Chapter 738: NASA Press Conference

9 AM Washington time.
The lounge behind the scene of the NASA press conference.
Director Carson standing in front of the mirror stretched his hands to tighten the tie on his chest, adjusted his appearance, and suddenly said abruptly.
"Gustenmeier, do you believe in God?"
Sitting in a chair not far away, Deputy Commissioner Gerstenmaier took a moment to hesitate after hearing this sentence, and hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"I ... sorry, I'm not a believer."
"Are you a materialist?"
"That's right," Deputy Director Gerstenmaier shrugged. "After all, dealing with rockets and satellites every day, even devout believers will have doubts about faith."
"We don't seem to be the same kind of people," smiled at himself in the mirror, and Director Carson said slowly. "I'm an idealist."
"... So you believe in theism?"
"No, what I call idealism is not the kind of idealism you understand, but a spiritual awakening. How to make our country great again? The most important thing is not how to make it great, but how to make our people great. I believe we can do it, and we are doing it. "
Having said that, he stopped talking and looked at the deputy director Gerstenmeier, Carson squinted his cuff and glanced at his watch.
"It's almost time, the reporters are still waiting for us, it's time to go."
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The lights are on.
Director Carson, dressed in a formal suit, stepped onto the stage, nodded to the camera in the hands of reporters and reporters, and announced the start of the press conference.
Originally, such a press conference should be given to a special press spokesperson, but considering the incident caused by the poor performance of that press spokesperson in the last press conference, Carson felt that this time it was better to do it himself .
"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to participate in our press conference. Just a week ago, the Congressional Budget Committee approved our budget for the first part of the Ares program, with a total weight of up to The 25-ton BFR Super Rocket for Life Support Unit will be launched to Mars in a month, sending our new future home to the surface of Mars. "
Then, Director Carson looked at the big screen behind him.
"I mean the life support unit."
The moment the voice falls, the screen switches.
I saw in the center of that big screen, there was a domed white building.
According to the illustration in the perspective view, this hemispherical white building is divided into two parts, the inner and outer circles, and the inner circle is divided into four blocks, two of which are living quarters, which can accommodate up to four colonizers, and are Each colonist provided a living space of 5.3 square meters per capita. The other two living quarters are the experimental area and the public living space. On the one hand, it meets the needs of scientific research and, on the other hand, it meets the needs of the colonists.
As for the outer ring of the life support unit, which is the part inflated and unfolded after the landing of the whole life support unit, it is a circle similar to a vegetable greenhouse. Used to try to cultivate some drought-tolerant crops and provide colonists with additional food to reduce the cost of transporting supplies from Earth to Mars.
In addition, there is a conceptual map of the Mars colony.
I saw rows of hemispherical white "yurts" serialized together through transparent pipes. The 3D modelling villain shuttled between the pipes, and the nearby red desert was driving a giant Martian rover.
When watching this scene, the media at the scene suddenly made a sound of astonishment.
Although NASA has previously released relevant information on its official website and Twitter account, it did not disclose more details about the Ares plan, nor did it explain the specific situation of the life support unit.
Now standing here, looking at everything on the big screen, even if I had been prepared to be surprised again before, many people can't help but have a shocked expression on their faces.
Especially the BFR Super Rocket that is displayed in front of people!
It should be known that before, the largest payload of the Saturn V carrier rocket was 118 tons, and this can only be transported to low earth orbit. If it is to be transported to the moon, the carrying capacity will be sharply reduced to 47 tons.
However, Ares' planned destination is not low-earth orbit, nor is it lunar orbit, but the surface of Mars, which is up to 55.76 million kilometers away from Earth!
Reporters were frightened by this grand plan of NASA, and more than 300 people lost their voice in the hall.
Carson was very satisfied with the quiet scene of the 10,000 people, and continued to introduce after a cough.
"... The life sustaining unit successfully deployed on the surface of Mars will be able to sustain the life needs of 5 astronauts on the surface of Mars for 2 to 5 years. And during this long time, astronauts will perform more Scientific research activities to explore the minerals and water reserves on Mars, collect first-hand information for our researchers on the planet, and pave the way for follow-up projects planned by Ares. Eventually we will be on that red planet And build a self-sufficient Martian village! "
With the words of Director Carson falling, the atmosphere of the press conference scene was pushed to a climax.
Quickly entered the on-site questioning session.
All reporters raised their hands high, and looked like they couldn't insert their fingers into Carson's nostrils.
Director Carson looked around the venue and naturally chose the Washington Post.
As a long-established newspaper, the Washington Post is relatively conservative, and generally does not throw a sharp question at the beginning to make him difficult, so this is also the most secure choice.
Under the gesture of Secretary Carson's gesture, the well-known reporter of the Washington Post, Ham, got this valuable opportunity.
He spent two seconds pondering his own words, and soon put out a recording pen, and asked, "Hello Mr. Secretary, we all know that the Ares plan has only been launched shortly. Compared with our grand goal, In other words, there is only a small amount of preparation time left for us. Do you think this plan is insured? Or if I change the question, how much is NASA's grasp of achieving the first stage of the Ares plan? "
Unsurprisingly for Carson, the entry point chosen by the Washington Post really focused on "preparation time" and "success rate".
Eyebrows were raised upwards, in response to the pair of eyes eagerly looking forward to answering, Director Carson and Yan Yue said with open eyes: "It is true that the Ares plan has only recently restarted, but we have prepared for a long time before landing on Mars. For example, the life-sustaining unit has been researched as early as ten years ago. The space test of the BFR super rocket of Space-X Company was completed as early as two years ago. "
"The project to colonize Mars was not our temporary intention, but a well-thought-out plan! I can assure you that we will ensure that all security work is foolproof before we let our colonizers go ! "
Secretary Carson's voice dropped, and deafening applause quickly filled the venue.
After a warm applause, British journalists from the BBC had the opportunity to ask questions and stood up to speak.
"Mr. Director, we all know that just a week ago, the Huaguo manned moon landing project has achieved great success. I would like to ask you that NASA hastily decided to launch the Ares program. A response to monthly behavior? "
Do you still need to ask this question?
If it wasn't for China to send the astronauts to the moon, Congress would be crazy to approve their crazy and money-burning plan.
Speaking of which, NASA actually has to thank the Chinese people.
After all, if it weren't for China's step by step in the aerospace field, the masters of the Congressional Budget Committee would definitely not be so open-minded.
Of course, the truth is reasonable. Of course, Director Carson would not admit it, and refuted it simply.
"This statement is baseless. We have sent our astronauts to the moon half a century ago, and now Hua Guo has successfully achieved this. It is worthy of recognition ~ EbookFREE.me ~ but It's not enough that we put them in the position of our opponents. "
"Remember, manned landing on the moon is our past achievement. There is nothing or glory on that land worthy of our memory. Now, our goal is to go further to Mars, where there are endless possibilities."
嚯 嚯 !
A marvelous voice spread out at the scene.
The expressions on North American journalists' faces were full of excitement, as if they had been beaten. The British journalist was interested, as if he had seen the big news. The expressions of Russian reporters are a bit complicated, and the expressions of Chinese reporters are not very good-looking.
No matter how you interpret it, the information revealed in the NASA director's speech is not very friendly to China.
We never treat you as opponents!
As you chase our past steps, we have set our sights farther away!
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