His eyes glanced around the conference room, and the President, who was sitting on the head, spoke with a tired face.

"You have also heard the report of Director Bilson. Our competitors have shown vigorous ambitions in the aerospace field."

"From the beginning of manned moon landing to the lunar base, the lunar biosphere engineering... each project fully demonstrates that they are bound to achieve their determination in the field of aerospace and the development of lunar resources."

"And now, they are even more eye-catching onto the farther Mars!"

"If they replicate their development on the moon and build outposts, then the United States and even the whole world will rely on people to enter space and develop."

"I need a countermeasure. If we do not take action, in the future space age, the moon and Mars, two bridgeheads for humans to step out of the earth, will all fall into the hands of China."

There was silence in the conference room.

China is about to land on Mars, which is so bad that it cannot be worse for them.

However, they did not seem to have any other means to keep their attention to this matter and pray that the other party's firefighting failed.

Looking at these silent aides and executives, Mr. T, who was sitting at the top, was full of disappointment on his face.

He has served twice, and he has no idea how much time and energy he has put in to make the country glorious again.

But often the development of the times does not stop with personal will. Even if he is the general of the United States, it is difficult to reverse the situation in the face of this era of rapid development.

He could even watch the other party rise without any solution.

After all, the crushing from the technological level is not very meaningful even if you use more administrative means.

This was how they did it before, but now it's their own turn.

At this moment, Vice President Robert O'Brien, who was sitting in the ranking, said worriedly: "To be honest, the development of the other party in the aerospace field is not what I am most worried about."

"Even if the other party lands on Mars or even builds a Mars base on Mars, it's no big deal."

"Whether it is Mars or the moon, even if they try their best to develop it, it will not be able to completely occupy it in a short period of time."

"We have enough time and opportunity in the future, whether it is to develop our own aerospace technology or...."

After a pause, he looked at the man sitting in the first place and continued: "To be honest, instead of continuing to invest a lot of money in the aerospace field to catch up with the other party's footsteps, I suggest giving up continuing to invest in the aerospace field."

Hearing this, Director Bill Nelson quickly retorted: "Give up investment in the aerospace field, it means we have given up the entire future!"

"The arrival of the space age is inevitable. If the moon and Mars are lost, the two best transit stations for the exploration of outer space, it will be difficult for the United States to rise again in the space field in the future!"

Hearing this, Robert O'Brien looked at Bill Nelson and said in a deep voice: "Then are there any ways you can change the current space situation?"

"Is it NASA or the Tough Space Shuttle?"

"IMHO, maybe you don't want to admit it, but in fact, we have lost in the aerospace field!"

"Do you think, even if we restart the space shuttle, it will take several years to build a scientific research base on the moon like China, which can accommodate at least one thousand people?"

"Or it would take several years to send our astronauts to Mars?"

"The development of Chinese people on the moon and the lunar biosphere project they launched have attracted our allies in most countries in the world, including Europe, Japan and South Korea, and even the Maple Leaf Country."

"Today, it is impossible for us to drag down our opponents' development through space races like in the last century."

"As time goes by, if we don't stop, we will eventually be ourselves!"

As the decisive voice fell, the expression of Director Bill Nelson of NASA's Space Administration became extremely embarrassing.

He could not refute all this, and even did not do any of them.

As Robert said, their development in the aerospace field has lagged far behind that opponent on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

As the space race develops to this stage, they are themselves who are slowly being dragged down.

After all, China has controlled nuclear fusion technology as support, and cheap energy means that the other party's perfect industrial system can be continuously operated like a huge machine.

Now they are still relying on traditional fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and natural gas, and they are almost impossible to compete with each other.

But for Bill Nelson, he did not want to give up his investment in the aerospace field just like this, after all, it was related to his own status and interests.

Taking a deep breath, he looked at the vice president and spoke, "We still have the moon elevator project!"

"As long as this plan is launched smoothly, I believe we can move back at least once in the next space competition!"

Hearing this, Robert couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Don't consider the difficulty of the moon elevator project for now. Just how much money is needed to start this project is a super difficult problem."

"If it is based on NASA's previous assessment, it will take at least 100 billion meters of gold to build a lunar ladder on the moon that can undertake personnel and mineral mining!"

"That's a total of 100 billion!"

"Do you think the United States can still invest so much money in a project that will not see any returns in a decade or even twenty years?"

"Don't think about it. Even if we can convince allies from Europe, Japan, South Korea, and even Tsarist Russia to invest 100 billion in space elevator project, this project will be difficult to achieve."

"Especially now, we are not a leading country in aerospace technology."

