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In fact, many years ago, people fantasized about flying into space and landing on the moon in June.

In the middle of the 16th century, the telescope was bright, and a large number of astronomical observations were made, which obtained a wealth of information about the movement of the planets and the appearance of the planets.

By the 17th century, some writers combined astronomical knowledge and inferential fiction to write space science fiction novels, which included travel to the moon using rockets and jet propulsion using solar energy. The most influential works of this period are the French writer J. Verne's From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon.

Many scientists have been deeply influenced by these two science fiction novels and have developed an interest and vision for space exploration. Among them, scientists such as Tsiolkovsky and Obert came up with the idea of studying rockets and sailing in space after reading these two novels.

The great scientist Tsiolkovsky famously said: "The earth is the cradle of mankind, but human beings will not live in the cradle forever, at first they will carefully penetrate the atmosphere, and then go to conquer the entire solar system."

Tsiolkovsky was born in Russia to a forest ranger father and a craftsman mother. On his 8th birthday, his mother gave him a copy of the science fiction novel "From the Earth to the Moon" and a hydrogen balloon. These two gifts sowed the seeds of astronautics in his heart.

Coincidentally, Obert, who was born in Romania, was 11 years old when he read the science fiction novels "From the Earth to the Moon" and "Flying Around the Moon" and was attracted by the charm of astronautics.

His father, a doctor, was supposed to let him study medicine, but he read a lot of books on science and technology, and he calculated: "To fly to the moon you must have 11.2 km/s." ”

Soon after the end of World War II, the war-torn former Soviet Union began to research intercontinental ballistic missiles and launch vehicles.

Perhaps because of the post-war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union and the thick clouds of the Cold War, the Soviet government at that time attached great importance to this. However, in order to develop missiles and rockets, it is necessary to have funds, technology and personnel, and the most difficult thing is funds.

Because the former Soviet Union was the country that suffered the most from the war in World War II. Lost almost 1/3 of the national wealth; There are 17ooo towns and tens of thousands of villages to be rebuilt, and millions more are living in wartime bomb shelters, living in hardship and in need of resettlement.

As a result, funding is scarce. Despite this, the authorities have allocated huge sums of money to be engaged in missiles and rockets.

The second effective measure they took. It is to mobilize the resources and technical forces of the whole country to ensure the development of missiles and rockets, and in particular, to concentrate some authoritative experts to tackle key problems in the development of high-thrust rockets.

Since Russia is Tsiolkovsky's homeland, there is no shortage of outstanding rocket talents, and the development work is carried out in absolute secrecy from the outside world. Continued progress has been made.

While making progress in various tasks, we have strengthened organizational and technical coordination. At that time, it was officially announced that an interdepartmental interstellar communication coordination committee would be established within the scope of the Astronomical Committee of the Academy of Sciences to achieve coordination and supervision of research work.

This point is very important, because launching missiles and rockets into satellites is an extremely complex system project and overall technical coordination. It is often more difficult and time-consuming than the development work.

The successful development of the carrier rocket not only enabled the former Soviet Union to successfully launch an intercontinental missile, but also made it possible to launch a satellite into space.

In November 1953, the former Soviet Union declared at the World Peace Conference in Geneva that "it is entirely possible to build an artificial Earth satellite".

This foreshadowed the development of an artificial earth satellite and its means of delivery by the former Soviet Union, but it did not attract much attention.

In 1955, when the United States announced that it would launch the "Sharp Soldier" Earth satellite between 1957 and 1958, no one doubted the ability and confidence of the United States. However, in 1956, at an international conference, representatives of the former Soviet Union proposed that an artificial Earth satellite be put into orbit during the International Geophysical Year.

No one paid attention to it at the time, and some Western journalists thought it might have been a form of psychological propaganda.

As a matter of fact, the former Soviet Union is nearing the end of its work on the development of artificial earth satellites, and is preparing to convert intercontinental missiles into delivery vehicles. For satellites.

On January 4, 1957, the weather was sunny, a rare sunny day not only in the United States, but also in Baikonur, Soviet Union.

In Baikonur, a small place on the territory of Kazakhstan. There is a secret base. This base is actually the space center of the Soviet Union.

