U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's speech was transmitted by satellite to all parts of the world, and in addition to those who were watching or listening to the live broadcast, others who had just turned on the radio or television immediately discovered that there was a new channel, and the signal of this channel was a satellite from space.

Almost all Americans heard the recording, and they couldn't help but be proud of the president's speech, and their happiness rose a lot. At the same time, Eisenhower also regained the hearts and minds that had been lost some time ago, and his popularity continued to rise.

Through this speech, many people learned that it was a company called SCC that manufactured and launched rockets. The company went from obscurity to world-famous, and not only the American people knew about it, but even other countries were paying attention to the company's developments.

After the President of the United States finished speaking, a record of Alex's prepared was played. These upcoming songs became an instant hit, and many people immediately went to record stores to look for them after listening to them.

Especially Alex's "Yesterday", as soon as the song was broadcast, it caused a strong response.

When many people hear this song for the first time, they are immediately captivated by Alex's singing, and they quickly immerse themselves in the faint melancholy created by the lyrics.

Alex expresses his inner feelings with a slightly sad emotion in the song, singing: "Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, and now they seem to be right in front of me." Oh, I'd rather believe yesterday! In an instant. I'm not who I used to be! Shadows hung over me, oh, yesterday just like that. Why she didn't say goodbye, I don't know, and she didn't talk about it. I must have said something wrong, how I longed for yesterday ...... now"

The beautiful melody and timeless lyrics depict the shadow lost in time in the depths of everyone's heart. Regardless of cultural background, social status, aesthetic orientation, or even whether or not they love music, almost everyone will be moved by this song. It truly achieves both elegance and vulgarity.

Alex didn't expect the song to be so popular either. He just felt that the mood of the song could express his emotions at the time. This is his remembrance of yesterday, his sorrow for the past, and his sigh for the long river of time.

This song was the first song to be broadcast on a satellite in space. At the same time, it was also the first song to reach the record of a gold record the fastest.

If it is said. There is a song in the world that carries the most honors in numbers. That had to be "Yesterday".

"Yesterday" is the most covered song in history, and more than 3,000 versions have existed.

"Yesterday" is also the most popular song in the world, and has been streamed more than 6,000,000 times in the United States alone.

After the launch of the satellite. Hughes sent a public relations officer like a divine help, and quickly persuaded many politicians and congressmen, who proposed to the government to build the US aerospace research and development headquarters with SCC as the main body.

"We have to let people who know how to manage it, otherwise the Soviets will soon overtake it."

"SCC's lead is only temporary, and they must receive sufficient resources and policy support!"

"Do we want to abandon the existing mature architecture and rebuild a new NASA center?"

These politicians and lawmakers have voiced their support for the SCC to the government and people, and there is a growing consensus that this is the right way to reduce U.S. government spending and accelerate space technology research.

Eisenhower's heart wavered as he paid tribute to his old friend Jim? Kellian has consulted on the matter. At the time, Kellian was appointed scientific advisor by Eisenhower and was also an expert professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I know a lot about this knowledge and have a lot of experience. The two of them had known each other for a long time, and Eisenhower trusted Kellen very much.

Before the successful launch of SCC's rocket, Kellen recommended another of his old friends, Glennan, to the president.

"If there's anyone else in the U.S. who can do the job, it's Grennan," Kellian told Eisenhower at the time.

Is Glennan's full name Thomas? Glennan, his experience is very complicated. He was born in 1905 and is a native of North Dakota, USA. After graduating from Yale University's Sherfield School of Science, he worked in a studio studio, and then worked as assistant to the president of an electrical materials research company, a studio producer, and the CEO of an aircraft company.

After the outbreak of World War II, Grennan went on to do war studies at Columbia University and then to work at the U.S. Navy's Acoustics and Water Laboratory. After the war, he started a job, then worked for a time in the Atomic Energy Commission, and soon went to work at the Institute for Defense Analysis, and also to work for the National Science Foundation and the Council for Financial Assistance to Education.

And that's not all, he is now the president of Case Institute of Technology in Ohio, USA.

Judging from the resume, Grennan is simply running around and doing everything. All in all, he is experienced, good at dealing with people, and likes to build relationships with people.

