I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?.

Chapter 467 Return to the Moon

"Gentlemen and ladies, all citizens, I am here to tell you that the age of space has arrived.

Not five years from now, not ten years from now, in our century, from now on, mankind has entered the space age. "

On the playground of Rice University in Texas, John took off his red hat and spoke to a sea of ​​students and supporters under the sun.

On July 7, Congress passed the Industry Act, the Consumer Act, the Space Force Act and NACA’s Ten-Year Space System Construction Plan.

其中工业法案的内容是从10月开始对122项产业、涉及到的1500种工业品进行进口关税限制，并对制造他们的本土企业进行为期10年的连续补贴，其中一项指标就是在2018年的时候将汽车产量从去年的1300万辆增加到2000万辆；

For small and medium-sized enterprises that meet the conditions of the bill, more than 20 preferential policies ranging from taxation to talent will be implemented, with the government funding to help attract talents. Especially in aerospace-related industries, employees can receive a special subsidy ranging from a few hundred to several thousand dollars every month.

The consumer bill is a supplement to the industrial bill and requires stricter restrictions on the payment of unemployment benefits. However, the unemployment relief agency will cooperate with local universities to offer more employment training courses and even obtain a diploma with the same status as regular college students to help find employment;

The Space Force Act officially renames the Aramco Air Force to the Aramco Space Force, awards new military flags and insignias, and officially evolves the combat area into the space-atmosphere to improve global rapid response capabilities;

As for the "Ten-Year Space System Construction Plan", it is very large. It is a plan that includes the Artemis plan, Ares plan, space station plan, space power station plan, starlink construction, deep space exploration, global measurement and control system, etc. The core purpose of China's huge space program is simple: to launch a comprehensive catch-up in the space field across the ocean.

The ten-year plan is expected to launch more than 10000 tons of payload and 25000 satellites into space within ten years, send more than 1000 astronauts into space, complete the construction of lunar bases and Mars bases, and maintain fast round-trip routes.

In order to support such a huge and crazy plan, John's staff team directly calculated based on the Apollo project:

阿波罗计划从1961年开始、1972年结束，12年间耗资255亿美元，这12年的累计GDP总量是10.36万亿美元，总占比约为0.25%。

Last year, Aramco's GDP was US$18.8 trillion, 0.25% is US$470 billion, and in ten years it is US$4700 billion.

However, inflation and the depreciation of the U.S. dollar over the past ten years must be taken into account. Combined with the expected average GDP growth rate of about 2.5 to 3%, the final 10-year total plan investment is no less than 5500 billion U.S. dollars, and the average annual NACA funding expenditure is 550 billion U.S. dollars. , more than tripled compared to 2015.

By 2020, which is before the middle of the plan, the number of NACA employees will increase from 22000 to 45000, and the research strength will be greatly enhanced. The goal is to completely restore the peak level.

Such a huge expansion plan once again gave John the confidence. Congress had been frightened by the rapid progress on the other side and passed the "Ten-Year Plan" with almost no lobbying. It seemed that it would be easy to add more.

“...Citizens, fifty-five years ago, Kennedy said here that it would take us 10 years to land on the moon. Now I am here to say: it will take us years to become an interstellar civilization!

Our road is full of thorns, and we are swimming upstream. Don’t ask why we do this, but what we can do together for the progress of mankind and make us great again! "

……

“United Mining takes the first step in the development of space ore resources.”

"John wants the unemployed to receive more than $4000 in monthly benefits."

“The world’s most technologically advanced mining company was established.”

“NACA announced a four-trillion-yuan ten-year development plan that can build 10 of the most powerful aircraft carriers.”    “Multiple national media spoke highly of the development of space resources and expressed optimism about the future global rare earth market.”

"Lucia Expert: The moon's rare earth resources are enough for human use for more than 10,000 years."

"National Trade Import and Export Corporation: Lunar rare earth development may lead to a decrease in rare earth prices."

"..."

On the 22nd and 23rd, both sides of the Pacific raised the heat of space to a new height again.

United Mining, with a registered capital of 100 billion yuan, became a blockbuster. Many domestic industrial groups and investors expressed strong confidence. A large number of details of the "Yushu" base construction plan were announced, and each item was worthy of exclamation.

Experts continue to talk about the advantages of lunar ore development and repeatedly emphasize that the transportation cost will not be high after the technology is mature, and how profitable it will be to transport rare earths back to the earth after smelting, etc.

Although Aramco on the other side had not had time to react, John's three economic-related bills also set off huge waves. The auto industry stocks, which had been sluggish, soared at the opening, and the local new energy vehicle brand Rivian even soared. Direct limit.

Subsequently, several major automobile manufacturers also announced the construction of new automobile assembly plants in various places, and a large number of unemployed people hope to find jobs there.

Not to mention the ten-year plan, various manufacturers that have in-depth cooperation with NACA are once again favored by the market. Even the market value of Oriental International Space Tourism Company, which is listed on the US stock market, has increased slightly by 7%.

The happiest person is Arbor. They are hedging their bets. While joining the Huayin Treaty Organization and vigorously cooperating with China Aerospace, they have just subscribed to a new US$200 billion in Argentine-US bonds. They are temporarily in a state of favour.

Prince Sweetan has returned to Arbor with Rayana Alkarli and Ali Alkarli. The Mecca space shuttle has completed maintenance and painted new paint at the base last month. It is in very good condition. Perfect.

According to the original agreement, the two Arbor astronauts took off from the Mukala Space Launch Site and went to the Tiangong Space Station to dock with the Storm launched on the same day. They completed the personnel transfer there and then separated and headed for the moon.

This link is very important. Although a "scheduling" fee of up to 20 billion US dollars is charged, the meaning of being able to launch from one's own site is completely different.

In fact, the Tianmu-2 mission was quite busy. The place where they landed was no longer the Guanghan Palace No. 1 base near the Qom impact crater, but the mining site planned by Xinyuan.

Even if Rayana paid the money, he still had to work together honestly, following Deng Lei and Li Wei in prospecting everywhere, and gaining a more detailed understanding of the mine environment.

The "Full Moon" lander used in this mission was customized according to Xinyuan's needs and can provide three astronauts with an expected mission time of 48 to 72 hours. This is also the first time that the landing is for commercial interests from start to finish. The monthly plan should also be counted as a publicity point in the early launch mission of United Mining.

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