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"Yet, manned Martian probe hasn't been still successful. I wonder if we can witness the universe imagined by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking Hawking]."<br>
"Yet, the manned Martian probe still hasn't been successful. I wonder if we can witness the universe imagined by [[Wikipedia:Hawking|Hawking]]." <br>
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"My, It's better you work hard, Renko. You have a rare ability."<br>
"But in the end, the problem is that we don't have any physicists that can surprass Hawking.<br>
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"I major the different one. Well, I would be as smart as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck Planck]. Plus, I don't think they could observe the evaporation of blackhole Hawking said. And more, mankind has no chance to go to the Mars."<br>
"My, couldn't you do it if you work hard, Renko? You have a rare ability."<br>
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"Oh my, it's pessimistic. Though when you say, I can't help believing so."<br>
"My field is a different one. Well, maybe I am as smart as [[Wikipedia:Planck|Planck]]. Plus, I don't think they could observe the blackhole evaporation that Hawking predicted. And more, mankind hasn't even gone to Mars."<br>
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"It needs an enormous energy in order to observe. I don't know the truth in theoretically thinking; in fact, observing physics comes to an end. By the way, Moon Tour is too expensive."<br>
"Oh my, how pessimistic. But if you are saying it, then it must be true."<br>
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In fact, physics comes to an end. It's already been the explanation and philosophy.  
"The amounts of energy needed in order to observe it are enormous. In fact, theoretically, and effectivelly, observational physics is coming to an end. And by the way, the Moon Tour is too expensive."<br>
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Physics it's coming to its end. It was already rushing into an age of explanations and philosophy.
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"Yeah, the cafe is rather elegant and menus are better in the campus. So, Renko, why does physics come to an end?"<br>
"Yes, even though it's a campus café, this one is rather good and elegant. So, Renko, why is physics coming to an end?"<br>
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"Yeah, in a word, the observation is too expensive.<br>
"Yeah, to put it short, the observations are too expensive."<br>
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"It's the same reason that we cannot participate the Moon Tour."<br>
"It's the same reason for why we cannot take the Moon Tour, right?"<br>
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"The energy for separating small objects is big; the smaller the object is, the bigger the energy is. Atom than molecule, nucleon than atom, quark than nucleon... The smaller the object is, the bigger the energy needs infinitely, right? And then it comes to the ultimate, we'll find the object that cannot be separated even with the biggest energy in the universe. We can say this object is the smallest material in the world. Physics has stepped to the next phase because it has already reached to the smallest world. We cannot observe the rather smallest part, so it can be called philosophy."<br>
"The energy for separating small objects becomes bigger as the objects become smaller. Molecule to atom, atom to nucleon, nucleon to quark... So as the object gets smaller, the energy needed grows infinitely, right? And then it comes to the very end, and we find an object that cannot be separated even with the biggest energy in the universe. We can say this object is the smallest material in the world. Physics has stepped into the next phase because it has already reached to the smallest world. From here on we cannot observe anymore, so this is now mostly the realm of philosophy."
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"Ah, the newest cakes look tasty! The smallest unit of them would be synthetic egg and  synthetic strawberry."<br>
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"Ah, this new cake look tasty! It's smallest units would be artificial egg and artificial strawberry, right?"<br>
