Merriken, a small space agency meeting room.

After the conclusion of the joint meeting with senior politicians, senior think-tanks and generals, the people of the space agency will also get together for a meeting to make arrangements and adjustments to some of the issues raised at the meeting just now.

The deadline must be met by the deadline.

Suddenly unimportant tasks are put on the back line, and don't take up important tasks.

Such as the restoration of the manned lunar landing capability, the test flight of the Adventure Star spacecraft, the first flight of the Starship system, the experiment of space armament equipment, etc., all have to be in the front row.

"Now that the progress of the adventure star is being rushed up above, we must find a way to get the ground test completed as soon as possible, otherwise we will definitely not be able to catch up with the timetable set by those people."

As the director of the space agency, these tasks are pressed on Jim.

In the past two years, the aerospace industry has been turbulent, because of the existence of the navigator, the absolute leading position of the Merriken Space Agency is no longer there, and there is even a time when it is suppressed, so it is not easy for him to be the director.

Fortunately, at this time, everyone knew that the director of NASA was not easy to be, so no one took over his shift, so he has been in charge.

So as the director, if he suppresses the order from above, he can also suppress the people below.

Well, it's actually not a pressure, after all, he's just a director, and some high-level scientists in the space agency are not something he can offend.

"As for the progress, we can think of another way," said the director of the Adventure Star project team, "At present, our ground trials are 90% complete, which can be said to be quite fast, and we have made everyone work overtime, so far, no one has taken a vacation." ”

"If it's going to be faster, then we're going to have to reduce it a little bit...... Important ground tests, you can take a look at our test catalog......"

As he spoke, the project director projected a picture on the big screen, which was the ground test project of the Adventure Star.

There are also some pictures in the back, all of which are scenes from the Adventure Star test.

Judging by how it compares to its surroundings, it is indeed a true Adventure Star program, not the technical proof X-33 testing machine.

The Adventure Star "Aerospace Aircraft" has a length of 40 meters, a wingspan of 42 meters, and a height of 10 meters with landing gear.

It has an empty weight of 120 tons, the full take-off weight can reach 1200 tons, and the payload has 25 tons.

Compared with the total take-off weight of the Navigator company, which is the same as its empty weight, and has a load capacity of up to 25 tons, it can be said to be quite exaggerated, and it is also a source of confidence for Merrican Aerospace.

Originally, the main purpose of the "Adventure Star" was to develop an unmanned artificial satellite launcher, but now its mission positioning has changed, so in addition to that, it has been given other ancillary and optional uses.

It can not only act as a passenger aircraft carrying passengers, and it is mainly a long-distance flight across continents and continents, but also because the "Adventure Star" adopts an unmanned design, so passengers will be regarded as a kind of cargo carried by the "Adventure Star" like the artificial satellite.

Even for aliens that appear in the solar system, the cargo it carries can be missiles, nuclear bombs, laser weapons, electromagnetic weapons and other equipment.

To put it more simply, the Adventure Star is expected to be a low-cost launcher that can travel quickly to and from space, and is designed with a modular delivery system that can carry satellites, passengers, or return between Earth and the space station to carry necessary supplies and even weapons for the space station.

The reason why it finally crossed the stage of the "X-33" test machine and went directly to the ultimate version of the adventure star is because of the technological progress in recent years.

After technical demonstration, the technologies that need to be developed before are not only already available, but some have also been updated for more than one generation, and the original technologies have reached a new level.

And the previous design was re-examined, some of the designs were already behind, and after adopting new technology to replace it, the performance of the adventure star was greatly improved.

It is also because of the great development of those technologies that they dare to remove some ...... Less important items.

"I think the No. 6 test project can be removed, its importance in the whole system ranks third in the sequence, even if it is removed, it will not have a big impact, at most, there will be some communication problems when passing through the atmosphere, but the experienced mission implementation team will be clever to deal with various situations, and after entering space, they can replace the backup communication module."

"Indeed, I also agree with this, and this communication system has been tested on the Dragon spacecraft, although the carrying platform has been changed this time, the Dragon spacecraft is also a reusable spaceship......"

The issue of the deletion of ground test items needs to be considered for a long time, and all aspects of the problem must be considered, after all, it is the key to whether the Adventure Star aircraft can successfully test fly, or even whether it can be successfully finalized, and then mass-produced.

After all, sometimes the project that can be deleted or not deleted is the core of the success of the whole project.

In addition to these, the things that have been said in the previous meeting will be discussed.

Most importantly, we should also discuss the issue of new space food.

They talked about the new space food and the physical and mental health of astronauts at the previous meeting, but those politicians and generals didn't seem to care much, and they were more concerned about when Merrican would resume its manned lunar landing capability, and when Merriken would have its own space armed forces, so that the Space Force could become a real Space Force.

Those people didn't care, but the scientists at the space agency couldn't help but care, so they also discussed the new space video on their side.

While they were discussing, the assistant sitting next to Jim suddenly received a message.

It was a message from other assistants outside, and I was shocked when I looked at it.

I quickly went back to the information and asked in detail.

The more I asked, the more surprised I became.

Finally, after asking clearly, he hurriedly whispered to Jim: "Director, there is one thing you need to understand, the Star Navigator Group has obtained it through the official and sent out a ...... I don't know how to describe this kind of invitation, it's not a normal business cooperation, it's not an official note, you might as well see for yourself. ”

As he spoke, he handed Jim the tablet he had just wiped to reply to the message.

Jim was also curious, his assistant was usually very capable of doing things, and now this is a bunch of nonsense.

As a result, when he saw it, his expression became more and more shocked.

"My God, the Navigator has a problem for us."

