Chapter 924 "The Eye of the Moon"

August 22.

"Finish……"

Cialek completed the moon-based telescope, and his mission was over so far. He really didn't expect that he could do this.

Look at the time, it is about 7 am in the United States time now, but because it is the moon, Cialek cannot feel the changes in time.

And although my watch is a product of Nasa, it will fail when it is only one-sixth of the earth's gravity.

"Moon Eye Plan".

This is part of the Apollo Plan, or rather, a continuation of the Apollo Plan.

At this time, Cialek was implementing the plan.

——That is, to place the moon-based telescope.

The Apollo Project was proposed in the early 1960s when Eisenhower was in power as a follow-up to the Mercury Project.

The spacecraft used by Mercury can only enter Earth orbit and can only carry one astronaut. The expected Apollo spacecraft can not only carry three astronauts, but may also land on the moon. NASA manager Aber Silverstein chose to name this program after the Greek mythology of the Sun God. Although the Aerospace Administration had begun planning, Eisenhower did not seem to be keen on the space program, and the funding of the Apollo program has never been implemented.

In November 1960, when he campaigned, he promised to make the United States surpass the Soviet Union in space exploration and missile defense, John Kennedy, who was elected president. Although he was more enthusiastic about space programs, he did not immediately decide to start the moon landing plan after being elected president. Kennedy was not very familiar with the space industry, and the large amount of funds needed for space exploration made him dare not make a decision easily. When James Weber, director of the Aeronautics and Space Administration, asked for an increase in the annual fiscal budget by three percent, Kennedy supported the acceleration of the development of large-scale thrusters, but did not support other larger projects.

However, with the Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person to enter space on April 12, 1961, everything changed.

The success of the Soviets deepened the United States' fear of falling behind in the space race. The next day, in talks with the White House Science Committee, many lawmakers hoped to start a space plan immediately to ensure that they would not fall behind in the Soviet race. Kennedy was cautious about this matter and was unwilling to take any major measures immediately.

In fact, in this matter, one of the culprits of the Vietnam War, that is, the future President Johnson, is even more powerful in this regard.

On April 20, Kennedy sent a memorandum to Vice President Lyndon Johnson asking about his opinions on the US space program and the possibility of the US catching up with the Soviet Union. In his reply the next day, Johnson believed that "we have neither done our best nor reached the level of keeping the United States ahead." Johnson also mentioned that future moon landing plans are not only feasible, but will definitely allow the United States to gain a leading position in the space race.

It is precisely because of the other party's support that the subsequent success of the moon landing was achieved.

Since then, the Americans have remained ahead, but the funding for the Apollo moon landing program has become less and less.

During Nixon's first term, he even wanted to completely cancel the plan.

At the beginning, Cialek was listed as a candidate for lunar astronauts.

But for this reason, Cialek has faced the danger of not having a spaceship and being disqualified several times.

At this time, the Soviets saved the American aviation industry for the second time.

——Here, they are here.

The Soviets also landed on the moon.

With the Soviet Union landing on the moon, the Americans were frightened to find that their sense of superiority was about to disappear, and the Soviets had already caught up!

It was precisely because of the changes of the Soviets that the Americans' plans changed.

The moon landing plan can continue.

But Nasa already has enough sense of crisis.

At this time, they believed that the moon landing plan did not bring too much benefits to the federal government, and the long-term benefits were not in the eyes of politicians. Therefore, at this time, if the moon landing plan was truly lasting, it would not be feasible as before.

At this time, they proposed the current plan, which is the plan of the moon-based telescope.

As the name suggests, the moon-based telescope is the plan to build a telescope on the moon.

At the beginning, astronomers had conceived how to build an optical astronomical telescope with a diameter of up to 100 meters. The English name of this telescope was abbreviated as owl, and the English word owl originally means "owl". Therefore, this plan is called "moon-based owl". Their contribution to revealing the mysteries of the universe will surely be more magnificent and more brilliant than all telescopes that mankind has built since the Galileo era!

But reality gave them a wake-up call.

Building a base on the moon is indeed of many benefits.

There is no atmosphere on the surface of the moon, and it is in a super vacuum state. All interference caused by the Earth's atmosphere during astronomical observations on the earth no longer exists for lunar-based telescopes; the moon is like the Earth, a huge, stable, and extremely solid "platform" for astronomical telescopes. The technical problems it faces are much simpler than space telescopes in a weightless state, and the cost is far less expensive; there is absolutely no wind on the moon, which is more beneficial for building giant equipment. There is no plate motion like the Earth's crust on the moon, and the core of the moon has condensed into a solid state. Therefore, the intensity of "moon earthquake" activity on the moon is only about one billionth of the earthquake activity on the earth. It is very safe for astronomical observations, and it is especially suitable to establish optical, infrared and radio interference systems with a baseline of tens of kilometers or even hundreds of kilometers.

