Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 130 - 131: The Golden Sun!
Chapter 130 -131: The Golden Sun!
However, what came as a surprise was that a report a few years later revealed that the “Robot Rights Bill” had passed and was now being trialled in Mu Country. Anyway, for the otakus of Japan, granting their girlfriends some rights didn’t seem to be a big deal.
The proposal wasn’t a joke, as suggested by the black text on white paper and the vivid red stamp of approval.
Because of their human-like appearance, anthropomorphic robots had actually obtained “human rights”!
Zhang Yuan felt a sense of amusement, unsure of how to describe his emotions. He felt incredibly alienated from the entirety of human civilization; many things had deviated from his understanding.
This unease, it was like how ancient people would feel seeing an airplane flying in the sky, constantly fearing it might fall out of the sky—an anxiety towards unfamiliar things.
Or how they would react to modern concepts like “dog rights” or “women’s rights,” with complete bafflement.
And Zhang Yuan, he was that unenlightened ancient person.
After pondering for a while and shaking his head, Zhang Yuan finally accepted these new notions.
He had a very good quality; since something had already happened, he would just accept it.
Reality wouldn’t shift just because of speculation.
He said uneasily, “Old Zhao, can you give me a spoiler, do the robots have a rebellion or something… I’m kind of panicking.”
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Zhao Qingfeng sighed, “You’re overthinking it, of course not. Humans have not yet deciphered the true mystery of self-awareness, so it’s not possible to create strong artificial intelligence.”
“By the way, there’s a new theory of self-awareness called ‘Boltzmann Brain,’ which is really interesting. You should look into it.”
“Let’s talk about it some other time.”
Hearing that there was no robot rebellion, Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Since the worst-case scenario hadn’t happened, theoretically, the development of human civilization shouldn’t have any significant setbacks, right?
Report after report, on the whole, human civilization was still progressing rapidly.
Even amidst various small conflicts.
The small disputes wouldn’t hinder the overall trend of civilization’s advancement.
To accommodate the increasingly complex space industry, every child faced considerable educational pressure, and few stood out. But due to a large enough newborn population base, more and more geniuses were born into this civilization, making greater contributions.
An increase in quality population, coupled with economic incentives, significantly accelerated the progress of the Solar Ring Engineering project!
Finally, after Zhang Yuan’s second hibernation, sixty years later, humanity’s second Deep Space Colony Ship, The Golden Sun, appeared!
The Golden Sun was 245 years from the Earth Era.
“Hello to all colleagues of Earth Era, greetings, I’m Ding Fengsheng, the current president of the Deep Space Foundation.”
“I have some great news to announce!”
“Today, The Golden Sun Deep Space Colony Ship, at the Mercury industrial base, has officially set sail.”
“On behalf of all the staff here, I wish them bon voyage!”
…
The report displayed a middle-aged man: “Hello to all the predecessors of Earth Era, I’m Yao Xianfeng, the captain of The Golden Sun.”
“My mood today is nervous and complex, just like yours once was, because we are about to depart.”
“… Since entering the space age, Earth Civilization has been rapidly developing for over four hundred years. This is an unprecedented golden age.”
“We do not know how long this rapid development can continue, nor whether Earth Civilization can avoid the ultimate predictions of New Civilization History…”
“We are even more uncertain about the difficulties we may face in the future.”
“We will become a new seed, a safeguard for Earth Civilization.”
“In short, a thousand words boil down to one wish, bon voyage to us. And to you as well.”
Eyeing the departure of the Super Carrier from the Space Port, larger and more advanced than Earth Era and carrying a population of one million,
Zhang Yuan’s eyes were slightly moist, finding the only familiar sensation in the strange world of Earth Civilization.
It was as if bringing back memories of the day Earth Era set sail, when everyone gave their sincere blessings.
The Epoch 2509, humankind’s second colonization spaceship, The Golden Sun, left the embrace of its Mother Star.
Destination, Caputan, a Constant Star 12.8 light years away.
As The Golden Sun was exceedingly large and loaded with an immense amount of resources and equipment, even with the most advanced travel technology, it could only accelerate to one-thousandth of the speed of light; hence, the entire journey would still require over two thousand five hundred years.
Of course, with current planetary development technology, it was no longer necessary to adhere to terrestrial planets similar to Earth.
The first consideration is the gravity of the Planet. The planetary gravity must not be too strong, otherwise the human body will not adapt, and the construction of a Space Elevator would be quite troublesome;
Secondly, the star must not be too violent, and not prone to frequent flares, which can be quite annoying, nor should it be an aging star or a member of the Three Body Star.
“Captain Star,” similar to Gliese, is a long-lived Red Dwarf Star, possessing several terrestrial planets, offering a large scope for choice.
Anyway, when the time came for a closer inspection, it would always be possible to select a suitable Planet.
“Ai, the second estimated Colonization Ship came about,” Zhang Yuan remarked with a sigh, “Their population is larger, their technology more advanced, and they carry more equipment… they have a better foundation than ours.”
Though he said that, when comparing Caputan with Gliese, Gliese was obviously somewhat superior.
The most critical factor is still gravity, with the gravitational force of Gliese 581g close to or slightly higher than Earth’s, human habitation would be very comfortable and not give rise to various physiological diseases.
The only drawback was that Gliese 581g had a slow axial rotation speed, making it difficult to construct a Space Elevator, likely requiring an alternative aviation method.
…
The following reports.
On one hand was the continuing advancement of all of humanity, and on the other, something not quite pleasant occurred.
From the annual financial data, Zhang Yuan noticed that the Deep Space Foundation was in slow decline. Earth Civilization was growing, but the Foundation’s financial figures not only hadn’t increased, but were also slowly slipping.
The Deep Space Foundation’s purpose was to aid humanity in the development of aerospace engineering, not for profit. From some perspectives, it indeed could not compete with real capital.
And now, as the foundation of the space industry had solidified and Solar Ring Engineering had entered a phase of rapid development, private capital was already capable of undertaking various investments.
Under such circumstances, the Foundation inevitably found itself in a predicament of being unwieldy.
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