The concept of the space station and the equatorial ring plan were soon known to the Soviet Union, and the news was transmitted through Jessica.

The Soviet personnel immediately became interested in this information, and they hurriedly notified Jessica through secret means, so that she could find a way to steal the relevant information.

As for the United States, it seems very strange, and at first many people were shocked by Alex's plan, and discussed the possibility of its realization and the problems encountered. As for the value of the program, as long as people whose brains are not burned out understand it, not to mention the equatorial ring, just look at the space station.

In the draft submitted by Alex, the role of the space station is very clearly described.

"A space station is a manned spacecraft that operates in low-Earth orbit for a long time, and can be used by multiple astronauts to live, work and visit," the document says. Small space stations can be launched in a single launch, and larger ones can be launched in batches and assembled as a whole in space. Everything that can be used in the space station to live and not return to Earth. ”

This is much more powerful than launching a satellite and carrying a dog or a person up for a circle, and think about it, this is a base that can live in outer space. What's more, Alex is not the kind of person who only talks about it, and when he comes up with ideas, he also makes detailed plans.

Looking at that plan, even the most conservative people feel that the space station can be built at any time, and even the equatorial ring is expected to start construction within half a century.

It's just that Alex encountered very great resistance, so great that it was unimaginable. His plan quickly sank into the sea, and nothing came back to him.

Alex had expected this to happen, and he even expected it to happen, and the more the U.S. government experts ignored the plan, the more they would be embarrassed. Soon the Soviets also got the plan, as well as the detailed planning and design sketches that Alex had locked in the safe.

These things that Alex has made up are real or fake, and at first glance they seem to be very unreliable, but when they look closely, they become more and more reliable. Once you see it and think about it, then this person is really trapped. Alex's novels weren't written for nothing. He knew where he could explain it in detail. What needs to be done in one stroke, people mistakenly think that this plan can be realized with a little time and effort.

Korolev, a Soviet rocket expert, was a genius and was very impressed by Alex's idea. I don't know for what reason. He urged the Soviet Union to build its own space station as soon as possible. As for the equatorial ring. That's definitely going to be done. But we'll have to wait until the space stands out.

At the end of 1958, NASA launched another rocket, and this time their rocket finally did not explode or cripple on the ground. It took about a few minutes to fly. It exploded into a large ball of fireworks in the sky, so that residents dozens of kilometers away could see it clearly.

Such a big gift, such an expensive gift, NASA can no longer hide it this time. Even their previous launch failures were exposed, and the American news media was shocked by NASA, which had been defeated repeatedly.

The New York Times, the most prestigious newspaper in the United States and known as the "Archive Record" newspaper

The Los Angeles Times, the largest folio newspaper in the western United States and the third largest newspaper in the United States, said: "It's a big gift, but it's a pity that it's all taxpayers' money." I really don't understand why NASA has to be managed by laymen. Don't we have SCC? ”

The Washington Post, the second largest newspaper in the United States, also said: "This time the Soviet Union should laugh at us, in a country with SCC companies, there are still successive rocket launches without failure." Why don't they ask people from the SCC to help, why do they waste government funds like this? There must be an ulterior insider! ”

The Wall Street Journal said, "Oh! It turns out that the most profitable ones are not Wall Street, but NASA's stupid donkeys! A loud bang will cost them how many dollars! ”

The New York Daily News said sarcastically: "We seem to have forgotten that the United States already has advanced rocket technology. Oh, it turns out that the officials of the U.S. government want to do this. ”

The Christian Science Monitor was not so mean, but pointed out: "It is a mistake to put the wrong person in such a position, and we need to know that the purpose of NASA is to solve the problem of American aerospace technology research and development." However, the NASA we see now has become a big problem, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to see development until this problem is solved. ”

It is strange that the Soviet side was silent, as if it did not see what was happening on the American side at all. There was neither newspaper ridicule nor coverage. It was only after a few days that people found out what the road was.

