From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Orbital elevator.

It refers to a large-scale transportation facility for more convenient exchange of materials and personnel between space and the surface.

As early as the 20s, Atlas had already launched research projects on high-strength materials, including "carbon nanotubes", "high-strength steel" and "titanium-tantalum alloys".

The main purpose is for space activities, such as the metal materials that support the keel, hull, deck and outer structure of space ships, as well as the "steel cables" that support space elevators.

Among them, "titanium-tantalum alloy" has been used on Selune-class transport ships.

The orbital elevator that Leroya looked at through the sealed window was made of "carbon nanotubes" and "high-strength steel."

Before she started traveling, she had read the relevant information published by the company on its official website.

The reason why Atlas set up the construction site in Gabon is that the orbital elevator must be located at the equator. After all, the design of the space elevator relies on earth-orbit synchronization.

Moreover, the space station where the orbital elevator is located is also Leroya’s destination space city, which is about 3.7 kilometers away from the ground...

This is no longer the category of low-Earth orbit, it is considered space in the true sense.

You must know that the average distance between the earth and the moon is "only" 38 kilometers.

In this way, the space city located at 3.7 kilometers can orbit the earth in the same period, with an orbital inclination of zero, and is almost completely stationary relative to the earth's surface.

Meanwhile, another working principle of the orbital elevator is similar to a hammer and ball with a long rope.

The outermost space city is equivalent to a super giant chain ball, and is pulled by the rotation of the earth.

Therefore, at the equatorial position, the force on the counterweight is minimal; at the non-equatorial position, the force is increased, which is extremely detrimental to stable operation.

Except for the construction materials, which are core secrets, most of the working principles of the orbital elevator are public matters on the official website.

Not only that, the new media department has even produced a large number of animated short films to inspire children to understand the field of physics.

It can be said that Atlas attaches great importance to the development of the education system and will never tolerate any moth entering the system.

Because children represent hope and the future.

If students are afraid of being bullied behind their backs by teachers and being bullied by classmates every day when they go to school, then Atlas, and even all of humanity, may lose a physicist or a master of mathematics.

Of course, if this phenomenon is not resolved, it will directly affect social harmony and stability.

Therefore, Atlas "goes its own way" in education. Through its absolute economic advantages, various partner countries have carried out comprehensive reforms in the education system, and also promulgated many mandatory penalties and criminal measures.

But Leroya didn't understand the company's deeper intention of producing popular science cartoons. Now, like everyone in the dining car, she was staring intently at the towering orbital elevator.

Really are…

A shock to the soul.

Since the death of her parents, she has been sneaking alone in the human world for thirty years.

In the past thirty years, in addition to avoiding the pursuit of those who worked for Julian Belafira, Leroya also witnessed the rapid development of the human world.

Thirty years ago, human beings imagined how they would fly across the stars, but thought that everything was too far away and impossible to achieve in a short time.

There are also more pessimistic thoughts, which believe that human beings will have self-destructed and become part of the long history before they officially move towards the vast stars.

However, thirty years later, maglev trains have become the main means of transportation, holographic technology has been fully applied, and medical services are far beyond what they were before...

The most important thing is that with the help of Atlas, mankind quietly started the Space Era.

...

More than ten minutes flew by.

When Leroya saw that the orbital elevator was getting "bigger" and the scene outside the window became clearer, she knew that the train was about to arrive at the station and was gradually slowing down.

So she got up and left her seat, picked up her only backpack, came to the back of the dining car, and stopped in front of the cabin door to wait.

At this moment, the train speed has stabilized at 80 kilometers per hour, and during the deceleration, the carriage still remained stable.

Through the closed window of the hatch, Leroya saw a city no less than New Accra——

Libreville, the capital of Gabon.

Brand-new buildings and extremely complete infrastructure can be seen everywhere, which is the norm in cities invested and constructed by Atlas.

However, with Leroya's extraordinary vision, she also discovered that the police officers patrolling the streets were all wearing dark blue uniforms and had the eye-catching Atlas logo printed on their armbands.

Although she has not been working for a long time, she also understands that the actual planning of Libreville has been fully taken care of by the company.

Not only she, but also most netizens and people know that such cities or regions are equivalent to Atlas' "assets", but not many people are surprised.

It all makes sense if I quote a few posts from the local Libreville community, namely:

"I just found out! In the past three years, Atlas seems to have done more things than the official government has done in the past twelve years?!"

"Hahaha, my income this year has reached a new high! I can have enough money to have a second child!"

"Guys, have you noticed that there are fewer and fewer robberies and shootings? And at night, the roadside is full of barbecue and snack stalls." Wait.

It is precisely because Atlas has gradually integrated into it and improved the quality of life of residents, instead of engaging in fraud and cutting leeks, that it has received real understanding and support.

As for the local and foreign capital consortiums, they are naturally unwilling to give up their interests and want to use public opinion wars and commercial wars to maintain the power of squeezing local people.

The results speak for themselves.

Atlas never plays tricks in business wars, and directly adopts the most "unpretentious" physical methods to force those capital consortiums to "be sensible".

soon.

Leroya noticed that the speed of the train had dropped to the slowest speed, and she also saw the platform outside the window.

Didn't have to wait long.

The train came to a complete stop.

The flight attendants also came to the beginning and end of each train to ensure that no passengers would lean on the doors that were about to open.

Beep-beep-!

Accompanied by a short, harsh reminder.

call--!

There was a surge of air, and the airtight hatch that maintained the air pressure inside the carriage was completely opened, allowing passengers to get off first.

"Hi~hoo!"

The first thing Leroya did when she left the car window was to take a deep breath with her eyes slightly closed to relieve the fatigue of the long journey.

Then, instead of following the "large army" onto the escalator leaving the platform, she headed to the underground floor.

But here, there are still many maglev tracks and block-shaped maglev trains that look more solid in structure.

Leroya took out her civilian version of the Titan mobile phone.

After swiping her face to unlock the screen and checking the transfer ticket information, she looked around and said to herself: