Chapter 191 - 185 This is the Distortion of Human Nature_1

"Meridian Information Communication included in the entity sanctions list."

"Numerous products under Meridian Information Communication accused of human rights violations."

"The International Telecommunication Union IEE denies a license to Meridian Smart Satellite Network, hundreds of thousands of terminals may be operating illegally and could be forced to destruction."

"Meridian Smart Network poses a serious threat to near-Earth orbiters; the International Space Station had planned two orbit changes to avoid collisions with its satellites."

"Former IEE official warns all American Xin’an car owners: Your privacy is being stolen!"

"..."

By mid to late June, with a series of international conferences convening as per usual practice, America executed a set of sleek combinations, and Lin Ju finally felt what was familiar about America.

He didn’t care about international sanctions at all, there’s only one situation where international sanctions are effective: that’s when they can genuinely control.

Satellites operating in space, how do you control that? With what? You expect America AirForce to shoot them down with missiles? That might start a world war.

Ground receiving terminals can’t be controlled either unless you plan to collect and destroy these cars one by one, but private property is sacred and inviolable, and that’s not a joke.

Blocking signals isn’t feasible either; the commercial communication frequencies are limited, block Meridian Smart Network, and nothing else will work properly.

Component sanctions don’t work either, the critically important chips are produced by China!

Foundries like SinoCore International, Modu Huahong, and Unigroup Semiconductor can fully supply the chips needed by New Yuan, all part manufacturers can be found domestically.

Market sanctions are even more of a joke, owning the world’s largest consumer market, Lin Ju never planned to expand overseas seriously, just a fraction of the domestic market is enough to thrive.

Meridian Information Communication, in partnership with the Science and Technology Commission, has established a large database, which will be integrated into "Skynet". The Ministry of Public Security pays a hefty fee each year for this, and the use of the database is also chargeable for other applications.

Who cares about international standards when operating domestically? In China, it’s not New Yuan that changes its own standards, but the nation will introduce new standards for New Yuan~

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"Led by Rayana Al Karri, 6 astronauts from four countries successfully reached the Hila Space Station aboard the Mecca Spaceship"

"The world’s second-largest space station welcomes its first crew visit, achieving a crewed visit of 6 people"

"Abe advances into the ranks of the world’s top aerospace powers, potentially surpassing the Island Country"

"Crown Prince Hamand responds to external doubts: Hila Space Station will be open to the whole world’s MSL, Abe will send an astronaut to space for every country that believes in the true God."

"This year’s Eid al-Adha is particularly significant for Abe"

On June 28, under the global spotlight, the Abermuscala Space Launch Site saw 6 astronauts from the four member countries of the Hila Space Station launch into space.

The New Yuan-2 rocket used for this mission was, of course, not the one from the 26th; due to Abe’s demand to launch twice in three days, New Yuan had moved up a New Yuan-2 schedule by two months to carry out this launch mission.

At that time, New Yuan had internally debated a plan, which considered using the An-1250 for return, though it was somewhat slow; for efficiency, they could allow New Yuan-2 to fly over by itself.

Let New Yuan-2 fly over by itself... Is that possible? It seems it really is.

The New Yuan-2’s first stage was fully fueled and launched from Qiongzhou, not following the normal orbital flight path but adjusting its attitude to fly over like an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Almost 6000 kilometers, a trivial distance for the unloaded New Yuan-2’s first stage, and then it would execute the recovery procedure at the Mukala Aerospace Launch Site.

The An-1250 needed to fly for almost 10 hours, whereas the ballistic flight of New Yuan-2 required less than 20 minutes.

And technically, it was highly feasible. Six thousand kilometers is a long distance on the ground, but in space over a hundred kilometers high, a slight deviation could take you there.

The reason this plan was scrapped firstly was that it appeared too risky to outsiders; after all, the trajectory of New Yuan-2 essentially matched that of a medium-range missile. An uncontrolled descent would be disastrous;

And it would fly over too many countries, which might not be too happy about such a massive rocket passing over their heads, even though their only option would be to protest.

Secondly, the second stage rocket still had to be transported by plane, and the overall strength and recovery schemes for flying it over were not feasible. It was better to have An-1250 transport everything in one go.

Although this plan was eventually abandoned, Lin Ju’s interest was piqued; he suddenly thought of Ma’s Starship offering global travel within two hours.

In essence, it involved using rockets’ capabilities to reach anywhere in the world in two or even one hour. But on other countries’ radars, it didn’t look so good; it would appear as if ballistic missiles were flying around at any moment, and those would be particularly heavy and potentially devastating if they lost control.

However, if one were to consider only the efficacy, the lure of global travel in one hour was indeed very tempting. Lin Ju thought about the higher-ups not taking private jets but private rockets, landing at the venue... Forget it, he feared being targeted.

After all, the Mecca Spaceship, using this very New Yuan-2, had successfully completed its first manned flight and caught up with the space station less than two hours after launch to dock successfully.

Then... in the live broadcast, countless viewers saw six astronauts praying in space?

The central module "Hashim" of the H-shaped space station was decorated with many religious artifacts, and unavoidably mixed with a bounty of space equipment. The extreme combination of cutting-edge technology and religious belief imparted an unbelievable sense of absurdity.

Even the "Hashim" module had a small chapel specifically installed, with custom windows facing the starry sky; reciting the Koran and praying to God there?

"Bullshit!"

A silver-haired Twitter user articulated his thoughts crisply upon seeing the photos released by the Abermuscala Aerospace Company.

Sharing his sentiment was Claire, the director of NACA.

They had strongly invited Abermuscala to collaborate with them on operating the Hila Space Station. Wouldn’t that be more interesting than playing alone?

Although they couldn’t dock with the new 2.5m square port due to its high technological difficulty, the 0.9m round port used for the space shuttles was clearly not a problem. Arianespace had already obtained the related technology when they created the docking interface for the Unity; it was a very ordinary universal round port, and they could easily manufacture the same docking interface.

By launching two or three science modules, it would become a substation of the ISS International Space Station. Wouldn’t it be nice to have 15 more astronauts stationed there?

But Abermuscala steadfastly refused, squandering such a huge module for prayer?

Claire logged onto Twitter and left a comment under the post shared by the Abermuscala Aerospace Agency:

"To perform primitive worship rituals that date back thousands of years with the pinnacle of human technological advancements, is this a distortion of humanity or the degeneration of morality?

What sort of organization would condone such actions that insult the advancement of science in space?"

"Some organizations have sold their souls of freedom for money, tarnishing science..."

Claire was preparing to post another tweet when she suddenly discovered that her previous comment had disappeared. She realized instantly that it must have been Ivan Williams taking dirty money from Saudi Arabia, and angrily threw down her phone.