Chương 408: The Great Plateau
Regarding this major earthquake, humans have not done a similar global experiment, or they are temporarily unable to do such an experiment, so there is no way to deduce its related data.
Moreover, the development of marine resources in Taipu civilization is still in a very early stage. If marine resources can be truly developed, theoretically, the shortage of rare earths will be greatly alleviated.
"Secondly, in addition to a series of changes in marine mineral resources, there is another point." The geologist on the stage stretched out his second finger: "After the earthquake, due to the mutual compression between the plates, within 150,000 years, near the equator of this planet, the world's largest peak appeared, as well as a large super plateau with an average altitude of 10,000 meters!"
A satellite photo was displayed on the screen. This plateau is located near the equator. Because the altitude is too high, there is still a certain amount of snow.
In this high-gravity state, the appearance of such a high-altitude plateau has actually attracted the attention of many geologists from the very beginning. A planet with a higher gravity should have a flatter terrain, but the plateau of this planet is higher than the earth, which is simply counterintuitive. But if this plateau is abnormally young and artificially created, then there is a more reasonable explanation.
This plateau area called "Emilia" is located in six countries including Austria and Lai. Due to the strong mutual compression of the plates, small-scale earthquakes still occur until now. In addition, the high altitude and low air pressure are not suitable for the survival of the Taipu people.
Therefore, this plateau is sparsely populated and has become the dividing line of various countries, and has not been truly developed.
But according to human eyes...
Zhang Yuan's pupils dilated slightly, and an idea suddenly popped out of his mind.
This is completely... a natural rocket launch base!
A total of five site selection conditions for the satellite launch center have to be considered.
The first is that the lower the latitude, the better, because the lower latitude can take advantage of the power of the planet's rotation. When launching a rocket near the equator, the initial speed of the spacecraft is high and the fuel is saved, which can effectively reduce the launch cost and difficulty.
This plateau happens to be near the equator!
The second is the climatic conditions. Due to the relatively high terrain, this plateau has a dry climate, less precipitation, and good air visibility. This planet, due to the vast ocean, is generally quite humid, and there are not many dry areas like this near the equator.
The third is the terrain conditions, open and flat, relatively higher than the surrounding areas.
Fourth, traffic conditions. For now, this point is not suitable for the time being. The plateau is still in a state of uncultivated wasteland, and the traffic must not be able to keep up.
Fifth, safety conditions. The satellite launch center must be sparsely populated to ensure safety after a failed launch. Therefore, it is impossible to establish a launch base near a downtown area.
Although the traffic environment on this plateau with an altitude of more than 10,000 meters is not very good, there is no doubt that it meets the four conditions...
And there are other benefits. Some of the waterways in the middle have abnormally abundant water resources, which can build large-scale hydropower stations, and even solve the energy problem.
The experts on the stage became excited when they said this: "To sum up, according to this objective environment, our scientists have made a series of calculations..."
"The content of the calculation is, with the technological means of the early 21st century, if a rocket launch base is really built on this plateau, whether it can push satellites into space and start the real space age!"
The meeting room was very quiet, and everyone was sitting upright, waiting for the final conclusion.
This conclusion is very important. If the Taipu civilization still has no way to enter the space age after combining so many objective factors, it can only explain that the earthquake is probably only a natural occurrence.
If the enlightener caused the earthquake, the relevant "development steps" should be calculated, so that the "steps" are not too high, making it impossible for low-level civilizations to reach the point. Otherwise, what's the point of this help?
The expert didn't hold back, and directly came to a conclusion: "After discussion and analysis, we think it's a little bit reluctant, but with the technology of a 0.7-level civilization, it can be done!"
With a "boom", the conference room was boiling, and there was even a slight applause!
A little bit of reluctance, and not at all, are two completely different concepts.
That is to say, this "great" earthquake is indeed highly likely to be the enlightener civilization, which created the conditions for the Tepu people to enter the space age.
However, as far as the current Taipu civilization is concerned, it has not been discovered.
Zhang Yuan was stunned by this series of operations, it was simply...too violent!
He seems to have seen... a very distant 150,000 years ago, the enlightener civilization passed by here, and suddenly discovered that this civilization in the primitive era was not likely to enter the space age in the future due to its poor geographical location.
So, they tried to trigger a strong earthquake, created this plateau, and turned the "complete impossibility" into a tiny bit of possibility.
Then leave in style!
As for the Taipu civilization, whether it can enter the space age, whether it will take advantage of these created conditions, there is no need to think about it... At least the environmental factors have undergone a series of transformations, and they are no longer that impossibly bad.
The odds are high!
Li Zhendong suddenly sighed on the side: "It's really an interesting civilization. I really feel that this civilization does have a certain kind of goodwill, not the so-called 'organic harvester'... People live in the world, there must always be some higher pursuit, although I don't know if this strange move is a higher pursuit... Anyway, it is very interesting. Interesting should be regarded as the highest pursuit?"
"Anyway, it shouldn't be too much to call them 'inspirers'..."
Zhang Yuan couldn't help but took a sip of water to calm down his inner emotions, and followed suit: "Yes, it is really a blessing to have such a pioneer in the Milky Way... But it is still impossible to trigger such a plate movement with the scientific level of human beings, right?"
Li Zhendong thought for a while, and calculated some figures on paper with a pencil: "If we force it to do it, we can definitely do it. It's just a bit of a challenge. It's just more nuclear bombs! Let me think about it. Didn't the Tsarist nuclear bomb, with an equivalent of 50 million tons, move the plate of the entire Eurasian continent by 9 millimeters? If hundreds of millions of these nuclear bombs can be produced, oh, this number is nonsense...Anyway, it should be able to force the plates to move."
"But using a nuclear bomb is simply too rough. In practice, it may cause a mass extinction of species, and even destroy the entire ecosystem... I don't know how the Enlightenment did it. It's really a great power brought by technology!"
"I thought of a better way...Use multiple nuclear bombs to explode together under the earth's crust, prying the plate, or the Enlightenment civilization dug deep into the ground, triggering an explosion in the mantle layer, and then a series of chain reactions. These are all possible." Li Zhendong was talking, and discussed with other experts enthusiastically.
"There is a weapon, the Continental Shelf Oscillator! It causes vibrations during the rapid release of energy from the Earth's crust, during which a natural phenomenon similar to seismic waves will be produced."
Zhang Yuan didn't want to listen to their nonsense, and then turned to the scientific researcher on the stage: "Professor Lu, I have another question. Have you found any good mineral resource points on this plateau? If so, it can be said to kill three birds with one stone. On the one hand, it solves the problem of lack of rare earths, and on the other hand, it can also lure some countries to develop this plateau area that has been neglected."
"The mining of minerals requires the construction of basic equipment. Once all the basic equipment is completed, there will be no problem with the establishment of a rocket launch base."
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