Entering the living area, John saw the room prepared for himself in District 51, which was very spacious and luxuriously furnished, with a kitchen, living room, bedroom, and even more commendable was that there were windows in the room, which would definitely see a good view when flying into space.

"Not bad... The room was very chic, I liked it. John smiled and nodded in satisfaction.

In fact, as a person from the new millennium, how can he look at the decorations of more than nine years? But if you are not deaf or blind, you are not worthy of being in charge, and as a leader, sometimes you have to pretend to be confused and say something insincere, or occasionally let your subordinates pat on the back.

If everything is fair and strict, and if everything is done properly, it is inevitable that there will be some meanness and unkindness, and the subordinates will also live tremblingly, John feels that there is no need for this, the water is clear, then there is no fish, as long as it is not a major problem in principle, the rest of the problems should be put away.

"How much money does the Ark Project need to complete?" John asked, looking around the lavishly decorated rooms, certainly not a small amount of money needed for such a large project.

If nothing else, according to the timetable, the project will take more than 120 years to complete, and the 120-year salary of tens of thousands of people alone is an astronomical amount.

"We made a budget that would require at least $60 trillion for the entire project. Carlson replied: "The cost of a space station is $3 trillion, five space stations need $15 trillion, and the research and development cost is $20 trillion."

The cost of developing and manufacturing manned vehicles is $3 trillion.

The cost of experiments in various survival programs is $2 trillion.

The R&D cost of transportation projects is $2 trillion.

After the space station is built, the cost of transporting five space stations into space and assembling them is $8 trillion.

The cost of transporting 100,000 people to the space station is $2 trillion.

There are also a variety of other expenses, such as material procurement, weapons and equipment, personnel training...... And so on 2 trillion dollars.

That adds up to nearly $54 trillion. ”

But this is only the budget, the actual cost will definitely exceed the budget, and in a hundred years, science and technology have been continuously improved, new technologies have been adopted, and the cost has also increased.

For example, computer network technology and communication technology are the technologies to be added, and these two technologies require at least trillions of dollars.

You don't believe it!

Let's use an analogy!

Sky One spent $28 million to add network communication technology, and that's just two small Boeing planes, and the space station is much bigger than the Boeing plane, and it's five space stations, so the cost is multiplied.

Moreover, Area 51 is still developing nuclear fusion launch vehicles, this technology requires a steady stream of manpower and material resources to research, if the research and development is successful, the space station, space transportation equipment will be changed to nuclear fusion power, the cost will have to increase trillions of dollars.

In addition, the latest technology is being replaced in terms of weapons and defense.

So the $60 trillion budget is not enough, and there will definitely be no balance.

And when John heard about the $60 trillion budget, the corners of his mouth, the richest man in the world, twitched involuntarily.

What is the concept of 60 trillion US dollars, the accumulation of the Morgan family in a hundred years is about 20 trillion US dollars, and the Rockefeller family estimates that it is about this number, which means that this project is not enough even if it exhausts the accumulation of the world's two major consortia in a hundred years.

Of course, this money will certainly not come from the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family, and it will definitely be the responsibility of the federal government and the state government.

But even if the cost falls on the government, it will take three generations to complete.

The current annual tax revenue of the United States is $1.6 trillion, and the tax revenue of the states is $2.3 trillion, which together is $3.9 trillion, less than $4 trillion, which means that the US government wants to make up $60 trillion without eating or drinking, and it will take almost 20 years.

But how can there be a government that doesn't spend money, and it's good if you don't need to overspend, the United States now has external debts and internal deficits, and if you want to pay 60 trillion US dollars, it is estimated that it will not be able to make up for it in 50 years.

But this also proves one thing, that is, the United States has to be so difficult to complete this project, then other countries don't have to think about it, those who have this national strength do not have this technology, and those who have technology do not have this national strength, for example, Russia can solve the technical problem, but let him make up 60 trillion US dollars, let him make up 6 trillion US dollars is enough.

However, as soon as this thing is created, the United States will have a guarantee and a way back.

But nuclear deterrence would also lose its effect, and the balance between the great powers would be upset as a result, as in the case of anti-missile systems.

But if it is not built, who will dare to stand up and guarantee that the world will always be peaceful and that nuclear war will not break out?

Therefore, even if the balance is upset, it must be created, and we must not pin our own security on other countries! Just like the United States withdrawing from the "Anti-Missile Treaty," it is at ease that its own life and death are in its own hands.

After visiting the manufacturing base, John was ready to give a speech as usual, looking at the heads of various departments sitting in the conference room, John was in awe, these people are scientific giants who have dedicated their lives to this project.

"After visiting the circle, I came to the realization that this is a place that creates miracles, and everything I can think of here, can be done. John stood up and looked at the crowd, "I don't know when the next war will come, but it will come."

And this war must also be a war of national extinction.

I am not afraid to tell you that the total number of nuclear warheads in our country is 7,863, and in the next 30 years, the country will plan to develop nuclear bombs from strategic weapons to conventional weapons, and conventional missiles will become small nuclear bombs, and the number of nuclear warheads will reach about 15,000.

Moreover, in order to ensure national security, China established an automated nuclear counterattack system as early as the early 80s, once a nuclear war begins and our country is attacked by a nuclear bomb, this counterattack system will carry out a saturation nuclear strike on the whole world, ensuring that there is no third-party beneficiary.

And other countries that have nuclear bombs also basically have this counterattack system, so once we activate the nuclear counterattack system, other countries with nuclear bombs will also activate it, and then tens of thousands of nuclear bombs will explode together, and that will be the end of the world.

So here is the last hope of this country, of the nation. ”

John's words are both official and heartfelt, and they also involve some secrets, but Area 51 is the biggest secret in the United States, and these people can enter Area 51 to work, and they are all trustworthy people, and it is not a big secret to say that there is such a thing as a counterattack system.

Of course, John also has something that he didn't say, for example, the day this project is successful, the United States will get rid of nuclear deterrence, and in order to protect the leading achievements, it is very likely that the space station will be transported into space, and the day when 100,000 people will be evacuated from the earth, it will be the moment when the war will sound.

But this is just John's speculation, and even if it is true, he will not say, it will only rot in his heart.

After inspecting Area 51, John's entire inspection work was over, but I have to say that Carlson is indeed a very qualified official, as soon as John left on the front foot, he immediately picked out some sentences from John's speech and made a slogan, which is called in-depth study of the spirit of the chief's speech.

Among them: Here, everything you can think of can be done! This slogan has become the pride of District 51.