The domestic opposition was not unexpected, and even if Ye Changsi threw out the temptation to increase the comprehensive performance by more than three times, it would not help.

After all, even the crazy nuclear-powered cruise missile program during the Cold War did not carry out large-scale tests due to various factors, and the launch of nuclear-powered aircraft under such a premise will inevitably face unanimous condemnation from the whole world.

So even the XN90's flight clearance is still on the sidelines, and it depends on the final NPAE test results.

"Then make a plan first, as long as NPAE is tested, everything will be fine...... By the way, what code name are you going to give it? ”

Both the NPAE and the XN90 were just initial model names within the project, and the real name was not decided until the early stages of finalization, and now it is clear that it is almost the same.

Ye Changsi: "The engine has always been named after the famous mountain, and it is ...... Mount Everest, NPAE 'Mount Everest', XN90 can actually be named Qian Xuesen according to the precedent of the nine chapters, but this meaning is too big to say, you can also use a person's name, and there are many other meaningful names, but you still have to choose well. ”

Lin Ju: "I think Guo Rongcheng's name is very good." ”

"No, no, no, I'm ...... it"

Ye Changsi hurriedly shook his head, but was about to refuse when he was interrupted by a voice full of surprise:

"Watch TV, John's inaugural anniversary speech!"

It was Xiao Okada, who was standing at the door panting, his face full of uncontrollable smiles.

John's Inaugural Anniversary Speech?

Lin Ju and Ye Changsi both saw strange looks on each other's faces, and the latter looked at Xiao Okada and asked:

"What did he say? Or is it something good that doesn't work? ”

"You'll see it when you see it!"

Xiao Okada directly handed over a tablet, and the others also came over curiously when they saw this, and the speech recording broadcast by CGTN was being played on it, and there were Chinese subtitles below.

Xiao Okada pulled the progress to the climax and pressed the play button, and a little old man dancing immediately appeared on the screen:

“…… Citizens, the 20th century is the century of the Moon, but the 21st century is by no means the century of Mars!

As I said, the future of humanity is not on the Moon or Mars, and we have made a decision: we want to go to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn in the next 10 years, and in the next plan to go to Neptune, the very edge of the solar system.

Our first goal is Europa, a distance 5 times greater than that of Earth to the Sun, 15 times the distance from Earth to Mars, and 2,000 times the farthest distance ever traveled by humans in the universe.

Some people say that these things are impossible, but more than 100 years ago they did not believe that humans could fly into the sky, that we could reach space, that we could go to the moon.

If you ask us why we do this, I will tell you: mankind will always conquer the highest mountains.

We say that we will land on Europa in the next 10 years and use it as a base to continue to go further and fly out of the solar system before the 50s of the 21st century! ”

“……”

“……”

Although it was already known that Ami had been led into the evil path of the aliens by a beam of signals, Lin Ju was still shocked by their decision.

Landing on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn in 10 years is not entirely impossible with the current state of NACA, but the investment is definitely much more terrifying than the Apollo program, and John can show this boldness...... Is it so scary to scare yourself?

He looked at the others, picking up a look of confusion on their faces.

"This ......"

Ye Chang thought about organizing the language for a while, and then said with some uncertainty:

"Is it his own statement or is it NACA established ......"

"It's official, it's true."

Xiao Okada immediately added:

"I saw a tweet from NACA, they have named it the 'Constellation' program, and the landing mission of the two satellites is named after the planet, and it is really going to be boarded!"

Wu Yunfeng on the side said "wow", and then immediately reacted:

"Then the space agency is also going to ......?"

Xiao Okada: "Definitely!" Then we don't need to worry about funding, thank goodness, it's a blessing in disguise! ”

Wu Yunfeng: "I still don't think it's real. ”

"You've all underestimated the conspiracy theory environment of Aramco, and even the top is not immune to it."

Lin Ju is the one who accepts reality the fastest, anyway, this is not the first major change in the world line, at least not on the sun.

The three-war warning caused by the "Snow Bird" five months ago proved how strong the conspiracy theory atmosphere of Aramco is, and it also caused a circuit breaker in the US stock market.

You must know that John tweeted in 2015 that "if the Doug Jones index fell by more than 1,000 points in a single day, the then president should be put in a cannon and fired at the sun at a very fast speed", so he also became the "first person to go to the sun".

So it's not surprising that they're making such a move, given that they're certain of a "non-human phenomenon."

"Let's pretend not to know and ask the space agency...... Also, you make a plan to see how fast NACA can land on Europa, well, ideally. ”

A group of scientists instantly understood that they wanted funds!

Xiao Okada: "Then I have an idea, NACA seems to have built the first mass-produced nuclear engine. ”

……

Capital.

John's speech was delivered in the early morning of January 21, Beijing time, and on January 22, Lin Ju immediately flew here to attend the emergency meeting of the Aviation Development Commission.

By the time he pushed open the conference room door, everyone else was already seated, and it looked like a part of the discussion had already taken place from the not-so-blank notebook.

Academician She stared at him with a strange face from the moment he came in, as if he was thinking about something.

Zhong Cheng kept frowning, and when he saw Lin Ju, he relaxed but returned to his original state, and said "sit down".

The number of people was gathered, and Zhong Cheng entered the main topic without a moment of nonsense:

"Ami is going to land on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, what should we think?"

"This is strategic deception, we can't be fooled!"

As soon as the words fell, someone replied categorically:

"I know everybody is confident in what we're capable of, and technically we can do it, but have you ever thought about how much to invest? How much more difficult is it to resupply?

A manned landing means at least 10 preparatory missions, and although we have nuclear power, we can't always use nuclear engines, right? A task is several years, 10 years is not enough, and even if it is enough, it exists in theory.

This is completely a copy of the Star Wars plan, and if it is still feasible to land on Mars, this so-called 'Constellation' plan is nonsense. ”

The voice was very firm, but to Lin Ju's surprise, there was no group of people who agreed with him as he imagined, and most of them were watching with their hands crossed.

Zhong Cheng only nodded after listening to the first person, and then continued to ask:

"Any other opinions? Let's continue the discussion? ”

(End of chapter)