Super technology leader

The entire conference room was silent as everyone digested what Tang Chao had just said.

Although everything came from Tang Chao's mouth, with no prior news, plans, PPTs, or renderings, it essentially amounted to 'empty words.' However, the beauty of it was that Tang Chao himself said it.

Who is Tang Chao? Everyone present knew, or at least knew a part.

Because Tang Chao had two identities: one was the owner of Navigator Company, and the other was the Chief Technology Officer of Navigator Company, with the latter receiving the most exposure.

Coincidentally, most people in this conference room knew him as the CTO, as the room was filled with technical personnel.

For technical personnel, technology was the only standard of comparison.

Navigator Company's technology was, of course, beyond question, having collaborated extensively with the official space agency.

From the initial lunar sample return mission to the subsequent Lunar Palace II lunar surface laboratory.

From the company's first rocket, 'Chu Hang,' to the currently undergoing maiden flight 'Yuan Hang.'

There was also the Starry Sky Inn under development and the orbital shuttle undergoing test flights.

And the Heavenly Palace space station mentioned at a conference some time ago.

Finally, there were the satellites already flying in space and forming a network.

All of these spoke to the strength of Navigator Company.

At the same time, they were also medals of honor hanging on Tang Chao's chest.

With the backing of so many major projects, coupled with the current environment, they believed that every word Tang Chao said was credible.

This was the power that came from a person's great achievements being recognized by others.

"Mr. Tang, regarding this integrated Mars probe you mentioned, let's put aside the technical aspects for now, as that's your company's business. How do you plan to launch it to Mars in such a short time?"

After the silence, someone raised a question.

"The Long March 5's carrying capacity is definitely not enough, but the closest to completion Long March 9 won't be ready until December, and it's also being prepared for manned lunar landing. So how do you plan to solve the problem of the launch vehicle? Are you going to wait for cooperation and use American rockets?"

"Of course not," Tang Chao shook his head and said, "Their super-heavy rockets are also being prepared for lunar landings. Even if the current situation is unclear, I don't think they will give us their lunar landing rockets."

That was for sure. With that person's idea, even if it was the end of the world, he would have America return to the moon during his term, so the valuable SLS rocket would definitely not be given to others.

If you asked them for it, they could let the second SLS rocket inherit the 'pigeon king' title of its brother.

"Sorry, not built yet, progress delayed, pigeon."

One could imagine the scene of the former president playing the accordion and saying 'no' to everyone.

Other people's rockets were no good, his own rockets were more reliable, and he could completely control them.

It was true complete control.

Tang Chao was talking about the 'Yuan Hang' rocket.

According to the original plan, the 'Yuan Hang' rocket would not be launched for several months. After all, Navigator Company's plans came one after another, with many projects starting at the same time, seriously dispersing manpower, but Tang Chao had a cheat, so he was not afraid of this.

Whenever he said the rocket could be launched, that was when it could be launched.

With Kerbal Space Program as a backing, he could go to Kerbal Space Program to get parts at any time, and then have the Earth engineers quickly assemble the rocket, do only a small number of tests, and launch the Mars probe, which didn't even have a design drawing yet, on the first launch.

"Don't worry, our company's 'Yuan Hang' super-heavy rocket is progressing rapidly and has reached the final testing stage. It will soon enter the launch sequence."

A person with a cheat was so confident.

"Is it appropriate to perform such an important task on the first launch?" someone asked.

"Isn't it our Tianxia's tradition to perform important tasks on the first launch?" Tang Chao asked rhetorically.

"..."

Tianxia's first launch performed important tasks... that's because the aerospace industry was poor.

With limited funds, it was impossible to let a new rocket fly empty for testing. It would be too painful to bear.

"Don't worry, if it can be launched, it must be with 100% certainty. Isn't that how rocket launches are? Do 100% preparation and inspection, and then it's up to luck."

Tang Chao was very calm, because this rocket was only making its first flight on Earth, and it had been retired in Kerbal Space Program.

This was a rocket that could not be more mature.

Hearing this, others agreed, because that was indeed the truth.

If the rocket didn't fly, it definitely wasn't ready. If it was going to be launched, it definitely had done 100% preparation.

But the success or failure of this thing was actually quite metaphysical.

This mission was very important, so the meeting lasted a long time.

During the meeting, the director went out several times. Basically, every time he went out, a country's space agency came to inquire about the situation. In addition to those informed countries, those uninformed countries also came to ask, and the director exchanged information with them one by one.

In just one afternoon, all the space agencies on Earth came to ask about it, which once again increased the odds that "that thing" was an alien probe.

Most countries with space agencies had a certain aerospace sentiment. Some had strong strength, and some had just started but were unwilling to lag behind.

Not to mention those space agencies with insufficient strength, those space agencies with the strength to launch probes to Mars also came to inquire about the situation, which from the side showed that the probe was from aliens.

In addition to inquiring about the situation, these space agencies also talked about cooperation.

It was certain that the matter of cooperation would wait for Tianxia and America to nod. As long as these two had no objections, then this global cooperation could be achieved.

During the meeting, they received communication messages from above.

Sure enough, even the American high-level understood the seriousness of this incident.

"The other side has agreed that a relevant United Nations General Assembly can be convened."

"This is no longer a matter for a few informed countries. Matters involving aliens, the 'Outer Space Treaty' is also in effect, so the entire event must be made public to all countries, and then, under the monitoring of the United Nations, search for and contact that unknown probe."

"This meeting is not just a simple public disclosure of information to various countries, but also to vote on formulating a more targeted 'Extraterrestrial Civilization Contact Treaty', so we must send a professional team..."

Of course, one had to be present at such a crucial moment, otherwise it would definitely not be your business. This was also why Tang Chao took the initiative to propose the Mars probe.

So Tang Chao also had to participate in the meeting at the United Nations.

He had to be there.

As for the safety issue, there should be nothing to fear now. Since America agreed to this cooperation, then his personal safety should be no problem.

Just like the smooth return from Sakura Country before.

However, the United States was accustomed to being capricious. Because of the establishment of the Space Force, it almost directly withdrew from the 'Outer Space Treaty.' Now it proposes cooperation again. Who knows what they will think tomorrow, so necessary precautions are still necessary.

After the director announced the meaning of the upper level, he said, "Those who want to participate in this United Nations General Assembly can sign up. After the quota is reviewed and confirmed, there will be a confidential meeting. There are some important things to explain."

By 9:00 p.m., the quota was determined, once again proving the importance and urgency of this event.

Tang Chao's name was impressively on the list, and he was also an important person.

After all, he was going to bring a super-heavy rocket and a super probe, and he would definitely be a star figure at this conference.

At 9:30 p.m., the 10 people selected in the conference room gathered in the director's office.

These 10 people will form a large team with 40 professionals from other fields tomorrow and take a chartered flight to America tomorrow afternoon to participate in the United Nations General Assembly.

And what the director of the Space Agency called important things were some relevant confidential aerospace documents, including letting them watch the most original information of this event.

Time was tight, and the director would arrange a conference room for them. They had one night to understand these things.

Tang Chao didn't know what others were thinking, but he was shocked when he saw the original information.

"Holy crap?!"