How did you, a prisoner on death row, become an important weapon of the country? Yecheng Gao Weiming

Chapter 839: The Old Gentleman in Area 51

Three o'clock in the morning in Eagle sauce time is three o'clock in the afternoon in Dragon country time. The time difference between the two is exactly twelve hours.

The capital of Dragon Kingdom at this moment.

Inside the office of the president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Wang Heping frowned and held the phone, listening to the complaints coming from it.

"Province Wang, this is really not possible!"

"Let's not even mention that Chang'e 6 just returned, causing a huge stir around the world. Our National Aeronautics and Space Administration has a lot of things to deal with that haven't even had time to deal with them yet."

“Even the technology can’t achieve that!”

"You require that within one month, a carrier rocket launch a new manned spacecraft into space and put it into lunar orbit, and even carry people... to the moon?"

"That's impossible! Lord Wang! The time is simply too short..."

"..."

"Yes, we have obtained the latest technology from Mr. Ye in Yecheng, and we can indeed work overtime to complete the manufacturing work."

"But...he can't even train astronauts to land on the moon! Do you know how stressful it is to do it in a month?"

"Astronauts need to master extremely complex moon landing techniques and train in a simulated environment on the ground for at least six to eight months!"

"The lunar space suits must also be redesigned to meet all requirements for adapting to the harsh environment on the lunar surface!"

"There are also technical support for the landing capsule and the return capsule, and even a large amount of lunar soil needs to be collected?"

"Isn't this a joke about human life?"

"Dean Wang, let's not talk about whether Dragon Country's first manned moon landing will fail in such a rush."

"Let's just say it was a success. Apart from achieving the false reputation of being the second manned lunar landing in the world, what is the significance of it all?"

"If a failure occurs and the astronauts die, who will take the responsibility?"

"..."

After a burst of complaints.

Li Zhenbo, head of the National Aviation Administration, was going crazy.

What are you doing.

Half a month ago, the big boss suddenly issued an order to start manufacturing a new manned spacecraft and achieve manned lunar landing within a month?

You know, this is six years earlier than the Civil Aviation Administration had expected.

Actually, it was originally planned.

Before 2030, Longguo will fully realize the manned lunar landing project and become the second country in the world to send humans to the moon.

After Chang'e-6 successfully returned to the blue planet, this goal has taken another big step forward.

Next time, perhaps a manned spacecraft will be sent to a near-moon orbit to achieve a lunar flight.

Perhaps next time, we will try to land a landing capsule carrying astronauts on the surface of the moon.

This process may take three years, five years, or even longer.

Eat your food one bite at a time and do things one by one. Nothing can be achieved in a hurry.

Haven’t you seen that even a country as powerful as Russia doesn’t dare to spend huge amounts of money to carry out manned lunar landing?

Obviously, no country can easily bear the consequences of project failure.

Although the United States is planning to launch the Artemis program and has successfully sent the Artemis 1 spacecraft into near-moon orbit.

But it is pure nonsense to actually let them land on the moon and send Artemis 2 or 3 manned spacecraft there.

In Li Zhenbo's opinion, it is just a performance show at the level of rectification, and the technology of the Eagle Sauce is probably not up to this level.

And now...

Too fast, too fast.

Li Zhenbo, the head of the National Civil Aviation Administration, made this phone call to strongly dissuade Wang Heping and the big boss from giving up this plan.

It’s impossible to accomplish so many things in one month!

"Hey……"

After listening to the other party's complaints for a long time, Wang Heping sighed deeply.

He knew very well the difficulties of this project.

Manufacture new manned spacecraft, modify launch vehicles equipped with controlled nuclear fusion, manufacture landing capsules and return capsules, train astronauts who can land on the moon, and even build space mining carts?

Each task is as difficult as climbing to the sky.

This requires countless units to collaborate and work overtime to overcome research and development.

One month is really too tight!

Can……

It’s really too late!

Wang Heping couldn't help but think of the words left by physicist Li Xin.

Perhaps by the end of this year, silicon-based life will be fully awakened on the Blue Planet.

Perhaps at the beginning of next year, the Carbon-Based Federation will appear outside the Blue Planet, and the Blue Planet may no longer exist.

Manned moon landing in six years?

If the solar system disappears, humans may become extinct, so there is no point in climbing here.

Unfortunately, Wang Heping could not tell the other party these things.

Once leaked, it will either cause worldwide laughter or cause great panic around the world.

Only when fully controlled nuclear fusion is implemented as soon as possible and the Dragon Country has the ability to protect itself can the world know about it.

After thinking for a while, Wang Heping hesitated in his words, considering how to persuade Li Zhenbo to go all out to complete this difficult task.

Who knows, he hasn't spoken yet...

There was a sudden commotion on the phone.

Apparently someone ran up to Li Zhenbo and reported something loudly.

"Director Li, I just received news from the Eagle Sauce..."

