The last day of the National Day holiday.
The silver-white cargo capsule finally entered the atmosphere for the third time through continuous orbital maneuvers. It used air resistance to decelerate and finally landed safely on the open space of the Jinling launch site.
This cargo capsule symbolized the crystallization of the materials science and engineering technology of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study. Except for the surface heat dissipation coating, the main structure was basically intact. It could be reused after some repairs.
At the same time, the most important thing was that the cargo stored in this capsule was also intact.
After hearing this news, the entire aerospace research institute of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study was in a festive mood. The same was true for several other domestic aerospace companies. The burden in the hearts of the project team leaders was finally lifted to the ground. They were all overjoyed.
At the end of the seven-day holiday.
The Lunar Orbit Committee finally used its own way to give the people of the country a big gift.
This gift consisted of 4.27 tons of lunar ore, 50 kilograms of wheat, corn, potatoes, and some biological reagents and scientific research specimens produced on the Moon.
When many old academicians and experts from the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation saw this precious gift, they were so excited that they burst into tears.
How many years has it been?
It had been almost two generations since the launch of the aerospace project.
They had never had such a huge harvest on the Moon or in outer space!
In the 1970s, during the honeymoon period of the relationship between China and the United States, a lunar rock sample brought by President Carter's security adviser was like a treasure to them.
And that sample was only 1 gram.
It wasn't until the Chang 'e 5 that China truly mastered the technology to collect ore samples from the Moon.
It had only been four years since the Chang 'e 5 was launched.
In these four years, China's aerospace industry had undergone earth-shaking changes under the guidance of Academician Lu. Especially after the establishment of the Lunar Orbit Committee, everything was like a dream.
In addition to the ecstatic scientific specimens and rare earth ores, there was another big gift that followed closely behind.
At noon on the last day of the National Day holiday, the Senate suddenly held a press conference to announce that after a high-level meeting, the "Guanghan Special Administrative Region" was officially established!
According to this document approving the establishment of the "Guanghan Special Administrative Region", the area within 50 kilometers of the lunar scientific research station would be included in the public facilities development zone.
The so-called public facilities development zone was a new concept proposed by the Lunar Orbit Committee. Any spacecraft deployed in this zone, as long as it belonged to a Chinese citizen or organization, would be governed by Chinese law and protected by Chinese law.
In addition, China planned to send 2,000 immigrants to the Guanghan Special Economic Zone in six batches within three years, and build larger and more reliable life support facilities near the lunar scientific research station.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a huge uproar around the world.
People were amazed by the Chinese's ambition in space, as well as their terrifying execution ability.
Two thousand immigrants to the Moon?
Were they planning to build a colony on the moon?!
After hearing the news, many people panicked.
On Twitter.
"I'm willing to bet that it won't be long before they draw the moon on the map!"
"The Chinese are occupying the moon! Can't the White House do something? "
"They can't do that! The Moon belongs to everyone! "
"Wait a minute! What I mean is … could this be a scam? I bet they don't have the ability to send 2,000 immigrants to the Moon at all. They just want to drag us into this race and then drag down our economy! "
"This situation exists, but the premise is that the development of lunar resources is not profitable. But this is obviously not the case now. If you pay attention to the futures market, you will find that dysprosium, terbium, scandium … all the ore varieties that appear on the list of the Magpie Bridge III cargo hold have begun to fluctuate in price … "
"We can send the Mexicans up."
The ducks swimming on the river knew whether the water in the river was cold or not. Although the reaction of the capital market could not represent changes in the economic situation, it could basically accurately reflect the market's expectations for the future.
The Magpie Bridge III could only carry one cargo hold, and China could not only have three Magpie Bridges in the future. With the completion of the lunar mass accelerator and the establishment of the Guanghan Special Administrative Zone, the development of lunar resources would enter the next stage. The impact on the rare earth market would be earth-shattering.
Of course, what frightened the Americans even more was that China had already taken over the "New World" that they had originally regarded as their backyard.
Damn it!
These things originally belonged to us!
However, those insignificant protests didn't have any impact on this plan, nor were they able to shake China's determination to explore and develop outer space.
At the same time, the actions of China's top officials did not stop.
A public company called "Guanghan City Development Co., Ltd" was quickly established. It raised 50 billion yuan from the Shanghai Stock Exchange through IPO, private additional shares, and other channels. It also issued corporate bonds with a total of 50 billion yuan and an annual yield of more than 7%.
In a sense, this was the benefit of a public offering.
With the huge reserves of titanium and rare earth minerals on the Moon, even if the rate of return of this "Guanghan City Development Co., Ltd" was not as good as the profit-oriented East Asia Power, its future development potential was not weak.
Not only did the social security funds buy bonds, but even Star Sky Technology also bought some bonds.
There was even a saying in the financial circle that as long as you bought bonds, you basically made a profit. Even if you didn't buy shares in Guanghan City, a corporate bond with an annual yield of 7% was quite good. This was almost twice the interest of a fixed deposit.
Compared to the rising enthusiasm of the Chinese people for space exploration, the international public opinion environment was completely opposite.
Most of the Western countries, led by the United States, showed worry and anxiety on this issue. This kind of feeling was like people who didn't buy a ticket looking at people sitting in first class with envy.
However, they couldn't say anything.
After all, the Hua Nation was playing a word game here.
This statement about the establishment of the "Guanghan City Special Administrative Region" was not aimed at the land on the Moon, but only at the spacecraft and fixed facilities deployed on the Moon.
What counted as facilities?
Plant growth units could be counted, lunar mass accelerators could also be counted, and even a brick or a flag could be counted. Anyway, the Lunar Orbit Committee had the final right to explain everything.
Want to protest?
No problem.
Let's find a way to go there first!
Faced with this kind of "shameless" trick, other people really didn't have a good idea.
Director Carson, who landed at Beijing International Airport, clearly felt that his visit to China at this time might be a bit awkward.
However, it was not appropriate to cancel the trip.
First of all, he didn't have that much time to wait, and second, he didn't want to ruin their enthusiasm. In order to develop friendly cooperation in the future, he had to seize this opportunity …
Thinking of this, Director Carson felt an inexplicable sense of grievance in his heart.
It wasn't like this ten years ago.
No, even five years ago, it wasn't like this …
The assistant standing next to him saw that the expression on his boss's face was a bit strange, so he asked in a low voice.
"Sir?"
"Nothing." Director Carson coughed slightly and looked at his assistant standing next to him. He said, "Let's go, let's meet those China people."
At the same time, he drew a cross in his mind.
I hope we can reach a pleasant agreement this time.
At least, I hope it won't be too embarrassing or disappointing …
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