This star is going to the moon

Chapter 95 A real man cannot live without power for a day!
The time difference between the two sides of the ocean is very large. When it is night in China, it is just morning in the United States.

Ma Yilong was attending a "Return to the Moon" meeting at NASA headquarters in Huashengtun, the capital, hoping to get more orders and initiative for the company. As he liked to stay up late, he had just woken up when the National Space Council came to him.

Then he was met with a barrage of questions, leaving him with a face full of question marks.

"Gentlemen, although I am not a native-born Old New Yorker, I already obtained Star-Spangled citizenship when Space Fork was founded."

"Even the Supreme Commander has praised me as 'one of my country's greatest geniuses.' How could I possibly violate my country's ban and sell advanced aerospace technology to the enemy?"

"Besides, I've already described Blue Star Aerospace as my 'follower'. This is definitely not a compliment for an aerospace technology company that yearns for the stars. So, we have a grudge against each other and there is absolutely no chance of cooperation!"

The National Space Commission knew about what Ma Yilong said. If it weren't for these things, the commission would not have come to him for questioning. Instead, it would have used a "big memory recovery technique" first and then asked!

Just when Ma Yilong thought he had passed the test, the committee's next words made his face look grim.

"Mr. Ma, as far as we know, you seem to have criticized the President's restrictive immigration policy, saying that restricting immigration will hinder the development of our country's technology industry. We are great because we attract global talent. Without global talent, we cannot realize the President's promise of 'making us great again'?"

Ma Yilong: "..."

"Also, Mr. Ma, we've discovered that Space Fork has a large number of Asian employees, particularly those of Chinese descent. They've now developed a reusable rocket at a speed that defies scientific principles, and they've succeeded in one go. Previously, only your company, Space Fork, possessed complete reusable rocket technology. How do you explain this?"

Ma Yilong: "..."

numb!

You are all so capable of making such associations, how else can you explain it?

Ever since the blond businessman moved into the white house, Ma Yilong has often interacted with him in a friendly manner. Especially after the blond businessman restarted the "Return to the Moon" plan, Ma Yilong liked him even more.

But since the Golden Hair Businessman withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement, the relationship between the two has changed, and Ma Yilong began to criticize the Golden Hair Businessman.

This is even more true after the introduction of restrictive immigration policies.

Because SpaceX really has a lot of employees of "certain ethnicity", or purely foreign employees, the majority of whom are Indian programmers and Chinese engineers.

Ma Yilong would definitely not authorize the company to cooperate with Blue Star Aerospace. As for whether some engineers would do something behind the scenes... he really couldn't be sure.

Ever since he learned the date of the Wanhu rocket's maiden flight, he asked someone to find all the relevant papers and patents of Blue Star Aerospace, because he was very curious about how Blue Star Aerospace did it.

Then he instantly discovered that the backbone of Blue Star Aerospace was the young man named Lu Yun, and he also discovered that the Wanhu rocket did have many similarities with the Falcon 9.

But this thing is just like the lift shape of an airplane's wing. The atmosphere is like that, the lift principle is also like that, and the related technologies for rocket recovery are similar.

But after careful study, Ma Yilong still discovered subtle differences between the Wanhu rocket and the Falcon 9. Because of the advantages of the entire industrial chain of Laos and China, the per-kilogram freight cost of the Wanhu rocket may, probably, or perhaps be much cheaper than that of the Falcon 9!
In this case, the only way to maintain the "advantage" of the Falcon 9 is to rely on the US space ban to strictly prohibit other countries from cooperating with China.

Which company would cultivate such a formidable competitor for itself...

Watching Ma Yilong brainstorming, the committee members exchanged glances and warned each other, "Mr. Ma, we know better than anyone what capitalists dare to do. I think you should hand it in sooner rather than later..."

Ma Yilong, who was brainstorming, suddenly woke up and said quickly, "I understand. I agree that the committee will come to Space Fork to conduct an investigation."

"And to support the development of the space industry, I would like to donate $1000 million to the committee's space fund and provide the committee with $200 million in lobbying funds to support the '2024 Return to the Moon Plan' lobbying activities..."

