Building a community with a shared future for mankind was the sublimation of China's concept of great power diplomacy. It was also one of the theories proposed by the Chinese representative at the 2015 United Nations General Assembly.
China didn't have the ambition to become a world hegemon. In contrast, the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind was more in line with China's interests.
Of course, Lu Zhou didn't need to worry about these things.
As a scholar, he only needed to focus on his own research.
However, from the standpoint of a scholar, he was, of course, happy to see his motherland integrate into the family of the international community. He was also using his unique voice to influence this family …
The meeting lasted for a total of an hour. The two talked for a long time and talked about a lot of things.
Owens was extremely surprised by the prospects of the future Moon Village described by Lu Zhou. Lu Zhou was also deeply interested in some of the concepts and business models proposed by Owens on the development of space resources.
Science and technology could provide humans with tools to transform and use nature, but how to better use these tools was also not a small field of study.
"… The Living-Planet Conference is being held in Prague, Czech Republic. If you have time, we sincerely invite you to visit."
"If I have time, I will definitely think about it."
Lu Zhou smiled and nodded, but he didn't give a clear answer.
Owens didn't rush him. He smiled and ended the conversation. He shook hands with Lu Zhou and said goodbye.
…
The day after Lu Zhou and Owens ended their meeting, the news that China and the European Union had reached a consensus on the development of lunar resources went viral on the Internet.
took the lead and published a concept map of the Moon Village on the front page.
At the same time, Xinhua Daily also published the specific topics discussed by the Chinese and European Union representatives on the development and exploration of lunar resources in their latest issue.
The most eye-catching and unbelievable piece of news was that the European Union recognized the bill signed by China at the beginning of last year to protect the interests of Chinese companies in the development of lunar resources.
This law caused a lot of controversy at the time, and was once criticized by the Western media as the East India Company Act of the new era.
If it weren't for the fact that the Western countries needed China's help on controllable nuclear fusion, China would have a headache just from hearing these arguments …
Now, the European Union actually recognized this bill and stated that countries should compete fairly and cooperate with each other in the development of lunar resources. This statement undoubtedly made many people's eyes pop out.
Especially the Americans, they couldn't believe the "betrayal" of the Europeans, especially the phrase "Space 4.0 is the era of the Moon Palace", which aroused a considerable degree of discussion.
Although Director Owens spoke very tactfully, it was obvious that not everyone bought his explanation.
At a time when the Ares Plan was moving towards the finish line of victory, there were people who doubted the status of the Ares Plan?
Are all Europeans blind?
However, even though the Europeans seemed to be swaying to China's side, the United States didn't have time to care about this matter.
While the China National Space Administration and the European Space Agency were flirting with each other, New Virginia was in huge trouble because of the sandstorm that swept across the entire Mars.
Even the "Mars Diaries" show that Lu Zhou was watching was suspended because of this.
However, Space-X didn't blame the sandstorm for the suspension of the "Mars Diaries" show. Instead, they said that communication costs were too expensive, and they needed to apply limited resources to scientific research.
After Space announced this news on their official website, it suddenly caused a lot of disappointment.
The show had just entered the exciting part of the show, but it was stopped abruptly. This was too unfriendly for those who were watching the show.
However, most people expressed their understanding.
After all, compared to the public's entertainment, scientific research was more important.
Elon stood in front of the media cameras and apologized to the "Mars Diaries" audience.
"Unfortunately, this sandstorm may last for a long time. We can't show you the interesting life of the colonists on Mars in real time. But I can assure you that they are in good condition. The atmospheric density on Mars is only 1% of that of Earth. Even if the sandstorm blows harder, it won't affect them at all!
"Also, I will announce something even more exciting at this moment."
"The new BFR rocket is about to set off. This time, we will send a 16-ton experimental unit to Mars!
"If you have anything you want to say to our colonists, please write it on a letter! We will select 100 letters and send them to Mars along with our experimental equipment. Our New Virginia residents will read these letters aloud on Columbia TV! "
The media reporters nearby immediately went into an excited uproar. They all rushed forward and handed over the microphones in their hands.
Letters to Mars!
This sounds so exciting!
This guy is a genius; he's better at creating hot topics than journalists!
However, Johnson, who was tens of millions of kilometers away and getting further and further away, did not expect that the predicament they encountered on Mars would be hidden from him …
As the reserves of oxygen and methane continued to decline, the situation of the colony was becoming more and more dangerous.
Of course, the US government was not doing nothing. NASA had held several meetings to discuss the rescue operation for New Virginia.
Currently, Director Carson had two plans in front of him. One was to launch a new BFR rocket to Mars and send supplies to help the colonists survive. The other was to find a way to return the colonists to the BFS spacecraft in orbit around Mars. There would be sufficient energy there, and the life support system would be able to operate for a long time.
However, based on the current situation, no matter which plan it was, it seemed unrealistic.
The distance between Mars and Earth was increasing, and the best launch window to Mars was closing. Even if they still had the BFR rocket, and they were willing to pay more for it, it would take them half a year to reach Mars.
Looking at New Virginia's situation, it would only last for two months at most.
Praying for the sandstorm to stop might be a more realistic choice …
On the other side of the world, at the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study. A string of bubbles suddenly popped up on the lower right corner of the computer in front of Lu Zhou.
Xiao Ai: [Master, file 0021 has been successfully decrypted! (• ́ ∀ • ́)]
Lu Zhou, who was reading a thesis, looked at the pop-up window in the lower right corner and spoke.
"Send it to my desktop."
Xiao Ai: [Yes, Master ~ (́ • ́ • ́) و ́]
In less than half a second, a shortcut to a folder appeared on the desktop.
Lu Zhou double-clicked open the folder and selected the first document inside. Before he had time to read the content, three eye-catching characters appeared in front of his eyes.
Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but read aloud.
"SOS …?"
International distress signal?
Things are getting more and more interesting …
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