I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 349



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (349)

“Here’s the latest news. Korea’s population officially surpassed 660 million today. Looking at specific indicators, the youth population has increased 2.6 times and the working-age population has increased 3.8 times over the past four years. There are even projections that the population could surpass 900 million within 10 years if the current trend continues.”

This is Gyeongseong,

The news was filled with news that was not something to laugh about.

It has been six years since Korea and the continent were merged, and with a population of 400 million, it is only natural that the population has increased rapidly.

The problem is that the speed is not normal. Would you believe that the population increased by 34 million people per year?

But this isn’t exactly a strange phenomenon.

The United States began taking censuses in 1790, when the population was only 4 million. However, with the rapid influx of immigrants, the population grew by over 30% annually until 1860, exceeding 76 million in 1900.

The population increased 18-fold in just 100 years, so did the population decrease after that?

After that, the population growth rate was recorded at over 20%.

Entering the 1960s, the population increased by 20 million people per year, and since 1990, it has increased by 32.7 million people.

At this rate, there are projections that the population will soon surpass 400 million.

Even the United States, with a population of only 300 million, is like this, so what about Korea, with a population of over 500 million?

Literally, the population is growing as soon as you open your eyes, so are we going to overuse advertisements telling us to raise only one child without distinguishing between sons and daughters?

In the United States, for every 5% increase in the working-age population, the elderly population increases by 10%.

Are you going to implement a one-child policy at this time? Even if you do, it will only have the negative effect of explosively increasing the elderly population and decreasing the number of children.

In the end, the government is in an ambiguous position in telling people not to have children. Considering the increasing aging population, people should have more children.

The population is growing even faster, with an estimated 14 million children born in Korea last year.

As life expectancy increases, Korea’s population growth will exceed 30 million people every year.

At this rate, it is not impossible to reach a population of 1 billion within 10 years.

The problem is whether Korea can handle all of this.

The problem of population growth has now become a global problem.

“The world population is growing by 84 million people a year. In 1800, the world population was only 1 billion, but now it has exceeded 6.5 billion, and it is expected to exceed 9 billion by 2030 and 10 billion by 2040.”

A population that literally grows like cells,

So how many people can the Earth support?

According to the Malthusian trap theory, the Earth can support 800 million people.

But as technological developments shattered that theory, the world’s population surpassed 6.5 billion.

This is even more terrifying when you consider the proportion of living creatures on Earth: 34% of all vertebrates on Earth are humans.

The rest are domesticated animals raised by humans, and wild animals account for less than 1%.

The evidence is that the Earth is literally being reorganized around humans, with 38% of the land area now cleared for human food.

“There is still plenty of room for humans to live on this planet. You say population growth is a problem? Think about it the other way around. Isn’t it because there is room that the population is over 10 billion?”

But some scientists have cast doubt on such concerns.

Since there is room on Earth, people have children. If there is no room, would the population increase?

Some scientists claim that the growing population means there is plenty of space left on Earth, and that there is no need to worry about the next 30 years.

So what happens after 30 years?

They say that the world could end at that time, but the position of the science zealots is clear.

“If I say this, you will laugh at me for being blind to science, but science has solved many more problems than you think. It was science that broke the limit of the Earth’s population from 800 million to 6.5 billion, and it was science that extended the limit of human lifespan to 150 years. You say the Earth is too small? Then why don’t we expand the space?”

In fact, NASA in the United States attempted to expand space using space tents.

Humanity is struggling to get out of the Earth, but space is so vast and building colonies outside the Earth seems like something that will happen in the distant future.

But the colonization project is already underway,

They even successfully conducted an experiment where they set up a tent the size of a space station in space and put 14 people inside it.

Literally camping in space, as technology continues to advance we may be able to use space itself as a habitat.

Surprisingly, mankind has been thinking about this dream-like thing since 1966.

A study found that if an artificial structure with a diameter of 32 km could be launched into space, it could support up to 12 million people.

The problem is how to launch a structure with a diameter of 32 km into space.

Even if it were feasible, it would be an absurd project that would require approximately 6.3 trillion dollars with current technological capabilities.

But even a journey of a thousand miles begins with a first step. Just 20 years ago, the maximum flight range of airplanes developed by mankind was only 7,000 km.

But now, there are 18,000 km planes, and soon there will be 20,000 km planes.

The technological prowess of mankind that has connected the entire Earth to aviation in such a short period of time.

Now that a world government has been established, there is an opportunity for humanity’s science and technology to be concentrated in one place.

The scientific community’s goal is to launch a 16km diameter structure into space in 30 years and house 3 million people inside.

People are laughing at this, calling it science fiction, but the project has already begun.

