cosmic hegemony

Chapter 164, Meeting on the Moon

More than 20 lunar rovers in Chang'e City on the moon drove out of Chang'e City with a full load of supplies. More than 20 wealthy people in spacesuits controlled the lunar rovers to move forward one by one through the virtual machine.

"Haha, let's go, I will open the way ahead, and everyone will line up in a long queue."

Bezos said excitedly in the public communication channel that there is no air on the moon, so the communication between each other outside Chang'e City can only be realized by radio.

Of course, Huaxia on the side of the moon has already established a global positioning system and a global communication system. Not only can they chat with each other, but they can also connect to the network on the earth side through a virtual machine and interact with the earth side.

The lunar rover driven by Bezos has been specially modified. The front is similar to a bulldozer, which can push away some rocks blocking the way on the moon. Large rocks that cannot be pushed can only choose to detour.

At this time, Bezos drove his lunar rover to lead the way, and at the same time, he did not forget to use his camera to take pictures of the convoy behind him, and then connected to the virtual machine to start updating his homepage, circle of friends, etc.

"We set off with a full load of supplies, and we are still 180 kilometers away from our own base. According to the current forward speed, it will take about 4 hours to arrive. The speed of Huaxia's lunar rover is too slow."

Bezos told the photos, the planned route, and the approximate time point one by one, and finally couldn't help complaining. He didn't know that the lunar rover had been improved for several generations. If the first generation of the moon Car, slower.

Each lunar rover is relatively large, about the size of a large forklift, not only capable of carrying loads, but also has two robotic arms with many functions, such as mining, digging, digging holes, cutting stones, etc. There is no problem, it is a comprehensive construction vehicle with many functions in one.

Of course, the most important function of this lunar rover is the life support function. There is also a separate life support system on the lunar rover, which can be activated in an emergency. The power is a magnetic field battery, which is enough to last for hundreds of hours.

At the NASA headquarters in Uncle Sam on Earth, everyone is looking at the big screen. On the big screen, the images monitored by the lunar satellite are playing. On the moon where there is no air, the satellite in space can clearly capture the surface of the moon. everything of.

A convoy of more than 20 huge lunar rovers cannot escape the eyes of satellites. The picture is very clear. On one side is the picture of the convoy moving forward, and on the other side is a map of the moon. A red dot on it is constantly moving towards a green dot. near.

"This time they purchased a huge amount of materials. If we use rockets to launch spacecraft to transport them, we will need to launch dozens of times to transport such a huge amount of materials to the moon, and the financial resources will be more than More than 2000 billion, and we can save nearly 2 years in terms of time, so in this way, we have actually taken advantage of it.”

Looking at the screen, Lawrence felt a little emotional. At the beginning, no matter what, he didn't expect to be able to do this.

"Yeah! This time we took a lot of advantage, but when we think about China's space technology, we don't feel happy at all. They have aerospace planes, and the transportation cost is very low. They have too many advantages in space competition. big."

James on the side nodded and couldn't help sighing.

"Is there really no way for us to get an aerospace plane? If we still rely on traditional rocket technology to launch spacecraft, in this fierce space race, it will be difficult for us to persist in the end, and the cost will be too high Already!"

"Especially once the lunar base is built, we have people stationed there for a long time, and we have to regularly transport materials and personnel over there, our expenditures in this area alone are enough to drag us down."

Lawrence looked worried. He is an important person in charge of NASA. Of course, he knows that building a base on the moon is completely spent on burning money. How much, how many billions are invested in it, even if Uncle Sam is rich and powerful. Huge investment, not to mention that Uncle Sam's economy is also in decline, and the domestic situation is getting worse and worse.

"There will be a G20 summit soon, and I think that should change."

James said personally that, as an important member of Uncle Sam's government, he certainly knows some important information.

On the other side of the ocean, the Huaxia Space Administration, when the huge amount of more than 1500 billion US dollars arrived in the account, the entire aerospace department couldn't help cheering. Such a huge sum of money is enough for Huaxia to do a lot of things.

Especially now that the funds earned by the aerospace department are only used by the aerospace department. Although there are already a lot of appropriations above, it still seems a bit stretched in all aspects, but since the start of lunar tourism, the funds in various aspects seem to be relatively sufficient .

