North America, Florida.
At the central launch pad of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station stood a super rocket as tall as a thirty-two-story building.
Painted on the side of the rocket were the American flag, NASA's emblem, the Space-X logo, and the huge letters BFR. At the same time, to accommodate several deep-pocketed backers, the names of several Wall Street investment banks sponsoring the project had also been printed beneath those logos.
Transporting such an enormous rocket to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and assembling it alone had taken the staff here nearly a month. Completing the final launch preparations had taken another full week.
Now, the Life-Support Unit had been loaded onto the rocket, and all preparations were complete. At last, the moment to begin the expedition had arrived. Countless eyes watched from the stands, all eagerly awaiting this moment.
The ignition countdown soon began.
As the ten-second countdown ended, billowing smoke instantly swept across the launch site.
Forty-two Raptor Engines consumed liquid oxygen and methane from their fuel chambers at a terrifying rate, providing the spacecraft with 128 meganewtons of terrifying liftoff thrust. They pushed the hundred-meter-long rocket slowly away from the launch tower and platform, sending it racing toward the azure sky.
The roar of the engines was like the bellow of some colossal beast.
This beast was called chemical propulsion.
Condensing the most advanced liquid oxygen-methane propulsion technology, this beast once again displayed its thick, powerful arms to the world...
Watching the scene through binoculars from afar, Elon Musk curled his lips into a smile. He lowered the binoculars and handed them to his assistant, then looked toward Director Carson, who stood beside him without moving as he stared at the distant column of smoke.
"I told you, there's nothing to worry about. We have the