The military-industrial scientific research system of the academic master.

In fact, many times, it takes a symbolic event to change the perceptions of ordinary people.

This is true for many seemingly important people and even high-profile organizations.

The problem of scattered quality fraud in Japanese products actually began to emerge in the early 90s.

But it was not until a few years ago when Chang Haonan designed a big incident that it finally affected the entire European and American markets.

Another example is the Olympic Games.

To some extent, it was through the Beijing Olympics that China in its previous life truly achieved its goal of "going global."

Of course, Tokyo and Paris later on are another story...

In short, it is precisely because of this that all countries generally attach great importance to some benchmark projects.

Just like the Shenzhou V last year.

It can be said that even if Shenzhou VI, VII, and VIII were launched later...

All of their combined impacts would not be greater than the ground-breaking launch of Shenzhou V.

This is also why the superiors agreed to Chang Haonan’s plan, which sounded a bit crazy.

Because once successful, the impact will be exponential.

Just like now.

If ESA were to step in directly and engage in something as big as exoplanet exploration, it would inevitably cause an uproar and a violent backlash from vested interests.

But by using commercial spaceflight as a cover-up, everyone can save face...

However, we can only say that Europe was not brain-dead at the beginning of the 21st century, as it was able to open up the market circuit for commercial aerospace in less than a year.

I couldn't even imagine it 20 years later.

"So... they're trying to hedge their bets?"

In 2003, ESA officially participated in the MER Mars exploration project led by NASA. Now it is getting involved again, which is obviously an attempt to walk with two crutches.

"Don't say it so harshly..."

Luan Wenjie replied righteously:

"Space activities are a noble cause that benefits all mankind. How can we analyze the issue from a narrow perspective?"

Chang Haonan almost laughed out loud:

"Yes, yes, you are right..."

After some joking, the two quickly returned to the topic.

This time, Chang Haonan got straight to the point:

"So, you can provide so much useful data and paint such a big picture for me... Tell me, what do you need me to do?"

Luan Wenjie's face flashed with embarrassment when his purpose was directly exposed, but after all, he was an experienced veteran in the martial arts world, and he quickly returned to normal:

"Actually, Academician Chang, you don't need to do anything personally... It's just that when we develop the ground-to-marine communication relay system in the future, we may need you to provide some past successful experiences..."

Compared with extraterrestrial orbit and the moon, Mars and the Earth are two celestial bodies that can be generally considered unrelated to each other, so the conditions for direct communication are often worse.

According to the approximately 26-month period of the Earth-Mars Hohmann transfer orbit, normal communications were impossible for one-third of the consecutive periods due to solar interference.

And the rest of the time, the communication window is not coherent.

This is undoubtedly a further blow to the communication process where the amount of data can only be calculated in Mb/day.

The functions of early Mars probes were extremely limited, the amount of data they generated was very small, and their lifespans were relatively short. In many cases, they were simply unable to last a complete cycle, and intermittent data transmission was still acceptable.

But if it is a more advanced model in the 21st century, data accumulation is likely to occur.

Just like the situation faced by Ocean One.

In this case, establishing a ground-to-Mars relay communication network becomes a natural idea.

I think this is also one of the key technologies that impressed Europeans.

"In principle, of course, that's fine."

After roughly assessing the situation, Chang Haonan nodded:

"But I still need to go back and discuss with my fellow units about the specific method and extent of participation..."

……

Chang Haonan himself went to Meng Province only to inspect the project situation. Therefore, after making sure that all work was carried out normally according to the previous deployment, he went directly back to Beijing with Luan Wenjie.

In fact, in the past few days, the project report has been completed by Zhang Liangping who was accompanying him. He only needs to sign and submit it, and then he can temporarily put aside his work here and go to Gaojing.

After nearly a year and a half of research and development, AE1500/WS-20 has basically completed the verification of several key technologies.

Among them, the military model WS-20 needs to ensure a 100% localization rate, so relatively conservative materials and processes will be used in the hot end, and the progress will be faster.

The next step will be to move into production and testing at the subsystem level.

In addition, the engine pod compatible with the Y-9 is about to complete the wind tunnel testing phase.

As the project leader, he definitely needs to be present to preside over the work.

However, early the next morning, when Chang Haonan arrived at the Academy of Sciences with the report, the situation suddenly changed.

"Academician Chang, take a look at this."

Ding Zhongli stopped Chang Haonan at the office door, holding a newspaper and a folder in his hands.

Although the latter couldn't free his hands to pick it up at the moment, he still saw the huge bold headline on the newspaper at a glance:

Climate Risk Warning: China's huge setbacks in environmental protection may lead to extreme sandstorms and pollution weather across East Asia

And the folder was soon opened by Ding Zhongli himself.

This is the basis cited in this column.

An "authoritative report" released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

As for the content…

You don't even have to actually watch it, you can guess it pretty close.

It is simply believed that the reclamation activities in eastern Mongolia will lead to a series of ecological disasters.

Chang Haonan had seen a similar routine in his previous life.

Around 2014 years.

Combining internal and external pressures, they made a big fuss about China's air quality problems.

Although the method was quite crude, it did have a significant impact on China's development plans.

At this time, Ding Zhongli continued to add:

"This time, the Americans not only analyzed the situation within our borders, but also dragged in South Korea and Japan, two other countries in the region, saying that our actions that disrupted the water and soil balance could even affect the climate of neighboring countries... Japan and South Korea also raised their concerns to us..."

Hearing this, Chang Haonan wanted to laugh more than being angry:

"It seems that I may need to fill in more content in this report..."

The report written by Zhang Liangping used an entire chapter to analyze the possible impact of the entire desert transformation work on the international situation.

But who would have thought that before it was handed in, the other party came up with something new.

So at least that part will definitely have to be reworked.

Ding Zhongli also shook his head half annoyed and half helplessly:

"I guess it's because the scale of our current operation is not large enough, and it's all on the edge of the original grassland and sand, so the Americans don't know that what we are transforming was originally a piece of sand..."

"Even if they knew, they would still make a few noises..."

Chang Haonan is very familiar with the other person's character.

At this time, Ding Zhongli took out another document from his briefcase:

"I have already written a report to refute them. The content is about the three pieces of sand we have designated. If they can all be transformed into normal farmland, it will reduce the annual production of tens of millions of tons of sand and dust..."

Chang Haonan had no doubt at all about the opponent's level.

But just as he was about to nod, a new idea came to his mind.

"I think... this report can be kept in my hands for a while."

He pointed to the report in the other person's hand and said.

"How to say?"

"Now the other side is raising questions, and we are passively explaining. If this continues, then no matter how well we do, the other side will continue to attack from different angles, and we will have no choice but to defend ourselves."

Chang Haonan paused for a moment:

“Why not change your mindset, give up the unnecessary self-proving complex, and just wait until the IPCC meeting to attack the other side?”