Murriken, NASA Roundtable Room.

It was raining all the time, and the atmosphere in the conference hall was not harmonious.

Or rather, waiting for news.

The king was called up from the bed in the middle of the night, saying that he was asked to see what kind of space launch, or Tianxia's space launch.

He is busy day by day, how can he have time to care about this, this should be the business of NASA.

If he, the president, paid attention to this every day, wouldn't he become the director of the space agency?

So what do you need to be the real director of NASA for?

But today's matter is really not something that can be decided by the director of the space agency, because the director himself has already been watched by people from the Ministry of Defense.

"Is the news out?" An army general asked.

"It's coming, it's coming." Jim said, wiping his sweat.

As the director of the NASA, although he understands the king's side, he has been completing the task, and he wants to pull everyone in the space agency to the king's side, but as the director, he is also competent, and he has put a lot of money on the NASA.

As the director of NASA, of course, he paid attention to the live broadcast of the first flight of "Dart X", even if the synchronization time of Merriken was in the middle of the night.

But what he didn't expect was that while a group of aerospace scientists and engineers were staring at the data and studying the technical details, a group of military police surrounded the place, and then several generals came to represent the Ministry of Defense.

When he came up, he asked: "Tianxia's space fighters have all entered space orbit, why don't you warn you?!" ”

A group of scientists, including Jim, all: "???? ”

The generals of the Ministry of Defense did not let them think too much, and immediately took control of a command hall, and then led several administrative and technical directors of NASA on the field into the round table conference hall.

Seeing the scientists' confused looks, Admiral John of the Space Force thought that they didn't know the information about the launch of the "Dart X", so he said in a tone of hatred: "As a staff member of the space agency, your information sensitivity is low, Dave, show them the video." ”

"Yes!"

A young officer in military uniform ran to the front with a laptop in his arms, connected to the main computer in the office, and uploaded the video.

Originally, the aerospace scientists and engineers, as well as Jim, saw that these people were so nervous, and they also became nervous, and they really thought that they had missed some key space information.

As a result, isn't this the test flight video of "Dart X"?

It's still a cut version.

They didn't even watch the live broadcast at all.

It's just what those generals just said?

Tianxia's space fighter?!

Don't be funny, it's just a spacecraft!

Although the technology is advanced, it is full of the characteristics of a spacecraft - it is not capable of maneuvering too casually in the sky and space, which is too fuel-intensive.

As scientific researchers, they feel that they have an obligation to do some science popularization for these big soldiers.

Several people wanted to say it, but one of the older ones was fast, and immediately said: "Your Excellency, let me clarify, this is not a space fighter, this is just a manned spacecraft......

Before he could finish speaking, Admiral John interrupted him and said, "Well, we are soldiers, and we know better than you what a weapon is, and what has not yet become a weapon." ”

"Our X-37B can become an 'orbital bomber', and this aircraft can naturally do it, both aircraft have a load capacity of two tons, and the X-37B can fit what it can carry, including laser weapons, missiles, and bombs."

"However, Your Excellency General, according to the design of the 'Dart X', it does not have the ability to maintain deterrence in orbit for a long time, and its stored power is only enough for a few hours of ......."

The scientists wanted to explain something, but the generals simply didn't listen.

John waved his hand sternly and said, "Okay, we're not here to listen to any scientific truths you guys, all we want is whether you can prove whether this thing that is as simple as an airplane and can go into space anytime and anywhere is real?" Or is it another hilarious strategic scam? ”

"If it's true, find it for me!"

Scientists can't resist soldiers at all, not to mention that the other party is still a general with troops, so they can only go to find it.

So there was the previous scene.

The generals didn't know what the numbers were, but they just knew that there was a spaceplane flying over their heads, possibly carrying a bomb.

Even if the "Dart X" did not hide its position at all, and even took the initiative to report the location to all directions, it could not stand the generals from urging in a few seconds, and urging in a few seconds.

Obviously, the matter of a few minutes made the generals feel that they could not complete the task for several days.

"Found it," one of the scientists suddenly received the message and waved to the generals, "it is now in an orbit with a perigee of 378 kilometers and an apogee of 402 kilometers...... It's passing over Merrican. ”

"Bang-"

Admiral John's face distorted when he heard this, and he slammed his fist on the conference table, "Shame, this is a shame for our Space Force!" ”

"If we also have ......"

Before his temper was finished, the big screen in the conference room lit up, and the head of the king appeared inside.

was dragged up in the middle of the night, everyone else had dark circles, but he had rare white circles.

He was wearing pajamas, looking tired, and asked with a very bad frown, "What the hell is going on?" Why did someone tell me that Tianxia's space fighter flew into space? ”

Seeing this scene, no one else had yet to reflect it, John's angry expression immediately turned into frustration, and his attitude was very sincere to admit his mistake.

"Mr. President, it's my fault, if the Space Force also had space fighters in their hands and the command of the space center, Tianxia's space fighters would not have flown in Merriken's space."

When he said these words, John's face turned red, his face was full of remorse, and his eyes were bloodshot, and tears overflowed, as if to say that he was incompetent to the extreme.

When he heard this, he was full of excitement and asked John in a loud voice, "What did you say?" Tianxia's space fighter is right above us? ”

"Yes, sir," John admitted, then explained, "but the scientists say that it is only manned, and there is basically no danger." ”

"Needless to say, no one knows spacecraft better than me, and if you can load people, you can load bombs, and that is a space fighter!"

The king became excited, and he couldn't sleep at the thought of such a thing dangling over his head.

Then he muttered a few words, and no one heard what he said, only heard him shout: "Meeting, meeting, call everyone up, meeting!" ”

"We can't go on like this, we have to come up with a counterattack strategy!"

Knowing that Wang made the final decision, he used the presidential privilege once, and the secret service personnel outside quickly moved, as long as the congressmen in Washington, D.C., all shouted, and then they were picked up by black cars and rushed towards the congress.

It's not that he's making a fuss, he's a person who aspires to go to the sun, and he really understands aerospace.

The domestic X-37B is called an "orbital bomber", but it is actually a mini space shuttle, which is not fundamentally different from the "Dream Chaser" mini space shuttle that has been carrying cargo and has always wanted to carry people.

At the beginning, they looked quite advanced, but compared to "Dart X", they were garbage.

No matter how nice the two models of mini space shuttles are, in fact, they are no different from the launch of ordinary rockets, the same trouble, but the "Dart X" is different, it is pulled out of the hangar on the same day, immediately filled with fuel, and then takes off directly from the runway, which is many times simpler than they don't know.

If it can come back safely, and take off again with a little overhaul, without requiring it to complete an hour of inspection and refueling, even if it takes off a day later, it will also be quite scary.

And the place where it was designed and manufactured, Star Navigator, must find a way to sanction it, and not let it develop like that.