"Just five minutes ago, at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island off the east coast of Florida..."

"Nasa suddenly launched a heavy-lift rocket. The rocket seemed to be a starship developed by SpaceX. The spacecraft it carried was unknown, and its whereabouts after launch were unknown, and its purpose was unknown..."

hum!

Li Zhenbo and Wang Heping only felt a loud bang in their heads.

They both shouted at the same time.

"What did you say?"

……

at the same time.

Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island.

In the main control room.

There was a burst of enthusiastic applause, accompanied by everyone's congratulations and praises to each other.

"Success! The starship launch was successful!"

"And Apollo 18 was sent up! Oh my God, this is simply a miracle led by God!"

"Yeah! I never thought that this gadget made in the 1970s could be able to take on such an important task..."

"Compared to Apollo 18, Artemis 2 is still a baby in the womb!"

"No! Don't mention Artemis 2 anymore. It's still a tadpole in a man's body..."

The researchers in the main control room were so excited that they could not control themselves and their eyes were filled with tears.

Why?

Because no one could have imagined that half a month ago, the White Palace suddenly restarted the Apollo program and launched a new round of manned lunar landing projects.

This made the Nasa researchers extremely excited.

To know.

Since the return of the Apollo 17 manned spacecraft in the 1960s, manned lunar landings have been shelved indefinitely.

This has become the biggest regret in the hearts of successors.

Although in recent years there has been a plan called Artemis to return to the moon.

But Nasa’s own people knew that it was just a show of rectification to gain more votes for the new boss.

It is totally untrue.

And now...

The restart of the Apollo program gave everyone hope.

The plan progressed extremely quickly and was successfully realized within just half a month. Everyone felt that it was worth it even if they died today!

"All right!"

Amidst the bustle, a cold voice rang out from the main control room.

"Everyone...be quiet! The successful launch is only the first step. It won't be too late for you to celebrate after Apollo 18 leaves low-Earth orbit and enters low-Moon orbit."

"If I fail, I don't want the whole world to know that the development of the Eagle Sauce in the past fifty years is not as glorious as that of the last century..."

When everyone heard the cold voice, they turned their heads at the same time.

The person who spoke was the supervisor sent from the White Palace, Colonel Cheng Jun.

This person has great power and represents all the wills of the big boss Joseph.

This person was in charge of the Apollo project from its restart to its implementation.

Seeing him pouring cold water on them, everyone felt resentful in their hearts.

Damn, pretty boy, big idiot!

If it weren't for your relationship with the big boss, how could you be so arrogant in front of us?

But no matter what they thought, everyone knew that a successful launch was really just the first step.

Next, it is necessary to command Apollo 18 to successfully separate from the carrier rocket and accelerate out of low-Earth orbit, which will be half the success.

The mission of this manned spacecraft is not to launch a lunar module to the moon, but to continuously fly in a near-moon orbit.

After sufficient data was collected through reconnaissance, they would launch the Apollo 19 and Apollo 20 spacecraft into near-moon orbit to carry out the manned lunar landing project.

The great journey has indeed just begun, and it is too early to celebrate now!

The main control room fell silent as everyone continued to work on their own matters.

Seeing this, Cheng Jun curled up the corners of his mouth to reveal a slight smile, and slowly stood up.

The straight Eagle Sauce colonel uniform looked so well-fitting on him.

He turned his back to everyone and strode out of the room.

"Clap clap clap..."

Outside the door, there was a middle-aged white man, puffing smoke from a cigarette.

Seeing Cheng Jun appear, he laughed.

"Congratulations! Colonel Cheng Jun, you have successfully led a great space project. Your name will go down in history!"

As he spoke, the other party threw a cigarette over.

Although Cheng Jun didn't smoke, he still took it with a smile, no longer having that cold expression on his face.

It’s just because the identity of the middle-aged white man in front of him is too special.

"Haha, Mr. Ailonma! I should be the one congratulating you..."

"The starship has been successfully launched once again, and it has the most advanced recovery equipment. I believe our next two launches will be as smooth as always!"

Cheng Jun didn't light the cigarette, but just rubbed it in his hands.

Standing in front of him was none other than Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, once known as the world's richest man.

It was also the Starship launch vehicle he provided that enabled the clumsy and old Apollo 18 to be launched into space in such a short time.

Not only that, the next No. 19 and No. 20 will also require this person's full assistance.

Therefore, Cheng Jun would never dare to be cold to him.

"Hehehe... My dream is to migrate to Mars! The moon? That's not interesting..."

"Plus sending three such outdated spacecraft up there is really..."

Ailonma shook his head and sneered three times, then his face became serious.

"But...Mr. Cheng Jun..."

"You haven't told me yet, what exactly are you going to do by suddenly restarting the Apollo program?"

"What?"

Cheng Jun was stunned and remembered the hundred-dollar bill in his pocket.