He bought a high-speed train ticket.
However, he didn't go to Jinling.
Director Li had just left the State Administration for National Defense building when he received a call from his higher-ups. They told him to attend an important meeting at Chang 'an Avenue.
As for the content of the meeting, it was naturally related to the Skyglow spacecraft that had just been launched …
Inside a conference room at Chang 'an Avenue.
When Director Li arrived, a lot of people were already there.
After greeting the department leader, Director Li walked to his seat and sat down. At the same time, he quickly observed the participants present. A look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.
What surprised him was not that the meeting was presided over by the Great Elder, but that there were many high-ranking participants and many departments attending the meeting. Needless to say, his higher-ups were the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Defense … Even the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was here.
Their lineup was truly astounding.
Director Li didn't waste time looking at other people. Instead, he reached out to the stack of documents in front of him and flipped to the main text.
When he saw the first line of the title, a flash of understanding appeared in his eyes.
[Aerospace Strategic Bomber Project]
I see …
No wonder this meeting is happening so suddenly.
The meeting soon began.
There weren't many opening remarks. After the meeting host announced the start of the meeting, the discussion quickly got down to business.
The first person to speak was obviously Minister Qin from the Air Force Equipment Department.
The dignified old man stood up and spoke in a steady and powerful voice.
"With the successful launch of Skyglow, it is obvious that ion thruster propulsion technology has matured. I think that with the increase of space activities, the warfare model we are familiar with will change dramatically. Fortunately, we have already taken the lead in this field. I think we should maintain this advantage and use ion thruster propulsion technology in the national defense field. We should develop military aerospace aircraft that can cruise at altitudes of 100 kilometers!
"I have consulted experts from the Air Force Equipment Research Institute about this proposal. We have summarized the contents in the relevant report, which is page 3-24 of the document in your hands.
"I hope everyone can seriously consider this proposal."
Some people agreed with Minister Qin's speech.
However, not everyone agreed.
After he sat down, a dissenting member from another department stood up and spoke cautiously.
"I think we still have to consider this matter carefully. The current international situation is not optimistic for us. If we choose to apply aerospace technology to the military field at this point in time and develop outer space weapons for non-defensive purposes, it may alert other countries."
Minister Qin's expression remained unchanged as he stood up and spoke again.
"Strategic deterrence is also a part of national defense, not to mention that we're not the only ones researching aerospace weapons. The United States' X-37B and X-43 programs have already completed their first flight test a few years ago. There's also the Russian plan codenamed 'H5', which clearly reveals the strategic requirements for the aerospace bomber, which requires it to have the ability to cruise at Mach 10 supersonic speed at an altitude of 100 kilometers and launch strategic strikes against ground targets. "
"Even if we don't initiate a military conflict, we should pay attention to the development of these weapons!"
The discussion lasted for about half an hour.
A light cough interrupted the discussion.
The old man sitting at the head of the conference table slowly nodded and spoke.
"I agree with Minister Qin."
"The sky shuttle must be done."
"Of course, we also have to abide by international treaties."
"Limited development of outer space weapons, focusing on conventional weapons. We don't develop unconventional weapons first, and we don't deploy weapons first. Unless other countries take the initiative to send unconventional weapons into outer space, we will not take the initiative to send unconventional weapons first. "
In fact, the difference between unconventional and conventional weapons was sometimes just a matter of changing warheads. However, only developing necessary conventional weapons was quite helpful in reducing the sensitivity of the international community to this issue.
After a pause, the old man continued.
"Also, we have underestimated the importance of space exploration and placed related plans in a secondary priority position. I think we should make some adjustments in our strategic deployment. In addition to strategically restraining our competitors, a series of aerospace activities, including the moon landing project, is a very progressive scientific research activity in itself. "
The old man's statement was agreed by almost everyone present.
Even people who had doubts about the development of aerospace strategic bombers, even people who had doubts about the practical significance of the space program, had no doubt about the importance of the moon landing project.
So far, the controllable fusion negotiations had come to an end. China had exchanged enough benefits from other countries. There was no longer much point in continuing to use the space program as a tactic to restrain the United States and Europe.
Especially after Skyglow's success, anyone with a bit of foresight could see the dawn of the space age.
Once the energy problem was solved, the next problem was resources.
As the outpost of the future, whoever controlled the moon controlled the future.
Over the next period of time, many things were discussed in the meeting.
This included the development of a new aerospace industrial park along the railway line from Jinling to Reijiang, as well as tax exemptions, low-interest loans, supporting policies, etc., to attract private capital into the field.
Time quickly passed by, and it was finally the end of the meeting.
The person who stood up was the head of the China National Space Administration.
Logically speaking, with so many leaders sitting here, the head of a second-level space agency didn't have the right to speak. However, this matter was a bit special …
"The last topic … is about Professor Lu." The head of the China National Space Administration looked at the other people at the conference table. He coughed awkwardly and said, "A few hours ago, we received a notification from the Jinling launch site command center. They said … Professor Lu went up with Skyglow. "
Everyone: "…"
An old man in a military uniform took off his glasses and said with a headache, pressing between his eyebrows.
"I think we should hurry up and find him a partner."
Another kind-looking old man, who was sitting not far away, smiled and shook his head.
"Things are different now. In the past, I would have been happy, but now, I'm afraid other young people won't appreciate it. My son, for example, whenever I talk about finding a partner, he immediately flips out … "
"What … What are we talking about here?!"
"Then what do you think we should do?"
The head elder looked at the people in the conference room and sighed.
"Forget it, let him do whatever he wants.
"It's not a bad thing anyway."
.。 m.
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