Blooming America

Chapter 924 "The Eye of the Moon"

August 22.

"carry out…"

Cyric completed the placement of the Moon-Based Telescope, and his mission has now ended. I really didn't expect that he would be able to do this.

Looking at the time, it's about 7 o'clock in the morning in the United States, but because it is the moon, Cyric can't feel the change of time.

And even though this watch of my own is a product of Nasa, the watch will fail when there is only one-sixth of the earth's gravity.

"Moon Eye Project".

This is part of the Apollo plan, or rather, a continuation of the Apollo plan.

At this time, Cyric was carrying out this plan.

-That is to place the moon-based telescope.

The Apollo plan was proposed during Eisenhower's administration in the early 1960s as a follow-up plan to the Mercury project.

The spacecraft used by the Mercury program can only enter the earth's orbit and can only carry one astronaut, and the envisioned Apollo spacecraft can not only carry three astronauts, but may also be able to go to the moon. NASA manager Abel Silverstein chose to name the project after the sun **** in Greek mythology. Although the Aeronautics and Space Administration has already begun planning, Eisenhower does not seem to be keen on the space program, and the funding for the Apollo program has never been implemented.

In November 1960, John F. Kennedy, who promised to make the United States fully surpass the Soviet Union in space exploration and missile defense, was elected president during the election campaign in November 1960. Although he was more enthusiastic about the space program, he did not immediately decide to start the moon landing program after he was elected president. Kennedy didn't know much about the aerospace industry, and the large amount of funds required for space exploration made him afraid to make a decision lightly. When the Director of the Aerospace Agency, James Weber, asked for a three percent increase in the annual budget, Kennedy supported the accelerated development of large-scale thruster research and development, but did not support other larger projects.

However, as Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to enter space on April 12, 1961, everything changed.

The success of the Soviets deepened America's fear of falling behind in the space race. The next day, in a meeting with the White House Science Committee, many lawmakers hoped to start a space program immediately to ensure that the Soviet Union would not be too far behind in the competition. Kennedy was more cautious about this matter and was unwilling to make any major moves immediately.

In fact, in this matter, one of the chief culprits of the Vietnam War, that is, the future President Johnson, is even more powerful in this matter.

On April 20, Kennedy sent a memo to Vice President Lyndon Johnson, asking him about his views on the US space program and the possibility of the US catching up with the Soviet Union. In his reply the next day, Johnson believed that "we have neither tried our best nor reached the point where the United States remains ahead." Johnson also mentioned that the future plan for the moon landing is not only feasible, but also can definitely give the United States a lead in the space race. status.

It was precisely because of the other party's support that the subsequent moon landing was successful.

Since then, the Americans have remained in the lead, but the funding for the Apollo moon landing program has become less and less.

During Nixon's first term, he even wanted to cancel this plan completely.

Cyric was listed as a candidate for lunar astronauts at the beginning.

But it is also for this reason that Cyric has faced the danger of not having a spacecraft and being disqualified several times.

At this time, the Soviets saved the American aviation industry for the second time.

—Here they are.

The Soviets also landed on the moon.

With the Soviet Union landing on the moon, the Americans were horrified to find that their superiority was about to disappear, and the Soviets had caught up!

It is precisely because of the changes made by the Soviets that the American plan has changed.

The moon landing plan was able to continue.

But Nasa has enough sense of crisis.

At this time, they believed that the moon landing plan did not bring much benefit to the federal government, and the long-term benefits were not in the eyes of politicians. Therefore, at this time, if you want to make the moon landing plan truly lasting, just as it is. It's not feasible anymore.

At this time, they put forward the current plan, which is the plan for the Moon-based Telescope.

As the name suggests, the lunar-based telescope is a plan to build a telescope on the moon.

From the beginning, astronomers had conceived how to build an optical astronomical telescope with a diameter of up to 100 meters. The English name of this envisioned telescope is abbreviated as owl, and the original meaning of the English word owl is "owl". Therefore, this project is called "Moon-based Owls", and their contribution to revealing the mysteries of the universe will be more magnificent and more brilliant than all the telescopes that mankind has built since the Galileo era!

But reality gave them a head start.

