Chapter 468 Discovery of solid water on the moon

Hearing this, Hu Lai frowned, and he could basically hear the differences between the two sides.

On the one hand, officials led by the Ministry of Commerce are more inclined to continue to win over other national space agencies with more favorable conditions, which is dovish.

Other officials believe that other national space agencies have turned their attention to North America. The reason for this is largely because they lack fear of Yanguo.

If you are afraid of the threat from North America, then you are not afraid of Yan Guo? This is treating Yan Guo as a soft persimmon!

so.

Many officials believe that it is no longer useful to continue to express goodwill, and they should be tougher now. The use of reciprocal countermeasures will also make the defaulting space agency feel the pressure of Yan Guo.

Only by truly establishing Yan Guo's image as a great power and its tough attitude, will these countries truly consider the revenge brought by Yan Guo when faced with the same choice next time, instead of turning to North America easily!

Just like the tough Soviet Union back then, how many countries dared to blatantly offend the Soviet Union and turn to North America?

Debates broke out in the conference room, the two sides were at a deadlock, and no one could convince anyone.

Hu Chai saw it in his eyes and thought about it carefully in his heart.

how to say?

Both views have their own pros and cons. From the current perspective, I really don’t know which method will be better, or even that there is no best answer!

At this moment, seeing the meeting reaching an impasse again, he suddenly received a text message on his mobile phone.

Hu Lai looked hard at the screen. Although he couldn't tell whether it was solid water or not on the black and white screen, since Chief Ouyang had personally confirmed it, there was no problem.

At this moment, Chief Master Ouyang's tone changed and he said somewhat thankfully:

"We were really lucky this time. We discovered the suspected presence of solid water less than 300 meters into the crater!"

"Coupled with the fact that there is no air on the moon, the strong impact force will cause the comet to drill directly under the surface of the moon. In this way, it is very likely that the water resources carried by the comet and asteroid will not be completely evaporated, leaving some water on the moon.

In the soil.”

According to Chief Engineer Ouyang's introduction, this time it was a picture taken by the leaper carried on the "Chang'e 7" probe. What about the bionic robot that has high hopes?

Thinking of this, he asked directly:

"According to our research, there are a large number of craters at the south pole of the moon. Some of these craters are formed by asteroid impacts, and some are formed by comet impacts. Regardless of comets or asteroids, most stars contain a large amount of water resources."

"Everyone's disagreement now is nothing more than what attitude and strategy we will adopt to respond to this matter - whether to continue to use better terms to win over them, or to use a tough attitude to put pressure on them."

When Hu Lai came to the office area of ​​the "Chang'e-7" project team, he could suddenly feel the warm atmosphere in the air of the project team, and the expressions of all the personnel were completely different from before.

"Before this matter is approved, everyone must remember the confidentiality regulations and cannot leak this matter to the outside world!"

Hu Lai was also feeling faintly excited. When he walked into the observation and command center of the "Chang'e-7" project team, Chief Engineer Ouyang, the head of the aerospace department, had already arrived in advance.

"Chief Engineer Ouyang, now that we have discovered solid water, what are your next thoughts?"

After saying this, Chief Ouyang pointed to the black and white screen on the computer in front of him and continued:

"No, to be precise, solid water was discovered at the south pole of the moon!"

A few seconds later, the meeting room exploded. Although everyone present was not a space professional, everyone knew what it meant to discover solid water on the moon!

You must know that water is the source of life. If humans want to develop the moon in the future and have people stationed on the moon for a long time, water must be the most important strategic resource.

He coughed lightly into the phone, instantly drawing everyone's attention to him.

Hu Lai continued:

"We have previously detected that the lunar soil at the south pole of the moon contains a large amount of water. The main mission of Chang'e-7 this time is to explore whether there is solid water that directly exists in the physical sense instead of water molecules."

"From a scientific perspective, we should find ways to collect this solid water as soon as possible and then transport it back to Earth for further analysis."

Another way to go about this?

Hu Lai's statement immediately attracted everyone's attention and could be heard in the conference room.

"I don't think so!"

He was calm in his heart and had an excited look on his face.

"Old Zhang, let's go, take me to the aerospace department now. I want to see the latest situation for myself..."

"Our previous 'lunar joint development plan' has already stated our attitude. When we land on the moon, we will establish our 'lunar space base' on the moon and even transport minerals back from the moon."

"Instead of doing this, why should we respond to North America's small moves? Whether it is North American diplomatic coercion or other space agencies terminating cooperation, let them do whatever they want!"