Embarrassed, he pinched his eyebrows, looked at the technicians who were still discussing how to make the astronauts "physically and mentally healthy", and organized the language.

He knocked on the table, "Well, everyone listen to me about something, something very important. ”

As soon as this gesture came out, the crowd that was buzzing just now fell silent.

"Here's the thing, I already have an idea of what everyone just discussed, but it was the Star Navigator Group that took the initiative to find it, and it was their boss - Tang Chao."

"Mr. Tang Chao just talked to me personally, and he said that he intends to transfer the technology of a new generation of space food to us."

"The new generation of space food contains more technology than we imagined, maintaining the original appearance is only the most basic technology, and it is only related to the delivery technology, its real technology is to allow astronauts to taste the same as the earth, and even the new drug formula can reduce the occurrence of human space diseases and make the human body more adapted to the space environment......"

"There is also the 'food reduction machine' I saw before, its manufacturing cost is not as high as we expected, as long as there is space in the space, you can install a ...... with very little cost"

“……”

Jim said a lot, and finally he said what made him embarrassed, "According to Mr. Tang Chao's meaning, he is sharing technology in the name of a community with a shared future for mankind, not any authorization, so all technology is free." ”

"For the aerospace community, this is a surprising situation, the Navigator Company and Mr. Tang Chao's spiritual realm is very high, I only felt that he was a scientific and technological genius before, but today I have a new understanding of him."

"It's just that except for our space agency, other places don't recognize this 'community of destiny', it's hard to say, everyone has lived in Merrican for so many years, and they should know ......"

Listening to the director's story, the people on the scene were stupid, as people from the space agency, and most of them were technicians, so they were very happy about the technology sharing.

More than once, they wondered, what would happen if all the space agencies on Earth cooperated?

The technology they have is made public, so that everyone can have good space technology, and then they each choose a field to study, and the progress will definitely be very fast, and finally a few in one, maybe now a real spaceship has come out.

Never do duplicate technical research, which is too wasteful of resources and time.

It's a pity that it's not the techiologists who dominate the world.

Now, the leader has put forward the concept of a "community with a shared future for mankind", and based on this concept, some technologies should be disclosed.

This......

It would have been a great thing, and the senior management of Merrican would definitely be happy, after all, they would even laugh at the leader for being a big fool.

But if you want them to identify with any community, it is simply impossible, and even if there is such a community, it has to be Merriken as the leading big brother, and it is the kind that must definitely be said.

It's still the same kind of saying that it is not the same.

"You go and do that, he goes and do that, you have to make offerings to me, he wants to give me gifts, and I, lying down and waiting to receive money."

The thought of those images made everyone in the conference room sad.

The technology is definitely needed, because that can really make their space food technology go up a lot, plus the single-stage orbital adventure Star Sky Plane is going to fly test, all the technology is there.

It's just that technology can't be in vain, and how to "return the gift" is really difficult for them.

When they were worried, Tang Chao, the initiator, had already talked to many high-level NASA executives, and most of the other NASAs were still interested in this plan compared to the situation of Merriken's entanglement on the shore.

They also watched the previous video, and tried to analyze it, and they analyzed a lot of things.

And Tang Chao talked to them a lot, and the technology was also deep-rooted.

Of course, Tang Chao is not really that selfless, and the community of human democracy is not something that can be achieved by simply sharing technology.

To be honest, the human race is really cheap, and free things will never be cherished.

People are flattered when something very valuable is first shared for free, but after a long time, free becomes the norm, and most people's minds will change dramatically.

So be strategic.

The free stuff is just for fishing, and when the fish are hooked, there are more exciting things waiting for those fish.

It could be a stick, it could be a fishing net, it could be a chopping board, or it could be a richly decorated fish tank.

Tang Chao's congratulations behind him are amazing.

He finished talking about a NASA director again, got up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and lazy down.

"Ah~"

"Butler, put the previous model of the space station out and put it in front of me."

"Okay, boss."

The glass of the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room was actually a transparent display, and when Tang Chao said the order, several models of the space station were displayed.

These space stations are different from the current space station, but look similar to the "Heavenly Court Space Station" he is building, and their common feature is that they all have rotating simulated gravity cabins, both large and small.

Some of them don't even know if they're space stations because they still have thrusters on them.

Tang Chao swept through all the space stations, and finally set his sights on the Heavenly Court Space Station, which was the first space station with a rotating simulated gravity module after all.

It is an "upgrade" that transcends the times.

"It's still a classic, just use it as a fishing net."

With both hands on the floor-to-ceiling window, he pushed aside the other space station models, leaving the Heavenly Court space station alone.

Then zoom in, look at it, zoom in again, look at it closely.

He pressed it a few more times, and the model gradually changed from virtual to real.

The materialized part is the part that has been created so far.

In this regard, the Navigator company and the Tianxia national team are information exchanged, and how many modules are updated in real time.

Judging from the current state of the model, the overall progress is quite good, much faster than previously planned.

So what he is thinking about now is when to make the project public, whether to follow the plan until the time to make it public? Or have you recently discussed with the national team and made it public according to his new plan?

This is a question worth pondering.

After thinking about it, he still plans to communicate with the other side, after all, more communication can reduce misunderstandings, and many misunderstandings are caused by lack of communication.

No matter what you do.

And the community of shared future for mankind has always been a thing of Tianxiati, although it ...... It's not quite the same as the Navigator's side.

But almost, you can blend it in.

A few days later, the Starship system of the Merrican Space Fork successfully made its first flight, marking another super-heavy launch vehicle for mankind.

It's just that, although the name is powerful, it still doesn't help much for human deep space exploration, and the key "space refueling" program has not broken through, and it can only go around in the Earth's orbit.