Vitalite felt as if she was in a dream.

In the moment of complete despair, a ray of sunlight shone into his world.

What "space" is obviously a little girl's slip of the tongue, it must be the Mir space station!

It's only been a night, and Hu Wenhai has asked himself to talk about the Mir space station, which obviously won't be a bad thing.

Even if Hu Wenhai vetoed his proposal, from the perspective of all aspects of relationship and reason, he would not have replied so quickly.

Why do you have to pretend that after careful and lengthy discussion and research, you can finally "regret to inform you".

This night's time, Hu Wenhai will definitely not be the result of meticulous research, then it is most likely that he was actually interested in the Mir space station from the beginning!

In this way, Hu Wenhai's chances of taking over the space station are immediately much greater.

With an excited mood, Vitalite was followed by two disciplinary officers and hurriedly went out of the bedroom with the waiter.

The foreign affairs guest house at the launch center, the cafeteria for breakfast today looked almost empty.

At last night's celebration party, many people drank enough vodka as if it were water, and they must still be asleep now.

However, Hu Wenhai and Dai Zhongshan occupied a large table, and they ate porridge and small pickles with relish.

"Professor Vitalit, please take a seat! Haven't eaten breakfast yet, would you like something?sausage and rye bread?"

Hu Wenhai warmly beckoned Vitalite and the three of them to sit down, and hurriedly brought a table of sumptuous Russian-style breakfast. The three of them, who had stayed up all night, stared at bloodshot eyes, clutched freshly baked black bread in their hands, but chewed wax in their mouths.

"Hu, are you talking about wanting to talk to me about the Mir space station?"

After eating two bites of black bread, Vitalite couldn't help it and took the initiative to provoke the topic.

"The Mir space station was the first space station to provide long-term habitation, and I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that it was the first step outside the human colony. ”

Hu Wenhai wiped his mouth, a bowl of hot porridge was put into his stomach, and he felt that his spirit had recovered a lot after staying up all night.

They also didn't sleep all night, and Vitalit and him are now in completely different states. What's more, Hu Wenhai is just thirty years old this year, which is the age of full energy, and an old scientist in his fifties opposite him, where can he compare with him.

"...... if the Mir space station really crashes"

Speaking of this, Hu Wenhai couldn't help but sigh, shook his head and said regretfully: "I really don't know, if we ask such a question if we ask such a question in the future, where did we start from?

"It is a disgrace to humanity that Mir does not deserve such a fate. ”

"Yes, yes!" Vitalite nodded sympathetically and sighed, "Mir doesn't deserve such a fate!"

"Professor Vitalite, as you probably know, I grew up in a military family, and my parents were intellectuals. ”

"I've been very interested in aerospace since I was a child, and I want to make some contribution to the cause of all mankind - you know, we kids who grew up under the red flag always have some idealistic romantic feelings. ”

"Ah, yes, yes!"

Vitalite nodded vigorously, as if there was a tendency to evolve towards a nodding worm: "We, those who have been educated in socialist values, are indeed not lacking in ideals. ”

"In the past, our country's economy was not good, and the technology was not good, so this is also a personal hobby of mine. ”

Hu Wenhai sighed: "But now I have achieved a little, and I can barely do something." So I thought for a long time last night, I can't learn from those capitalist capitalists, and they can help the world with their own talents. I hope to be able to use my modest strength to make some contribution to humanity. ”

"Your Excellency said what you said is very good!"

Vitalite felt that he was really moved, and the absence of honorifics was no longer enough to express his admiration.

"Human beings should have some ideals, otherwise what is the difference between them and salted fish?"

"Hu, if your achievements are only a very meager strength, it is too modest! I think that with your support, Mir can run for another twenty years, or even thirty years, until humanity drags it into the spaceport and becomes a cultural relic that records human history!"

"On my own, I can only starve to death with a pile of waste paper. ”

Hu Wenhai waved his hand again and again and laughed: "Mir is a heavy weapon that only a strong country can have, and without the help of my Soviet friends, I am afraid I will not be able to do anything." To be honest, China's space technology is still very backward and cannot be compared with the Soviet Union. Even if I wanted to keep the Peace running, I would need the support of more Soviet scientists. ”

"It's-"

I have to say that Vitalite's request for help from Hu Wenhai was indeed just a whim, and I am afraid that there is no conspiracy behind it.

However, this means that he does not have a ready-made solution in mind.

