Chapter 28: Refuting Rumors
With the hot sale of Bipu's Mars tickets, it seems to confirm the news that the earth is about to be destroyed.
Since the end is coming, no one has the heart to work. Having fun in time has become a norm.
People don't have the heart to work anymore.
However, with limited air tickets and some people not believing in BIPU's space technology, after all, the explosion of the second trip to Mars is still heartbreaking.
To this end, some wealthy people began to work on making doomsday shelters.
These bunkers, whether it is the address, the entrance, or the specific facilities, are all rushed to defend against this almost certain apocalypse.
In fact, for the richest people in the world, the richer they are, the more afraid they are of death. So at the cost of building it.
It is said that the Doomsday Bunker is equipped with a jacuzzi, a cinema, a games arcade, a swimming pool, a gym, a spa, a bar, and even a private vault for valuables and personal art collections.
Of course, and most importantly, there will naturally be enough food, water, and medicine in each shelter for several years - if the impact of an asteroid hitting the earth lasts for more than ten years, or even decades, hundreds of years, it will not be inevitable to die?
It's no wonder that Mars ticket prices are skyrocketing so quickly – and this aspect must also be considered. However, according to scientists, the impact of this asteroid impact could last up to 35 years.
This worries those who have doomsday bunkers, and they are helpless to wait for the end of the world to come in 7 months.
The world began to be chaotic, and the relevant departments had to come out to refute the rumors: if you don't believe the rumors, there is no end in the world!
But the statement pales in comparison.
Many people believe that the end of the world is imminent and death is imminent.
As the saying goes: Spread rumors and open your mouth, refute rumors and break your legs.
In fact, in many cases, debunking rumors not only does not make people doubt the rumors and believe the truth, but even makes people believe in the previous rumors.
This is called the "backfire effect" in psychology, also known as the "boomerang effect":
When debunking rumors contradicts pre-existing beliefs and beliefs, people are likely to believe in their previous beliefs as a result.
Moreover, any refutation of rumors will make people doubly believe in rumors.
The "backfire effect" will not only make people refuse to believe in the debunking of rumors, but will also make these people distrust the source of the debunked rumors, thus generating a certain immunity.
In fact, human nature is the most unconfrontable thing, ugly, especially in the face of disaster.
People choose not to believe the government's debunking of the rumors, and in fact they hope so.
Some people will think, I live so hard, but you spend all day drinking and singing; I am penniless, but you have a lot of money; I've been lonely all my life, but you have a lot of wives and concubines! If an asteroid hits the Earth, everyone will be done together, and that would be a wonderful thing.
Many people will have this kind of psychology, of course, this is an unhealthy psychology, but the psychology of dying together is widespread.
Psychologically speaking, people who hope for the end of the world are pessimists, people who have a hard time.
Even, the apocalyptic statement makes this part of the population full of hope: if the end of the world comes, everyone will be finished together.
Another reason is that in the face of technology, people can't do anything about things like an asteroid hitting the earth.
Things are not at all like in 1998, there was a science fiction movie "Heaven and Earth Collision", and they portrayed this kind of thing lightly.
It is said that 14-year-old Leo Biedman accidentally discovered a comet weighing about 500 megatons, which would collide with the Earth about a year later.
In order to save the planet, the government decided to send former astronaut Tanner to detonate the comet with the H device, causing the comet to deviate from its original orbit in order to stop the catastrophic star.
This is theoretically feasible, but in fact it is nonsense. We believe that in the consciousness of many people, after "popular science", the asteroid hitting the earth can be stopped, and there are two ways to prevent the asteroid from hitting the earth:
One is to blast an asteroid in outer space and change its orbit.
The second is to destroy the asteroid with H weapons in near space.
It seems like it really is, but in fact it is not an easy task. First of all, at present, there are more than 1,200 near-Earth asteroids discovered by mankind, of which 16 are more than 240 kilometers in diameter.
Secondly, you must know that if a meteorite or asteroid with a diameter of 100 meters hits the earth, its impact force is equivalent to a 1 million ton YZ bomb.
So, how easy is it to intercept an asteroid?
Therefore, the statement about the interception of the asteroid with the H weapon is simply nonsense.
I can say very responsibly that humans simply do not have the ability to intercept meteorites with D-bombs or H-weapons. If an asteroid strikes, the only thing humans can do is probably pray.
Don't look at "Heaven and Earth Collision" is so realistic, and the story is so beautiful, it's actually unlikely.
The first is the range of our D bombs, humans are able to send about 5 tons of H warheads to 380,000 kilometers away, but the hit rate of D bombs at this time will be very low.
H weapons do not have such accuracy, this is one of them. Humans can fire H weapons with an error of up to 90 meters, but that's only 12,000 kilometers away, and outside of space, it may disappear without a trace when you aim at a meteorite.
If you wait until the meteorite is close to the ground before operating, say 12,000 kilometers, this distance is more than a day's flight time. If it is all at this time, people will not have the ability to change the direction of the meteorite, and can only "watch" the asteroid roaring.
One of the most important reasons is that the asteroid is too big, and the interception of the H weapon is equivalent to a shot put ball flying over, and it has no effect at all if it is intercepted with a match.
So, if an asteroid hits Earth, we don't have any ability to intercept it.
It is under this subtle feeling that human beings live in trepidation.
At the same time, BIPU has stepped up the manufacture of vehicles to Mars. According to the plan, they can produce five such spacecraft seven months before the asteroid hits Earth.
Add to that the one ship that exists, then they have 6 ships, each of which can carry 200 people, and theoretically, they will have 1,200 seats.
So, they sold 1,200 tickets.
The rumors continue, and so does life. Kerry flipped through the new issue of the newspaper and was not in the mood. He calculates how much money he can make from selling tickets this time.
The rumors of the end of the world are getting more and more intense, and newspaper editors and reporters have no intention of working, and the original 48 pages of the newspaper are only 16 thin pages, which are still full of errors.
Even if it's published, it's still some appalling news, and at first glance it's reprinted old news, and it obviously has the flavor of being against bipu:
Don't fantasize about going to Mars, even if you go to Mars, will you be able to survive on Mars? There are several ways to die on Mars.
The first, death from radiation during a trip (or after landing on Mars).
In the second, the spacecraft landed unsuccessfully, crashed, and the pilot died.
Third, in space and Mars, astronauts die of illness due to health problems such as bone loss due to microgravity environments.
Fourth, the lack of oxygen caused by the rupture of the spacesuit, which suffocates it.
Fifth, the soil and floating dust of Mars may be toxic, and astronauts will die if they do not go well.
Sixth, being killed by a companion who goes crazy and out of control, or being killed by a Martian (if any).
Suddenly, Kerry was stunned by a reprinted article in the second edition signed "Liu Guanguan".