"Mr. President, the experts say no."

John had scarcely sat down at his desk when Sullivan brought him extremely bad news.

The B61 nuclear bomb arrived at the base of the Pacific Fleet yesterday, and the Ohio-class nuclear submarine Wyoming has also docked to wait for the modification of the missile warhead, and everything is going well.

It was convenient to regulate the equivalent, and 1.6 million tons of equivalent was barely approved by Congress.

At this time, however, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) objected.

The reason for the opposition is that the equivalent is too large, about 23% above the safe value of 1.3 million tonnes of equivalent set by the control area.

This is not to say that it is too powerful to destroy the facilities in the containment zone - those are strong fortresses that can directly withstand tens of millions of tons of equivalent, and it is mainly a matter of electromagnetic pulses.

Edo is not far from the island of Tomijima, less than 250 kilometers in a straight line, and is completely within the coverage of a megaton equivalent hydrogen bomb.

The 1.25 million tons yield of the previous Lucia was supposed to affect Edo, but because the underground explosion did not spread that far along the atmosphere, it also caused a lot of damage and downtime of electronic equipment within a radius of more than 30 kilometers.

Ami's is an airburst operation, and all the power will be vented in the atmosphere, and the electromagnetic pulse can definitely affect Edo.

It is a large city with a population of more than 37 million, a large industrial and Internet base, and several large airports.

In the event of a large-scale power outage or internet outage in Edo, it will last for at least 40 minutes, causing incalculable damage and seriously affecting the international community.

The consensus of all IAEA experts is that the maximum is 1.3 million tons, and the explosion height should preferably not be higher than 7 kilometers, so that it is possible to minimize the impact on densely populated areas and industrial areas, and if the equivalent can be suppressed below 900,000 tons.

"No, 900,000 tons is ridiculous."

John shook his head at this suggestion, wouldn't that make Lucia the first?

"What do our experts say."

"Uh...... They said that the IAEA was right, sir, and we do have to consider these effects, Edo is the most populous city in the world, and it would put us at a great disadvantage if we were allowed to go into turmoil there. ”

In Sullivan's view, the result is already obvious, no matter what, they can't risk the world to disrupt the lives of nearly 40 million people, how different is that from actually using nuclear weapons to attack?

The steps given by the IAEA are barely okay, and 1.3 million tons is 50,000 tons larger than 1.25 million tons, and the combined equivalent of "little boy" and "fat man" is not so much.

"Damn! It's all Lucia who doesn't talk about credit! ”

John seriously doubted that Lucia had known this a long time ago, and only then did she get stuck in the line and blow up such an equivalent.

But at this point, he had no choice, and Congress had to accept the outcome.

"Well, let's McMaster later, Kelly...... They all came and had to explain our difficulties to the parliamentarians. ”

"Okay." Sullivan nodded, then added:

"One more thing, Artemis III mission is about to take place, please prepare for the live TV broadcast in advance, Robert promises that this time it will be absolutely foolproof."

As soon as he mentioned Aerospace John's mood, he immediately felt a little bad, and his face immediately turned dark:

"What about the gravity ship he promised me? That one...... Gravity dragon, why hasn't an astronaut sat on it and spun in circles? ”

"I heard that they are planning to do some optimization, you know this kind of unprecedented, you see that the Chinese advance has been built for so long and is still being tested, and the same is true of the gravity dragon."

"I hope so, but I still need it to turn up first, it's only so small!"

Dissatisfied, John made an angry gesture with his index finger and thumb, and then opened it widely:

"Musk said he was going to use a starship to build a rotating space station that was also that heavy, whether it rotated horizontally or vertically, in short, we needed a big thing that could spin up!"

……

"Ring Star Labs?"

Zhong Cheng looked at the project book given to him by Lin Ju in surprise, and quickly flipped through the contents.

After a while, he put down the folder, his face full of curiosity:

"The gravitational wave observatory was Ye Changsi's idea, and you also helped him expand it?"

"Lao Ye is the vice president, in fact, he is in charge of all matters, I believe him."

Lin Ju couldn't see any unhappiness on his face, and joked about what kind of person Ye Changsi was, working at the base was overkill.

"It was our plan to build a large integrated science center, and the Gravitational Wave Observatory has only added some of it, which is a good thing.

Besides, the layout of the Huanxing Laboratory is completely different from the traditional laboratory, and we have to move a large number of scientific research facilities to space. ”

"Then why not call it Star Ring Labs?"

"This trademark has already been registered."

“……”

Zhong Cheng turned around and flipped through the folders, lowered his head and said:

"Gravitational waves, lasers, optical quantum technology, space medicine, material manufacturing...... It's all cutting-edge research, and the scale is not small, and if it is made into a space capsule, regardless of the weight, the price of the equipment is very expensive.

Do you know how much the budget for the Survey Telescope has increased now? 9.4 billion, that's not the living cabin on the Advance, which can be mass-produced for hundreds of millions. ”

"It's not a problem, the Huanxing Laboratory is just a statement, the space part is just to create a research environment for some areas in need, and the main part is still on Earth."

"That's ......"

Zhong Cheng thought about it for a while, and finally made a decision:

"The Aviation Development Committee supports the construction of Transwarp Laboratory, and the Academy of Sciences also said that it can cooperate? Let's talk to them again to see how much support they can get, and it will be officially launched after April next year! ”

"Thank you, Jongju!"

A smile immediately bloomed on Lin Ju's face, and the financial and technical pressure on the construction of the scientific research center was reduced by half.

The role of the Aerospace Development Commission has actually become more and more prominent, a bit like the meaning of the NACA transformation.

In the past, when there was only the space agency, the tasks were arranged from above, and the space agency itself went to concentrate on overcoming technology and completing the task.

The current AVDC is responsible for drawing up plans, then allowing the space agency to compete with private companies to assign tasks, and will also invest in and provide technical support for potential projects, but it does not point fingers or ask for direct profits from them.

This model can easily use the country's superior resources to help the all-round development of the entire aerospace industry, but the premise is that the private aerospace industry is really capable of doing practical things, and it can also greatly reduce the budget pressure of the original space agency.

However, the difference between NACA, which controls both research and manufacturing capabilities, and NACA, which is largely entirely dependent on contractors, is significant.

(End of chapter)

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