Chapter 1186: Space Elevator

Could Tianzhou have made another technological breakthrough?

Yang Tianyou asked eagerly.

Yang Qing nodded.

"Naturally, Yang Fan hasn't been idle either during this period."

"They have developed a true space-going starship."

"It uses nuclear thermal propulsion technology."

"Now our small reactor technology is very mature, and the space version has also been developed."

"In the future, round trips to Mars will be much faster."

"If nuclear fusion matures, this speed will be even faster."

"And nuclear fusion has entered the physical verification stage; in another six months, the first practical nuclear fusion device will be officially ignited."

"If everything goes smoothly, within the next one to two years, nuclear fusion will become practically usable."

"In the future, the Yueqiu will become a huge gold mine."

"Therefore, having a base vehicle with self-replication capability and basic industrial capacity will be very important."

Yang Tianyou stared agape.

"You mean we are likely to enter the interstellar era?"

Yang Qing calculated in his mind, then said.

"When Daxia's GDP reaches 1000 trillion, it should be about right."

"How is that possible?"

Yang Tianyou was shocked by this familiar rest.

Yang Zhangfeng rolled his eyes.

"Do you know what level Cyber's market cap will reach after the base vehicle is exposed?"

"Conservatively estimated at 500 trillion!"

"With Yingjiang's surrender, Cyber's technology restrictions were also lifted, and Cyber's valuation keeps rising."

"There are 1 billion disabled people worldwide; these people are enough to support Cyber's market cap of 500 trillion."

"Adding the base vehicle, 500 trillion poses no problem."

"This is just Cyber; what about Tianzhou, Oceanic Home? Water World? Heavenly Gate? Biotech Company? Chinese Medicine Association? Each could support a market cap of 100 trillion."

"Our Yang Family directly and indirectly controls resources exceeding 200 trillion."

"Now do you still think 1000 trillion is too much?"

"Robot technology is already very mature, and artificial intelligence changes every year; the future growth speed of human material resources will be terrifyingly huge."

"Especially the Big Building, countries with excellent resource redistribution mechanisms will see astonishing wealth expansion speed."

"His contemptuous gaze made Yang Tianyou very angry."

"It's as if he were a country bumpkin."

"I cannot imagine the future, especially the space industry."

"How do they profit?"

"People always need benefits to be willing to invest huge sums in developing space."

"If no benefits are visible, what will support space development?"

"Just relying on helium-3 on the Yueqiu?"

"Or just relying on tourism?"

"Yang Zhangfeng doesn't understand this, but he knows who does."

"He looked toward Yang Qing."

"Yang Qing pointed at the base vehicle."

"Benefits are actually assets."

"When outer space possesses industrial capability, it also possesses asset expansion."

"Not mentioning the helium-3 resources on the Yueqiu, if the Yueqiu has basic industrial capability, could we build factories on the Yueqiu?"

"Building a spaceship factory would be no problem, right?"

"A spaceship with nuclear fusion power, heading to the asteroid belt, could it obtain various mineral resources?"

"Could it support the operation of a lunar factory?"

"As the factory's economic cycle is achieved, wouldn't more spaceships be built?"

"The power is nuclear fusion; helium-3 can be easily obtained on the Yueqiu, living supplies have lunar and space farm technology support, cost is not large. Let robots do dangerous things, is the risk not high? The precious minerals they obtain from exploring the asteroid belt, wouldn't they be profitable?"

"As more people go to the Yueqiu, wouldn't new economic benefits arise?"

"Setting aside other things, if we produce a nuclear fusion spaceship, would the various countries on Lanxing scramble for it?"

"Because that is the barbaric era of space exploration, equivalent to staking claims."

"They need more precise resource data to seek more valuable targets."

"And extraterrestrial base technology is also mature; upon finding a good spot, they immediately occupy it— isn't that just grabbing money?"

"Moreover, on Lanxing, there is no spare land left; most countries wanting to develop can only look to space for a way out."

"Otherwise they can only forever be lackeys, arbitrarily manipulated by others."

"There are many benefits; just thinking about them is endless."

"Lanxing is too small; we have oceanic cities for our expansion, other countries cannot afford oceanic cities."

"If they want to achieve class mobility, perhaps only by heading to space."

"This is a game for the brave."

The braver you are, the more you gain.

Just like in the 80s and 90s, most of the daring people became rich.

Yang Tianyou thought Yang Qing's words were a bit of a stretch.

With such huge risks, would anyone dare to go wandering in space?

Everyone is doing fine; who would want to go to space and suffer?

It sounds like humans living in space don't suffer from space sickness.

This old guy's heart is still as wild as ever.

Does Tianzhou have plans to land on Mars soon?

Yang Qing nodded.

The Mars base is nearly complete, and the robotic equipment now requires maintenance.

So we'll soon be sending two couples to Mars.

Our first Mars base is also about to officially open for business.

In the future, there will be many Mars exploration missions.

A large amount of Mars video will be transmitted back.

Humans will finally get a true look at Mars for the first time.

The base vehicle will be sent to the Yueqiu first; if all goes well, the second base vehicle will be sent to Mars.

As the base vehicles expand, our extraterrestrial development speed will increase exponentially.

Robots will become the main force in developing planets.

If we acquire enough space hotels and extraterrestrial bases, more base vehicles will be dispatched to more planets.

These base vehicles will become crucial support for human exploration of the solar system.

The sheer scale of this project reminded Yang Tianyou of the aerospace assets the Yang family controls.

Does the Yang family have a space elevator plan?

I know several ideal locations for a space elevator, but they've all been taken by Jingmen.

Yang Qing blinked, a little confused.

I really don't know that.

I don't know who's developing the space elevator.

But you brought it up—it's indeed a very good project.

We should have Yang Fan and the others look into it.

A space elevator could indeed bring a qualitative leap to the space industry.

What if we combine the space elevator with nuclear-powered spacecraft?

That would be a perfect solution.

Yang Qing suddenly realized how important this is.

He started talking to himself, as if working out the feasibility.

But this left Yang Changfeng deeply worried.