Unlike the general public, during these past ten years, a large number of scientific researchers had been actively awake, feverishly studying the technology of an alien civilization.
The Badit Civilization, theoretically, is a third-level civilization with an abundance of technology slightly more advanced than humans, but so far humans have obtained only a small part of a commercial spaceship.
A commercial spaceship could not possibly carry all the technology of an entire civilization. Just like a human aircraft carrier, it wouldn't sail around with all of civilization's high-tech on board.
Moreover, many valuable items, especially the Bassard Ramjet Engine, which is essential for a third-level civilization, were completely destroyed by nuclear weapons! This was a source of regret for many scientists over and over again, a hundred times over.
Fortunately, humans had obtained that Black Box, after all, it hadn't been a wasted effort.