Chapter 14: The Interstellar Age (2)

And just after CNSA won the title of interstellar base in Region 5, the African Space Agency learned from South America to go to the Interstellar Navigation Administration to fight for the title of base in Region 6.

The reason?

What is the reason for not being a flight authority?

The African Space Agency's rationale is the most straightforward: it was the latest to be established and the weakest foundation for development. The most important point is that Africa's economic foundation is weak, and the African aviation authorities lack funds.

At the same time, the countries of the Middle East, which are separated from Africa by a red sea, have both ideals and dreams, and more importantly, they are not short of money. As we all know, there are a total of 17 countries in the Middle East that are recognized in the world, but there are only 16 in West Asia on your fingers, and the remaining one is not in West Asia, but in North Africa.

True, there is 1 more fait accompli Middle Eastern country in North Africa, and that is Egypt. Although Egypt is located in North Africa, it has always been a proper Middle Eastern power in terms of cultural heritage.

Among these 17 Middle Eastern countries, there are 6 regional powers, specifically: the spiritual leader Iran, the dreamer Turkey, the oil tyrant Saudi Arabia, the Middle East tyrant Israel, and the former military power Iraq, and the remaining one is Egypt.

Among the top 6, Egypt is the world's first recognized top of the top six in the Middle East and the real big brother of the Middle East countries.

But interestingly, Egypt stood out from the 55 African countries in 2019 and actually became the headquarters of the African Space Agency, which is located in Egyptian Space City.

Because of this, the non-aviation authorities were able to solve the problem of money.

Because, the African Aviation Agency, headquartered in Egypt, soon developed into the United Space Agency of 55 African countries and Middle Eastern countries. After all, the development of a space program requires a huge investment of people, money, and resources, and the countries of the Middle East are not short of money.

Therefore, when the interstellar era came, in order to thank the six Middle East powers for their active participation and strong support, the non-aviation administration went to the Interstellar Navigation Administration to strive for the title of "Sixth District" base.

As a result, the sixth interstellar base was located in the non-aviation agency, and it was located in Beizhou, and it was located in the headquarters of the non-aviation agency-Egyptian Space City. As a result, the African Space Agency is known as Region VI.

However, the problem arises again.

As far as the development of the space program is concerned, it is not necessary to spend a lot of money to do it well and do it. Although the 55 countries in Africa and the countries in the Middle East have their own considerable local advantages, the local advantages are not enough to support the independent operation of the entire African aviation authority.

In other words, 55 African countries, including Egypt, and the countries of the Middle East simply do not have the industrial and technical capabilities of the aerospace industry, as well as the practical ability to operate and manage the aerospace program. For Sector 6 to be successful, it must rely on other interstellar bases with strong industrial bases and technology.

But looking at the earth at the beginning of the 22nd century, the interstellar base that has an industrial base, a strong scientific and technological force, and a helpful person is not only the CNSA, but also the CNSA.

Because as early as the beginning of the 21st century, as early as the initial construction of the Egyptian Space City, from the earliest overall planning, to the design of the system, to the construction of specific projects, to the actual operation and management, etc., all relying on China's aerospace science and technology strength to achieve initial results. Even the first small satellite AIT center in Egypt Space City to be put into use was built and operated by Chinese aerospace science and technology personnel.

Therefore, when the Egyptian Space City developed into the sixth interstellar base at the beginning of the 22nd century, all the hardware and software upgrades in the sixth area naturally fell on the shoulders of the Chinese science and technology team.

Nowadays, it is the CNSA that can help put the help into practice, and the most practical and greatest help that can be given to the 6th district. To put it more bluntly, the most desired boost for District 6 is to be able to emulate District 5.

As a result, Region 6 has developed into one of the most satisfactory and successful examples of "transcontinental cooperation" between the United Nations and the Interstellar Navigation Administration.

Hehehe, the Middle Easterners contribute money, Africans contribute efforts, and the Chinese contribute industrial capacity, scientific and technological teams, and management cadres. Sector 6 was brought into operation, and soon joined forces with other interstellar bases.

The above is the specific formation of the six interstellar bases in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, East Asia, West Asia and Africa. It can be said that the specific locations and titles of the first six interstellar bases are all in name, and they are all irreproper.

So, what about the seventh starbase?

It is said that when the location and operation management of the above six interstellar bases are all deserved, there is something unexpected about the specific location of the seventh area.

Accidentally?

What exactly happened?

