With the timely funding from the Crawford Group, he is delighted that Reed's long-awaited space exploration program can finally get underway.

In the United States, if you have money, it must be easy to do things, and the main body of the detector has been working overtime in less than a week.

As for the launchers, Reed got the last Saturn V launch vehicle from NASA at a reasonable price, the production line for which actually closed in 1970, and the most recent launch mission was to launch the Skylab space station into low-Earth orbit in 1973.

In fact, NASA originally recommended the successor to Saturn V--- the space launch system, known as the most powerful launch vehicle system in history, which is a super-heavy launch vehicle evolved from the space shuttle researched by NASA, and the overall performance advantage is much stronger than the previous Saturn V series.

But Reed, after thinking twice, abandoned the SLS launch system.

The first reason is expensive! This terrifying project has almost drained NASA's research funding, and they are in dire need of a wave of resurgence. Reed, who had been invited to solve some theoretical problems for the project, naturally knew this, and although he was funded by the Crawford Group, this time he didn't want to treat Laura's friend as a wronged leader like the military.

The second reason is that the actual stability of the SLS system is still uncertain, and the Saturn V series maintains a very perfect launch record. In fact, according to Reed's previous style, he would definitely choose the more technologically advanced SLS launch system, but this time the space exploration plan was extremely important to him, and he didn't want to make any mistakes in the plan, so he finally chose Saturn V.

As an astronaut, Ridra hooked up with her friend Ben Graemm, ex-girlfriend Susan Stone and her brother Johnny Stone.

Reed also got an additional isolation tour pod with a high level of security, which was specially designed to thank Laura as a big financier.

Laura was a little laughing and crying when she received the news from his phone invitation. Perhaps for many wealthy people on Earth, space tourism is a great thing.

But it was not attractive to her. First of all, she didn't know how many times she had been to low earth orbit when she was using the Best series of armors as her main armor, not to mention that today's Lara can fly a certain distance in space with just her physical body.

Secondly, the modified Pelican is fully capable of space flight, and the comfort and safety of the ride are not comparable to the Saturn V and SLS rocket systems, so why should Laura go to this sin?

Last but not least, after communicating with Attillan, the hidden city of Inhumans on the Moon, Daisy's Genetic Awakening Ritual has been scheduled, which coincides with Reed's space exploration plan.

Therefore, Laura can only politely decline Reed's kindness, saying that she has something very important to do, and she really can't get out of it, which is the legendary "next time".

Reed felt sorry for this. But considering that Laura still has the identity of a superhero, maybe the other party is dealing with something related to the safety of the earth, he is relieved, and said that all the information of the space exploration plan will be disclosed to Laura, and promised to help her unconditionally in the future.

So, on a clear morning, while the Pelican, carrying Laura, Katie, Daisy, Calvin Zabo and Maya Hansen, quietly stealth to the far side of the moon, Reed and others also boarded the self-developed probe located on the top of Saturn V in the midst of all expectations, excitedly waiting for the countdown to launch.

It's just that in addition to the four astronauts originally planned, there is one more guy who is destined to be entangled with Reed and the other four for a lifetime.

"I said Reed, is it necessary for me to stay in this quarantined sightseeing pod like a steel glass ball? I think it's nice to be out there with you. ”

The man who was whining was named Victor von Doom. This guy is none other than Reed's ex-girlfriend Susan Stone's current boyfriend, who is also a rival in love. He was also Reed's classmate and rival, a highly successful high-tech entrepreneur.

"Those guys in the military have been cheated by you twice, and they will definitely not be tricked again. After the end of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, NASA was no longer the glory of yesterday, in fact, you should have come to me directly at that time, the female president of the Crawford Group is not a simple person, be careful of fraud in this. ”

Victor was born in Latvia, a small Eastern European country. His mother was a gypsy witch. Doom's mother, while seeking magical powers, was robbed of her soul by the archboss Mephisto.

From an early age, Doom was determined to liberate his mother's soul from Mephisto's hands. However, when he tried to teach himself all kinds of magic, he basically failed, so he turned to science, hoping to use scientific methods to explain what he saw and achieve his goal of saving his mother.

After winning a scholarship to the State University of New York with honors, he finally had the opportunity to leave Latvia, which was still under feudal rule at the time, and came to the flowery world of New York, where he met his lifelong rival--- Reed Richards.

Victor's IQ is actually a genius among geniuses, otherwise he would not have been admitted by NYSU from a small and unknown Eastern European country at a cost of resources and connections.

It's a pity that he is the chosen son of Reed Richards. After challenging and failing again and again, the arrogant Victor has to admit that he is no match for Reed in terms of scientific research.

Fortunately, there is no endless road, and Victor, who was a little disheartened, accidentally found that his business talent was also extremely high.

So he gave up purely theoretical scientific research and began to turn to the combination and application of science and business, and thus succeeded in making the Doom Group bigger and stronger.

In addition, by chance, he Victor also snatched Susan from Reed. Finally, Victor, who has overpowered his old rival Lyde in both career and love, is not to mention how happy.

Of course, in that secret study where no one else could enter but himself, Victor was still stunned from time to time as he researched the theory of different dimensions and various magic books. He always felt that there was a voice in his heart telling him: Victor von Doom was definitely not a rich man who was willing to be plain, and he would eventually achieve something earth-shattering!