As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 208 Success and Failure

American's preparations this time were not as good as they were during the space race in the 70s. 50 years of aviation technological advancements have led to American's moon landing going smoothly.

In the Apollo program, the world only remembered Armstrong who successfully landed on the moon.

It was the Apollo 11 spacecraft that successfully landed on the moon.

Previously, the first Apollo, Apollo 1, caught fire in the command module and killed all three astronauts.

I made a lot of preparations back then, but from a technical point of view, in fact, many of the technologies were immature, and they were hard-pressed in order to win the competition with the former Russia.

For example, the transfer of propellant, the safety of the cryogenic propulsion system, and the moon landing system are far from mature.

Just because Russia took the lead in realizing manned spaceflight before that era, American needed to surpass its opponents in the moon landing plan and adopted a relatively radical plan.

NASA considered four moon landing modes in 1962, namely lunar orbital rendezvous, blue star orbital rendezvous, liquid nova direct flight and Saturn C-5 direct flight.

Among them, the blue star orbit reconciliation is the least safe. From the perspective of probability calculation, the probability of a safe landing is only half of that of the other three moon landing modes.

For this moon landing plan, NASA has adopted an improved lunar orbit rendezvous mode based on technological progress.

First launch once on the aircraft, and then enter the predetermined orbit through the Apollo NO.18 spacecraft.

The command service module is composed of the manned return module, the entry module and the service module of the command module, which are separated in the cross-moon orbit, and perform lunar descent and ascent when docking with the lunar offset module.

When the command module is docked with the lunar offset module, it performs propulsion capture and takes the opportunity to reach the low lunar orbit.Two of the three crew members transferred to the Lunar Offset Module to begin their orbital maneuvers and land on the lunar surface.

After the lunar mission was completed, the two-man crew was launched from the lunar surface using the lunar ascent module.

The Lunar Ascent Module enters an interceptor orbit on the lunar surface to rendezvous and dock with the remaining astronauts in orbit.

This is the general process of lunar orbit docking.

Grindlund was emotional after returning to the preset track:
"It's a shame you didn't go to the moon, old man."

"The moon is really incredible, Watkins went up first, then I went up."

"There are only two people on Nuoda's planet. The last time humans appeared on the moon was 50 years ago."

"After 50 years, the moon has finally appeared human footprints again."

"Feel the smallness of human beings and the greatness of the universe."

"I don't know which planet the mysterious man came from. I really want to visit the planet where the mysterious man came from."

The mysterious person refers to Merlin, and American officials asked them not to say Merlin's name directly.

American worried that Merlin could actually hear everyone chatting when they called his name.

Even if this possibility is one in ten thousand, it is necessary to avoid this situation.

They can't interfere with the behavior of ordinary Americans, but they can limit the behavior of government employees.

As a senior employee of the American government, Grindlund knows something inside.

The more he knows, the less Grindellon thinks that Merlin is from the Blue Star, and the more likely he thinks that Merlin is an alien who borrowed the myths and legends of the Blue Star.

Hines shook his head and said, "Okay, guys, we're getting ready to return."

"There's always a chance next time."

Hines felt very helpless and a little unhappy.

No matter from the perspective of qualifications or ability, he should be one of the two people who went to the moon.

It should be Watkins who stayed in low lunar orbit to guard the spacecraft.

He said that there is still a chance in the future, but what if there is no chance?
Maybe this is the only chance to land on the moon?
Just because Watkins is a black woman, she can not only land on the moon, but also be the first to leave the cabin, becoming the first person to land on the moon in 50 years.

When Apollo 50 landed on the moon 11 years ago, Armstrong was the first to leave the cabin and Aldrin was the second.

Armstrong became the No. 1 moon landing. The world almost only knows that Armstrong does not know that Aldrin exists.

At that time, there was a third person on Apollo 11, the pilot Michael Collins, and even fewer people knew about it.

This time they landed on the moon, Hynes was equivalent to the role of Collins back then.

50 years ago, fame could be linked to status and interests, let alone 50 years later.

When Hines heard about the arrangements NASA gave them, he cursed several times in his heart: "Damn political correctness."

