After hearing Eisenberg's words, the president fell into thinking.
In any case, it is impossible for him to agree to the manned mission immediately.
After all, no matter when it is, the first landing on Mars in human history will be a matter full of political significance, so he also needs to discuss the decision with other people.
After all, whether others will agree is still a question.
Landing on Mars requires a lot of money. They may need to spend billions of dollars to implement the landing plan. The most important thing is that they must also consider the personal safety of their astronauts during the landing on Mars.
, this has nothing to do with how much money they can prepare in advance.
After all, there is a place in the universe, more than 50 million kilometers away from the earth, where powerful military power and powerful political power cannot affect it. The only thing that can affect it is their technological level.
And once danger occurs, they will face criticism from all over the country.
At that time, let alone the support rate of the president, as the leader of his party, he must also consider the support rate of his party and then prepare for the next general election.
Obviously, the party's support rate will definitely be greatly reduced by then. At that time, they will encounter unbearable consequences.
Therefore, if he wants to land on Mars, he needs to come up with a reason that people can agree with, especially Congress.
After all, others don't have the right to access such secrets like him.
Then, he couldn't help but start thinking, and Eisenberg thought the president was hesitating, so he couldn't help but said: "Mr. President, we can't continue to hesitate at this time!"
"After all, we don't know how many such Martian ruins there are on Mars, and the Chinese Zhurong Mars rover is still running around on Mars!"
"In addition, our Mars rover and Mars helicopter have also been on Mars for seven years. Although our technology is better than before, the problem is that we cannot guarantee that in the next few years,
Will these detectors fail, they could fail at any time now."
After hearing Eisenberg's words, the president frowned and said, "Okay, okay, I know, but I have to find a reason to get Congress to support the investment."
"Congress is a zoo-like place. Are you planning to tell them secrets like this AL plan?"
Eisenberg showed embarrassment on his face and said, "I'm just impatient. Please continue thinking."
At least, it seems that their president supports their plan.
From this point of view, it is still worthy of his happiness.
Of course the president supported this plan, because he was also very interested in this kind of thing, so after thinking for a moment, he asked: "If it is decided to launch a launch, when is the best time to launch?"
good?"
Eisenberg replied: "Generally speaking, the window period for landing on the Mars is once every 26 months. The last window period was January-February 2027, which was a few months ago, and the next one will be in 2029."
It’s March-April.”
The window period for landing on Mars generally refers to the time when the Earth and Mars are closest, that is, when they are 55 million kilometers apart. This distance requires the least fuel, so when they want to land on Mars, they usually choose to land on Mars during the window period.
emission.
Of course, similarly, the window period for returning to Earth from Mars is almost the same, so the crew members also need to return from Mars 26 months after leaving Earth.
However, one thing you need to know is that this window period is limited by the speed of the human landing spacecraft. If the speed of the human landing spacecraft is fast enough, the window period can be postponed further.
"2029...that means there are exactly two years left."
After the president learned about this time, he began to think again.
In 2029, he will definitely no longer be in office at that time and will leave office. By then, as a former president, he will not have access to more secrets like the current president.
However, if he was the one who promoted the plan to land on the moon, then he could have asked in person at that time, and he would still have the right to know about the follow-up situation.
Thinking of this, he decided to push forward the plan to land on the moon.
Just think of it as his pursuit of the truth about the world.
Of course, again, he needs to find a reason to pass the mission.
And he was worthy of being a president, and he quickly thought of a reason to ask for money.
After all, just before leaving the White House, the NSA director told him that Lin Xiao had begun researching aerospace technology.
And if he comes to meet Lin Xiao in the name of going to the moon, and if the plan succeeds, they will not only be the first country to land a man on the moon, but they will also be the first country to land a man on the moon.
In this way, the country can not only maintain their reputation as a space power, but also maintain their reputation as the number one technological power.
Although the title of the number one technological power is still placed on their head, it is somewhat undeserved. After all, there is no technology in the world that is better than controllable nuclear fusion, normal temperature superconductors, superconducting chips, and quantum computers.
