Super Copy of Great Power Technology

Perhaps because the transportation cost was too high, the meals that the management could provide for the guests were relatively simple, with only four dishes, one soup, and some canned drinks. However, the chefs were very skilled in cooking, and each dish was delicious and tasty, and tasted as good as those in star restaurants. Considering that this place was in the geosynchronous orbit more than 30,000 meters above the ground, it was already quite difficult to eat normal food here, so no one complained.

There was no conversation that night. The next day, Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing got up early, washed up, and went to the cafeteria to have breakfast. Today, the space dock was decorated with lights and colors. Some holographic projectors hidden inside the building were all turned on, projecting some flowers, rainbows, and nebula images, making the entire space dock beautiful and full of celebration atmosphere. After dinner, everyone spontaneously gathered on the huge platform on the top floor of the dock. This is where the space battleships will be parked in the future, and it is also the venue for the dock completion ceremony. This is also the highest place in the entire space dock, only 20 to 30 meters away from the protective shell outside.

The space dock has two layers of protective shells, one is a steel structure and the other is a composite material. Due to the material, these two layers of protective shells are opaque, but at this time, several large holographic projectors installed on the platform are working, synchronously projecting the deep universe and the boundless starry sky outside. Standing on the platform, it is like being in space, feeling the depth and loneliness of space, and seeing the stars shining. Of course, there is also artificial gravity and air supply here to meet the conditions for people to stay here for a long time. In the middle part of the platform, there is a small temporary stage, three or four meters above the platform. I think it is the place where the host presides over the ceremony and speaks to the leaders. Not long after Qiao Ruida and the others arrived, at least thousands of staff and guests gathered on the platform. Everyone exchanged greetings with each other and watched the beautiful scenery of space. It was so lively.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the host appeared on the stage and loudly announced the official start of the space dock inauguration ceremony. The next moment, the salutes rang out, and the fireworks exploded into a myriad of colors, creating a festive atmosphere. Space is a closed environment, so of course there will be no fireworks or salutes to pollute the hard-earned air. These fireworks and salutes are nothing more than the sound system and large holographic projectors, which work together to simulate the effect, almost to the point of being indistinguishable from the real thing, which is enough to create an atmosphere.

Like many official meetings or ceremonies, the leaders started the meeting with speeches. Leaders from the Space Administration, the Manned Spaceflight Office, and the two state-owned space groups took the stage and gave inspiring speeches. This reminded Qiao Ruida of the time when he was in school, when he attended a meeting and listened to the speeches of the principal and the dean of studies. At this moment, it was just like that moment, and the scenes were so similar that Qiao Ruida felt drowsy.

Du Qingqing touched Qiao Ruida's arm with her little hand, leaned over, and asked in a low voice: "Did Ma Zhenxuan invite you to speak at the dock opening ceremony today during the dinner last night?"

Qiao Ruida nodded and lowered his voice and said, "I was indeed invited to speak at today's opening ceremony, but I declined. When I was in school, every time there was a school assembly, a party, or a sports meeting, the school leaders had to go on stage to give a speech. And the speeches were long and boring, which was the most annoying. Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. Let the leaders do the speaking. I am an ordinary person, so I will not go on stage to make a fool of myself."

Fortunately, the leaders who took the stage today were relatively restrained and their speeches were not long. The speech session ended in just half an hour. Next, Ma Zhenxuan took the stage, turned on the microphone, and said: "Since the construction of our Vostok Space Dock began, it has been questioned by countless international friends and Western countries. It is nonsense to say that arming space and threatening all mankind. As we all know, China is the most peace-loving country. We have always adhered to the concept of peaceful use of space for the benefit of all mankind to carry out space development. In the past few years, China has made brilliant achievements in the field of aerospace. With the joint efforts of all aerospace personnel and the help of some private aerospace companies, our astronauts successfully set foot on the moon, built a lunar base and a lunar factory, carried out the first lunar mining by humans, and preliminarily verified the large-scale mining technology of helium-3. Now we have dozens of nuclear fusion power stations that have been built or are under construction in our country. These fusion power stations cannot generate electricity without helium-3 and lunar mining."

Ma Zhenxuan paused for a moment, and there was a round of warm applause from the audience. Nuclear fusion power generation is no longer an unattainable science fiction concept for the Chinese people. Nuclear fusion power stations of various sizes have sprung up all over China, and some smaller and earlier nuclear fusion power stations have been connected to the grid for power generation. Some parts of the country have already used cheap and clean nuclear power. Now, hearing that the popularity of nuclear fusion power stations also involves manned lunar landing and lunar mining, everyone is naturally quite excited.

The same news was a little bitter to the ears of foreign netizens who watched the live broadcast. They had also heard about the controlled nuclear fusion technology and were eager to use cheap and stable nuclear power. However, the scientific researchers in their countries were not strong enough and it was still a long way to go before they could master the controlled nuclear fusion technology.

"When did China master the technology of controlled nuclear fusion power generation? I don't believe it. This must be fake news."

"Space factories and lunar mining, aren't these scenes from science fiction? I didn't expect them to become reality so soon. It's incredible."

"I was wondering why China was pursuing manned lunar landings regardless of cost, continuously launching spacecraft and landing on the moon. It turns out that it was to mine helium-3 for power generation."

"The moon belongs to all mankind. We oppose China's monopoly of the moon!"

"Wake up, the people above. China only occupies a small corner of the South Pole of the Moon. There is a lot of undeveloped lunar space left. As long as you have the ability, technology, and funds, you can build your own spacecraft and go to the Moon to explore and develop. No one will ever stop you."

"Moon landing has never been just a matter of technology or money. There are at least two or three countries in the world that have the technology to land on the moon and are willing to spend money and manpower. China is probably the only country left that has landed on the moon. I really hope that Great Britain can also work hard and acquire the technology to land on the moon." (End of this chapter)