On this day, a large rocket was erected on the artificial satellite tower of the space center. This is a carrier rocket of the Sputnik modified with the P-7 intercontinental missile.

At the head of the rocket is a spherical satellite Sputnik-1 with four folding pole antennas. With a loud bang of the rocket engine, the rocket rose and disappeared without a trace in less than two minutes.

The satellite is only 58o mm in diameter, weighs 83.6 kg, and has 4 whip-shaped antennas. Inside the sealed aluminum case, there is a chemical battery, a thermometer, and a small dual-frequency telegraph.

Although this "little star" has only stayed in the sky for 92 days, it has "pushed" the entire earth and promoted the pace of space technology development in various countries. It sent electronic signals to radio and television sets around the world, announcing its birth. This has shaken and deeply disturbed the countries of the world.

Since then, the earth has a "new star". This "new star" has a poetic name: "Earth's traveling companions." ”

However, to almost everyone's surprise, the "new star" woke up the Americans from their sleep and changed the pattern of the Cold War world.

The Americans believed that the artificial satellite first launched by the Soviet Union had military significance, and that it was a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the people of free countries, which could be pierced at the capitalist countries at any time.

The appearance of this satellite also annoyed the then US President Howson-Weil, and the most important thing was that under the bombardment of the news media, not only the people were worried, but even government officials were worried.

White House advisers were in a state of confusion, and for a few days, almost everyone surrounded Eisenhower, harassing him like mosquitoes and inflating the effects of Soviet satellite time.

This made the president of the United States very angry and annoyed, and after this he often said: "I would rather act on my instincts." It's also better than listening to the shares of the building! It can be seen how much he dislikes the White House advisers, and I am afraid that it started from this incident.

At that time, in addition to the White House advisers who were constantly chasing and harassing the president, even the president's political enemies, Democratic senators, and later US President John ? Kennedy was also clamoring. He has been constantly interviewed by the media, exaggerating the impact of the satellite incident on the American people, and consciously or unconsciously pointing the finger at the current president, believing that it is the government's inaction that has put the Soviets one step ahead.

The Soviet satellite shooting event presented Kennedy with an opportunity. Let him have more exposure and frequently appear in front of the American people, thereby accumulating personal prestige and laying the foundation for his future presidential campaign.

Under the impetus of the young and handsome Kennedy, Americans soon woke up to the fact that Eisenhower, the former combat hero and five-star general who commanded the Normandy 6, was a glamorous straw bale. People accused Eisenhower of only fighting wars and not running the government. You can only be a general, but you can't be a president.

The crowd told the media: "Isn't it scary that the Soviets have put an eye over our heads?" The people of the free country are under the nose of Big Brother all the time, shouldn't we do something? ”

The press also began to hype and agitate, and satirical cartoons were flying all over the sky, causing a lot of uproar.

The New York Times wrote in large color letters on the front page: "The Soviet Union launched a satellite of the Earth into space, which flew around the Earth at 18ooo miles per hour and crossed the skies over the United States four times......"

Newsweek ran a special story. A week later, I added another paragraph. "Such an accomplishment has been achieved by a group of controlled scientists in a country that has given the word 'satellite' the meaning of servitude," the report wrote. ”

Life magazine published an article titled "The Panicked Controversy," which satirized Eisenhower for not saying much and doing too little.

Senate Majority Leader Lyndon? Johnson (who later became president of the United States after the assassination of John F. Kennedy) wrote: "On the evening of January 4, after the Soviets had sent satellites into space, I was walking on my family's farm in Texas, and somehow I felt that the sky looked different than it had been. ”

Linden? Johnson also said in an exaggerated and intimidating tone: "To control space means to control the world." The masters of future space (if not the United States. That's the Soviet Union) will have the ability to control the weather of the earth, create droughts and floods, change the tides to raise sea levels, direct ocean currents, turn warm into cold ......"

From November 25, 1957 to January 23, 1958, Linden? The Senate Armed Services Committee, of which Johnson is chairman, has held no less than 2o meetings intensively. to vent the committee's worries.

During this time, Hughes sent his own spokesperson and looked around for government support. They are constantly lobbying the government and educating the people. They have the best rocket technology and satellite technology in the United States.

