Cassini, who carries the hopes of too many people, has been awakened again. It is about to make an orbital adjustment, hoping to reduce the orbital altitude as much as possible and get closer to Titan for the best viewing window.

Now that the track is adjusted, it's up to Cassini to see if he'll get it.

In the mission control center of the Johnson Space Center, Commander Tang came to the scene again, waiting for the results.

He waited, with very mixed emotions.

In the face of HSDA's leading position in communicating with extraterrestrial civilizations, it is impossible for other parties to remain indifferent.

However, the proposal for a more efficient and binding global communication and decision-making mechanism in the current situation is also reasonable.

Moreover, HSDA will not wait.

The HSDA integrated framework is currently being discussed, and although it is not possible to agree so quickly on the governance structure, a unified framework can be quickly established in terms of economic, scientific, technological, and cultural exchanges.

What worried the Tang commanders the most was their integration in defense and foreign relations.

This defense and foreign relations are all about dealing with targets beyond the planet.

The Human Space Fleet (HSF) is discussing plans for its construction, and communication with extraterrestrial civilizations will be conducted in the capacity of the HSDA Council.

It has been a common argument in the past to set aside sensitive issues that are difficult to coordinate immediately and to unify the pace in the response to the current challenges.

Commander Tang was very confused.

Judging from the current situation, it is impossible to integrate HSDA and ESG.

No, it should be said that it is very difficult for Aramco to integrate into HSDA. Judging from the current situation, after Aramco is integrated, it is difficult to guarantee even the right to speak in the third place, so how is it possible?

Commander Tang couldn't forget the chuckle he had at his proposal.

How funny is it that China and Aramco take turns competing for global leadership under electoral rules?

So of course, Commander Tang knows that if he enters the framework of HSDA, all the rules will be reversed.

At the same time, there is no shortage of people in the ESG camp.

He is very confused, can Aramco get more chips, achieve some breakthroughs, and take the initiative in the future global landscape?

For now, we can only see if Cassini can really shoot anything.

According to the person in charge of the Cassini project team, after the orbit is adjusted, as long as the size of the signal source is larger than one meter, then Cassini consumes all the fuel and reserve power, and there will always be a harvest if he shoots continuously as much as possible.

Could something that can cross a galaxy to reach the vicinity of Saturn, something that can emit such a strong signal across a billion kilometers, be smaller than a meter?

Commander Tang doesn't believe it!

"The signal is coming!"

It was the same excitement as last time, but Commander Tang knew that it was still early, and the transmission speed was so slow.

But apparently, the opinions put forward by the professional people are still correct. I saved the precious shooting opportunity until now, and finally got a harvest.

He didn't have to wait long before there was an exclamation, "Oh my God!"

Commander Tang stood up and shouted, "Quick, put it on the big screen!"

Without his instructions, the pictures that had been received and had not yet been processed were immediately put on the big screen.

There was silence in the mission control center, and people seemed to be chilled by the "eye" staring at the big screen.

After a moment of silence, only one person exclaimed in a low voice, "What a beautiful ......"

……

If Gu Song heard this praise, he would probably only be able to say one sentence: "Power worship ......"

Where does beauty come from?

However, Cassini's new historical mission is over.

Compared with the ending in Gu Song's memory, which finally crashed on Saturn, this time, Cassini has a more irreplaceable historical position.

The first human spacecraft to capture real images of the creations of an extraterrestrial civilization.

Many people reacted the same way to Gu Song's inner complaints.

As a rare breakthrough in ESG recently, the news of photographing an alien creation was quickly announced at a grand press conference.

At the press conference, the scientist was very fascinated to explain the picture: "You can see that this alien creature has a very beautiful shape......"

In the audience, the reporters looked at the pictures and felt that which shape looked a little weird and reminiscent of bad things.

