Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

At this time, many senior officials in Washington did not know that the Germans had launched another new rocket, and were still discussing the thing in space.

"Damn it, how did the Germans send this thing into space? Will this thing be used against us?" They have determined that the Germans put it up. After all, looking at the world, there are people with this ability. It seems like only Germans. "Don't we have any research on this?"

Commander Arnold frowned deeply. "I remember someone did some research on it. More than ten years ago, I remember that there was a lot of commotion at that time."

"Oh?" the vice president asked hurriedly. "Who, where is this person now?!" Everyone's eyes were focused on Commander Arnold, and their ears were raised, waiting for him to say that person's name.

But Commander Arnold thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't think of it. Instead, he thought of another person. "I really can't remember that person's name, but Lindbergh mentioned it to me once a long time ago."

"Lindbergh?" Most of the people here are familiar with this name, because this pilot named Charles Augustus Lindbergh completed the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight in human history, which is called A modern aviation legend.

At 7:30 in the morning on May 20, 1927, Lindbergh, then 25 years old, piloted the Ryan NYP monoplane "Spirit of St. Louis" and took off from Roosevelt Airport on Long Island.

In order to ensure the range of this flight, his plane had to be filled with fuel, causing the take-off weight to exceed 2 tons. He carefully modified his aircraft, minimizing weight, removing navigation equipment, discarding parachutes, even ripping out the empty pages in his notebooks and cutting off the margins of his maps. What is quite tragic is that he only brought 5 sandwiches. He said: "If I can get to Paris, these will be enough. If I can't get to Paris, there is no need to bring more."

This was an extremely dangerous flight, so dangerous that most people thought there was no way he could succeed. However, after five hours of non-stop flight, his plane landed safely at Le Bourget Airport in Paris at 10:24 pm on May 21. At that time, the whole Paris was empty and the whole city celebrated.

After the outbreak of World War II, this aviation hero opposed the United States' involvement in European affairs. On whether the United States should intervene in World War II and whether it needed to implement wartime industrial mobilization, Lindbergh took the lead in singing the opposite tune. He was also one of the mainstays of the America First Committee (the committee was formed by the anti-war forces of the Republican and Democratic parties during World War II to prevent the United States from entering the war) and was also the main spokesperson of the committee. However, after the Pearl Harbor incident in the original time and space, he assisted the U.S. Army Air Forces as a civilian consultant, using his experience to provide other pilots with how to fly long distances and extend the range of the aircraft.

The Vice President quickly ordered. "Quick, go find Lindbergh."

After a while, a confused Lindbergh was brought here. Commander Arnold quickly asked him who the scientist engaged in space research was.

Lindbergh scratched his head. "You mean Goddard, right? Robert Goddard."

In 1903, the Wright brothers flew a plane over North Carolina, USA. After that, many scientists and inventors also flew airplanes and conducted many similar flight experiments. But Robert Goddard was far ahead of his time and was determined to build a flying machine that was completely different from the airplane.

After receiving a doctorate in physics from Clark University in 1911, Goddard stayed at his alma mater to teach. In addition to teaching, he spent almost all the time and money at his disposal on the research and manufacture of rockets. In those years, what often troubled him was the lack of scientific research funds and the lack of people's understanding and trust.

Goddard became a "celebrity" as early as 1920, not because his achievements were recognized and admired by people, but because of some of his "weird ideas" and actions as a mad scientist nicknamed "Moon Rocket Mania" .

Much of the time, Goddard actually had a rough time. When he wanted to discuss a spacecraft to fly to Mars, he was discouraged as heresy; some of his ideas and suggestions about lunar exploration were also regarded as nonsense and ridiculed. After the publication of one of his important papers, "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes," which was later regarded as a classic document of space science, a report published by the "Boston News" ironically gave this title: "Modern Jules Verne invented the moon rocket”. The New York Times published a review on January 13, 1920, ridiculing him for not even knowing the middle school curriculum. "This Goddard obtained a professorship at Clark University and received funding from the Smithsonian Institution, but he did not know the principle of action and reaction, nor did he know that to produce an action force, there must be a reaction object rather than an empty vacuum. "

In 1926, when the first liquid-fuel rocket built by Goddard was launched on March 16, the press gloated and mocked: "The moon rocket missed the target by miles" (the rocket only traveled about 184 feet, That is, about 56 meters away from the launcher after falling). For many years, Goddard was referred to disparagingly as a "lunar rocket maniac."

Poor Goddard repeatedly assured the police who came to check after receiving the alarm: "This is not a rocket going to the moon, nor is it any special job. The rocket will make a lot of noise...". Despite this, the fire authorities ruled at the strong request of local residents that Goddard should not conduct such threatening experiments in Massachusetts in the future.

Later, when Goddard was asked about the "moon rocket", he always said bitterly and implicitly: "I just want the rocket to fly off the ground."

Listening to Lindbergh's description, Commander Arnold slapped his thigh suddenly. "Yes, it's him! Where is he now?!"

Lindbergh thought for a moment. "I remember seven years ago, eight years ago, or ten years ago, I can't remember exactly. He wrote me a letter at that time. He seemed very excited, saying that he had finally found the confidant who understood him best in his life. Also. He said that the German company Zeus promised to provide all his research expenses and that he would go to Germany to continue his research, and then the contact was completely cut off."

"Germans?" Everyone's expressions changed slightly. They were very familiar with the "Zeus" company. It was rumored that this company was founded by the German Crown Prince. Now it has penetrated into all walks of life in Europe. It can be said that it has truly controlled Europe. economic lifeline.

Of course, this is something everyone knows. What shocks them is that the Germans actually started searching for talents in this field as early as ten years ago?