For such claims, Linden? Johnson and other lawmakers were dismissive, and at best they listened politely and did not say a word. Privately, he said mockingly: "It's just a private company, and it dares to say that it has the most advanced technology." Do they think they are Soviet? Ha ha! ”

As for the people, they asked more directly: "You said that your company's technology is advanced, so has you launched a satellite into space?" ”

Not to mention the president, Eisenhower didn't even intend to support the Rocket Research Institute of the government, and he wouldn't run to support a private enterprise.

Some lawmakers have asked why a private company should be working on this military technology, but it has been rejected. Satellites can also be used to serve the people, and as for whether private companies can do it, God knows.

Hughes's people were running into walls on Washington's side, and Alex had expected it, and he didn't care about it. But Hughes kept urging him to hurry up and get results, which made him almost annoyed.

"If you can come up with that much money to build a rocket satellite, then I'll do a launch right now!" Alex said to Hughes.

Hughes was silent again, he had no money in his hand now, not only did he have no money, but he was in dire need of it. Now that his global airline debt is due, he has no money to pay it, and the banks have cornered him. It is precisely because of this that he is in a hurry to go to the government to pull investment, as long as the funds can be turned. He was able to recover quickly.

"I don't have any money in my hand, but I have shares, do you either?" Hughes said suddenly.

Share? As soon as Alex heard the word, he knew what Hughes wanted to fight. He had long known about Hughes's troubles, and the difficulties that Trans World Airlines was experiencing had been featured in the newspapers. It is said that Hughes will appear in court, otherwise he will have to pay back his 78% stake in Global Airlines.

Hughes, an obsessive-compulsive patient, has now faded into obscurity. Secluded behind the scenes, remote control your own company. If you want Hughes to appear in court, it would be like killing him.

However, Hughes really has no money to repay the debt, and if he does not pay the money and does not appear in court, it is estimated that the court will award his shares to the bank. At the very least, they will lose control of the global airlines, and only the shares will be left.

"How much?" Alex actually has some ideas about Global Airlines, but he never had the chance.

"$500 million!" Hughes replied.

Alex almost burst into foul language. $500 million! Hughes is really ruthless, he owes the bank only more than 200 million yuan, and he even asked him to buy it for 500 million dollars.

However, it soon occurred to him that the aviation market has developed rapidly in recent years, and all airlines in the United States are desperately expanding. It is precisely because of this that Hughes borrowed too much money to invest in global airlines, so that now there is a problem with the capital chain.

Hughes has always had a good eye. He did see the prospect of this market, but unfortunately it was a big step. In the original history, Hughes lost control of TWA because he did not appear in court, and a few years later, he took advantage of the sharp rise in the airline's shares, sold his shares, and made $500 million in one fell swoop.

With $5O billion, Hughes put that money into Hughes Space. It directly affected the exhibition of the US aerospace industry, and a large part of the Apollo moon landing was influenced by him.

"How! $500 million, you should be able to get it! Hughes urged on the other end of the phone.

It can indeed be taken out, Alex has not done it in vain over the years, he not only invests everywhere, but also often uses historical events to make a lot of money in futures. There are a lot of investments that are long-term, such as fast food and markets. As for the futures market, that's where the money comes directly.

But once he gets the $500 million, his investment company's cash will bottom out. That way, he'd have to wait at least a year or two before he has enough cash to do something else.

Alex didn't think about it for long, only a few tens of seconds at most. But these dozens of seconds are a very heavy decision for him. He finally said, "No problem, when will you prepare the relevant texts?" ”

"This is fast, what about your money? Ready to go? Does it take time? ”

"If you want money, I'll give it to you right away!"

"Okay, let's hurry up and finish the formalities, you know about those banks! You'll come and sign it tomorrow! ”

"Okay!"

Alex wasn't happy when he got the global airline, knowing that he was going to be a thorn in the side of some consortium from this moment on. You know, Hughes is at odds with Pan Am because of Trans World Airlines, and he has been fighting with Pan Am's boss for more than 20 years without a winner.

There are even conspiracy theories that the accident that occurred on Hughes's last test flight was actually the work of Pan Am people. It was precisely because of this accident that the director Zì Hughes almost died, and he also suffered from an extremely strict mental illness and could not appear in public.

