Super technology leader

John had been waiting for this day for a long time. From the very first day he became the commander of the Space Force, he had been planning for an era of real power for the Space Force.

Originally, he was the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force, but unexpectedly, he became the commander of the Space Force. However, the Space Force was poor and had nothing. The title of commander was impressive, but in terms of actual power, it was not as great as his original position as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force.

But it was impossible to transfer back, so he could only seek the future of the Space Force and turn it into a huge and powerful organization like the Air Force.

However, the reality of space was vast, and the Space Force could not grow as large as he wanted.

Other units had various weapons, soldiers, and funding, but their Space Force only had the right to use a bunch of satellites, and they didn't even own them. They belonged to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

And the astronauts were not their "soldiers" either; they were also "soldiers" of NASA.

This was outrageous.

Even the legendary orbital bomber "X-37B" did not belong to them, because it was still under development and only in the testing phase.

It was like a warship belonging to the shipyard before it was officially delivered to the Navy.

But he didn't give up. Well, in fact, giving up was useless, so he could only wait for the opportunity.

While waiting for the opportunity, he didn't idle around. He went through all the historical data related to aerospace, and even looked at future space plans.

At that time, he ran to NASA every day.

Those who knew him knew he was the commander of the Space Force.

Those who didn't know might have thought he was an employee of NASA.

It was actually very pathetic.

When he saw a large number of abandoned spacecraft projects, he couldn't help but want to travel back in time and strangle the project managers.

If those projects hadn't been abandoned, maybe the Space Force would have become the most high-end and powerful military force in America.

At the same time, he was also paying attention to major aerospace events around the world, wanting to see if any country would have a huge impact on America's space interests.

A small impact wouldn't do; it had to be a huge impact. A small impact was not enough to change the attitude of the President and Congress.

As a result, there was no one capable internationally, and everyone was extremely well-behaved!

Just when he was planning to secretly leak some technology to Tianxia (China), so that Tianxia could make a push and achieve his goal, Pathfinder Company suddenly made a big splash.

The "Dart X" flew into space.

At that time, he roared in his heart: "This is it!!!"

So, according to his previously repeatedly refined plan, he immediately began to act.

This led to the current situation.

When the goddess of victory was already watching him, the video of "Dart X" re-entering the atmosphere and landing smoothly on Pathfinder Company's runway directly put him in front of the goddess of victory, allowing the goddess to watch him up close, and even smile at him.

Although "Dart X" stayed in space for less than ten hours before returning, which was far from the "X-37B"'s orbital operation time record, because Pathfinder Company's qualified spacecraft did not have solar wings and could not replenish power in space, Cromwell, the senior researcher, also said that this was just a test machine and could be equipped with solar wings at any time...and weapons.

Moreover, it didn't matter if "Dart X" wasn't equipped with solar wings; a few hours was enough to do a lot of things.

It could be dragged to the end of the runway at any time, refueled, and launched into space orbit.

All of this could be completed within three hours.

That is to say, from the start of the order, it could strike any location on Earth within three hours.

The "X-37B" couldn't do that, unless it stayed in space orbit all the time, otherwise, it would take "weeks" to calculate its entry into space from the ground.

But it couldn't stay in space orbit all the time. If it was upgraded to a space fighter, its structure would be much more complex than ordinary satellites and would require frequent maintenance.

If it didn't return to the ground, it would need to be maintained in orbit, but America didn't have the ability to maintain fighters in space. The old International Space Station didn't have this function.

The video at a critical moment, coupled with the previous terrifying rendering, directly made the congressional old men determined.

Even if NASA could not be completely incorporated into the Space Force, part of it needed to be incorporated, and the rest needed to cooperate deeply with the Space Force.

On the surface, NASA was still a research institution, but in reality, most of the institution had to serve military purposes, and it was no longer as simple as manufacturing and launching military satellites.

In addition, the modification of the "X-37B" would begin immediately, so that it would have the ability to actively attack in the shortest possible time.

Also, the Adventure Star program would be launched, but that big guy weighed more than a thousand tons and could not be built in a short time, so the main focus in the early stage would be on building its technology verification machine "X-33".

Because this type of aircraft, except that it could not take off horizontally on the runway, could basically be compared to Pathfinder Company's "space fighter".

However, these things definitely could not be made public with their true purpose. Before completely tearing their faces, they needed to put on a research coat.

Moreover, the plan to return to the moon and land on Mars with people could not be stopped, but the official would not do it; it would be completely outsourced to private companies, and the official would only play a leading role.

In this case, many things had to be adjusted, the most important of which was the funding issue, which definitely had to be shifted from other areas to this side.

This was also the reason why all members of Congress needed to be present.

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When it came to aerospace, and not just simple aerospace projects, it definitely required billions or tens of billions to be invested. Where to move it from was a big problem.

The easiest way might be to let the Federal Reserve print money and directly suck the blood of the world.

As for the President's proposal to impose sanctions on Pathfinder Company, the congressmen also agreed.

To impose sanctions, the first thing to do was to cancel the other party's qualification to participate in the lunar landing bid.

Although they had already opened another lunar landing program internally, and the previous framework had been discarded, the official had not yet officially released the news, so Pathfinder Company's lunar landing program bidding qualification was still there.

But in this situation, to impose sanctions, the official must issue a statement, but this statement could not be issued directly; a reason had to be found, and the blame could not be placed on America's head.

Only then would the formal sanctions be imposed.

This required the NASA side to hold a meeting after the meeting to study and decide.

"Okay, then the first proposal: the framework for NASA to access the Space Force..."

The speaker looked at everyone and said, "Let's raise our hands to vote."

............

Those who were paying attention to the "Dart X" test flight of Pathfinder Company were definitely not just America, and those who thought of its special use were not just America.

Tianxia was also paying close attention.

The sunset glow hung in the sky, and the setting sun reflected the clouds into gold, setting off the sky in red, which was extremely beautiful.

The Tianxia Aerospace Administration and the Ministry of National Defense were also holding a joint meeting, and also watched the pleasing return picture of "Dart X".

It's just that their meeting content was much easier, which came from their deep cooperative relationship with the boss of Pathfinder Company, so that they could directly ask Tang Chao some relevant information.

The information obtained was naturally very positive. Even at the beginning, Tang Chao planned to sell them related technologies, but the official could not use them for commercial purposes and could only use them for their own use.

Whether they used this technology to develop real space fighters or something else, he didn't care, as long as they didn't grab Pathfinder's commercial market.

This was naturally no problem. Not only would it not seize the commercial market, but they also ordered one to be used as a tool for astronauts to travel between the space station and the ground.

Although the Tianxia Aerospace Administration had a new manned spacecraft, Pathfinder's space plane...was cheap!

The Tianxia Aerospace Administration, which was careful in its calculations, was the best at calculating.

And the official also returned the favor. In addition to the normal transaction gains, the official also told Tang Chao to be careful of America during this time.

Since they were paying attention to the military use of "Dart X", America, the largest military organization on Earth, could not ignore this situation.

If Tang Chao was in a small country, someone might have come to "visit" him now.