Great Country Academician

Soon after NASA's Artemis II lunar module successfully returned to Earth, the three astronauts who landed on the moon accepted an interview with a CNN reporter in a sanatorium.

Soon, a news interview with a ulterior motive was broadcast.

In this news interview, in addition to some routine questions about the US manned space flight to stimulate the confidence of the American people in the field of aerospace, another thing was also mentioned.

That is, China is deliberately excluding other countries from participating in the development of the moon and plundering the lunar resources that originally belonged to all mankind in the world on a large scale.

In an interview with CNN, astronaut Sheridan Kolker, who participated in the manned moon landing of the Artemis II lunar module, said.

This is an extremely unfair resource plunder for all mankind and all countries.

China is relying on its mature aerospace technology to endlessly develop scarce public resources on the moon, which will seriously affect the development of the moon by later generations.

For example, the scarce lunar ice on the moon, the shallow mineral deposits on the moon's surface that are easy to mine, etc., these resources are limited.

Once China plunders on a large scale and endlessly, and takes all these resources into its own pocket, it will have a serious impact on other countries' landing on the moon and building bases in the future.

And more importantly, China is occupying a large amount of land on the moon that originally belonged to all mankind, building a large number of bases and even weapons facilities on it, and strictly prohibiting astronauts from other countries from entering.

These are all serious violations of the "Moon Agreement" treaty.

China is trying to turn the moon into their private planet!

"Beware! China is trying to turn the moon into their private planet!"

As soon as this interview report from CNN, the American Cable News Network, came out, it immediately sparked a heated discussion across the United States.

For Americans who have always regarded themselves as a space power, it is difficult to accept that they have lost to their opponents in manned moon landing and returning to the moon at a time when the Sino-American space competition is in full swing.

And this opponent has now surpassed them and is on the road to full development of the moon, even trying to turn the moon into their private property.

For the Americans who have always been extremely proud of the aerospace field, this is even more difficult to accept.

Especially at this sensitive node, when the news came out, it directly touched the most sensitive and vulnerable part of their hearts.

Countless American people took to the streets and organized marches, demanding that NASA and the authorities stop the other party from unscrupulously mining and plundering resources on the moon.

For these actions, the authorities did not prohibit them, and even secretly pushed a piece of firewood and hyped up a lot of heat.

Because this is exactly what they need.

Only with the help of public opinion and heat can they better spread this matter, so as to suppress the opponent through public opinion, and even publicly call on the other party to stop developing the moon.

Not surprisingly, under the promotion of people with intentions, the relevant news was quickly transmitted to the country, and aroused considerable heat and discussion on the Internet.

For example, Weibo, under the relevant operation and rhythm, this news has rushed to the hot search, and the relevant discussion is even more intense.

In the Xinghai Research Institute, Xu Chuan also saw the relevant news.

The news was brought by Gao Hongming, who has been paying attention to this matter.

In the office, Xu Chuan flipped through the newspaper in his hand, and almost all of the projects on the moon were seriously critical of China.

In particular, the Yuehuatai Qianshao Research Station Base was denounced by these media as a tool deployed by China to occupy the moon and exploit scarce resources wantonly.

After simply flipping through the newspaper in his hand, Xu Chuan threw it on the coffee table, smiled at Gao Hongming, and said, "It seems that your plan and actions have worked, and the fish has taken the bait."

He was talking about the "leaked plan" of the lunar space elevator project.

It is impossible for the United States to suddenly manipulate public opinion and suppress their development on the moon for no reason, because if they really wanted to do it, they would have done it long ago.

After all, the construction of the Yuehuatai Qianshao Research Base has not been a matter of one or two days.

Now the first phase has been completed and has been put into use for a long time, and they are building the second phase.

If it was really because of the "Moon Agreement" treaty, the United States would have jumped out to wave the flag and shout, and would not have waited until now.

This does not mean much to them.

Gao Hongming smiled and said: "I just got the news that NASA is communicating with the space agencies of many countries and regions such as the European Union, Tsarist Russia, and Sakura Country, and wants to organize to jointly develop the moon."

