I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

"Mr. Lin, how is the progress of Xinyuan Company's manned lunar exploration project?"

Susanna, a black-haired Hispanic female reporter, was very excited. This was Lin Ju's first solo interview with a foreign media.

As a CBS reporter, she, like other colleagues, tried to send an interview invitation to this mysterious legend as soon as she arrived in China, and was prepared to be rejected by the officials.

However, what I didn't expect was that just after the Aviation Development Committee's press conference in the morning, Lin Ju's assistant replied that he could be interviewed, but he was only available that day.

Susanna immediately brought the people and equipment and excitedly entered Lin Ju's apartment in the capital assigned by the Aviation Development Commission.

The latter glanced at Susanna, who was wearing a V-shaped dress, and secretly sighed about the innate advantages of Latin Americans. The latter keenly noticed his gaze and shook his shoulders slightly provocatively.

"Ahem, Xinyuan has always had its own lunar exploration plan. It is not only clear, but also very broad. You should know that we completed a manned mission around the moon a month ago."

Susanna: "I know, that is an atomic-powered spaceship. You have surpassed the alliance and become the world's number one in this aspect. Did you obtain your technology from your country's military?"

"Xinyuan has always insisted on independent research and development. This is our unique engine technology, but we cannot rule out cooperation with others.

Let’s get back to the topic. Within this year, Xinyuan will carry out more than one lunar landing mission. "

Lin Ju remembered that his mission was not to kill time with the beautiful reporter.

Susanna: "That means you will carry out at least two lunar landing missions in the next five months? How many astronauts will you send up there? Are there any foreign astronauts?"

Lin Ju: "The number of astronauts depends on the mission requirements, but there are indeed foreign astronauts. The specific information is not disclosed."

Susanna was already excited at this time. In just a few minutes, she got enough news to be put on the front page. It seemed that she was lucky... no, she had a really good figure.

"Moon landing is a great and challenging task. Why is Xinyuan, which has been established for such a short time, confident in launching a huge lunar program?"

Lin Ju: "Just as the development of human society has allowed more people to enjoy the dividends of high technology, the development speed of private aerospace is far from what it was many years ago. Many past rules have been cracked by technological progress, but you are also right. , Space is still an enterprise full of risks, and ignoring this risk for certain purposes will cause heavy losses to the space industry."

As a top student who has passed CET-6, Susanna noticed that Lin Ju seemed to have something to say.

"Actually, what I want to say is that I noticed that the launch date of Artemis 2 was announced less than one day before launch. This behavior seems to me to be hasty. Such a hasty launch operation has high risk levels. Much larger than regular tasks.

Especially for manned missions, any caution and uneasiness are necessary. "

Suzanne: Shocked.

Lin Ju's sudden and direct criticism of Artemis II was far beyond her expectations. It was almost impossible to say it from a person like him, but he did it anyway.

Lin Ju continued to talk:

"Why is the launch time announced to be 20 hours? I think the whole world has seen the competitive meaning in this, but is it really necessary to take risks when capabilities are limited?

Landing on the moon is a peaceful undertaking, and we want to share it with the world. "

Is this admonishment, or... provocation? Contempt?

Susanna, who was accustomed to analyzing the intentions of politicians from their vague words, had never thought that someone would speak so straightforwardly. For a moment, she even forgot about her professionalism and continued to ask questions.

When the interview ended in a hurry, she realized what a great opportunity she had missed, but she quickly sent the content back to her home country before she could regret it. This was breaking news.

A few hours later, a piece of news appeared in the world and became very popular:

"XAP President Lin Ju: It is dangerous and stupid to advance the Artemis 2 plan. It is inevitable that Aramco will lose the moon landing."

…

capital Airport.

The boss stood in front of the C810 boarding gate, pointed at Lin Ju and wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything for a long time and had to get into the plane.

It wasn't until the C810 drove up to an altitude of 25,000 meters with its afterburner that he organized his words to poke Lin Ju in front of him:

"I asked you to hint that something might be wrong with Artemis 2, not to provoke the Yankees and force them to hold on until the end."

"Huh? I don't quite understand, but it means the same thing anyway."

Lin Ju tried to fool around with him, but he couldn't hide it from the old man.

"If you say 1, the media will report it as 5, and the people will interpret it as 10. Look at what the news has become now? Everyone will think you are proud and look down on NACA. This has a bad influence."

"This is also true."

"This... forget it. Fortunately, you are not being interviewed as a committee. Just say a few words."

The boss finally gave up the struggle. He originally wanted to use an influential person but not within the system to say a few words, but it turned out to be like this. Although the goal was achieved, it still felt something was not right.

Academician She went to Qiongzhou in advance to start the station. The two of them stayed in the capital and stayed with the leaders for half a day before taking a plane to Qiongzhou in the afternoon.

The accident on Artemis 2 was unplanned, but if you really think about it carefully, it doesn't have any impact.

After all, three hours is almost the same when compared to a three-day journey and 380,000 kilometers away. The two spacecrafts are expected to arrive at the same time. The specific landing time difference depends on the actual situation.

But at that time, Lin Ju strongly requested to advance the launch time of Shuguang-3, and gave a lot of reasons to convince his superiors. He seriously said how significant the first launch was, which made his superiors somewhat moved.

After asking and learning that a few hours would not affect launch preparations, the Standing Committee was relieved.

——I don’t know if it was in retaliation for the sudden announcement of the launch time of Artemis 2, saying that “if preparations are complete, the launch time can be as early as 7 a.m., but if it needs to be delayed for other reasons, it should be safely Suspend launches for the Lord.”

In a word, human life comes first and ranking second.

Anyway, I went there more than 40 years ago, so I don’t have that big of a psychological burden.

The boss understood Lin Ju's young man's impulse, but his objections were not strong either. Originally, the Yankees were doing something unethical.

But what's even more surprising is Lin Ju's proposal to change the time method. After all, the Aerospace Development Committee did expressly stated a launch at 11 o'clock a few days ago, so it would be a bit disrespectful to directly change the time.

If the Meteorological Bureau believes that rain after 10 o'clock is not conducive to launch, and is forced to advance, is it reasonable?