This time, more than 1500 billion U.S. dollars of huge funds have arrived in the account, and now there is even a surplus, and I can speed up my space progress, and do some things that I couldn't do because of the shortage of funds.

"Tell this kid Li Fu, hurry up and produce aerospace planes for me. Don't think that I don't know his production. Sell me 100 Hercules aerospace planes first."

Tang Yunshan held a huge amount of money in his hands, and the first thing he thought of was to purchase aerospace planes. The more space planes there were, the greater China's power in space would be.

"With food in hand, I have more confidence to speak. Aerospace planes need to be purchased, and the exploitation of lunar resources must be stepped up. Rare earths are a good thing."

"Well, there are also iron ore resources on the moon. If iron ore is smelted on the moon, it can be used to build Chang'e City on the moon side, and it can also be used to build space factories in space, etc."

"Uncle Sam has already occupied the Wells area. It seems that it is time for us to build other moon cities. Anyway, let's occupy the good places first. There will be more countries that will announce manned moon landing next year. , polar bears, foot pot chickens, India, the European Union, all of them are not to be outdone.”

"Hmph! I'll take all the good places first, and I'll kill you all."

Tang Yunshan, the person in charge of China's space field, can be said to be rich and powerful at this time, jingling his own small calculations in his heart.

……

Uncle Sam’s manned moon landing site in the Lunar Wells area, that is, Uncle Sam’s lunar base, three astronauts, Alan~Glenn, John~Shepard, Gaine~Collins, have been on the moon for a day and a night. Except for the rest time, they spend most of their time building the moon base.

At this time, a lunar base that is not very large in scale but has a very complete function can almost be seen in its infancy. They only need to continue to work for about a day, and they can almost build the lunar base and allow people to stay there for a long time.

"Hey, guys, it's time for a break, let's take a break first, I have good news for everyone."

Alan~Glenn stopped his work and summoned his two teammates through the communicator. Just now, he received news from the earth that someone would come to visit them. The reason why he didn't tell them in advance was to let They can work with peace of mind, but the convoy of Bezos and others will arrive soon, so it doesn't matter if you tell them now.

"What's the good news?"

John Sheppard couldn't help but asked with a smile, what could be considered good news on this barren moon.

"Haha, we'll have steak for lunch later."

Alan-Glenn continues to play tricks.

"Steak? God, my mouth is watering, but where do you get steak on the moon?"

Gain~ Collins couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He has been eating compressed food every day for the past few days, and he feels bad all over. Now when he hears about steak, he naturally drools.

"Haha, the moon food I ordered came from Huaxia Moon Chang'e City, here it comes!"

Alan~Glenn looked in the direction of Chang'e City on the moon. After several hours of travel, the convoy of Bezos and others finally arrived. More than 20 lunar rovers lined up in a long line and drove rapidly on the desolate surface of the moon.

"Oh, my God!"

The other two also saw it at this time, and they couldn't help being amazed. On this desolate moon, they were able to see a convoy driving towards them, and they suddenly relaxed from the heavy mood these days.

Soon, Bezos and others drove the lunar rovers to the three of them. The three of them looked at the lunar rovers full of supplies, and the whole person couldn't help but widen their eyes. At this time, they had received relevant information. Detailed information.

"Hey guys, how are you doing?"

"Look at what we brought you, steak, how about it, do you like this gift?"

Bezos and others stepped off the rover and came over to greet them.

"Wow, I love you guys so much, thank you so much."

Alan~Glenn went up to greet them. Both of them were wearing thick spacesuits, so they could only punch each other to express their inner feelings. This scene happened to be captured by the camera that had already been prepared and sent to the earth. Here, the whole country of Uncle Sam suddenly erupted into joy.

"On the moon, 38 kilometers away, the boxing of Alan Glenn and Jeff Bezos marked the opening of a new chapter in human history. We have been able to communicate with each other on distant planets. Walk around, and soon the moon will become like the earth and become our new home.”

The latest issue of Time Magazine adopted this photo as its cover very decisively, and accompanied it with passionate text, announcing the arrival of a new era.

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