Dazzling.
But no matter what, as long as they can reach the fire first, then they can still regain their glory.
And most importantly, this is of great significance to their party.
Thinking of this, the president was convinced. Then he patted Eisenberg and said, "Director Eisenberg, I already have reasons to convince them, but I still need your help."
Eisenberg suddenly became excited, and then he nodded repeatedly and said: "I understand, please tell me, what help do you need from me?"
"I need you to convince them of the success rate of this mission. Of course, you also need to convince me. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that our Congress will approve this funding."
After hearing the president's words, Eisenberg showed a smile on his face and said: "Don't worry, we have done countless simulations on manned missions. With our current
The technical level is high, as long as the funds are allocated, we will definitely succeed!"
"good!"
The president nodded immediately, "Then you should prepare well. The day after tomorrow, you can prepare to convince the animals in our zoo."
Eisenberg nodded understandingly, with a smile on his face.
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Just like that, a few days later.
After a speech by NASA Administrator Eisenberg Contee, the U.S. Congress passed the proposal for manned missions to spacecraft with the approval of the majority of members.
There is no way, they now urgently need to win a victory in the field of science and technology, otherwise, as the big brothers in the world, they will lose face more and more.
Then coupled with Eisenberg Conti's guarantee of the success of the mission, these congressional gentlemen also showed a rare high efficiency, getting all kinds of things done in a week, and the same
And the speed of appropriation, 50 billion U.S. dollars was received directly and quickly.
Even the president came to Harvard University to give a public speech to support their plan to launch a mission and canvass votes for their party.
"There are two things that the more we think about them over and over again, the more they infuse people's souls with constant renewal and endless admiration and awe - that is, the starry sky above our heads and the moral law in our hearts."
"This sentence is engraved on the tombstone of our great sage, Kant, as his epitaph, and it is spread among all of us."
"And what I want to say is, great sage, the part about the starry sky in your epitaph, we have already embarked on the road to conquer it."
"Looking back at the past, we never imagined that we would one day enter the starry sky, but now we have not only set foot on the moon, but we have even begun to prepare for going to Mars."
"And if we think about the future, the starry sky that shocked our forefathers will sooner or later be stepped on by us."
"At that time, when our souls go to heaven and meet the sages, we can tell them about this! With our hands, we created Noah's Ark to set foot in the starry sky!"
"Of course, let's go to the territory of Mars first and receive the holy baptism of the God of Land!"
"May God bless the Mars Project and God bless America!"
As soon as the president finished speaking, the young elites in the Harvard University auditorium burst into excited applause.
No one will be excited about this.
Especially for the American elite here.
As a result, in the following period, the American people fell into a kind of excitement. No matter when, Americans will never forget their various achievements in the aerospace industry.
Of course, they are also brainwashed by various science fiction blockbusters, such as Interstellar, The Martian and other films.
So just like that, the American people were in a frenzy, excited about their Mars plan.
Project Mars is the name of their mission to land on Mars, which represents Mars, the god of Mars.
When people in the ruling party, including the president, saw the results achieved after the plan was announced, each of their faces almost went numb with laughter.
Of course, they have also begun to make various preparations for the Mars project in an orderly manner, such as the recruitment and training of astronauts, and the preparation of corresponding supplies.
After all, once they go there, their astronauts will have to stay up there for a year and a half.
Nothing can be done carelessly.
So in this way, the entire United States was more or less affected by the Mars Project.
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China.
In the underground headquarters of Yueshi Division.
"Are they really determined to board the fire?"
When Lin Xiao learned the news, his face couldn't help but show surprise.
"Otherwise? They are now treating this matter as a face-saving battle to compete with us in the field of technology."
On the side, Academician Sun Chengjun, who told Lin Xiao the news, spread his hands and said with a funny look on his face.
"I really don't know why they want to land on the moon. I remember that in 2022, wasn't their moon landing plan postponed many times due to various pre-launch reasons? In the end, it was postponed to 2023.
I don’t know why they suddenly want to land on the moon if they don’t want to build a permanent base on the moon first.”
