Chapter 566: Interview

Atlantic Floaters, a lounge in the multipurpose area of the temporary airport, where journalists from three well-known scientific and cultural media are conducting joint interviews with Ebron. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Just now, a reporter from Science Magazine asked Ebron what gave you the idea to set up Enclaude Corporation?

Ebrun nodded and said: "There is an important theorem in evolutionary biology, Price's theorem, what I want to say is not that my behavior is altruistic, what I want to say is that George Price has been trying to find an example that can overturn this theorem after he published the theorem and before he died. His example can prove to a certain extent that the behavioral feedback formed by people's cognition of the world is always inseparable from the framework that they have defined. Just like Lindberg, who was the first to fly over the Atlantic Ocean by airplane, he was very obsessed with the excellent theories of the human race similar to the Nazis, but who is sure that if the United States had not sent him to Germany to participate in the talks, would he still have been influenced by the Nazi theories that had not yet shown the desire for aggression? After the war, he participated in the collection and collation of V2 rocket technology as a military engineer and helped the development of the American rocket and aerospace industry.

At this point, Ebrun leaned forward imposingly, stretched out a finger and nodded, indicating that this was the point: "Remember, I'm not questioning Lindberg or trying to say anything nice about the Nazi theory, but I want to use this to pave the way for answering your question, otherwise, if I explain it directly, many people will think I'm joking." So well, let's move on to the formal answer, and your question is, I, why did I start this company. ”

The three reporters nodded silently, to be honest, it can be seen from what they just said that although Abrun is young, he is still very knowledgeable, and his knowledge is probably very extensive.

At this time, Ebrun leaned back and sat down, spread his hands slightly, and said, "Everyone knows that West Point graduates must have three years in the army and another five years in reserve. To be honest, before I graduated, I didn't think much differently from the rest of my classmates. Don't be funny, that's something you should think about after retirement. But, you know, West Point graduates need to find the branch of the military they want to go to. My family still wanted me to join the Navy, after all, it was our family tradition, but a distant cousin of mine was training as a pre-astronaut at NASA, and when I consulted him, he strongly recommended the Air Force to me. ”

The three reporters nodded, and Ebrun looked a little fascinated, as if he was a devout priest who had adhered to God's will: "What my cousin said about flying and astronautics really made me more interested. In order to better understand the Air Force and become an astronaut, I began to actively study and collect relevant information, but when I was sorting out and reading these materials, I found a problem. Orbital garbage has increasingly become an obstacle to human beings moving towards the universe, the cost of an unmanned spacecraft, the cheapest must be 100,000 US dollars, and manned, are all starting with one billion, a centimeter size of orbital garbage, can make an expensive spacecraft scrapped. ”

Eblon shook his head slightly and said, "Look at how many things have been sent into orbit by us since humans mastered the technology of launching satellites." The low orbit is just the same, and some old and failed satellites in high orbit are still crowding out valuable orbital resources, which is the same as the railroad tracks, not that we need to lay another one, but can only find ways to increase the capacity on the limited rails, increase the speed of the train, and reduce the distance between the two trains. In this way, the danger and difficulty are greatly increased. ”

The three reporters felt that they could fully understand Ebrun's thoughts, and Ebrun's expression became a little resolute, as if with a sense of mission: "So, I thought, why no one has come forward to recover those orbital debris and old and failed satellites? This was the original idea I found many like-minded friends to found on Unclaud, and as you can tell from the name of the company, we want humanity to face the starry sky without being disturbed by the cloud-like orbital garbage. ”

The three reporters nodded, and another reporter asked a new question: where did your company get enough money to support you, and the related technology?

Ebrun nodded with a smile and said, "To be honest, I did receive a lot of help from people in this regard, otherwise I alone would not have been able to put up the company's shelves so quickly, just like this floating island under our feet, it would not have appeared at all." Of course, since our company is planning to go public, we are undergoing some internal capital adjustments, so it is not convenient to disclose this information for the time being, but I believe that in the near future, you will be able to know this content through the public information of Nasdaq. As for the technical sources, most of them are the technology that we have purchased from the laboratories of some of our shareholders, and after we put them together, the products of several laboratories were able to complement each other, which was much smoother than we expected at the beginning, so the progress of work in many aspects was also accelerated. ”

The three reporters nodded, thinking that they should not continue to ask questions in this regard, and Eblon said that the company is undergoing structural adjustment for listing, so some questions may as well wait for them to be asked after the listing. So the three of them asked the next question: When did the construction of this floating Atlantic project begin, and for what purpose?

