Great Country Academician

The press conference held by NASA was like a meteorite hitting the earth, streaking a bright and dazzling light in the sky around the world, attracting the attention of the world and arousing strong repercussions.

Lunar space elevator!

NASA has never given up on expanding in the field of aerospace, and the United States will continue to lead the pace of human civilization into space.

This sudden news surprised the whole world and made the people and media in the United States fall into a wave of emotions.

Since losing to China in the competition in the field of aerospace and the pace of returning to the moon, many media that have been constantly criticizing NASA have turned their guns and started to praise it.

Even ABC Radio and Television, which had been scolding NASA before and believed that NASA was squandering tens of billions of dollars of funds every year and doing nothing, praised it a few words out of the ordinary, thinking that this is what NASA should do.

Space is the future of human civilization, aerospace is the pride of the United States, and leading the development of human civilization is the responsibility of the Americans.

After all, for most Americans, since the end of the space competition between the Red and Blue sides in the last century, which laid the foundation for their status as the world's largest space power, they have been ahead of all other countries for decades.

Spaceflight has even become a part of their culture and spirit, and is the pride of Americans.

However, just two years ago, they lost to the country across the Pacific Ocean in their most proud field in a nearly disastrous way.

This naturally made almost all Americans feel very disappointed and resentful of NASA, believing that it was NASA's inaction that gave away the United States' decades-long advantage in the field of spaceflight.

And now, when the lunar space elevator project came out, Americans were immediately excited.

Sure enough, even if China was briefly ahead in the field of spaceflight, wouldn't the century-old project of the lunar elevator still depend on them?

In addition to the United States, which other country can lead this international super project?

Although some netizens have expressed their opinions on Twitter, Facebook and other websites, believing that the lunar space elevator technology may not be so mature at present and it is difficult to build in a short period of time; or simply believe that this project itself is unrealistic.

But the voices of a few people are always insignificant, and their voices are soon drowned out by the more mainstream confidence.

Elon Musk even publicly stated on Twitter that the latest signal Super Heavy Starship is ready, which can not only carry more than 250 tons of materials to low-Earth orbit, but also has full reusability.

If they cooperate with the new generation of "Perseverance" space shuttle jointly developed by NASA and Sierra Nevada Corporation, they will be able to achieve the perfect linkage of low-Earth orbit rocket transfer of materials and space shuttle manned lunar landing.

This means that the United States will once again have a strong space development capability, even comparable to China's Xinghai Research Institute.

Not only SpaceX, Blue Origin and other high-tech aerospace companies in the United States have expressed their views and publicly supported the lunar space elevator project.

Even the space agency of Sakura Country, far away on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, publicly stood up and held a press conference to express their opinions.

The R\u0026D manager of Obayashi Corporation, who was invited to express his opinions at the press conference, said that the dream of space elevators can be realized thanks to the development of carbon nanotechnology.

Compared with other materials, nanomaterials have better tensile strength, almost 100 times higher than steel. Sakura Country has the world's top nanomaterial preparation technology.

They will actively participate in the lunar space elevator project led by NASA and the United States to promote the development of lunar resources and lunar immigration.

At the same time as NASA announced the lunar space elevator project, the market value of countless aerospace-related companies in North America has been rising.

Even some aerospace companies in other countries are also rising in market value, such as Obayashi Corporation in Sakura Country.

This real estate-related project, which focuses on construction, regional development, urban development, and marine development, has seen a significant increase in value just because it appeared in this carnival.

The aerospace sector is full of green, making the entire North America seem to be in a carnival.

Just as the media in North America were reporting extensively on the lunar space elevator project, related news also crossed the ocean and arrived in Eurasia.

Not only did the media in European countries report this news one after another, but the related news was also transmitted back to China at the first time, causing heated discussions on the Internet.

