"You must protect Aisen! Because he will soon attract the attention of the world, and I am worried that some international organizations will have evil ideas about him..."
Eisen didn't know this. But he found that since Professor Luo Ruijiang left, Ding Yushi and her "A Project Team" seemed to have reduced the frequency of various tests on themselves, sometimes even going for a walk in the park after dinner.
Guards will also be sent to accompany him - which also makes him somewhat uncomfortable.
He once asked Ding Yushi if he could go back, but she told him to calm down and not to worry. Aisen had no choice but to listen to Ding Yushi. Fortunately, she was with her every day, so he didn't feel lonely.<
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On this day, just after dawn, Aisen was awakened by the ringing of the phone on the bedside. Ding Yushi said eagerly on the phone: "Aisen, are you up? We will leave in 10 minutes!"
Aisen got up immediately and washed up in less than five minutes.
Ever since he arrived at Base
The feeling was already rising quietly in his heart.
The off-road vehicle drove Ding Yushi and Aisen into the parking lot in front of a gray building. A dozen military jeeps and several medium-sized vans were neatly parked here.
Aisen got out of the car and followed Ding Yushi into the building. What he saw was a row of security check channels, just like entering an airport terminal. The difference is that the security checkers were all armed police soldiers.
After passing the security check and before entering the elevator, Ding Yushi said to Eisen: "This is the conference center of our base. The entire building has blocked wireless communication signals. However, it is recommended that you turn off your mobile phone." p>
Eisen obediently turned off his phone, and he began to feel inexplicably excited and nervous.
Under the guidance of armed police soldiers, they came to a large conference room on the third floor.
The venue was square in shape, with an area of about 1,000 square meters. In the center was a circular conference table with various small flags placed on it. Eisen found that the logos on these small flags were unfamiliar to him and did not look like the national flag.
, he guessed that they should be the logos of different international organizations. There were about 30 people sitting in the front row of the circular conference table, and there were two rows of leather armchairs behind it, and they were almost full. Eisen particularly noticed that the venue
There were many foreigners of different skin colors inside, and some of them were still wearing military uniforms. He soon caught a glimpse of Gao Tianjun, who was sitting in the second row. He was also wearing a military uniform, and there were a few empty seats behind him.
Gao Tianjun also saw Ding Yushi and Aisen. He waved to them to let them pass.
Aisen followed Ding Yushi to the empty seat behind Gao Tianjun. Before they could sit down, a service staff came over and gave each of them a bottle of mineral water and a Bluetooth headset, and asked them to put on the headset and tell them
This meeting will use simultaneous interpretation.
Aisen put on the headphones and heard a female voice inside reminding the participants in English: The meeting will begin after CSDA officials arrive...
Although Eisen's English listening skills are very good, in view of today's formal occasion, he still adjusted his headphones to the Chinese band.
There was a small commotion in the venue. Eisen looked towards the door and saw a few people walking in from the outside. The first two were wearing suits, the third was a PLA Army Major General, and behind them were two PLA Army school-level officers. In front of them.
The three of them walked solemnly to the conference table and took their seats, while the accompanying school officer sat in the back row.
"That major general is Li Zhanxiong, the commander-in-chief of our base." Ding Yushi introduced to Eisen in a low voice.
Gao Tianjun must have heard Ding Yushi whispering to Aisen, and turned around to glare at her. Ding Yushi quickly lowered her head and her face turned red instantly.
"The meeting begins now." Eisen heard a deep male voice in the earphones saying: "This emergency consultation meeting on the celestial body numbered
Representatives from 16 agencies and organizations participated. They are: Ms. Catherine Chen, Special Commissioner from UNISDR, Mr. Michael Rich, Special Commissioner from IAWG, Director Xiong Bin and Deputy Director Wen Zhengping from CSDA, Director Li Zhanxiong from CNSA
, Mr. John Wood from NASA, Ms. Vera from RKA..."