When he was introduced to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, he felt that the opportunity had come, so he went out of his way to pitch his ideas to the president. He felt that institutions such as aerospace research and development must be controlled by the U.S. government, and absolutely must fall under the control of private enterprises.

"This is the weapon of the country! It must be firmly in the hands of the government! He said to the president.

Eisenhower had his own opinions, and he knew that many scientific research techniques in the United States were developed by private companies. For example, during World War II, the U.S. government placed orders with those airlines and paid $8 billion for research and development. The government needs them to develop the fastest planes in the world, the heaviest planes, the highest flying planes, and so on.

Hughes once received a budget of $7 million to study the world's heaviest seaplane.

At that time, it was the outbreak of the Pacific War, and the U.S. military needed this super-large seaplane to transport troops, weapons, supplies, and so on.

Hughes designed this giant seaplane, the KH1, with a total length of 97.5 meters. 15.2 meters high, 8 Pratt with propellers mounted on both wings? Whitney Model 2800 engine. With a weight of 300 tons, it is the largest aircraft in the world ever, and it can be said to be a "giant".

By the end of the war, however, the plane had not been built, and had become an excuse for the enemy to attack Hughes.

In short, almost 80 percent of the $8 billion went down the drain, but it propped up a lot of companies and fed a lot of Americans.

Not only airplanes, which were considered weapons of war at the time, but also the development of the atomic bomb. It was also made under the overall management of the Rockefeller Research Center. It's just that after the development of atomic bombs and airplanes. It has always been under the control of the government.

The U.S. government's orders and R&D funds are a big cake, and each enterprise is the person who shares the cake, and how much can be shared depends on personal ability. As for eating the cake, you have to do things for the government. At least on the surface. What is the specifics. Then you can't generalize.

Grennan's suggestion was that the government should be responsible for sharing the cake. You can't just throw this cake out of the way. There are pros and cons to doing so.

The advantage is that the government can firmly control the details of space research and development through the power to share the cake. Let those businesses who want to eat their cake be obedient.

The disadvantage is that in order to get the biggest piece of the cake in the future, many open and secret battles will involve government agencies. Doing so could lead to increasingly bureaucratic space research and development, while also making it less competitive.

Crucially, if this precedent is set, it is expected to attract a lot of opposition. Especially the conglomerates that control the lifeblood of the economy will surely think that this is the beginning of the government's own cheese. In the future, if the government does this, then they will definitely feel unfree.

Grennan and Eisenhower hit it off and had a great conversation. Grennan quickly figured out Eisenhower's concerns, saying, "On the contrary, the conglomerates want the government to share the cake, because if the cake is thrown out and snatched up, they have no hope at all." ”

"What do you mean......" Eisenhower somewhat understood.

"Now the only company that has the ability to eat this cake is SCC company, other companies, you know!"

Having said that, Eisenhower was still a little hesitant, he genuinely wanted to improve the U.S. space research and development capability, he said: "But what if SCC proves that they have this capability and are not willing to merge into NASA?" ”

"Then they'll have to eat the cake that's been left over from someone else. Or simply not at all! ”

After more than 10 days of discussions, Eisenhower was finally persuaded by Grennan to appoint Grennan as the first director of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and let him take the oath of office.

At the same time, Eisenhower also appointed Hugh Brown, director of the National Aviation Advisory Committee. Dreden is the Administrator of NASA. Let the two of them prepare for the opening of NASA.

After receiving the news, Hughes was shocked, and he felt that his and Alex's efforts some time ago had been in vain.

"They abandoned SCC and insisted on starting anew!" Hughes said this after calling Alex to tell him the news.

Alex groaned for a while and asked, "So NASA is planning to take us in?" What is the price of the other party? Won't the second option also work? ”

"Yes, it won't work! They had someone else in charge of NASA. Hughes yelled on the phone, and then said in a bit of frustration: "It is said that this man named Grennan is very close to the president. He offered a very low price and only intended to give us $800 million to buy SCC's existing rocket and satellite technology. Of course, the patent fee will still be given to us, but in this case, we will not be able to control the direction of our company's research and development, and we must obey the command of NASA. ”

This is simply too deceitful, if you just look at it on the surface, 800 million dollars and it is considered to make them several times over. But in the long run, it's almost the same as taking a lot of money, even if it's $8 billion in compensation, it makes them unhappy. (To be continued......)