The price of human beings
"Father, if Paul goes for a walk around Mercury first, I'm afraid our exploration of the solar system will fall far behind other countries!" Nuwa reminded.
"No rush, no rush! There is no rush in this regard! At present, their speed to go to Europa, according to the fastest speed published so far, will take about 540 days! Their speed should be improved, after all, from the earth
When they leave, they can save a lot of energy, and the acceleration in space can avoid the obstruction of the atmosphere. But it will take at least a year!" Lin Fengxiao said.
One year! This speed is already very fast.
You know, it once took Galileo 2 days to fly to Jupiter, which is equivalent to more than 6 years. Now it has been shortened to 1 year, which is already very fast.
The approximate speed is 19.8 kilometers per second, which means it has exceeded the third cosmic speed.
What is the third cosmic speed? It means that the speed of taking off from the earth reaches 16.7 kilometers per second, which is the speed of breaking away from the gravitational constraints of the solar system. It is also the third cosmic speed.
Now, the speed of these spacecrafts can exceed the speed of the third universe. It only takes one year to go to Jupiter, which is extremely normal. Especially depending on their different shapes, the speed also varies.
The slowest one is the Russian space battleship, which has just reached the third cosmic speed. The fastest one is naturally the American one, 19.8 kilometers per second!
"Nuwa, it will take them one year to arrive. But will they be able to do anything? I don't think so! Even if they are fully prepared, they are still not as ready as my 'Earth'! If you want to work for a long time, I
It seems that this time they are more about exploring and finding out the situation. Soon, the second wave of fleets will set off!" Lin Feng said with a smile, "Why should we be anxious? Just watch, the minerals on the earth will be needed soon.
The price has gone up like crazy!”
Indeed! If the human countries are crazy about building space fleets, the metal veins on the earth will not be enough.
To put it this way, why has the Earth’s space exploration been for so many years and yet we have never heard that it is not expensive? Why is it not enough when we just started?
It's very simple. Most of the previous space explorations were to send some detection satellites to detect. That's how much metal minerals were consumed. Even if you build the International Space Station, it won't cost much.
Because they are all very small.
But at this moment, the warships they built, with the help of breakthroughs in 'gravity magnetic field technology', it is no longer a problem for the warships to break through the constraints of the earth's gravity.
Therefore, battleships are built to be extremely huge. Lin Feng's "Earth" is huge enough, but compared to the battleships of these five countries, it is only slightly larger than the Japanese battleships. It is larger than other battleships in size.
In terms of size, it is much smaller.
Compared with Russia's huge tonnage, it is much smaller. As for space battleships, after putting aside the constraints of weight, the most important thing is protection.
Lin Feng adopts a nearly round shape, which makes its defensive power almost the strongest, but its mobility is also the weakest. Therefore, in terms of protective deck, it can be said that it does not need to be too thick.
But these warships are pursuing mobility. After all, they are competing for time. Naturally, if they can be thicker, they should be thicker. This is not a tank, but a warship that is more than a kilometer long. And the thickness of the steel plate
, according to the estimation results after Nuwa's scan, it is at least several meters thick.
This is serious. Of course, if it were just this, it would not plunge the earth into a metal crisis. The most important thing is that once these warships leave the earth, the metal will be difficult to recover.
Unless these warships return to the earth, they will leave as soon as they leave. They cannot be recycled. Unlike the heavy metals on the earth, if you use them now, they can still be used as waste. What went into space will be recycled.
But it doesn’t work anymore.
In particular, the construction of the follow-up fleet immediately behind it will inevitably be stepped up. And once it is built, it will not be one ship with two ships. Once the available metal veins of other planets are detected, all fleets will inevitably be sent there to mine.
After all resources are everything!
Under this circumstance, humanity's mineral resources will inevitably be mined aggressively in the early stage. Under certain circumstances, if space exploration fails to produce results, humanity's metal mineral resources will soon be exhausted.
In this case, do you think the price of this mineral vein will rise crazily? After all, human beings themselves also need to build, which is an inevitable result of pursuing a better life. Even if you do not pursue a better life, in order to maintain the existing life, you
Various mineral resources are also needed to maintain a reinforced concrete society like humankind.
Without iron ore veins, modern human society would collapse.
"Father, what's more serious is that if space exploration encounters a devastating blow, it may lead to the collapse of human society and the trigger of the Third World War!" Nuwa also looked solemn, "Especially in Africa, which is controlled by my father.
, and will become the target of public criticism!"
Today, Africa is the continent with the most mineral resources in the world and the least exploitation. Now, Lin Feng's influence in Africa is unparalleled. Sooner or later, these resources may fall into Lin Feng's hands.
By then, space resources will no longer exist, and humans will inevitably continue to explore space as much as possible and strive to obtain benefits. By then, Africa's mineral resources will become a hot commodity in the eyes of many powerful people.
At this time, no friendship or friendship is of any use. What matters is interests, and what matters is survival.
"Yeah, I didn't think this through thoroughly. However, I think this should be the price that humans must pay for exploring space!" Lin Feng said in a deep voice, "Otherwise, if we explore slowly, we will only succeed in years and months.
.Besides, even if this kind of thing is concealed, can it really be concealed? If I am the only one with space exploration capabilities, these countries may have to take my skin off!"
Assuming that this is the case, then these countries will definitely try their best to obtain space exploration-related technologies from Lin Feng, and they will never be left alone.
If Lin Feng does not share, then there will only be war. And the result of the war is very simple. The best situation is that both Lin Feng and each country will suffer losses. Of course, this situation is actually very slim. After all, in the face of absolute strength, Lin Feng
Not enough wind.
Even if Lin Feng can hide in space, will it be useful? You can't come back at all, so what will you do?! You can't just float in space all your life. What's more, countries can join forces and divide all Lin Feng's resources on the earth.
Almost exhausted.
Therefore, Lin Feng must also share. Naturally, humans must also accept the baptism of such a possible catastrophe!
Any growth comes at a price!
Chapter completed!