Rector Morgan was thinking hard about how to deal with the Daqian, and our Boss Jia announced a piece of news that shocked the world.
That was, on May 1, 2009, the Daqian's Solar System Technology Exploration Company would borrow Hua Xia's XX rocket to launch its own Xihe spacecraft. This spacecraft would carry people to lunar orbit, and then carry out the first moon landing and the return mission.
When this news was announced, it could be said to be shocking. Whether it was the people of Hua Xia or foreigners, they were all shocked.
Hua Xia had only started the space program for a few years, and now they were going to start landing on the moon, becoming the third country in the world to land on the moon.
What was particularly unexpected was that the person in charge of this moon landing was not Hua Xia's national unit, but a private company of Hua Xia. Although this private company was the world's number one group company, and its boss was also the world's richest man, it was absolutely unprecedented for a company to get involved in a space program like the moon landing.
Even in Europe and the United States, which were known for their freedom, no private company dared to get involved in such a field at this time.
It was not that Europe and the United States prohibited private companies from getting involved. On the contrary, these countries did not have any restrictions on private companies going to the moon or landing on Mars.
But the problem was that no private company would do such a thing, because it was a huge expense with no benefits.
In the past, the United States spent a total of nearly 50 billion US dollars to land on the moon.
But this was 50 billion US dollars in the 1970s. Now, after inflation, it was at least 200 or 300 billion US dollars.
Even if it was 50 billion US dollars, it was a huge investment for any private company. There were no more than 20 companies in the world that could afford such an investment.
So the question was, what could they get after spending 50 billion US dollars?
Logically speaking, after the United States landed on the moon, they had no other substantial gains except for a few stones.
Of course, you could say that the United States' landing on the moon greatly boosted the morale of the people, and at the same time, dragged the Soviet people into an endless economic Cold War. In the end, the Soviet economy completely collapsed, and they achieved a goal that was difficult to achieve with trillions of military expenditures.
You're not wrong, but this is the country's profit. For a private company, what kind of profit can it bring?
Therefore, no private company was interested in doing such a thing until a few years later, when a guy did. However, the main reason for the establishment of this company was that the United States government was worried about the ineffectiveness of NSANs. It was no longer possible to rely on NSANs to enter the aerospace industry, so it was better for private companies to save money and be more reliable. Therefore, such a company was established.
In addition, this company also relied on their reputation as a space exploration company to transfer their high technology to their own electric scooters. This allowed their electric scooter to stand at the top of the scooter chain and be called the BBA of the electric scooter industry.
So what is the Daqian after?
Many people couldn't understand why a private company like the Daqian would engage in space exploration.
Therefore, three years ago, when the Daqian announced the establishment of the Solar System Technology Exploration Company, people all over the world thought that the Daqian was just making a gimmick to make their own technological products look cool.
However, no one expected the Daqian to announce that they were going to land on the Moon three years later. This was not a joke. This was the real deal. They were about to reach the moon.
Moreover, this was not like the past, when only two countries in the world had eyes in space. If these two countries said that they were going to land on the Moon, no one could say that they were not.
But now, there were countless pairs of eyes in the universe watching them. Once the Daqian's Xihe spacecraft was launched, it would inevitably be monitored by everyone. If something went wrong in space, it would be a huge loss of face.
And if even one astronaut couldn't come back, for the Daqian, their legend would be shattered, and their dignity would be swept to the ground.
Speaking of astronauts, the Daqian's actions also puzzled many countries. Based on Hua Xia's consistent experience in space exploration over the past 10 years, Hua Xia is a very stable country. Everything they do needs to be tested countless times. Finally, when they have a relatively high success rate, they will make further attempts.
Originally, according to their plan, Hua Xia should first send a probe to explore the Moon's orbit and obtain a large amount of landing data.
After that, they would send a lunar vehicle to explore the Moon's surface with machines to further master the relevant technology and information.
The third step was to simulate the landing. Under the situation where no one was being carried, they would release and recover the manned lunar lander. After verifying the stability of their equipment, they would really consider sending people to land on the Moon.
But now, in 2007, the Daqian launched a satellite to orbit the Moon and obtained a large amount of data on the Moon's surface in preparation for the landing. Now, they actually directly sent people to land on the Moon. This was simply more reckless than the United States in the past.
Soon, the country's media made a very pessimistic prediction. They believed that the probability of the entire landing on the Moon was less than 50%. In other words, these astronauts would most likely be sacrificed in space.
Therefore, many people began to criticize the Daqian for treating human lives like grass. They used human lives for their own experiments and completely treated the lives of the astronauts as a joke. For a while, it caused a huge storm. Many people in and out of the country condemned the Daqian in speech and in writing.
Especially many public figures, they instantly exploded. After so many years, they finally found a huge black mark on the Daqian. Therefore, they were extremely excited and began to criticize and abuse the Daqian on the Internet.
When they opened the Daqian's Weibo, there were actually 15 Internet celebrities who were cursing the Daqian Group. Many ordinary people were also very dissatisfied with this. They felt that this was indeed a joke with human lives. The Daqian Group should not be so careless.
In this regard, many media outlets went to interview the Daqian Group, but the Daqian Group did not give any answers. It was as if they were very guilty.
In the end, the Solar System Technology Exploration Corporation announced the name list of the astronauts.
Just like the first time the United States landed on the Moon, there were a total of three astronauts in charge of landing on the Moon. They were Lin Benyou, Wang Jiawei, and Jia Changtian.
Wang Jiawei was the captain, Lin Benyou was the pilot, and Jia Changtian was the technician. The three of them were fully responsible for the landing on the Moon.
When these three astronauts were announced, the world's media immediately began to dig up the background of these three people.
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