Half-immortal civilization

The successful trial voyage of the Rise of the Master Company has made the world lose its color again!Or rather, some fear!
In several countries that have just tested the successfully developed space shuttle, the original cheering expressions disappeared instantly, and even some deeper despair appeared.

Jack Smith is an old employee in his 50s and the most experienced person in National Airlines in the United States. He was sent here ten days ago, a newly established aviation base located in a remote suburb of Philadelphia.No, to be precise, there is only a flat land with a radius of 500 meters, and there are several warehouses and a huge crane.

Here, the construction time only took three days, and the modern technology and the application of a large number of construction machinery made the construction time and speed faster and faster.However, this does not make Jack any proud. In today's era, such a project can be done by a small private company, and it really has no technical content.The only difference is that the ground here is very thick, and the ground filled with reinforced concrete is as thick as three meters.Because, this is the place where the United States and master companies connect supplies!
Yes, after negotiations, this place will be the only legal landing site for the space shuttle Dream of the master company in the United States. Of course, the materials shipped by the United States to space will also gather here and pack them into standard 70-ton weights with two pointed ends. Put the package on the back of the dreamed plane, carry it into space, and hand it over to the space base of your own country.

And today at 3:[-] in the morning, it is the time when the Space Shuttle Dream of Master Company arrives!

"Damn politicians! Damn master companies! Why don't you die!" Jack led his men, busy busy.

I thought there was a 13-hour difference between Eastern Time in the United States and China Time, and the working hours of the master company were China Time, so the result was that the plane in China would take off at [-]:[-] in the afternoon, but it was already early in the morning in the United States!In fact, it's not that the United States has never thought about asking the master company to change the start time of getting off the plane.However, the master company rejected the "good intentions" of the United States because of its tired employees and safety first, even if the United States was willing to pay an extra [-] US dollars for labor costs.

The result is the current situation. This base named as a small spaceport is now brightly lit, surrounded by high-power sodium lamps. The strong light allows plants to still grow vigorously at night.

But there is another fact that makes Jack so angry, that is: the transportation cost of the master company is calculated according to the entire package, not the contents of the package!This package is all made of titanium alloy. In order to make these titanium alloy packages, the United States spent a total of 5000 million US dollars!Even so, such a package still has a dead weight of 3 tons, and only 67 tons of materials can be stored in it!
5 Huaxia coins per kilogram, up to 5000 million equivalent to 1000 million US dollars per ton, and a transportation cost of up to 7 million US dollars!Every time he saw this number, old Jack would straighten his eyelids!Hateful era, hateful politicians, damn Huaxia!
7 million dollars!How good would it be if it were used to improve people's livelihood in the country?Americans in this era can only learn from the mouths of their elders, the glory of the past!Now the United States has a population of 8 million people, and has embarked on the development path of China. In addition, the development of the United States has been relatively slow in recent years. The rise of other countries in the world is slowly encroaching on the hunting market of the United States. Now America has shrunk considerably.

Just last month, those Cuban monkeys, with the support of Eastern countries, dared to forcibly inspect the great American freighter!While cursing this, Jack was working hard.There are so many Americans nowadays that if they are not qualified for this job, they will definitely be replaced by others!Although this job requires getting up in the middle of the night, it is just that, the pay is good, and the work is easy.Maybe, if the country can't pay a huge price to the master company, maybe there will be unlimited holidays!

But there is still a little discomfort - to be able to speak Chinese!Speaking of this Jack, he has to be rude again. When I was young, it was the world of Americans and English; but now, in the United States, I have to learn to speak Chinese, otherwise people will not care about you... Okay, now "No The three Chinese characters "bird you" have become the mantra of American youths!
But fortunately, the country released new news two days ago that the new generation of ground-based space shuttle designed and developed by the United States finally succeeded in the test.Although the fly in the ointment is that the engine uses the k01 engine of the master company.However, with the jewels of the master company in front, it is said that the engine developed by the United States itself has reached a critical moment of research, and it may be available next month.However, Jack, who is in his 50s, is not one of those young people, so he naturally added the next sentence in his mind: Maybe it won't be released in ten years!

But anyway, my country finally has its own space shuttle, although it is only for the testing stage.However, at midnight today, it was already 3 o'clock in the morning, and the small airport was undergoing the final exercise training.

It was just a piece of news that popped up from the Internet, which made Jack's excited expression drop to freezing point in an instant!
That is - a picture taken by a German satellite!A set of pictures to be exact!
A narrator is explaining with great expressions: "At 13:55 local time in Huaxia, the super-large space shuttle developed by the master company for two years has successfully tested it!

The space shuttle named Rise suffered a huge blow during the research and development process, which triggered the world-famous Japanese space disaster.

But today, the master company still successfully test-flyed a new generation of space shuttle.

According to expert predictions, from today onwards, the space age will enter the kiloton era. We are fortunate to live in such an era and witness the birth of an era.

The age of steam created the United Kingdom; the age of electricity created the United States, and now it seems that the era of aerospace may favor China..."

Watching the narrator's eloquent explanation, Jack only felt a lump of ice appear in his heart.The once huge United States, in the space age, finally let the East catch up!Jack, who has been educated by American elites since he was a child, understands that when a new era comes, there will inevitably be wars—the cold war is also a kind of war!
There are never exceptions!

So, what about our plane at this time?

Looking at the brightly lit small spaceport in front of him, this landing place specially built for the Dream aircraft of the master company, with a lot of markings in Chinese and English on it, an inexplicable crisis entangled in Jack's heart.The former superpower, are you sick?
There are more countries that are also paying attention!Looking at the huge aircraft on the screen, although the master company has not made any explanation for this space shuttle marked "Rising", but with a few words, analysis, and some information on the official website of the master company, all Everyone has a clear understanding: a thousand-ton spacecraft!
Master Company has opened a new era with its own power!