On the other side, Academician Zhang Ming shook his head with an incomprehensible expression.
Yang Chaohai smiled and said: "I estimate that Chief Lin must have built an aerospace research institute and stimulated them."
Lin Xiao waved her hands repeatedly, "It's not that bad, maybe it's because there is something on Mars that attracts them?"
"What could be there on Mars that would attract them?"
Sun Chengjun shook his head, "With that kind of harsh environment, I really don't know what reason to attract people. It's just for the aerospace industry."
Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows, "Maybe there are ruins on Mars similar to those we found on Earth?"
In fact, he had already learned from Xiaomi that the other party had successfully found the third ruins on Mars, so although he was surprised that the other party decided to go to Mars so quickly, it was also unexpected.
, within reason.
However, he didn't care too much about this. On the contrary, he hoped that they could go up as soon as possible so that he could get more first-hand information.
Just like what he planned before, let the Americans spend as much money as possible to get as much information as possible, and then he would take advantage later.
Anyway, they have already directly come into contact with these ruins on the earth, and they have also determined that there will be no reaction if they come into direct contact with these ruins, and there is a high probability that the same will happen if they come to Mars.
When he heard Lin Xiao's "guess", Sun Chengjun couldn't help but frowned, thought about it, and finally took a breath of air and said: "It seems possible... we found the moon monument on the moon.
That means that the civilization that placed the moon monument on the moon is entirely possible to build several ruins on Mars..."
"Furthermore, since the civilization that created the moon monument can create materials like the moon monument, they must be fully capable of going to Mars..."
After hearing Sun Chengjun's words, Zhang Ming and Yang Chaohai couldn't help but think about it.
"And Americans have already been to Mars half a century ago..." Zhang Ming said silently.
Yang Chaohai also said: "Especially since they have brought so many rovers and helicopters to Mars, it makes people wonder what they are planning to find on Mars."
When Lin Xiao on the side heard the performance of the three academicians' brainstorming, there was a burst of questions.
He just made a casual guess that seemed reasonable, and then you directly discovered the truth?
Academician Holmes belongs to yes.
Of course, a smile appeared on his face afterwards. In this case, he would give a little guidance and let Yue Shisi doubt this matter first, and then maybe he could make them aware of this matter in advance.
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This way, they would avoid having to wait until they arrive on Mars to let Moonstone know that the Americans had already discovered ruins on Mars.
But at this time, Sun Chengjun said again: "Hey, that's not right. If the Americans also discovered the same ruins on Mars, why didn't they discover that they also exist on the Earth? If the ruins on Mars also have ruins like those on the Earth,
If they have the same symbols."
After hearing Sun Chengjun's guess, the other two people also became confused.
Seeing that they seemed to be giving up their suspicions, Lin Xiao quickly said: "We were able to discover the ruins because we discovered the moon monument, so we know the origin of these earth ruins, but they don't know the location marked on the moon monument.
So it’s normal that they can’t find it.”
Hearing Lin Xiao's words, Sun Chengjun and the other three also nodded. It makes sense. Their biggest advantage is that they discovered the moon monument, so they can roughly confirm the existence of these ruins.
At this time, Lin Xiao took advantage of the victory and said: "Since this is so suspicious, we might as well tell Director Liao our speculation. If the Americans do find something on Mars, it means that we are not the only ones."
The country that knows this secret."
After hearing Lin Xiao's suggestion, Sun Chengjun and the others nodded immediately, and then went to find Liao Cheng together and told them this speculation.
After Liao Cheng heard their speculations, after a moment of thinking, his face became serious and said: "I understand, the four speculations are not unreasonable, and I will report this matter to the superiors next."
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"That's good." Lin Xiao and the four of them nodded, and Lin Xiao also said: "At least confirm whether they have searched for anything on the earth to make sure that they have not discovered any ruins on the earth."
"Okay, I understand." Liao Cheng nodded, and then started to make a phone call, obviously to start investigating the matter.
Lin Xiao and the others did not stay any longer and returned to their laboratory.