The original idea was nothing more than "Hu Wenhai, the wronged boss, to pay for it, so that we can get a sophomore kick, and then launch it so that Mir urgently needs to maintain altitude and supplies." But as long as it enters the substantive stage, it is clear to anyone that such conditions are impossible.

As the active help-seeker, Vitalite is of course unlikely to throw out such a plan now, otherwise the promising project will have to explode on the spot immediately.

"Of course, that's as it should be. Vitalite had no choice but to nod his head and said, "I don't know what the support Your Excellency said?"

"I hope to set up a company in China, which can be located in Hainan. In the future, the maintenance and utilization of the Mir will be operated by this company. The company could pay 30 million yuan a year for the rental of the Mir's current cabins. ”

Hu Wenhai obviously already had a plan in his belly, saying: "But China's aerospace technology is still very backward, and I hope to hire more Soviet experts to work in my company." These Soviet specialists should include rocket specialists, satellite specialists, remote sensing exploration, space shuttles, engines, fuels, orbits, cosmonautical industrial design, ......"

"With the foundation of our country, I think that all aspects involved in the space station need the support of Soviet specialists. ”

"I don't think it's very necessary......"

Vitalite said with some humility: "We have a complete space system, and if Your Excellency can provide funds, we can keep the Mir running." ”

"No, it's not going to work!"

Hu Wenhai waved his hand, looking righteous and awe-inspiring: "Shall we let the Mir float in the sky like this, just as it is a tombstone of the Soviet Union? As long as it is still 400 kilometers above its head and does not crash, we can be satisfied?"

"Professor Vitalite, your thoughts like this are the real betrayal of the Mir!"

Vitalit's gaze at Hu Wenhai was about to be blinded by the holy light on his body.

This is indeed the case, if Hu Wenhai is only responsible for paying for the money, then as long as you don't starve to death, can you still let you go to the warehouse four times a year, and then build a space bar?

Wake up, Hu Wenhai's money is someone else's own, not a state appropriation blown by the wind!

And, as Hu Wenhai said, if only basic maintenance work is carried out, what is the difference between the Mir floating overhead, and a tombstone? Since we want to protect the Mir, we must first protect the project. Without specific scientific research and production projects, Mir will not last long, and it is meaningless.

And since it is going to be a project, of course, who pays for it has the final say. With the current situation of the Soviet Union in the East and the West Russia, it is to let them engage in projects, and now they can't do it. What can you achieve without a strong country behind a project like Mir, which requires international cooperation, and can the results be internationally recognized?

So the thing is very simple, if you want Hu Wenhai to pay for it, the whole industry related to Mir must be moved to China.

Whether proceeding from rationality, pragmatism, or idealism, there is no reason to refute Hu Wenhai's demand.

Can't you just admit that the Mir is the wealth of mankind and the ideal destination, and turn your head and stop talking about ideals, right?

When talking about ideals, don't make your own petty calculations, but consider the community of human destiny. Closing the door and moving the house again, no matter what, it can't be justified. Abandon your selfishness for the sake of mankind's dream of developing space!

This is a conspiracy and righteousness. Is it worth a Mir for the old money saved by the Soviet Union?

No one else needs to answer, Hu Wenhai also knows that this is really a good deal!

Of course, Vitalite himself did not have the authority to approve such a big move. But as an initiator, with his capacity and qualifications as deputy director of the Soviet Aviation Bureau, he will definitely play a great role in the system.

In the past few years, China has also changed its methods to bring in qualified personnel from the East Soviet Union and Western Russia, but where is it so convenient to empty out a discipline that should be cooperated with foreign countries? As long as we can assemble a team for the maintenance of the Mir, and then let this group of people bring a group of domestic graduate students, five years later, it will be a new aerospace 156 project.

"I intend it this way, the development of Mir can be carried out in three steps. The first step is to dock the cargo hold, and next year we will use the design of Nature to build a new module that will be launched on Mir for space breeding. Then we need to re-develop a low-cost, low-earth orbit high-thrust rocket, which will be used mainly for the subsequent maintenance of Mir. ”

"In the end, we should try to complete the Buran, or develop a rocket multiplexing technology. In the next two decades, we should try to reduce the cost of launching a ton in near-Earth orbit to less than $600,000. ”

"Finally, with the support of this low-cost launch technology, we can proceed with the design and manufacture of the fourth-generation space station. ”

"We could even build a lunar airport!"