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Chapter 75 Lin Ran’s Plan

The last live explosion was embarrassing enough. If the astronauts died in space this time, it would be even more embarrassing.

Of course, Lin Ran knew that the control system was faulty, but the fault did not affect Shepard's return to Earth alive by his own strength.

So Lin Ran was not panicked at all.

Lin Ran explained: "Sometimes not reminding is much more effective than reminding.

Anyway, I have a complete plan, let's discuss it after we return to Redstone Base."

"But."

"Director, there's no buts. One failure won't affect the overall situation. It's only if NASA continues to be lazy that our goal of landing on the moon will be affected."

The complete report of the accident in the JFK Library gave Lin Ran full confidence. He knew this was a rare opportunity.

There was an accident. Was it a big one? It was a big one, but it didn't cause any casualties, making it a perfect solo performance for him.

After returning to the Redstone Base, Lin Ran finally shared his observations and subsequent plans:
"Mr. Weber, based on my observations, there is a serious fault in the Freedom 7's automatic attitude control system. This fault is not a system fault but a hardware fault. The capacitor failure will cause the system to be unable to correct the aircraft's attitude flip.

This is because NASA's testing was too rough, quality control management was almost zero, the entire design lacked redundant systems, and the testing procedures were perfunctory.

What we need is to completely reverse this situation and rebuild people's confidence in NASA.

So this would be the best opportunity.”

James Webb vaguely grasped Lin Ran's idea: "We need to prove that there are huge problems with NASA now, and it has reached a point where it must be corrected.

But if the cost was the lives of the astronauts, I'm afraid the subsequent declassification would cause an uproar."

As a politician, James Webb didn't really care about the sacrifice of the astronauts. What he cared about was that if it was later proved that they knew there was a problem with the spacecraft, but still let the astronauts go up and take the risk, it would be a bit like deliberate murder.

Lin Ran corrected him, "Who said we should let astronauts go up there?

Before launching, why don't we just replace the astronauts with gorillas?"

Lin Ran continued to explain his complete plan:
"What I want to do is predict, predict in advance that this launch will fail, invite all the newspaper reporters to the scene, predict in advance, and let them witness the failure of the first step of NASA's Mercury project.

Let them witness the explosion of Freedom 7 in the air, and prove that the past NASA was not good enough. If we want to make NASA good enough, we must rely on our efforts.

Completely transform NASA based on the existing NASA.

I hope to invite all the major newspapers in the country to watch the event in person, and then drop the prophecy note into a sealed box in advance under the witness of the reporters.

After Freedom 7 explodes, open the box and show the prophetic note to everyone.

At the same time, this is also a deterrent to the current NASA parasites. As laymen, we can see the problems that you have not discovered at a glance.

Doesn't this just demonstrate the incompetence of NASA under Keith Greenan? And does it also demonstrate that we have the power to transform NASA?

Lin Ran was moved by what he said about James Webb.

He realized that once this was accomplished, it would reduce resistance to his reforms and accelerate the process.

But the problem is, what if it succeeds?

This is entirely based on trust in Lin Ran.

NASA's failure is certainly gratifying, but if NASA had succeeded, wouldn't they have instantly become clowns? "Professor Lin, what if Freedom 7 didn't explode in mid-air as you suspected, but instead successfully returned to Earth?" James Webb asked.

The main reason is that Lin Ran was the only one who oversaw the entire plan from beginning to end, and it was impossible for James Webb to ask other experts from NASA whether this problem really existed.

The entire plan was based entirely on Lin Ran's ability. Lin Ran was a master of mathematics and had the endorsement of Haynes and John Morgan, but he discovered the problem at a glance that thousands of NASA experts and engineers had not discovered.

No matter how much James Webb trusted the other party, he couldn't help but have doubts in his heart, not to mention that he couldn't even trust Lin Ran's aerospace capabilities.

Because if this plan is allowed to be reviewed by other NASA experts, the entire plan will collapse if it is leaked.

Regardless of whether the problem Lin Ran mentioned exists or not, it will bring serious consequences.

If there is a problem, then you two discovered it but didn't tell us, wanting to make everyone look bad, and even let the astronauts risk their lives, so their prestige will be wiped out.

If the problem does not exist, it proves that there is a problem with Lin Ran's professionalism. James Webb does not want Lin Ran to have any problems at the moment.

So James Webb had to be cautious.

Lin Ran explained: "Doesn't this just show that NASA has achieved a great victory after the change of personnel?

As for the prediction note that was sealed before, everyone just pretended it didn't happen.

The box can be made into a mechanism that appears sealed but is actually not sealed.

Our aim is to manipulate public opinion.

It actually contains two slips of paper, one containing failed predictions and the other containing successful predictions.

If it fails, a random reporter present will open the box and take out the prediction note.

If successful, a person who has been prepared in advance will take out a letter of congratulations from the compartment.

Who says we have to follow the rules of the game?

Although Lin Ran was 95% sure that Freedom 7 would be destroyed, what if it succeeded?

At the same time, in order to convince James Webb, he also had to prepare two complete sets of plans.

After listening to this, James Webb was moved.

"There is one more thing, that is, if Freedom 7 is successful, and we replace the astronauts with monkeys." James Webb asked the last question.

Lin Ran said: "This just shows that our management style is different from that of the previous NASA and we are more rigorous.

Should we first send human-like primates into space, and then, once they are safe, send human astronauts into space?"

Lin Ran's design was comprehensive and had obviously impressed James Webb.

Because once their plan succeeded, Freedom 7 exploded in full view of numerous reporters, and they also predicted the explosion in advance.

This will not only help him transform NASA, but also greatly enhance NASA's credibility among the public. Although NASA's credibility is based on Lin Ran, it is much better than before.

Because Lin Ran's plan was well thought out and the consequences of success were great enough, James Webb made up his mind.

"Okay, I'll report to Mr. President as soon as possible. If it's okay, then we'll be ready to take action."

(End of this chapter)