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The limit of energy is said to be 10<sup>19</sup>[http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/VVC/theory/units.html GeV]. If the energy exceeded the quantity, it wouldn't exist in the universe. Besides, this 10<sup>19</sup>GeV is called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_energy Planck energy], which is about as 10<sup>21</sup> times as atomic power.
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The limit of energy is said to be 10<sup>19</sup> [http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/VVC/theory/units.html GeV]. If an amount of energy exceeded this quantity, it couldn't exist in the space-time.  
Incidentally, this 10<sup>19</sup> GeV is called [[Wikipedia:Planck energy|Planck energy]], which is about as 10<sup>21</sup> times as the energy in an atom.  
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"Geez, I shouldn't talk to you about physics. You talk as if there's nobody around here."<br>
"Geez, I shouldn't talk with you about physics, Renko. You just keep on talking by yourself."<br>
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"Oh, sorry. It's my major. Anyway, this cake really tasty."<br>
"Oh, sorry. It's my specialty. Anyway, this cake is really tasty."<br>
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"I miss the Moon Tour... It costs a fortune."<br>
"So we could'nt go on the Moon Tour... As expected, it costs a fortune."<br>
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"You know what? A cafe has been opened for space travelers in the satellite. They say a coffee poured in a zero gravity is awesome."<br>
"You know what? It seems a café for space travelers was opened in an artificial satellite. They say a coffee poured in zero gravity is awesome."<br>
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"But it's the indoor cafe, eh? I prefer the outdoor sidewalk cafe."<br>
"But it's an indoor café, eh? I prefer outdoor ones."<br>
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When you put coffee in a vacuum for a instant, it boils for a moment because of the low pressure; the water freezes as soon as the heat of vaporization disappears. The frozen and boiled coffee, ''Satellite Ice Coffee'' is the popular menu.
When you put coffee in a vacuum for even for a moment, it boils in ans instant because of the low pressure; but then the water freezes as soon as the heat of vaporization disappears. This frozen and boiled coffee, ''Satellite Ice Coffee'', is the main attraction in the menu.
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"Anyway, making coffee depends on the gravity. You cannot drip without it. How do they make coffee under the zero gravity?"<br>
"Anyway, doesn't brewing coffee depend on the gravity? You cannot drip it without it. How do they make coffee under zero gravity?"<br>
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"That's why the type of siphon revived that was almost disappeared now. Siphon circulates water with vapor pressure."<br>
"That's why the [[Wikipedia:Vacuum coffee|siphon coffe]], that had almost disappeared, is now revived  . Siphon circulates water with vapor pressure."<br>
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"Siphon... I've seen it as a decoration in a cafe, but that's the tool for making coffee, too. Even so, I heard it makes less tasty one instead of a drip..."<br>
"Siphon... I've seen it only as a decoration in cafés. So that's a tool for making coffee, too. Even so, I heard it makes a less tasty coffe than a drip does..."<br>
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"Siphon improved for zero gravity can make thick coffee by non-convection."<br>
"Those are improved siphons for zero gravity, they can make a rich coffee by not using convection."<br>
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"Huh. In the universe, even if I won't drink it, I'll be awaken with excitement."<br>
"Hum... Even if I wouldn't want to drink it, the space must be quite a view. I would be excited.."
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Mankind released from the gravity is about to develop a new culture. But, at the same time, they found many tools worked depending on the gravity. It was recently that the gravity, which was proved in the early phase and annoyed physicist for a long time, unified with another power.
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Mankind, released from the gravity, is now developing a new culture. But, at the same time, they found that many of our tools worked relying on gravity. It was just recently that gravitational force, which had been proved long ago and annoyed physicist for a long time, was [[Wikipedia:Theory_of_everything|unified]] with the other forces.  
 
