＜ Episode 335 >
The Athena Project was a project to restore the wounded pride of the United States.
The direction his pride was headed was, of course, the universe.
“We are going to Mars!”
Kennedy’s call was met with applause from the people.
But apart from the applause of the people, it was the scientist who broke his head.
Completion of the space shuttle passes, it takes too long. Even if the space shuttle is built later, it is necessary to assemble a spacecraft that will return to Mars first.
As a result, rockets were launched from all over the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, launching modules into space.
The astronauts assembled the module, and a rough outline was revealed.
“Aside from the Space Shuttle, there is no time until it is completed, for now, we use conventional rockets for all supplies.”
“Let’s send it to Mars once in a manned state. For now, I’m not sure he can get to Mars in the scheduled time.”
“Attraction is too dangerous. If there is an accident, there is no way to recover, let’s do it unmanned.”
“The distance to Mars is likely already too late, even if it is controlled by radio waves. That means there is a time difference. You have to steer it with manpower.”
“The development of the lander is being delayed. In particular, the completion of space vehicles for activities on the surface of Mars has been delayed…”
“Then let’s run the orbital mission only once, put an object of similar weight and fly.”
“Anyway, it must be tempting! If you do it unattended, there is no way to operate it in time!”
“After trying it a few times unmanned, it’s manned…”
“So if you do that, you won’t be able to keep up with the schedule!”
“We have to use standardized nuclear warheads, but we can’t fly that easily!”
It was.
The nuclear warhead was the method of propulsion chosen by the U.S. Space Force.
nuclear pulse propulsion.
The nuclear warhead is ejected behind the spacecraft and then exploded, and the plasma generated from the explosion is reflected on the shock plate to obtain thrust.
It is a giant spacecraft weighing more than 1,000 tons, and after returning, the Mars shuttle spacecraft, designed with the concept of overhauling and re-supplying and reusing nuclear warheads, is almost complete.
Three crew members, two for landing, and one waiting on the orbiter.
Obviously, the crew composition was conscious of the Russian moon landing.
“The shuttle could never be completed in the ’60s. Early aviators will have to reach the shuttle with conventional rockets.”
“We will continue to develop the shuttle and build the space station, but go to Mars. Come back, what if we only complete the minimum possible figures on schedule and then update them in the 70s?”
It was still a closed beta, so it was a remark that reminded me of a company that puts the development schedule first and fixes bugs in open beta and patched them, but there was nothing they could do to prevent the White House’s craving.
And, in the first place, the master plan of the United States does not end with just a trip to Mars.
The first step towards making Terra Nova, the target of the new age of voyages. It is a huge concept that leads to terraforming.
Of course, it is clear that there are several problems. Lack of technological development, political problems and so on.
However, the politicians were convinced that with one shot they could literally overturn the impression that Russia was an underdeveloped country in science, and in fact, public opinion agreed that it was an achievement that no one could follow if ‘successful’.
Yes, as long as you succeed.
To do that, you had to sew the first button well.
If you don’t want to become unemployed as a group.
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“Are there great and insignificant, wise and foolish beings like humans?”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
At Tatiana’s words, I chuckled.
“Maybe because I’m old, I started thinking about my ‘next’.”
There can be no God.
There is definitely a soul.
Because I’ve experienced it.
I don’t know if I’ll go to heaven or hell, but I’m worried about my children.
“I am aware that I am old.”
“Even if my body seems to be slowing down, and even if other people’s time seems to slow down, there will be an end.”
Whether it’s all genetics or God’s blessing, our family seems to be aging at a very slow rate.
But the clock of the body has not stopped. The body clock keeps spinning.
“It is a miracle in itself that we were able to face the end together over so many difficulties.”
That complicated relationship of trust and ties, victory and future.
Even if the war didn’t end as long as humanity lives, what I’ve done wouldn’t be meaningless at all. Because, at least, little by little, I changed the world as much as I could.
“Our existence will someday fade and disappear like the color of a flower petal, like a drawing paper, because we can’t stop time.”
I said with emotion.
“Then what happens next? Will the Russian Empire survive? It will survive, but the real problem is this.”
I looked at the sky.
The sky in Moscow was strangely blue.
“Will the subjects of the Empire really forget us? Can we get out of the fantasy of this age and move on to a new future?”
Will I ever want to achieve such a thrilling success again?
“Humans are weak creatures, in a way. You always want someone to guide you, law, discipline, and order to protect you, but if that guide goes the wrong way, you can fall at any time.”
I was talking.
“I want to return this mighty power to the people.”
There was no answer.
“However, that made me worry.”
