You say you have an iron will, are you serious?

Chapter 326 Professor Zhao~ This makes it very difficult for us~

A month later, Shenzhou 8 was successfully launched, and more than three hours after successfully entering orbit, it completed the rendezvous and docking mission with Tiangong 1.

At this point, the construction mission of the Tiangong Space Station and the feasibility of astronauts stationed in outer space suddenly became a fact that was about to be achieved.

Everyone has no doubt that China’s Tiangong Space Station will be built soon!

Including NASA, the space agencies or aerospace departments of many countries sent congratulatory messages to the Chinese Space Administration at the moment of the successful rendezvous and docking of Shenzhou 8 and Tiangong 1. No matter how many lemons they had eaten in their hearts, they became sour. In the same way, at this moment, we are still the first to congratulate our aerospace industry on its great success, and then say something grand: "It is a great achievement for all mankind", "It is an important milestone for mankind to explore outer space"... and so on.

Not to mention in China, the excitement and festivities are even more intense than during the Chinese New Year.

Many businesses and individuals spontaneously set off firecrackers and fireworks to celebrate the great development of the country's aerospace industry and wish the motherland more and more prosperity.

During the launch of Shenzhou 8, something that surprised everyone happened. That is, the shell of the rocket that launched Shenzhou 8 was painted with an advertisement, which read "China has a promising future" and a slogan. A huge Chinese red chrysanthemum pattern makes the originally majestic rocket look more spiritual.

Almost all Chinese people were shocked by this scene!

The Rockets use their name to advertise, what kind of shocking move is this?

You know, in our country, space launch activities are a very serious matter.

Advertising? That is deviant!

But now, a grand advertisement came directly, and the naming rights were sold to a certain person.

While the Chinese people were shocked, there was also lively discussion on the Internet.

However, compared to the cautious people in the 1980s and 1990s, people in this period have already opened up to an unknown extent, so there is almost one-sided support for this matter, and foreign cases are also cited as support, saying that other countries The purpose of doing this is to reduce costs and there is no loss to the country. Why not do it?

In this discussion, a very interesting phenomenon emerged, which slapped the faces of countless well-known celebrities who admired America as a beacon of freedom. That is America, which people have the impression of being highly liberal and commercial. NASA has yet to open up advertising on rockets!

On the contrary, the former Mao and the current Maozi, who have always been famous for their stereotyped, serious and dogmatic impressions, were the first country in the world to advertise on rockets.

Yes, America and NASA are not allowed to carry commercial advertisements on their rockets. The former president who has split has allowed commercial advertisements to be carried on the rockets.

Such a scene that subverted people's cognition made countless people stunned and exclaimed, "This is trivial knowledge!"

What is even more popular is that the reason given by America and NASA is that "commercialization" will hinder their research and development, and will make those advertising companies mistakenly believe that they can influence or even guide NASA's aerospace activities. On the other hand, former Chairman Mao didn't care about this at all. When he advertised on a rocket for the first time, he accepted an advertisement from a small booklet from a capitalist country, and it was a company that produced sanitary napkins.

A netizen posted a picture of Da Maozi's rocket soaring into the sky. What was very eye-catching on the picture was an advertisement for sanitary napkins in a small booklet, with the thoughtful text "It makes money, it's not shabby."

At the same time, he also posted a picture of America's NASA rocket taking off into the sky, with the text "Freedom? Commercialization? No, I won't give up for five buckets of rice!"

So, who is authoritarian and unfree? Who is freedom and democracy?

……

On this day, Zhao Mo, who had taken a break from the biological laboratory and went to the astronaut training center for training as usual, almost couldn't stand it after seeing the news.

Good guy, you don’t know if you don’t do some research. Once you do some research, you’ll be shocked to find that there is such little knowledge?

Zhao Mo had to lament that there were too many cold knowledge that went against common sense and impressions, just like the later industrial survey and agricultural survey.

In addition, he also saw a news report on a certain wave portal website, saying that according to relevant departments, the country is preparing to open the aerospace field to the private sector.

Zhao Mo was not surprised by the news. He only had a thought in his mind: "It has been brewing for more than a year. Is it finally time to take action?"

Who proposed this matter is no longer known, but he told the space agency more than a year ago and also told Minister Liu of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

When Li Dong, chief designer of Changwu, talked with him about rocket development, he agreed with his point of view and said that in addition to his high-thrust rocket engine, other rocket engine technologies can be opened to the private sector, so that the private market can be accelerated and the market can be opened to the public. Our country's aerospace economy has become booming.

From then until now, there has been no movement, and Zhao Mo has forgotten about it.

Now that I see this news, it is obvious that the higher-ups have come out to let the public know. Let’s see how the society reacts. If there are more positive reactions, then the rules and regulations that have been prepared for a long time will be introduced.

"It seems that in the future, civilians will also be able to launch rockets and satellites~"

"Won't manned spacecraft also be launched by private companies? Just like America's Space Exploration Technology Company~"

During lunch, we also talked about this matter in the training center.

