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Chapter 1363 [Planetary Defense Plan, A-Mei, do you want to follow it? ]

Two days later.

At this moment, Fang Hong was reading a new document given to him by his superiors. After a while, he looked up at Luo Qingan who was sitting opposite him and asked, "Is this a real deal or just a pie-in-the-sky operation for Lao Mei?"

Luo Qingan said: "Of course it's real. If you can afford a lot of money, then do it big. If you can afford less, then do it small. If you want to tell others about it, just exaggerate it as much as possible to scare them."

Hearing this, Fang Hong said without hesitation: "Then I must do a big one."

The document in his hand was a brand new space program based on the moon, code-named "Planetary Defense". If implemented, the current moon landing program and many moon programs would be incorporated into it and promoted in a unified manner.

Fang Hong sat back on the sofa, looking at the documents in his hand and said, "The space plan is progressing smoothly. Since the first experimental module of the Orbital Reef Space Station was successfully launched in February last year, the original plan was to launch five experimental modules in three years to complete various test missions. However, the fifth experimental module was sent up in July this year, which directly saved more than a year of time."

The original plan was to officially launch the first module of the Orbital Reef Space Station in 2020, and then expand it at the efficiency of adding a main module every quarter. It is expected to be put into operation around 2022, and will be able to support formal scientific research, experiments, and long-term residence and work of astronauts in the Orbital Reef Space Station, and even allow ordinary people to go up and play.

Now that more than a year has been saved, the original planned goal can be shortened to around June 2020 for operation. And this is not the end of the orbital reef space station, and its scale will continue to expand through modularization.

With the funds in place, the industrial capacity and efficiency of the Eastern giant are beyond doubt.

Jiuzhou Blue Arrow’s current production capacity is at full capacity, but it still cannot meet the huge launch demand, and it is still continuing to expand its production capacity.

Because there are so many space projects clustered together, each project has been arguing fiercely over competing for launch resources. It is really a case of too many people and too little meat.

The Saturn exploration program and Mars exploration program of the "Lanxing Jiutian" project are currently being promoted. These two inter-planetary deep space exploration programs will not be affected. There is no need to worry about the launch resources being snatched away, because the launch window is extremely precious. If missed, it will not be a matter of months but years or even longer. Therefore, the launch resources in this area cannot be affected.

If we have to say which project is the "worst", it would definitely be the "Space Telescope for Surveying the Sky". The project was actually launched very early, but the progress is impressive. It is not because of money issues. On the contrary, the project has sufficient funds.

But this is not a problem of money or technology, but a problem of insufficient launch resources. The project has experienced multiple interceptions of launch resources. Other project leaders said, "Why are you in such a hurry with this broken telescope? It's just for viewing the stars. What's the harm in delaying it for a few years? There are so many stars in the sky. If you miss this one, there are still other ones."

Astronomers could not win the argument, so the launch plan of the Sky Survey Space Telescope had to be postponed again and again, which was very helpless.

Moreover, the astronomical community is now looking forward to this telescope, because the latecomer Jiutianxing Network has not only grabbed the launch resources, but also spread satellites in low-orbit outer space. Elon Musk next door is also following suit.

The overwhelming number of artificial satellites has caused serious light pollution interference to the ground-based observations of the astronomical community. When launched, more than a hundred satellites are lined up in a row. At night, you can see a string of stars lined up in the sky. It takes a long time for them to dock in the predetermined orbit.

It can be seen with the naked eye from places far away from the city on the ground. At first, many people wondered why it was an unidentified flying object, but now people have gotten used to it and can tell at a glance that it is basically Starlink launching satellites again. Now people know to judge whether it is from Starlink or Elon Musk’s Starlink by looking at the length of the satellites in a row.

The relatively shorter one is Elon Musk's Starlink, and the shorter one is Starnet's. Because Landspace Technologies' rocket has a larger payload, the number of satellites it can send up at one time is far greater than that of Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket.

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Not long after Luo Qing'an left, Fang Hong showed the document to Tian Jiayi.

"When this matter is publicized to the public, it can be exaggerated at the grassroots level." Fang Hong crossed his legs and thought as he said, "For example, seizing the moon is a microcosm of a high-level war in the future. In future wars, whoever controls space will control the entire earth, and the moon is the highest commanding height in the entire space within the current range of human activities."

"If a high-energy weapon is launched on the moon, at the speed of light, it will only take about 1.3 seconds to destroy all target facilities on Earth, because the mass of the Earth is 81 times that of the moon. The greater the mass, the greater the gravity. If you want to escape the gravitational pull on Earth, you must reach a speed of at least 11.7 kilometers per second, but on the moon, you only need to reach a speed of 2.3 kilometers per second."

Fang Hong paused and continued, "If anyone or any country builds a spaceport on the moon in the future and launches an attack on the earth, it will be a disaster. It is actually not easy to attack the moon from the earth. Even if it is possible, the cost is extremely high. However, it is relatively easy to attack the earth from the moon. If we say where the future war will take place, it must be in space, and the moon will undoubtedly play a decisive role."

At last, Fang Hong said with a smile: "Public opinion will develop along this line of thought."

The beauty of this thing is that it is really achievable, and not something too sci-fi like the curvature engine. It is really the case. With the current level of human technological civilization, the moon is really the highest commanding height for all mankind. Moreover, I can easily hit you, but you can't hit me, and even if I can hit you, the cost will be higher, so I will fight you.

This is technically feasible, but its economic feasibility remains to be discussed.

But even at the economic level, the advantages of the Eastern power are huge. The country does not spend any money. It just gives a document and lets the stars deal with it. Therefore, there is no financial expenditure pressure at the national level.

Moreover, this "planetary defense" plan is not a PPT plan. It is fundamentally different from the magnesium version of the "Star Wars" plan.

Because Fang Hong really wants to do it, he is willing to give it a try, and he is willing to invest money to do it.

Qunxing's current financial situation is very healthy, and its debt ratio is even maintained at a single-digit level. This is the reason why Fang Hong dares to play this game. Even if everything goes to waste in the end, it will only hurt for a while, but it will not hurt his vitality.

Expansion into space in the future is an inevitable trend. Once some technological achievements are successfully transformed, the previous investments will be recovered. The potential returns and upper limit profits have infinite room for imagination.

So, America, are you going to follow us?
It would be really unbearable to follow. The three major capital giants in Northern Magnesium, BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street, obviously will not do these things. If Argentina wants to follow hard, it seems that it can only continue to start nuclear-powered money printing, which is equivalent to bleeding of cash.

If we don't follow, what if the Eastern country really succeeds? If it really succeeds, the probability of a comeback is zero, there is no chance at all.

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(End of this chapter)