TASS published a major news agency, in which the famous Soviet announcer Levitan announced in his deep and broad voice: "....... Soviet Union launched the world's first manned spacecraft 'Vostok' into Earth orbit. The pilot of the Vostok spacecraft was Yuri, a citizen of the Soviet Socialist Union? Alexievich? Gagarin. The multi-stage space rocket was successfully launched, and after reaching the first cosmic velocity and detaching from the last stage of the launch vehicle, the spacecraft began to orbit around the earth and fly freely around the earth......."

The Soviets carried out another rocket launch, this time carrying not a satellite, but a spherical spacecraft module. It was no longer carrying a dog or any other animal, but a Soviet man whose name was Gagarin.

Originally, according to Korolev's plan, he planned to conduct manned flight experiments after a year or two. However, judging from the information stolen by the United States, the space technology of the SCC company has far surpassed that of the Soviet Union, whether it is the space station or the equatorial ring, these are very remarkable solutions.

As for why SCC could not carry out these plans in a step-by-step manner, it is said that the plan was shelved by the government, and it was impossible for SCC to have so much money and manpower to realize it without government support.

"If only the SCC company had received enough resources, then .......," Korolev remembered whenever he remembered the document. He felt sweat all over his back, and felt a sense of urgency that he was about to be overtaken.

So Korolev pushed his plan a lot forward, everything was simulated by computer, and as soon as there were no problems, he immediately began real experiments. At the same time, he got a lot of inspiration from the stolen materials, which made him feel like he was suddenly open.

This is like a master's move, just by seeing the opponent's expressions and movements, you can know what the number of kung fu paths is, and you can immediately draw inferences from each other to learn the advantages of the other party. Korolev is clearly the top rocket expert on this planet. He found a lot of useful things from the information provided by Alex. Allowing him to bypass obstacles that could lead to fatal mistakes.

The most troubling issue for Korolev is not the details, but how to grasp the direction of the research, and Alex's document is equivalent to pointing out the way forward. After seeing the road under his feet, the Soviet rocket technology was led by Korolev. Leaps and bounds, all at once, jumped ahead of the Americans.

All of a sudden. All without warning. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri? Gagarin flew around the earth for one hour and 48 minutes aboard the Vostok spacecraft, and returned to the ground unharmed.

Before Gagarin's liftoff. The only journalist who knew about Gagarin was the photojournalist of the Soviet state news agency TASS at the time. Before the manned spacecraft went into the sky, he was ordered to take a batch of photos of Gagarin. The photograph was placed in a sealed safe by the editor-in-chief.

The editor-in-chief of TASS said to him: "TASS can take out manned spacecraft only after they are in orbit." "The Soviet leaders feared that if the news was revealed in advance, the sensational effect of the major event would be greatly reduced.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of that day, the editor-in-chief's secretary called and asked the photojournalist Chheregintsev to immediately come to the editor-in-chief's office to listen to the official notice.

Commander-in-Chief Koryunov shook hands with him, and then pulled out a government document printed on special paper from the folder: "Hurry, the other one is already in Levitan's hands, and it seems that Gagarin has flown more than half the distance." ”

Five minutes later, Galina, the fastest female typist in the club, typed the manuscript. At 10:13, the TASS press release flew to 1,500 domestic news agencies, 50 foreign subscribers. For the sake of secrecy, the communiqué did not say the launch time, but in fact the specific time should be 9:07.

The announcement was made three days later at a press conference. TASS's message shook the globe. A long-established American news agency wrote: "Americans took off their hats". People rushed to tell each other, and the crowd was excited. The joy and happiness that Gagarin brought to all the Soviets in those years is truly unforgettable.

From the moment Levitan broadcast the news of Gagarin's ascension to heaven in his distinctive voice, the entire Soviet Union held its breath and waited for the hero to return to Earth. The heroes are back, in Moscow, in Kiev, in Tashkent, thousands of people spontaneously took to the streets. For the whole country, Gagarin is a real hero and a symbol of a new stage in the development of the universe.

