Chapter Eighty-Eight: Wow! The starry sky is vast!
The Rising Sea is the southernmost territorial sea of the Alliance, where there are many imperfectly developed islands and reefs, and for various needs, the Alliance officials have artificially filled and expanded these islands and reefs, creating many islands.
Of course, thanks to the work of nature, without those island foundations, it would have been impossible to build an island.
The construction of islands and reefs in the rising sea is carried out on the territory of the Alliance, which is in accordance with international law and reasonable, and does not target any country nor threaten the freedom of navigation of any country, even if some countries are insistent on chirping.
After the completion of these islands and reefs, except for a small number of military and defensive deployments, most of them were civilian, which better fulfilled the alliance's international responsibilities and obligations, including logistics services, search and rescue, and navigation safety.
A number of lighthouses have been erected on these reefs to provide navigation safety for passing merchant and fishing vessels. In addition, many search and rescue ships are on standby in various islands and reefs, and if there is a marine accident, these search and rescue ships can be put into rescue at any time, which has played a great role in ensuring the safety of navigation in the rising sea area.
There are also vegetable plots, hospitals, airports, shopping malls, etc., which are built on many islands and reefs, providing services for the surrounding offshore oil drilling platforms, natural gas extraction platforms, combustible ice mining platforms and various commercial and civil facilities.
The Far Voyage Space Transport Company is located here, and it is located on the southernmost Far Voyage Island, which is very close to the equator, which is very advantageous for the launch of spacecraft.
In addition, Yuanxing Company is a commercial company, and renting these islands for commercial activities can be regarded as indirectly bearing the cost of building these islands, and continuously contributing taxes, which is a very good virtuous circle.
Dong Qingchen and they set off from Shenhu City, and since there was no direct plane to Yuanxing Island, they first landed at Qiongzhou International Airport, where they took the special plane of Yuanxing Space Transportation Company and then flew to Yuanxing Island.
The plane flew in the sky, skimming over the islands like pearls on the sea, and soon arrived at Yuanxing Island, which has a large airport and a large wharf, whether it is the exchange of personnel or large goods is very convenient, all the facilities here belong to the Yuanxing company.
After getting off the plane, I went directly to the office of Yuanxing Company by tour bus, because it was Dong Qingchen, the big boss and chief technology officer, and Xu Sixing was inextricably linked, so Xu Sixing wanted to meet them in person.
Along the way, Xu Sixing's assistant introduced them to the scenery and facilities of the distant island, and Dong Qingchen, who listened to it, also wanted to rent an island, so that it was much more convenient for him to do anything.
Soon they met Xu Sixing, who was a very elegant middle-aged man who seemed to be very easy to get along with, but Dong Qingchen was nervous.
A few people sat on the reception sofa and chatted for a few words, and the two technicians went out, leaving only Dong Qingchen and Xu Sixing.
Xu Sixing leaned back with his arms and said, "Dong Qingchen." ”
"Hey, is there anything else Mr. Xu is up to?" Xiao Dong's classmates were excited.
Originally, Xu Sixing, as an elder, had a very complicated mood in the face of Dong Qingchen, after all, ...... He did want to break the other party's pork leg for a moment.
He actually has a lot of serious things to say, and even wants to say something heavy to scare Dong Qingchen, but when he thinks of his wife and the little princess's instructions, he doesn't scare the other party.
Now that he saw that Dong Qingchen was excited because he called a name, he really didn't know what to say.
"What are you kid afraid of, what will an elder of mine do to you?" Xu Sixing said angrily.
"Ahem, yes, my uncle is an elder, so he really can't do anything to me." Dong Qingchen subconsciously followed.
"What's the matter? Are you still going to do whatever you want? Xu Sixing's eyes immediately became stern.
"No, no, how can it be," Xiao Dong hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I have always been very honest, Xiaoqiu has the final say in everything, and I listen to her." ”
"That's pretty much it, I'll ...... at home"
Hearing that his daughter had the final say, it was in line with what his daughter and he had explained, and his attitude immediately eased a lot, but he almost missed his mouth when he talked about his family, so he quickly changed his words.
"Ahem, but as a man, you still have to have your own opinions, don't always let women make up their minds on some things, things are still discussed by two people......"
"Yes, yes, you're right."
Overall, the first contact between the two was relatively friendly, and there were no tragic scenes that Xiao Xu thought about.
As for "listening to Xiaoqiu", it was a little couple who partnered to fool Xu Sixing, a typical elbow turned outward, in fact, Dong Qingchen still had the final say on the affairs of the two people.
After their conversation, Dong Qingchen and the two technicians received about half an hour of training, after all, the place they were going to was different from ordinary space tourism, and the three of them were going to space for the first time, so there were many things to pay attention to.
There is nothing else to do, the Shenzhou space station can already support a lot of things, basically there is no big difference from the ground, you can wear ordinary clothes, the only difference is that the people who go up will float regardless of whether they swell or not.
They all put on a new pair of shoes, took a special car to the launch site, and then took the elevator to the top of the rocket and entered the aircraft.
The aircraft is a manned aircraft specially researched by Yuanxing Company, which can carry ten people, and has a very round shape, with a round head and short wings, which is mounted on the top of the rocket booster like a "warhead".
The landing port, located between the top cockpit and the passenger compartment, is a separate compartment and serves as a spacecraft interface in space.
This is currently the most mature space mode, the rocket booster device can be recycled and reused, and then the "warhead" is partially modular, if you want to carry people, you can load people, and if you want to transport goods, you can load goods, as long as you change the "warhead".
There is also a large aircraft knapsack launch space shuttle, which is the current mainstream launch method, but large aircraft launch is more used for passenger launches.
In addition to Dong Qingchen and the three of them in the passenger space shuttle, there are also five employees of Yuanxing Company, who are now nearing the completion of the project, and they are going to participate in the acceptance process.
The cabin can accommodate ten people, and it would be too wasteful to just sit Dong Qingchen and the three of them, so they will adjust the time for them to investigate, and wait for more people to carry out a unified launch.
Once they were sure they were all ready and lying on their backs and strapped themselves to their seats, the rocket was launched.
Dong Qingchen lay down and felt the feeling of pushing his back and shaking, and understood why most ordinary tourists prefer the way of taking off and launching on the back of large planes, and the comfort is indeed a little better for airplane take-off.
However, these two flight methods are more troublesome, or the real aerospace aircraft is more convenient, but the aerospace aircraft are now in an experimental state, and it is estimated that it will take some time to officially put into application.
In this regard, the alliance should be one step faster, because they have obtained new technology, and Dong Qingchen is still more confident in this.
An acceptance officer next to him saw Dong Qingchen closing his eyes and asked, "What?" Feeling bad and want to throw up? ”
"It feels okay, I don't feel like I want to vomit, but this feeling is really not very good, your company's passenger ship may need to be upgraded." Dong Qingchen opened his eyes and smiled.
"Haha, our company is not a passenger travel company in the first place, large-scale freight is the soul of our company, and the current situation is the same as if you were riding a tractor, but you will love this feeling, because you are out of the village."
The acceptance staff smiled and said to Dong Qingchen, "Look out the window, it's space!" ”
Dong Qingchen felt a light body when he heard this, and then looked out the window.
Wow oh!
The starry sky is vast!