"John declares that Artemis III astronauts will spend Christmas Eve on the moon."

On the bus on the Qiongzhou Ring Road, Bill Nelson looked at the headlines on his phone, and the moment he read the headline, he couldn't help but close his eyes and take his phone away.

Although but ...... This boss really doesn't look at the occasion when he talks nonsense......

The SL-X's successful launch is of course a fact, and Bill also knows that SpecaX's other Tier 1 B11 also seems to be ready, and Artemis III does have the ability to launch before Christmas Eve.

But after so many accidents, John didn't realize that aerospace is full of uncertainty...... It's not the last century.

The concept of "aerospace = bounce" has emerged in recent years, although there were bounces in the last century, but it was far less serious, in that era when you chased me, rockets were really as endless as sausages.

The only place where he could do this was now, and during his time in the capital, he had glimpsed a terrifying space program of astonishing proportions.

Such an ambitious plan can be said to require the world's efforts in the environment of the last century, and even today, when technology has taken a huge leap forward, it needs considerable investment, and the determination of the Aviation Development Commission can be said to be unbelievable.

Bill silently compared the Aviation Development Commission, which was striding forward, with the slightly tired NACA, looking for a way to close the gap as much as possible.

"We're here."

Jon's voice interrupted his thoughts, and Bill hurriedly got out of the car with the others, immediately feeling the air with heavy salt characteristic of the coast.

This is where the Long March 18 is about to be launched, and the locals call it "Wengjia Bay", which is an area with good natural verticality and low depth.

Because the launch area was still under construction, the bus did not drive directly into it, and the expert group chose to arrive on foot, but it didn't take long for Bill to see the shocking supergiant.

Today is November 29th, and the Long March 18, which has completed hoisting and closing the final packing box in the magic capital, arrived at Wengjia Bay two days ahead of schedule, and is now fastened to the shore of the bay with a thick anchor cable along with the semi-submersible ship carrying it.

The surface of the final box wrapped in the super rocket is bare with various steel structures, like a city wall in the land of giants, covering the coastline in the distance.

The Long March 18 rocket was fully contained in the oversized pressure-resistant shell, but Bill could imagine the rocket lying on its side.

The Nine Chapter spacecraft will arrive in the next two or three days, and the overweight cranes and work boats on the shore are all preparing to assemble them, and there are now thousands of personnel on the site working intensively.

The dense human heads on the temporary dock are really like ants compared to the general packing box, using their own insignificance to set off the greatness of the other party.

Jon walked to the front and looked down, trying to find the oversized cement base that weighed tens of thousands of tons, but saw nothing.

If he came more than a month ago and could still see the spectacular scene of construction, plus the six operating boats including auxiliary vessels did not separate the sea water in an area, and poured the high-grade cement down like no money, for the domestic construction team, the requirements of the cement base were extremely simple, and it took little effort to get it.

But after Jon and the others learned about it, they felt the shock, and they all wanted to witness the existence of miracles with their own eyes.

It took a while for them to see a dark shadow at the bottom of the ocean with the help of the light under the direction of their local guide, and though they were still uncertain, Jon believed it was.

"Nelson, you said that if we were also stuffed into this rocket and ejected by buoyancy, how much difference would there be between an overload and a Navy carrier-based aircraft taking off?"

Bill thought for a moment: "The overload of carrier-based aircraft taking off is very high, but I'm not sure about it. ”

"You're not a soldier?"

Bill: "I'm in the Army. ”

“……”

Jon reacted that he subconsciously classified the space-bound councillor as a former pilot, which he thought of him a little higher, at least Bill was one of the few science-savvy members among the many straw bale councillors.

"I saw some of your plans...... Is it really cost-effective for Chinese people to use hydrogen bombs to extract ore? ”

Although United Mining has almost semi-disclosed many details of the use of hydrogen bombs to blow up the pits, Bill is still somewhat skeptical, believing that the Aviation Development Commission has other plans.

"Of course."

Talking about his profession, Jon got excited:

"It's a brilliant idea, that the nuclear bomb should be more than just a weapon, but we were too careful before, and a nuclear winter is a complete fallacy, and it's holding us back.

In the future, we will also do this, not only the moon, in fact, asteroids are more convenient, XAP has launched a 'Changsi' asteroid probe before, and the spirit star they are going to may contain hundreds of thousands of tons of gold, even if it is used as an industrial raw material, it can make countless money. ”

Bill nodded: "Yes, we will also have a resource development plan, and we will have to prepare for this more on the moon this time."

Did you see yesterday's news that there were several cutting-edge physicists who expressed support for United Mining and that the benefits of space mining far exceeded expectations, and I think Congress would react. ”

……

Capital.

Most of the delegates went to Qiongzhou to wait for the launch of the Long March 18 rocket, an underwater giant rocket that had never been seen before, and people from the space community of various countries were coming one after another, many of whom had applied for official close-up observation.

Lin Ju originally wanted to go over there, but something happened to come to the door.

"Hello Mr. Pan."

"Hello, hello."

Pan Yongnan also saw Lin Ju for the first time, and like many people, he was surprised by the other party's youth.

He was joined this time by Wang Minjiang, the leader of Xinyuan's former microelectronics division, who is now leading Yellow River Semiconductor in a desperate effort to expand production capacity in preparation for full-scale competition next year.

It was just a coincidence that the two came over together, Wang Minjiang came to contact the boss for technical support, and happened to bump into Pan Yongnan from the Academy of Sciences, so they simply stayed together.

Lin Ju stroked Shatush on the table with his palm, and looked at Pan Yongnan with some uncertainty:

"Professor Pan, is it really significant that you say that space makes chips? I don't doubt the possibility of this technology being realized, but is its prospect worth the huge investment?

I know some semiconductor technology, the chip industry chain is extremely complex, and it is not impossible to move it to the sky, but what can we get out of it? ”

Lin Ju rarely hesitates on the space project, but the purpose of Pan's trip is indeed a bit uncertain, especially since he knows very well what a huge project chip manufacturing is.

Let's just say that the fully automatic chip factory under the base, which can be called an absolutely black technology, covers an area of almost 1,000 acres, so it naturally has some doubts about the prospect of producing chips in space with the current technical capabilities.

This chapter is also an update for today...... Wood has it tonight

(End of chapter)