"Welcome, Mr. Boden, and we would be happy to have a pleasant conversation with our peers."

"I'm not, I'm just a consultant."

In front of the entry security channel in the capital, Claire wore a mask and followed the greeting personnel to leave in a low-key manner, and even deliberately lowered her head to prevent people from taking frontal photos.

Now that he is John's strategic adviser, he conducts a more routine exchange of visits, which is a regular part of the relationship, and there will be in-depth exchanges regardless of the relationship to prevent strategic miscalculations.

However, as a former NACA director, he felt very embarrassed, especially the director who had a big basket of shame a few months ago, and he actually didn't want to come, and he resolutely did not do anything as a member of the aerospace community.

But now that she's set foot on this land, Claire decides to do something.

While they were waiting for the meeting to be arranged, their greeter was suddenly asked to change their itinerary, so the advisory group that had just arrived got on a plane to Qiongzhou in the evening.

……

December 9th, afternoon.

"2 groups, 4 groups, 3 groups, 6 groups, 1 group, 5 groups; Alternately enter the launch box to check the watertightness, and make sure that not a drop of water seeps into it, understand? ”

"Understood!"

Academician She looked solemnly at the divers standing in a long row, these are elite soldiers transferred from the navy, and they will continue to ensure the safety of the final packing box.

In fact, its function is very similar to the cold launch box in the missile vertical launcher, except that one is to eject the rocket with the buoyancy of water, and the other is to use compressed gas.

The launch box itself is also a super pressure-resistant shell, which needs to withstand the tremendous pressure of sea water from all directions, and the pressure at the bottom even exceeds that of strategic nuclear submarines.

Fortunately, it does not need to consider many constraints like submarines, and can simply increase the thickness of steel beams and the load-bearing structure to improve strength, and the cost and construction period are not too high.

However, because it needs to be filled with a large amount of water at the time of launch, the reliability of the large moving mechanism of the water injection door is very important, and it is very troublesome in case of a large amount of water leakage.

Now that the Long March 18 has completed all the refueling, it is scheduled to launch at 6 a.m. tomorrow to avoid accidents.

The remaining ten hours are constantly troubleshooting, after all, it uses a horizontal transfer mode and then erected, and everyone knows what the results of the N1 rocket of the same process are, and they are extra careful.

In the 10-kilometer area near Wengjiawan in the launch area, a separation zone has been set up to prohibit unrelated personnel from entering, and the staff who stayed here during the actual launch also need to evacuate to the impact-resistant building 5 kilometers away, otherwise even if the rocket does not explode, the shock wave generated is enough to shock people to half death.

This left large crowds of people who wanted to watch the rocket launch wait far away, or sail boats to try to get closer, and recently the coast guard has been busy blocking boats trying to approach the launch area.

Even now Academician She can see the waves on the seashore in the distance, and it is obvious that another speedboat is trying to get rid of the interception of the seascape.

He just glanced at it and put his gaze back to the launch box that had been erected, the milky white arrow body of the Long March 18 was basically hidden in the gray-black box, and only the same gray-black Jiuzhang spacecraft emerged from the opening, which looked like it was one with the launch box from a distance.

In this way, it looks more like a strange sculpture appeared on the sea, and the exposed part of the launch box is the base of the sculpture, and the outer surface of the Jiuzhang spacecraft is composed of a large number of angular geometric objects, which really looks like a lot of art.

A symbol of gray-black steel, warm and heavy; Geometry and abstract existence, the combination of the two has a sense of power that seems to break free from reality, and beneath the clumsy exterior is the essence of the world's most advanced technology, which is obviously closely connected but full of disconnection.

Just staring at this group of strange combinations for a while, Academician She felt a little in a trance, and couldn't help but think of Xinyuan Company.

The same is true for him from this company, the Aviation Development Commission is very familiar with them, but the more familiar they are, the more they can feel that they are out of place with the world, as if they have been separated from the spirit, but they have a great impact on the world.

And as he and Lin Ju got along, he could feel a very hidden worry from the other party, as if he was about to face some huge variables at any time.

As an old man born in the war years and experienced 78 years of turbulent years, Academician She does not feel that he will be wrong.

But what is this concern?

Is it property? Unlikely, Lin Ju really values money, but he doesn't care much about personal enjoyment, he basically invests all his money in aerospace, this kind of dedication is the reason why Xinyuan can always maintain a close and good relationship with the space agency, and the entire space bureau and many others are spontaneously defending them.

Is it affection? Obviously, it's not quite like it, whether it's family affection or love, it doesn't seem to involve Lin Ju's whole body and mind.

Is it reputation? It's even more unlikely, he's not that kind of person.

Although the confrontation situation is escalating further, I am afraid that it is still far from a nuclear war, and it is impossible for a large commercial war to start a war alone.

This doubt has been buried deep in Academician She's heart, especially when counting Xinyuan's finances, it can be found that they spent a lot of money and couldn't find whereabouts, and the final analysis may have flowed into the hands of the "secret Chinese organizations" distributed all over the world, so what is their unknown purpose?

Academician She even learned by chance from the big guy that the Security Bureau had secretly collected information on aliens all over the world for a period of time, which is enough to explain a lot of things.

Is it really just the superficial reasons why the above has begun to increase investment in aerospace and basic science?

"Old She, you're still here!"

Lin Ju didn't know when he had already stood behind him, Academician She turned around as usual, and saw the young smile of Yang Yang.

But compared to a few years ago, this face has also become more mature, and it has begun to have some depth accumulated over the years.

"You can't leave the scene...... You came to Seryov? ”

"No, I'm looking for you, there's someone coming here soon, and you'd like to meet him."

"Who?"

"Claire Borden, the former NACA director, but what kind of presidential adviser is he now, anyway, the above approved him to come here for the launch ceremony, do we count as a king against a king?"

"Then I'm sure I'm going to have a good reception."

Academician She's face was immediately moved, and he was a peer who had a good fight, which was very meaningful no matter what.

(End of chapter)