NASA receives a lot of funding every year, but they undertake even more research tasks. More than 16 billion US dollars is not enough to meet the current research plan, let alone the moon base plan! We want us to catch up as soon as possible

Lu Qiujian's team built a lunar base before, so increase the budget!

This was what Director Griffin and Mendel expressed. Abdrati listened and nodded, seeming to agree with their opinions.

"Do you think Congress will approve your application?" President Bush shook his head. Since the beginning of the Iraq War, the financial situation of the United States has been tense. Even if Congress approves NASA to accelerate the progress of the Mendel Plan, it will not be able to provide

The same amount of money as China.

Griffin shrugged, meaning you have no money to argue with labor and management? At the same time, he made up his mind that after returning, he must use the power of the media to exaggerate the threat of China's lunar base construction plan and win a better public opinion environment for himself.

In this way, you may have unexpected gains when you fight for funds next year!

"Well, what do you think about allocating the budget of other projects to the lunar base plan or cooperating with China and jointly carrying out the plan?" Xiao Shucong asked again.

"Any project currently being carried out by NASA has its undoubted reason for existence, and no deletions are allowed! As for cooperation with China, have you forgotten what happened after the Hughes satellite exploded?

?” Director Griffin was once again worried about the American president’s IQ.

President Bush looked at everyone blankly. When the Hughes satellite exploded, it was the President who was sitting in the White House with the zipper door. He didn't know the details of the incident.

So the relevant staff began to explain to him what happened. On the second day of Valentine's Day in 1996, at the Changxi Satellite Launch Center in China, the Long March 3B carrier rocket carried a Hughes communications satellite and launched into space.

, 2 seconds after launch, the rocket's attitude became unstable. 22 seconds later, the star arrow hit a hillside and exploded.

This accident caused heavy casualties and also triggered a series of problems; when analyzing the cause of the accident, both Hua Guo and Hughes Company made big mistakes. Hughes Company was going to Hua Guo's telemetry.

Based on the data, I used my profound skills to calculate that the fault point was in the driving amplifier of the navigation gyroscope; afterwards, the second launch was successful.

It seems to be a happy thing, but there are many problems; first of all, the Long March 3 carrier rocket is directly related to intercontinental missiles. Hughes Company inadvertently obtained the information that American spies spent countless financial and material resources but failed to obtain.

secondly, Hughes helped China revise its technology, removing bugs in this type of rocket and even similar intercontinental missiles, thereby improving China's missile technology.

This incident was used by a senator named Cox to promote the threat theory of China and set off a new wave of anti-China in the United States; China also collapsed, and its own killer weapon was peeked by others.

, and was even beaten upside down.

In the end, due to this incident, China and the U.S. aerospace community formed an indissoluble feud. The U.S. further upgraded its arms export management regulations and announced that any satellite containing U.S. components cannot be launched through Chinese rockets. Any violation will be punished

International sanctions were imposed; China, on the other hand, introduced a new promotion method of package sales of rockets and satellites, and the other party would pay after the satellites were in orbit. This also eliminated the possibility of leaks again.

After the staff finished introducing the matter, President Bush also understood NASA's concerns. They could not afford to leak secrets to China; and the United States' consistent policy was to suppress the development of China's aerospace technology, from commercial satellite launches to

China has been obstructing the International Space Station project, and it seems unrealistic for them to make an opening in this plan.

"Then there's nothing we can do?" Xiao Shuchong spread his hands in frustration and looked at the elites in American politics and science in the conference room.

"Mr. President, actually you don't have to worry too much!" Dr. Abdeladi, who had been acting as a spectator just now, came to the rescue. "The aerospace technology of the United States is still far ahead of China. We sent people to space in the 1960s.

The moon, and now nearly fifty years have passed, and China has just carried out its second manned space flight. It will take a long time for them to land on the moon, let alone establish a lunar base!"

"NASA has an annual budget of more than 10 billion U.S. dollars and more than 20,000 employees. It has ten jurisdictions including Ames Research Center, Golan Research Center, Langley Research Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Dryden Flight Research Center.

A long-established and powerful research institution, it has established partnerships with California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Purdue University, and Michigan State University.

We have long-term cooperation with nearly a hundred of the world's top universities such as the University of Michigan, Indiana University, and Pennsylvania State University. Regardless of financial resources, material resources, or experience accumulation, we are far ahead of other countries in the world!" Abderadi did not notice Griffin on the side.

The director's cannibalistic look analyzes President Bush from the perspective of a technical worker.

"Even with the lunar base research experience we have accumulated now, it will take China a long time to catch up. What's more, during this time, we will not stay where we are. By the time they catch up, we will be far away!

"Abderadi appears confident in NASA's strength, "So I don't think we need to worry too much about China's plans."

"So, what should we do?" President Bush turned his attention to his Madam Secretary of State.

Through analysis, Condoleezza Rice believed that Abdeladi's opinion was closer to the truth. After thinking for a moment, she proposed her own way of handling it, "First of all, we must condemn China for disrupting the existing space situation and triggering international turmoil.

behavior; and then increase the US and our allies’ response to China

Export restrictions on the country's high-tech products and technologies have made it more difficult for China to realize its plans; in addition, it has strengthened the management of Chinese and even Chinese staff working in the science and technology sector in the United States to prevent them from being exposed to core secrets as much as possible; the intelligence department also

It is necessary to strengthen the penetration of Xihe’s plan.”

These decisions seemed to be a good solution to President Bush. He also consulted other personnel for their opinions. Except for Director Griffin and Mendel who insisted on increasing the budget, no one else expressed objections, so this decision was made.
Chapter completed!