"Professor Zhao, what do you think?"

Astronaut Liu Yang smiled and asked about Zhao Mo.

Zhao Mo, who was thinking about some biological questions, came back to his senses, shook his head and replied casually: "Such a major project should not be given to private companies at least until we get out of the solar system, at most it will be to launch satellites. Tasks are gradually assigned to them.”

Liu Yang: "..."

Good guy, she wants to say that she deserves to be Professor Zhao?

Everyone is just thinking about manning a manned landing on the moon and a manned landing on the moon, but Professor Zhao is already thinking about rushing out of the solar system? Everyone sitting next to her also had the same reaction as her, and they were all speechless.

……

In the afternoon, when everyone was thinking about training as usual, Director Ruan Min of the Space Administration and a group of experts, accompanied by the director of the training center, convened a meeting with everyone.

The expert team includes scientists and engineers from other sister departments.

Yang, China's first man in space, is also among them.

"...The launch missions of Shenzhou 8 and Tiangong 1 have been successfully completed. Next year will be the launch of Shenzhou 9. As we all know, the launch of Shenzhou 9 is a manned space mission and requires astronauts on it... After organization After many discussions, it was finally decided that the Shenzhou 9 manned space mission would require three astronauts..."

Director Ruan Min gave a speech, but before he finished speaking, all the second batch of astronauts on the scene had their eyes shining, and Zhao Mo was no exception, because these words clearly told them to choose Shenzhou 9 from among them. astronaut.

Zhao Mo was so excited that he almost lost control of himself.

Fortunately, after a long period of training, he, like other astronauts, controlled his emotions very well. He did not move at all, but looked at Ruan Min with a fiery look in his eyes.

"Okay, you are in good spirits!"

Ruan Min said happily, praised them, and then continued: "...The final plan is to use the old to lead the new, one old astronaut, and the old astronaut who has performed space missions will lead two newcomers to carry out next year's mission. Shenzhou 9 launch mission. So, this time we will select two astronauts from among you. Do you have confidence?"

"Have!"

Although everyone was disappointed, everyone shouted a majestic response.

I originally thought that three people would be selected from among them to carry out the mission, but I didn't expect that only two would be selected. The number of places was suddenly reduced by one-third. This means that the chance of each of them going to heaven has plummeted. How can we not be disappointed?

However, everyone quickly understood.

The veteran astronauts who have performed space missions have experience, and the plan of bringing two newcomers is undoubtedly the safest, which greatly reduces the risk of the mission.

"Sure enough, this is still the plan~"

Zhao Mo secretly said, not surprised.

Among the people, he is the only one who is "well-informed" and knows that our country's manned space missions basically have this configuration, using the old to lead the new.

This time, because of his intrusion, it was much earlier and changed a lot, but the old tradition of "leading the new with the old" certainly cannot be changed.

"it is good!"

Director Ruan Min applauded, and then announced the start of the test. From now on, let the expert group take a look at the results of everyone's training and their respective results: "...Of course, the test results this time are only for reference and are not This is not the only basis for the final decision, the expert team will also refer to past training performance and results for this selection.”

This selection standard did not exceed everyone's expectations, because previous astronauts were also selected in this way.

Soon, that afternoon, a group of astronauts began various tests.

The entire test lasted for three full days.

When the results came out, there was no doubt that Zhao Mo was ahead in all aspects, and not just a little ahead, but by a large margin.

"Professor Zhao, this is making it very difficult for us to handle~"

Ruan Min looked at the transcripts of this batch of astronauts and was speechless. After that, he looked over Zhao Mo's performance and results in past trainings, and became even more speechless. He thought about it for a while before saying this.

Not only did Zhao Mo lead the test this time, but his past performance and results were also leading in all aspects. This made him unable to hold back despite knowing Zhao Mo's performance in this area.

This is too weird!

You should know that during this period, in addition to training, Zhao Mo was also teaching and studying at Wudaokou. He also made a big step forward in the twin prime number conjecture, a century-old problem in mathematics, and won the Fields Medal in Mathematics. On the other hand, Liu Yang, Li Yaping, Liu Wang and others were thinking about training every day and did not dare to relax at all, but in the end they could not catch up with Zhao Mo.

In comparison, the difference is too strong.

"Haha, I don't think there's anything difficult~"

Chief Yang looked at these results, but he didn't have as many thoughts as he did. He smiled heartily and said, "Professor Zhao is so good, so choose him."

Ruan Min glanced at him speechlessly, thinking: "You don't even know who he is? Can he go to heaven casually?"

However, although he thought about not choosing Zhao Mo out of worry, he also knew Zhao Mo's temper, and what he decided to do must be done. If he dared to make small moves behind his back, Zhao Mo would dare to report him. So I thought about it for a while, and like Chief Yang, I filled in Zhao Mo's name on the list and let the superiors choose.

Soon, the list was reported and submitted to the cabinet~

(End of this chapter)