“We can create artificial gravity by using the rotational force of the Earth. First, we will conduct an experiment to float a structure with a diameter of 1 km.”

“Wait a minute. Are you really going to install such a structure on Earth?”

“Yes, the Earth’s rotation speed is fast enough to travel between Seoul and Busan in 11 minutes. At that speed, gravity can be secured with just an auxiliary device.”

The scientific community is trying to do something really crazy,

Can’t someone tell us not to waste tax money?

Despite concerns raised here and there, the scientific community pushed ahead with the experiment.

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“In the US, they are already conducting experiments to float a 40-meter-diameter structure. So we need to float a 50-meter-diameter structure.”

“Wait a minute, I think you guys are misunderstanding something. This isn’t a competition of systems. Everyone, calm down.”

This is Geumneung,

I calmed down the crazy scientists.

The Soviet Union and the United States have already proven that space is habitable, and now we must prove that space is habitable.

The problem is that this is not a business where money breaks down in a few pennies. How much money did the US spend to float a 40-meter diameter structure?

The exact figure is unknown, but it is estimated to be around $7 billion.

That’s 1/15th of the Korean government’s annual budget. Of course, Korea’s population is growing rapidly and in 10 years, the population will exceed 1 billion.

The national economy is growing that much,

If the population is 1 billion, can’t they afford 7 billion dollars? As scientists say, the Earth still has the capacity and space to support 10 billion people, and it will be fine for the time being.

But the truth is that we have to somehow win within 30 years.

But is the answer to floating a 32km diameter structure into space?

I too am interested in expanding my business into space, but when it comes to actually getting started, I don’t have the courage to do it.

What is clear is that this is something only I can do,

What businessman in the world would do this crazy thing?

Scientists have also emphasized that.

“Didn’t the United States, the world’s largest, suspend experiments on launching structures into space for the time being due to a lack of funds caused by its growing population? The only person who can continue this experiment is you, Marshal.”

“Yes. If someone else were to push this business forward, everyone would laugh at them, but if you, Marshal, step forward, everyone would flinch. You are a person with that much influence.”

I nodded to the scientists’ flattery.

Indeed, even in the 21st century when I was living, there was a great conman, or rather a businessman, who lured investors by lying about going to Mars.

The incident was significant simply because the space business was being pursued by a private company, not the government, and the company’s value rose as numerous investors invested in the fraudster.

This is what business is like,

If a passerby said they were going to space, they would be treated as a fraud, but if I announced that I was going to expand my territory into space, that would not be a lie, but the direction that humanity should move in.

Now that America has stopped, it’s time for someone to turn that fantasy into reality.

First, we recruited scientists from all over the world and put together a list of projects that could be implemented within 10 years.

⁕ Develop a civilian spacecraft that can accommodate up to 100 people.

⁕ Build an International Space Station (118 m in diameter).

⁕ We will promote legislation that allows life extension technology to be used for space expansion.

If you look at each one, it is a realistic work.

The International Space Station could be launched any moment now.

It is expected that private spacecraft will be developed within the next 10 years, and the most important thing is to utilize life extension technology for space exploration.

It will take humanity only a few decades to leave the solar system, so what if we extend the human lifespan to around 200 years?

I have already proven with my own body that life extension technology is effective.

Humans living too long can cause social chaos and even be abused for long-term rule by dictators, but when applied to the concept of expanding the realm of space, it is a technology that should be encouraged.

If humanity does not die for 200 to 300 years, the time constraints for exploring space can be overcome to some extent.

In the end, isn’t it important how technology is used?

I moved the world parliament to pass this bill.

Those who volunteer for space exploration can extend their lifespan by 200 years. If anyone else had done this, they would have been called crazy, but when the world’s greatest dictator drew his sword, the world moved.

A world where even the water of the Daedong River can become money depending on who digs it.

As soon as Daehan Transportation formalized its space expansion project, numerous investors began to invest money.

With $5 billion in investment secured in just three months, the project to build the International Space Station gained momentum as the funds piled up.

The world’s 20 major governments have decided to establish an International Space Station within four years, and have also secured volunteer astronauts to work there.

The project alone has secured funding of approximately $14.8 billion, more than double the budget invested by the U.S. government.

The value of Daehan Transportation is also increasing day by day, and thanks to that, I also earned 4 billion dollars through the stock price increase.

‘You have to row when the water comes in.’

But I didn’t put that money in my pocket.

I’m the type of person who sees through to the end once I start something. Before I close my eyes, I want to see humanity launch a structure into space.

It may take 50 years, or even 100 years, but once I broke ground, I had no intention of giving up.