Chapter 1247: A Visit from the President of France
On the Moon, in addition to the bases at the north and south poles, there are equatorial bases. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The equatorial base has a large solar altitude angle, which means that the sunlight is shining directly overhead, so that there is enough sunlight during the day to provide sufficient energy for the base. At the same time, the Moon Sea area near the equator is rich in mineral resources, which provides conditions for resource development, for example, there is a rich ilmenite, which can provide conditions for oxygen production.
However, the disadvantage of the moon's equatorial base is that in addition to the day, there will be night, and this night is almost 14 Earth days, when these long and extremely cold moonlit nights come, it is no longer possible to use solar energy to provide power and heat for the lunar base, so it needs to be guaranteed by nuclear power generation facilities. Moreover, at such times, exploration activities are stopped.
Therefore, the first plan is the north and south poles, and the second plan is the equator.
However, when Andrei heard the Tranquility Sea, his heart immediately moved, this name, how familiar!
Americans, the location of the Apollo 11 moon landing!
The Tranquility Sea, with coordinates of 0 degrees 41 minutes and 15 seconds north latitude and 23 degrees 26 minutes 0 seconds east longitude, is located in the southwest corner of the Jinghai Plain, near the Sabine crater and the Ritter crater, the entire plain, with an area of about 260,000 square kilometers.
This wide, flat land on the surface of the moon is, of course, the best landing base for the moon! The Americans chose here for the first moon landing, of course, for a reason!
Now, for the same reason, the Soviet Union has set the location of the second base in this area, for no other reason, that is, it is flat and easy to land!
"If the Tranquility Sea is used as a second alternative base, I suggest that we take the Tranquility Sea as a priority target, or at least, we can also build a small base in the Tranquility Sea first." Andrei said.
Nothing else, it's all intuition, and now, Andrei feels that his intuition is terrible at some point, is this the advantage of the traverser? Although he didn't give himself any powerful system, at least, he also gave himself some innate intuition!
"Okay, General Secretary Andre, then we will use the Tranquility Sea as the first base." Yazov said that at this time, before he could tell the advantages and disadvantages of the Tranquility Sea base, the general secretary had already made a decision, in fact, Yazov also knew why.
The first moon landing of the Americans, it was here! So, the USSR should also go up and have a look!
"General Secretary Andrey, if everything goes well, our launch will take place at the end of this month, there will be an Energy spacecraft, the initial equipment of the transportation base, to land on the moon as a preliminary preparation, and then, a nuclear-powered manned lunar spacecraft will be launched by another Energy spacecraft and fly directly to the moon." Yazov continued.
The Soviet Union, at the beginning, made a lot of preparations for the exploration of the moon, and now, finally, the manned landing on the moon is about to begin! The progress of the Soviet space department was quite rapid, in particular, the maturity of various technologies, the high-thrust Energia rocket, the high-specific impulse nuclear-powered rocket engine, and the experience of flying in space for a long time, the operation of the Mir space station, all of which made the moon landing program almost a matter of ease!
Andrei nodded: "We must act according to the laws of science, we can't lead to all kinds of illegal operations because of rushing the schedule, what we want is the success rate, which is also a way to publicize our Soviets." ”
If Andrei said that he wanted to watch the moon at the end of the month, then the people below might rush to the moon in various ways, and the biggest loss of the Strategic Rocket Army at the beginning was not Khrushchev's order? When Khrushchev demanded that his feet be stepped on American soil, he was going to launch a missile to demonstrate to the Americans, but the demonstration did not come to fruition, and even the marshal of the Strategic Rocket Forces was killed.
Andrei didn't want that kind of mistake.
"The motorcade of the General Secretary, the President of France, is about to arrive in the Kremlin." At this moment, the captain of the guard reported to Andrei.
President of France! Andrei stood up and said to the others: "Go, let's go out to meet our guests." ”
The president's itinerary is arranged months in advance, and the visit between countries is quite a solemn thing! And this visit by the French president was also booked a few months ago!
France, since the time of Charles de Gaulle, has always been a maverick, perhaps because during World War II, de Gaulle was angry with the Americans for not supporting him, so France has always been a-stirring stick in the Western world.
Of course, the Soviet Union applauded France's behavior, and in the Western world, being unique and pulling back the West was of course helping the Soviet Union!
At the same time, the current France is even more welcoming to the Soviet Union with its hands held high! After several defeats, François Mitterrand on the left successfully ran for the presidency of France!
Francois Mitterrand, who is also a well-known figure in French politics, fought in World War II when he just graduated, was captured by the Germans, and escaped by chance. He later became president of the unified National Movement of Prisoners of War and Fugitives. Under his leadership, the resistance gradually grew and became a prominent force in the resistance organization in France, making an important contribution to the liberation of France.
After World War II, Mitterrand gradually became a representative of the French left, and his greatest achievement was in 71 years, at the first congress after the merger of the French Socialist Party and the GC Party, his speech won everyone's government, and Mitterrand, who had not yet received the Socialist Party card, was elected as the first secretary of the Socialist Party!
After that, Mitterrand began his own road to the presidency, and after several twists and turns, he finally won the Elysée Palace in 81.
At this time, Mitterrand was in front of a mess, with economic difficulties, high unemployment and inflation, and international turmoil.
As a left-wing leader, Mitterrand's approach, contrary to Thatcher's, advocated a gradual structural reform of the French economy through a degree of nationalization, planning, and self-government without abolishing private property, in order to establish "French-style socialism" that was "democratic" and "free".
As a result, the steps are big and the eggs are pulled.
Even the Soviet Union is gradually reducing the planned economy, making the transition to a market economy, reducing the proportion of the state-owned economy, striving to rejuvenate the vitality of the Soviet Union, and taking a characteristic road. Economically, Mitterrand's reforms did not work, and politically, Mitterrand was in a dilemma.