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Chapter 1593 From one failure to another (third update, please subscribe)
"On TV and in the newspapers, people were talking about the Soviet victory, but they were talking about Pearl Harbor."

At the official residence, Wang Guoqiang, the Chinese representative to Washington, who had just returned from the United States, reported:

"For the whole of America, the blow suffered this time is even greater than the Pearl Harbor incident. Almost all Americans, whether men, women, old people or children, believe that the Soviets must be defeated at all costs!"

Wang Guoqiang then emphasized:
"Of course, in the field of space, in Washington, some senators, led by McCarthy, have submitted a bill to investigate the moon landing program, to investigate why the United States lost this competition and to investigate the impact of external resistance on the United States' failure in this competition."

When he heard the name of his old friend, the corners of Li Yian's mouth curled up. With his intervention, this old friend did not challenge the military beyond his capabilities.

Because of this, McCarthy was not banished to the sidelines. Instead, he continued to play a role as a senator in Washington, but his limelight had faded.

But now, the failure of the moon landing race gave McCarthy an opportunity, and he picked up the stick again.

"This guy always seizes opportunities that others don't see."

Li Yian smiled and said.

"Yes, sir. When I left Washington, the investigation committee organized by McCarthy had already started its work, and they had reached a preliminary consensus that the US moon landing plan was affected by various political factors."

This is McCarthy!

He can always find some reasons to explain some failures. This time he did not point the finger at the other party, but pointed the finger at himself.

"He believed that some members of Congress had obstructed the implementation of the moon landing program, affecting the smooth progress of the moon landing program in terms of funding and other aspects."

Wang Guoqiang thought for a moment and then said:
"Given the current situation in Washington, the White House definitely needs a scapegoat, and McCarthy's investigation may help the White House out.

Of course, this investigation will also help the US space industry. After all, devoting all efforts to the development of space technology has become a kind of political correctness in the United States.

No congressman would criticize the space program for costing too much money. Not only that, many people in Congress advocated that there should be more money to defeat the Soviets. Some even asked NASA to develop a plan to land on Mars.

“Land on Mars!”

Li Yian was stunned for a moment and said.

"These Americans can really think of something."

While expressing his emotion, Li Yian felt somewhat relieved in his heart.

Because the current all-in situation in the United States is exactly what he wants to see.

Faced with the fact that the Soviets landed on the moon first, the United States suffered an unprecedented psychological blow in the face of failure, but they immediately went all out to try to catch up with the Soviet Union and eventually surpass the Soviet Union in this field.

Whether catching up or surpassing, it requires a lot of investment, which means that the United States will invest more manpower and more funds in this track.

And what does this mean?

In other words, the United States will launch an unprecedented space race. As the loser, they will go all out to surpass the Soviets with a more ambitious goal.

And on this track, how could the Soviets, who are currently in the leading position, tolerate the United States overtaking them?

Therefore, the Soviets who received unprecedented honors, or more precisely, the medal emperor, would not sit idly by and watch the Soviet Union being surpassed. He would increase investment in the aerospace field like Khrushchev did, thus ensuring the Soviet Union's leading position.

Aerospace is not just aerospace. If we want to develop aerospace technology, we must promote development in all fields.

Compared with the arms race, this scientific competition will be the most valuable in the Cold War and the most exciting scene.

When the United States and the Soviet Union put part of their efforts into the space competition, to what extent would scientific development be promoted?

Think of this.

Li Yian couldn't help but feel full of anticipation.

Because this competition will be more intense and more exciting than ever in history.

In order to win this game, both the United States and the Soviet Union will spare no effort.

With this kind of push at all costs, the research results he achieves will be unprecedented!
"Mars,"

Feeling the Americans' "wild imagination", Li Yian said:
"If America wants to win this race, Mars may be their only chance!"

When saying this to Wang Guoqiang, Li Yian couldn't help but feel some sympathy for the Americans. In the past ten years, the blow suffered by the United States was unprecedented. First, the Soviet Union launched an artificial satellite, which brought a "Sputnik moment" to the United States. Lyndon Johnson, who was still a senator at the time, called it the "second Pearl Harbor incident."

