Chapter 474 Moon race? It depends on whether you can keep up.

What is NASA doing?

The Phoenix Group, which has attracted worldwide attention, is about to collect "lunar solid water" and has naturally attracted strong attention from NASA.

NASA Headquarters.

In Director William's office, a report on the Phoenix Group's "solid water collection" project is in progress.

"...Director, the general situation is this. The Phoenix Group has determined the launch time of their 'East China Sea Dragon King' detector."

"In half a month, their launch window will be ushered in."

After listening to Rui Jackson's report, Director William nodded expressionlessly.

The outside world may be surprised that the Phoenix Group is so efficient, but since he has been fighting with the Phoenix Group for so long, it is no longer surprising that the Phoenix Group has such speed.

but……

William exhaled softly, and his face did not feel depressed. Although the Phoenix Group was making rapid progress, NASA was not without action during these times.

Since receiving US$200 billion in special funds for "manned moon landing", NASA immediately integrated many outstanding commercial rocket companies in North America. Boeing, SpeakX, Lockheed Martin and other companies have joined the SLS rocket support team.

Race to the moon?

After saying this, Director William couldn't help but walk back and forth in the office several times.

Hu Lai affirmed his opinion, then looked at Factory Director Zhang and Chief Engineer Ouyang, and said slowly:

"We expected that NASA would solve the problem with the SLS rocket. It is also a high probability event. We can just treat it with a normal mind."

As for NASA, they can only follow Phoenix and will never lead the Phoenix Group.

"According to North America's consistent style, they will definitely get involved after we discover 'solid water' on the moon, and they will never sit back and let us enjoy such an important scientific discovery."

“Deploying the ‘Moon-Looking Rover’ and ‘Mobile Charging Rover’ on the moon in advance?”

After spending huge sums of money to integrate the top launch vehicle team in North America, the results were immediate.

When the news spread back to China, heated discussions broke out on the domestic Internet.

"That won't happen."

Half an hour later, Chief Engineer Ouyang and Director Zhang came to Hu Lai's office. Naturally, their purpose was to evaluate the SLS rocket launch and the "Lunar South Pole Exploration Plan" suddenly announced by NASA.

Unfortunately, the SLS rocket has been delayed due to various reasons during the past seven or eight years. As a result, William and even the entire NASA leadership did not have much confidence in the SLS rocket...

"Now...if we successfully launch the SLS rocket and start our 'lunar exploration mission' when their global attention is at its highest, at least it will be considered a strong response from us, which will just tell the world that NASA is still there.

He’s not ‘dead’, he still has the ability to return to the moon.”

"Indeed, although the Phoenix Group is good, we still have to face up to the gap when it comes to launch vehicles. There is no shame in facing up to the gap."

At this time, the project that had been planned for seven or eight years was suddenly "in sight" of victory, and it was solved at such a critical time when competing with the Phoenix Group. This... is indeed surprising and exciting.

"The SLS rocket, full name 'Space Launch System', is a super-heavy launch vehicle evolved from the space shuttle. Its maximum take-off weight is up to 2,608 tons, the low-Earth orbit carrying capacity is 95 tons, and the Earth-moon transfer orbit carrying capacity

27 tons, this is the largest rocket on earth, North America is awesome, NASA is awesome!”

"Boss, although NASA's SLS rocket has been postponed since its planned launch in 2016, in the past year or so they have been delaying the launch due to several important issues such as liquid hydrogen leakage and high-frequency resonance..."

Under the propaganda offensive, many netizens who didn't know anything were driven crazy by the trolls. While following the trend and bragging about NASA's awesomeness, they also kept slandering Yanguo Aerospace.

Factory Director Zhang and Chief Engineer Ouyang are indeed right.

As he walked towards the coffee machine, preparing to make a cup of coffee for Rui himself, he said:

"Rui, we can't keep our eyes on the Phoenix Group. Our SLS rocket has made good progress recently."

After a while, perhaps because he felt that the atmosphere in the office was too dull, a smile appeared on his face and he stood up pretending to be relaxed.

"Um……?"

"After their probe lands on the moon, we will coordinate our detection satellites in lunar orbit to monitor them 24 hours a day and try our best to understand their latest daily developments."

During the time when the Phoenix Group discovered "lunar solid water", many problems with the SLS super-heavy launch vehicle, which was regarded as the biggest shortcoming of North America's "Revisit the Moon", began to be solved one by one, and the "Return to the Moon" plan

Finally saw a glimmer of light.

Hu Lai frowned slightly.

Since NASA is doing everything possible to catch up with the Phoenix Group's lunar progress, then...it depends on whether you can keep up.

