Chapter 731: Burning NASA

While China was cheering for the triumph of the heroes, the news of Xiangrui ’s return was also spread throughout the world through reports from the central media ’s overseas editions and public statements from NASA, ESA, Russia ’s space agency, and other parties. Every corner.
Almost everyone, after hearing the news, the reaction was invariably surprised.
Prior to this, the North American media had been reporting interviews with relevant NASA experts. Although it believed that the Xiangrui had a 25-ton ground-moon transfer orbit carrying capacity, due to the hasty plan of the moon landing, it might end up facing the same failure as the Soviets. ending.
现实 However, reality is like a slap in the face, which not only hits their faces, but also breaks their illusions.
She Xiangrui not only successfully returned to the Jinling Space Launch Center, but also safely brought back three astronauts and lunar soil with a total weight of more than one kilogram.
Even if they are unwilling to admit it, they have to face a terrible reality.
国 Hua Guo, who achieved overtaking in the aerospace field through electric propulsion systems, is catching up with them at an incredible speed.
Today is a lunar module and a national flag, so what will it be tomorrow? The day after tomorrow?
There is no gap without comparison. Although it cannot be said that NASA's research in outer space has made no progress in the past half century, the pace of development is undoubtedly much slower. Now that Hua Guo has set foot on the moon, NASA's lunar space station plan has to wait until 2022, and the Ares plan has been thundering with little rain since its announcement, and no actual action can be seen.
All Americans who are concerned about this matter can't help but be full of doubts and even angry.
到底 What exactly is their NASA doing?
Under such a public opinion environment, the wind direction of North American native media has begun to change.
From cynicism to China ’s aerospace technology, he became
outrageous
about NASA. Especially headed by the "New York Times", the opinions of NASA experts have been adopted in several interviews. However, after the report was published, they were repeatedly smashed. So this time, they did not invite NASA experts, but directly. Pointed the muzzle at NASA, and put a line of gunpowder headlines on the headline of the latest edition of the newspaper--
"What did our people do when China was on the moon? 》
Coincidentally, when the New York Times began to attack NASA with love and hatred, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post also attacked NASA's inaction from different angles, questioning its inaction. How many times is spent several times or even dozens of times each year in China?
In many media, the CNN Current Affairs Channel, which has the sharpest point of view, even called for the establishment of a special investigation team to check the budget list of NASA over the years, and claimed that there might be a shocking shady.
For a while, NASA was also annoyed by people who were excited about the group.
In fact, if the evaluation is correct, the United States has achieved not only small gains in the space field in recent years, its boundary of exploration has even reached Pluto, and the two traveler probes have already set foot outside the solar system.
However, all these achievements sound far less shocking than the moon landing.
After all, the detector flies farther away, it is also the detector, far less than human footsteps to move beyond the earth, and can stimulate people's senses.
In the face of crowds of people, it's obviously not just NASA. When one thing is enough to affect the national cohesion and enough to affect the votes in the pockets of voters, it is not just a technical issue, but politics. problem.
The puppet authorities promised that the United States would continue to be great.
However, these promises are things that need to be fulfilled, and they cannot be confused by just talking about them.
The target of the media attack is still NASA, but under normal circumstances, this fire will probably burn to the White House in a short time ...
Uh ...
White House.
In a conference room.
前 At the same conference table as last time, except for a few raw faces, there was the same crowd as last time.
When the current president came in, everyone stood up to show respect.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please sit down."
I walked to the main seat and sat down. The president looked around the conference table, stared at NASA Director Carson for two seconds, then looked back and said directly: "I need an explanation."
Carson and the deputy director glanced at each other, and finally took a deep breath, and stood up arrogantly and said.
"We mumbled on Hua Guo's determination in the aerospace field ... and its technical strength. Their application of electric propulsion systems exceeded our expectations. Before that, we never thought about electric propulsion with sufficient power and working fluid. It can also provide thrust equivalent to that of chemical rockets. Facts have proved that electric propulsion systems are also feasible for climbing gravity wells. At present, we have joined the PPPL laboratory, MIT and other research institutions to improve the electric propulsion system ... "
He knocked Carson's chatter as he knocked on the table. The president reached out and squeezed his brows, saying impatiently.
"how long it takes?"
Carson stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly.
这个 "This ... there is no way to anticipate. Before solving the thrust problem, we must first solve the problem of controlled fusion miniaturization."
