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A few days later, Cao Yifei returned to Beijing and led the negotiation team to contact the manned spaceflight office to discuss cooperation on the manned lunar landing project. Manned lunar landing is definitely a major project in the aerospace field. The cooperation between the two parties involves many aspects such as funds, personnel, technology, and facilities. There are too many details to discuss. The negotiation lasted for a week before the two sides reached an agreement and signed a cooperation agreement.

The next morning, Ruida Aerospace and the Manned Spaceflight Office jointly held a press conference to announce the cooperation between the two parties in manned lunar landing. Cao Yifei held the microphone and faced many cameras, and said, "We, Ruida Aerospace and the Manned Spaceflight Office, have a common goal, which is to send Chinese astronauts to the moon and plant the five-star red flag on the South Pole of the moon. In terms of technology, we each have our own advantages. In terms of talent, the manned spaceflight team undoubtedly has more talents. In terms of capital investment, Ruida Aerospace basically has no upper limit. The two sides have a broad basis for cooperation, complement each other's advantages, and jointly promote the manned spaceflight project, which will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort."

An official spokesperson for the Manned Spaceflight Office said, "According to our office's original long-term plan, manned lunar landing will be achieved at least after 2030. Although Ruida Aerospace has not been established for a long time, its technical strength is very strong. It has designed and built two lunar-landing space planes, which are about to be tested. Our two sides will work together to promote the manned lunar landing project, and it is hoped that six astronauts will be sent to the moon by the end of this year or early next year."

"The reason why we chose the Aitken Basin at the South Pole of the Moon as the landing point for our manned lunar landing is because the Pioneer lunar probe discovered a large amount of water ice there. The first manned lunar landing plan we are planning is completely different from the Apollo lunar landing plan of the United States. They just sent a few astronauts to land on the moon, dig a few baskets of soil and come back, but we plan to build a lunar base at the South Pole of the Moon, where astronauts will be stationed for a long time. Astronauts need to live on the moon for a long time, and water and oxygen are both essential resources. If they are all transported from the earth, the cost will be very high. Building a lunar base at the South Pole of the Moon and collecting and utilizing the water ice there can solve the astronauts' drinking water and oxygen problems and greatly reduce the later maintenance costs of the lunar base."

The press conference lasted for two hours, during which Cao Yifei and the spokesperson of the Manned Spaceflight Office answered some questions raised by reporters and revealed many details of the cooperation between the two sides, which triggered exclamations and applause at the press conference. That afternoon, major online information platforms reported in detail on the cooperative lunar landing plan between Ruida Aerospace and the Manned Spaceflight Office. Some platforms even set up special pages and comment areas for netizens to discuss and express their personal opinions.

"Didn't they say that it would take at least 20 years for China to achieve manned lunar landing? How come it was suddenly brought forward to the end of this year? Are they bragging?"

"This is news that was announced personally by the official spokesperson of the Manned Spaceflight Office and Mr. Cao of Ruida Aerospace. How could it be bragging?"

"I can only say that Ruida Aerospace's technology is amazing. The anti-gravity engine and the space plane are so advanced that it will only take a few minutes to realize manned lunar landing."

"Since Ruida Aerospace is so awesome, why not just complete the manned lunar landing project independently? Why do we need to involve the national team?"

"Manned lunar landing is not an ordinary project. It requires too many pre-conditions, including launch vehicle technology (space plane is also acceptable), manned spacecraft technology, lunar landing technology, lunar rover technology, life support system, communication and navigation technology, ground control system, etc. Even if Ruida Aerospace is powerful, it cannot handle all of them by itself."

"You're right. Ruida Aerospace was founded too recently and has too little experience. Even if it has mastered several advanced technologies, there are definitely shortcomings. It's unrealistic to rely on the power of a single company to achieve manned lunar landing. Bringing in the national team, cooperating with each other, and learning from each other's strengths to make up for their weaknesses is the shortcut to achieving manned lunar landing as soon as possible."

