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

After sending Hamand and Sweetan out of the house with expressions of helplessness, gratitude, hesitation, and hesitation, Lin Ju and Androv looked at each other, their bodies trembling continuously and revealing a terrifying smile. Voice.

Moon landing + second man + near-Earth transfer from Mecca, totaling 13 billion U.S. dollars, and the funding gap has been solved by 200%.

There are also some projects that Aber is still not afraid to buy, but after the successful moon landing, Androv still doesn’t believe that he can’t make money for them.

It took off from Abmukara from Mecca, docked and landed on the moon, and then took off from Mecca from low-Earth orbit when returning. This is the plan that Sweetan and Hamand guaranteed that the old king would 100% agree with. .

Because this is so flattering to Aberdeen, even if it costs 79.8 billion yuan, it is still considered completely worth it.

When Androv said the price of a person, he only raised one finger to leave room for himself and said the words "10 billion."

He wanted to call out US dollars, but he was afraid that the price would scare people away so he simply omitted the currency. Unexpectedly, Hamand's eyes lit up immediately: "Ten billion US dollars?"

The first moon landing only costs $10 billion? !

Lin Ju was almost suffocated by Gou Dahu's oil and couldn't breathe smoothly.

I just don’t know what the space agency thinks, so whatever, we’ll wait until we get the money.

…

On September 17, the packed Unity was erected on Xinyuan-2, which was being reused for the fourth time, waiting for liftoff.

Deng Lei, who was in space for the third time, seemed to be at ease. While checking the electrical equipment easily, he still had the energy to joke with the five crew members from time to time.

Astronauts from five different countries sat in the crew cabin, looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window with enjoyment, and at the same time said, "This is the real space flight."

At 12 o'clock, the International Space Station had passed over Kazakhstan, and Xinyuan 2 was ignited to carry out the second manned mission of Unity.

At 13:55 pm, after more than one lap of pursuit, Unity successfully caught up with the International Space Station and carefully docked with the "Harmony" node module.

The modified top hatch opened, and the five International Space Station astronauts left one after another with the help. Then the four returnees climbed in and fastened their seat belts with the help of Deng Lei.

During this process, Deng Lei briefly entered the Harmony node module at the warm invitation of the ISS astronauts and took a bunch of photos as evidence of Chinese people visiting the ISS.

When Deng Lei was about to leave and return to the atmosphere more than an hour later, the ISS astronauts took the last photo of Deng Lei adjusting the route casually before the docking module was closed. It looked like you were calling Didi Taxi and the driver confirmed the route. Same.

These photos returned to Earth almost at the same time as Deng Lei. This time, Deng Lei didn't even eat any noodles after landing. He quickly left to meet the matchmaker, just like a clerk leaving in a hurry after getting off work.

The other four ISS astronauts left on their own planes. They were not Chinese astronauts and their exposure was not high. Everything seemed so normal.

But for the space agency, Lin Ju is causing trouble again.

Arbor deposited US$6.5 billion into China's overseas remittance management account, claiming that it was a deposit for their joint moon landing project.

Space Agency:? ? ?

Ministry of Foreign Affairs:? ? ?

Only then did they discover that Xinyuan and Arbor Aerospace signed an agreement in a low-key manner that day. Even the amount was not disclosed. They only said that Arbor would jointly carry out lunar development work with Xinyuan Aerospace Power.

When asked about Xinyuan, the answer was that it was a commercial secret and had no comment.

Moon development? Why does the deposit for lunar development require US$6.5 billion? Are you going to the moon to dig for helium-3?

The boss of the space agency was full of questions, but he couldn't get the answer.

Their intuition told them that something terrible must have happened, so they quickly used special channels to get some inside information, and then they were all numb.

There will be a moon landing and a lunar research station before 2020. Why does it sound a bit familiar?

But you are just a private aerospace company. Why don't you be so radical and start selling tickets?

But regarding such a big matter, the superiors took it very seriously and called the space agency directly to ask: Is it possible for Xinyuan Aerospace to land on the moon? Is it bragging or is it true?