"According to the Boeing team's inference, if nothing goes wrong, the SLS rocket should be ready for launch next month."

There are constant quarrels in the major comment areas on online platforms, and many trolls are still active in the comment areas, promoting the greatness of NASA.

"Just follow our previously planned plan - from the moment their rocket takes off, we will monitor their rocket throughout the entire process."

Unexpectedly, NASA solved the problem of the SLS rocket in a desperate situation, and finally technically caught up with the Phoenix Group's "lunar exploration" progress.

"real?!"

"At the same time, we just use this time to announce our 'lunar south pole exploration plan' to the world - now that the Phoenix Group has discovered 'solid water' at the lunar south pole, we cannot fall behind, we must also

Discover 'solid water' at the moon's south pole as soon as possible!"

"Once the SLS rocket project team confirms that the rocket can be launched next month, we will immediately announce it to the world!"

Although Hu Lai despised NASA strategically, when he actually learned about NASA's latest actions, he still attached great importance to it tactically.

"How about we talk about our SLS rocket? Has the SLS rocket project team received any good news these days?"

certainly.

same.

but.

You know, the SLS rocket has troubled NASA for a long time.

"Good guy, the Phoenix Group turned a blind eye when it sent the 'lunar rover' to the moon in a matter of minutes. When the beautiful daddy got the news, he knelt down and licked him crazily. He had an orgasm, right?"

"good!"

"What do you two think about this matter?"

He looked at Chief Ouyang and asked slowly:

"Chief Commander Ouyang, how is the situation of the 'Donghai Dragon King' we are about to launch?"

"Can we speed up the progress of the 'Moon Looking Rover' and the 'Mobile Charging Rover' to the moon? For example, use the time window of launching the 'Donghai Dragon King' to land on the moon this time?"

On the other hand, and more importantly, everyone can feel NASA's aggressive ambitions towards the Phoenix Group.

"It's just... what I'm a little worried about now is what if they also discover 'solid water' after landing on the south pole of the moon..."

“However, this time NASA not only announced the upcoming launch of the SLS rocket, but also announced their latest ‘lunar south pole exploration plan’. This time they will also launch a ‘probe’ to land on the lunar south pole to search for solid water...”

Having said this, Rui Jackson finally showed a rare smile on his face.

"But this time, after they received US$200 billion in funding, they invited several of the top rocket companies in the United States to join...So, I think it is very likely that the problem of the SLS rocket will be solved from a technical perspective."

The prestige that North American NASA has accumulated in the aerospace field over the years is not in vain. The problem of the SLS rocket has been successfully solved, which means that NASA has technically acquired the capability to "land a man on the moon."

With NASA’s technical reserves, coupled with sufficient funding and the participation of top North American companies, rocket issues are unlikely to become a problem that will plague it for a long time.

It is no secret in the industry that the various problems and delays that the SLS rocket has encountered over the years. From the beginning, he judged the possibility of this SLS rocket launch from a professional perspective.

He asked slightly surprised:

The first person to speak was Chief Ouyang.

NASA was immediately overjoyed after receiving the confirmation, and Ruy Jackson, who was in charge at this time, immediately announced it to the world.

"I also agree with you."

…

"That is to say, a few days after the Phoenix Group's Donghai Dragon King probe lands on the moon, we will most likely be able to launch our SLS rocket and advance our lunar mission!"

After speaking, Chief Ouyang pondered for a moment and then looked at Hu Lai.

Time passed very quickly, and five days later, the SLS rocket project team finally received confirmed news - all problems with the SLS rocket had been solved, and it was confirmed that the launch mission could be carried out next month!

"Come on, you're going to cum after you're so awesome. Is it still cumming if you're late?"

Thinking of this, Hu Lai couldn't help but smile.

Chief Ouyang frowned for a moment, his expression suddenly became solemn, and after thinking for a long time, he said slowly:

"Now NASA undoubtedly regards us as its number one competitor. After the success of their SLS rocket, they eagerly targeted 'solid water' as their first mission. Obviously they are not willing to compete with us, and they may even want to use

This puts us in a 'race to the moon' with them."

"Are you kidding me? Can Phoenix Group's rockets compare with SLS rockets?"

There was a brief silence in the office. After a while, Director Zhang said:

"Boss, this is expected."

The news quickly spread around the world. What was unexpected was that, just a few hours later, those space agencies and scientific research institutions that originally had great confidence in the Phoenix Group suddenly became ambiguous towards NASA, and they expressed their displeasure to NASA on social media.

good.
To be continued...