He could still think of the scene where the Blue Star media promoted Watkins to the sky after returning to Blue Star.

Black women, the No.50 moon landing 1 years later, belong to the buff stack.

But no matter how dissatisfied, Hines can't change all of this, not only can't change, he can't even show the idea of ​​expressing dissatisfaction.

If he dared to express any dissatisfaction with Watkins' first moon landing, he would directly scrap his astronaut career.

"The moon landing has been successful, we now need to return to Blue Star according to the established plan."

"The colleagues from NASA on the blue star and the media from all over the world are preparing to welcome us and celebrate our success." Watkins was also very excited.

She knows that she has gained too much from this successful moon landing, not only fame, but also the possibility of becoming the first black female president in the future.

But before successfully returning to Blue Star, all of this is imaginary.

"Ready to go back, the recovery ship is already waiting for us at Blue Star."

"American launches 'Apollo 18' manned spacecraft to the moon on [-]th"

"Jessica Watkins, Shel Grindellum, Robert Hines successfully landed on the moon on August 2024, 8"

"Again to another world"

Some 14.7 billion people watched the live broadcast of the moon landing. NASA sold the rights to the live broadcast of the moon landing to the world.

American's successful moon landing has also given the media a lot of topics, and the governments who know the inside story are happy to shift the public's attention to the aerospace industry.

Landing on the moon can be achieved by relying on past technology, but building a base on Mars is not so easy.

This field requires a large number of talents, and once the Mars base is completed, there will not be a minority of space talent gaps.

It is not impossible to build large cities on Mars in the future.

This requires a large number of aerospace talents, and the guidance of public opinion can make more young people invest in the aerospace industry.

When Gagarin went into space and Armstrong landed on the moon, they inspired many people.

This era needs new space heroes.

American chose the combination that best fit their larger context.

Huaguo will naturally launch their space heroes.

There have been no breakthroughs, so the subsequent astronauts are far less famous than the first manned astronauts.

But the space station around the moon and the subsequent manned landing on the moon are good opportunities.

You must know that Blue Star has not successfully landed on the moon except for American.

American's moon landing plan was successful, and Huaguo's astronauts also successfully entered the lunar space station.

This does not mean that Blue Star's aerospace business is going smoothly.

The space station independently developed by Ah San failed to launch.

As early as 2020, Ah San's space minister announced that they would build their own space station by 2030.

At that time, the three parties announced that tests of the engine, cryogenic stage, crew escape system motor and service module propulsion system were in progress.

Originally, Huaguo launched their Tiangong-[-] space station, and Ah San was already envious.

The successful launch of the space station orbiting the moon in 2024 made Ah San realize that he could not wait any longer.

Fulfilling the dream of sending astronauts into space, and having a space station that rivals the world's major powers, is considered a historic feat by them.

Especially after Ah San's manned spaceflight Gaganyaan program was successful in early 2024, they began to launch their own space station non-stop.

It's just that this plan is not as simple as they thought, and the space station obviously failed.

Ah San's failure is not news in Huaguo, but success is news.

Just like the success of the manned spaceflight of the three people at the beginning of the year, it also sparked heated discussions in the Chinese media.

A small number of small-scale opinion leaders in China even expressed on social media:
"If you can look at the past records of Huaguo and Ah San from an objective perspective, you will have a clearer and correct understanding of Ah San's aerospace strength."

"From nuclear tests to anti-satellite tests, Ah San has been catching up with Hua Guo at a very fast speed."

"Hua Guo conducted its first nuclear test in 1964, and Ah San conducted its first nuclear test in 1974. It took about ten years to catch up."

"Hua Guo launched its first lunar mission, Chang'e-2007, in 2008, and New Delhi launched Luna-[-] in [-]."

"Hua Guo conducted its first anti-satellite weapon mission in 2007, and Ah San followed in 2019."

"Ah San is chasing after China in the aviation field. We need to take a correct view of Ah San's scientific research strength and competitiveness."

At that time, this Weibo also caused a certain degree of heated discussion.

