The next day.
The sun rose from the horizon as usual.
However, on the last day of the National Day holiday, it was endowed with an extraordinary meaning for the people living on this land.
The first to announce this news was Everyone Daily.
The cover of the latest issue of the newspaper was occupied by two eye-catching main and subtitles.
[Six tons of load, one shot into orbit!]
[Salute! The astronauts who are struggling on the frontier of civilization!]
This report was like a heavy bomb that was thrown into a calm lake, instantly causing waves that were tens of thousands of feet high.
The first to be affected was naturally the university circle, which had the highest information sensitivity.
This was especially true for aerospace engineering professionals. Before the official news came out, many of them had already heard about the successful launch through various channels.
A laboratory of an aerospace design institute in Beijing.
A group of research noobs surrounded a computer, looking at the news and photos on the screen. They were discussing excitedly.
"Look, look! Academician Yuan's photo! "
"Nutty! He's standing with the president. "
"That's Academician Lu, right?"
"Sigh, he's also born in the 90s … Why is the gap so big?"
"I think it's better not to think of him as a person born in the 90s. This kind of monster can no longer be regarded as a human. His achievements should not be measured by age."
"Damn it, I'm so f * cking jealous!"
When this news was published on , the major media outlets were like athletes who heard the starting gun, and they immediately reprinted this report.
All of a sudden, the relevant news swept across the Internet. It quickly occupied the trending headlines of major Internet platforms.
In the face of this shocking news, many people who were still immersed in the military parade and celebration the day before yesterday did not even come back to their senses for a while.
Six tons of load, one shot into orbit?!
What the hell?
It wasn't until curious people searched for the Everyone Daily report that they realized what was going on.
Almost at the same time, everyone was dumbfounded.
"F * ck me! Ruthless! "
"Moon Cannon! Amazing!!! "
"Academician Lu is nutty! (voice cracking) "
"Don't talk about Academician Lu, what does this have to do with him?"
"But his name is indeed in the scientific research team …"
"Okay, okay, I'm blind."
On Weibo, under Everyone Daily's official Weibo, there were tens of thousands of comments. The discussions on related topics went from the screws on the lunar mass accelerator to the relatives of the astronauts, and then to Academician Lu's girlfriend.
It seemed like it was today.
It was as if at this moment.
The media stopped selling anxiety, the girls stopped fighting, the entrepreneurs stopped selling lessons, and the boxers stopped fighting. Almost everyone's attention was on the "Moon Cannon".
Shocking!
Astonishment!
Unbelievable!
The traditional transportation method of using a return capsule equipped with a power system and fuel tank to transport cargo to the Earth-Moon transfer orbit was over?
In other words, they were entering a whole new era?
Even people who didn't know anything about aerospace could deeply feel from the report that this was definitely a milestone in the history of aerospace!
He didn't expect to witness history when he woke up early in the morning.
This was too exciting!
…
The heated discussion on the Chinese Internet continued to swell, like a new carnival.
The heat quickly spread from the inside to the outside of the wall, and a lot of people put their ears to the wall.
Especially when they saw the aerial photos displayed on the official website of the Moon Palace scientific research station. Almost everyone who paid attention to this matter was stunned by the silver "bullet" that pierced through the night sky.
As for those who didn't pay attention to this matter, after understanding the whole story of the matter, they were shocked along with those people.
On the Facebook group.
The discussion about the lunar mass accelerator was completely flooded.
"Moon Cannon? What the hell is that?! "
"Electromagnetic acceleration to the escape velocity of the moon, they must be crazy!"
"Yeah, they did something only crazy people would do! What's their next step? Are they going to aim the cannon at us? "
"Jesus … Our Lunar Gateway just completed the second phase of the project, and the transportation of materials was outsourced to the Chinese! As a citizen of an aerospace country, I have never heard of such a ridiculous thing! "
While the netizens in North America were panicking about the Moon Cannon, a piece of news published on NASA's official website pushed the heated discussion to a new peak.
After a long meeting and repeated demonstrations, the NASA Outer Space Spacecraft Observation Team was finally forced to stand in front of the stage. They reluctantly admitted that the country across the Pacific Ocean had indeed launched a spacecraft from the surface of the moon by means of electromagnetic acceleration and successfully entered the Earth-Moon transfer orbit.
So far, the signal sent by this spacecraft had merged with another signal source. They guessed that the Chinese probably used a transport vehicle such as the Magpie Bridge to recover the cargo capsule.
As for more specific details, they couldn't confirm it yet. They could only wait for China to disclose more details to the international community.
After this news was released, it didn't seem to save NASA from this disaster. Instead, it made the fire burning on them even more intense.
Outside the NASA building, broadcast vehicles and newspaper reporters from all over the world had already blocked the entrance.
Seeing that the reporters had affected their normal work, NASA had to announce a temporary press conference. They invited the reporters who were blocking the entrance to the reception room to answer their questions.
The press conference began.
The first media outlet was Columbia TV.
A Latina female reporter holding a microphone handed over the microphone in her hand and threw out a sharp question as soon as she came up.
"Mr. Spokesperson, does this mean that we have completely lost the space race?"
The NASA intern was left speechless by this question. His face turned red and white, and after a while, he finally spoke.
"This matter shouldn't be interpreted this way. In fact, the mass accelerator is not the best choice. We have many alternatives. For example, a power elevator that can be used repeatedly, for example … "
"For example, outsource the work of returning to Earth from the moon to the Chinese?"
"Uh, of course this is one of the options, but it's not the best choice. We have more alternatives, for example …"
On the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, the sun gradually rose above their heads.
Lu Zhou, who was finally done with the follow-up work of the launch, canceled the evening celebration party, and went home alone.
Even though a few of his old friends wanted to have a drink with him, Lu Zhou didn't agree. He insisted on going home.
After working all night, he didn't even have the energy to post on Weibo, let alone drink. Right now, he just wanted to lie down on the bed and sleep. Everything else could wait until he woke up.
At the same time, before he went to bed, he collected his reward that belonged to him.
Lu Zhou closed his eyes and immersed his consciousness in the system space.
When he opened his eyes again, the screen was already filled with a crazy number of reward notifications …
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