Time flies, and two months pass in a flash.
During this period, Du Xingyu's research progress on the lunar spacecraft has reached 71%, and it should be completely done in another month.
At this time, the China Space Administration finally announced the updated space plan.
In the plan, in addition to some meteorological and communication satellites, the most obvious thing is to be ahead of this year's moon landing plan!
The relevant departments also sent a new message that they considered increasing the budget of 20 billion yuan each year in the future for aerospace science and technology research and development, and it will increase year by year in the future.
This opinion has not been approved yet, it is just a "prepared" state.
In the past ten years, the cost of China's aerospace research was less than 50 billion.
In comparison, the US Space Administration's annual budget is about 20 billion US dollars, and the European Space Agency, the French Space Agency, and the Russian Space Agency are all higher than China.
As soon as this news was released, it immediately attracted widespread attention from the society.
People's newspaper: "The Ministry of Aerospace announced the latest aerospace plan, and the moon landing plan will be ten years ahead of schedule! It is planned to increase the annual investment budget of aerospace scientific research in the future by more than 20 billion!"
Bingshuangchen: "Support!"
Black Egg: "Ten years ahead of schedule, 666!"
It just happened to be: "Spend 20 billion more? Why? I can't figure out that it's better to help the poor if you have this money!"
Blue Beans under the sun: "I don't understand either. What's the best place to go to the moon? There's nothing on it!"
SU: "Haha, is this IQ on the upstairs? Just give me some advice! Let you command, the Chinese civilization will be backwards for a hundred years!"
This news has many praises, but some people are not interested in moon landing and even refute it.
A day later, a contributor named He Lan wrote an article titled "It's useless to land on the moon, it's better to use it to improve people's livelihood."
He Lan wrote in the article: "The Soviet Union and the United States started a space race to compete for the world's major powers! Moon landing is one of them. Two countries spent money wildly, contributed their efforts, and took the lead in landing the moon!"
"For this, both major powers paid a huge price, but what did they gain? The United States invested tens of billions of dollars in the last century and brought back only a little soil from the moon! The Soviet Union was dragged down by these meaningless investments and had long disintegrated! The glory is gone!"
"Today we should learn from our lessons and not spend huge sums of money on such projects that cost the people and cause money. When we land on the moon, we will not see any reward in the short term. The moon is barren, without air, and without water, and it is not suitable for human survival at all!"
"In comparison, there are still relatively poor areas in our country, where children are having difficulty going to school... If we use this money to improve people's livelihood, the returns we get are much more than investing in the moon landing!"
"So in my opinion, landing on the moon is useless, and it is better to improve people's livelihood! So I suggest that you don't have to increase the space budget and use more funds to benefit society!"
If people with a little long-term vision read this article, they will laugh it off and ignore it. However, in fact, some people do not have the ability to distinguish the truth, and this article actually aroused the response and discussion of some netizens on the Internet!
It seems that there are still bad media that are secretly promoting the fire, trying to hinder the smooth implementation of the moon landing plan.
"That's great. Yes, what's wrong with this money? What's the use of spending it on the moon?"
"Is there anyone who believes such a mentally retarded theory? I laughed at you!"
"It's 20 billion a year, it's better to give it to children in the mountains!"
"It makes sense. This money can be used for scientific research in other projects!"
"The Americans no longer land on the moon. They must think that the moon has no value for development. Let's not waste money, right?"
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He Lan's article actually received tens of millions of views and millions of likes and forwards. Some people who don't know the truth even left messages to the official media, suggesting that this proposed opinion be revoked.
"I'm speechless. Why do anyone ask such a question?" The Space Administration and the moon landing plan team were unable to complain when they saw this article.
"Normal." Du Xingyu said calmly, "Now there are still a bunch of people in the world who believe that the earth is flat and there are 5G antennas in the masks. Bill Gates plans to destroy humans..."
This is not the first time this happened in history. Before the United States landed on the moon, American society opposed the moon landing.
"This kind of negative public opinion will have an impact on our work. If the bill to increase the budget cannot be passed, many projects will be hindered. The bureau plans to find someone to come forward to popularize the science and be positive." Cao Liang said, "Du Xingyu, you are well-known online, so you can take some time?"
"Well, okay." Du Xingyu thought about it, this could also increase his energy points. Recently, he developed a lunar spacecraft and almost used up the energy points, which was just enough to supplement some.
Furthermore, he wanted to lead the scientific and technological development of this time and space civilization, and popular science is also an important part of it, so as not to avoid any research in the future, a lot of people will jump out to oppose it!
Therefore, under the arrangement of the Space Administration, Beijing TV invited Du Xingyu, a PhD doctor in aerospace dynamics, and freelance writer He Lan, to go on TV programs to publicly debate the issue of "whether to land on the moon" in front of the audience.
A few days later, the program "Moon Landing Debate" hosted by the host Xie Ruxuan in Beijing TV's studio officially began. This program will be broadcast in the form of live broadcast for fairness and justice!
Du Xingyu also met He Lan, the contributor who wrote "The Moon is Useless, It's Better to Improve People's Livelihood". She is a woman in her thirties. She has written many popular online articles, many fans, and is an old self-media.
"Hello, Dr. Du, hello, Ms. He Lan. Welcome the two to our "Moon Landing Debate" program... This program is sponsored and broadcasted by Xingyao Space Technology. Xingyao Technology: Space is no longer far away!" The host Xie Ruxuan faced the camera with a smile and began to guide the topic.
At this time, millions of people were watching this episode on TV and the Internet.
Discussions about moon landing are the hottest topics recently.
"The next two people will debate whether they should land on the moon. Audience friends, if you support which party, you can edit text messages or like him (her) on our APP..."
After the host announced the debate, the two officially began.
He Lan spoke first and said, "My view has always been firm. Our country does not need to land on the moon for the time being! Landing on the moon costs a lot, and this money is worse than to improve people's livelihood!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the approval rating on the show reached 70%, and 30,000 people agreed with her point of view.
Du Xingyu said directly: "Oppose. In fact, my country's aerospace investment is very small. In comparison, the European Space Agency and the Russian Space Agency's annual investment in aerospace research and development is several million US dollars higher than ours. The US Space Agency's annual budget is nearly 20 billion US dollars, which is higher than our investment in ten years!"
"Let me give an example. The money used by Chang'e-1 is not enough to build a two-kilometer subway in Beijing!"
"Our China Aerospace budget has been strictly reviewed, and currently accounts for less than one percent of the national budget support. Even if this money is not used to implement the moon landing plan, it will continue to be invested in other aerospace projects. The money invested in people's livelihood is planned every year, not what you imagine, you can use it whatever you want."
After Du Xingyu finished speaking, 80,000 people immediately praised him, and his approval rating exceeded his approval rating.
He Lan frowned slightly. Obviously, she still had to stick to her point of view.
Chapter completed!