Building a base on the moon is indeed beneficial.

There is no atmosphere on the moon's surface, and it is in an ultra-vacuum. All disturbances caused by the earth’s atmosphere during astronomical observations on the earth no longer exist for moon-based telescopes; the moon, like the earth, is a huge, stable, and extremely solid “platform” for astronomical telescopes. It faces The technical problem of the space telescope is much simpler than that of a space telescope in a weightless state, and the cost is much lower; there is absolutely no wind on the moon, which is also more beneficial to the construction of giant equipment. There is no plate movement on the moon like the earth's crust, and the moon's inner core has also condensed into a solid state. Therefore, the intensity of the "lunar earthquake" activity on the moon is only about one hundred millionth of the seismic activity on the earth. It is very safe for astronomical observations, and is especially suitable for establishing optical, infrared and radio interference systems with a baseline of tens of kilometers or even hundreds of kilometers.

The earth rotates once every 24 hours, causing the celestial body to rise eastward and westward to move on a weekday, so it is usually difficult to track and observe the same celestial body for a long time. The moon only rotates once every 27 days, and every day or night on the moon is almost as long as two weeks on the earth, so it can continue to track and observe a target there for more than 300 hours. Moreover, there is no atmosphere on the moon, and sunlight will not be scattered, so even if the sun is in the sky, the sky is still full of stars, and optical telescopes can still be used to observe celestial bodies.

Of course, the superiority of the moon-based telescope is far more than that.

-but-

…The landlord’s house has no surplus food…

It’s right for the federal government to be taken advantage of, but how can it work when the wrongdoer doesn’t have much money?

At that time, Nasa faced this problem.

A base of 10,000 square meters is impossible, and a telescope with a diameter of 100 meters is also impossible.

—Such things are nothing on the earth, but on the moon, the money spent on burning can burn you to death...

And at this time, someone thought of a way: Since the current method is useless, why not retreat to the next best thing?

At this time, scientists thought of the current method, which is to form a telescope array and then use it for observation.

In this case, the effect is actually more advanced than many current telescopes, and it is not even a bit more advanced.

After that, the plan was passed.

But at this time, the raft company that cooperated with Nasa suddenly suggested that they could name this plan as the Moon Eye plan.

This obviously seemed good, so Nasa adopted it.

Hmm... As far as Cyric is concerned, this plan seems to be a...er...a person named Miss Edson proposed. I heard that the other party seems to be someone from Raft...

"This side has been completed."

Cyric was talking through the intercom.

There is no air on the moon, so the sound that depends on the air does not exist on the moon at all, and it feels quiet in a vacuum.

So if you want to talk at this time, you can only use the walkie-talkie.

"Okay, I'm coming soon..."

…

And at this time, on the ground.

To be precise, it should be in the ground command room of Nasa's Kennedy Launch Center.

"It looks like this plan is going well..."

Catherine looked at the astronauts on the screen bouncing about the installation materials, and suddenly found it interesting.

What is so simple on the earth, on the moon, requires very careful preparation and a lot of time adjustments and corrections, and the risk is very high. It really has to be said to be a difficult thing.

More importantly, these astronauts can't work as on the ground, because they accidentally ruined the spacesuit. Waiting for these astronauts is a deadly hell.

So at this time, they are still very cautious.

"Eye of the Moon" project.

Just by listening to the name, this plan was taken by the wicked guy Catherine.

After learning about the Yueji Telescope Project, Catherine thought of the current name.

Then, Catherine ordered the raft company, like Nasa proposed to name the plan as the name of this pull wind.

At this time, there was the Moon Eye plan to succeed Apollo's moon landing plan.

Although this plan seems to be different from what Catherine and the federal government were talking about, Catherine also knew that the US economy is not very good now, so the necessary modifications are necessary.

-The previous plan is of course feasible, but if Nixon does not balance Britain, it is just not to think about it.

Thinking of this, Catherine felt a little disgusted with the Brits.

The "Global Financial Agreement" is a good tax for the governments of various countries to collect taxes in it, and it is definitely a big head. But it doesn't make sense without anyone signing it.

It's just that the British people think they feel good and don't want to sign this globally unified financial tax bill.