But the scientist's perspective is of course different, he explains: "We are still analyzing the function of this creation. But at the moment, it can be tentatively concluded that it is not the fleet that we had previously guessed. The size of this creation is not large, and it is difficult to imagine that it is a spacecraft that spans a galaxy operated by alien beings. We have a lot of confidence that it is just an unmanned detector. ”

"If you look at the structure on the front, maybe it's an optical or some other image detection device. This suggests that individuals from this extraterrestrial civilization may have the same visual organs as we do. And this long probe-like device, pointing out of the solar system, is supposed to be an antenna that communicates with their home star or spacecraft. ”

"We didn't see any obvious thruster structure. This means that the other side may have a more efficient way of energy or propulsion. Judging from the fact that the opponent can still brake effectively and accurately enter the orbit of Titan after crossing the star system, this energy method or propulsion method is no less than our current most advanced technological means. Of course, there is no need to overestimate their technical level, after all, this is just an unmanned detector, with our existing technology, if we must try, we should be able to do this. ”

Therefore, although there is still no way to accurately judge the level of science and technology of the other party, from the analysis of the current situation, the level of the other party may not be too beyond human imagination. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare for the next communication with us by learning each other's languages, and the probe did not come directly to Earth. ”

"Maybe their means of observation, they can't reach the Earth directly, and they don't know what we're doing. So the way of contact now, there are a lot of tentative components. ”

"A lot of data from Cassini is still being analyzed. Judging from the results so far, we are also inclined to think that the other side has a peaceful purpose of communication. In other words, since the signal source is just a detector, even if it is really hostile, it will not come anytime soon. We still have a lot of time to prepare!"

“……”

This time, Aramco's press conference was changed to HSDA's side to pay close attention.

Clearly, Cassini is collecting more than just a photograph.

Ami has more data on his hands, but it hasn't been published. So, how valuable is this data, and do you need to get it?

The HSDA bigwigs know that this price will not be small, and they finally have a chip in their hands. When people talk about the new joint framework of HSDA and ESG, they are ready to at least take turns to dominate or even occupy the magpie's nest.

Now, if the HSDA wants data, what conditions will they make?

Gu Song first expressed his opinion and said: "The equipment carried on Cassini is just those types. The most important information it can help us get has already been released. The other side is an unmanned probe coming, not a fleet. As for the rest of the information, I think that if you can communicate it directly, the amount of information you get will obviously be greater. ”

"Is your opinion unnecessary?"

Gu Song nodded and smiled: "It's really not necessary. It's like they're secretly filming each other now, and we're already friends with each other. When chatting, ask the other person to send a few selfies and introduce themselves, isn't it too much?"

Tang Yuanfeng looked at his expression and felt that this metaphor was ...... It's apt, but it's too inconsistent with the solemn atmosphere, right?

"Then let's continue with the current pace of work. Tang Yuanfeng exchanged views with several other HSDA directors, and then left.

Once you've set the tone for vetoing the last bargaining chip in ESG's hands, there's a lot to be done.

If you can't talk about it, the trend won't be good.

……

The impact of the first photograph of an extraterrestrial civilization is far-reaching.

Later generations called it the "first fire" because this fire burned a lot of whitewashed things.

Because the HSDA did not show more interest in the Cassini data, and all the follow-up information sent by ESG to the extraterrestrial creation was not heard, the ESG camp finally diverged violently.

A large number of second- and third-tier countries in the ESG camp, as well as a small number of first-tier countries with good industrial and economic foundations, have approached HSDA separately and are ready to join the main framework in the future.

Aramco, on the other hand, has brought a few core irons to an extreme mode of domination.

Several space giants like Huayu Heavy Industries have been established under the integration of capital, including SpaceX.

Not knowing how the future would change, and in the absence of a sufficiently important position for the HSDA, they decided to build up a strong enough absolute power first.

ESG's United Earth Fleet, like a huge and incomparable bloodsucking machine, began a crazy harvest in a wartime state management mode.

In the past, ordinary people in these big countries, who were psychologically high, did not expect their country to change, so they threw off the banner they originally shouted.

Blockade, coercion, xenophobia, desperate, they hope to use the United Earth Fleet to build catalytic technology, and build an absolute deterrent to their own people, in order to seize a little opportunity in the future.

This is a wild gamble of tens of trillions of funds, betting that their talent accumulation and technical foundation are sufficient, and betting that they can take the lead in building this large-scale Earth United Fleet in extreme mode.

After all, the so-called human space fleet of the HSDA still needs to go through the negotiation of the upper management structure and the cooperation of many countries.

Commander Tang felt that Huaguo had to play the framework of HSDA, but lost its institutional advantages.

Now, in their words, it is not yet known who will kill the deer!

Seeing this change in Aramco and several large countries in a short period of time, the whole world was dumbfounded.

In 2015, it really went magical!

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