"The main purpose of building the Atlantic Floater is to control costs and safety. "Ebrun was the first to give such a definition, which made it strange to the three reporters, who couldn't see how the construction of the Atlantic Floater would reduce the cost.

Eblon smiled and said, "This, we still have to talk about our understanding of space safety. As we all know, the existence of living beings in outer space has always been a debate in the scientific community, but as a company that really tries to explore space in a down-to-earth manner, we must take into account the abnormal variants of protobacteria caused by some environments in the universe。 We don't know if there are viruses or bacteria in the universe that we don't know about, and it would be irrational to recycle orbital junk that has been in orbit for a long time. To give a simple example, in the harsh environment of the crater of the Pacific Ocean Trench, have new types of bacteria also been discovered? Some parts of the Antarctic ice sheet have also been found with bacteria that mankind has never faced before, which shows that when human beings try to break through the shackles of nature, they must first consider how to distinguish the enemy who may pose a threat to us. ”

The three reporters nodded approvingly, they really didn't expect that the company in Embrun would think so comprehensively, but how to solve this problem? Isn't it necessary to use an electron microscope to look at the surface of the orbital garbage inch by inch?

"The FDA has passed the specification for testing microorganisms for extreme heat sources with horseshoe crab blood agents, which have even been listed as essential agents on the International Space Station, in order to make humans and the planet safer," said Ebrun. The solution we came up with was to use the LAL blood agent to conduct a preliminary safety inspection of the track debris. However, the price of horseshoe crab blood medicine is too expensive, and there is also a high demand for horseshoe crab blood medicine in various safety testing fields. We are concerned that we will not be able to get enough LAL blood potions to test for orbital debris. So, we came up with a solution, which is to semi-naturally breed and raise horseshoe crabs. And when this Atlantic floater is completed, three-quarters of the coastal area will be a habitat for horseshoe crabs. Although it will take three to five years to reach the expected amount, human exploration of the universe is not an easy task, so we think that even if our other plans fail, this Atlantic floater can guarantee a minimum cash flow for the company by breeding horseshoe crabs alone. ”

Ebrun shrugged: "Of course, this is only a small part of the whole plan, as we all know, the southernmost Cape of Good Hope in Africa is famous for the unpredictable weather and sea conditions in the Atlantic, so we also hope that this floating island in the South Atlantic Ocean can also become an important part of the international shipping route, so that the international maritime line adds a new security option, which is also one of our contributions to human society." ”

The three reporters nodded, well, there is an extra transit station in the Atlantic, and there are indeed some more options for navigation.

And Ebron laughed again: " Of course, the most important function of the Atlantic Floater is not these, but it will become a sea base for our company to achieve launch and orbit monitoring, you know, although several commercial launch companies were established last year and this year, but their goals are very different from our requirements, after all, the equipment for recovery operations is still quite large and complex, well, that's right, we may set up a space station outside the International Space Station that is mainly used for recovery and reverse launch, that is, to send something back to Earth. Therefore, considering many considerations, especially cost considerations, the shareholders finally decided to build such an Atlantic floater, of course, because this is a new thing, and it is larger than ********, so we are also actively discussing with the International Maritime Organization the positioning of Atlantic floaters and some environmental safety regulations. ”

Although on the way here, I saw the US fleet cruising around, but none of the three reporters asked about the military application, although everyone is not particularly proficient in military affairs, but they also know how strategic it is to install a permanent base in the middle of the Atlantic.

And everyone can also think that this kind of escort must be temporary, with the completion of the Atlantic Floater, there will definitely be a considerable number of US troops stationed on the island, and at that time the island's defense capability will far exceed the strength of the fleet, which in turn can provide protection for the fleet.