While returning to the laboratory, Zhang Ming couldn't help but say: "I just don't know if they have found anything, especially the Mayan ruins."
The other two people shook their heads, indicating that they did not know, while Lin Xiao remained silent.
In fact, he had confirmed through Xiaomi that the other party had not found those ruins on the earth.
Although the Mayan ruins have been turned into tourist areas, they have still not been discovered.
After all, there are very few Americans who know about the ruins of Mars. Basically, only the past presidents and a few insiders from NASA. And among the insiders there is an archaeologist, and he happens to have done archaeological research at the Mayan ruins.
Maybe you can find the similarities between the two.
But there is no such thing as just right.
Of course, for the Americans, it was probably in the dark, because they certainly did not expect that the ruins discovered on Mars could be found right next door in Mexico.
As for the other relics, they are either hidden among natural wonders and extremely difficult to find, or they are within their territory, and without the instructions on the moon monument, no one would be able to discover them.
In this way, after returning to the laboratory, Lin Xiao said: "Okay, okay, we don't need to worry about the Americans. Let's continue our experiments on the moon monument materials."
"Besides, I've probably achieved some results now."
The three academicians who were about to start working were stunned for a moment, then immediately looked at Lin Xiao and asked: "What result?"
Lin Xiao smiled slightly and said: "I performed inverse calculations based on the microstructure diagram of the moonstone material and the electric intensity co-state it is in. I probably calculated their raw materials before they changed into the electric intensity co-state.
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The three academicians were immediately ecstatic, finally knowing the raw materials!
In order to form an electric intensity costate, it needs to be bombarded by particles in a particle accelerator to change its properties. Before that, the material was an ordinary material connected by chemical bonds.
Therefore, they need to first figure out what this raw material is before they can create it and then find a way to turn it into an electric intensity co-state.
And now, they are finally completing this step!
Lin Xiao smiled and said: "This thing is a bit similar to carbyne sulfide."
The three of them were immediately stunned.
"What? It's a bit like sulfide carbyne? This..."
The cost of sulfide carbyne is as high as 6 million US dollars per gram. The price of this material will not...
Lin Xiao smiled, and then said: "However, it shouldn't be too difficult to produce, and it won't be too expensive in terms of cost."
"So don't worry."
The three academicians couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, that's good, that's good.
If the cost is really the same as that of carbyne sulfide, then they don't need to look at it. Only laboratories can use tens of millions of grams per gram.
But then their eyes lit up.
In this case, the cost of this thing is not high, and the production is not difficult?
Although a particle accelerator is needed when it becomes the electric intensity costate, the cost is slightly higher, but the raw materials are cheap, which is of course a good thing!
They immediately asked: "Chief Lin, what is this material?"
Lin Xiao smiled calmly, and then handed the results he obtained to the three academicians.
The three academicians looked at the calculation results given by Lin Xiao. Through these calculation results, they were able to deduce the structure and other molecular formulas of this carbon-sulfur compound material.
Suddenly, they all became excited, and then expressed their admiration to Lin Xiao.
"You are indeed Chief Lin. As I said a long time ago, Chief Lin is one of the top experts in the material industry in our country. Just look for Chief Lin!"
"really!"
"It has to be Chief Lin!"
Now they couldn't accept it anymore.
Seeing how excited the three academicians were, Lin Xiao couldn't help but feel dumbfounded. Then he waved his hands and said, "Next, let's start designing experiments to find the raw material preparation process."
"good!"
The three academicians immediately started working. As for the worries about the mysterious ruins, they were forgotten later. Since they were studying materials, they were naturally more interested in the materials.
Lin Xiao also smiled slightly, and then started his work, which was the key to how to form an electric intensity co-state inside this material - the design of a particle accelerator.
As for the research on the preparation method, just leave it to Sun Chengjun and others.
I believe that when he completed the design, he relied on the abilities of the three academicians to figure out how to prepare this carbon-sulfur compound.
And when the time comes, it will be time for the nuclear fusion aerospace engine to come out.