Originally, according to the original plan of the Interstellar Navigation Administration, the seventh interstellar base should be located in Antarctica. However, in the 22nd century, Antarctica is a territory jointly owned by human beings on the earth, and if a seventh interstellar base is set up in Antarctica, it should be decided that scientific and technological teams from all continents of the world should be involved in the construction and operation.

In fact, when the Interstellar Navigation Administration coordinated several times, it was found that it was not realistic to want to allocate resources to build the seventh region of Antarctica under the premise that all continents have already set up interstellar bases.

Therefore, at the suggestion of the United Nations, the Interstellar Navigation Administration merged the Starbase Program in Antarctica into the South American Space Agency of Region 4 based on the principle of proximity management and the successful operation and management model of Region 6.

This decision was also unanimously endorsed by other continents, as the permanent secretariat of Antarctica is headquartered in South America, in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.

Argentina is also one of the four core countries of the South American Space Agency, so it is reasonable and reasonable to arrange a merger and management nearby.

So, is there still a need for the original planned Seventh Star Base to continue to be separated?

The answer is yes.

Because the quota for the establishment of the seventh interstellar base was finally increased by the Interstellar Navigation Administration to the vast Asian region. So, who will end up with this place?

Without him, the Interstellar Navigation Administration decided to leave this opportunity to Central and South Asia.

However, the problem arises again.

Because the RKA, which has taken the brunt of the "first interstellar base", was originally the inheritance of the former Soviet Union, it used almost all the space technology and rocket launch sites of the former Soviet space agency, and the space base with the best launch conditions in the former Soviet Union was the Baikonur launch site.

It is important to know that the Baikonur launch site is located at 46 degrees north latitude and 63 degrees east longitude, on the territory of Kazakhstan. Naturally, after the end of the former Soviet Union, the Baikonur launch site was naturally divided into Kazakhstan.

But a close and long-term strategic agreement soon came to fruition, and the RKA leased the Baikonur launch site, so the Baikonur launch site became the most important and central launch base in the first sector.

And when the Interstellar Navigation Administration suddenly announced that it would leave the quota for the "Seventh Interstellar Base" to Central and South Asian countries, Kazakhstan, which has a strong hardware competitive advantage, is the most qualified to stand up and respond. As long as it comes out and says it is willing, the ready-made conditions are in there, and the Interstellar Navigation Administration will not approve it if it wants to.

You must know that the Baikonur launch site is the place where the first artificial earth satellite and the first manned spacecraft were launched by human beings on earth, and it is the place where human beings on earth first went into space, and Kazakhstan is fully qualified to receive the title of "seventh interstar base".

But if Kazakhstan does stand up for it, what about the close and long-term strategic agreement to be scrapped? Or continue to cooperate? What to do with Zone I, which is extremely dependent on the Baikonur launch site?

Between continuing to support the "First Starbase" or fighting for the title of "Seventh Starbase" by himself, Kazakhstan finally chose RKA, or chose to become the help of RKA.

As a result, the South Asia Space Organization felt that its opportunity had come. Correspondingly, South Asian government agencies immediately began to actively organize and act.

At the beginning, this matter was originally very simple, since someone chose to give up, someone had to fill the position, right? What's more, the South Asia Space Organization is full of self-confidence and has received strong support from the government.

However, this seemingly simple matter immediately became complicated, just when the South Asian government took active action, and when the outside world thought that the seventh interstellar base was about to fall in South Asia, Pakistan Railway actually publicly stated that he did not agree.

Not only Pakistan declared that it did not agree, but even the five Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan, also expressed their disagreement.

Originally, the original intention of the Interstellar Navigation Administration was to strengthen regional cooperation between the five Central Asian countries and the South Asian region. Heh, now it's good, people don't want to play together at all, right?

Now, the South Asia Space Organization has become very embarrassed, but they still submitted a formal application to the Interstellar Navigation Administration.

Who knows, the five Central Asian countries that have publicly declared their disagreement immediately followed suit and immediately submitted a very formal application to the United Nations and the Interstellar Administration. Moreover, when the joint application was submitted, the five Central Asian countries also launched a press conference to publicize their joint application to the world.

Soon, the content announced at the press conference shocked the attention of people all over the world in a short time.

Don't?

Isn't it what is it that has shocked the eyes of people all over the world?

This is because the joint application officially submitted by the five Central Asian countries actually analyzes in simple terms the reasons and reasons why Central Asia and South Asia cannot set up a seventh interstellar base. Finally, the joint application asked the United Nations and the Interstellar Administration to consider transferring the "Seventh Starbase" to the hometown of their ancestors, the "Zhaowu Nine Surnames", that is, the Zhangye region in the northwest of China.

Yes?!

How could something like this happen?