The originally uneventful weekend was stirred up by a video released by Celestial Trade.
The thirty-minute documentary recorded the lives of the twenty-four astronauts in space. This included how they collected lunar ice, how they obtained oxygen through electrolysis, how they extracted rare earth elements from lunar soil, how they explored the craters on the lunar rover, and how they were building a lunar greenhouse, etc.
Because controllable nuclear fusion technology was still in the confidential stage, the documentary did not explain the other uses of lunar soil collected by the colony. It only used the excuse of collecting rare earth resources.
An astronaut named Li Fang was responsible for the filming. Before she signed up for the space colonization program and received astronaut training, she worked as a reporter for Coro Island Radio and Television. When she received the task of filming a documentary from the ground command center, she immediately volunteered to take on the task. While filming, she also attached a vivid explanation.
"Look at the greenhouse behind me. That is our lunar greenhouse. Although we must obtain food through the monthly supply rocket, we will be able to eat potatoes produced on the Moon in three months at the latest. Jim, who is responsible for taking care of these potatoes, said that the mashed potatoes made from moon potatoes would be delicious. I'm already drooling. "
At the end of the film, the little girl ended with a rather promotional sentence.
"If you love space as much as I do, then hurry up and join our great colonization cause!"
There was no need for her to advertise at all. When people saw such a novel life on the Moon, a "space fever" was set off around the world. Curiosity was always the driving force for people to explore. When the previously unreachable space was close at hand, even people who were completely uninterested in the aerospace industry became interested in colonizing the Moon.
Previously, the rumor that the 24 astronauts had become space junk suddenly collapsed with the release of this documentary. Not only did they survive on the Moon, but they also began to cultivate space crops on the Moon!
On the day after the video was uploaded to the official website of Celestial Trade, the UA who saw the dawn of moon colonization logged onto the website of the Capitol and submitted petitions to restart the Apollo program. According to the regulations, when the number of signatures exceeded 100,000, the Capitol must respond.
And this time, it only took 24 hours for the number of petitions to exceed 100,000.
In desperation, Hill had to stand in front of the media and said that she would discuss the feasibility of restarting the Apollo program with the Congress. However, she also emphasized that even if the Apollo program was restarted, it was impossible for the UA to follow Celestial Trade's example and colonize the Moon in the short term.
But at the end of her speech, she still mocked Celestial Trade's space program.
"Celestial Trade has spent tens of billions of dollars on the space colonization program. They spent one to two years of NASA's budget in half a year. They were spending their own money, and I couldn't criticize them, but as the president, I wouldn't squander taxpayers' money on projects that didn't make sense at the moment. Instead of colonizing the moon, we might as well colonize the Sonora Desert. "
The Sonora Desert was a large desert on the border between the United States and Mexico. Apart from stowaways, no one would be bored enough to break into that forbidden zone. The implication was nothing more than to mock Celestial Trade for spending money on meaningless projects.
But no matter what, this 30-minute video had completely ignited people's desire to explore the universe.
In just three days after the video was released, the number of space volunteer applications received by Celestial Trade exceeded the total in the past two months!
Even more shocking news was yet to come.
Shortly after the documentary was released, Hawking posted on his personal social media account that he had immigrated to Xin and would resign from his position as a professor at Cambridge University. He would serve as a physics professor at Coro University and join Celestial Trade's "space colonization" program as a consultant.
Stephen William Hawking, the name was well-known in the scientific community. The man who suffered from Lou Gehrig's disease and could only move his eyes and three fingers had proved the singularity theorem of general relativity and the black hole area theorem. He proposed the theory of black hole evaporation and made considerable contributions to the unification of Einstein's theory of relativity and Planck's quantum mechanics.
It was no exaggeration to say that he was the pride of the modern British physics community.
However, now, the pride of the United Kingdom suddenly announced a change of nationality after his visit to Xin, which made British Prime Minister Theresa May and the Queen, who was already in her nineties, shocked.
When asked by media reporters why he made such a choice, Hawking's answer was quite calm.
It was still the same cold electronic voice, but the interviewing reporters all felt the true feelings revealed at the same time.
"Science is borderless, and scientists are also borderless. In my later years, I saw the hope of human beings migrating to space. Now I hope to be closer to my own dream and use my shallow knowledge to do some small work for this dream. I hope you don't over-interpret it. This is just an old man who wants to use his own way to complete the last part of his life. "
However, for this great scientist, British Prime Minister Theresa May even personally visited Coro Island, hoping to persuade him to stay.
"There are many ways to realize your dream. ESA is also discussing the moon landing plan recently. It is expected to establish a European colony on the moon in 2030 – New Amsterdam. We need your help."
Teresa didn't care about Jiang Chen standing next to her. She threw an olive branch to Hawking, who had changed his nationality, in front of him.
However, Hawking's answer was very direct.
"As long as you are still discussing, then there will never be a result."
Theresa May was stunned. After a moment of silence, she couldn't help but ask.
"Pardon me for asking, what did Future Group promise you? So much so that you are determined to stay here. "
When Hawking heard this question, he squeezed out a half-smile with his stiff muscles and tapped on the armrest with three fingers.
"He promised that he can make me stand up."
Stand up?
Theresa was stunned, and then a touch of anger appeared on her face. She looked at Jiang Chen standing next to her.
"Mr. Jiang Chen, it's not a gentleman's move to deceive an old man."
"Deceive?" Jiang Chen laughed. "I said I would make him stand up, so I will definitely make him stand up."
"Is that so? As far as I know, LOU is an incurable disease, and modern medicine can't solve this problem at all. And you said you can cure Mr. Hawking's disease. If this isn't fraud, then what is? "Theresa narrowed her eyes, and the wrinkles on her face squeezed together.
Needless to say, the female prime minister who succeeded Cameron had the demeanor of "Iron Lady" Thatcher. However, Jiang Chen, who had long been accustomed to power, could already face the pressure from those in power with ease.
"Modern medicine can't cure it, but it doesn't mean that future science can't cure it." Jiang Chen smiled. "Don't forget, the T-virus vaccine that saved the world was developed by our research institute."
After listening to this sentence, Theresa looked at him blankly.
"You mean, Future Group has found a cure for LOU? How is this possible … "
Jiang Chen smiled confidently and said in an unquestionable tone.
"For Future Group, nothing is impossible."
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