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

presidential palace.

John watched the CBS YouTube live broadcast with an expressionless face, which was showing the scene of the separation of the Storm from the Tiangong Space Station.

Due to the nature of the Tianmu-2 mission, the commercial atmosphere of this flight was extremely strong. In addition to the domestic advertising sponsors that had been appointed early, overseas advertising tenders were also opened five days before takeoff.

Not only the physical advertisements in the mission, but also the advertisements inserted during the irregular live broadcast, and the price is extremely expensive.

As for astronauts who can carry cargo in person, they must go through strict review. After all, although there are purely commercial astronauts in the mission, improper operation will still affect the status of this profession in people's minds.

What’s amazing is that CBS spent a whopping $400 million to buy the broadcast rights for the Sky Curtain 2 mission in the Americas at one time, which also greatly increased the number of foreign viewers of the Sky Curtain 2 mission.

After all, although there were two moon landings a month ago, the moon has not yet become a commonplace for traveling to and from the Earth, and the audience's enthusiasm is still unabated.

Moreover, Tianmu-2 is more interesting than the Dawn and Artemis missions. The seven astronauts on it are happy to interact with the audience through the Internet, not just watching them float around.

"... Audience friends from all over the world, the Storm is still accelerating, let us do a little experiment."

There was a tablet fixed with a movable bracket in front of Liu Ming. He picked up a water glass with a conspicuous Yibao logo and released it from the air. The latter immediately floated backwards and was caught in time.

"Now the acceleration of the Storm is as high as 0.24 meters per second, so this limited-edition co-branded water cup... Oh, some netizens from England asked if it can be bought overseas? Of course, you can follow XAP and C on tiktok Estbon official account, click on the little yellow car below the latest video to purchase and it will be delivered to your door...

Ahem, let’s talk about why I’m not affected by acceleration? This is because the Storm has undergone a special improvement. Look at the sole of my shoe. It is a polymer fabric that can generate enough adsorption force when in contact with the floor. Why not use magnetism? that is because……"

The mass of the lander carried by the Tianmu-2 mission has reached 30 tons due to some improvements, which is a full 20% increase in weight compared to the version used in the Dawn Project. Together with the two satellites and some experimental equipment, the total weight exceeds 115 tons, so it will take about 23 hours to arrive.

There will be live footage throughout the flight, which is why CBS is willing to pay a sky-high price. The interactive live broadcasts by the astronauts taking turns make them feel more value for money.

Even John couldn't help but watch for more than an hour before being interrupted by Sullivan who was reporting on his work.

The latter looked at the president who was obviously addicted to watching videos, and sighed quietly:

"Sir, I think you must know one thing. There was a plane crash just now."

"Air crash? Where is it? It was our plane. How many casualties did it cause?"

An air crash is no small accident, especially one worthy of Sullivan's personal reporting.

Sullivan: "It's not a civil aviation, it's a transport plane, and it's the investigation team you sent to Bagram's overseas base to investigate.

They crashed in the Arbor Sea while flying there from Lemonnier Base, and Lemonnier Base is investigating. "

John suddenly stood up, found the map to check the location, and then became furious:

"Is this an accident or not? Everywhere they go is protected by our air force. How could they suddenly crash?"

He looked at Sullivan, but the latter just gave a noncommittal expression and continued:

"One more thing. Two days ago, a major general from the Army Logistics Department told the Hexagon that he wanted to surrender. At that time, you said it was a cover-up and locked him up. He committed suicide in the confinement room half an hour before the plane crashed."

This news made John's pupils shrink. Of course he knew what was going on with the so-called surrender. It was just that he wanted to make a scapegoat and take all the responsibility. But if he was fooled in this way, how could he reduce overseas funds?

But the major general died. He committed suicide in a solitary room under 24-hour strict surveillance, with countless elite agents stationed there, and within half a minute of entering the cell!

Even belts were not allowed in that damn place, and then he died quietly under these circumstances!

Cold sweat covered John's body along with goosebumps. He still didn't understand that this was the group behind the scenes telling him: Stop investigating, there are too many people involved, it's almost over.

Looking at Sullivan's thoughtful eyes again, John was stunned for a while before slowly sitting down and wiping the fine cold sweat on his forehead.

The little old man was so frightened that he was speechless. Sullivan leaned over and asked thoughtfully:

"Do you need me to oversee the accident investigation?"

"Go...go, we must find out the cause. Let's pause the logistical investigation first. Now is really not the time."

…

Go to Beijing.

Two Y-20s landed at the airport, and then trucks took away 10 widened short containers from their cargo holds.

Opening the road in front of the truck were several off-road vehicles, each with different signs.

There are XAP, XUGONG, ZOOMLION, CASA and HUAWEI, all of which mark the specialness of the team.

The convoy drove directly to a camp built with temporary houses in the suburbs, and then unpacked the goods in the containers one by one.

Some of them can be clearly recognized: wheeled excavators, trucks, unmanned vehicles, and some square equipment, but there are also quite small wheels underneath. From the tow hook, it can be seen that they should be unpowered and need to be towed. For traction, the folding dimensions of all equipment are approximately within a cuboid range of 5 meters * 3 meters * 3 meters, which is very standard.

This is a complete set of ground verification machines for the "lunar fully automatic unmanned energy production system", including wheeled unmanned excavators, unmanned ore transfer vehicles, crushing and purification machines, electrolytic hydrogen and oxygen production equipment, methane synthesis equipment, and mobile cryogenic fuel Compressed storage stations, trailers, nuclear powered trucks and more.

The structural design of all demonstrator machines is exactly the same as the lunar environment, with only minor changes due to ground testing, but they can still fully simulate the entire process from collecting ice to storing fuel on the moon.

The newly added equipment includes a set of methane synthesis equipment, which can synthesize methane with hydrogen through dry ice or carbon dioxide in the air, and can be used in the lunar south pole and Mars environments respectively.

However, there is no dry ice around the Qom impact crater, and it can only be used as a technical reserve now.

This system is divided into multiple subsystems such as machinery manufacturing, equipment manufacturing, and automation design. It has united multiple domestic manufacturers to minimize costs and has just been trial-produced.

Since it has been decided to use XH40 as the lander, the volume requirements of the equipment have been relaxed a bit, and it is scheduled to be launched to the moon by the end of the year. There is still half a year for experiments.

The vastness of the Northeast and manual adjustments can still simulate an environment similar to the lunar surface, which can fully test the stability of this system.

The only thing that is more scary is the nuclear power supply vehicle. It is not an isotope power supply but a serious micro-reactor. In order to reduce the quality, high-concentration uranium rods are used. A special chemical defense force is watching it day and night.

In order to fully simulate the real situation, there is no manual intervention after the container is opened, and AI controls the equipment and engineering vehicles to slowly drive down and enter the circled "workplace".

Zoomlion's R\u0026D team watched closely as the excavator they were involved in manufacturing flexibly used a shovel to help it touch the ground, then slowly walked to the crusher and purifier, put on the tow hook and started towing.