Chapter 1027: 1027
Chapter 1027: Mars Colonization Plan
Even the closest calculated distance from Mars to Earth was hundreds of times the distance between Earth and Moon . A distance that would even take light three minutes to travel . Under the current technical conditions, it was unrealistic to establish a supply line to and from the Mars colony and Celestial City .
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At present, the research plan developed by the Aerospace Research Institute in the apocalypse was to design an engine capable of making return trips between Mars and Earth . The engine must accelerate a million-ton transport ship to escape velocity 60,000 kilometers per hour, so the duration of the trip would be between a week to half a month . Although the technical barriers were overcome long before the war, no engine drawings were available for reference . So the engine must be redesigned based on the technologies of their predecessors .
Jiang Chen felt this was the greatest misfortune .
The Zhenghe Space Colonization Ship could accelerate to one-tenth of the speed of light . However, the researchers involved in the design of the engine were invaluably talented and definitely didn’t stay on the wasteland .
Since establishing a supply line was impossible for the time being, it meant that the colony on Mars must be self-sufficient . It must have a higher resource utilization efficiency than the lunar base, and the production cost of its equipment reflected the challenge .
At the end of the tour, Kelvin gave Jiang Chen a number .
The cost of the entire facility totalled 25 billion XND, and 90% of the structure must be manufactured through industrial 3D printers . It only took 20 people to burn off the market value of his public company which made even Jiang Chen feel the pain .
On the first Friday after his return to Xin, it was time to launch the Mars Colonization Plan .
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On top of the offshore platform of Celestial City, Jiang Chen sent twenty colonists to the space elevator . After shaking hands with them, they were personally presented with commemorative medals in recognition of their contributions and sacrifices for the space industry .
Upon arrival in Celestial City, they would receive a week of training . At the end of the training, they would board the ship and sail to Mars tens of millions of kilometers away .
For now, it was a one-way ticket . In the next few years or even a dozen years, they would spend their lives on the barren Mars . At least until return flights were possible, they wouldn’t be able to see their loved ones even once .
The scenes of parting were touching . All the people present were in tears, witnessing the families of the heroes and heroes saying goodbye . Media from all over the world recorded this historic moment and spread the news to every corner of the global community .
The responses from NASA and SpaceX were quite calm after Celestial Trade beat them to a completely manned mission to Mars . They had fully prepared for this day since the completion of the space elevator .
SpaceX silently canceled their Mars mission originally scheduled to start in 2020 and focused on adjusting its business focus to the development of asteroid resources .
However, all this had nothing to do with Jiang Chen . Regardless of whether SpaceX adjusted its business strategy, he never considered them a competitor in the space race .
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As for the reactions of the UA and Hua, he also hadn’t considered them too much .
After end of the ceremony, Jiang Chen cleared all of his plans and spent his weekend leisurely . He woke up naturally in the morning, spent the afternoon surfing or just lay on the private beach sunbathing . As for the evenings, even if he didn’t want to, he would be dragged into the gentleness of his girls .
Occasionally, only occasionally, when Xia Shiyu couldn’t handle his embrace, she would seek help from Ayesha who happened to be peeking . It was only when she woke up the next day when she would feel ashamed of everything that happened last night .
Good times always flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was May .
With Celestial Trade joining the regional conflict, the Ukraine war situation welcomed a historic turning point . Following Jiang Chen’s orders, Celestial Trade soldiers who helped to advance the front line to the east bank of the Dnieper River stopped all attacks . They began to take a defensive stance . Other than maintaining air support, most of the ground forces had withdrawn from the front lines .
It wasn’t the time to win .
NATO wouldn’t allow Ukraine to fall to the east, and Jiang Chen didn’t like the idea of satisfying the polar bear at once . However, he couldn’t be too obvious with his reluctance . After all, his employer paid money . Fortunately, Arrow sent 20,000 mercenaries to Ukraine and launched mobile warfare against the militants in the northern towns . This also gave an opportunity for Celestial Trade to maintain the stalemate .
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Perhaps Celestial Trade’s reluctance gave the Arrow commander an illusion of “winning” . At the end of April, the two divisions of the Ukraine Army launched a new round of attack .
A total of 120 tanks, 327 armored vehicles, 27 armed helicopters and 10 fighters participated in the war . Steel shambles and tarred black smoke spread throughout every inch of the eastern suburbs of Dnepropetrovsk .
If it wasn’t for the two Celestial Trade brigades’ timely rescue, they would’ve almost done it . Both sides suffered a lot of casualties with Ukraine ending up in defeat . The two divisions returned to the west bank of the Dnieper River .
Because of the tragic defeat of the Ukraine Army on the east bank, the Ukraine president was almost forced to step down . However, with NATO support, he managed to stay in office .
The two sides were deadlocked on both sides of the Dnieper River, and no one could gain an inch . The situation finally eased .
In addition to carrying out the airstrike mission, Auror20s occasionally snuck into the airspace of Poland, Frankberg, and even France . Following Jiang Chen’s orders, they cooperated with Ghost Agents to search for Carmen’s whereabouts .
Carmen was certainly devious . Since the assassination at Pilsner, he seemed to have disappeared . All the events in which he must appear in public were given to his spokesperson or professional manager . He completely hid behind the scenes . Occasionally, he resurfaced only to quickly disappear again .
Even with the help of high-tech investigative means, it was difficult to pin a person’s whereabouts in massive Europe . What’s more, with the strong grasp of Freemasonry inside its home base, the organization’s power integrated and was entrenched into every aspect of the continent . If Carmen didn’t want to reveal himself, the possibility of catching him was almost zero .
Ghost Agents operating in Europe previously captured traces of Carmen’s activities in Switzerland and Finland, but when they arrived, he had long escaped .
But it wasn’t like they gained nothing .
On the morning of May 4th, Monica Geller, who returned from Europe to Coro Island, brought two interesting pieces of news to Jiang Chen…
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