"Okay, dear Dr. Schmitz, thank you, I think Sam and they should have figured out the function of this ship, I think you can go and rest, Doctor." Tang Feng said gratefully, the doctors are almost seventy people, they stayed up all night last night, and today they wasted half a catty of saliva for these people, it is really embarrassing for this old man.

Dr. Schmitz rubbed his cheeks, yawned and said, "Well, since that's the case, I'll go and rest." I'm getting older, and I can't support this physical strength."

When the doctor turned off the video, Tang Feng picked up the cigarettes on the desk, divided them one by one, and said, "Guys, that's all for the general situation." As for when you are concerned about when you will be able to start implementing the Mars program, it depends on how the moon landing program progresses! ”

Chris took a drag on his cigarette and asked, "Don, how sure are you about the Mars program?" ”

Tang Feng shrugged his shoulders and said, "Grasp? Hehe, who dares to say that this thing is sure? Even NASA can't say it's sure! But we can't give up on this plan because we are not sure, before Armstrong landed on the moon, no one said that it was certain, and even Apollo 1, which was very well prepared, had a catastrophic accident, burning three astronauts to death in 17 seconds at once. But that didn't stop humanity from continuing its ambition to go to the moon, and it was Armstrong who eventually accomplished the feat. But even Armstrong, I'm afraid, he doesn't dare to say he's sure until he takes his first steps on the moon! ”

Benjamin also said with a heavy face: "Yes, Mars exploration is not the same as landing on the moon, from 1960 to the present, human beings have launched a total of 43 Mars probes to Mars, and only 17 have been successful." Of course, if ESA's Mars Express probe, which has achieved partial success, is counted as half a success, then there are only 17.5 successes and 25.5 failures! And as pioneers of Mars exploration, the former Soviet Union and Russia handed over a dismal report card, as it turns out. In the 51 years from 1960 to 2011, Lao Maozi launched a total of 20 probes to Mars, and none of them were successful. ”

Sam's eyes widened, and he didn't seem to believe what Benjamin said, Benjamin smiled and made a "That's the way" gesture and said, "Sam, you'd better not look at me with that kind of look, I'm not saying big things, I'm telling the truth." Including the Motherland of the Don. In the Mars exploration operation, he was affected by Lao Maozi. Don, am I right? ”

Tang Feng smiled bitterly and nodded and said to Sam: "Benjamin is right, my motherland Huaxia built the first Mars probe 'Firefly 1' in 2011, which was launched by Russia's 'Zenith' carrier rocket, but because the main thruster of the three-stage rocket was not successfully ignited, Firefly 1 failed before it even had time to complete the orbit change. ”

"Oh, my father Jesus, the Russians are simply stupid!" Sam complained.

Tang Feng looked at Chris and Andrew and said, "Guys. That's what happened, before there was a real landing on Mars. No one dares to say that the Mars program is certain, and even if it successfully lands on Mars, it is difficult to say whether it will be able to return to Earth, so this kind of thing cannot be guaranteed at all. But guys, I don't know what you guys think. Anyway, I'm going to carry this plan through to the end. With a budget of 100 billion dollars, this is not a big problem for me, and it will take at least five years for this plan to be implemented. The moon landing program alone will take at least a year. And once the moon landing program is successful. Then just to build a Martian spacecraft, it will take at least three years to build, and if you count the delivery of supplies to the Martian spacecraft, from now on, I can't guarantee whether the Martian spacecraft will actually set off to Mars in five years. ”

Chris looked at Andrew and Benjamin, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Don, are you really going to complete the Mars program alone?" ”

Sam smiled and said, "No, Chris, there is still me by Don's side, I don't care what you think, but I must participate in the Mars project, and for this reason, I will spend at least ten billion dollars in the next five years to carry out this project!" ”

Tang Feng patted Sam's shoulder with a smile and shifted his gaze to Chris and the three of them again.

After the three of them exchanged glances, Benjamin said with certainty: "Don, Sam, the three of us have also decided to participate in this plan, but we may not provide so much money, you know, we still have our own families behind us, we still need to move our family to participate in this plan, so, give the three of us a little time, if we can, I think the three of us should be able to provide no less than five billion dollars for this plan!" ”

Tang Feng nodded with a smile and said, "Benjamin, Chris and Andrew, first of all, I have to thank the three of you for trusting me, I understand your situation, so even if you don't get involved, I won't have any thoughts about you." But I'm really glad that you're able to make that choice in this situation, and I'm sure that as long as we work together, the Mars mission will be able to unfold smoothly. And I'm sure the names of several of us will go down in history as the Mars program unfolds! ”

"Famous? Oh man, we don't need that, we just need to be able to fight for our family. We only hope that the Mars mission will bring enough benefits to our family so that our cooperation will be stronger. ”

Tang Feng said with a smile: "I know your situation, so it's not surprising for me to think so, if I were you, the first thing I would consider was the interests of the family." But I don't have a big family behind me, my family I have already arranged, so I can be said to have nothing to do now, I can focus all my energy on this, therefore, I think my Martian project can be successful, and this plan will bring enough benefits to your family. In fact, Andrew's Mellon family is now benefiting from this plan, and the construction cost of more than $60 billion is enough for Rockwell International to make a lot of money in the past few years. Isn't that right, dear Andrew? ”

Andrew smiled and nodded.

Tang Feng continued: "Guys, I firmly believe that our Mars program will be successful, and I also intend to participate in the mission to land on the moon and explore Mars as the first astronauts! (To be continued.) )