"Establishing a lunar base during the first moon landing and sending astronauts to stay on the lunar surface for a long time is really ambitious."

"According to what I have learned, there is no sunlight in the South Pole of the Moon. If a lunar base is built there, how will the energy problem and the warmth problem be solved?"

"That's easy. We can just build a small nuclear reactor inside the lunar base to provide electricity and heating."

"It's easy to say, but it's not easy to operate. If a nuclear fission reactor is used, there are great risks. If the reactor fails in the ultra-low temperature on the moon, causing a nuclear leak, it is very likely to endanger the lives of the astronauts who stay behind."

"Didn't the Ruida Group build a controlled nuclear fusion reactor on the grassland? If we spend a little more money and replicate a similar reactor on the moon, wouldn't we be able to solve the energy problem? Moreover, the lunar soil contains a large amount of helium-3, which is the most ideal fusion raw material and is almost inexhaustible. After the fusion reactor is built, it can directly burn helium-3 and even save the money for fuel transportation. This solution is perfect."

"You are taking it for granted. The controlled nuclear fusion test reactor built by Ruida Group on the grassland covers an area of ​​more than 20 acres. It is too difficult to transport such a huge thing to the moon. What's more, the nuclear fusion test reactor has just been built and has not been ignited yet. No one knows whether it can carry out controlled nuclear fusion for a long time."

"I've read a paper published by Reda Aerospace in a journal. The water ice at the South Pole of the Moon contains a lot of methane. Perhaps it can be separated and used as fuel to solve the problem of keeping warm and providing energy."

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The discussion on the Internet was quite lively. Some people were excited, some were sarcastic, some raised doubts, and some folk experts gave some reasonable suggestions. When the news spread abroad, especially to developed Western countries, the media, scientists, and the public all sneered and did not believe it at all. "The official team of China actually said that they would achieve a manned moon landing before the end of this year. It's a joke. This spokesperson doesn't have a fever. How can he say such nonsense!"

"Our country's Apollo moon landing program required the whole nation's efforts and investment of tens of billions of US dollars. It took several years of research and development to finally send two astronauts to the moon. With the technical reserves and financial investment of China Aerospace, it is simply a dream to realize manned space flight within a few months."

"What is the origin of this Ruida Aerospace Company? They can cooperate with the Chinese government, so they must be quite capable, right?"

"I went online to the Huaxia network and looked up some information about the Ruida Aerospace Company. I found that the company's aerospace technology is quite impressive. Within two years, they have developed reusable rockets, heavy-duty and super-heavy-duty launch vehicles, and space planes that can travel to and from space."

"Aren't reusable rockets SpaceX's exclusive technology? How come a Chinese aerospace company also has it? Did they steal it from SpaceX?"

"My friend, your information is too outdated. The first rocket recovery in the world was the Suzaku rocket of the Chinese company Ruida Aerospace, which was several months earlier than SpaceX's Falcon 9. Moreover, their team has also developed an aerospace plane that can take off directly from the ground and enter space. Their technical strength is quite impressive."

"Well, even if this Reda Aerospace has some strength, it is impossible to achieve manned space flight in a short period of time."

"Let's just wait and see the Chinese aerospace industry make a fool of itself. If they can't complete a manned moon landing within a year, it will be a huge disgrace to them."

No matter how chaotic the outside world is, Ruida Aerospace and the official manned lunar landing team have no time to pay attention to it. Once the cooperative lunar landing project is launched, it will be fully operational. Everyone is so busy that they have no time to pay attention to online public opinion.

Qiao Ruida stayed in Beijing for almost a month. When the semester ended and the school was on summer vacation, he took Du Qingqing and drove to Ruida Aerospace City to personally participate in the research and development of the lunar version of the space plane. With the help of the golden finger, Qiao Ruida only needs to take a look at the unfinished lunar version of the space plane to point out the many mistakes and defects in design, materials, or processing. What needs to be replaced is replaced, what needs to be repaired is repaired, and what needs to be reworked is immediately torn down and reworked. With Qiao Ruida's participation, the development progress of the lunar version of the space plane has more than doubled, and many hidden dangers have been found and eliminated directly in the research and development stage.

