Super Island Tycoon-Chapter 824 - 823: Opportunity

What is President Jiang thinking about? He's not even participating in such a celebratory moment.

Xiao Peng knows how much Jiang Cheng values the spaceship, which is why he came over alone.

He thinks Jiang Cheng is the one who should be celebrating most now because all of this is thanks to him.

Upon hearing Xiao Peng's inquiry, Jiang Cheng sighed with emotion and said, "Our era is about to begin, and the human space age is finally starting."

His words were spoken with such conviction, full of anticipation for the future. Upon hearing this, Xiao Peng instantly understood the intention of his boss.

Indeed, a whole new era is about to begin!

After finishing the conversation, Xiao Peng stood with Jiang Cheng in front of the Pioneer, envisioning the future.

As Jiang Cheng had just said, their era is indeed about to begin, and as Xiao mentioned, the new era has already arrived.

Humanity no longer has to be confined to the small Earth; they can now gaze upon the boundless universe.

With the Pioneer, let's not talk about those distant Fixed Star Systems, at least the solar system has instantly been grasped by humanity.

Even if the Pioneer doesn't activate its Curvature Engine, it possesses nearly half the speed of light. With such a speed, where in the solar system is unreachable?

If Jiang Cheng wished, he could wake up in the morning, take the Pioneer to Mars for breakfast, and then return to Earth; a day's work would be no problem.

Of course, Jiang Cheng isn't that extravagant in using the Pioneer, as such a spacecraft is still very costly to navigate.

Running to Mars for breakfast is something even someone as heedless as Jiang Cheng wouldn't do.

Nevertheless, the appearance of the Pioneer is indeed a clear signal; the once distant reaches are now within arm's reach, which truly is a symbolic achievement for all humanity.

The entire solar system now seems like an open door for humanity, with resources on every planet accessible to mankind.

Human civilization can go to Mars to mine platinum, or Venus to gather rare metals, and they can also collect rare gases on Jupiter.

Even the once remote Kuiper Belt is now a place humans can reach at any moment.

The countless asteroids in the Kuiper Belt, with their precious resources, are readily available for humans.

Compared with the narrow Earth, the resources of the entire solar system are extremely abundant.

Countless rare resources, sparse on Earth and difficult to mine, are everywhere under the Sun.

Yet previously, humans didn't have the conditions to develop these technologies, so they could only stare at the rich resources of the solar system, drooling.

But with the real spaceship, developing these resources suddenly became a reality.

Mining on Mars has already become regular, and with the Pioneer, resources on other planets will also be gradually developed and utilized.

Once humanity possesses the resources of the entire solar system, the issue of mankind's resource constraints is instantly resolved.

Humanity no longer has to worry about the exhaustion of Earth's resources, as there are countless resources in the solar system awaiting humanity's development.

Jiang Cheng and Xiao Peng stood there imagining the future for a while, then Jiang Cheng turned and said to Xiao Peng, "Let's go. Since the construction of the spaceship has been completed, it's time to start the next phase of the plan."

Indulging in past glories has never been Jiang Cheng's style; although building a spaceship is something to be proud of, being steeped in it for too long is not good.

Now that the issues limiting Jiang Cheng's space plans have been resolved, he is ready to make a grand move.

"Indeed, the next step of the plan should begin. Humanity has waited for a long time," Xiao Peng smiled slightly and agreed.

Now they finally have the Pioneer, and even if they can't meet every July Seventh, meeting every few years is still possible.

Of course, there are no Cowherd and Weaving Maid in this world; the analogy is merely to describe the performance of the Pioneer.

But before starting the next phase of the plan, there's one more thing to do—let's conduct a trial run for the Pioneer."

Jiang Cheng quickly made arrangements with Xiao Peng for the follow-up work, preparing for the trial run of the Pioneer.

The trial run is a crucial test before the Pioneer officially goes into use.

Even ordinary ships require a sea trial, let alone a spaceship of such high caliber.

Since the Pioneer is humanity's first spaceship, without undergoing a trial run, Jiang Cheng wouldn't truly trust it.

Although the Pioneer has undergone the strictest tests, without comprehensive trials, it's hard to ensure the full stability of the ship.

That's why Jiang Cheng proposed the trial run requirement, preparing to conduct one final test on this giant marvel.

Jiang Cheng's words immediately reminded Xiao Peng, who had almost forgotten about this big issue.

"A trial run? It should indeed be tested properly. Leave the trial run to me."

Upon finishing, Xiao He directly left to prepare for the trial run.

Once the Pioneer completed all its construction work, the technicians were granted a break.

Jiang Cheng directly granted a long vacation with substantial bonuses to everyone who participated in the construction.

Until the next spaceship begins construction, they don't need to report to work.

The staff responsible for building the Pioneer happily started their holiday, clutching their large bonuses.

The upcoming trial run has little to do with them; they are the creators of the spaceship, but do not handle piloting. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

After three months of busy work, these technicians finally got to rest properly.

Next, it's time for the astronauts to get busy; piloting the Pioneer is their job.

Even before the Pioneer spaceship commenced construction, Jiang Cheng had selected certain astronauts for future roles as crew members on the spaceship.

These astronauts had undergone full training beforehand and already had a general understanding of spaceship piloting.

But understanding alone isn't enough; they need to personally familiarize themselves with the ship.

Previously, because the spaceship was not yet complete, they couldn't personally train onboard.

Now that the Pioneer is ready, they should start getting busy.

This group of astronauts selected for spaceship piloting couldn't wait to see their ship.

Being able to work on a spaceship, they had long been eagerly anticipating.

During the crew selection process, countless astronauts applied just to secure the opportunity to work on the ship.