But later Hua's astronauts successfully entered the moon-orbiting space station, but Ah San's space station failed to disintegrate in space.

Netizens dug graves and slapped faces mercilessly below.

"Ah San doesn't even know that she is so good."

"I have no problem with licking your rice daddy, can you stop just licking any country?"

Netizens' grave-digging and slapping made the blogger delete his blog and pretend to be dead.

Not only the opinion leaders in Huaguo, but also the European and American bloggers on Twitter are blowing Ah San.

"Asan is a big country with rapidly growing technological strength. I am very optimistic that they will surpass China in the 21st century and become the most influential country in Asia."

"The success of manned spaceflight shows Ah San's strong scientific research strength, and we should know more about them."

Belonging is hype.

After the failure of Ah San's space station, a large number of Ah Sans who realized the gap spontaneously organized and complained wildly under these bloggers.

"Please face the reality, we are not your tool to deal with Huaguo."

"Your bragging about Ah San's technological strength is just trying to cover up your failure to contain Huaguo's technological development."

"False Europas."

On Twitter, Ah San's fighting power is much stronger than that of the Chinese.They will hold together, and the Chinese and the Chinese will fight endlessly among themselves.

Ah San's failure made the Europa League realize that it should be more cautious.

The Europa Alliance had limited accumulation in the aerospace field before, and it has been surpassed by Huaguo in recent years.

Data from a certain year show that China's investment in aerospace is 1.6 times that of the Europa League and 5.7 times that of Russia, second only to American.

After losing England as an ally, Neon, who can only make do with the kangaroos, is even more powerless to invest heavily in aerospace.

Funds and talents are not enough for them to participate in the investment of the Mars base.

Neon intends to turn, landing on Mars is a relatively stable project with high investment and high return in the reward mission.

But this is not the only project, and there are many other projects with low investment and high returns to choose from.

For example, the unified time rules of the universe, more advanced artificial intelligence, and so on.

After England successfully returned to the Europa League, Wiles has gone to work at the Europa League Academy in Brussels.

After deciding to bet, England carried out research according to its established plan.

Their main goal is to develop a more advanced artificial intelligence, the best that can pass the Haibo test.

Even if it can't, England also hopes to realize the full automation of some manufacturing industries.

When artificial intelligence can gradually replace human labor, it will be time for the manufacturing industry to return to the Europa League.

At that time, England could achieve market monopoly while gaining market share.

The monopoly law within the Europa Union does not have a good solution to monopoly behavior at the national level.

Moreover, England can use artificial intelligence technology to go deep into the manufacturing industry inside Europa and collect more data to optimize its technology.

It will also implement dependencies on their technology.

England's idea is to use artificial intelligence as the core technology of the future to lead the return and revival of the Europa League's manufacturing industry.

The middle and low-end manufacturing industry was previously undertaken by Huaguo. Later, after Huaguo's labor costs rose, some manufacturing industries were transferred to Southeast Asia.

When artificial intelligence can replace manpower in the low-end manufacturing industry, the manufacturing industry can be located locally, or in areas covered by the Europa Alliance.

Wiles is in Brussels, but it does not affect his continued leadership of England's artificial intelligence research and development plan.

He is at the heart of the program.

The essence of artificial intelligence is mathematics. Before using the magic brain, Wiles was already a top mathematician. After using the magic brain, his attainments in the field of mathematics have improved to a higher level.

His underlying thinking logic has been fundamentally evolved, and it is easier for him to touch the crux of the problem when thinking about it.

This kind of improvement cannot be quantified by the percentage increase in intelligence.The traits required for mathematical research are also completely different from the IQ as understood by the general public.

The artificial intelligence project led by Wiles is progressing rapidly.

England has become the first country in the Europa League to have fully autonomous trucks.

Huaguo needs to test many rounds before it can be completely released. England has tested it for half a year without any problems, so it released it.

Even began to sell this technology to other Europa Union countries.

Autopilot technology and AI chips are packaged for sale.

France, which was miserable by truck drivers taking to the streets, took the lead in responding and purchased a small amount of England's self-driving technology for testing.

(End of this chapter)