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Chapter 1562: The Upper Limit of Human Civilization (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
In June of this year, the world changed quietly. What were these changes?

The United States and the Soviet Union both chose to accelerate their space programs to varying degrees.

accelerate!
Perhaps this acceleration carries great risks, but sometimes human technological progress itself is a process of continuous adventure.

Through such acceleration, human civilization will be elevated to unprecedented heights.

The space race may seem to have gained nothing, but its contribution to promoting human civilization is far greater than any other race in human history.

The positive impact of this civilized and scientific competition will be immeasurable.

In fact, in this game, every player is speeding up at full speed.

In early July, just after Apollo 7 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, completing three different stages of experimental missions in a single launch mission, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, at Cape Wanhu.

The Prometheus-2 rocket is also ready to go.

The sky seemed to be suffocated by heavy leaden clouds. An unexpected rainstorm came down like a torrential downpour, covering the world in a hazy curtain of water. On Highway 2, a satellite ground communication vehicle slowly shuttled through the rain curtain. The headlights penetrated the dense rain curtain, and the raindrops hit the car body densely.

Zhao Jingye, who was driving the car, occasionally cast his eyes toward the dark clouds in the distance and said:
"It's raining so hard, I don't know when it will stop."

"Yes, if the rain doesn't stop, the rocket won't be able to be launched."

"Now with the Fengyun meteorological satellites, weather forecasts are more accurate. Since they have determined this time, there must be a launch window."

Wang Axin glanced out the window and said in a very affirmative tone.

"It's definitely no problem."

"Haha, Ashin, do you remember when you were a trainee reporter and first came to Wanhujiao, you didn't even know what a launch window was?"

Zhao Jingye said this while talking about the past.

"I didn't expect time to pass so quickly?"

"Yes, our Ashin is not only the most famous host in the country, but also a mother of four children."

"Yeah, time flies so fast!"

Wang Axin nodded. People’s destiny was so wonderful. That was how she and Zhao Jingye and others went to the launch center in a satellite broadcast vehicle.

The hosting task at that time should have been done by Miss Xu, but because the launch was advanced, Miss Xu did not arrive, so she naturally reported on the first manned space flight of mankind.

Since then, she has become the most famous host on TV.

Three years later, she married the air force officer she met in Wanhujiao and gave birth to four children. It was all so magical.

Here, she not only stepped into a new level of career, but also found her love.

When talking about the past, Zhao Jingye looked at the rain outside the window and said:
“It seemed to be raining heavily like this when we came here that year.”

"Yes, it rained very heavily that day."

Wang Ashin nodded.

"By the way, Ashin, if we take this car together, will anyone say anything? After all, you are the most famous host in the station now!"

Although Zhao Jingye's tone was full of teasing, Ashin still spoke respectfully.

"What's the big deal? In my heart, no matter when, Brother Zhao, you will always be my big brothers..."

Wang Ashin's answer made Zhao Jingye burst into laughter, and then he said:
"This is our Ashin."

Yes, there is no difference between Ashin now and in the past.

He drove the car like this, the wheels rolled steadily on the slippery road, making a steady and powerful sound, and the wipers swung left and right tirelessly.

Finally, when the first ray of morning light penetrated the clouds and shone on the wet earth, the car had quietly driven out of the rain curtain, and soon they drove into the fork of the highway.

After driving for another ten minutes, the Wanhujiao checkpoint came into view. Inside the checkpoint, gendarmes wearing raincoats watched the approaching cars vigilantly. After they showed their credentials and interview invitation letters, the gendarmes checked the car inside and out before signaling for passage.

Now, they have entered Wanhu Cape.

Just as they entered Wanhu Cape, several cars drove towards another fork in the road, which led to another direction. Every time a rocket was launched, hundreds of people would go to the seaside to watch the launch. Now was no exception. There were always some enthusiasts who would arrive there early to occupy the most advantageous position.

Compared to the past, there are more rocket enthusiasts gathering there now, as many as five or six thousand people. For a region with a population of just over 100 million, it is extremely rare for so many people to come here specifically to watch a rocket launch.

After all, to some extent, they are all people who look up at the stars, but they just look up in different ways.

"Today, we finally launched our own little raft into space."

Among the crowd watching the ceremony, Zhao Xiangming looked at the launch tower across the sea and said to himself:
"Haha, this little raft is a little too big! It weighs several thousand tons!"

When Guo Linghang said this, Zhao Xiangming just smiled and didn't say anything. He had already been admitted to the Department of Physics of Nanyang University and had just realized his dream - to enter the Department of Physics of Nanyang University.

And what’s next?