Experts from the National Space Administration and the Academy of Engineering came to the scene to analyze the capabilities of Xinyuan Aerospace Power and listed them one by one, and found that it seemed to be possible.

Since a small space shuttle can be built, the spacecraft for landing on the moon will naturally be no problem, and the landing and ascender will not be a big problem either.

The most important thing is the giant rocket that can land on the moon. They estimate that Xinyuan has the ability to produce two Xinyuan 2s in about half a year. After expansion, this number may be four.

Xinyuan-2 can easily use the CBC configuration to produce Xinyuan-2A, with a low-Earth orbit transport capacity of 135 tons, making it easy to land on the moon.

In other words, three core-level Xinyuan No. 1 armors can be produced at least 4 in three years, which is enough even for one-time use.

A rocket test launch, a spacecraft landing test, a manned flight around the moon, and a moon landing;

If you add the time for test flights and preparations for a large space shuttle, there will be a few more launch missions, but not too long.

What's more, Xinyuan No. 2A is reusable!

According to their speculation, including the development and deployment time of related lander and supporting facilities, if Xinyuan Aerospace Power is determined to go to the moon, it will use up almost 20 billion in funds and take more than three years.

20 billion sounds like a lot, but when converted into U.S. dollars, it is only 3.2 billion, and Arbor has already sent a deposit of 6.5 billion U.S. dollars. Obviously, there is almost no problem with funding.

After a group of experts introduced this result in front of their superiors, the whole scene froze.

According to China's timetable, it will probably complete the manned moon landing from 2025 to 2030. The rocket used for the moon landing is not even developed, not even designed!

The superior's expression, which had not changed for thousands of years, began to solidify like an iceberg. It took him a long time before he asked with a trace of luck: "Moon landing is a very expensive thing. Why is a private company so keen on space exploration? Are they really going back?" Why? Which space company X doesn’t have one?”

Boss: "I may have a little guess about this. Lin Ju is very young, so he has the energy of a young man. Now that he has obtained a large amount of funds and has the strength, he will definitely go. Maybe at this time he sees Going to the moon is more important than making more money.

Moreover... he is also very supportive of our national projects, and the fees for undertaking tasks are very favorable. "

"In other words, they might not push their plans back a little bit?"

"Unless it's a technical reason, I think so."

After another moment of silence, the superior's voice came:

“Energy, elan, have we kept a low profile for too long and actually forgotten that it is our elan that allows us to rush through the siege of the great powers and create a peaceful sky?

Academician She, the space agency, can you find a way to land on the moon within three years? All that is required is to send people to the surface of the moon. "

The experts here understood the underlying meaning of this sentence. In the past, the government's view on the moon landing was: if you have money and strength, you will naturally do it. If you want to do it, don't do it as a face-saving project, and build a big and good scientific research station at once.

But now the superior's thinking has obviously changed a little. Perhaps it is necessary to fight for this face, and it is the most time-consuming to lose both face and li.

We can no longer rely on private aerospace. If we rely on private companies to land people on the moon, the space agency will simply disband Suzhou.

This was not only the idea of ​​​​the superiors, but it was also said outright, causing the experts present to lower their heads for a moment.

"Xinyuan Aerospace Power Company has not been established for a long time, but it has achieved a lot of achievements. Even if it is a large enterprise in China, it is still a big enterprise.

This year’s manned program, their rocket only took less than a year, but how long did it take for the Long March 5 from project establishment to success? Of course, it is true that the funds they obtain through commercial means are much more abundant, but if we also provide the same financial support, with the power of the space agency and the entire country, can't we do better?

In the rescue mission in August, the technical strength they demonstrated has surpassed that of the space agency in my opinion. "

The superiors were not polite in their words. First it was recyclable rockets, then heavy rockets, space shuttles, etc., all of which were projects that the space agency needed to spend a lot of effort to complete.

Xinyuan's successive successes in the past year, and as a private enterprise, led to superiors and even some distrust of the space agency and began to doubt whether the development route of the space agency was wrong, so the Aerospace Development Committee was established.

Space race haha!