Interstellar Industrial Age

In the dark void, the stars are dotted, cold, empty, and lonely. There has been no change or fluctuation for hundreds of millions of years.

The Kaguya spacecraft spewed a long white tail flame and was starting to decelerate continuously. It has been almost a month since it left the earth, and it is about to reach the asteroid belt.

The crew on the entire spaceship seemed very excited. In such an environment, after suffering for more than a month, they finally started to act.

"Turn on the detection radar~"

"Turn on the ray detector~"

"Start the redshift detector~"

Ota Guangyi looked at the pitch-black void outside, and he couldn't see anything at all with the naked eye.

One after another orders were continuously issued from Ota Hiroyuki, and the people on the entire spaceship began to get busy.

Soon, a large amount of data began to accumulate continuously, and through the virtual watch he wore, all of these data appeared in Ota's mind.

"An asteroid was found, at a distance of 14,924 kilometers, and the composition of the asteroid was analyzed. The iron content is 60%, the silicon content is 30%, and the other components are 10%. The total mass is 360 million tons."

Soon, they had a discovery, an asteroid appeared in their field of vision.

"The mass is so great that we simply can't drag it."

Nishizawa Saburo said with a smile on his face.

Finally, they reached the asteroid belt with good wind. As long as they find a suitable asteroid, they can go back soon. The thought of returning to the earth makes everyone very happy. It is like living here for years, very tormented. Many people are even a little abnormal.

"It's just entered the asteroid belt, and in a day or two, we'll find more asteroids, and we'll be home soon."

Ota Hiroyuki nodded and said.

The Kaguya spacecraft is constantly advancing in the asteroid belt. Every time it advances a certain distance, satellites are released from the spacecraft. These satellites are used to detect a wider area and obtain more information.

Two days later.

"Ota-kun, look at this asteroid, according to the analysis of scientists, it contains more than 20% gold, and the mass of this asteroid is 120 million tons, which means that this asteroid contains The total amount of gold exceeds 20 million tons.”

"My God, this is a golden asteroid, and its value is incalculable."

Nishizawa Saburo said to Ota Hirohito very excitedly.

"1, 200 million tons, 20 million tons of gold, we can't drag it!"

When Ota Guangyi heard this, his eyes widened, staring at the data of this asteroid, and then he shook his head helplessly.

"However, this is 20 million tons of gold. If we can drag this asteroid back, we in Japan will no longer have to worry about money, 20 million tons of gold."

"Isn't the upper limit of the design of our Kaguya spacecraft just exactly 1.2 billion tons?"

"Did we just enter Baoshan and come back empty-handed?"

Nishizawa Saburo was very unwilling, his eyes were slightly red, just like seeing a cat with a fishy smell, he couldn't move his eyes, and he was even more unwilling to think that the asteroid could be hauled back.

"I need to ask the Earth Command Center for instructions. In addition, you should notify the scientists on the spacecraft and let them calculate our fuel, re-determine our current position, and our route back to Earth. If possible, we will Take a gamble."

Ota Hiroshima was silent for a while, thinking quickly in his mind, and soon, he had a decision.

With such a golden mountain in front of us, there is really no reason to miss it. 20 million tons of gold is such a huge wealth.

It should be known that the total amount of gold mined on the earth is estimated to be around 200,000 tons.

If the 20 million tons of gold can be transported back to the earth, it can be said that Japan is a country that has become rich overnight, which is a windfall.

After more than 20 minutes, the earth received the information from Ota Hiroyuki, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency immediately summoned many scientists and cosmic astronomy scientists to combine all aspects of the current Kaguya spacecraft data and data. situation was assessed.

"Suggest giving up?"

Soon, the evaluation report appeared in the hands of Nakamura Masao. Looking at the report in his hand, Nakamura Masao suddenly became hesitant. The cake of 20 million tons of gold is really too big, big enough to make the whole The country is getting fat all of a sudden.

However, the advice given by the scientists is to give up, because the capability of the Kaguya spacecraft is limited. The key is that the mass of the asteroid is too large. Once such an asteroid is dragged back to Earth, the fuel of the Kaguya spacecraft will be Very nervous, there is simply no room for error.

Once any situation occurs in the middle, the Kaguya spacecraft will not have any excess energy to deal with, because all the energy is very likely to be consumed in dragging the asteroid.

Out of an abundance of caution, giving up is the wisest choice.

"Let the people above decide. This is an opportunity given to us by Amaterasu. If we give up like this, we are really unwilling."

Nakamura Masao did not make his own decision, but reported the matter to the highest level, and let the highest level meeting decide whether to gamble or not.

"Just take a gamble, a Kaguya spacecraft is only a few hundred billion, and the worst result is nothing more than the destruction of the ship, but if it is successful, we can buy several Qinglong spacecraft at one time. ."

Soon, there was a resolution on the side of the Supreme Council. This resolution has the usual Japanese personality, that is, betting on a country's national transport to do one thing.

"Convey this decision to Ota Hiroshima, bet it!"

Nakamura Masao received the above order, and without any hesitation, he quickly sent the order to Ota Guangyi. Facing such a big piece of cake, it was time to gamble on the national luck again.

More than 100 years ago, their ancestors gambled on the national fortune, so they became the only great power in Asia, which laid the foundation for everything now.

Now is a critical moment. If they succeed, they will have a huge amount of money, which is enough for them to spend desperately in space and lay the foundation for the interstellar space age.

20 million tons of gold, such a huge fortune, there is no reason not to gamble!

PS: Chapter 374 has been harmonized. I was thinking of adding another chapter, but I didn’t expect it to be released after editing it. I’m dizzy.