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"Landing on the moon is much more difficult than sending people to the space station."

"If you're not careful, big problems can arise."

Qian Junfeng felt that it would be a good idea for him to give a reminder, so as to avoid Venusstar Technology being poured cold water.

Although Aerospace Technology is to some extent a competitor of Venusstar Technology.

But there is more cooperation than competition between the two sides.

"So we plan to build a lunar orbital space station first, and figure out the atmospheric environment and various conditions on the moon before we proceed with the journey to the moon."

Cao Yang would definitely not change his mind because of Qian Junfeng's persuasion.

Landing on the moon and building a lunar base are projects that Venusstar Technologies had planned long ago.

Now that conditions in all aspects have gradually matured, there is no need to delay any further.

After so many years of accumulation, China's overall industrial strength has now reached the stage of explosive growth.

Especially with the support of Nanshan-based companies, this trend has become even more obvious.

"Boss Cao, isn't this a bit too big a step?"

Seeing that Cao Yang didn't seem to listen to what he said at all, Qian Junfeng became a little anxious.

If Venusstar Technology fails at that time, it will also affect the development of China's entire aerospace industry.

This is certainly not a situation he wants to see.

"Thank you, Mr. Qian, for reminding us. We will definitely conduct various technical confirmations before officially landing on the moon, and we will not take action until we are confident enough."

Cao Yang didn't want to discuss this topic in depth with Qian Junfeng.

Facts speak louder than words.

There is no point in saying more now.

Qian Junfeng was not stupid and knew that he could not persuade Cao Yang.

So I didn’t worry about it anymore.

However, just because he is no longer troubled doesn't mean that others are not troubled too.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, NASA Administrator Griffin and a group of people from Space Exploration Technologies Corporation were sitting in a conference room discussing this matter.

"Venus Technology is about to start testing the starship. Their progress is much faster than ours."

Relatively speaking, Musk is more concerned about the development of starships.

On the contrary, Musk didn't care that much about the lunar orbital space station.

Because his target has always been Mars, not the moon.

However, Gryffin was more concerned about the situation on the moon.

In particular, Venusstar Technologies has stated that it plans to land on the moon and build a base on the moon in the future.

This matter made him very nervous.

If Venustech's moon landing mission is successful, it will surely be linked together with the previous moon landing missions.

Both America and the polar bears put a lot of publicity effort in this regard back then.

But everything is afraid of comparison. Once there are too many comparisons, some problems cannot be covered up.

Therefore, the best way is to allow the United States to land again, and then many problems can be covered up.

This was obviously not what he wanted to see.

"Venus Technology's starship has only just begun testing, and it will probably take quite a while before it makes its first flight."

"But their lunar orbital space station will be officially established this year, and the next step will definitely be landing on the moon."

“This progress is far beyond our expectations.”

"At present, relevant departments have approved NASA to build a space station again. I think it is necessary to start the moon landing plan again."

Griffin didn't think that Morningstar Technology's starship could be completed so quickly.

After all, no country has ever made such a special rocket in the past.

The key is that this is a reusable rocket, which makes it even more difficult.

"The launch and construction of the space station is not a big problem, but when it comes to landing on the moon, our technical accumulation is basically zero."

Musk told the truth and had no intention of hiding anything.

After all, the time schedule on Venusstar's side is so tight that it is impossible for them to overtake.

If everyone's expectations of SpaceX are too high, he will be under a lot of pressure.

"We at NASA have accumulated the technology to land on the moon."

"However, the specific technical solution still needs to be discussed again."

Griffin has not yet figured out how to convince the relevant departments to approve the moon landing plan.

After all, the cost of this project will definitely not be small.

But its economic significance is difficult to measure after all.

"I think the development of starships is more necessary than the moon landing."

"Venus Technologies is already ahead of us, but we have only just completed the development of the Falcon Heavy rocket, and the development of similar products like Starship has not officially started."

Musk knew that if he didn't fight hard at this time, he would have to work hard according to the development direction that Griffin said in the future.

Once a decision is made on such a general direction, it is very difficult to adjust it.

The most important thing is that the cost of adjustment will be very high.

"The development of the Starship is naturally very important. After all, it can be used not only to explore Mars, but also the moon."

"If we need to build a lunar base in the future, the starship can also play a relatively large role in transporting a large amount of materials to the moon at one time."

Gryffin did not completely deny Musk's statement, which can also be considered a form of conversational art.

Otherwise, if you deny everything others say, it will obviously not be easy to convince the other party.

"However, whether we are heading to Mars or the moon, it would be best if we have our own space station in space, or even a base on the moon and depart from the moon."

“These have all been proven in previous technical verifications.”

Gryffin obviously still wants to follow his own logic, build a space station first, march to the moon, and then talk about Mars.

If we really want to go to Mars, then we can just send a few probes there.

In the short term, it is more reliable to deal with the moon.

"We have already landed on the moon several decades ago, so there is no particular significance for exploration."

"But Mars is different. There is likely to be a large amount of water there. Once this is confirmed, it is likely to become a planet suitable for building a base in the future."

Although countless scientists believe that in the vast universe, there must be planets similar to the Earth that are suitable for human survival.

But the universe is too vast, and humans cannot even get out of the solar system now, so there is really not much point in talking about other things.

Even if there is a place very suitable for human habitation on a planet tens of thousands of light years away, so what?

From the moment you are born until you die you are still on the road and there is no way to reach your destination.

Therefore, before there are more imaginative technological breakthroughs, there is absolutely no hope of settling on planets outside the solar system.