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

On June 1, the Artemis 5 mission was successfully launched after a month's delay.

The main reason for the delay was the problem of the service module. ESA was busy with its own space program and had no spare capacity. Although NACA had found Grumman as its next partner early, it still delayed for some time.

NACA is preparing to squeeze out four lunar landing missions in the second half of the year due to the consumption of the Centaur program, which is fully supplied by Grumman.

In addition to building your own "Columbus" camp, one of the key points of so many lunar landing missions is to cooperate with the follow-up plans of the "Skyliner" series.

According to the arrangements of the joint blasting team, after the test explosion, the mine will be completely blown out in batches. The latest mission is scheduled for July 12. Eight 10-million-ton hydrogen bombs will be detonated at the same time. The super bomb will be exploded first. Let’s talk about the prototype of the mine.

NACA is unwilling to miss such a super event. According to negotiations with United Mining Company, the Artemis 6 mission will land at the Yushu Mine to cooperate in completing relevant preparation tasks.

As for the moths from half a month ago, they have gradually subsided now.

Aramco dropped its request to re-examine United Mining's qualifications to use nuclear devices, and also called for additional provisions to be added to Article 3 of the Outer Space Treaty:

High-power laser launchers are also included in restricted weapons and are not allowed to be deployed in outer space just like nuclear bombs.

This article caused different reactions from all parties. Hua Guo and Lucia did not take a stand, which was actually a negative attitude, while Dai Ying and Lai Guo were more positive, especially Dai Ying.

But others were unanimous that they still couldn't understand. They were not sure why Ami suddenly made such a request. After all, it seemed that there was no need to say this for the time being. Instead, it might lay hidden dangers for the future.

Only Xu Rang knew that this was Ami expressing her dissatisfaction. Of course, this was impossible to pass. Ami must also be accelerating the research on her own space-based laser. How could she put shackles on herself in advance.

This is just showing a certain attitude and being dissatisfied with the deadlock in previous negotiations.

In fact, for Xu Rang, he has been a little confused about the domestic attitude recently. He was tough some time ago, but recently he suddenly asked him to "maintain the status quo", as if he was worried about something.

Years of diplomatic experience have made him keenly aware of the swings, which shows that the country is hesitating, or thinking.

Worried about escalating the situation? Or something else?

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"In other words, when we excavate the ruins on Mars, things may not be hidden?"

The superior subconsciously wanted to smoke, but in the middle of the action, he realized what he was doing and reached for the teacup, taking a sip mechanically.

He actually doesn't like smoking and doesn't have this habit, but from the early morning of the 23rd to now, his tobacco consumption has caught up with that of an old smoker, and it is foreseeable that this will become a long-term habit.

The reason why he now drinks tea instead is just because of other people's identities.

Zhang Shoucheng, Ye Changsi, Lin Ju, Zhong Cheng, Wu Yunfeng, and Yang Zhongkai, a total of six people are here to report recent results and answer questions.

“The best outcome is this”

Ye Changsi took the lead in explaining:

“The news about Plain Zero was told to us by ‘Karst’, and we only believed that the gravitational wave transmitter was there, so we must launch a large-scale excavation operation. This cannot be concealed.

The impact is smaller, that is, it is limited to Mars and cannot be observed from the earth. Then the detectors on Mars belonging to NACA and ESA will detect it;

The impact is greater. If the abnormality can be seen even on the earth, it will be even more difficult to hide it. We are not sure what we will discover. "

Superior: "According to your plan, take one year to prepare. We will set off from June to August next year and arrive at Mars in December."

Ye Changsi: "One year is the minimum preparation time. It requires careful debugging of the Advance, reserve fuel and supplies, planning routes and mission schedules, landing spacecraft, and material support. If one year is too late, it may not be enough.

But as long as you set off before September 2019, you can arrive at the end of the year, which means there is still up to a year and a half to decide. "

How to explain the abnormality discovered when the decision was made, or should we just pretend to be stupid together?

But this is a bit too far-fetched. After all, you Chinese people are hurriedly organizing a team to go to the moon regardless of the cost. As soon as they go there, you will break out the bombshell information about aliens. Who will believe it if you say it doesn't matter?

The later we land on Mars, the longer it will be kept a secret. Don’t forget the conditions for gravitational wave excitation!

Scientists have basically determined that the nuclear explosion on the moon triggered gravitational waves. United Mining will explode more than 30 more in the future. If it can be triggered every time, several other gravitational wave observatories in the world will definitely find the problem.

So not only after considering it, the superiors are actually seriously considering whether to strongly intervene in United Mining to suspend the mine explosion plan, or to use other methods.

It seems easy to weigh the joint mining and extraterrestrial civilizations. However, if it is suddenly terminated when a huge amount of resources have been invested, it may bring a heavy blow to the development of space resources, which means that it is self-defeating.

"So the question now is to figure out whether every nuclear explosion on the moon will trigger a gravitational wave signal."

Zhang Shoucheng gently tapped the armrest of the chair and explained the current dilemma for his superiors:

"Actually, we need to bet again on whether there will be a gravitational wave signal in July. My preference is to take a gamble."

Superior: "A gamble?"

Zhang Shoucheng: "There is no reason to trigger the signal every time there is an explosion, it makes no sense.

We are almost certain that the target of gravitational wave communication is at least a few light-years away, or even much further away. In the signal transmission cycle measured in years, it does not make sense to send the same signal frequently.

Human beings actually have nothing to lose. We are barefoot in the universe. Facing a real interstellar civilization, failure means death. "

Zhang Shoucheng's attitude is very firm. He knows very well how powerful a civilization that can come to the solar system to build gravitational wave transmitters is. Faced with the absolute gap in strength, no matter how they move around, they will not escape death. It is better to gamble on luck. Besides, they still have Some basis.

Ye Changsi and Lin Ju immediately nodded in agreement, and Xinyuan also had the same opinion. They were unwilling to give up eating due to choking.

Superior: "What if there is a signal? There are two other countries in the world that have observatories that can detect gravitational waves of this level. We must be prepared."

"A country to be exact."

Lin Ju added:

"The Italian Virgin Observatory has also joined Aramco LIGO. Aramco has the ability to control it. If we don't want the information to spread more widely, we must find a way to let LIGO or Aramco hide the news.

Even farther away, in fact, as long as Ami cooperates with us, the influence of the alien relics of Mars will be within a certain range, and Mars can also block the news. The distance is a natural barrier. "

"It's too difficult. The operation is too difficult. It's impossible for us to lead Ami away. It's impossible."

Zhong Cheng thought for a moment and objected. Lin Ju only said that it was theoretically feasible, but he expected Ami to cooperate with him? This level of difficulty is similar to praying that aliens are here to accumulate virtue and do good deeds.