Hearing Ma Yilong say this, the committee member immediately smiled and stretched out his hand, saying, "Mr. Ma, I see your loyalty and believe that your company is pure, but some procedures..."

Ma Yilong shook hands with the other party and said, "I understand. You are also serving the country..."

The tense and oppressive atmosphere just now dissipated instantly. The two sides chatted for a while and then dispersed. The committee member went back to arrange the review process for Space Fork, while Ma Yilong ordered people to deal with the upcoming review.

However, looking at the departing convoy, Ma Yilong said: "It seems that being just a businessman is not enough. I remember there is an old saying on the other side of the ocean..." "Big people can't be without power for a day!"

"It seems I have to change my development strategy."

"Then there's Lu Yun, an unexpected figure. I remember that Blue Star Aerospace will also be attending the International Astronautical Congress in October. I'm really looking forward to meeting him there..."

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"Ah!"

Yu Xingchen asked Lu Yun: "Are you okay? Don't catch a cold?"

"It's okay." Lu Yun shook his head.

The night sky in the Gobi Desert is exceptionally beautiful, especially when Lu Yun thinks about the successful maiden flight of the rocket he designed and manufactured during the day, and the sending of the satellite he designed and manufactured into the predetermined orbit, he feels that the night sky of Dongfeng Space City is even more beautiful.

However, the temperature difference between day and night in the Gobi Desert is quite large, so you should wear short sleeves during the day and at least a thick coat at night.

Lu Yun wrapped his coat around himself and turned his gaze towards the Wan Hu rocket launch platform. "Is the tower okay? Does it meet the design requirements for rapid launch?"

"The staff are almost done with the inspection. The progress is currently 95%, and everything meets the requirements."

"Then there's no problem," Lu Yun nodded. "The recovery yard conducted a simple data analysis of the landed first stage and reached a conclusion that there's no problem. However, we have to wait until it's transported back to the technical workshop in Dongfeng Aerospace City for a detailed disassembly and analysis."

"The next launch will probably be by the end of the year. You can negotiate the specific payload. I won't take care of it."

Seeing Yu Xingchen nod, Lu Yun continued, "In the past two years, the annual launch frequency of the Wanhu rocket will probably not exceed double digits. Although the maiden flight was successful, it is still in the research stage, and each recovery requires a complete disassembly and analysis."

"However, the annual launch volume will increase in the future, so our self-built maintenance workshops must keep up, and the construction of landing sites in various launch directions must also keep up."

"We also need to discuss the self-built launch station at the Binhai Launch Center. Land-based recovery has many restrictions, so sea-based recovery is more convenient, and we can even recover the fairing..."

Yu Xingchen wrote it down bit by bit, then laughed and said, "We made quite a commotion this time, and Ma Yilong in Space Fork must be feeling bad."

"As a new space rookie, he can't fit into the Boeing-controlled aerospace complex. Now, the Starliner and Dragon spacecraft are competing for the US manned spacecraft contract, and later on, they'll also compete for manned lunar landings. Boeing will definitely try to mess with him. If they get involved, the US aerospace industry could be in turmoil."

Lu Yun also laughed when he heard this.

Yu Xingchen studied abroad in the United States and knew the nature of the situation there, while Lu Yun was reborn from the future and knew that the Americans and Boeing had done a lot of weird things in the future.

"When we meet at the International Astronautical Congress in October, I'll give him a big gift. It will probably be even more interesting."

"Oh," Yu Xingchen said, a little confused. "Is that the new 'starship' PPT you made?"

"Although it's a bit bigger than Ma Yilong's 'Big Falcon Rocket,' yours is just a PowerPoint presentation, and his big rocket is already under construction. Would he care that much?"

Lu Yun curled his lips when he heard this. This is what the reborn people know.

It's not the size that matters, it's the name.

"Then we'll have to wait and see. After this wave, I'll take a few days off, and then 'You Are My Glory' will probably start filming."

Yu Xingchen was stunned when he heard this.

That’s right, Lu Yun was originally a movie star...

(End of this chapter)