And the reporter did not ask questions about the legal and rights mechanisms on the island in the future, after all, the water here is too deep, and the Atlantic floaters are built on the high seas, that is, I am afraid that even the US Constitution will not be able to control it at that time......

The three reporters all felt that if nothing else, I am afraid that this floating island will become one of the overseas territories of the United States in the future, enjoying some rights of a state...... Who knows...... So, the three reporters asked the most critical question: What is the matter with the verbal battle between the Eblon and the Ministry of Defense?

Ebrun suddenly laughed and said: "Actually, there are some things out there that are really outrageous, some people say that I am not patriotic, ashamed of my identity as a West Point graduate, and some people say that I am the product of a power-for-money transaction, and hope that federal prosecutors will carefully investigate me and my family, to be honest, even everyone thinks that my relationship with the Department of Defense is somewhat misunderstood." ”

Speaking of this, Abron shook his head and said: "My family is a Republican, and I myself support the Republican Party, of course, I still don't agree with some Republican policies. As for my joining the army, I actually passed the Air Force exam, but because of this company, the company felt that I might be able to lead more prospects in the field of scientific research and technology, so I am now a logistics officer in the Air Force Equipment Department, of course, this is different from the life trajectory of many other West Point graduates, but I don't think I broke my oath to enter the school. As for some of the tongues with the Ministry of Defense, there are also many people who misunderstand, if I really broke the law, the Ministry of Defense would have reported to the military court a long time ago, can I still be interviewed by you here? Well, there are indeed some disputes with the Department of Defense, in fact, the main reason is that for the application of this floating island, I personally still oppose the military application of the Atlantic floaters too seriously, I think the future of mankind is still in space, so in terms of some clauses, I and the shareholders tend to focus on scientific research, and the idea of the Department of Defense is also very simple, that is, to ensure the safety of the American people as much as possible, so there will be some quarrels, but it is completely different from what the outside world thinks. ”

The three reporters suddenly realized, but what they were thinking in their hearts is not unknown. Then, a reporter asked: So, we see that the construction of the floating island seems to use some materials that have not been seen before, and many traditional building materials do not appear on the island, can you reveal these materials and their sources?

Ebrun shook his head, laughed, and said: "Not for the time being, some new materials have been used, of course, these materials have been carefully considered in terms of environmental protection, and there is no negative effect on the ecology of the Atlantic Ocean at all, and this material technology comes from a shareholder's laboratory, for technical reasons, he does not plan to put this material on the general market." So there is no more information about this. ”

Three reporters can also accept this statement, after all, the current traditional building materials market, wood, steel, cement and other enterprises are still very large, think that the shareholder is not willing to because of the new materials and those traditional enterprises and employees of the enmity, more likely, this new material, itself is the traditional building materials industry of a laboratory developed something.

And didn't Eblon say that this material will not be put on the general market, I am afraid that this is also to use the pen of the three of them to express a cooperative attitude to more traditional enterprises.

The main questions were almost asked, and then the reporters casually asked a few questions that had been asked before, such as Ebron's personal situation, and the atmosphere in the break room became relaxed.

The four of them were chatting, when suddenly there was a knock on the door, and it was Ebrun's female assistant who walked in, and she said, "Mr. Ebrun, your mother has arrived on the island, and with her eldest sister Mira. ”

Ebrun nodded, and said to the three reporters as he stood up: "Three, then today's interview is here, if there is any new news, I will inform you, I still have something on my side, so I won't go first." ”

When Ebrun and his assistant were leaving, and the three reporters were packing up their things and about to leave, one of them suddenly said, "That eldest sister of his, Mira, seems to be a senior employee of the Congressional Committee on Middle East Affairs, and it seems that she recently left there to be transferred to the Orbital Defense Committee." You say, there's no big news here?"

The other two first glanced at her, then one continued to pack his things, and the other shook his head and said: "Everyone knows that the water in Unclad is very deep, and the diplomatic group and the naval group and the air force group are all behind this company, and they will need the press when necessary, but don't ask around until they have this intention." ”

The reporter who asked at the beginning shrugged her shoulders and nodded, as if what she had just said was not her.

And the one who buried himself in packing up secretly said in his heart: When I didn't know that you were an NSA person, what kind of professional ethics did you pretend......