My science and technology museum - Chapter 260 Seeking foreign aid

“Is the news accurate? Are they really going to restart manned moon landings?”

Imperial capital.

Yanguo Space Agency.

Lunar Exploration and Aerospace Engineering Center.

In the conference room, Wu Chuping, the commander-in-chief of lunar exploration, sat in the middle seat, confirming the information below with a slightly solemn expression.

The moon is rich in resources and is a key platform for mankind to move from the earth to deep space.

It has far-reaching strategic significance.

And according to relevant international regulations, whoever establishes a base on the moon first will have priority, and even corporate forces can go up and enclose the land.

Therefore, it has become crucial to take the lead in building a base on the moon.

Originally, according to the bureau’s plan, a manned moon landing would be completed by 2030 at the latest.

And subsequently formulated a five-year lunar base construction plan.

For this reason, a large number of launch missions are carried out every year, and it can be said that unimaginable resources are invested in the aerospace industry.

At present, the Tiangong Space Station has basically taken shape, and has begun to accept astronauts from overseas forces to jointly conduct scientific research, which will lay a solid foundation for the moon landing.

Let’s talk about the biggest difficulty.

It’s just that the rocket’s carrying capacity is not good enough.

Carrying people is different from launching satellites or space stations. It requires stronger thrust.

For example, sending a missile weighing dozens of tons to the moon requires the take-off weight and thrust of the first-stage rocket to be more than 3,000 tons, which is impossible to achieve with the current level of technology.

However, if they follow normal planning, they will have enough time to develop a more powerful solid-state integrated thrust engine.

But after Tripp returned to the throne, he first aggressively restarted the moon landing plan.

This caught people a little off guard.

“It’s basically certain.” The project members sitting on both sides were obviously unwilling: “According to the news we got, they invested a lot in the moon landing project this time, and reached a cooperation with Marsne’s Space Exploration Technology Company. It is planned to be officially launched in the first half of next year.”

“Why is Lao Te suddenly so interested in the moon landing?” A project member was puzzled.

“So we only have half a year left.”

“They have already landed on the moon. If we let them take the lead this time, our efforts over the years may become an international laughing stock.”

Over the years, the country’s investment in the aerospace industry has not been small. If it is still unable to compare with overseas countries, many media will definitely take this opportunity to ridicule and ridicule.

The key is that now Yanguo has surpassed overseas technology in many fields, and it cannot be inferior to aerospace no matter what.

Wu Chuping looked worried as he listened to the discussion below.

After a while, he knocked on the table to silence everyone.

“It’s not difficult to understand why Lao Te suddenly attaches great importance to moon landing. After all, their international situation is not optimistic at the moment. In addition, they have just signed a friendly and mutual assistance agreement with us, so they can only focus on outer space.”

“I guess he wants to take this opportunity to jump out of the original circle and regain the right to speak from a new field.”

As Wu Chuping’s voice rang in the conference room, everyone was thinking about this issue and nodded frequently in the process.

Now that we know the current situation, the most important thing is how to deal with it.

With his mind running at high speed, Wu Chuping made a decision quickly, and then said in a deep voice: “The lunar resources are related to the research on controllable nuclear fusion and the future layout of deep space. We must be in the right position before them. Complete the construction of the moon base.”

Yes.

Wu Chuping did not intend to give in.

This time, Lao Te chose to cooperate with Marsne’s Space Exploration Technology Company to land on the moon and build a lunar base. By then, they would be able to privately occupy the resource-rich areas of the moon. If they had waited for the past ten years, they would have simply gone cold.

Naturally, everyone supports Wu Chuping’s decision.

After all, after working hard on this project for so many years, no one wants to see him continue to be lonely like this.

But at the same time, everyone also understands the difficulties faced.

“But Commander-in-Chief, with only half a year, can we complete the technical breakthrough of the heavy-duty launch vehicle engine?”

“Yeah, it’s so far ahead of schedule compared to the original plan. It’s simply impossible to accomplish this.”

“I think it’s better to play it safe.”

Wu Chuping listened to everyone’s words in his heart, and he also understood the worries in everyone’s hearts, and even he was not very sure.

Because this is equivalent to pressing the accelerator button for technological development, and it is still nearly ten years ahead of schedule.

If even one of the technologies is immature and ultimately leads to the failure of the moon landing project, not only will it become an international laughing stock, but the consequences will probably be even more serious than now.

So from a certain perspective, Wu Chuping was under great pressure to make such a decision.

However, there is no way around this.

