This star is going to the moon

Chapter 202 The prelude to the space race begins again!

"Sir, since you mentioned the Wan Hu rocket, I'd like to talk to you about it."

The staff member of the Hanchu National Space Administration said seriously, "You said that our new reusable rocket is very similar to the Wanhu rocket, which is normal, because the Wanhu rocket was copied from our new rocket."

"After our investigation, we found that the historical legends about 'Wan Hu' actually originated from our Hanqie country, but it was simply culturally appropriated by that fellow Lu Yun..."

The visitor didn't react when a reporter suddenly rushed over and asked excitedly, "Excuse me, is everything you said true? Did Lu Yun's 'Wan Hu' rocket really plagiarize your design?"

The staff of the Hanchu National Space Agency said confidently: "Of course!"

"Great! Can you tell me more about it? I must expose this ugly situation!"

"No problem, please sit down and talk..."

The visitors who were left aside were speechless. He, who was learning Chinese, actually verified a Chinese idiom on the spot.

Similar smells.

His name is Adrian. He is currently an editor at a well-known aerospace public account. He has also been in the "World Space Enthusiasts Group" for a few years. He is the one who said in the group that he wanted to learn Chinese and visit the Chinese community.

The International Astronautical Congress was finally held in the United States, and he wanted to have a dialogue with Lu Yun on the spot. As a result, Lu Yun and Blue Star Aerospace Company were sanctioned and could not come.

Then he settled for the next best thing and decided to talk to someone from the China National Space Administration. It would be best if they could talk about China's future space planning, so that the official account could have several episodes.

As a result, the entire aerospace team of Lao Zhong did not come!

What the hell is this?

"Hey, is that Adrien?"

Adrian turned his head when he heard that and found that it was a group member.

"Hey, Big Rocket, you're here after all!"

"Haha, of course, wherever there's aerospace, there I am!"

"Big Rocket" is his online name. His real name is Val. He is a former NASA employee and now a major aerospace blogger. He has more fans than Adrian's official account.

When he saw his good friend, Adrian told him about the strange thing that had just happened, and Val told him that it was normal.

"I participated in a cooperative project with them when I was still at NASA. Later, I became an aerospace blogger and personally visited the poor country to visit their space agency and interview their engineers. Their entire country is like that."

“Although our launch vehicles are not even as good as our northern neighbor’s, our mentality is very strange.”

"So that's it..."

Since they were talking about the other side of the ocean, the Chinese were definitely unavoidable. Val knew much more information than Adrian and knew that the Americans had blocked the visa and did not allow the Chinese to come.

Adrian sighed, "It seems the situation from decades ago is about to start again."

Val shrugged nonchalantly. "Look at it this way. It's good for our careers. We'll have more news to report and we'll earn more money."

"The National Space Council will hold a press conference soon. Let's hear what the Deputy Commander has to say. After all, we're not just here to visit, we also have work to do."

Adrian said helplessly: "You're right."

When the two walked towards the press conference, they found that questions were being collected on the big screen, and the top question was "Why didn't the Chinese come?"

The two smiled at each other and cast their votes.

At the press conference, Vice President Mike Pence, who also heads the National Space Council, said bluntly: "We want to promote international space cooperation led by us, and we will only cooperate with countries that share our values ​​and love freedom."

Although everyone pretty much understood it, the blunt words spoken by the American senior officials still caused an uproar at the scene.

"It looks like the space race is starting up again."

"It's actually already started, this press conference just made it public."

"I think so too, but I think it's a good thing. During the last space race, humans imagined living in cities on the moon and Mars. But after the space race ended, we're still stuck on Earth, unable to even land on the moon, let alone build the lunar cities we once imagined." "Indeed, if we had followed the timeline of the last space race, we should be holding an international astronautical conference on the moon by now, and the conference would be about the development of Mars."

"Impossible. The last space race was simply unsustainable. Don't you notice how horribly insane this time around is? It's because everyone knows the last space race was insane."

"Hey, let's have some fun. After the press conference, we'll have to answer the hot questions. This time, the top question is 'Why didn't the senior Chinese come?' Let's see how Peng Si answers..."

"Hahaha……"

At the same time, although it was late at night in Lao China, a large number of space enthusiasts were watching the live broadcast. They also wanted to see what new tricks other countries could come up with since Lao China did not go this time.

I was speechless when I saw the American senior officials say this so brazenly.

Especially the people from Blue Star Aerospace Company.

Yu Xingchen complained: "It really came. The Americans are really path-dependent. They just keep using whatever works."

"The key is that it doesn't work well," someone said, scratching their head. "If the Russians had died a few days later, it wouldn't be certain who would have died."

"Mr. Lu, what do you think?"

Yes, Lu Yun is here too.

Because of his participation as a reborn person, great changes have taken place in both the domestic and international aerospace fields. For example, the name "Starship" of Ma Yilong fell into his hands, and Ma Yilong's super rocket was forced to be called "Super Falcon".

In addition, because of the existence of his "Big Technology Integration Theory", the development of reusable rockets in various countries in this life came earlier than in the previous life and was more in full swing.

This also resulted in Ma Yilong's space fork not having a monopoly in the aerospace field like in his previous life.

Some countries are not in a hurry to buy SpaceX's launch services, and want to wait a few years to support their own domestic commercial aerospace companies.

Therefore, various aerospace exhibitions in this life will definitely be very different from the previous life, and Lu Yun needs to understand it.

It now seems that the theme of this exhibition has not changed, and the Americans still want to put the space race on the table.

But in this life, the situation is different.

Easy to attack and defend!

"What do you think?"

Lu Yun stretched lazily: "Sit and watch."

"Given the current situation, the Americans will inevitably launch a second space race sooner or later. It's just a matter of time. Perhaps they think now is the right time."

"But...look, they created a situation that immediately backfired on them."

In the live broadcast, Peng Si paused after seeing the question, then said, "I think... it might be due to a schedule conflict, so their space agency representative was unable to attend this conference. I'm very sorry."

"We in America very much welcome international cooperation, just like the International Space Station, which is now operating perfectly."

"As for our Artemis program for returning to the moon, more and more countries are signing up for cooperation. Those who don't want to cooperate with us clearly don't love freedom enough."

Many people laughed when they heard this.

Yu Xingchen and the others smiled speechlessly.

The emotions of the people at the International Astronautical Congress were more complicated.

Some people in the aerospace industry have already written a joint letter, arguing that Peng Si's speech goes against the purpose of the International Astronautical Congress.

However, representatives from some countries were ready to go and showed excited smiles.

"Now it's our turn to perform!"

(End of this chapter)