Gagarin became the world's first cosmonaut, and the Soviets once again took the lead. This time, it was no longer a dog or a monkey that they had sent, but a big living person. After this flight, Gagarin became famous all over the world and became a hero of the world. He received many honors, including the renaming of his hometown of Gezatsk, close to Moscow, to the city of Gagarin.

The Americans were almost stunned by what was happening in front of them, and when their country's NASA rocket launch failed again, the Soviets were already able to send their men into outer space.

The British newspaper The Times said: "The Soviets have once again defeated the United States, and this time they have sent red soldiers into the universe!" ”

The Observer said: "Oh my God! Oh, my God! A Soviet man is looking down on us in the universe! ”

The American newspapers reacted more violently to the news that the Soviets had gone to heaven, pointing more fingers at the US government and NASA, believing that they had not done their duty. The Washington Post is a very influential folio daily newspaper in the United States, located in the capital, and some reporters and editors are very familiar with political circles, and they report, comment, and analyze the activities of the federal government and Congress, and sometimes "insider" news is revealed.

This time, they reported on the open and secret struggle between NASA and SCC, and told the inside information: "SCC tried to lead the scientific research work of the US space agency, but unfortunately it was strongly suppressed by NASA. It is said that there are major consortia behind it, fighting for profit. It is a pity that in the end, it is the interests and security of the American people as a whole that are harmed. ”

When such a news came out, it immediately attracted a lot of criticism from the media, most of which were aimed at the government and NASA. Some people also took out the boss of NASA, Grennan, and criticized him severely, thinking that he was not worthy of sitting in that position, and even a dog was better than him.

"Who is Glennan? Before he was in charge of NASA, no one knew that there was such a person in Ludao, how did he get there? According to insiders in the know, Grennan got this position by pulling a relationship and patting on the back. This guy doesn't do anything for long, and once he can't do it anymore, he will immediately roll up the bunk and flash people. Judging from his experience, we know what kind of person he is. ”

Glennan's original rich experience of advantages has been overturned into a disadvantage in this way, and in the eyes of people who don't know the truth, Glennan is simply a model of unlearning and unskillful. No matter where you go, you can shoot and flash people, and you can't do any work for a long time.

The New York Times reported: "When NASA was founded, the SCC offered to take over the burden, but instead of listening to the professionals, the government handed it over to a layman." Immediately after that, Glennan wanted to steal the skills and talents of the SCC by disintegrating and annexing, and after being rejected, he became angry and angry, so that he is now incompatible. ”

The Wall Street Journal is not so gossipy, it just keeps calling on the government to pay attention to the research and development of aerospace technology. It reported: "Big brother, the Soviet Union, has sent their men over our heads, and who knows what they want to do?" Can you get NASA to send an American up there too? ”

The Los Angeles Times mocked the government, saying, "They told us in a year that they would be able to go up right away." As a result, the USSR sent a dog, and they did nothing. Half a year ago, we were told that we would be able to go up immediately, but the Soviet Union sent a GCD officer, and they only flew for a few minutes before they exploded. What will they say today? ”

Alex's original document was used to fool the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union, but the U.S. government has remained silent, and I don't know what the effect of the fool will be. On the contrary, the Soviet government did an amazing thing, and they sent people to heaven at once. It can be seen that the Soviet Union really believed that document, otherwise they would not have carried out manned flight experiments two years in advance.

"Could it be that the Soviet Union really wanted to build a space station?" Alex was amused, but understandable, as the space station was cheaper, more practical, and easier to achieve than landing on the moon.

But somehow, I always feel that there is something strange in this, although the United States and the Soviet Union have caused the two countries to catch up with each other in many fields. The current situation is no longer the same as it was at the beginning, NASA has been completely left behind by the Soviet Union without von Bryan to lead the research and development work, and there is no reason why the Soviet Union would be so nervous.

Alex couldn't figure out why, so he didn't continue to delve into what was going on, maybe it was because he was nervous. (To be continued......)