But at this moment, when everyone was expecting Hu Lai to continue talking, the door of the office where Hu Lai was located suddenly opened, and Director Zhang hurried in.

I don't care what little tricks you do in North America.

Does it all depend on the earth? It’s obviously unrealistic.

"But... I do have a suggestion. Why can't we think outside the box and use another way to solve this matter?"

Lao Zhang obviously didn't notice that Hu Lai was in the video conference. He said excitedly as soon as he entered the door:

If the benefits are large enough, other countries will become the licking dogs of the Phoenix Group, begging to cooperate with the Phoenix Group!

"Mr. Hu, I agree with your plan, but when you talk about returning to technology... As far as I know, NASA has received a special appropriation of US$200 billion from the Washington Congress, and they will undoubtedly carry out manned landing on the moon.

'poses a huge threat."

"The problem we are facing now is that North America uses diplomatic coercion to force other space agencies to terminate cooperation with us. No matter how we respond, we will actually be passively led by North America, and we will all have to pay an excessive price."

Hu Lai was slightly surprised, and then looked at Director Wang on the computer screen, just in time to see Director Wang looking at him through the camera.

After a while, Hu Lai's video image appeared on the screen.

When Hu Lai saw that the video connection was disconnected, he also knew that Director Wang was trying to protect the business privacy of Phoenix Group.

After saying this, there was a burst of discussion in the conference room.

Hu Lai was a little surprised, but this matter was not a top priority at this time. After a moment of silence, he replied:

There was no politeness in Hu Lai. After a simple greeting, he organized his thoughts and said:

"Everyone, after listening for so long just now, I roughly understand what everyone is thinking."

If other countries want to suspend cooperation or withdraw from the "Moon Common Development Alliance", we will not force them to stay, but we will show the world our "manned moon landing" and how we develop the moon step by step!

Thinking of this, Director Wang looked at everyone calmly and said slowly:

"Boss, great news!"

Chief Ouyang naturally knew what Hu Lai meant, and immediately led Hu Lai to a black and white computer screen, and then whispered:

"Boss, this time our 'Chang'e 7' landed on the south pole of the moon for the first time."

"Everyone, no need for me to remind you, everyone knows that this matter is of great significance!"

And now, "Chang'e 7" has discovered solid water on the moon for the first time, which is equivalent to completely solving the problem of the moon's water source!

However, before everyone at the scene could recover from the shock, Director Wang cut off the video connection signal with Hu Lai in time. After all, everyone could hear that this was the news that Director Zhang accidentally leaked. This was

Phoenix Group’s trade secrets.

Hu Lai had no time to turn off the microphone, and Director Zhang's voice was transmitted through the microphone into the video conference without reservation.

Chief Ouyang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile.

“Our ‘Chang’e-7’ probe discovered water on the moon!”

"Mr. Hu, would you like to share your opinion?"

If the cost of just transporting water from the earth is too high, the water source problem for one or ten astronauts can be solved with grit, but how will the water source problem for 1,000 and 10,000 people be solved after a large-scale moon landing?

"Okay, let's put the bionic robot thing aside for now."

"I think we should conduct more scientific research on the application of bionic robots on the moon."

Therefore, once collectible solid water is discovered on the moon, it will definitely be a historic and important step for humans to stay on the moon for a long time!

certainly.

The sudden words stunned everyone present, and they were all astonished.

Chief Engineer Ouyang, who had white hair, couldn't hide his smile when he saw Hu Lai and Director Zhang arriving.

After a few minutes of discussion, the former Commerce Department official stood up and expressed his thoughts.

Hu Lai couldn't help but smile. After thinking for two seconds, he replied:

"also."

"At that time, did the space agencies that originally hoped to cooperate with us really not panic? Didn't they blame North America?"

When I clicked on it, I saw that it was sent by Director Wang from the other end of the meeting.

Soon, the two came to the Phoenix Group's aerospace department.

Hu Lai nodded, but after a moment, he suddenly remembered the "detection bionic robot" specially developed for "Chang'e 7".

Hu Lai also had a smile on his face when he saw this. He walked quickly to Chief Ouyang and said hurriedly without any words:

"Maybe it was because the development time was too short and we didn't take into account many details. We were completely exhausted within an hour after arriving on the moon."

It can be said that Hu Lai's idea does not have so many diplomatic and political considerations. It is entirely about returning to technology itself and using technological leadership to crush everything!
To be continued...