One month later, two brand-new lunar spaceplanes completed the final comprehensive inspection and rolled off the production line. They were handed over to the test flight team composed of astronauts and ground crew for subsequent test flights. In the past few days, the manned spaceflight office has selected a large number of technical personnel and six experienced astronauts to form a team and send them to Ruida Space City to familiarize themselves with the site, learn the driving and maintenance of spaceplanes, and jointly promote the manned lunar landing project.

While the two lunar spaceplanes were being tested, Ruida Aerospace conducted a spaceplane name collection activity on its official website. In order to increase the influence of the activity, Qiao Ruida forwarded it on his Weibo, and the manned spaceflight office, as a partner, also forwarded the relevant information of the activity on its official website and public account. With this operation, the influence of the spaceplane name collection activity has skyrocketed. During the half-month event, at least more than 123 million netizens participated in the event and gave tens of thousands of names to the two spaceplanes. After the initial screening by Jarvis and the secondary screening by the staff, names entered the final competition. After another week of voting by netizens, the two names with the highest support rate were finally selected to name the two lunar spaceplanes. The two names are "Chang'e" and "Running to the Moon", so the two lunar spaceplanes that are still being tested have their own names, "Chang'e" and "Running to the Moon". Putting them together means Chang'e flying to the moon, which is both pleasant to hear and has good symbolic meaning.

The manned lunar landing project is progressing in an orderly manner. Good news has also come from the fusion industrial park next door. The infrastructure work of the controlled nuclear fusion experimental reactor has been completed, all the equipment has been installed in place, and the final debugging has been completed. The only thing left is to add deuterium and tritium fuel to conduct ignition tests. As early as last year, Qiao Ruida spent a huge amount of money to buy some deuterium and tritium gases. It is not realistic to use them for long-term power supply for fusion reactions, but they are enough for ignition tests of controlled nuclear fusion experimental reactors. On the day he received the news, Qiao Ruida called the company's logistics department to pack the deuterium and tritium gases and transport them to the fusion industrial park.

Two days later, Qiao Ruida, Du Qingqing, Cao Yifei, and other company executives gathered at the Fusion Industrial Park to attend the ignition ceremony of the controlled nuclear fusion test reactor. In addition to these company insiders, there were also several reporters from official media, as well as a vice president and more than a dozen engineers from the Nuclear Power Group. Before the official ignition, Qiao Ruida first took everyone into the fusion test reactor and took a tour. All they saw along the way were tall equipment, neatly arranged cables and pipes, constantly flashing indicator lights, and ubiquitous electronic display screens. Not to mention those completely laymen reporters and company executives, even the engineers from the Nuclear Power Group didn't understand much. I just think these devices are very advanced, very awesome, and very tall, and I feel awesome after seeing them.

Of course, Qiao Ruida led people into the experimental reactor and took a tour, not for a simple visit or to show off, but to activate the golden finger, open the analysis skills, and conduct a final verification of the internal equipment to ensure that all equipment is installed in place, in good condition, and operating normally. You can't say that this tour was not in vain. Qiao Ruida really found several hidden installation errors and a failed sensor. If it is not corrected and replaced, there will be safety hazards. Maybe one or two ignition tests will not cause problems, but problems will occur sooner or later when it is put into operation. After discovering the problem, Qiao Ruida called several technicians on the spot, dismantled some components or equipment on the spot, and reinstalled them. The damaged components were also replaced.

Half an hour later, all the problems were solved. The analysis function was turned on and all the results were green. Qiao Ruida nodded with satisfaction and ordered, "Add deuterium and tritium gas and prepare for the ignition test."

"Okay, Mr. Qiao, we will add fuel immediately, clear the site, and prepare for the ignition test." The staff agreed and went to make the final preparations. Qiao Ruida led everyone out of the experimental reactor and headed to the fusion integrated control room on the other side of the industrial park. (End of this chapter)