The emergency meeting lasted three hours, with two adjournments in between, followed by smaller meetings in the evening, as was customary.

Lin Ju, who sat until his back ached, counted the people who were still in the conference room, and he only had six left.

Zhong Cheng took the lead in violating the rules and lit a cigarette, took a few deep breaths and spit out a large cloud of mist, and then sat crooked in the chair and squinted his eyes:

"I said so much in the afternoon, in fact, there is only one opinion: wait and see for the time being, and wait for the decision to be made.

But this is also normal, such a big thing is not something we can decide, but we have to be prepared first so that we can not be so passive.

I would like to ask you to think about the question: Why did NACA choose to target Jupiter, Saturn, which are far away from the solar system, and even go to Neptune, the farthest away? ”

"I don't know, I'm sure the professionals at NACA must have made it clear how hard it was to go to those places, but John was able to give a public speech, which shows that there was a consensus among them that made them so determined to do it.

Even if it is to deceive us, it is a lot of investment for the surface of this plan, right? The price ......"

Academician She is still in good spirits, and he didn't speak much at the previous meeting, obviously preparing for the current situation.

"But outside of Mars, only the moons of these giant planets have landing value, and Mercury and Venus do not even have the conditions for landing...... But I also think they are too ambitious, even if we want to go there it will be troublesome, they didn't say to give up on Mars, right? Do you really have the energy to do that? ”

"Unless ......"

Because he knew the truth in advance, Lin Ju, who was already a little sleepy, rarely took the initiative to speak in order to refresh himself:

"If you want to do it in the most economical way, you can build a larger spaceship with more supplies, pass Mars and Jupiter in turn, and then return, and complete two landing missions at once.

A space station of the size of Advance, combined with XN90, can be done to a certain extent. ”

He Ruo: "But does Ami have it?" ”

"Not now, but not too far, although the Starship was not successful, but it is no problem to change to a one-time rocket to ensure one shot a month, it is not difficult to achieve.

It is possible for Starship to succeed within 10 years, and if it is also changed to nuclear power, it is not impossible to complete such a plan. ”

Lin Ju, who had been prepared for a long time, began to discuss the various preliminary studies that NACA was conducting one by one, and almost everyone was about to be convinced.

However, this Zhong Cheng unexpectedly spoke:

"One thing, when the people who brought NASA to us the other day were talking to us, mentioned the recent incident, NACA suddenly asked them for the data and system logs of ESA's Mars Express rover, and it seems that they have also increased their attention to Mars Express.

NACA's rationale is that it wants to use the Mars rover to increase exploration of the asteroid belt and deep space, which seems to have something to do with the constellation program. ”

Zhong Cheng's eyes were unintentionally on Lin Ju when he spoke, and the latter just leaned back in his chair silently, looking like he was thinking.

The others couldn't connect the two things for the time being, and discussed them in a step-by-step manner, and ended at close to 10 o'clock.

Lin Ju walked to the underground parking lot with his head bored, and found that Zhong Cheng, who had just walked in the direction of the office, was also here, and his car was parked next to him, and it seemed that he was packing up his things and preparing to leave.

He habitually said hello, but was stopped by Zhong Cheng.

At this time, Lin Ju found out that he was still smoking, and when he got along before, he didn't remember that the other party liked smoking so much, of course, it could be that it was not work time.

The basement was dimly lit, and the flame of the cigarette was so bright that even the details could be seen.

"What's the matter?"

"It's nothing, it's just a sudden reminder. That one...... Coming soon to the fire detector, right? ”

"Ah...... It's still early, at least in October, when the route was corrected a few days ago, and it was only halfway flown away. ”

Lin Ju woke up from his sleepiness in an instant, and tried to calm his tone as much as possible.

The fire detector carried a simple beacon of more than 100 kilograms when it was launched, and after leaving the earth's orbit, it was thrown down to simulate the signal transmitted by the real detector, and it is still working normally, so he doesn't think there will be any problems.

It's normal to care about the fire now, right......

Zhong Cheng took off the cigarette and skillfully snuffed it out with his fingertips, and the two of them stood opposite each other and couldn't see each other's fronts clearly.

"That's good, but the closest probe to Mars is also our closest probe to Mars, and it is equipped with a 60-centimeter super large lens group, so you can send a few photos back when you have time, anyway, the transmission power of nuclear power is large enough."

I don't know if it's an illusion, Lin Ju felt that he heard a little trick from it.

At the same time, his back tensed unconsciously, and even his neck became stiff.

Theoretically, of course, but in practice...... The flying "Lihuo" is just a simple radio transponder.

Lin Ju, who had no room to refuse, was just about to squeeze out a reluctant smile and prepare to deal with it, but Zhong Cheng suddenly grabbed his arm and pinched it twice, and said with a smile:

"Just kidding, so fast you still have to protect the lens from being damaged by micrometeorites, but you have to go back and take care of it and see what this muscle looks like?

This person doesn't exercise often, and his muscles will stiffen when he sits in a position for a long time, and when we are in the army, he takes a hot bath frequently, but I recommend you to go to acupuncture and moxibustion, which has a miraculous effect, and it is very good in our military hospital, you can try it at any time, and I have to do it once a week.

Well...... I'm gone, have a good rest. ”

Lin Ju had no memory of how Zhong Cheng left, and it wasn't until he sat on the bed that he suddenly noticed that his clothes were sticky to his body, and the joints around his body felt sore as soon as he moved.

He is no longer a novice who doesn't understand society, and his intuition already knows that Zhong Cheng is specially staying and waiting for him, the purpose is ...... Apparently the last thing he wanted to see:

The anomaly from the fire was discovered, and how much was found is unknown, but Zhong Cheng must have known that the one that was flying to Mars was not a real probe, otherwise he would not have been so tempted.

However, the direct management of "leaving the fire" is the responsibility of the base, and it is only borrowing the monitoring network of the space agency and sharing data on a regular basis, coupled with the plan that has been strictly formulated and continuously improved in advance, there should be no possibility of leakage, and it is completely impossible for internal ghosts.

This vague and uncertain situation forced him to rack his brains to think, and I don't know how long it took to pick up his phone and start editing secret text messages.

The message that took a long time to edit was replied to within a minute, and he realized that it was already three o'clock in the morning when he saw Serov's receipt.

"We have all understood the situation, we have called 'Shanhai' for a comprehensive screening, we will complete the reply before 6 a.m., and we will keep in touch at any time - Seryov."

(End of chapter)