This star is going to the moon

Chapter 479 Prime ministers rise from local government, fierce generals emerge from the ranks, and leaders of the space age must have been to space!
Lu Yun wasn't the one who spearheaded sending those people to see space, but he did do some minor work.

For example, he wrote some internal reports, sharing his insights from his space trip as a scientist and manager of a large company.

In addition, it provides a safer and more convenient space shuttle, allowing ordinary people to easily travel to space.

Since Gagarin first entered space, the space age has begun for all mankind, and countless people have wanted to go to space to see it.

Unfortunately, early space technology was not advanced enough. Not only could ordinary people not go to space, but even the chief designer of a spacecraft could not go to space.

With the continuous improvement and development of aerospace technology, and with more and more astronauts returning from space submitting their insights and reports, many experts and scholars from both China and Laos want the "Big Dipper," the highest authority in the country, to go to space at an appropriate time.

If conditions permit, we could even invite the top leaders of other countries to visit space.

In space, national borders become blurred, and administrators can directly experience the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind.

This helps to enhance mutual understanding, reduce conflict, and promote international cooperation and exchange.

Furthermore, the participation of a country's administrators in space activities can demonstrate the country's scientific and technological strength and overall national power.

It can enhance international influence and voice, and strengthen soft power.

After all, no matter how many aliens your country's military fights in the movie, or even if the president personally flies a plane to fight aliens, it has more impact than a real country's leader going to space.

This behavior can also showcase the country's space achievements, enhance national pride and cohesion, and inspire the public to contribute to the country's development.

In addition, a space trip by national administrators can inspire public interest in science, encourage young people to engage in scientific research, cultivate innovative spirit, and improve the scientific literacy of the entire population.

Moreover, space exploration requires cutting-edge technology, and the personal involvement of national administrators can promote technological innovation and industrial upgrading, facilitate the development of high-tech industries, and drive progress in related fields.

In general, when a country's top leader goes to space, it has a positive impact on individuals, the country, and the world, and helps to promote the progress of human civilization.

And the conditions are now quite ripe.

Although manned spacecraft were already quite safe before, the conditions for the highest-level administrators to go to space were not yet ripe.

After all, not to mention professional astronauts, even non-professional astronauts need to train for several months before they can travel to space on a manned spacecraft. The country's top leader simply doesn't have that much time to train.

Now, it's much easier. To travel to space in the Kite-class space shuttle, you only need to do some training one or two days in advance.

Furthermore, the physical requirements are extremely low, and the age of the top manager, who is in his sixties or seventies, is not a problem at all.

In particular, the "Ingenuity" space shuttle now flies into space once a week, which has fully proven the feasibility of this.

Therefore, the "Tian Shu," the head of the seven stars of the nation, agreed long ago, and the other six stars also agreed.

That's why the director of the space agency dared to say those things in the interview.

"...On the 11th, the Space Agency's Manned Spaceflight Office will receive a Kite-class space shuttle, and its name will be announced on the same day..."

The preparations made by China's space agency for receiving the Mu-Yuan-class space shuttle did not begin today. After deciding to purchase the space shuttle, the agency sent an astronaut training group to learn how to pilot, ride, and use the Mu-Yuan-class space shuttle.

Many people know about this, including some ordinary people, since they have seen astronauts from the China National Space Administration at the Binhai Space Airport more than once or twice.

Those astronauts are all well-known astronauts who have been to space; many people know them.

What's truly astonishing is that "Tian Shu" is also going to space! [Awesome!!]

If the plan for Tian Shu to go into space actually comes to fruition, it feels like the space age will take another giant leap forward.

Indeed, this is even more significant than Lu Yun going to space in a space shuttle he designed and manufactured himself.

Yes, the symbolic meanings are different.

Prime ministers must rise from the ranks of local officials, and valiant generals must emerge from the ranks of soldiers. Talented individuals for governing a country should be selected from those who practice at the grassroots level. And as we enter the space age, those who guide the direction of the nation must personally go to space to see for themselves!

That makes sense. I've read many reflections from people who have been to space, and they all say they benefited greatly from the experience. Tian Shu's trip to space should give him new insights into the future direction of the country's development.

[I didn't think that far ahead. I just thought it was so awesome that our country's Tian Shu went to space... something that would greatly enhance our national influence, wouldn't other countries' leaders follow suit?]

Good grief, how do we even begin to follow this?

[Exactly, other countries don't have good space shuttles, and if we use our space shuttle to go into space, it won't increase our national influence, right?]

It's hard to say. Large countries would likely have such concerns, but small countries certainly wouldn't, since their citizens know their countries lack manned spaceflight capabilities.

Currently, only three countries have manned spaceflight capabilities: China, the United States, and Russia. If our leader were to actually travel to space in a space shuttle, the Russian emperor might actually dare to take a trip to space aboard their Soyuz spacecraft. After all, he's quite old and still dares to fly fighter jets and bombers. However, it's a different story for the US's old man, Deng Xiaoping. He's already eighty years old and his health is very fragile; he probably couldn't withstand the turbulence and acceleration of the Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Indeed, if the US still had the Space Shuttle, that would be a different story; they sent a 77-year-old astronaut into space at the end of the last century. But they don't have that capability now.

[Haha, we don't need to worry about that. The advantage is in our hands; it's up to the other two to decide what to do!]

I feel it might be one of the other three, after all, India is also developing a manned space program, and it keeps proclaiming itself a major power, so it's probably going to step up its efforts.

[Right, right, wasn't it said that Brother San was going to test a manned spacecraft? Why is there no sound...]

Indeed, India's astronauts are all training with Russia...

Actually, everyone's comments about India are just casual remarks. Those in the know are aware that India's "Gaganyang" manned spaceflight program was launched in 2004.

It was the second year after Laos and China achieved their first manned spaceflight.

As an Indian who always wants to compete with the Chinese, it is very good at choosing its timing.

Their initial goal was to achieve their first manned spaceflight within ten years, by 2014.

As a result, it has been delayed so long that we still haven't seen a complete spaceship. What we've shown everyone are either 1:1 models or technical prototypes.

Therefore, whether they are experts or just spectators, no one believes that India can accomplish the feat of manned spaceflight on its own in a short period of time.

Now, after saying this, netizens started looking for information on foreign websites, trying to find out what foreigners think about the Chinese man's Tian Shu going to space.
And should Xiong Da and the US president "accept the challenge"?
Everyone knows that the five permanent members of the UN Security Council are divided into the upper three and the lower two. We won't go into the lower two, but many things about the upper three are one-to-one correspondences.

Putting everything else aside, let's just talk about aircraft carriers.

Even with the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier in such a state, we still have to work hard to maintain it because both UN Security Council members have aircraft carriers, and it can't be without one.

Now that the Chinese have come up with something really tough, will the US and China follow suit?
(End of this chapter)