I kidnapped an alien civilization

Costs and Benefits!

Although the principle of a rocket is very simple, it is not a simple matter to manufacture a safe and reliable rocket.

Huaguo's rocket launch success rate is only over 93%, but it is at a world-class level.

In fact, a rocket is a complex mechanical body consisting of millions of parts. Assuming that one percent of them fails to launch, there are tens of thousands of parts that may fail during launch, so every time There will be several failures in the launch and the launch will fail...

According to Murphy's Law: If there is a possibility that things will go wrong, no matter how small the possibility is, it will always happen.

So despite decades of development, rocket launch failures are still common.

The national strength of great powers can withstand such "inevitable" failure.

But small countries are different. The cost of rocket research and development and manufacturing will be astronomical, and they cannot afford this kind of gambling game.

Moreover, the current "benefits" of space rockets are not good. Although mankind has entered the space age and launched many probes to surrounding planets, most of them are scientific research and exploration activities, which cannot immediately bring any practical value. .

There are very few rockets launched by private individuals in the world.

The most famous one is SpaceX, a space exploration technology company from country M. It uses its unique "rocket recovery" technology to greatly reduce launch costs. Even so, the founder of SpaceX has also hovered on the verge of bankruptcy several times. Fortunately, the space exploration giant NCSA behind him provided a lot of technical and financial support at critical moments.

So when Li Mo, the head of Mozi's scientific and technological experiments, proposed that the next project of the laboratory is to set foot in the rocket launch industry, the scientific elites who were doing it thought they had heard it wrong.

"Ahem!"

"If you have any ideas, you can put them forward."

Although Li Mo knew that this project was difficult, he did not expect that there would be a cold silence.

Fortunately, as an old employee, Jing Jing raised her hand first.

"It is worthy of being a veteran who followed him to fight in the north and south!"

Li Mo was overjoyed.

"Jingjing, what do you think, let everyone hear it."

"Boss, the synthesis of my polypeptide high chemical bond is at a critical moment, so I won't participate in this rocket project."

"I don't know anything about rockets."

"Do you think it's okay?"

After finishing speaking, she showed a pitiful expression.

"No!" Li Mo refused without hesitation. He would never allow any laboratory member to be a deserter.

"The rocket project is the primary project of our laboratory, and other scientific research plans must make concessions for this project." He looked around severely with his eyes. Rocket manufacturing is a complicated project, and it can never be completed by relying on a few or a dozen people. Yes, the entire laboratory must be used to have any hope of success.

The superior must ensure sufficient authority.

At this time, Zhou Jie of the space laboratory raised her hand. As one of the few female supervisors in the laboratory, she had left a deep impression on Li Mo during the interview.

"Miss Zhou, please tell me."

"I have a college classmate who may be helpful to your project." Zhou Jie tidied her short ear-length hair with her hands.

"classmate?"

"Yes, but the situation may be a bit complicated, isn't it private?" She looked at the people who were doing it with her eyes.

Li Mo waved his hand.

"It's okay, just speak directly."

"The people here are all the elites of our Mozi scientific and technological experiments. If one day, they have a different heart and turn their backs on me, it can only show that I am not qualified as the leader."

The reason why Li Mo has this confidence is because these executives have all passed the subconscious test of the artificial intelligence Xiaohua, and there is absolutely no problem with their character.

Sure enough, the eyes of some executives who had been "humiliated" in foreign laboratories showed sparkles, which was a treatment they had not received abroad.

"It's like this. My classmate is an expert in rocketry. After graduating from a Ph.D., he entered NCSA directly. After more than ten years of hard work, he became an expert in the field of rocket design. He was once in charge of NCSA's heavy-lift rocket SLS. The overall design." Seeing the attitude of the boss, Zhou Jie felt no psychological burden.

"However, three months ago, when he was about to complete the design draft of the latest SLS, he suddenly received a notice from the NCSA senior management, and he was unilaterally terminated from the contract. Afterwards, his office and residence were raided by the police. Up to the sky."

"Anything that could record data was taken away, even the pictures drawn by children on straw paper."

"From now on, he can only stay in the residence all day. Even if he is like this, his wife will be followed by plainclothes police when he sends the child to kindergarten."

"He was puzzled and protested to NCSA. He didn't understand what mistake he had made."

"After more than a month, NCSA finally gave the reason that he was suspected of leaking secrets."

As these words were spoken, the scientists who returned from abroad in the conference room showed as expected expressions. This situation is too common in foreign scientific research institutes.

Man is a creature of desire, and where there are people, there is intrigue.

Perhaps in the eyes of Chinese people, foreign scientists have noble morals.

In fact, scientific research results and personal morality are two different things. Otherwise, Newton, the scientific giant, would not have used all of Britain's power to play tricks when he competed with Leibniz for the right to discover calculus. Plagiarism becomes originality. Since ancient times, there has been no second place except Newton.

The same is true for foreign scientific research institutes. Scientists born in China are often known for their diligence and intelligence. When they have made certain achievements in research after hard work, it is inevitable that some foreign scientists will be jealous.

At this time, the best excuse appeared, that is "leaking secrets"!

Neighbors are suspicious, and country M is worried about the rapid rise of Hua. For scientists from China, they are naturally full of vigilance. Under this kind of thinking, some normal behaviors are often magnified infinitely by the local police. It is naturally difficult for those scientists who have been wronged to clear their suspicions.

"Your rocket classmate, didn't you become a citizen of country M?" Li Mo raised the first question after listening.

"No, some colleagues persuaded him that joining the nationality of country M would benefit his future career development, but he refused."

"Because, the reason why he joined NCSA was for scientific exploration, and when he was older, he had to return to his roots in the end."

"Also, his wife and child are also Chinese nationals. Although the child was born in a hospital in country M, he immediately asked the Chinese embassy to register for Chinese household registration."

Zhou Jie explained.

Abbreviations such as NCSA are not misspellings.