Before solving the problem of miniaturization of controllable fusion, we must first solve the problem of controllable fusion. Although intuition tells Carson that solving the problem of miniaturization of controlled fusion may not be as difficult as imagined, at least not as difficult as the controllable fusion project itself, but analyzing these things is now useless.
After all, based on the results of the negotiations, at least next year, the two sides may reach a technical exchange in the field of controlled fusion.
And the price is not small ...
President Wu said with a bad expression: "Since there is no way to anticipate, please stop your farting. What I need now is a solution, not to listen to you explain your incompetence!"
Upon hearing this sentence, Carson almost did not spit out old blood.
Shet!
Aren't you asking for an explanation?
Of course, although he uttered such a sentence in his heart, it is naturally impossible for him to say so.
I was silent for a moment, he coughed slightly, and continued.
当然 "Of course, we have already come up with a response strategy ... and have spoken with our Vice President before the meeting began."
The president turned his attention to the vice president, and saw the lean old man sitting on the vice-chair of the conference table nod his head, and said with a maddening voice.
"Before the meeting, I talked with Mr. Carson for a while, and his proposal was quite good, although a bit risky."
Although the Vice President is just a mascot in American politics, if he is not a political man, he may not be as powerful as the governor of New Jersey, but it can also play a role at certain times.
For example, in the case of NSC reorganization, and the vice president in charge.
Many times the president has no way to directly take care of things in the aerospace field. In most cases, it is coordinated by the president's administrative office and the vice president himself.
冒险 "Adventure?" The president frowned, looking at Carson and asking, "What adventure?"
Carson took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "My suggestion is to immediately start the first phase of the Ares program and send our life support unit to Mars!"
President Wu frowned: "... is this also called a plan? And if I remember correctly, the testing of the life support unit is not over now."
"That's right, but time has not allowed us to wait any longer. As you said, if it is not a big problem, we should believe that our technicians have done their best," taking a deep breath In tone, Carson continued, "If you omit some troublesome procedures, the fastest is half a year ... No, it only takes two months! We can send it to Mars!"
The cricket's voice had just fallen, and a sound of discussion rang out at the conference table.
Carson was sweating on his forehead.
Because he knew, his proposal was quite risky.
Or this is not just a risk, but a gamble, taking the life of the astronauts as a bet.
After the Columbia tragedy, few people dare to do so!
Sure enough, a serious middle-aged man stood up, stared sharply at Carson, and said.
"Secretary Carson, can I guess if the troublesome procedures you are referring to are referring to the 'necessary testing links'?"
Facing the president ’s executive office adviser, Carson bluntly explained: "The test is not necessary ... in fact, we have technically been able to ensure that the life support unit can operate stably at least with sufficient power. More than two years. "
The man continued to say, "What guarantee do you use?"
Carson was suffocating, and when he didn't know how to answer, the president suddenly spoke.
"He's right."
"Sometimes we should be more flexible, especially in the face of a flexible adversary. Isn't the National Space Council established for this purpose?"
When I heard the president mention himself, the vice president smiled slightly and stretched out his neck tie.
He usually has a very low sense of existence. Only on this occasion can he show others his sense of existence.
President Wu's words caused many people to whisper. The man who had previously attacked Director Carson hesitated, but still said stubbornly.
"Mr. President, I must remind you that this is not a procedure."
"No, the test doesn't have to be in the Arizona desert, it can also be in the desert of Mars," Carson said immediately. "We can send the life support unit up first, and then remotely activate it to confirm whether it works. .If we can, we will send the astronauts up again. "
Although he did not agree with this adventurous approach deep in his heart, now he can no longer take care of it.
As he had previously stood in the satellite control room ~ EbookFREE.me ~ to his secretary.
NASA needs a victory.
America needs a victory!
If you can't ...
I can only blame and resign.
Alas, he had no other choice at all.
"Just do what he said, send the life support unit to Mars to test," seeing what the annoying guy was about to say, the president tapped the conference table with a pen. "There is no time for us to waste, Chinese people in China Every minute of this contest has been precious to us! "
He used his eyes to signal the person who had stood up to sit back, and the president then cast a meaningful look at Director Carson.
"Mr. Carson, I hope to open champagne with you in two months and celebrate our success at a banquet at the White House. Please don't let me down, otherwise no one will sympathize with you!"
His meaningful eyes made Carson's forehead a little bit of cold sweat.
But even so, he still bit his head and pressed his right hand against his chest to swear.
"I promise you."
"God is on our side!"
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