Chapter 1010: The Changing Weathervane of the Aerospace Sector

Chapter 1010 The vane of the change in the aerospace field~

The authorities signed the new 2025 Aerospace Act, announcing the abolition of a series of aerospace clauses signed more than a decade ago, such as the "Wolf Amendment" and the "New Competition Act".

NASA announced that it had reached a number of cooperation agreements with the China Space Administration and the Xiashu Space Base to jointly develop space resources such as the moon and Mars.

Almost as soon as this news came out, related discussions had already boiled over in aerospace and other related fields.

Especially on the Internet, even if the discovery of microorganisms on Mars still occupied most people's attention, the US decision this time still caused a considerable degree of heated discussion.

And discussions about this topic have been topped up on the hot search, especially on platforms such as Weibo and Tieba, where related discussions are one after another.

[Fuck! Did the Americans abolish the "Wolf Amendment"? Did they take the wrong medicine? ]

[? ? ? ? This is... giving up? ? ? ]

[Laughing to death, I still prefer to see the Americans' unruly look. ]

[Want to cooperate now? It's too late! ]

[Strongly request to refuse cooperation! Let the Americans go and have fun by themselves! ]

[Agree! Who cares about the little money and backward aerospace technology of the Americans? Maybe they see that we are ahead and want to come in and steal the technology. ]

[It's incredible. Last year, the two countries were almost fighting in the aerospace competition, but this year they actually took the initiative to admit defeat? ]

[Normal. You have to know who is in charge now. Businessmen will not get up early without profit. ]

The United States took the initiative to give up the space race in the aerospace field and chose to cooperate with competitors to enter the new era of space.

It has to be said that this news has caused a considerable degree of heated discussion on the Internet. Not only China, but also netizens in the European Union, Japan, South Korea and other countries have expressed surprise and surprise, and feel incredible.

You know, if it was put more than a decade ago, or even five years ago, the United States was still the world's number one in the aerospace field.

Even if they have declined, they still have an undisputed voice in space.

However, now, in this field that Americans have always regarded as pride and glory, they actually bowed their heads and took their money and technology to actively seek peace with their competitors.

This subversive change is indeed something that many people have never thought of, and it can't help but make people sigh.

In the face of the wheel of the times, no matter how powerful a country is, if it does not make progress, it will only rely on its historical achievements. Even if it has a strong family background, it will inevitably decline.

However, for other countries, this news that makes people want to eat melons is completely different for the American people.

Although the White House's internal rhetoric is that the "Wolf Clause" and the "New Competition Act" are outdated and no longer suitable for the current situation, today's space development requires the unity of the world's strength. NASA is still working hard to develop aerospace technology and is about to launch a manned Mars landing project, etc., and has never given up the development of the aerospace field and space technology.

But it is obvious that this set of rhetoric is not so easy to convince people.

Especially more than 5 billion US dollars and various aerospace technology assistance, which makes many Americans feel incredible.

China is their rival in the space race! They actually paid money and provided technology to help their competitors?

In the eyes of many Americans, especially those fanatics who regard aerospace as the glory and symbol of the United States, this is simply unacceptable.

One after another, protests directly occupied 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, and also occupied the streets of Washington, D.C.

"Is the White House crazy? Giving up the development of the aerospace field is equivalent to giving up all the future! The United States will no longer be great. Without the moon and Mars, we will lose all the opportunities for space development!"

"NASA is shit! It wastes tens of billions of taxpayers' money every year, but does things that shame all of us and the entire country together!"

"I really can't understand why a field that has been leading for decades and everyone is proud of will be surpassed by opponents in just two years!"

"This can only show that the institution that controls this field is really rubbish!"

Soon, those who regarded aerospace as an honor, or surrendered to the protest authorities, thinking that they gave up the pride of aerospace, took to the streets.

They protested the decision of the authorities and the old men on Capitol Hill with angry words and banners, and threw stinky cheese and stinky shoes at the door of NASA headquarters to protest their failure, bringing shame to the entire United States and all Americans.

