly in September this year.

China has just expressed its close attention to the progress of this incident and believes that the new Congress properly handles the issue of Bennu asteroid. Considering the recent cooperation with Star Ring Trade on the Microgravity Laboratory project, China's diplomatic wording is relatively peaceful, but it is obvious that it is somewhat dissatisfied with the Star Ring Trade pulling Bennu asteroid into the Earth-Moon system without the international community's knowledge.

The United States' wording is quite tough, requiring the new country to immediately provide evidence to prove the safety of Bennu asteroid, otherwise Nasa will begin to study the plan to destroy Bennu asteroid in outer space.

When Jiang Chen heard the trouble in Zhang Yaping's mouth, he laughed out loud and said disdainfully.

"Destroy? Where can I put them to destroy, can they destroy it?"

It is much more difficult to land on an asteroid than to land on the moon, and it is even more difficult to transport a sufficient amount of explosives to explode. Of course, Jiang Chen believes that Nasa has the ability to calculate the orbit of the asteroid, and that he also believes that he has the ability to send the explosives over.

but!

Send dozens of tons of equivalent special explosives and install them? Just rely on the Falcon 9 toothpick? Transfer 10% of the annual military expenditure of the United States, and give them two years to study the plan and implement the plan in two years. Jiang Chen is convinced that they may really have the hope of blowing up the Benu asteroid.

Anyway, his space elevator won't help deliver explosives.

Jiang Chen’s reply to Zhang Yaping is also very simple.

"The solution to this is just one word, drag it out."

"We have already launched the mining plan in advance, and we will publish the edited asteroid mining videos later."

"Aren't they worried about being hit on the forehead by the asteroid? Then let them take a good look at the gap between the indigenous people and civilized people. When they see our strength in using knives on the asteroid, they will not be suspicious."

"I will go to Future Mining to do business in a while, so I will quit first."

...

In the Pentagon, William James, wearing a Marine uniform, came down to the door of a conference room under the leadership of a civilian female secretary.

He had just returned to Washington from Coro Island and was almost immediately taken off the plane, and was invited by his superiors to come here by his special car.

The female secretary nodded slightly to him, pushed open the door of the conference room for him, and then stepped aside.

James said thank you and walked into the door, and when he saw the person in the conference room clearly, the expression on his face was immediately surprised.

Nasa's black director Bolden could not have known him. In this kind of racially discriminatory countries, they are heroes or idols worshipped by African immigrants. Sitting next to Bolden is Anthony Kregan, director of the Advanced Research Projects Bureau of the Ministry of Defense, a thin white man with a hooked nose and freckles.

The Advanced Research Projects Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense, referred to as Darpa. This amazing department has another nickname, which is "Shield Del".

As for the two people sitting in the first place, that's even more amazing.

One is the current Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, and the other is US President Hillary Clinton.

Taking a deep breath, William James was about to salute his immediate boss, but Mr. Carter had no intention of talking nonsense to him and couldn't wait to speak.

"Mr. James, we want to hear what you have seen in Starring City."

Of course, William James would not refuse. The reason why the US government sent this Marine Captain to attend the first opening ceremony was that it meant to inquire about information.

The black soldier nodded, swallowed and spitted.

"In about five hours, we arrived at the synchronous orbital space station, which is Star Ring City."

"It's slower than the Rockets." Mr. Kregan lowered his voice and said next to Hillary, "It won't take half an hour for our Falcon Rockets."

When developing the Falcon series rockets, he received technical support from the Darpa department, so the term "our Falcon Rocket" used by Kregan was wrong. However, when he said this, Bolden glanced at him, but said nothing, and moved away two seconds later.

Hillary nodded, and did not speak, but continued to look at James seriously, waiting for the black soldier's following.

"After arriving at the terminal, Xinghuan Trade sent a tour guide and took us into the interior of Xinghuan City."

