Great Country Academician

Chapter 899 The fish has taken the bait~

Can we catch up with China in the aerospace field in the short term?

Hearing this question, Director Bill Nelson suddenly felt a headache.

After thinking for a while, he said bitterly: "If we want to catch up with China in the aerospace field, especially in the electric propulsion field, the problem we need to solve is not the electric propulsion engine itself."

"In fact, after we joined forces with MIT, Argonne National Laboratory and other research institutions to concentrate on the research of electric propulsion engines, we found that the large-scale application of superconducting materials can indeed make the electric propulsion engine have huge thrust."

"But the key to the problem lies in the supply of energy."

After taking a deep breath, he continued: "The electric propulsion engine consumes a lot of electricity when it is in operation. If it is used on the space shuttle, there is probably no other way except for the miniaturized controlled nuclear fusion reactor."

"And in this regard, we have not even conquered the controlled nuclear fusion technology."

In fact, it has to be admitted that in the field of aerospace, especially in the field of space shuttles, they have lagged behind this opponent for a long time.

After the Xinghai Research Institute successfully pushed the space shuttle into space through the aerospace engine, NASA joined other companies and universities in the United States to carry out research on electric propulsion engines.

Based on the forced application of high-performance superconducting materials and the expansion of the size of the electric propulsion engine, their electric propulsion engine technology has actually made considerable progress.

But the key to the problem is not the electric propulsion engine, but the device that provides a steady supply of huge power to the electric propulsion engine.

On the ground, they can pull a wire from the power station.

But on the space shuttle, where can they pull the wire?

According to their current application of electric propulsion engines using superconducting materials, the only one that can provide such a huge amount of power is a controlled nuclear fusion reactor.

Perhaps a miniaturized fission reactor can also be used, but the fission reactor requires too many supporting equipment.

NASA still doesn't know how the Xinghai Research Institute applied the fusion reactor to the space shuttle.

Perhaps the key to miniaturization lies in the Helix-7X, a stellarator that China got from the Germanic country, and the technical requirements are not that difficult.

But the problem is that they don't even have large-scale controlled nuclear fusion technology, let alone miniaturization.

Hearing this, the new president stretched out his hand and pinched his eyebrows, and said impatiently: "Are we just going to watch them occupy the moon?"

Director Bill Nelson exhaled, shook his head, and said: "Of course not."

Hearing this, everyone else in the conference room looked over.

Nelson thought for a while, organized his words and said: "I believe everyone present has seen China's ambition in the field of aerospace."

"Whether it is space or the moon, it has now become a resource in their bowl."

"As Mr. President said, we can't just watch them occupy the moon and develop the resources on the moon."

"So I have two suggestions in this regard!"

After a slight pause, he glanced around the conference room and continued: "First, according to the "Moon Agreement" treaty, the moon belongs to all mankind, and all countries and people have the right to develop and inherit it."

"At this point, we can use the media and propaganda , to form a public opinion advantage. "

"I believe that in addition to us, our other allies will also be happy to support us."

"After all, China is the only country that can develop the moon now."

"If they continue to develop on the moon, the gap will only get bigger and bigger. Moreover, some resources on the moon, such as lunar ice, shallow and easy-to-mine minerals, etc. are limited. "

"We can make a fuss about this and ask them to stop developing the moon to delay time."

Hearing this method, the president sitting in the first seat nodded and agreed: "This method is OK, what about the second suggestion?"

Using public opinion to attack and suppress opponents has always been one of their best means.

Especially since most of the mainstream media in the world are in their hands, it is no exaggeration to say that no country can compete with them in this area.

Hearing the question, Bill Nelson took a deep breath and continued: "There is a saying in China that 'the iron must be hard before it can be forged'."

"The same is true in the field of scientific and technological development. We cannot expect others to always remain at a backward level. Suppression is necessary, but self-improvement is also necessary."

"Just like in the field of chips, we have established a stable order with allies in Europe, East Asia and other regions."

"And we can do it in the field of aerospace!"

"Although we are now behind our competitors, I believe this is only temporary."

"With our foundation in the field of aerospace, it is not impossible to catch up, and now the opportunity is in front of us."

"Since the authenticity and feasibility of the lunar space elevator project are extremely high, we naturally need to invest certain resources in research. It is best to bring in European allies and countries such as Tsarist Russia. I believe they will not give up this opportunity."

"Sometimes it is not a shame to cross the river by feeling the opponent. In recent years, hasn't the country in the East developed less by feeling the road we have taken?"

"Even the space shuttle, they are imitating us!"

Although he is not very optimistic about the development of the lunar space elevator project, he vaguely feels that this may be a pit.

But for NASA and the United States, they no longer have many choices.

At present, they urgently need a victory in the field of aerospace.

Especially in the lunar biosphere project, they have been kicked out unprecedentedly.

Although through public opinion reports, they have minimized the impact of this incident as much as possible.

But their time is running out.

Their opponents are developing faster and faster in the field of aerospace. If they cannot catch up as soon as possible, the consequences will be quite serious for NASA and the United States.

They may even completely lose their influence in the field of aerospace.

Moreover, his term of office has been almost five years. If he can't make some achievements, then the chances of continuing to serve as the director of NASA are undoubtedly very slim.

Instead of doing nothing and rolling out in disgrace, it is better to take a gamble in the last bit of time in his term of office.

The lunar space elevator was proposed by Professor Xu Chuan. If it was something he was not sure about, he would definitely not do it.

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