At the China Aerospace Administration.
After a detailed discussion about China's next heavy-duty recoverable launch vehicle, the meeting came to an end.
Director Li Shan of the China National Space Administration was about to announce the end of the meeting.
A message popped up on his phone and attracted Li Shan's attention.
The person who sent the message was Wang Kuan, a researcher from the China National Space Administration."Chief, what is this?"
There was also a photo below. In the middle of the photo, there was a bright beam of light that pierced through the sky from top to bottom.
One end was connected to the residential area on the ground, while the other end was connected to the sky.
The field of view of the photo was limited, but it could still be seen that the beam of light had been extending in the direction of the sky.
This photo immediately caught Li Shan's attention!
"Wang Kuan, where were the photos taken?”Li Shan replied.
"Yandong City. I accidentally took this video while I was doing my outdoor observation here. Many citizens of Yandong City have also witnessed the beam of light in the video.”
"Many citizens think that this is a meteor, but from the images captured by our high-speed cameras, it's obviously not a meteor!”
Yandong City?
Li Shan frowned and quickly projected this extraordinary photo onto the screen.
Then, Li Shan said to the aerospace big shots,"Everyone, take a look. What is this? This was just taken by a researcher from our China National Space Administration in Yandong City!”
When the aerospace big shots saw the photos on the screen, they were all stunned.
"Chief, is this time-lapse photography?”An aerospace big shot asked curiously.
The beam of light in the photo pierced through the sky and the earth. Several aerospace bigwigs thought that it might be a time-lapse shooting star or something.
"No, on the contrary." Li Shan's tone was even more serious."This was recorded by a high-speed camera in a thousandth of a second.”
What was that?
High-speed camera?
The expressions of all the aviation bosses present instantly changed.
Seeing that everyone understood what he meant, Li Shan took a deep breath and said,"That's right. This means that the bright beam in this photo was instantaneous. It's not a meteor, nor is it a ballistic weapon.”
Glancing at the message from Wang Kuan on his phone, Li Shan's expression turned serious. He said,""Moreover, when the high-speed camera captured this beam of light, a city-wide power outage occurred in Yandong City!”
Power failure?
All the aviation bigwigs present looked even more puzzled.
Could it be that this blackout was related to this beam of light that was so bright that it eclipsed the surrounding scenery?
What exactly was this strange beam of light?
Where did it come from?
Just as everyone was guessing the source of this beam of light.
A series of knocks on the door interrupted everyone's discussion.
"Come in."
Bureau Chief Li Shan suppressed his unhappiness after being interrupted again.
" Chief, it's you again," Xiaowang said apologetically as he held the phone.
"Didn't I say that we'll talk about it after the meeting?”Li Shan said.
"Chief, I'm afraid something big has happened.”Little Wang's expression was a little embarrassed, but it was also a little solemn.
"Oh? Something big happened?" Li Shan raised his eyebrows.
Little Wang took a deep breath and reported,"Director, apart from the US Space Agency, the European Space Agency and the space agencies of more than ten countries have also sent invitations to our China Space Agency to join a joint meeting!”
What was that?
More than a dozen national space agencies sent invitations at the same time?
Hearing this.
All the big shots were stunned.
China usually cooperated with other aviation authorities.
However, this was the first time he had encountered such an emergency!
Li Shan was even more puzzled.
What urgent matter had happened that made more than a dozen large aviation authorities in the world send invitations to China for a joint meeting at the same time?
"Xiao Wang, we accept the invitation of the joint meeting of the various space agencies. Our China Space Administration has agreed to join the meeting!”Li Shan said immediately.
After joining the joint video conference of the aviation bureau, Li Shan looked around at the dozens of directors of the major aviation bureau on the screen.
Seeing the anxious expressions of the bureau chiefs, Li Shan understood that something big must have happened.
"What happened?" Li Shan went straight to the point.”
The directors of the space agencies in the video were silent for a moment. The director of the US space agency cleared his throat and said,""Hello, Director Li Shan. First of all, on behalf of all the directors of the aviation bureau, I welcome China to join the joint meeting.”
"Chief John, let's skip the pleasantries and get to the point." Li Shan frowned.”
"The International Space Station has been attacked by an unknown weapon.”John put away the polite smile on his face and said immediately.
What was that?
The International Space Station was attacked by an unknown high-energy weapon?
What kind of joke was this?
Li Shan and all the other aviation bosses in the room could not believe this news.
Although China did not participate in the construction of the International Space Station, Li Shan was still very clear about the situation of the National Space Station.
The International Space Station was located in an orbit of about 400 kilometers around the Earth. It was traveling at a speed of 8 kilometers per second and circled the Earth once in 90 minutes. It was not something that could be attacked just by talking.
The speed of 8000 meters per second made it impossible for intercontinental ballistic weapons on Earth to locate the International Space Station.
Putting aside the problem of accuracy, the propellants and the ratio of dry matter to mass were also big problems.
"Chief John, the speed of the National Space Station is 8000 meters per second, and it has the third highest speed in the universe. There's no weapon on Earth that can attack the International Space Station, right?”Li Shan said.
Chief John immediately said,""It is precisely because there is no such thing on Earth that all the major aviation authorities have unanimously determined that this is a planned attack by alien invaders.”
" Let's not talk about the alien invaders first." Li Shan did not believe John's words for a moment." The China Aerospace Administration has just joined the meeting, so we don't know the situation. We still need to understand what happened to the International Space Station before we can make a conclusion.”
"Bureau Chief Li Shan, we will play you a video of the space station being attacked. After watching the video, I believe you will understand why we believe that the attack was from an alien invader.”John said with a serious expression.
As he spoke, John played a high-definition video.
What appeared in the video was the internal recording of the International Space Station.
Li Shan and the rest of the big shots held their breaths as they watched the video curiously.
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