In the building of NASA headquarters.

Standing in his office, Bill Nelson looked down at the protesting procession on the street downstairs, with a blank expression on his face and no thoughts.

As the person with the most say in the aerospace field in the world in the past few years, his words and deeds have always been regarded as the vane of the development of the global aerospace field.

However, now, this vane can no longer indicate which field the aerospace field should develop and move forward.

Instead, it is the red flag that he doesn't want to see more than anyone else.

His eyes fell on the parade team, staring at the crowd downstairs for a long time, and the director of NASA finally moved his lips and cursed in a weak voice.

"A bunch of self-righteous idiots!"

No one wants to lead NASA more than him, and no one wants to restore the glory of the United States in the field of aerospace and stand in the position of space hegemony again.

But the reality is that no matter how hard they try, it will be useless.

Perhaps the reason is the completion of controlled nuclear fusion technology, or the establishment of the scientific research institution called Xinghai Research Institute, or perhaps the United States has declined and is no longer able to support them to return to the position of space hegemony.

In short, the reason why they have come to this point in the field of aerospace is very complicated and destined.

The wheel of the times has never stopped turning because of anyone's footsteps.

Whether it is the United States or NASA today, they have long lost the ability to rebuild the strength of space hegemony.

Let alone the development of aerospace, even the two more important fields of energy and chip manufacturing have been or are being lost step by step.

For the current United States, if they want to keep the seeds of hope and rise again, they must give up many of their original interests.

These idiots have no idea how much they paid in order to participate in the scientific research projects of the Chinese, to learn more advanced aerospace technology and to occupy a place in the future space development.

The abolition of the "Wolf Clause", "New Competition Act" and other aerospace clauses signed more than a decade ago, and the investment of 5 billion US dollars are just the conditions on the surface.

In this glamorous world, in the corners that these people who only protest can't see, they paid more benefits in exchange for this seed of hope.

But now, these things have nothing to do with him.

After all, in less than a month, he, the director of NASA, should bear all the "stigma" and roll out of this building in disgrace.

At the same time, on the other side, Mars is tens of millions of kilometers away.

It has successfully landed on the Hanhai space shuttle in the Corinto crater in the Elysium Plains on the equator of Mars.

Wearing a space suit, the only female astronaut Liu Yang is studying the Martian microbial samples collected from the Cabro secondary crater in a cabin that was temporarily cleared out to serve as a biological research laboratory.

That's right, the microorganisms found on Mars this time were discovered by Tang Hongbo in the Cabro secondary crater.

At a depth of about ten to twelve meters underground, in the area where the underground clay soil and the ice layer intersect and interweave, there are at least three different forms of microorganisms.

This is only determined by some crude observation equipment carried on the Hanhai.

Due to the limited observation conditions and the fact that none of the six astronauts are biologists, the observations they can make on these "little lives" on Mars are extremely limited.

At present, in addition to observing the morphology, structure, and appearance of these three microorganisms with optical microscopes and electron microscopes, nothing is known about how they reproduce, eat, what they eat, how they move, whether they are harmful to the human body, and whether they will cause damage to the earth's ecological environment.

Moreover, except for the initial contact with active Martian microorganisms without knowing it, all subsequent experiments were observed as ‘specimens’.

That is, these Martian microorganisms were first killed by inactivation means and then sliced ​​or peeled before observation.

This plan was taken by the Xiashu Space Base after receiving the news and urgently contacting the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

And the first batch of people who ‘accidentally’ came into contact with these active Martian microorganisms, as well as the space suits, were all sterilized at high temperature.

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The only imperfection is that when the Mars landing team knew that these rock samples collected from the underground contained Martian life, they had already boarded the Hanhai space shuttle.

In the indoor environment of the space shuttle, when these specimens were initially tested by scientific research equipment, two people had already come into contact with these rock cores without the protection of space suits.

Although it was not a completely unprotected contact, there was still a certain degree of risk.