“Tell me.”
The voice was different. Olga had just arrived.
“First of all, democracy has many flaws, and certainly, it is less effective than a dictatorship led by a superior being. But already through the power I wielded they have become addicted to its effectiveness.”
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My order, which used to be dealt with in a rush, seems to be a process and slows down, and it takes several months to ask for the will of the people, and then you may miss the right time.
If such a thing happens again, who can guarantee that the people will not want a dictatorship?
“The people may give up their freedom and give that sovereignty to a man, but who can guarantee that he will do the right thing?”
The failure of a superpower like Russia does not end simply with the failure of a country and the suffering of its people.
In the worst case, it is a problem that can lead to the extinction of mankind.
Because this country is already too big to collapse.
“People have to be wise for themselves, they have to do everything they can to do that, but if it really fails, if it fails, what should I do?”
I can’t live forever.
I said that and laughed.
“There may be another way.”
At Olga’s words, I gently raised my head.
“Where can I find a decent guy and have him sit down? Or make a guy like that.”
“Stop bullying you.”
“Who would call this old man looking at this face?”
“Am I Grandpa?”
Since they have grandchildren, they fit the dictionary definition of a grandfather. Anyway, it fits.
“I have to leave someday, too, and I can’t be stuck in this life forever.”
Having said that, I laughed.
“Make it, what are you going to do with a giant supercomputer to make laws for you?”
I thought it would be interesting to create an artificial intelligence that could legislate laws with very good artificial intelligence, veto if Congress passed a clearly wrong law, and even control the Russian army and put it in Moscow.
In fact, as for nuclear weapons, such a fully automatic system was created in the original history, so it may be possible someday to fully automate the legislative, administrative, and judicial processes using machines.
Then the crime of computer A was committed. There is a reason for commutation B. The punishment for the crime of A is in the law called C. According to law C, a sentence of D is sentenced, but due to the reason of B, the sentence is reduced by E and sentenced to F.
It will move mechanically like this, and the method will be open to everyone, so there will be no distrust of the law.
If the machine has the veto power, it can be systematized so that it cannot pass unless it finds and points out the inconsistency between the existing law and the new law, or points out a hole in the law, and fills it with additional provisions. It will be difficult, but if it becomes very sophisticated, it will be difficult to pass the evil law because it will dataize how it will affect the country in the short-term, medium-term, and long-term and spread it all over the country.
Of course, even in such a situation, the course of the nation itself will be determined by humans, but it will be possible to contain the inevitable corruption that will be perpetrated by humans.
At least, if you have committed a crime against the people, and if the crime is found out, you will be able to instill the belief that you will be punished according to the law. There won’t be any sounds like hereditary innocence or non-guilty.
No, I can’t come out, the computer beats my brother while looking at people, or hits my brother only for objective facts.
“The problem is that the technology isn’t quite there yet to make that a reality.”
It’s artificial intelligence, it’s Nabal… and there’s a computer. Analog computers that operate with water have been used for a long time, and now, considering that PCs equipped with mouse and keyboard with graphics and mouse and keyboard are just starting out, it is impossible to create software that will only be made in the 21st century. Simply put, the limitations of information processing capabilities are preventing the development of artificial intelligence. I can’t tell you to take the brain of some death row prisoner and open it up and study it.
Anyway, it probably won’t happen in my lifetime.
“Maybe we can see it when my children live a long time.”
When I was in the 21st century, I joked about my eldest daughter-in-law a few times. Roughly speaking, it’s understandable if she becomes the last British monarch and the world will fall after this. If there is a news article that the queen is dead, you have to wait for about 24 hours to see if the correction information comes out or not. what was that sound
If my sons and daughters live that long, maybe we’ll see them.
In fact, I wish At least, Victor is fine.
It’s okay to be okay
He is my son, and he has the authority to go through the war together in World War II. Although he was a frontline army staff and political officer, he also served on the front lines.
And he is the worthy heir of the Empire. When it comes to revealing a woman, it’s an era where you can laugh and move on just saying, ‘The bloodline is certain’, and when it becomes a problem, he’ll be old and not have the energy to do that in the first place.
Even if he can’t develop, he doesn’t know how to maintain the status quo. Of course, it was my honest heart that I wanted to handle everything on my line without having to hand over the burden to him.
“They should mature as citizens, not subjects.”
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Maybe Qin Shi Huang was not because of his lust for power, but because he didn’t want to see his son struggling under the weight of power, so he thought that he was looking for a candle.
As a father, I love my children.
“Whoever wears the crown, can he bear its weight? The one who wears a crown never rests in peace…”