"Musk, bastard!"

Bolden slammed the papers in his hand on the desk, sat down in the boss's chair, and his heavy snort almost erupted into fire. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As NASA administrator, he has always favored SpaceX as a representative of the private aviation industry in the United States. Whenever there is a good project, the first thing that comes to his mind is them, but Musk is now telling him that they have outsourced the replenishment of the International Space Station to Transwarp Trade?

What-The-F.U.C.K！

How dare they, how can they be like this!

Traitor, this is Chi Guoguo's betrayal!

The rest of the office was silent, and even Bolden's assistant involuntarily quickened his pace as he passed by his desk. Everyone knows why this grumpy old black man is angry, and even they are unbelievable that SpaceX has outsourced the mission of the International Space Station.

The aerospace market is a highly segmented market. Generally speaking, even if the launch price of spaceX is low, China and Russia will not give it their own launch projects. Each country's market has only 10-30 launch missions a year at most, and it is still tight to feed local aviation companies, so where will they let it go out to others?

The exception to this is Russia's outsourcing of its supply to Transwarp, partly because of its own economic woes, and partly because of Jiang Chen's promise to sell the RM-320 rocket engines used by Transwarp Trading to Russian space companies...... Although the RM-320 has now been eliminated by Transwarp Trade itself, Jiang Chen has indeed fulfilled the contract.

But in the United States, there will never be such an accident.

What made Bolden most angry was that he had touted the Falcon 10 rocket in Congress, throwing a lot of unwanted titles such as "epoch-making technology", "rocket that changes the future of mankind", "hope of the United States" and so on on the project that had not yet produced results.

But now, Musk told him - "I'm sorry, our Falcon 10 rocket development program has been canceled." ”

Oh my God, I'm going to be the laughing stock of Congress!

Just when Bolden was in a hurry, his assistant came over tremblingly and said in a cramped voice, "Musk is outside, and he said that he was looking for you." ”

Bolden raised his eyebrows, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said to his assistant, "Let him come to see me." ”

"Yes......" The assistant nodded and hurriedly left.

He knew that his boss was on the edge of the crater at the moment. The reason why there was no roar was just the calm before the storm.

Soon, the office door opened, and a man in an overcoat walked in.

Bolden snorted in a nasal voice, his sharp gaze fixed on him.

"I was about to look for you, but you sent it yourself. ”

Musk coughed and said. "Listen to my explanation......"

"Explain it to Congress. Bolden scolded, "You actually outsource subsidized projects to foreign companies, are you crazy about money!"

"I will, of course, explain to Congress that, in fact, the materials for the hearing I have already prepared. ”

If he didn't come up with a reasonable explanation, the misers on the budget committee would just take him from the congressional hearing to the federal court.

After a pause, Musk continued without blushing, "One thing I must clarify, I just outsourced the launch mission to Star Ring Trade, but the supply work is still done by our side." ”

Bolden, who was still angry, sneered and said, "Is there any difference in this?"

"Do you think it still makes sense to go back and forth to ground and geosynchronous orbit with a chemical rocket?" Musk asked rhetorically.

Bolden raised his eyebrows and was about to speak, but he was suddenly stunned.

Yes, the space elevator has been completed, what is the point of continuing to develop chemical rockets? That's not the future at all!

He was angry just now, and the whole person couldn't think calmly because he lost his mind. Now that you think about it, it is not a wise choice to abandon the Falcon series of rockets. As an expert in the field of astronautics, Bolden is well aware of the limits of chemical rockets.

Seeing that his old friend had calmed down, Musk also breathed a sigh of relief and continued to say while the iron was hot.

"I swear that all the budget saved from the February launch and the Falcon 10 rocket development program will be spent on the development of the third-generation Dragon spacecraft. While we've been refining the Falcon rocket over the past few years, the Dragon family of projects has stalled for far too long, and now it's time to take it a step forward. ”

Bolden's face was still gloomy, but there was a hint of relief, "This means we'll have to borrow the Ring Trade's space elevator for decades to come." ”

"There are also ports and berths for the terminal space station. I tested Jiang Chen when I called him, Transwarp Trade is quite sensitive to the lease of space elevator orbits, and there is almost no room for negotiation, but they do not rule out leasing ports and berths for the terminal space station. Speaking of this, Musk paused slightly, "There are three days left before the United Nations Outer Space Summit, I think...... This information can be used as a reference for the meeting. ”

Bolden's eyes lit up slightly.

Immediately getting up from the boss's chair, the old black man strode over to the assistant's desk.

"In an hour later, in the conference room, NASA executives had to be there and give me orders. ”

"Yes!" the assistant stood up and was about to leave the desk, when Bolden reached out and stopped him on the shoulder.

"Also, contact the White House for me!" Mr. Bolden said, "and I hope that the White House will pay enough attention to it, and it would be better to send someone over to sit in and take a note." Remember, don't intern!"

"Understood. The assistant nodded hurriedly.

Before leaving, the assistant of Mexican origin sneaked a glance at Musk. He didn't understand how this guy had calmed his boss's anger. He originally thought that the two would fight after they met, after all, it is not uncommon for the federal government to start arguing and fighting.

After the assistant left, Bolden gave several orders to his men in succession, making sure everyone was moving, and then returned to his desk and sat down. His mouth was a little dry, and he was about to drink water, but he remembered that his assistant had already gone to arrange a meeting.

Just as he was about to get up to make his own cup of drink, a cup of coffee happened to be placed in front of him.

"I need your help at congressional hearings. Taking advantage of the time when his old friend didn't have time to take care of himself just now, Musk made him a cup of coffee very kindly.

Bolden raised an eyebrow, glanced at coffee, and then at Musk.

"I'll help you, but it's up to you. ”

Musk smiled.

"With your words, I am relieved. ”

While NASA was engaged in heated discussions for the upcoming UN summit, Jiang Chen had already concluded his separate meetings with representatives of China, the United States, Russia, Britain and other countries. Although not much has been achieved, Jiang Chen is fully prepared for the upcoming summit.

After this summit, there will not necessarily be any substantive changes in the political landscape of the world.

But the history of human civilization will definitely be rewritten. (To be continued.) )