If these Martian microorganisms are harmful to the human body, they may pose a greater risk to the life safety of the two astronauts and may also be transmitted to other people.

So after the six astronauts who were on Mars had discussed, the four astronauts who had already landed contacted the Earth Command Center to discuss and modify the landing process.

They will stay on Mars, relying on the sufficient supplies carried by the two space shuttles to get through the next period of time, and wait for the arrival of the next batch of scientific researchers and supplies and equipment.

After all, there is no biological expert in the six-person team on Mars, and they know nothing about how to study these microorganisms on Mars.

Even Liu Yang, who has the highest academic qualifications, barely had a little knowledge of chemistry during his doctoral studies, which is not enough to solve the dilemma they are facing now.

"Liu Yang, do a check first."

Just as Liu Yang was observing these small lives on Mars with a microscope, the hatch opened automatically, and Zhai Zhigang, wearing a space suit in the cabin, walked in, carrying small equipment such as a physiological signal test box and an electrocardiogram recorder in his hands.

Although extravehicular space suits have built-in life sign detection devices, they are not available when they are inside the space shuttle or space station.

Since they came into contact with these Martian microorganisms, physiological indicators such as electrocardiogram, respiration, and body temperature have increased from three times a day in the cabin to once every four hours.

In addition, blood samples are taken twice a day to detect whether there are any abnormalities in the blood, etc.

After all, no one knows whether they have been infected by these alien microorganisms.

After spending some time to complete the entire set of physiological health tests, Zhai Zhigang glanced at the data on the tablet and breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he looked at Liu Yang and asked, "The physical examination data is normal at present. Do you feel any discomfort or abnormality in your body?"

Liu Yang thought seriously for a while, shook his head and said, "Not yet."

"Okay." Zhai Zhigang nodded, breathed a sigh of relief and said with concern: "If there is any abnormality in the body, you must report to me as soon as possible."

"Well, I know." Liu Yang nodded and replied.

After putting away the medical examination equipment on the table, Zhai Zhigang looked at the experimental table and asked with some curiosity: "What are the current observation results of these Martian microorganisms?"

Hearing the question, Liu Yang's eyes moved away from the camera, shook his head gently, and said: "I am not a biologist, I don't know much."

"And the headquarters does not allow us to conduct live observations and experiments, so it is difficult to know their life forms and activities."

"But."

After a slight pause, she walked aside, picked up a glass box that served as a temporary container from the table, picked it up, and continued.

"But what is certain is that among the three currently identified microorganisms, one may be a silicon-based life form, at least its surface is covered with a layer of silicide."

"From the results of the spectrometer, its surface covering material includes silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, oxygen, hydrogen and other elements. These elements are obviously built together with silicon as the core."

"Under an electron microscope, this surface presents a quadrilateral between regular and irregular, which looks a little like glass, but with a wisp of white lines in it."

"Personally, I speculate that these white lines may be blood vessels similar to the human body structure? Or nerve structures?"

"I can't make too many judgments about the other two microorganisms. They look a bit like bacteria on Earth."

After a pause, she continued: "In short, there are too many mysteries. If you want to fully understand these small lives on Mars, I'm afraid you can only wait for the next batch of professionals to come and study them."

Liu Yang shook her head and briefly described the results of the experimental observations, with a strong interest and curiosity in her eyes.

She is very interested in these small lives on Mars, but unfortunately she is not a biologist.

Zhai Zhigang: "Have all these data been recorded and sent back to Earth?"

"Yes."

Liu Yang nodded and said: "It has been sorted out and sent back to Earth through the Guihai Tide. I will collect more useful information and data later."

These preliminary observation data will be sent back to Earth in full for biologists and medical staff on Earth to carefully analyze and judge.

On the one hand, it is to understand the situation of these Martian lives.

On the other hand, it is to judge what harm they may have and the corresponding treatment drugs, so that the next Mars supply can send them the corresponding guarantee drugs.

Although these Martian lives are not necessarily harmful to the human body, it is always right to be prepared just in case.