It is to free mankind from this "canoe". "Future rockets, no, spacecraft, should be even bigger, perhaps tens of thousands of tons..."

Of course, Zhao Xiangming did not say this idea out loud. After all, it would be a foolish dream. You know, the heaviest rocket now weighs only three or four thousand tons.

But sometimes, people always have to dare to imagine.

Zhao Xiangming has been imagining, although he does not have an answer in his heart now, but he knows that it is difficult to realize this dream only by relying on the giant rocket on the huge launch pad in the distance.

After all, the limits of chemical energy rockets are there.

Therefore, in order to achieve this goal, we must develop new engines and new rockets. Only in this way can humans truly enter space.

This is also the reason why Zhao Xiangming chose physics. He believes that the solution to the problem lies in physics.

"We must develop a new type of engine..."

Staring at the rocket in the distance, Zhao Xiangming's idea once again came to his mind.

What kind of engine should it be?
Zhao Xiangming had no answer in his heart, only a desire, which was a desire for the future.

A few hours later, under the gaze of the people, the giant Prometheus-2 rocket was launched again. This was its second launch.
This rocket, made up of three Prometheus rockets connected in parallel, finally took the first step towards the moon.

Amidst a deafening roar, huge smoke and flames, the giant rocket slowly rose into the air and flew into space.

A few minutes later, amid applause, people cheered for the successful launch of the rocket.

What no one knew was that in Wanhujiao, in the office of Space Technology Exploration Company, Yuan Jialiu wrote a sentence in his diary.

"199 days after D-Day."

This was the second launch of the Prometheus-2 rocket. Although it was successful, it has not yet conducted manned tests or conducted rehearsal flights for the entire lunar landing process except for the lunar landing.

In short, the progress is far behind that of the Soviet Union and the United States.
However, Li Yian did not think this backwardness was a big deal. Watching the live broadcast of the rocket launch on TV, Li Yian nodded and said:

"Okay, there's only one last step left,"

There is only one step left, which is actually the finishing touch. With this success, there will definitely be more success in the future.

Moreover, compared with history, electronic technology is now more advanced and developed. Relatively advanced electronic technology has further promoted the space programs of various countries.

After turning off the TV, Li Yian lit a cigar for himself with some emotion, and then lit a cigar with a relaxed expression.

Finally, he just sat contentedly on the sofa, smoking a cigar and thinking.

"Moon landing..."

In fact, compared to the moon landing project itself, the only thing that has always attracted Li Yian's attention is the role of the moon landing project in promoting science and technology. This is also the fundamental reason why he supports the moon landing project, which is to promote technology and reach new heights in science.

It is precisely because of the continuous investment in the aerospace field that breakthroughs have been made in many technological aspects. While companies are making technological breakthroughs, they are also applying these technologies to product production.

"The key is the popularization of technology applications."

Li Yian said to himself:
“Only in this way can a virtuous cycle be formed.”

In fact, technological progress has never been achieved overnight. It is achieved through continuous technological accumulation and development step by step.

All along, Li Yian's role has been to accelerate appropriately, sometimes accelerating there, sometimes pointing out a direction, and sometimes laying a runway.

It is precisely because of the flexible and changeable guidance methods that SEA has been able to catch up with Europe and the United States in technology step by step over the past few years, and eventually surpass them in many fields.

At the same time, European and American countries also benefited from the technological progress of the sea. They followed the footsteps of the pioneers and conducted in-depth research there. After all, they could not tolerate themselves being in a backward position, especially the United States and the Soviet Union. They could not tolerate their backward position. After all, in the context of the Cold War, backwardness meant destruction, and they had to work hard for survival.

Or rather, roll up for survival!

When the world's kings rolled up, technology also advanced rapidly. The speed of this technological progress far exceeded the historical level of the same period. After all, people in this era really had a survival crisis.

Think of the breakthroughs and leaps that scientists from all over the world have made in certain fields in recent years.

What Li Yian felt was not a crisis. Although there were not many things that were far ahead of him, deep in his heart he was filled with a desire, a desire for the future.

“Where is the ceiling in the future?”

What is the upper limit of human science in the future?

Li Yian almost subconsciously thought of the era he lived in before traveling through time, the era when artificial intelligence had just emerged.

It is for this reason that humans are full of various imaginations about artificial intelligence, but is that the upper limit of human civilization?
"No,"

Li Yian shook his head and said:

"But that's just the upper limit of what you know. The upper limit...there is no upper limit to civilization!"

Civilization has never been online. It just keeps developing and advancing, creating a brighter future step by step.
This is the true meaning of civilization!
(End of this chapter)