While listening to the introduction, Eisen looked at the guests in the front row. "Oh my God! It turns out that those two men in suits are the leaders of CSDA! ... and people from NASA--they used to only appear in Hollywood science fiction movies.
I’ve seen it before!” He felt his heartbeat speeding up!
"The meeting will be chaired by Ms. Catherine Chen, Special Commissioner of UNISDR. You are invited!"
Catherine Chen sits on the left side of Vice Minister Xiong Bin. She has shoulder-length hair and wears a pair of dark brown wide-rimmed glasses. She looks very Oriental. Eisen guessed that she should be of Chinese descent.
"Ladies and gentlemen, good morning!" Catherine Chen began to speak in English. At the same time, the Chinese translation of the male voice continued to come from Eisen's earphones.
"I am entrusted by UNISDR and would like to express my gratitude to all of you for coming here. This meeting will discuss the approach and possible impact of the celestial body numbered XK-1, and whether to issue early warnings to governments of various countries, as well as possible responses and prevention
Make decisions on measures and other matters.”
Catherine Chen's real voice was intertwined with the male voice interpreter in the headphones, which briefly caused a sense of dissonance in Eisen's heart, but soon his thoughts were brought back by the heavy and depressing atmosphere of the scene.
"My colleagues have traveled a long way and are tired, but due to the urgency of the situation, I cannot allow you to fully adjust the time difference. Please allow me to apologize for this!" Catherine Chen turned her attention to the huge projection hanging on the side of the venue, which appeared on it.
It is a three-dimensional animation demonstration of the orbits of the major planets in the solar system that everyone is familiar with. Among them, a red light spot has just passed through the asteroid belt and is approaching the orbit of Mars. The celestial body numbered XK-1 was launched by China's "Xingkong 1" spacecraft
The telescope was first discovered on January 13 this year. After joint determination by CNSA and NASA, it has been confirmed that this celestial body is made of rock and metal, with a diameter of about 500 meters. Its orbit is almost a straight line, and the extended line is consistent with the Earth’s orbit.
The intersection, the speed is 90 kilometers per second. According to this orbit, the perigee when it flies to the earth will not exceed 20,000 kilometers..."
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As the screen slowly zooms in, the earth orbiting the sun in the animation also becomes larger, gradually turning from a small light point into the familiar blue planet, and the moon surrounding it is also clear.
It can be seen. And the extended dotted line that marks the direction of the red light point of the celestial body intersects with the earth that happens to be revolving here!
"This means that its perigee will be lower than the geostationary satellite orbit!" Catherine Chen continued, "Considering the possible influence of the asteroid belt and the gravity of Mars, or orbit changes caused by other factors, we cannot rule out
The perigee will also change. Based on comprehensive judgment, the probability of XK-1 celestial body colliding with the earth is close to 1%. This will be a very terrifying probability! Out of caution and to avoid causing unnecessary panic around the world, so far, the United Nations
The danger information of the XK-1 celestial body has not yet been notified to the governments of various countries. However, before disasters may come to the earth and mankind, we need to ask our colleagues here to give practical suggestions and assist UNISDR in formulating early warning and preventive measures as soon as possible.
.Thank you!”
"My colleagues," Li Zhanxiong spoke first, "I am Li Zhanxiong from CNSA. Thank you all for coming!" He stood up, adjusted his military uniform, and walked under the projection screen. "More than a month ago, our 'Starry Sky 1' space telescope
This unknown object was discovered for the first time outside the orbit of Saturn. When it was discovered, its speed was 1,000 kilometers per second. This speed far exceeded the historical observation records of asteroids and comets in the system! What is even stranger is that after entering
When it entered the asteroid belt, it experienced abnormal deceleration many times, and its current speed has been reduced to 90 kilometers per second. Even so, it is still faster than the speed of 'Oumuamua, which broke into the solar system in 2017. This phenomenon is extremely rare!
We judge that it is either affected by other forces besides gravity, or it simply does not follow the rules of universal gravitation that we are familiar with!"