As for the subsequent astronaut competition, the United States also fell behind again. The only thing that made them feel relieved was that they did not lose to the Soviet Union that time, but that SEA was ahead.

It is for this reason that the United States has turned its attention to the moon, trying to restore its prestige as the leader by landing on the moon.

After all, the two failures made the whole world begin to question the ability of this leader.

So, starting with Eisenhower, the "Apollo Project" became the top priority project, and in the Kennedy era, it became Kennedy's political tool - he tried to achieve this goal during his term, and as a result, he came up with a brilliant idea.

Then, before Lyndon Johnson could even get comfortable in his seat, the "second Pearl Harbor attack" that he had vowed to do happened again.

Thinking of the United States going from one failure to another, Li Yian couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for the American people. After all, they once thought they were number one on the blue planet, but this slap in the face is really painful!

Not once, but several times!
“What is the current state of the Americans?”

"Your Excellency, the successive blows suffered by the United States have disappointed the Americans. They never thought that the United States would suffer so many failures. Your Excellency, many people in the United States are now questioning whether the United States is number one on the blue planet. There is a general consensus among all walks of life in the United States that they have been completely surpassed by the Soviet Union."

Look, this is quite a severe blow to one's self-confidence!
Wang Guoqiang's answer made Li Yian sigh:
"Alas, the Americans are a little fragile. This kind of overtaking is only temporary. No one can always be at the forefront of science and technology. Moreover, the current lag of the United States in the field of aerospace is only temporary and harmless."

"Sir, although that is true, it is still a huge blow to American morale,"

While stressing the severe blow to morale, Wang Guoqiang also emphasized:

"But the Americans will definitely not give up because of this. They are trying their best to catch up. I believe that in the future, they will invest more energy in the field of aerospace. Maybe, they can really go to Mars. After all, this is about the honor of the country!"

Listening to Wang Guoqiang's judgment, Li Yian nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, it's about honor. Sometimes, honor is really important to people..."

Especially for the Americans who had won the Second World War and seemed to be thriving and arrogant, these loud slaps in the face made them dizzy and shattered their pride.

So, all that’s left is to give it your all.

The moon may be red now, but the United States will definitely catch up with it, and at all costs.

Isn't this space race more interesting than any arms race?

“This will be a whole new era!”

This will be a brand new era!

As time is about to enter the new year, the whole world seems to be boiling.

On November 11, the Soviet Union launched their lunar spacecraft, and three days later, Soviet astronaut Gagarin became the first human to land on the moon.

On December 12, the United States' Apollo 26 was finally launched. Three and a half days later, the lunar module of the Apollo 6 spacecraft landed. Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of millions of viewers around the world, Armstrong stepped onto the moon, but he was no longer the first person to land on the moon. There was no way to say the words "This is a small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind" anymore.

But even so, the fact that the United States matched the Soviet Union's achievement in just one month still attracted the attention of the world.

The sensation it caused in the Western world was no less than the Soviet Union's successful moon landing. Moreover, in the Vatican, the Pope personally prayed for the astronauts, a treatment that Soviet astronauts had never enjoyed.

A few days later, when Armstrong and his team successfully returned to Earth, the whole of America was cheering for this victory.
The White House has released a new plan - the United States will build a permanent space station on the moon.

This lunar space station is not only for scientific research, but in the near future it will be a transit station for humans to fly into distant outer space.

"Mars!
Asteroid!
In the next few decades, we will travel from the Moon to other planets and eventually beyond the solar system."

Lyndon Johnson's speech shocked the whole world. After all, he was issuing a challenge to the Soviet Union. Or he was telling the Soviet Union that the United States had chosen this track and now it was your turn to go all in.

The Soviet Union would simply not back down from such a challenge. The Soviet newspaper Pravda subsequently published an article in which Soviet scientists talked about the future prospects of the moon. Through the lunar soil collected from the moon, scientists discovered a variety of minerals on the moon.

"This also means that developing the moon is extremely possible."

The Soviet Union's lunar development plan was essentially a response to the challenge from the United States.

As the new year arrived, the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union continued to intensify.

(End of this chapter)