"According to his words, the entire Star Ring City is a ring, and the ring is also a balance hammer for the space elevator. There is a subway, a living unit, and an external space station..."

Speaking of this, William James paused, and a hint of fascination gradually emerged in his sight.

"The most shocking thing is that they moved the farmland into the space station."

All the American senior Americans present looked at each other, and only Kregan turned his pen with disdain.

"There are also planting units on the International Space Station, which is not a special technology, and there is nothing to be surprised about. As early as ten years ago, we saw pumpkins transported from the International Space Station. Is there anything else besides this?"

Hillary and Ashton also nodded.

It is not a novel technology to grow vegetables in space. The United States had solved this problem in a laboratory ten years ago, and 14 years later, it approved the establishment of a space farm in the US area of ​​the International Space Station, and successfully planted various surface plants such as cabbage and carrots.

Compared with these irrelevant technologies, they are more concerned about the potential value of Star Ring City in military, economic and other aspects.

Among all the people here, only Bolden was indifferent. He knew very well how advanced the aerospace technology of Star Ring Trade was.

It is not easy to contradict your boss, but William James felt that he had to remind everyone here, so he whispered.

"But their area is 2,000 acres..."

The conference room was quiet, and even a needle fell to the ground could be clearly heard.

The turning pen had fallen on the notebook, Krigan's mouth was slightly opened, closed, and then opened again, like a robot.

Sheila had no expression inside, but she was really expressionless because she didn't know what expression to express her shock.

Even Bolden's black face changed slightly. Even though he was prepared, he was shocked by the big money of the Star Ring Trade.

It’s easy to grow vegetables in space? It’s really easy.

But what about large-scale planting? These are completely two concepts!

An external embedded space station with an area of ​​more than 2,000 acres? Is this really a space station?

Seeing that his immediate boss, the Minister of Defense, seemed to have a bad expression, William James hesitated and asked in a low voice: "... Do you need to continue reporting?"

"So let's continue." Hillary said in a deep voice.

Seeing Ashton nodding, William James continued.

"Most space stations are idle open spaces, and we only see one farmland of two thousand acres."

The people here breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that such shocking things were not that easy to do. Even with the financial resources of the Star Ring Trade, only one was built.

But then, William James's words made everyone's mood, which had finally improved, fall to the bottom in an instant. Kregan's chin, which had finally closed, fell down again.

"I asked the tour guide why the open spaces were idle and not all of them were planted with wheat. He told me that this kind of external universal space station has many uses, not just farming. They are planning to build houses and build factories on it. It is just because there is very little population in Star Ring City now, so there is no need to develop so many agricultural areas..."

Just then, William James's speech was interrupted, and an assistant-like man pushed open the door and walked into the conference room in a hurry.

Facing the dissatisfied gaze, he didn't care about so much at this moment, took out his Ai Crazy 8 phone from his pocket, and looked solemnly towards Hillary.

"What's the matter? Mr. Eric, don't you know we're having a meeting now?"

"Starring Trade has a new move! You let me stare at them. Believe me, I definitely didn't intend to break into the conference room. Please allow me to take up three minutes for you!"

As he said that, the man called Eric clicked on his phone a few times and presented the phone to Hillary.

Is that a video, or is it a kind of edited from a science fiction film...

Hillary frowned slightly, why did the White House assistant break into the conference room to show her this kind of Hollywood movie? Ashton glanced at the video and didn't agree at first, but he didn't know if he had discovered something, but soon his expression gradually became exciting.

And Bolden, who was sitting next to him, his expression solidified the moment he saw the panoramic view of the asteroid.

After a while, his stiff facial muscles twitched and he spoke in a low voice.

"This is Benu asteroid...the video doesn't look like g."

Hillary, who was enjoying watching, was stunned, looked at the cell phone with a look of ghosts, and screamed in a burst of voice.

"This is impossible!"-

(Today's monthly ticket is doubled!) (To be continued.)

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Chapter completed!