"And it revealed that the United States has found a technology that can efficiently transfer and develop the moon, and hopes that the European Union and Tsarist Russia will join forces to invest and fight against us."

After a pause, he smiled and looked at Xu Chuan, teasing: "You are still Academician Xu. It's just a research report that has not been fully verified that makes the United States so nervous."

Xu Chuan smiled and blinked, saying: "I have never said that this lunar space elevator research report was made by me."

"Also, I have never made any public statements in support of the lunar space elevator. These are all their own brains."

Gao Hongming laughed and said jokingly: "Why don't you stand up and express your opinion? Say that you support the lunar space elevator project? Add fuel to the fire for them?"

Pick up the water cup on the coffee table and take a sip. Xu Chuan said with a smile: "You are too mean."

After a pause, he continued: "It's okay to publicly support the lunar space elevator project, but we are not without ways to add fuel to the fire for the other party."

Hearing this, Gao Hongming looked over with curiosity and interest: "Huh? What do you mean?"

Xu Chuan smiled and said: "Publicly announce our manned Mars landing plan and the unmanned Mars exploration project scheduled to be sent out next month."

It is now mid-to-late February. In March, the Xiashu Aerospace Base will arrange a first-generation space shuttle to carry various detection equipment to Mars.

On the one hand, it is to pave the way and collect data for the manned Mars landing project to be launched around mid-June.

On the other hand, it is to launch various probes and some preliminary backup materials for manned Mars landing, etc.

These include ultrasonic detection equipment for the core of Mars, Mars soil analyzer, Mars atmosphere analyzer, etc.

These devices will initially collect a large amount of data on the environment on Mars. On the one hand, it is to understand the situation on Mars, and on the other hand, it is to provide data support and feasibility theory for his Mars transformation plan.

(Patch, skip the unmanned Mars exploration step and directly implement manned Mars landing. There is indeed a problem. I will modify the previous chapters. Sorry, I was out of my mind at the time.)

Gao Hongming thought about it and said with a smile: "If you make the manned Mars landing plan public, you will probably bring more pressure to the United States. NASA will go crazy."

Manned Mars landing and developing the moon are two completely different concepts.

The latter is a satellite of the earth, and its average distance from the earth is stable at less than 400,000 kilometers.

Although it is far away, it is not impossible for human technology to develop the moon, but the cost will be higher.

But the former is different.

The average distance is more than 200 million kilometers. For the current technology that still uses chemical fuel launch vehicles as the mainstream of space launch, just going to Mars is a huge problem.

Although there are already many probes going to Mars, there has never been a manned Mars landing.

Publicizing the manned Mars landing plan will put as much pressure on the United States and Western countries such as the European Union as on the development of the moon.

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "It was not made public before because the negotiations on the lunar biosphere project had not been completed. Now that it has been completed, the manned Mars landing plan can naturally be made public."

The manned Mars landing project has been kept secret since it was discussed and determined last year and has not been circulated.

On the one hand, the current situation in space competition is not very optimistic.

Although many countries such as the European Union and Tsarist Russia have chosen to invest in the lunar biosphere project, they are just forced to have no choice.

The speed of their development in space and on the moon has actually touched their sensitive nerves deeply.

If the manned Mars landing plan is announced in advance, it may bring considerable obstacles to the previous negotiations on the lunar biosphere project.

On the other hand, if they had made the manned Mars landing plan public last year, the Americans might have chosen to take some "risky" actions.

In the previous return to the moon, they chose to forcibly land first without regard for the safety of the astronauts.

As for Mars, no human has set foot on it yet.

For the aerospace industry, this is the honor of being the first.

As for now, there is no need to worry about these problems.

It is now mid-to-late February, and there are only four months left before the manned Mars landing project.

No matter how strong NASA is, it is impossible to organize a manned Mars landing project within four months.

It is not that they are unable to launch a spacecraft to Mars, but that they are unable to send people there and then pick them up.

Letting astronauts carry out this kind of aerospace project that can be said to be almost a one-way trip will cause an uproar among the people.

They have lost face after the moon rescue. If they come to China for help again, NASA will probably disband directly on the spot.

Especially their current president, who is not very willing to invest in such things.

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