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"Huh... I envy the fascination of the universe..."<br>
"Huh... The universe is sure fascinating..."<br>
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"What's wrong? You gave a sigh. You say there's no fascination on the earth?"<br>
"What's wrong, sighing like that? You say there's nothing fascinating on the earth?"<br>
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"At 16:31, I saw the evening star. Mysteries couldn't be left on the earth."<br>
"At 16:31, I saw the evening star. It's just that there aren't hardly any mysteries left on Earth."<br>
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"If the structure of this world was found out, like you Renko, nihilism would appear in the heart."<br>
"If I could see all the mechanisms of this world like you Renko, nihilism would soon start creeping up inside me."<br>
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"That's why I envy your eyes, Mary. You can see plenty of mysterious worlds. Besides, I wanted you to see the gap of the moon's boundary."<br>
"That's why I envy your eyes, Mary. You can see plenty of mysterious worlds. Besides, I wanted you to see the gap of the moon's boundary."<br>
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The boundary doesn't belong to the earth only; it's just a border, so the moon also has. The boundary of the moon is the one which separates dazzling moon capital from the deserted star with no lives. As long as the boundary exists, even if you went to the moon, you couldn't get any rice cake or medicine moon rabbits are making; a stone of the moon or something would be your souvenir.<br>
The boundary doesn't belong only to the Earth; it's just a border, so the moon also has one. The boundary of the moon is one which separates the dazzling moon capital from the deserted planet with no life. As long as the boundary exists, even if you went to the moon, you couldn't get any of the rice cake or medicine the moon rabbits are making; at most, a moonstone.<br>
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"The moon may have a forgotten world; a moon capital with advanced civilization that noble live. Rabbits would make immortal medicine, look out the three-legged crow living in the sun and have pity on mankind excited about Moon Tour. It's only you that can see the world, Mary."<br>
"The moon may have a forgotten world; a moon capital with advanced civilization in which nobles live. Rabbits would make the medicine of immortality while looking at the three-legged crow living in the sun and have pity on mankind excited about the Moon Tour. It's only you that can see that world, Mary."<br>
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"You're right. I want to go there before humans cultivate throughly."<br>
"You're right. I want to go there before humans gather and colonize all of it."<br>
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"Now, let's prepare."<br>
"If it's decided then, let's prepare."<br>
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"I wonder if I should learn the moon capital more. Also, the ancient moon that has been forgotten for a long time. The dazzling moon capital in a folklore. The moon that symbolizes insanity. Yes, knowledge makes the gap of the border clear."<br>
"If we want to see the moon capital, maybe we should learn more about it. <br>
About the ancient moon that has been forgotten for a long time.<br>
About the dazzling moon capital of legend.<br>
About the moon that symbolizes insanity.<br>
Yes, knowledge makes the gap in the border clear."<br>
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"Wait, in my opinion, what we have to get down to first should be part-time job so as to make money for Moon Tour."
"Wait, in my opinion, what we have to get down to first should be a part-time job, so as to make money for the Moon Tour."
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Even though the sun set and it was going to be a dinner time, they finally left the cafe after eating new cake. In this university, students can pay with student card in any campus shops. The price is appropriated for monthly tuition. It reduced the cost for managing money; casher will never crowded; students also do shopping easily (because their parents pay tuition), so the sales are proceeding. But thanks to them, students could spend a lot of money than they expected.<br>
Even though the sun set and it dinner time was approaching, they finally left the café after eating the new cake. In this university, students can pay with a student card in any campus shops. The price is collected along with the monthly tuition. It reduces the cost for managing money, avoids crowded cashers let's students do shopping easily (because it's their parents who pay the tuition), and the sales grow. But thanks to that, students now find their expenses piling up much more than expected.<br>
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"They say there are immortality elixirs in the moon."<br>
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"They say there're the immortal elixirs in the moon."<br>
"''Immortality'', eh? What's the use of it for you that said physics is coming to an end, and nihilism is taking control?"<br>
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"''Immortal'', eh? Is this your necessity, Renko? You said physics came to an end, and you're under nihilism."<br>
"Who's a nihilist? I feel so alive. Because I'm excited about the universe and can sleep soundly at night."
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"What's nihilism? I'm so alive. Also, I'm excited about the universe and sound asleep in the night."<br>
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"Well, if you got it, would you use, Renko?"<br>
"Well, if you got it, would you use it, Renko?"<br>
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The world has developed rapidly and all the countries has become rich; mankind proceeded to the next stage. The population increased from the BCE slowly turned to decrease. The capitalism has promoted the economic gap like Ark of Noah. Because of this, the birth rate of all the country has fallen, though this just means the capitalism entered its final step, ''population controlling''. Japan, which has declined the bitrh rate fastest and its population has decreased, succeeded in avoiding the disadvantage and regaining the diligent and mentally rich national traits by the picked people.<br>
