After everyone laughed for a while, Ye Ming pondered again and said seriously: "But going to Mars is not as simple as landing on the moon - do the higher-ups know the difference in difficulty?"
Director Niu nodded: "Don't worry, we are very clear-headed here, and there is no one who wants to inject disinfectant into the body..."
"Cough cough cough cough..."
Ye Ming and He Mo coughed at the same time.
Good guy, this is connotation.
But since Director Niu said this, Ye Ming felt a lot more relieved.
What he fears most is that the superiors don't know how difficult it is to land on Mars.
Even though they are all landing on "alien celestial bodies", Mars is much more difficult than the moon - it seems that after the advent of controllable nuclear fusion engines, space travel has become a reality, but running long distances and running short distances, that is
It's so different.
As far as this moon landing is concerned, both NASA and Xichang have made countless countermeasures in various aspects - to put it bluntly, as long as no one dies, the distance between the earth and the moon can last for just a few days, and the ground will be
Can launch rockets up to retrieve people.
It's nothing more than a cost issue.
Would you try switching to Mars? The cycle of landing on Mars lasts for several months or even years. The most effective plan is to pray that nothing happens.
Moreover, the lengthening of the time scale will not only increase uncertainty, but also pose a great test to the reliability of the spacecraft and the psychological and physical fitness of the crew.
"Then let's first calculate the window period for landing on Mars - I remember the last window period was November 2024. Then the window period this time is..."
Ye Ming was immediately stunned as he said this: "In January next year?"
The so-called window period refers to the first two to three months of the "Mars opposition" phenomenon - during that time, spacecraft launched will reach Mars as quickly as possible.
Mars is in opposition, which means that the sun, the earth, and Mars are in a straight line, and the earth is between Mars and the sun - at this time, the earth is the closest to Mars.
Since the revolution period of Mars is about 780 days, the period of this window time is also 780 days - exactly 26 months.
If missed, the farthest distance between Mars and the Earth will reach 2.6 astronomical units (1 astronomical unit = the average distance from the Earth to the Sun, about 150 million kilometers).
It will even go to the other side of the sun and face the earth every other day...
"This is impossible."
Ye Ming breathed a sigh of relief: "You scared me to death. You really want to go to heaven in January next year...let alone the repair time, even for communication..."
Ye Ming closed his mouth and did not finish his words.
Because the new dimensional wave interference receiver that he added to the dimensional wave encryption system has not yet been designed, and even if the design is completed, even if it can be run, it can only be used by Yinta in conjunction with super simulation.
It’s better not to reveal too many details before adapting to Aita.
Director Niu didn't care about his sudden stop and laughed: "I don't think Musk dares to go to heaven next year, right?"
"Well, they should also wait for 2029."
"So, how can we be faster than them and see if we can avoid rushing into the window period..."
Ye Ming nodded: "It's so powerful that if Musk doesn't change the engine, even if he uses all the tritium in the world, he still has to launch within the window - and for fusion engines, conservation of momentum must also be followed.
of."
"But what if they change the engine?" Director Niu looked at Ye Ming: "Change the position, if you were on the American side, if you were Musk... how would you deal with the current situation?"
Ye Ming was slightly stunned.
…
White house.
A special meeting of the aerospace department is being held.
Since the astronauts who landed on the moon were packaged on the Yueyue, everyone present actually breathed a sigh of relief - because if other plans were implemented, not only would it cost more, but they would also be worried... Even if they followed the safest plan
If you let them go home directly, they will become a laughing stock.
The way things are now... apart from losing face, it's actually pretty good.
But if you lose face on the moon landing, you will definitely have to get it back somewhere else.
"The other side has never announced a plan for Mars, and I also believe that, according to their character, since they have built a factory on the moon first and have also come up with a series of plans such as a space city, an orbital factory, and a space observatory, then they have no
It means landing on Mars.”
Director Bowles analyzed it carefully. Although he was talking to the owner of the white house, his eyes were directed at Musk.
Well... Actually, today's protagonist is Musk.
Because everyone wanted to convince him to give up landing on Mars, and instead let Ares carry supplies and equipment to the moon, establish a helium 3 factory on the moon - and then use a helium 3 engine spacecraft to complete the feat of landing on Mars.
That's not a good idea for Musk's wishes.
But for the entire country, it is the best choice to catch up and surpass in the space competition.
Only by realizing the industrialization of helium 3 can we be able to keep up with the opponent's pace in space.
Facing everyone's gaze, Musk remained silent.
"If we want to repeat the plan of inviting the moon, it will definitely not work." Musk frowned and shook his head slightly: "The Ares is designed to stay in orbit, and we do not have an anti-gravity device."
When Musk mentioned the anti-gravity field, everyone looked sad.
——After it was confirmed that Yao Yue would take off using the anti-gravity field, everyone believed that the space carrier plan on the other side was not a gimmick, but a truly achievable plan.
But the anti-gravity field...
Let's put it this way, if you haven't seen it with your own eyes, I'm afraid everyone will think it is ridiculous.
At this time, the owner of the white house looked at the head of the intelligence department: "Is there no news about our agents?"
"Sorry... there is no chance." The head of intelligence shook his head, with some frustration in his eyes: "Their Skynet is too strong and cannot be penetrated at all. And all the scientific researchers have also replaced their Yinta system... It can be said that
, whether online or offline, all communications will be noticed.”
"...Damn it! Then there's nothing the scientific community can do?"
The chief scientific adviser shook his head: "No technology or related theories have been disclosed."
"...Damn it!" The owner continued to look at Musk: "But your spacecraft has the largest transportation capacity at present, right?"
"yes."
"So, only your spacecraft can complete the task of establishing a helium 3 factory on the moon." The owner clenched his fists: "This is a national task!"
Musk frowned and opened his mouth, but nothing came out.
"Then more powerful engines, which we use to land on Mars!"
"No, we not only want to use it to land on Mars, we also want to build space battleships! Space carriers! Star destroyers! We want our battleships to fly throughout the universe!"
"That's it!"
The host took a deep breath and waved his fist: "We want to make this country great again!"