"Is XK-1 an alien aircraft?" a representative of the European Space Agency asked.
"When we are faced with a flying object that can freely switch speeds, of course we cannot rule out the possibility of this happening." Li Zhanxiong said. "In addition, there is another strange phenomenon that I don't know if you have noticed - given that the ecliptic plane of the solar system and the Milky Way are
There is an angle of about 60 degrees between the galactic disk and the exocelestial objects we have observed in the past. Most of them passed through the ecliptic plane at a nearly vertical angle, such as 'Oumuamua and Borisov. However, the XK-1 celestial body
But its orbit almost overlaps with the ecliptic plane! If it is not an inner-system object from the Kuiper Belt or the Oort Cloud, then judging from its deliberate correction of the entry angle before entering the solar system and its active deceleration behavior after passing through the Kuiper Belt
, we have reason to believe that at least it will not be an ordinary asteroid!"
"NASA also agrees with this!" The speaker was John Wood. "The XK-1 celestial body is not an asteroid in the ordinary sense, it is more like an aircraft! But we still don't know its purpose of entering the solar system.
If it is just passing by, I believe it can actively avoid the earth like it avoids other celestial bodies; however, if it and 'Oumuamua in 2017 both come from an extrasolar civilization, and assuming that 'Oumuamua has discovered earth civilization, then
, it will be difficult for us to rule out the possibility that the XK-1 celestial body will impact the earth like the Cassini probe impacting Saturn!"
"We propose to immediately issue an early warning to the world!" RKA representative Ms. Vera said, "The XK-1 celestial body is flying at high speed. Unfortunately, no one knows what will be waiting for us in the future! We cannot let it happen.
If the earth slows down or avoids, once an impact occurs, the disaster will be inestimable! The existing space military technology of Russia, the United States, China and the European Union cannot effectively intercept the XK-1 celestial body. The only way at present is
Inform the governments of various countries and let them take measures to evacuate the population as soon as possible, especially to evacuate residents in central cities and low-altitude areas as much as possible."
"I would like to remind everyone that although the probability of the celestial body numbered XK-1 hitting the earth has reached 1%, which is already very high, it is not yet the time to issue an early warning." Deputy Director Wen Zhengping from CSDA said. "
The reason why we are sitting here today is to study the possible results of the approaching event of the XK-1 celestial body, and the impact is only the worst one. Before there is a clear conclusion, we do not agree to issue an early warning to the world now." p>
"So what suggestions does CSDA have?" John Wood raised his head and sounded a little arrogant.
"Because the XK-1 celestial body has been decelerating, we cannot rule out the possibility of further deceleration or even braking and orbit change in the future. Therefore, we still have enough reaction time. Only when we confirm that it will hit the earth and calculate the impact location and damage
Only after the radius has been reached can we consider whether an early warning is needed. Because if - what I want to emphasize here is 'in case' - if it is hit by it, it may even mean total destruction for the earth. So even if we are about to
I'm afraid it won't help just to issue a warning!"
After Wen Zhengping finished speaking, the venue fell into a brief silence.
"Please allow me to ask a question to General Li Zhanxiong of CNSA." John Wood stood up and said. He used the title "general" in addressing Li Zhanxiong instead of "director" as he was introduced at the meeting. "According to what we learned
According to intelligence, CNSA successfully developed a principle prototype of a controllable nuclear fusion thruster more than ten years ago, and started testing an engineering prototype a few years ago. Although the Chinese government has never disclosed the test results, the CIA and NASA have always
Pay close attention to this. As colleagues, we are shocked by your breakthroughs in this technology, and of course we are gratified! Today, General Li, can you answer me directly: Is CNSA’s controllable nuclear fusion thruster engineering prototype
Has it passed technical verification? Is Base X preparing to conduct its first live launch test?"
John Wood's question was like throwing a stone into the calm lake, and the originally silent venue suddenly became noisy.