They just want to get other people to sign, and then steal the chicken themselves.

But what they didn't expect was that if they did not sign, the bill would be completely meaningless.

The short time of the British has led to the delay in passing the bill, and the result of the delay in passing the bill is that they will now face a lot of trouble.

At this time, on the screen, the two astronauts had almost installed the equipment.

—This was captured by a camera installed outside the cabin.

"The telescope has been installed."

There was a voice from there.

"Okay, start the trial run now."

As he said, the astronauts over there began to move.

"The machine is working well."

"The machine turned on successfully."

"everything is normal."

The staff here finally breathed a sigh of relief, because they knew that such a plan was finally almost done.

"It looks like they succeeded..."

Catherine also smiled.

Sitting on the sofa, Catherine could not go to the current command center, but this did not affect Catherine's good mood.

"But it's still not enough..."

Catherine murmured again.

"E-and-gy?"

science and technology.

Elsa's tentative question made Catherine nod.

"Yes, the development of science and technology is still too slow, if only it can accelerate the development of science and technology..."

Catherine's idea may not be understood by others, but Elsa basically guessed it.

"Then what do you want to do next?"

Elsa asked again.

"Let them have enough motivation to develop..."

Catherine said so.

Yes, there must be enough motivation for Catherine and the others to have a chance!

Catherine has always hoped that the technology in this world will be more developed, but the more technology becomes more developed, the more dissatisfied Catherine becomes.

Although technology has developed, the more such a development, the more Catherine feels that this world has enough "earth turtles".

It's not just the world. Even in the 21st century, Catherine is slightly dissatisfied now. Is that kind of era and that kind of technology really what you are looking forward to?

When technology was still science fiction, it was so mysterious, so beautiful, and so remote.

But when science fiction became technology, everything seemed to have changed.

This thing seems to be so simple, this thing seems to be so easy.

But it is this simple and easy thing that has been embarrassing for humans for so long?

why?

In Catherine's view, one of the big reasons for this is that people are not enterprising.

Everyone is developing, everyone wants to develop, and no one wants to be left behind, so they are working hard to develop. This is the portrayal of the Cold War. Many technologies also originated from this.

But after the Cold War, people's enthusiasm gradually calmed down, and this ending is the stagnation and lack of motivation of science and technology.

In the old days, Catherine saw it this way.

And when she knew that she could live longer, Catherine's career suddenly jumped from the era to the era.

Human development... is still too slow.

Catherine always has this opinion from time to time.

In my heart, I always felt that this would not work, so Catherine had always wanted to mobilize the development of this world.

(If the technology does not improve, then artificially pull up the high-tech tree...)

At this time Catherine was in this mind.

"Helium 3."

Catherine suddenly thought of a strange existence.

"??"

Elsa didn't know the meaning of the word that Catherine suddenly popped out.

"If this is the case, then it should be fine..."

If it is Wannian pit cargo helium 3, it seems to be a very good thing...

In the 21st century, the moon is considered an ideal place to solve the earth's energy crisis.

And this "thought" is because of the existence of a certain amount of abundant reserves on the moon, that is, helium 3.

In the 21st century, helium-3 is an efficient, clean, safe, and cheap nuclear fusion fuel for power generation recognized by the world.

As far as Catherine knows, in the 21st century, scientific statistics show that 10 tons of helium 3 can meet all the energy needs of China in a year, and 100 tons of helium 3 can provide the world's total energy consumption for a year. However, the amount of helium-3 on the earth is very small. At present, the easily accessible helium-3 known to mankind is only about 500 kilograms in the world.

According to preliminary detection results obtained by humans, the shallow layer of the lunar crust actually contains millions of tons of helium 3. Such a wealth of nuclear fuel is enough for people on earth to use for tens of thousands of years.

But is this really the case?

It's a pity that some things seem beautiful on the surface, but in fact they are cruel.

—In fact, the helium 3 distance on the moon is estimated to be only 1 to 5 million tons.

Assuming that human future energy consumption is relative to 12 billion tons of oil equivalent electricity, fission fuel—such as uranium u235—is about 12,000 tons, or helium 3 is at least 1,500 tons.

