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

"Damn it, if these designs are changed even a little bit, these chain errors will not occur."

After the Agreement was reached, NACA immediately obtained the raw data from the lander's black box from the Aerospace Development Commission. Because they knew more about "Blue Moon", they confirmed the cause of the accident more quickly.

First of all, it can be confirmed that it is the same as what the Aerospace Development Committee guessed. It is a series of errors caused by unreasonable internal and external structural design, which led to a small fault that caused system false alarms and a large-scale crash of the control terminal.

Although this is not a small problem that is easy to solve, if you know where the problem is, you can immediately start improving it.

Jeff Bezos, who was restless at NACA headquarters, finally relaxed temporarily. On the contrary, Lockheed Martin became nervous.

The HLS lander project is led by Blue Origin as the original contractor and is responsible for system engineering, but many subsystems are also assigned to other manufacturers.

Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and Draper are all involved, and Lockheed Martin is responsible for the structural design and personnel cabin that went wrong, although Blue Origin is responsible for The main responsibility, but the other half must fall on Lockheed.

Blue Origin has been scolded a lot these days. When Bezos was being held in hearings, there were marches every day calling for "Jeff the murderer to be punished." Blue Origin's failure even caused Amazon's stock price to fall.

However, Claire Borden is not relaxed at all. If any link fails, he, the NACA director, will inevitably be held responsible. Congress can't wait to impeach him.

His resignation is inevitable, and the next NACA director has been roughly determined to be another deputy director, Robert Lightfoot.

Robert Lightfoot previously worked at Stennis Space Center, mainly working with the space shuttle, which may also be the reason why he is more popular.

Now he is handing over work to Claire.

"Robert, 'Blue Moon' must be investigated in depth. Although the mechanical design is the direct cause, we found that the remaining emergency systems failed to activate after the engine was illegally stopped. This shows that there is also a big problem with the control. The entire The project is actually very imperfect.”

Robert: "The accident investigation team has been authorized by Congress. I think Blue Moon and SLS may have to be grounded for a year. I will use this time to improve Blue Moon and the entire system. This time has been stable enough." "

He had been supervising the SLS during the Artemis program, but the SLS booster also malfunctioned, so Claire was still worried overall.

Claire trusts her colleagues, but once it is linked to the tasks of the presidential palace, too many additional factors will arise. If the Artemis plan was completed step by step, such a serious accident would definitely not occur.

But it won't work if we don't speed up the process. Now Congress has begun to question whether the entire NACA is worth spending so much money.

His plan is to put all the responsibility on his own mismanagement, otherwise once Congress launches an investigation into the entire NACA, it will be a serious blow to its voice and cohesion.

"Robert, the investigation of Artemis 2 is only a small part. I'm afraid it will only be a secondary target after you take office."

"You mean...Mars?"

Claire nodded solemnly. According to the latest news, An-1250 has arrived at Xinyuan Base. It is either transporting a space shuttle or a super-large module. It is definitely going to continue the construction mission of the Advance.

It should be impossible for the Advance to set off to Mars in 2018. It must operate stably in space for at least a year and be thoroughly familiar with it before it can carry out space travel for more than a year.

No one knows the optimal design of a low-gravity space station, and no one knows how to control a 1,500-ton space station after it rotates. It will take time to adapt, and many problems will definitely be exposed.

However, in the next window period of 2020, the Forward will definitely be able to meet the flight conditions if nothing unexpected happens. However, if the early exploration and construction are taken into account, it is more appropriate for the spacecraft to set off in 2022.

A more conservative and step-by-step plan for 2022, a more radical plan for 2020. This is the timetable that Claire believes China will be on fire.

After he told these speculations, Robert's face became serious.

In other words, the time left for him is at most five years and at least three years. He must also let NACA launch the Mars spacecraft at one of those two points.

In the meantime, I had to find some time to complete the moon landing as soon as possible and also engage in lunar construction. The joy that I had felt about being promoted to director was gone.

If he was given 10 years to complete these tasks, he would be full of ambitions, but now he only feels endless pressure.

But he still asked with the last bit of luck:

"Maybe we'll give up the competition for a while..."

"Definitely not." Claire shook her head firmly:

"John is about to pass the Ares program and will make a huge investment in the entire aerospace industry that will last about 10 years. The proportion of funding received by NACA is likely to exceed that of the Cold War."

"how do you know?"

"After I resign, I will join John's staff team, and I participated in the formulation of some of the content."

Robert "..."

…

"Citizens of America, citizens of China on the other side of the ocean, and citizens of the world.

First of all, on behalf of the Aramco government, I would like to congratulate you on your achievements and sincerely thank you for your efforts in ensuring the survival of the two Artemis 2 astronauts.

Welcome to become the second country after Aramco to achieve manned landing on the moon. This is a great second step, allowing mankind to move forward again..."

On the lawn of the Presidential Palace, John read the manuscript with an expressionless face, and his voice was stiffer than when read by Google Translate.

Countries around the world have publicly expressed congratulations to the two countries that have completed or partially completed the moon landing. Of course, Aramco and the United States cannot ignore it. The space race does not exist in the media. On the surface, the world is still harmonious and stable.

John pinched his nose and delivered a congratulatory speech. This should have been the job of the Secretary of State, but Pio has been kicked out, and it will take some time for Jack Sullivan to join.

After finishing the last paragraph of the congratulatory speech, John paused and then picked up the second manuscript:

“The moon is just a small step for mankind to conquer space. It is only an accessible part of the edge of our cradle. We must touch it. Only by grasping it can we stand up and walk out of the cradle;

We encountered some difficulties in front of us, but we were never afraid. Courage and curiosity drove us to keep falling and standing up. The entire Artemis project is still moving forward firmly. We will definitely be successful in the short future. In time the moon will become part of human society.

In the solar system we live in, there are countless stars in the Orion cantilever, the Milky Way, and the universe. Compared with the earth, the stars are the ultimate destination of human beings.

Our footsteps will not stop at the moon, but move forward to higher and further places.

The moon has no atmosphere. It is just a satellite of the earth. This is destined to not be a second home for mankind, but only a small resting place.

Aramco will immediately launch a manned landing program on Mars. We will safely send humans to Mars before 2025 and establish a Mars base that can survive for a long time, so that it can become the seed of civilization.

We are willing to give everything for it, everything for space, everything for the future of mankind, and never stop. "