The world has developed rapidly and countries everywhere have become rich; mankind stepped up to the next stage. The human population, that was increasing exponentially since the BC era, slowly began to decrease. Capitalism, just as a Noah's Ark, has promoted the economic gaps. Because of this, the birth rates of all countries have fallen, though this just means that capitalism has entered its final step, population controlling. Japan, which had the fastest decline in birth rate and a great decrease in population, succeeded in avoiding the disadvantages of this population decrease and in regaining the diligent and mentally rich national traits by its remaining selected people.<br>
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"Immortal elixirs? Of course I'll use. Do you know why the immortal life is supposed to be painful? They just prohibit greediness and resist the person of power. But on the contrary, it means the evidence of immortal elixir's existence. The immortal life doesn't mean the deathless; it means you lose the boundary between life and death and you aren't be alive or dead. It exactly realizes ''you're in the real world and the Netherworld'' (Necrophantasia)."
"Immortality elixirs? Of course I would use. Do you know why immortal life is supposed to be harsh in stories? They were just admonishing against greediness and demonstrating opposition to authorities. But on the contrary, this is an evidence of the immortality elixir's existence. Immortality doesn't mean absence of death; it means the boundary between life and death disappears, and you are in a state neither alive nor dead. Just as if you were in the living world and the Netherworld at the same
time, a ''Necrophantasia''."
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They sat down on the edge of the lake, which has a fountain of the university's facility.<br>
The two of them sat down by a fountain's lake inside the university's campus.<br>
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The moon has already been out; flat moon with no craters is seen in the lake.<br>
The moon was already out; and a flat moon with no craters could be seen in the lake.<br>
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Mary, the magician, saw them:<br>
Mary, the magician, saw them:<br>
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Rabbits are making medicine;<br>
Rabbits making medicine;<br>
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Celestial maidens in their dazzling dress,<br>
Celestial maidens, in their dazzling dresses,<br>
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Are dancing gracefully in the sky.<br>
dancing gracefully in the sky.<br>
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She saw the inside of the boundary through the moon seen in the water. Seeing this moon, she hit on a good idea.<br>
She saw the other side of the boundary through the moon reflected in the water. Seeing this moon, Mary had an idea.<br>
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"Well, Renko. Moon Tour is too expensive to go, so consider together to go there by another way, shall we?"
"Well, Renko. If the Moon Tour is too expensive to go, shall we consider going there by another way?"  
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For example, "Nice to meet you, I'm ZUN."<br>
Let's see, "Nice to meet you, I'm ZUN."<br>
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Why, how tiny I am thinking of the enormous universe. Any failure isn't worth to care. It's no matter if you couldn't promote, go to upper school or get a job for several years thinking of the enormous universe. Even though the deadline bothers me and gives me a stomachache, I could enjoy working...<br>
Why, how tiny I am compared to this enormous universe. Any failure isn't worth to care. Even if you couldn't get a promotion, go to upper school or get a job for several years, this is nothing compared to the enormity of the universe. Even though the deadline bothered me and gave me a stomachache, I enjoyed working on this...<br>
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I won't admit! Humans must be diligent. The ''dead''line would finish my stomach...<br>
...yeah, right. Humans are frantic creatures. And deadline means '''Line of Death'''. Ouch, my stomach...<br>
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By the way, how about the journey to the universe? I guess you'd want to go. Eh, no? Wait, I know you're lying. Are there any good places except for the universe?<br>
By the way, how about space travel? Wouldn't you want to go? OK, OK, you don't have to lie. If you don't want to go to space, it means there are other places you want to go to, right?<br>
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Actually, private moon tour (without landing) is about to realize. I hear it'll cost 100 million dollars. It's like the Renko's word:<br>
Actually, it seems that private moon tours (without landing, apparently) are about to become reality. I hear it'll cost 100 million dollars. I'm not Renko, but:<br>
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"Moon Tour is too expensive, isn't it?"<br>
"The Moon Tour is too expensive, isn't it?"<br>
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Who can say the price is reasonable? Is this the Arc of Noah what the capitalism presents? And, should the abandoned people on the earth drown in the flood of information?<br>
Who can say this price is reasonable for normal people? Is this the Arc of Noah that capitalism presents? And should the people left on Earth drown in the flood of information?<br>
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I wonder when the dreaming people on the earth who works frantically with no holidays can go to the moon easily.<br>
I wonder if it will come an age when the dreamers on Earth who work frantically and with no holidays can happily go to the moon.<br>
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Team Shanghai Alice: ZUN (PO3 is also an ark?)
Team Shanghai Alice: ZUN (The P<tt>X</tt>3 is also an ark?)
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Revision as of 21:33, 15 March 2008

