Great Country Academician

Just when matters related to the development of the moon were being discussed on the Internet, and whether China monopolized the entire moon, a surprising piece of news once again broke the Internet.

Xinghai Research Institute officially held a press conference. Director of the Aerospace Research Institute Weng Yunzong announced in front of the world's media that the Xiashu Space Base will officially launch a spacecraft to Mars on March 15th to conduct a large-scale mission to Mars. Large-scale unmanned exploration activities.

Just as all the media were surprised by this sudden news, another even more sensational news directly shocked everyone.

June 21st is the summer solstice, one of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar.

Xinghai Research Institute will launch two second-generation space shuttles and one first-generation space shuttle at one time, a total of three spacecrafts, with six astronauts, to carry out the first manned landing project in human history!

As soon as this news was announced, there was a storm in the press hall. The media reporters who came to attend the press conference were all so shocked that they could not look at Weng Yunzong standing on the stage.

The first manned mission to Mars in human history!

No one expected to receive such explosive news at today's press conference.

For a time, countless pairs of arms were raised high, and all the media were eager to get the first opportunity to ask questions.

"The first manned mission to Mars in human history!" 》

"How difficult is it to land on Mars? Why, 51 years after manned landing on the moon, have humans not reached Mars yet?" 》

"200 million kilometers away from the earth! If astronauts want to land on Mars, how long will it take? Academician Xu Chuan tells you the answer! 》

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When the press conference ended, less than an hour later, information related to the manned mission to Mars was like wings, flying all over the country.

On the scarf, the news and discussion about China’s monopoly on the moon were instantly brushed off.

Among the top ten hot searches, five are related to the manned mission, and two are related to Xuchuan and Xinghai Research Institute.

【What am I? ? ? ? Manned boarding! ! ! 】

【June 21st! The manned mission to the moon has been officially launched, awesome! 】

【Lifetime Series! I didn’t expect to witness a miracle again! 】

[The soil on the moon contains helium-3 and cannot be used to grow vegetables. It should be possible on Mars, right? I remember Mars has an atmosphere, albeit a weak one. 】

[Group a group to sign up to grow vegetables on Mars (1/999)! 】

【Occupy the front row! (2/999)!]

[I remember Musk once said that SpaceX will start manned landing on the moon and colonizing Mars in 2030. Now Chuan Shen said: It's too late for you, look at me! 】

[How many steps does it take to send humans to Mars? 】

[I know this, three steps! Open Bing. Sorry, I went to the wrong set. 】

[It’s right to say three steps, ignite and launch away from the earth, fly to Mars, and land on Mars! 】

[I’ll go straight to my stomach in one step! Earth was renamed Mars! Faster! 】

As soon as the manned mission was announced, there was a surge of pride in the country.

A few years ago, they were still a long way from the United States in the aerospace field. They had not yet achieved a manned landing on the moon, let alone a manned landing on the moon.

But in just three or four years, they not only successfully landed a man on the moon, but also surpassed the United States and established the world's first scientific research base unique to China on the moon.

And now, their eyes have fallen on Mars, which is hundreds of millions of kilometers away.

For China, which has been lagging behind in the aerospace field for the past few decades, being the first to achieve a manned mission before the United States is undoubtedly something that can highly arouse a sense of national pride and pride.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Luxury homes in Texas, USA.

Elon Musk took out two sandwiches and a can of ice-cold Coke from the refrigerator as usual, sat on the sofa in the living room, grabbed the remote control and turned on the TV, eating while waiting for the TV show to start.

Although he is a super-rich man who likes to surf the Internet and even bought out entire speculations because of it, he is not averse to TV news.

It’s not that you need to get the latest policy news from TV news.

In the United States, most of the timely news information is obtained not from television, but from one's own personal connections, such as congressmen or officials.

No matter what, you can also get the latest news through online social media software such as Twitter or Facebook.

He watches TV simply because, to some extent, watching the news on TV has become a pastime for him.

For example, today, the SpaceX company he leads will be featured on CBS News, the earliest evening news program in the United States. And SpaceX will carry the glory of returning to the moon and make his name appear in the eyes of everyone who watches the news around the world.

Although there were some unexpected situations in the first Artemis return to the moon plan, strictly speaking, it was not SpaceX's fault.

The Falcon Heavy launcher provided by SpaceX actually completed its mission perfectly.

This time, after the Artemis 2 lunar module successfully completed its mission, Musk believes that SpaceX will become a company second only to Xinghai Research Institute in the aerospace field.

Originally, they had a chance to be number one.

But facing the sudden emergence of Professor Xu Chuan, whether it is him, SpaceX, or even NASA, they can only accept the current situation.

However, he always believes that the liquid oxygen-methane engine technology will not retire or disappear.

Especially in the future when facing the development and immigration of Mars, the liquid oxygen-methane engine technology will once again play the light that was obscured by the electric propulsion engine.

Because there is a lot of methane in the atmosphere and geology of Mars, this will make Mars a transit station for liquid oxygen-methane engine technology to explore space, allowing him and SpaceX to move further into deep space!

And as he expected, after some political news reports, the beautiful host of CBS media spoke up.

The plan to return to the Aitken Basin in the South Pole of the Moon will be officially launched within a month, to be precise, on March 19.

The rocket that will carry out this moon landing mission is still the BFR heavy rocket provided by SpaceX. And in the future, SpaceX's heavy Falcon rocket will be the main force to carry out the important task of building the US lunar base.

Listening to the news in the TV news report, Musk smiled, raised the can of Coke in his hand towards the TV, and took a sip of iced Coke.

Although this is not the first time that the BFR heavy rocket has appeared on TV.

But compared with the past, this time SpaceX has taken on the heavy burden of transporting materials to build the US lunar base, which can drive the development of Space Exploration Technologies and its stock price!

He can imagine that after today's news is broadcast, in the current extremely hot aerospace field, what a wonderful number SpaceX's stock price will be tomorrow.

Just as he was imagining all this, another person suddenly appeared in the CBS news broadcast.

To be precise, it was a hand that handed a note to the female host who was broadcasting the program.

After seeing the content on the paper, a look of surprise appeared on the face of the beautiful host.

After a brief surprise, she took a deep breath and slowed down her speech.

"Sorry, I have to interrupt with a news item."

"About two and a half hours ago, the Xinghai Research Institute in Jinling, China, announced that it would officially launch a manned Mars landing project on June 21 this year."

"This news item was announced by Yunzong Weng, the head of the Aerospace Research Institute, a subordinate department of the Xinghai Research Institute, and was confirmed by the media."

"We are contacting NASA to confirm the authenticity of the news about manned Mars landing. We have not received a response yet. Please continue to pay attention to our news for follow-up reports."

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When this news item was reported, Musk, who was sitting on the sofa, was in a state of confusion.

The Coke can in his hand fell to the ground with a "clang" sound, and the foam splashed on his feet, but he didn't care at all, and didn't even realize it.

Staring at the TV broadcast that had switched to other news, Musk was stunned and distracted, but his mind was full of the news just now.

"Manned landing on Mars?"

"In June?"

"WTF?! Is there something wrong?"

"He has never heard of such news before?"

"How is this possible?!"

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