Houston, United States.

There is the NASA's rocket launch site.

When the California earthquake caused a fault zone to arise and attracted seawater inflow, if it were not for the United States to immediately use nuclear bombs to block it, California would have been divided into two.

Now it seems that the ending has only made the original California Peninsula bigger.

At least the area around the old Jinzha in the north is still preserved.

However, the famous Silicon Valley has disappeared, and in the California Evacuation, the headquarters of famous technology companies have all been scattered and relocated to other parts of the country.

SpaceX is also part of the group, and Musk has moved its headquarters directly to Houston, which already houses the company's test plant and office space.

In an emergency like that time, it would have been quicker to move to the existing office space.

Musco took advantage of the relocation to secretly lay a new network line without the help of GIA's representatives at the company.

This network line is the military network that connects Musk's current participation in the Ark Project, and the biggest difficulty for the Ark Project is the design of the Ark itself.

As for energy, although there is no nuclear fusion, there is also a nuclear fission reactor technology that leads the world in the United States.

Enough to propel a huge spaceship to Mars.

It's just that how this huge ark spacecraft should leave the surface of the blue star is a big problem.

If it is said that it is built in sections, launched into space in batches, and assembled and docked in space, it is also not easy.

Musk previously felt that the Ark Project was a big hole and completely pitted himself in it.

But the old Morgan behind him demanded that it be completed as soon as possible, and said inexplicably, "It's too late." ”

Originally, Musco was not confident to complete it, but the artificial intelligence Lucky told him that he might be able to help him complete this impossible task.

The premise is that it must be connected to this network, but not to someone at GIA.

Musk was very unhappy that GIA had sent a commissioner to the computer room, and Lucky wanted to hide it from GIA, and he himself wanted to hide it.

As a result, this network was successfully laid out without GIA's knowledge.

Since Lucky was connected to the military network, the progress of the Ark project has really accelerated a lot.

Lucky helped the Ark design team initially validate a design that was to complete a total of 1,200 segments on the ground, launch the segments into an orbit 300 kilometers above the ground through 1,200 launch missions, and then be controlled and assembled and docked by Lucky.

The solution was demonstrated by Lucky's simulation, and the design team was excited that it would be a cross-generational project.

As a result, before the excitement of joy had passed, Magical Technology released its own Celestial Space City and began to operate.

Musk looked through the astronomical telescope and saw the huge guy.

Yes, too huge, at least ten times larger than the ark by design.

I really don't know what technology Magic Technology uses to send such a big thing into space, and it would be great if it could help the Ark of the United States to send it into space.

It's a pity that this idea can only be thought of, given that the United States and Magic Technology are currently in a state of mutual sanctions, it is impossible for the two sides to carry out this level of cooperation.

Musko was puzzled by the fact that President Ladakh insisted on a policy of being the enemy of magical technology, and that such a high-tech company, if it could cooperate, would definitely be better than the opposite.

Taking 10,000 steps back, you can at least buy some special products of magical technology, and it can also make the Ark project progress faster.

Fortunately, he has Lucky, and now the Ark project has finally entered the launch stage.

In order to rush for time, all the components planned to be completed by the Ark were completed one and launched one, and all components were completed under Lucky's overall control.

In this way, Lucky was able to assemble and dock them together precisely in space, thus forming a huge ark spaceship.

By the moment the spacecraft ignites in space, the powerful nuclear fission reactor will provide a tremendous boost to send the spacecraft to distant Mars.

The Dragon spacecraft, launched in December this year, will carry out the mission of hitting a forward station on Mars, and Space Exploration will send two astronauts to Mars on the Dragon spacecraft, where the first Mars base will be built with the Dragon spacecraft.

In other words, the Dragon spacecraft is a one-time spacecraft, and when it lands on Mars, it automatically turns into a Mars base.

At this moment, the Houston rocket launch site, the first two components of the Ark project are about to be launched.

Starting today, using the latest reusable rocket technology, there will be three launches per day.

It was no longer possible for Musk to use the Dragon carrier components, as the Dragon spacecraft did not have enough payload capacity for this task.

The 1,200 components will be lifted into the air over the next 200 days to assemble into a giant spaceship.

To ensure the completion of this program, NASA will devote itself entirely to this work and will not undertake any further missions.

In fact, as the war between the governments of the North and South of the United States continues, NASA is no longer funded, and everyone there is now in the service of Masco.

Because only Masco can pay them.

Musco also doesn't need to worry about funding, because the elder Morgan is behind the financial support, and he only needs to make sure that the Ark project is completed.

Musco had never understood why the elder Morgan spent a lot of money on this Ark project, as if Blue Star wanted the end of the world.

But in recent months, natural disasters have continued to occur on the blue star, and at the same time, there are man-made disasters breaking out, and no matter how you look at it, it feels like the end is coming.

Look, the Dongying archipelago is said to sink and sink, and a country will disappear.

The fault zone in Central America seems to be about to erupt again in the near future, and the southern government has only stopped it with a nuclear bomb before, and it seems that it is really as predicted by miraculous technology, the nuclear bomb can no longer stop the fault zone from erupting.

The sound of the countdown pulled Musk's thoughts back to the scene, and on the launch site, the towering rocket was the newly developed "Mars X" launch vehicle that combined the technology of the early Saturn V and the heavy Falcon of previous years.

It is up to 120 meters, has a take-off weight of 3,500 tons, a total thrust of 4,000 tons, and can send 200 tons of payload into an orbit of 300 kilometers.

In other words, all the components of the Ark spacecraft add up to 12,000 tons, and when these components are controlled by Lucky in space, they will become a 10,000-ton spaceship that can go to Mars.

This will be the largest spacecraft of mankind, which can carry 1-20,000 people, enough to become the last ark of mankind.

Musk squinted and saw the bottom of the huge rocket ignite.

Two minutes later, Musko watched the "Mars 10" displayed on the big screen fly higher and higher, and listened to the data of the correct attitude of the rocket constantly reported in the command hall, and suddenly had infinite pride in his heart.

[I'm making history!] 】

When the news came that Mars 10 had successfully put two components into the intended orbit, the hall was filled with thunderous cheers.

The pride of the people of the United States has returned, and the previous riots and civil wars have made many people of the United States very hesitant, and the once invincible empire seems to be about to decline.

But at this moment, the largest rocket of mankind was successfully launched, and this honor made the people in the hall smile.

Musk didn't join in the revelry, he had already hurried back to his office and dialed the phone.

"Mr. Morgan, the launch was successful!"

Old Morgan's voice came, "Very good, this is only the first step, there are as many as 600 such launches, each time we must ensure success, we cannot afford failure!" ”

Musk nodded, "Understood, but don't worry, with Lucky, there will be no mistakes, and all launches will be executed accurately." ”

There's a reason why Musker said this, and before the launch, Lucky controlled a robot to conduct a comprehensive test of the entire rocket, and found several flaws.

These flaws may seem inconspicuous and easy to overlook, but once the rocket lifts off, they become a source of failure.

There is no room for sloppiness in the space project, and failure will be a huge blow to the entire program.

"Okay, hurry up, we can't afford to delay."