Return to Magical Astronomy, Music CDs or Fiction by ZUN



Eternal romance, universe of wheelchair.
...What's the greatest common problem between private Moon Tour and physics?




1.Welcome to the Moon Tour (Welcome to Lunatic City.)
"One of mankind's dreams, voyages to the moon are finally possible!"
"Tours from each of Japan's travel agencies will begin next month."


The footsteps of people coming and going pounded heavily, and in front of the railroad stations, newspaper extras whizzed through the air.

This time, everyone was putting them away in their bags, even the normally tossed extras, because of this unusual, cheerful news (sports news excepted). They said that they were interested in the articles, but there were more than a few who were captivated by the pictures.

Pictures of the universe soothe the soul. The reason is that they force upon you the realization of mankind's triviality. For all the hardships we confront, the feeling we get when we compare them to the sheer vastness of space comforts us. With a universe this immense, one's own efforts are not very important. Bosses and politicians and fallen dictators are all insignificant humans. One should work to their own satisfaction. This feeling can be sensed from just looking at pictures of the universe.

Renko Usami and Maribel Han (Mary) are excitedly chatting at a sidewalk café on a university campus.




2.Greenwich in the Sky (Royal Greenwich Observatory)

"They say that they're also sending off a manned Martian probe."

"Huh. Well, Martian probes are fine. More importantly Mary, let's discuss the "Moon Tours" in the papers."

"Sure. For someone who can tell the time and the place by just looking at the stars and the moon, you'd like to know what the moon's surface looks like, right Renko?"

"I'd know that 'this is the moon's surface,' won't I?"

"What about the time?"

"I'm only tuned in to Japanese Standard Time (JST); Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) is beyond my abilities. It'd be strange if the Earth and the moon used the same time, anyways."

"Wait wait, 'beyond your abilites'... it's just a matter of subtraction, isn't it?"


Currently we use UTC in the universe, but it's basically the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

The Royal Greenwich Observatory was constructed in the 17th Century. When you think about a time system, designed to observe the universe, to be used in that universe, it's somewhat funny.




3.Eastern Country Never Sleeps (Vampirish Nightlife)

"Then, when are we going? This Moon Tour."

"You're so hasty, Mary. Well, it'll certainly be crowded; I'd like to get the reservation out of the way quickly, at least."

"It appears extremely crowded during summer vacation and such; it seems rather hot, so how about delaying it to fall?"

"I don't think the moon gets hot; it feels the same, right. Fall's nice; it feels Japanese. In that case, let's go during the harvest moon."

"With dumplings! Let's do it! Let's do it!"


Even with all the knowledge we have about it, the universe is but a eternal romance.

Concerning one of these romances, if we were able to go and stand on our captivating Moon, I'd think that everyone would be itching to go.

However, these two haven't yet found out about the expenses such a tour would incur.




4.Future Universe of Wheelchair (History of Time)

"Yet, the manned Martian probe still hasn't been successful. I wonder if we can witness the universe imagined by Hawking."

"But in the end, the problem is that we don't have any physicists that can surprass Hawking.

"My, couldn't you do it if you work hard, Renko? You have a rare ability."