If we want to occupy the rich resource area of ​​the moon and lay a solid foundation for entering deep space in the future, we must keep up with or even surpass overseas pace.

It is no less difficult than creating a miracle.

Of course, Wu Chuping is not without any solutions.

He was able to make this kind of decision with some plans in mind.

At this time, there is no need to continue to hold back, seize the time to find solutions and directions, and speed up the progress of the moon landing project is what needs to be done most right now.

The thought stayed here, and Wu Chuping finally expressed his thoughts after restoring calm to the conference room again.

“We still have some way to go before manned landing, and the related technologies involved require more research breakthroughs. Therefore, if we want to build our own lunar base as soon as possible, we must find foreign aid.”

“foreign aid?”

As Wu Chuping finished speaking, a question mark suddenly appeared in the minds of everyone present.

The space agency has gathered the top experts and professors in the country, and the lunar exploration project is the elite of the elite. It is a technology that they cannot conquer in a short time, so what can they do even if they find foreign help.

And no one could imagine for a moment who the foreign aid Wu Chuping was talking about was.

“I’m going to invite Academician Xu Lei from Future Technology to join our project. Maybe he can improve the progress of the project.” Facing the doubts and confusion on everyone’s faces, Wu Chuping said the name in a deep voice.

His ideas are not too complicated. Now everyone knows that Xu Lei is a well-deserved top all-round scientist.

Regardless of previous quantum computers or the recent success of conquering cancer with the help of nano-medical robots, these are things that many scientific researchers will not be able to accomplish in their lifetimes. These alone are enough to prove Xu Lei’s abnormal abilities.

Xu Lei did not spend long on developing these technical products.

This is something no one else can do.

Due to these circumstances, Wu Chuping wanted to let Xu Lei join the manned moon landing project and use his hands to develop a heavy-duty rocket engine that could compete with international standards.

This is to ensure that the construction of the lunar base proceeds smoothly.

More importantly, Xu Lei is a person who often creates miracles.

With his participation, perhaps a manned moon landing can also create a miracle.

What’s more, this is already the best solution Wu Chuping can think of.

Otherwise, we can only watch as overseas countries take the lead in building a permanent lunar base on the moon.

And because Xu Lei’s reputation is so great, everyone started talking uncontrollably after hearing the name.

“Academician Xu has created so many miracles at such a young age, and his achievements are unmatched by anyone here. If he can really participate in our project, he might really be able to launch a manned moon landing project. Years in advance.”

“As far as I know, he has never been exposed to aerospace-related technical knowledge. Can he really help us?”

“We also used their quantum computers in the development of medium-sized launch vehicles. It may not be possible to improve efficiency again without the participation of Academician Xu.”

“Rather than thinking about the results now, I’m more worried about whether the other party will be willing to join.”

“Although some of his academician identities are true, his job is still as the president of the company. I’m afraid he won’t spend a lot of time helping us conduct technical research on heavy-duty launch vehicles.”

There were no more than two digits of people sitting in the entire conference room, but there were many different opinions on this.

However, the reason why everyone is arguing with each other is that they are still worried about the manned moon landing project. After all, with Xu Lei’s current status and international influence, if he does not want to join the research and development of the manned moon landing project, then he absolutely cannot Someone will force something.

Fortunately, since Wu Chuping mentioned Xu Lei, he still believes that this matter can be achieved.

Facing everyone’s comments, there was no trace of frustration on his face.

“Academician Xu once stayed at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and successfully developed a top-level domestic lithography machine. I think the strategic significance of the manned moon landing project does not belong to the original lithography machine at all, so I believe that the other party will not reject us. invitation.”

“This matter has been settled for now. I will go to Binjiang City in person tomorrow to discuss it.”

“As for the director, I will also submit a detailed application report as soon as possible.”

For the sake of words, everyone also understood that this was Wu Chuping’s decision. No matter whether the final result was successful or not, he must try it first.

So in this case, everyone said nothing more, and immediately after the meeting, they returned to their work stations to continue technical research and conquering.

The main reason is that this matter is too important for the future strategic arrangements for entering deep space. Even if they have decided to invite Xu Lei to help, they will definitely not pin all their hopes on one person. They must be prepared with both hands.

that’s all.

When the matter was officially determined, Wu Chuping took people by plane directly to Binjiang City in the evening.

at the same time.

Xu Lei, who was still patiently waiting for his influence to exceed five million points and successfully unlock new exhibits, didn’t know that he had been approached.

But it can be expected that Wu Chuping’s trip to Binjiang City will not be too smooth. Who knows that Xu Lei does not have much understanding of aviation technology.