"Do you support the use of hydrogen bombs on the moon to assist mining?"

John clicked on today's Baidu hot search, and the first one was the officially launched secret ballot.

After he clicked on the vote, the results of the vote so far are revealed:

There were 76.4 million votes in favor and 8.74 million votes against, with a support rate of 90%.

Well, it seems that Chinese netizens still like this proposal.

John put down his phone and fell into thought.

At first glance, using a hydrogen bomb to mine on the moon may sound like a joke, but the experts at Sandia National Laboratories have just been contacted and confirmed the feasibility of such an approach.

Not only is it feasible, but it is also really inexpensive, even if it is a 50-ton super hydrogen bomb, the cost plus transportation costs are two to three orders of magnitude cheaper than conventional methods.

And strictly speaking, the delivery of hydrogen bombs is simple: ready-made missiles will do.

Medium-range and long-range ballistic missiles can fly to low-earth orbit on their own, where it is easier to collect them and send them to the moon.

The Hexagon has also conducted an in-depth analysis of this matter, but it is mainly an analysis of the Chinese government's intentions in doing so.

The first is the military threat, the Hexagoon does not believe that the deployment of nuclear weapons on the moon will really cause any huge change in the power situation, and it is not a taboo, so this project can basically be confirmed to be really only used for superficial purposes and not other plans;

The second is the attitude of putting out the bidding, and anyone who knows a little bit about international relations can understand its real purpose: to pull people into the water.

Their government doesn't want to be the target of public criticism, it may be trying to pull in Lucia and the Hipsters who are closer, or it may include everyone, but it doesn't want one person to be responsible.

So, what is the attitude of the rest of the Quartet?

John felt that there was still a lot of cattiness, and although the criticism from the outside world was particularly loud, the other three countries with hydrogen bombs did not speak out, which in itself represented an answer.

Ami didn't say anything, because it wasn't without its own benefits.

The Afghan military thinks it can be tried, Ami has done a = hydrogen bomb air explosion test in the outer layer of the atmosphere, but has not yet tried to detonate a nuclear bomb on an extraterrestrial celestial body, if you can get some data, it is not bad, there are many nuclear bombs, and you can use two to see if the maintenance is good.

Anyway, United Mining is a tender, and it will definitely have to pay, and it will definitely make a profit by selling hydrogen bombs.

Of course, there is also a careful thought that cannot be said to be hidden, that is, I hope to take this opportunity to gradually arm space, in the past, it took all our energy to oppose arming space because of the confrontation on the ground, but now space is the general trend of the future, and the Air Force ...... No, the Aerospace Forces want to turn the literal meaning into reality.

For John, this matter...... He didn't have a strong desire to object.

Ami's previous failure on the moon has put him at a temporary disadvantage, if he can explode a few hydrogen bombs on the moon, not to mention anything else, but he will definitely be able to deter the wavering allies, besides, can he still rub the experience of the Chinese people?

As he thought, the office door was pushed open by Sullivan, who was followed by a soldier and an old man in a suit.

"This is Naldo, Colonel of the Aerospace Forces; Jon, Superintendent of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. ”

Sullivan introduced the two people behind him, and then said:

"Jon and Nardo formed a ...... Alabama Construction Machinery Technologies, which is backed by DRAPA and can participate in the tender for United Mining. ”

John: "......"

He is still wavering, but the military has already made a decision.

"Do you know what it means to export hydrogen bombs? Congress will definitely need to take turns to ask questions, you have to convince the legislators, and then you have to convince the people, and finally you can go out and participate in the bidding, and the procurement agreement after winning the bid needs the consent of the Congress, which is very complicated. ”

Nardo stepped forward and replied:

"Maybe it doesn't have to be so troublesome, if United Mining chooses to package the blasting part of the mining for us to contract, then there is no problem of exporting hydrogen bombs, hydrogen bombs have always been ours, and we use them, and they have nothing to do with other people."

John: "So how many are we going to sell?" How many? Or is it fully provided in sufficient quantities. ”

"This ......"

"Hopefully I'm not late."

Claire, who had evolved into a staff member, hurriedly came in and closed the door, and said with burning eyes:

"NACA supports this project, and we must win the bid and we must be involved."

John could not deny it, and spread his hands to signal him to continue.

Claire: "First of all, we must have to be in our own hands with the hydrogen bomb detonation switch, right?" It is a fact that everyone else knows nothing about our hydrogen bomb, does not know how to protect it, does not know its precautions, even if the yield is the same but the explosion model is different. ”

Veteran industry insiders Naldo and Jon both nodded in agreement, and John and Sullivan also agreed that the entire process from transportation to detonation must be under their own close supervision, and this condition is unshakable.

Claire: "So, we'd rather be able to sell it to them for free for no money – or at a low price, but to be safe, we have to have our technical experts go to the site and be involved in the whole process." ”

"Oh oh oh!"

John understood and couldn't help but let out a cheer.

Claire continues to use:

"The progress of the Chinese people on the moon is much faster than ours, we must understand and master more information about the moon and space, the next Artemis mission will be a long time, but with the help of this we can send our own people up first to get a lot of precious first-hand information.

For example, how to build a base on the moon? How to plan the location of each part of the system? What are the technical difficulties of lunar mining? A more detailed geological composition of the Moon? There's nothing quite like going up and seeing it for yourself.

This will also greatly strengthen our presence, and we will not allow the Aviation Development Commission to steal all the limelight. ”

Naldo clapped his hands and applauded, although the military also had relevant ideas, but it was far from being so specific, and it was not so much thought about, so as long as you can bring a few people in passing, there are many benefits to getting involved.

Hydrogen bombs are of no use in the warehouse except for millions of dollars a year in maintenance funds, and taking them out can not only reduce the burden but also reap a lot of benefits, no matter how you look at it, it is a good idea.

John: "Then we provide all the hydrogen bombs to the Chinese?" Do we have the ability? ”

He looked at Jon, and the old man confidently replied:

"Although we don't have a super-large yield hydrogen bomb that we can use right away, we can remove the core from the existing hydrogen bomb and modify it, and there is no volume and weight limit, the process is very fast, and it is definitely enough to catch up, 20 hydrogen bombs are not much at all."

Sullivan stood aside and thought about it carefully, and felt that it was not a big problem, so he said:

"Then I'll go and contact the Chinese people to explore the wind now, first ask them how much they are willing to pay, and then adjust our price code."

John immediately asked him to act, and the rest of the people discussed it in the office, this matter is not small, and there are many specific aspects to pay attention to.

The hydrogen bomb bombing the moon was much more interesting to John than the messy chores, and the group discussed it for two hours before they saw Sullivan re-enter the door.

"How?"

All four pairs of eyes looked at Sullivan, but the expression on the latter's face was a little subtle:

"The Chinese embassy asked us to contact United Mining directly, and United Mining said that it welcomed our bid and hoped that we would become the third bidder as soon as possible."

John: "The first bidder must be themselves, what about the second?" Lucia or Hairy Guy? ”

"The first one is indeed Huahe." Sullivan first affirmed John's guess, and then said with a constipated expression:

"The second is Rolls-Royce, they delivered their bids 10 hours ago!"

(End of chapter)