I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

50 billion, what can we do in China? You can build an aircraft carrier, a bare ship.

The executive meeting approved RMB 50 billion for the Dawn Project. It may not have been affected by Aramco's pride in exchanging a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for a Saturn V in the last century. I felt that it was worth spending the money on an aircraft carrier in exchange for an early moon landing.

As a result, another 50 billion yuan will be allocated to the 909 project, and the Third Academy also reported that the entire project plan will cost at least 100 billion yuan.

At least, that means there will definitely be overspending.

The biggest reason why it is so expensive is the H2.

When Xinyuan received the military inquiry for the H2, they did not immediately quote the price because they themselves did not know the cost of the H2 nuclear-powered version, so it took them a while to come up with an estimated price.

Lin Ju initially plans to build two H2M conventional versions and two H2 nuclear-powered versions. After calculation, the manufacturing cost of H2M is 3 billion yuan, H2 is 4.5 billion yuan, and the R\u0026D cost of the latter is 11 billion yuan per aircraft.

The price of H2 is almost ten times that of H1!

If H2 was to be sold, Xinyuan offered a friendly price of 13 billion.

After communicating with the military, we found out that their demand is about five aircraft. So if the research and development costs of seven H2s are shared equally, the unit price will be around 6.4 billion yuan. The profit from doubling the quoted price can only be said to be average.

In other words, not counting other things, purchasing 5 H2s will cost at least 65 billion yuan...

Including spare parts, future upgrades, etc., approximately 300 billion yuan will be invested in Project 909 within ten years.

Although the government seems to have invested hundreds of billions and trillions in other fields, such as automobiles and real estate, arms procurement is different.

An investment of 300 billion yuan in the automotive field will drive a multi-trillion market, create millions of jobs upstream and downstream of an industrial chain, provide income for millions of families and tens of millions of people, and be able to focus on the growth of car ownership. Growth creates more value.

Arms worth 300 billion yuan, unless we find a way to use the 300 billion yuan to "beg" some money from other partners, otherwise the 300 billion yuan will be spent in real terms and will have no benefit to the economy.

Therefore, if the superiors dare to continue the space race and arms race... they must at least be cautious.

However, after the rapid development of the Shuguang Project, the national economy seemed to be growing faster than expected last year, so the 909 project was finally approved.

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July 21, 6 a.m. Beijing time.

Lin Ju put on the spacesuit inside the cabin, took a reluctant look at the space station, then walked through the passage and entered the Progress.

After 15 days, it was time to return to the ground.

During this period, Lin Ju conducted three consecutive extravehicular activities and even performed an inspection of the space station's solar panels, satisfying the astronaut's addiction.

At least two astronauts accompanied him in every extravehicular activity. The longest time of the three extravehicular activities was 70 minutes, and there were no accidents.

Lin Ju liked the feeling of leaving the space station, especially when he left the space station and floated alone in space.

When he stopped touching the space station section for the first time, pushed himself away and adjusted his posture to lean against the only artificial thing around him, he was nervous at first, but he slowly relaxed after getting used to it.

Without any restraints, the limbs can be spread out in the freest and most relaxed posture, as if they have disappeared, and you can't even feel it if you don't deliberately move.

There is nothing to draw on except the rope. As long as it is not tightened, theoretically it will be trapped in the orbit forever. It will become a low-orbit satellite orbiting the earth. It may be destroyed by the atmosphere in a few thousand years. The resistance slows down and lowers the orbit until it enters the atmosphere and is burned to ashes.

This feeling is both scary and extremely attractive, making people want to stop.

If the time is right, when he is in the universe like this, the light that is there but not strong will make people lose their grasp of the distance. The whole person seems to be tightly wrapped by the universe, like a mother's womb wrapping a baby, although it is compact But it didn't feel claustrophobic.

At this time, when I lowered my head and looked down, I saw that the earth was just below my feet. It was so large that it was difficult to contain it in my field of vision. It would make your legs weak as if you were falling all the time.

This is an experience that you will never have on earth anyway, and it is no wonder that humans have eternal yearning for space. If you can experience this feeling in person, you will understand: using huge manpower and material resources, spending tens of billions The funds, years of hard work, demanding selection and training, and the pressure of public opinion are all worth it.

At least for Lin Ju, he never felt that he had such a strong belief in space.

Deep in the boundless space, there is a blue planet under his feet, surrounded by an endless sea of ​​stars, and running through it is the Milky Way stretching for tens of thousands of light years. The human society on the earth is rapidly moving away from him, and the whole person's soul seems to All have entered high latitudes.

The starry sky, no matter which timeline it is on, should be the most ultimate and noble pursuit of mankind.

No matter what the purpose of the system is, no matter how it performs those miraculous events, this should not affect his belief in exploring the universe.

"Lin Ju, Lin Ju?"

Li Wei finally woke up his boss, who was distracted by the window, then floated over to help him fasten his seat belt, and said with a smile:

"Space is worthy of nostalgia. We still have ten minutes to leave the space station and more than an hour of deceleration before returning to the atmosphere. We can still see for a long time.

And there will be many opportunities for you to come up in the future, so it’s no problem to come up at least once a year. "

There was a slight sadness in Li Wei's words. He was over 50 years old. This time God gave him an explanation, which not only fulfilled his dream, but also completed the above task.

I have flown on a spaceship, flown a space shuttle, entered the space station, and gone abroad. I have no regrets in life.

He is no longer suitable for scientific research tasks. The opportunity to go to heaven is still precious. Opportunities should still be reserved for young people, for team members who have not yet been to heaven, and for experts who can exert more value.

He had never told anyone these thoughts, but everyone around him knew it, and Lin Ju also knew it. While admiring him, he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Astronauts trained with huge manpower and material resources should not retreat into the background after completing a few missions.

"Captain Li, the first batch of candidates for the Dawn Project's moon landing should have been announced, right?"

Li Wei was stunned. He didn't know why Lin Ju suddenly asked this, but he still nodded:

"A total of six people have been selected for the official crew and the backup crew, but I can't say who they are, and it doesn't mean there will be no changes."

Lin Ju: “I don’t want to ask who it is, I want to say that if you are not inside, I would like to invite you to be the first crew commander of the Xinyuan manned moon landing mission.

The people at Xinyuan Company are all relatively young, and we need experienced and calm people on the moon. I think you are very suitable. "