"Didn't you see that even our allies follow the Chinese people in the Moon Biosphere Project?"

"Even if the moon space elevator is feasible, with our current technical reserves, it is extremely difficult to implement the project."

After a slight pause, Robert O'Brien's eyes glanced around the conference room and continued in a calm voice.

"If we are before the breakthrough of carbon-based chip technology, we still have some confidence to continue to invest in technology research and development in the aerospace field."

"But now, the semiconductor field is about to be lost, which is even more painful than the aerospace field. What we need now is to find ways to try our best to accumulate spending and survive the changes of this era, rather than continue to compete with our opponents in the aerospace field."

“I recommend ending this meaningless competition in space as soon as possible and focusing on new technology.”

"Only with new breakthroughs in new technologies can we solve our current dilemma!"

Hearing these words, the man sitting in the first seat with a cool hairstyle nodded, worthy of being his deputy appointed by him.

In his opinion, there is no need for competition in the aerospace field. For the current United States, this is a field that is exhausting the people and hard to reap the same rewards in the short term.

Although the development of aerospace technology can be applied to fields such as national defense and military, it is obviously not the case for manned space flight and alien exploration.

After thinking for a while, Mr. T's eyes fell on Robert and asked, "If you want to choose a field of technology that can lead the rise of the United States again, which direction do you think it will be?"

Hearing this question, Robert O'Brien replied without hesitation: "AI Intelligence!"

"Tell me what you think."

Robert nodded and continued: "First of all, we are in the leading position in the field of AI intelligence in basic research, core technologies, talent training, etc., such as Stanford University, MIT, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, etc., with a long history and deep accumulation in the field of artificial intelligence."

"In addition, companies such as OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Nvidia are all leaders in the AI ​​intelligence industry. We have enough foundation and confidence to quickly complete the blueprint of AI intelligent infrastructure!"

"The breakthrough in controlled nuclear fusion technology, whether it is the large fusion power station built in California or Texas, can help us solve the biggest power problem of AI intelligent training!"

"The most important thing is that when China has caught up with us in the fields of energy, aerospace, chips, etc., AI intelligence is the only direction that can help us win this war!"

"After all, modern society cannot do without intelligent products. From aerospace and military to personal use, it requires a lot of intelligence."

"This is also the scientific research direction that we are still ahead of China and has huge potential."

When Robert's analysis was put on the table, most of the people in the conference room nodded in agreement, with a look of praise in their eyes.

It has to be said that AI intelligence does have such potential.

With the rapid development of informatization today, no matter which electronic device it is, it is almost inseparable from intelligent systems.

Even a small timed self-start switch, today's engineers are eager to design various intelligent systems in it, let alone other fields.

Moreover, as a technology that simulates human intelligence, AI intelligence can enable machines to learn, think and make decisions like humans, so as to perform various tasks independently.

From the perspective of modern society, this is productivity.

It can automate and optimize many tedious, repetitive or complex tasks, significantly improving work efficiency.

It is also possible to quickly process and analyze a large amount of data through deep learning and machine learning algorithms, generate accurate reports and plans, reduce manual errors, improve work quality, etc.

Even when AI intelligence is strengthened to a certain stage, it is not impossible to control the high-temperature plasma turbulence in controlled nuclear fusion.

After all, as long as you have strong enough computing power, there is nothing you can't do for AI intelligence.

For the United States today, this is indeed the most suitable area to invest in.

In the conference room, Director Bill Nelson asked calmly, "What about space? We just watched China occupy the moon and Mars bit by bit, and then we have no place to stay in the future?"

Hearing this question, Robert rubbed his head with some headache.

Sighing, he looked at Bill Nelson and said, "If we cannot drag down our opponents in the aerospace field, or slow down their development, or even drag down our own development to a certain extent."

"Then my opinion is to end this competition!"

Hearing this, Mr. T, the first general, looked over, frowned and said, "End this competition?"

Robert nodded and said, "Yes, end this space competition!"

Taking a deep breath, his eyes fell on Director Bill Nelson of NASA's SA and continued.

"I know it's really hard to accept, especially in aerospace, which we've been ahead of more than half a century."

"But if we want to get out of this quagmire and save the United States, then we must do this."

"End this space competition and abolish the Wolf Articles and the Competition Law, at least we must ensure that the two sides are no longer in opposition, and cooperation between the two countries can be carried out in the field of space."

"Agree, we are indeed behind China in the aerospace field."

"Whether it is the EU, Tsarist Russia, or other Southeast Asian countries, we can see it more clearly than us. Only we are still addicted to the glory of the past."

"For us now, at least in the space field, cooperation with China is the best choice."
To be continued...