Chapter 484: Defender A1
A few days later, the Vientiane Environmental Committee issued a document pointing out that in high probability, although the asteroid will not directly harm humans, it is still a damage to the ecological environment of the ocean.
It is also not 100 percent certain that the impact will not directly injure humans, so the Committee hopes that all countries will work together to intercept the asteroid and prevent the impact from happening.
In addition to the elaboration of the asteroid issue and the interception plan, the document also mentions the 2.5 billion yuan donated by Lin Han.
With a total budget of 5 billion, Lin Han alone bears half of it, which makes governments feel ashamed.
The remaining 2.5 billion yuan, which is equivalent to about 400 million US dollars, is shared by everyone in more than 100 countries and regions, but in fact, it is not much of a burden.
As a result, amid the uproar of the media, governments around the world have expressed their support for the proposal of the Vientiane Environment Committee to help intercept asteroids and maintain world stability.
Because the initial predicted impact point was in North America, the United States had prepared a special launch vehicle "Defender A1" to launch nuclear weapons, but because it was later predicted that the impact point would shift to the Pacific Ocean, the launch was temporarily abandoned.
Now there is the Vientiane Environmental Committee, and the money is coming in quickly, so the plan is quickly finalized, and the United States will launch a nuclear bomb to destroy the asteroid.
The launch involves a gravitational slingshot that uses the gravitational pull of the moon to accelerate the rocket, and finally destroys it at a distance of about three million kilometers from Earth with several nuclear bombs carried by Defender A1.
The plan is organized by the Vientiane Environment Committee and spearheaded by the P5, with countries around the world working together to put aside their past grievances.
For a time, the whole world was filled with a warm atmosphere of sincere unity and victory of man. In this way, the authority of the Vientiane Environment Committee has been further highlighted.
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A month passed quickly.
The launch site of the Defender A1 is located on the equatorial line in southern Colombia, where the equatorial linear velocity is maximum, and through the inertial force of the equator, the rocket can gain greater speed, which saves fuel and increases the success rate.
I have to say that in the face of the universe full of dangers, the power of human beings is still too small.
For example, when a large star is destroyed, it emits a huge amount of gamma rays, which are so powerful that if they hit the Earth head-on, the scene would be similar to that of a flamethrower hitting an apple.
On top of that, because gamma rays travel at the speed of light, such disasters are completely unpredictable and completely impossible to resist with current human technology.
Perhaps, in just one second, the earth will be scorched by a huge amount of gamma rays, and human beings who are unaware of it will be evaporated in an instant......
Not to mention this ultra-small probability event, it is a relatively common asteroid hitting the earth, and it is not so easy for humans to deal with it.
The asteroid is too far away, first, it cannot be hit and cannot be hit accurately, and even if it hits, in a vacuum environment, because it cannot produce a shock wave, the power of the nuclear bomb will be greatly reduced.
The asteroid is close to the earth, and humans can be accurate, and the power of the nuclear bomb is strong enough, but at the same time, it is easy to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.
Only when it is not far away or close, the right time and place can the asteroid be successfully intercepted and destroyed.
The conditions are harsh, and the threshold for various technologies is extremely high. Moreover, with so many asteroids wandering outside the sky, only a few have been observed by humans, and it is quite difficult to predict.
At present, this asteroid, with a diameter of 300 meters, is not fast, and generally speaking, it is not a big threat, but if it is not observed in advance, if it hits the land, the small country can directly be wiped out.
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The giant Defender A1 rocket, standing side by side with the launch pad, and below it is like ants scurrying around with a group of workers, engineers, scientists, and of course, some government officials, media reporters, and so on.
Lin Han and the Colombian president chatted casually near the launch pad, and then made a special trip to comfort some researchers from the Vientiane Laboratory, then got in the car and went to a nearby hotel.
The hotel is actually not far away, but he must take the car, otherwise it will probably attract a large number of onlookers.
The car is also produced by Vientiane Automobile Company, a subsidiary of Vientiane Industries, and has a luxurious interior, strong performance, and military-grade protection, but the exterior is decent.
And the price is low, as long as a few million yuan, Lin Han alone bought several cars, and gave more than a dozen to employees.
The driver drove the car, and Lin Han sat in the back to take a nap.
"By the way, Gaia, was the extinction of the dinosaurs really because an asteroid hit the Earth?"
"There's also environmental change, but that's a major reason. Although I was asleep for a long time because of the damage to the ecosystem, I still remember about ...... In what is now the Gulf of Mexico, an asteroid with a diameter of 10 kilometers collided. Gaia said.
"Sleeping?"
“…… I don't know how to describe it, but it's better than dying outright, it should be similar to the serious injury coma of ordinary creatures. ”
Lin Han smiled: "So, several mass extinctions, you have to be 'hospitalized' for a period of time?"
"yes. So I've saved a lot of life so that if something happens, I can have some protection......"
Listening to these words, Lin Han couldn't help but feel that Gaia was actually quite pitiful, living like a small farmer, especially the kind that was keen on saving money and saving grain and stuffing under the bed.
"......" Gaia sensed his thoughts.
Lin Han coughed twice: "It seems that the Pangu plan must be implemented as soon as possible." ”
Compared with the latter two, the acquisition of carbon and hydrogen elements is undoubtedly the top priority of the Pangu project.
As long as a large amount of carbon and hydrogen can be obtained, the earth's ecosystem can expand rapidly, and eventually evolve into an interstellar ecosystem, which is greatly more stable, and there is no need to worry about ordinary threats......
Coming to the hotel to rest, later that day, the Defender A1 was ignited and launched, which was broadcast live by many media outlets, attracting worldwide attention.
“…… 3, 2, 1, ignition!"
I heard a loud rumbling sound, white gas billowing into the sky, and in the blazing firelight, the huge defender rocket soared straight into the sky, and soon turned into a white line and flew out of the sky.
Rushing out of the earth, the defenders first rushed to the moon, accelerated with the help of the moon's gravity, gained enough kinetic energy, and then deorbited again, flying farther into outer space, pointing at a place more than 3 million square kilometers from the earth.
There, an irregular asteroid with a diameter of 300 meters and a flattened shape is "flying slowly".
Speaking of slow, but in terms of astronomical scale, it is actually not slow, close to ten times the speed of sound.
There, an irregular asteroid with a diameter of 300 meters and a flattened shape is "flying slowly".
Speaking of slow, but in terms of astronomical scale, it is actually not slow, close to ten times the speed of sound.