The earth rotates every 24 hours, causing the Sunday movement of celestial bodies rising from east to west, so it is usually difficult to track and observe the same celestial body for a long time. The moon rotates only every 27 days, and every day or night on the moon is almost as long as two weeks on the earth. Therefore, it can be more than 300 hours to track and observe a target there. Moreover, there is no atmosphere on the moon, and the sun will not be scattered, so even if the sun is scorching, there is still a star full of sky, and you can still use an optical telescope to observe celestial bodies.

Of course, the superiority of the moon-based telescope is far more than that.

--but--

...The landlord's family has no surplus food...

It is true that the federal government is a sucker, but when the sucker doesn’t have much money, how can it be done?

Nasa at that time faced this problem.

A 10,000-square-meter base is impossible, and a 100-meter-caliber telescope is also impossible.

——That kind of thing is nothing on the earth, but on the moon, the money spent can burn you to death...

At this time, someone thought of a solution: Since the current method is useless, why not settle for the second best?

At this time, scientists thought of the current method, which is to form a telescope array and then use it to observe.

In this way, the effect is actually more advanced than many telescopes today, and it is not as advanced as a little bit.

After that, the plan was passed.

However, at this time, Starcraft, which cooperated with Nasa, suddenly suggested that they could name the plan as the Eye of the Moon.

This obviously seemed good, so Nasa adopted it.

Well... As far as Cialick is concerned, this plan seems to be...uh...a man named Miss Ederson, and I heard that the other party seems to be someone from Starcraft...

“It’s done here.”

Cialek spoke through the walkie-talkie.

The moon has no air, so it does not exist on the moon by relying on the sounds transmitted by the air, and it feels quiet in the vacuum.

So at this time, you can only use the walkie-talkie to talk.

"Okay, I'm going to be here too..."

...

And at this time, on the ground.

To be precise, it should be in the ground command room at the Kennedy Launch Center in Nasa.

“It seems that the plan is going well…”

Katherine looked at the astronauts jumping on the screen and suddenly found it interesting.

Such a simple thing on Earth, but on the moon, requires very careful preparation and a lot of time to adjust and correct, and the risks are very high, which is indeed a difficult thing.

More importantly, these astronauts cannot work like they are on the ground, because they accidentally break the space suit and wait for these astronauts, which is a fatal hell.

So at this time, they were still very cautious.

The "Eye of the Moon" plan.

You can tell from the name that this plan was taken by Katherine, a villainous guy.

After learning about this month-based telescope plan, Catherine thought of the current name.

Then, Catherine ordered Starcraft, like Nasa to name the plan as this cool name.

At this time, the moon Eye Plan was established to replace Apollo's moon landing plan.

Although this plan seems different from what Catherine and the federal government have discussed, Catherine also knows that the US economy is not very good now, so necessary flexibility is necessary.

——The previous plan is certainly feasible, but if Nixon doesn’t settle the UK, it’s not to think about it.

Thinking of this, Catherine became a little disgusted with the British.

The Global Financial Agreement is a good tax that allows governments of various countries to draw taxes, which is definitely a big deal. But it doesn’t make sense if no one signs it.

But the British thought they felt good and did not want to sign this globally unified financial tax bill.

They had a crackling plan, wanting to get others to sign and then steal the chickens themselves.

But what they didn't expect was that if they didn't sign it, the bill would be completely meaningless.

The short-term result of the delay in passing of the bill, and the delay in passing of the bill, is that they will now face a lot of trouble.

At this time, on the screen, two astronauts had almost installed the equipment.

——This was captured through a camera installed outside the cabin.

"The telescope has been installed."

A sound came from there.

"Okay, start the trial run now."

As he was talking, the astronauts over there began to act.

“The machine works well.”

"The machine is turned on successfully."

"Everything is OK."

The staff here finally breathed a sigh of relief because they knew that such a plan was finally over.

"It seems they succeeded..."

Catherine smiled, too.

Sitting on the sofa, Catherine couldn't go to the current command center, but this did not affect Catherine's good mood.

"But it's still not enough..."

Catherine murmured again.
To be continued...