In this case, if helium 3 is used as energy source in the future, in fact, helium 3 on the moon can only be used by humans for 667-3333 years.

The total amount of electricity used by human beings is constantly increasing, and the electricity consumption in 2013 is quite different from that in 2000.

If the total amount of energy is not considered, the helium 3 of the moon is impossible to use.

—There must be consideration of the environment in which the helium 3 on the moon is mined.

The abundance of helium 3 in the lunar weathering layer is only about 2ppb, which means that 2 tons of helium 3 can be obtained by mining 100 million tons of ore.

And these ores need to be crushed, heated, collected the overflow gas, separated the overflow gas, and separated helium 4 and helium 3. The production process is countless times more difficult than diamonds. But more importantly, if you want to obtain helium 3 that can meet the needs of the world, 75 billion tons of ore must be processed on the moon every year, but even in the 21st century, there is not so much ore processed on the earth.

In this way, is it possible for humans to accept the cost of mining helium 3?

Almost all the literature is imagining the energy age of helium-3, and never thought of the high price to be paid in order to obtain helium-3.

But for the purpose of generating electricity, helium-3 nuclear fusion is unnecessary, and its high cost can only be used in space nuclear fusion engines in the far future.

—But at that time, humans may no longer need the backward energy like helium 3...

Compare it with a slightly long-term radioactive energy source. The earth's low-cost uranium reserves are about 5 million tons, and there are also more costly 20 million tons of phosphate reserves, which is equivalent to 3 million tons when converted into helium-3, which is no less than that on the moon. Of course, the premise is that there must be a breeder reactor.

And once you have a breeder reactor, you can imagine that even if you extract uranium from the ocean, the cost is acceptable. If so, 4.5 billion tons of uranium can be used, which seems to be better than helium-3.

Of course, if the cost of nuclear fusion is indeed lower than nuclear fission, it is also possible to use d (nuclear fuel) and 6 (for tritium breeding) and 7, be (for neutron breeding). Although from the complexity of the structure and principle, it is difficult to imagine that the cost of nuclear fusion will be much lower than that of a nuclear fission system.

But even so, Catherine couldn't help but want to take out Helium 3 to fool the Pentagon.

In the last decade of the 20th century, with the discovery of helium 3, this energy has become a touted new star and is valued by the world.

Among them, the Americans played a very important role.

During this time, the Americans even wanted to restart the moon landing plan, which has already shown that people love this mysterious resource.

—But no one knows, they are all scammed.

Since the Pentagon in the future will be able to fool himself and lame himself, if he doesn't fool them now, is there any reason for this?

Catherine firmly supports her plan, it is necessary.

Mining helium 3 on the moon was originally a gimmick, the purpose is to attract funds to promote the development of space technology.

Historically speaking, when the data emphasized the richness of helium 3 resources on the moon, they compared the total amount of helium 3 on the moon with the easy-to-mine helium 3 content on the earth. The latter is estimated to refer to natural helium. The content of helium 3 in gas mines, but experts never mention that helium is also present in the earth's air, accounting for 0.72 ppm of air quality, of which 0.00017% is helium 3. Although the proportion is extremely low, it cannot hold up the total mass of the air on the earth.

Some things, such a one-sided comparison, would be perfect...

But it turned out to be a tragedy...

At this time, with the official start of the Moon-based Telescope, the astronauts are already ready to return.

-They have been on the moon for a few days, and at this time, they have already reached their limit. If they stay there, what will happen may be uncertain.

Finally, as the astronauts leave the moon, everything is over.

"But this month's Eye sounds so smooth...Kate, how did you think of this name?"

Elsa asked Catherine.

"It's nothing, I just think it sounds good, just use it like that."

Hmph, I won’t tell you that the moon is actually the ten-tailed beast with a sealed tail, and I won’t tell you that the **** horse is a writing round eye...

"But this name has a lot of meaning..."

Elsa whispered.

But she also knew that Catherine was named rashly, and some things were just like that.

"But I think, although our plan sounds good, the reality has hit us too much..."

"???" Elsa expressed puzzled.

"You can switch the scene just now to the world of "Soul Reaction"!"

Catherine said so.