Of course, those people are not all the ones who have been killed, and they may offer a path of reconciliation. If Alex gets a 78% stake in Trans Am and obediently accepts the acquisition of Pan Am and becomes one of their little brothers, then nothing is going on. You can also make money with the boss, don't pay attention to anything, and count the money happily.

It's just that Alex is not such a person, and Hughes can also see that he is not such a person. Then there is only one way left, either Pan Am is co-opted or Trans Asia is co-opted. Historically, it ended with the co-optation of Global Airlines.

Now that Alex has changed this way, I'm afraid Pan Am wants to unify the U.S. aviation market, and it's still very early.

After thinking about the stakes, Alex called home and said to his parents in a very calm tone: "I bought an airline, spent $500 million, and it was expensive!" ”

"What? What did you do? Bart yelled on the phone!

"Hey! I couldn't say it on the phone. I'll tell you when I get back from the company. ”

That evening, Alex told him about buying a stake in Trans World Airlines. The family at the dinner table was dumbfounded, neither of them expected Alex to have so much money, nor did they expect it to spend so much money.

As for the fact that he has so much money, Alex explained that he has received a share of the record royalties, novel royalties, royalties, income from several companies, and the futures market. Of course, there is no elaboration on where the money is mainly coming from, and it did not occur to them that the money is mainly coming from the futures market.

After listening to this, Bart pondered for a moment. Then he asked with concern: "Then you don't have much money now, right?" ”

"Yes!" Alex nodded and said, "I have taken out all the funds of the investment company, and the remaining money is ready to be used as working capital." ”

"In this case, I will give you 300 million US dollars, and it will be regarded as the money that the family asks you to manage!" Bart suddenly said.

$300 million! Everyone present, except Angel, thought that the family already had so much money. Not only Richard and Karen, but even Alex didn't know.

Bart continued: "You think that's a lot of $300 million? Actually, it's not much. I'll do the math for you, not to mention radios, record companies, and brokerage companies. Just one thing, our cpT company's computer market can almost make hundreds of millions of pure profits every year! ”

Angel nodded beside him, agreeing with Bart's statement. "When the business gets bigger and bigger, we get more and more cash," she explains. It's just a matter of earning more and earning less, and the size of the risk. ”

Alex knew what Angel was referring to when he said risk, and generally they were at their level of family. Already started to get in touch with things from the upper class. Once the political position is wrong, it is likely to lead the family downhill, and it will be difficult to get up again.

Someone once said, "A family like Rockefeller will either thrive or decay." There is no third way! ”

This was the case of the Rothschilds, who claimed to be in charge of the wealth of mankind at the beginning, and when they flourished, they would be like a ship with a hole in it, and soon sink to the bottom of the river. Become a relic of history.

According to ordinary people's thoughts, there are three pounds of nails in a rotten ship, and no matter how down-and-out the Rothschilds are, they will not be able to compare to those self-made consortia, so why have they never made a comeback. That's because when the family declines and wants to get up again, then the glory of the past will become a burden for the children and grandchildren.

The more glory comes the burden. Unless there is really that descendant who is the protagonist of the rebellion that has crossed over, it is really difficult to revive the family.

Now Barr and Angel are also starting to get in touch with this stuff, and they are starting to figure out how to make the Carpenter family really stand side by side with those big conglomerates.

As the helmsman of the Carpenter family, they also slowly understand the cruelty of the political struggle. Far Hughes? Howard didn't say anything, but said that he was about to be born in the tragedy of the Kennedy family, and he knew that sometimes once he tore his face, the other party would use all kinds of means to the extreme.

Since Alex's kidnapping, they have also been alerted to the fact that someone has noticed a key figure in the Carpenter family. They had wanted to hide Alex behind them and wait until he was older before going to the front desk. Today, this seems to be an unlikely thing.

Coupled with Alex's $500 million acquisition of most of TWA, it means that he can no longer use his status as a star to confuse others as he used to, but will be put in front of those competitors. There will definitely be a lot of people who will come over to study Alex thoroughly, whether it is personality, psychology, habits, etc., it will be analyzed clearly.

In that case, they simply handed over the authority of the Carpenter family to Alex and let him control the direction of the family exhibition.

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