"My field is a different one. Well, maybe I am as smart as Planck. Plus, I don't think they could observe the blackhole evaporation that Hawking predicted. And more, mankind hasn't even gone to Mars."

"Oh my, how pessimistic. But if you are saying it, then it must be true."

"The amounts of energy needed in order to observe it are enormous. In fact, theoretically, and effectivelly, observational physics is coming to an end. And by the way, the Moon Tour is too expensive."

Physics it's coming to its end. It was already rushing into an age of explanations and philosophy.




5.Demystify Feast (Beyond a Veil of Mystery)

"Yes, even though it's a campus café, this one is rather good and elegant. So, Renko, why is physics coming to an end?"

"Yeah, to put it short, the observations are too expensive."

"It's the same reason for why we cannot take the Moon Tour, right?"

"The energy for separating small objects becomes bigger as the objects become smaller. Molecule to atom, atom to nucleon, nucleon to quark... So as the object gets smaller, the energy needed grows infinitely, right? And then it comes to the very end, and we find an object that cannot be separated even with the biggest energy in the universe. We can say this object is the smallest material in the world. Physics has stepped into the next phase because it has already reached to the smallest world. From here on we cannot observe anymore, so this is now mostly the realm of philosophy."

"Ah, this new cake look tasty! It's smallest units would be artificial egg and artificial strawberry, right?"


The limit of energy is said to be 1019 GeV. If an amount of energy exceeded this quantity, it couldn't exist in the space-time. Incidentally, this 1019 GeV is called Planck energy, which is about as 1021 times as the energy in an atom.




6.Satellite Sidewalk Cafe

"Geez, I shouldn't talk with you about physics, Renko. You just keep on talking by yourself."

"Oh, sorry. It's my specialty. Anyway, this cake is really tasty."

"So we could'nt go on the Moon Tour... As expected, it costs a fortune."

"You know what? It seems a café for space travelers was opened in an artificial satellite. They say a coffee poured in zero gravity is awesome."

"But it's an indoor café, eh? I prefer outdoor ones."


When you put coffee in a vacuum for even for a moment, it boils in ans instant because of the low pressure; but then the water freezes as soon as the heat of vaporization disappears. This frozen and boiled coffee, Satellite Ice Coffee, is the main attraction in the menu.




7.G Free (Zero Gravity)

"Anyway, doesn't brewing coffee depend on the gravity? You cannot drip it without it. How do they make coffee under zero gravity?"

"That's why the siphon coffe, that had almost disappeared, is now revived . Siphon circulates water with vapor pressure."

"Siphon... I've seen it only as a decoration in cafés. So that's a tool for making coffee, too. Even so, I heard it makes a less tasty coffe than a drip does..."

"Those are improved siphons for zero gravity, they can make a rich coffee by not using convection."

"Hum... Even if I wouldn't want to drink it, the space must be quite a view. I would be excited.."


Mankind, released from the gravity, is now developing a new culture. But, at the same time, they found that many of our tools worked relying on gravity. It was just recently that gravitational force, which had been proved long ago and annoyed physicist for a long time, was unified with the other forces.




8.Celestial Wizardry (Magical Astronomy)

"Huh... The universe is sure fascinating..."

"What's wrong, sighing like that? You say there's nothing fascinating on the earth?"

"At 16:31, I saw the evening star. It's just that there aren't hardly any mysteries left on Earth."

"If I could see all the mechanisms of this world like you Renko, nihilism would soon start creeping up inside me."

"That's why I envy your eyes, Mary. You can see plenty of mysterious worlds. Besides, I wanted you to see the gap of the moon's boundary."

"I'd do if the fare of the Tour was low."


The boundary doesn't belong only to the Earth; it's just a border, so the moon also has one. The boundary of the moon is one which separates the dazzling moon capital from the deserted planet with no life. As long as the boundary exists, even if you went to the moon, you couldn't get any of the rice cake or medicine the moon rabbits are making; at most, a moonstone.