At this time, the situation in the world of "Soul Reaction" appeared in Elsa's mind.

If you were in that world, the current technology would definitely not be like this, and if you land on the moon...

"What kind of feeling is this..." Elsa scratched her hair: "It's like feeling... well, it feels like the current technology is too rustic..."

Catherine nodded sharply: "Yes, that's it, it's too rustic!"

But American technology is okay...

Before she knew it, Catherine thought of that big country called a "cottage", also known as a rabbit and named China.

Speaking of turtles, it seems that if anything is placed in China, they will all become turtles.

Once some high-tech is copied by the other party, it will immediately turn from gold to cabbage, and then return to the rustic.

But this is a kind of talent, after all, there is not such a great existence now...

Why do China and the Soviet Union have differences and "can't agree"? What China and the Soviet Union are fighting for is the right to speak and the right to lead.

"Elsa, which one do you think is the third country that can go to the moon?"

Catherine suddenly found it interesting, so she asked.

"The third moon landing... Japan? Britain? France?"

Elsa's guess, Catherine often shook her head.

"Then what do you mean?"

Elsa is strange.

"China!"

Catherine stretched out a finger, and said categorically.

"China?"

"China…"

A voice appeared in front of Catherine, a voice appeared behind Catherine, the former was Elsa, and the latter...

Catherine turned her head, but saw a man in a suit.

"Miss Edson, my name is Drake, and I will take you to the ground control center."

When the big event is over, Catherine can go over and visit.

"okay."

Catherine originally came to see the so-called "moon-based telescope", but since someone invited herself at this time, Catherine was not easy to refuse.

"You seemed to say...China will go to the moon?"

As he was walking, this person asked suddenly.

"Well, who else can anyone besides China?"

Catherine said: "Britain and France...well, and Japan. Although they are all good, they don’t have the courage to land on the moon at all, and it is impossible for them to land on the moon by themselves. Except for the Soviet Union and the United States, Only the Chinese can land on the moon."

If it hadn’t been for this era that the Soviet Union had landed on the moon, what Catherine knew at that time was that only the United States had landed on the moon, and China was planning a moon landing. There was no more detailed content.

"Why do you think so?"

At this time, Catherine did not answer the conversation, but asked: "You know

Is Fanghong One? "

The man named Drake replied: "Of course I know that a few years ago, it happened that the Chinese launched this satellite."

"The Dongfanghong-1 satellite was China’s first man-made satellite launched on April 24, 1970. It was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology with Mr. Qian as the first director. In chronological order, China is the successor to the Soviet Union and China. After the United States, France, and Japan, it is the fifth country in the world to launch a domestic satellite with a self-made rocket.

The instrument bay on the satellite is equipped with a power supply, a radar transponder for orbit measurement, a radar beacon, a telemetry device, an electronic tone generator and transmitter, and scientific test equipment. The main task of the satellite is to broadcast the music of "Dongfang. Red" to space, while conducting satellite technology experiments to detect the ionosphere and atmospheric density. The satellite uses silver-zinc storage batteries as the power source. The battery life is limited. After the satellite runs for 20 days, the battery runs out and the "Dongfang. Red" music stops playing.

"Even if this is the case, there are still Japan and France, right? The United Kingdom is a bit close, but there is a chance."

Catherine had already seen it, this guy was just stiff-mouthed.

Obviously he agrees very much, but what he said is something different, you think this is the protagonist looking for the younger brother!

Um... Catherine really wanted to make complaints like this at this time.

"...If it is a Sino-Soviet cooperation, this should be ok? But I think the Chinese should not have that technology."

Elsa obviously didn't believe it anymore.

Catherine shrugged indifferently.

The relationship between China and the Soviet Union is much more troublesome than the relationship between China and the United States or the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Looking back at the current differences between China and the Soviet Union, is it possible to resolve them through dialogue and negotiation?

It is actually impossible. When there are differences in the alliance of Western capitalist countries, there is a platform for negotiation, where the two sides can negotiate and finally resolve the crisis.

In fact, it’s not that China and the Soviet Union have never talked about it. When Khrushchev came to China in 1958, the two sides were talking; Khrushchev came again in 1959. Later, the third person and the gangsters in the sky also went, but both Can't agree. why?

