Chapter 210: The Observatory (Third Shift, Asking for a Monthly Pass!)
On the runway of the main island, a small single-engine plane has just landed, and the silver-white fuselage has taxied on the runway for a distance, and is firmly parked at the designated stand. The cabin door opened, and the gangway was lowered, and the first to come down was a young and beautiful woman, wearing a navy blue skirt, long blond hair coiled behind her head, and a pair of sunglasses on the bridge of her nose.
"Hello, Dr. Elena?"
"I am." As she stepped down the gangway, Elena shook hands with a man who walked briskly towards her, who introduced himself as an Earth Alliance staff member who was responsible for the registration and placement of experts from various countries who had come to report.
Nodding slightly, he handed his ID card to the other party from his bag, and the other party verified Yelena's identity with the terminal device he carried, and then invited her to board an electric car.
The construction of the island continues, the main building is almost completed, as one of the experts representing France, Elena has learned some information from the government before coming, this time France, as the initiator of the Earth Alliance, sent a total of 31 experts and scholars to join the work of the Earth Alliance headquarters. Elena was one of the 31 and the first French expert to arrive at the Earth Alliance's headquarters.
"Your residence is on the east side of the island, where is the living area arranged by the alliance for experts and scholars, with a total area of 20,000 square meters, divided into two parts: above-ground buildings and underground buildings......."
Driving an electric car, the staff in charge of receiving Elena introduced her to the whole island, the airport is northwest of the main island, and from the airport to the eastern part of the island almost across the entire island. The main road on the island has been completed, and along the way, the receptionist points to some of the facilities that have been completed or are in progress, explaining to Elena, and telling her where some of the ancillary facilities of the living quarters are located, so that she can get acquainted with the place as much as possible.
Elena listened to the explanation, her eyes looking at the scenery around her. The Pacific Ocean breeze blows. With warmth and humidity, the sky is blue and the sun is shining, making you feel like you are in a holiday resort.
But Elena knew very well that this place was not a resort, but the headquarters of the Earth Alliance, where she would work in the future. The 36-year-old looks young. And her beautiful face and perfect body are often misunderstood for her true identity. In fact, Elena, who looks more like a model or movie star, is a real scientist, she is a famous French astrophysicist, who has studied star structure and evolution, and even dabbled in the study of dark energy and dark matter.
"The observatory over there?" Without paying attention to the reception staff's detailed account of the ancillary facilities in the living quarters, Elena's gaze stayed on the huge building not far away.
"Yes. This is an observatory, but the observatory at the Earth Alliance headquarters is different from ordinary observatories in that it not only has a standard astronomical telescope, but also has a research and analysis room for a space telescope in space, which is where you will mainly work in the future. ”
The receptionist replied with a smile, and Elena raised her eyebrows and asked, "Hubble?" ”
"No, no, a better space telescope than the Hubble telescope, the Discovery telescope."
"Discovery telescope?"
The Hubble telescope as an astrologist no one is unaware. Its fame is so great that even many ordinary people have heard of it. Since April 24, 1990, the Hubble telescope has been at the Kennedy Space Center in the United States. Successfully launched by the Space Shuttle Discoverer, the Hubble Telescope has successfully made up for the lack of ground observation in the past few decades, helping astronomers solve many basic problems in astronomy, and enabling mankind to understand more about astrophysics. In addition, Hubble's ultra-deep space field of view is the deepest and sharpest space optical image currently available to astronomers.
As a famous French astrophysicist, Elena also used the Hubble telescope to study celestial bodies. However, the ownership of the Hubble telescope belongs to NASA and ESA of the United States, and as scholars from other countries, there are many restrictions on its use, and it is very cumbersome to apply.
However, the Discovery space telescope Elena mentioned by the reception staff had never heard of it, and she couldn't help but feel strange. When she asked about the advent and performance of the Discovery space telescope. The receptionists proudly told her that this was the most advanced and powerful space telescope that had just been launched after the establishment of the Earth Alliance Headquarters. Different from the Hubble telescope, the Discovery telescope is a space telescope composed of more than a dozen special components like artificial celestial bodies, and its single performance has exceeded 50% of that of the Hubble telescope.
Hearing such an introduction, Elena was surprised and at the same time curious. If the Discovery space telescope is really as powerful as the reception staff said, it will be of great help to astronomical research. Thinking of this, Elena couldn't hold back in her heart, and she asked not to go to the residence for the time being, but to go to the observatory first.
Elena's impromptu request made the reception staff a little embarrassed, and the receptionist stopped the car and asked her to wait, and then contacted the competent department through guò communication, and after receiving the approval of the competent department, he continued to drive with Elena to turn around and go to the observatory.
A few minutes later, their car came to the observatory, got out of the car, Elena took off her sunglasses, and looked up at the new and magnificent observatory. Compared to the largest observatory in the world, the Gemini Observatory, this observatory covers a much larger area, almost twice as much as the Gemini Observatory, according to the introduction, this is only the ground building, there are some buildings underground, and the real core part of the observatory is the central area of the observatory.
Stepping into the observatory, Elena first saw an astronomical telescope with a diameter of 10 meters, which was probably the largest astronomical telescope on Earth. However, she only circled around the telescope with great interest and asked to see the place where the space telescope could be connected, which in her opinion was the most interesting part of the observatory.
The area that connects to the Discovery space telescope is the central area of the observatory, and the reception staff is not allowed to enter, so Elena can only go there alone. Walk through a hallway, then up the elevator, and finally to a hall with a hallway at the other end of the hall that leads to the research room. Using her ID card to verify with the automatic computer guards, Elena went straight to the research room, and when she reached the research room's door, the door suddenly opened from the inside out.
An Asian man scurried out of it and almost bumped into Elena who was standing in the doorway.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry ......." The other party hurriedly apologized, and then he was suddenly stunned when he saw Elena's appearance, and then asked, "You are Dr. Elena from France?" ”
"You know me?" Yelena, who took off her sunglasses, unexpectedly asked this man, who she never seemed to have seen before.
"Hehe, of course I know you, I've seen your photos before." The other party replied with a smile, and then stretched out his hand to Yelena and said, "Doctor, you just came, I am also engaged in astrophysics, we may be colleagues in the future, let's get to know each other, my name is Tang Wei." (To be continued......)
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