For the international aerospace pattern, Di Zhexiao, Nie Peng, and Di Jiaying are out-and-out half-assers. It is a bit too much to say that they 'don't know anything about it,' but it is not bad to say that their aerospace knowledge is not systematic at all.

"I see, it's better to take the time tomorrow and go over it from the beginning with a few of you, it's only good and no harm to our company." Su Xing said on the other end of the phone that it was mainly due to the continuous problems of the three people on the phone, which really made him a little tired of coping.

Early the next morning, Su Province, who had tried his best to come to the factory early, looked at the three people in the small conference room in surprise, and looked at the watch before seven o'clock, thinking that it was really a group of workaholics. After a few polite words, he went straight to the point.

"Before I tell you a few people about the history of aerospace today, let me ask a question and find out. Do any of us know which country launched the first artificial earth satellite in history? Su Xing took out the prepared documents from his briefcase and asked questions in his Beijing accent.

"Former Soviet Union" Di Zhexiao and Nie Peng said in unison, Jia Ying stared in surprise on the side, feeling like a scumbag.

"That's right, let's start with the former Soviet Union." Su Province sent the document to everyone present, and it seemed that it had been prepared last night.

"Sixty years ago, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial Earth satellite in the history of mankind, Sputnik-1. At that time, during the Cold War, the space race had just begun, and the Americans were left far behind by the Soviets, until Apollo 11, 12 years later, successfully sent American astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin to the moon. ”

Su Xing stood next to the whiteboard and drew a timeline, causing everyone to look up at him.

"In the subsequent space race, the Americans relied on their strong economic strength as the backing to make great achievements in manned spaceflight, landing on the moon, deep space exploration, and so on. But blessings and misfortunes are mutually dependent. ”

Sioux Province drew a node in the timeline and marked the word 1991.

"It wasn't until 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed and the Cold War ended, that the pressure on Americans disappeared. However, NASA, the largest beneficiary of the space race, has also seen its funding plummeting. Faced with new targets and limited resources, projects had to be drastically curtailed and the original planned implementation date was postponed several times. ”

Several people here know that the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union can be regarded as historical common sense for them, but the version with NASA as the axis is the first time they have heard it, and the appearance of concentration makes the Soviet Province want to laugh a little.

Moreover, the tragic NASA also responded to the sentence: 'Blessings and disasters do not go alone'. In 2011, NASA retired all of its space shuttles. As he spoke, he marked the 2011 node. Then the Americans found that they had lost the ability to carry people into space, and then had to rely on Lao Maozi's manned spacecraft to go to the International Space Station, but the ticket was really not cheap, 76 million US dollars, one person! Return tickets are not included. ”

"This is an external trouble, and the internal worry is even more disgusting. It is said that the six relatives with the surname Zi do not recognize it, but as soon as the space shuttle was retired, such a good show was staged: The joint launch alliance of the launch company jointly established by the aviation giant Boeing and Lockheed Martin took advantage of the lack of NASA to raise prices, and a single launch mission cost more than $400 million during the peak period. forced NASA to pay, and NASA didn't have a way, at that time, companies such as SpaceX were still little chicks, which camel moved rockets, so I could only pinch my nose and admit it. ”

"Don't you admit it, they will either rot in the pot or give it to Lao Maozi." Di Zhexiao watched Su Province write and draw on the whiteboard and said a joke.

"If you don't say that you're engaged in economic construction, your brain is just a job." Su Xing followed Di's father's words and said: "The good times don't last long, under the situation of 'big shop bullying customers', Lockheed and Boeing have not received less money, but the quality has not improved, and technology research and development and upgrading are almost insulated from them." I haven't seen them come up with a new version in a few years. ”

So, in the face of this situation, NASA has gradually adjusted its strategy to train new competitors to enter the market. For example, SpaceX, Blue Origin. Su Province left the whiteboard and walked back to his seat. When the three thought that his little popular science lecture was over, he added.

Of course, this also has to do with previous presidents, and George W. Bush's 'Constellation Project' has set the goal of putting people on the moon again in 2020. It even designed a new Orion spacecraft and the Ares V heavy rocket, which is not inferior to Saturn V. Merely... He shrugged, took a sip of water, and waited until the crowd had almost eaten their appetites before continuing.

“。。。 However, as soon as Obama took office, the new administration immediately changed its tune, believing that the project's multi-billion dollar budget was too expensive, so it announced that it would cancel the plan in 2010. At the same time, it also accused NASA of deviating from its development priorities and expressed strong dissatisfaction with the decision to retire all space shuttles. Since then, U.S. officials have pinned their hopes on NASA to send humans to Mars by 2030. There was no talk of returning to the moon again. ”

Speaking of which, Su Province's small lecture was over, and after looking at the three people present, he thought he could win a few applause, but he found that several people's brows were furrowed again.

"So, this time the aerospace behavior is the decision of the Trump team?" Nie Peng listened to what he said, lowered his head and read the manuscript sent to him before, muttering.

"This matter has been settled since the day he came to power," Su Xing said again when he heard this.

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. Di Zhexiao put down the manuscript and glanced at Su Province with a deep gaze.

"I won't sell it, first of all, US Vice President Pence, half of this buddy's think tank is a staunch 'return to the moon', if you want to 'return to the moon', it must be led by the vice president, whether it is the rebuilding of the National Space Committee, or the establishment of other ad hoc institutions, there is no one else except him. In addition, the new administrator of NASA, Jim Bridenstine, nominated by the new administration, also has a strong intention to return the United States to the moon. ”

"In other words, no matter whether we have had the 'Chang'e Project' or not, this year's Lao Mei will compete with us for territory on the moon?" When Jiaying heard this, she finally made a concluding speech.

"That's right," the three men said in unison.