Because the relationship between the two parties is mainly the relationship between the right to speak and dominance.

The key is to see where the differences lie.

In these days when she came to the United States, Catherine basically understood that the differences between Europe and the United States are essentially differences in the interests of both parties, or in other words, the relationship between commercial interests. The big capitalists are playing with their set of rules. The two sides are talking about interests. It is better to talk about interests. Interests can be divided, and interests can be transferred. It is nothing more than you a little bit more, I a little less, you can always find a balance.

It's like a game, everyone is playing chess, there is nothing here.

However, what China and the Soviet Union are talking about is not the issue of interests within the rules, but the issue of principle, that is, the issue of who is right and who is wrong, but in the final analysis, it is a matter of rules.

What's the situation at this time?

The Soviets wanted to play Gobang, while the Chinese wanted to play Go. At this time, it is not a question of chess at all, but you play yours and I play mine.

At this moment, the two sides have no more talk.

And the next question is even more serious. No, two games, we don't have enough space. At this time, they all look at the opponent and want to pk.

And Uncle Sam, who was sitting far away, looked at the two crowded together, and found it promising, so he brought lollipops and came over to lure him.

All in all, Elsa's delusion, it is simply impossible.

So for Elsa's opinion, Catherine just chuckled.

"Why is it impossible for China and the Soviet Union to cooperate?"

It seemed that Drake had the same idea as Elsa.

"Because everyone's pursuit is different, and their fundamental consciousness is also different. At this time, how can it be possible to cooperate?"

"But... 20 years ago, didn't the Soviet Union aid China so much?"

Drake asked.

"But it's all paid, and the situation between them is completely different. The arguments between them are much larger than between us. We can still talk to each other. Between them...well, unless One of them will fall down..."

Isn't there a good thing to say?

Only the dead big brother is a good big brother...

Catherine did not think that Andropov could go to the Soviet Union, because Andropov could not break away from the current ideology. The division of the Soviet Union is actually the separation between the entire upper and lower stratum, and it is impossible for the people above it to handle it.

It's just a matter of time.

"The reason why I think that China will be able to land on the moon for the third time is because I have been to China, Mr. Drake, I think if you can go to China once, you can also feel differently."

"I hope that day too."

The discussion between the two parties ended here.

…

At this time, Catherine returned to Eden.

"Now the construction of the first school district is missing, right?"

Sitting in the car, Catherine looked out the window.

"Well, that's the difference."

Elsa nodded.

"That's good."

Catherine was very satisfied.

The rumor in China is that American children must be economically and lively at the age of 18. The image of their parents is a standard Chinese-style strict father and a kind mother, and the eagle pushes the chicks who refuse to fly out of the nest.

In American TV dramas, many American children become pregnant relatively early, thinking about working at McDonald's or coffee shops when they are young, and when they are adults, they feel a little bit old-fashioned with their parents.

But watching the news, gossip, the girl of the president, the son of the speaker, etc., all of them are quite old, and they are still stuck with their parents. The resumes are also from school to school. Those who don’t have time are good schools...

It feels very different, right?

But this is reality.

It's as if the current lawmakers all like the school district.

The poor kids don’t need to be trained (and they don’t have the resources)-do you still expect him to become a member of Congress in the future?

American class consolidation is more serious than many people think, UU reading www. Uukanshu.com is really born in the middle and lower classes of society and can climb to the upper class on their own, that is rare.

Although in theory everyone can be elected president, it's just that those with political experience are more suitable for governing the country than those without, but have you ever seen ordinary government civil servants who can elect the president? Does the President of the House of Representatives have it? Although the governor and the Senate and House of Representatives can theoretically be anyone, have you ever seen Eddie Murphy’s low-level blacks directly come to power?

In the history of the United States, many congressmen are families that have passed on for a hundred years. This shows this. In the history of the United States, many congressmen are families that have passed on for a hundred years. This shows this. In the history of the United States, many congressmen are families that have passed on for a hundred years. This shows this.

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I was embarrassed to go, there is no way, because there is not enough time, so I only need a three-in-one chapter, but it is also 9k words, just to open it...

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