"The moon may have a forgotten world; a moon capital with advanced civilization in which nobles live. Rabbits would make the medicine of immortality while looking at the three-legged crow living in the sun and have pity on mankind excited about the Moon Tour. It's only you that can see that world, Mary."

"You're right. I want to go there before humans gather and colonize all of it."

"If it's decided then, let's prepare."

"If we want to see the moon capital, maybe we should learn more about it.
About the ancient moon that has been forgotten for a long time.
About the dazzling moon capital of legend.
About the moon that symbolizes insanity.
Yes, knowledge makes the gap in the border clear."

"Wait, in my opinion, what we have to get down to first should be a part-time job, so as to make money for the Moon Tour."




9.Necrophantasia

Even though the sun set and it dinner time was approaching, they finally left the café after eating the new cake. In this university, students can pay with a student card in any campus shops. The price is collected along with the monthly tuition. It reduces the cost for managing money, avoids crowded cashers let's students do shopping easily (because it's their parents who pay the tuition), and the sales grow. But thanks to that, students now find their expenses piling up much more than expected.

"They say there are immortality elixirs in the moon."

"Immortality, eh? What's the use of it for you that said physics is coming to an end, and nihilism is taking control?"

"Who's a nihilist? I feel so alive. Because I'm excited about the universe and can sleep soundly at night."

"Well, if you got it, would you use it, Renko?"


The world has developed rapidly and countries everywhere have become rich; mankind stepped up to the next stage. The human population, that was increasing exponentially since the BC era, slowly began to decrease. Capitalism, just as a Noah's Ark, has promoted the economic gaps. Because of this, the birth rates of all countries have fallen, though this just means that capitalism has entered its final step, population controlling. Japan, which had the fastest decline in birth rate and a great decrease in population, succeeded in avoiding the disadvantages of this population decrease and in regaining the diligent and mentally rich national traits by its remaining selected people.

"Immortality elixirs? Of course I would use. Do you know why immortal life is supposed to be harsh in stories? They were just admonishing against greediness and demonstrating opposition to authorities. But on the contrary, this is an evidence of the immortality elixir's existence. Immortality doesn't mean absence of death; it means the boundary between life and death disappears, and you are in a state neither alive nor dead. Just as if you were in the living world and the Netherworld at the same time, a Necrophantasia."




10.Far Side of the Moon (Megalopolis of Moon)

The two of them sat down by a fountain's lake inside the university's campus.

The moon was already out; and a flat moon with no craters could be seen in the lake.


Mary, the magician, saw them:

Rabbits making medicine;

Celestial maidens, in their dazzling dresses,

dancing gracefully in the sky.

She saw the other side of the boundary through the moon reflected in the water. Seeing this moon, Mary had an idea.


"Well, Renko. If the Moon Tour is too expensive to go, shall we consider going there by another way?"





Postscript

Let's see, "Nice to meet you, I'm ZUN."

Why, how tiny I am compared to this enormous universe. Any failure isn't worth to care. Even if you couldn't get a promotion, go to upper school or get a job for several years, this is nothing compared to the enormity of the universe. Even though the deadline bothered me and gave me a stomachache, I enjoyed working on this...

...yeah, right. Humans are frantic creatures. And deadline means Line of Death. Ouch, my stomach...

By the way, how about space travel? Wouldn't you want to go? OK, OK, you don't have to lie. If you don't want to go to space, it means there are other places you want to go to, right?

Actually, it seems that private moon tours (without landing, apparently) are about to become reality. I hear it'll cost 100 million dollars. I'm not Renko, but:

"The Moon Tour is too expensive, isn't it?"

Who can say this price is reasonable for normal people? Is this the Arc of Noah that capitalism presents? And should the people left on Earth drown in the flood of information?

I wonder if it will come an age when the dreamers on Earth who work frantically and with no holidays can happily go to the moon.

Team Shanghai Alice: ZUN (The PX3 is also an ark?)



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