[Space elevator? WTF?! The Americans are actually starting to work on this kind of black technology project? ]

[bus! Where do they get the confidence? Manned lunar landings have failed, and they are still working on a space elevator on the moon? ]

[The Wandering Earth 2, right? Le, space elevators are not practical at all at present, and the materials can't support it at all. ]

[But it's handsome (ω)), when I watched it in the cinema, I was really shocked by the clip of the space elevator. ]

[After careful analysis, it is indeed unrealistic to build a space elevator on Earth. However, it is possible to build a space elevator on the moon. The environment on the moon is too suitable, with low gravity, no atmosphere, tidal locking, and the cable does not need to be 36,000 kilometers. It is enough to reach the moon's low-Earth orbit. ]

[In theory, it is right to build it, but what can the United States use to build it? Do they have this ability? Without us, how can the United States build it? ]

[You underestimate the aerospace foundation of the United States. Not to mention the strength of NASA, even the private aerospace companies in the United States, whether it is SpaceX or Blue Origin, including ULA United Launch Alliance, are very powerful. At least no aerospace company in China can be compared with them. ]

[The above has been kneeling for too long, right? Are you still licking it now? Just add up all the things you said, and you can't beat Sichuan Shen's Xinghai Research Institute. It's so funny. ]

[If the space elevator project is really feasible, I strongly suggest that Sichuan Shen also build one. Then it will be really convenient to travel to the moon. 】

While the online discussion was heated, Xu Chuan, who was flipping through a journal article on the Riemann hypothesis at the Xinghai Research Institute, also received relevant information.

In the office, Wen Yuanhang, who brought the news, took the teacup from his assistant, thanked him, and said with a smile: "You are really amazing. NASA is really serious about it."

After flipping through the news in his hand, Xu Chuan smiled and said: "Although this project cannot drag NASA into the abyss, it is enough to delay their development in the field of conventional aerospace."

"According to my estimate, I am afraid it will take at least two or three years for them to gradually begin to abandon the lunar space elevator project."

Gently blowing the foam in the cup, Wen Yuanhang took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile: "Two or three years is enough for us to pull ahead with their aerospace development. There is a huge gap between us. "

"Even in three years, we may have an outpost scientific research base on Mars. It will be difficult for them to catch up when they come to their senses."

"You are the only one who can destroy the aerospace power of NASA and other national aerospace agencies in one move."

Putting down the tablet in his hand, Xu Chuan shook his head gently and said, "To be honest, it is not my idea to destroy the aerospace power of NASA. Relatively speaking, I would rather see them strongly support the development of aerospace technology."

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Wen Yuanhang's eyes were filled with doubts, and he looked over with a little surprise on his face, curious about why he said that.

Xu Chuan smiled, but did not tell the real reason. He just joked, "Don't you think Dugu Qiubai is too boring?"

In fact, completely destroying foreign aerospace power is actually meaningless to him, or even to the entire China.

Especially in the development of Mars that they will face next.

Whether it is the comprehensive transformation of Mars that he envisioned, or the traditional construction of a base on Mars, it actually requires the participation of other countries.

Even if he wants to eat alone and monopolize the entire Mars, it is almost impossible.

Unless there is only one China in the world, this kind of thing cannot be done.

And with China's own strength, if it wants to fully develop the entire Mars, even if their current aerospace technology is fully leading, it is much more difficult than joining forces with other countries.

The difficulty in this regard not only refers to technology, funds, aerospace resources, etc., but also other aspects.

Wen Yuanhang laughed and joked: "I'm afraid no one else is qualified to say this except you."

Dugu Qiubai, it sounds really interesting, this person is really qualified to say this.

In less than ten years, he single-handedly pushed the development of the entire country forward by decades.

Whether it is controlled nuclear fusion technology or the development of the aerospace field, if it is at the original speed, it may not reach the current level within fifty years.

Let's not talk about the former, this is a technology that will always take fifty years.

As for the latter, with the scale of the Yuehuatai·Qiansheng Research Station base they are building on the moon now, and with the development of traditional spacecraft, it is unknown whether it can be built within 50 years.

Even if it can be done, I am afraid that the investment will be dozens or hundreds of times more than now.

The impact of the space shuttle built with a small fusion reactor + aerospace engine on the development of the aerospace field is no less than an industrial revolution, or even a little less.

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