Seeing the red planet slowly turning, everyone was excited.

The most difficult deceleration phase was successfully completed, which gave a sigh of relief to all twelve astronauts on the "Prince Barnett". After a long journey of 56 million kilometers, the destination was finally arrived safely, and a sense of accomplishment rose in the hearts of everyone.

In the control center of the Betelle Princess Island Space Center 56 million kilometers away, the scientific research team of the Star Exploration Company, including Dr. Schmitz, Tang Feng's close friends, the heads of major international aerospace companies, the heads and brains of Tang's Anglo-American Glencore, and some well-known scientists in the world and reporters from major media in the world all gathered in this huge control center hall.

When the radio waves, carrying the information that the "Prince Barnett" had successfully cut into the orbit around Mars, flew in space for three minutes and then arrived on Earth, the entire control center was boiling.

Dr. Schmitz took off his reading glasses tremblingly, his eyes were full of uncontrollable tears, this old man who had experienced all kinds of situations in the world finally fulfilled the biggest wish in his life today, and also opened the brightest chapter in the history of aerospace for the entire human race and the entire earth civilization.

In 2015, Dr. Schmitz was disheartened by the dismissal of Elon. After Musk's Space-X company withdrew, he was warmly invited by Tang Feng, originally the old man wanted to rest completely, but because he couldn't bear Tang's enthusiasm, and Tang Feng's conditions really made Dr. Schmitz's heart moved, the famous "father of vertical recovery technology of launch vehicles" came to the newly established Star Exploration Company.

What Dr. Schmitz didn't expect was that here, he got everything he wanted. For this old man who has dedicated his life to the cause of human spaceflight, nothing is more important than the almost inexhaustible scientific research funding.

Everyone knows that the aerospace industry is a bottomless pit that swallows gold, and even NASA, the world's largest power, has many times because of lack of funds and cannot carry out many projects, so at the beginning, after Dr. Schmitz came to Star Exploration Company, he actually had no bottom in his heart.

But the fact was that the old man was surprised, he never thought that the young rich man would have such courage to invest in this area, and the units were all in the billions of dollars!

As the saying goes, a confidant dies, and this is the same for Dr. Schmitz. As a senior aerospace scientist, the old man's lifelong wish is to lead the aerospace industry of the earth's civilization and become the leader of the earth's civilization's aerospace industry.

Dr. Schmitz knew that he could not lead the earth when it came to landing on the moon, but as the "father of vertical recovery technology for launch vehicles", Dr. Schmitz's greatest wish at that time was to continue to improve this technology and completely control the cost of human beings into space below the level of tens of millions of dollars.

Dr. Schmitz is well aware that there are many factors that limit more human beings from going into space, but the high cost of launching is undoubtedly one of the most important and fundamental reasons. In the past, the threshold of launch cost in the human space industry was 100 million US dollars, and this terrifying launch cost alone limited the vast majority of countries in the world. As long as this cost is reduced tenfold, more countries in the world will join in the research of the space industry, and the development of the human space industry will make great progress.

Reducing the cost of launch was one of Dr. Schmitz's biggest goals when he joined Star Discovery. As for landing on Mars, well, the old man can admit very simply that he did have such thoughts at that time, but most of them appeared in dreams

As a result, Dr. Schmitz really never expected that the idea, which had appeared countless times in his dreams, was just an idea, and with the full support of Tyrant, it would actually come true six years later

Compared with Musk's coercion, Tang Feng, the new boss, is the real wealthy, and the investment in the "vertical recovery technology of launch vehicles" alone is billions of dollars, and the result is a classic "Starry Sky" series of heavy-duty launch vehicles. Originally, the appearance of the "Starry" series of heavy-lift launch vehicles had made Dr. Schmitz feel that he had nothing else to want, but the next plan of the world's richest man made Dr. Schmitz, a famous aerospace expert, stunned.

Dr. Schmitz clearly remembered that after the successful vertical recovery experiment of the "Starry Sky 1" heavy-lift launch vehicle was completed, Tang Feng personally found himself and said what he said.

"Doctor, first of all, I would like to congratulate you and your team, and of course myself, our first-stage core rocket vertical recovery experiment of the heavy-lift launch vehicle has finally been successful!" Dr. Schmitz remembers very clearly that his young boss was also very happy that day.

Dr. Schmitz also knew very well that without the near-reckless devotion of the young boss, the Star series of heavy launch vehicles would not have been available so quickly. Now this epoch-making heavy-lift launch vehicle has finally been mastered by the civilization of the earth, which is also a thing worth remembering and proud of for a lifetime for Dr. Schmitz.

But what Dr. Schmitz didn't expect was that the young boss's next words made Dr. Schmitz, who was over sixty years old, completely crazy for those words.

"Doctor, now that our launch vehicle recovery technology has been proven, I have a bigger idea here. But in my ability, I can't make this plan happen, so I need your continued help, Doctor. ”

Dr. Schmitz vividly remembers the young boss saying this with a bright eye that seemed to see through the endless starry sky. Well, Dr. Schmitz admits that he was moved by the boss's vision at the time, which is why he had the following series of events.

"Doctor, I want you to lead our team and continue with our plans that we have not yet realized. You know very well that Star Discovery is still a very young company, and the team lacks the experience and necessary knowledge, so it needs a wise and experienced leader like you to lead it. It is only under the leadership of a wise man like you that I have the confidence to accomplish that plan. ”

"Tyrant, can you tell me what the plan is?"

"Hehe, doctor, if I name that project, I'm sure you'll say yes without hesitation."

Dr. Schmitz clearly remembers the trace of disbelief, a trace of doubt, a trace of disdain, and a trace of faint expectation in his heart when he heard this sentence.

"Doctor, I want you to lead our team to realize the manned Mars exploration program!"

Dr. Schmitz vividly remembers that when the boss said this with a very sincere look, he was sold to the young boss for the rest of his life (to be continued). )