Chapter 404 The Wolf is Coming
North America.
America.
NASA Headquarters, Washington.
Director Bill looked at the report document in his hand with a serious expression.
Other NASA executives present also had serious expressions.
"So, in five hours, the Homo Sapiens Space Department launched 10 heavy-lift rockets to deploy a space station in the Van Allen radiation belts?"
Krohn, the head of the Space Intelligence Office, nodded: "Based on the current monitoring data, this is obviously beyond doubt."
Although NASA has been advocating the theory of cosmic threats from other forces, since the Russians withdrew, many of NASA's remarks have actually been crying wolf.
Now the wolf has really come.
Bill's face was full of bitterness: "10 heavy-lift rockets at a time, this is more heavy-lift rockets than we launch in a year."
Deputy Administrator Dawa suggested: "Administrator, we need more funding, otherwise America will lose space."
Krohn added: "Based on the appearance of the Homo sapiens space station, we found that it did not use solar panels."
"They're not using solar panels? Then how do they supply electricity?" Marshall, the head of the technical department, was very surprised.
Krohn made a guess: "We suspect a nuclear battery or a nuclear reactor was used."
"Are you kidding?" Marshall was engaged in aerospace technology. He had studied nuclear batteries and nuclear reactors.
In a sub-vacuum environment, the waste heat from nuclear batteries and nuclear reactors accumulates so severely that special heat sinks are required (similar to the golden grilles on solar panels).
He looked through high-resolution satellite photos and found no obvious heat dissipation grilles. He also looked through infrared images and found no obvious heat dissipation areas.
Marshall said with certainty: "It can't be a nuclear reactor. I guess Homo sapiens should have composited solar panels onto the outer shell of the cabin."
After discussing for a while, the others tended to agree with Marshall's point of view.
Obviously, many things do not require Homo sapiens to come forward to explain, and others can help fill in the blanks in their minds.
Bill didn't care too much about what power supply system the Homo sapiens space station used. He was now worried about how to convince the board to ask for more funding.
Otherwise, with the limited funding they have now, their Artemis project in their plan to return to the moon would have to rely on a launch vehicle cobbled together from here and there.
Bill was very envious of the terrifying investment made by Sapiens in the aerospace field .
He quickly ordered: "All of you, please be alert and take the threat of Homo sapiens seriously. America must not lose its leading position in the space field."
"OK."
“We will definitely take it seriously.”
Everyone is a smart person. They kept shouting "wolf" just to get more funding.
With the existence of Homo sapiens today, there is no need to exaggerate the other party's aerospace capabilities. Just writing out the real content in front of us will give you a sense of oppression.
Although Bill and the others looked solemn, they were actually very happy in their hearts.
Without such a terrible threat, those masters would definitely not strongly support the aerospace industry.
Therefore, a group of NASA executives quickly jointly wrote a letter, using the fact that Homo sapiens can launch 10 heavy-lift rockets at a time as a starting point, and derived various theories of the threat of Homo sapiens.
Bill even shouted out: If America does not attach importance to the aerospace field, it will inevitably lose space in the future and completely become a second-rate country.
However, this theory of the threat of Homo sapiens is very popular in North America.
As for other powers, although they were shocked by the space capabilities of Homo sapiens, they were powerless.
After all, the Sapiens Company is different from ordinary forces, and its internal operating system is very suitable for such large-scale engineering projects.
This is something that many forces cannot learn.
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And at this time on the international Internet.
The entertainment division of Sapiens also took action, and various articles and videos about space exploration quickly flooded the entire international Internet.
Even in North America, which has set up a firewall, there is no way to completely block the mutual penetration of the Internet. After all, many people will use "ladders".
Many American Internet users can browse the websites of Homo sapiens with the help of Aztec and British networks.
In Europe, you can directly browse various websites of Homo sapiens.
On a forum website in Europa, a large number of European and American space enthusiasts gathered here to discuss various new space developments or space technologies.
Suddenly a blogger posted a video about the Homo sapiens space station, and compared the three space stations currently in operation in the video.
[Is it true? Such a huge space station was built in one day?] - Stargazing faction.
[Homo sapiens is amazing, it is the light of mankind. ] - Prometheus.
[@Prometheus, what is there to brag about in an evil company?] - A sea without pineapples.
[@The Sea Without Pineapples, when it comes to evil, I haven’t seen you say America, double standard dog! ] ——Prometheus.
[I heard that Homo sapiens has also built a space base in the Suez region. Maybe I can see the launch with my own eyes in the future. Praise Homo sapiens! ] - Pharaoh.
[Go Homo sapiens!] - Helena.
[At this rate, maybe in my lifetime, we can see humans colonizing other planets.] — Uncle Beard.
[Only if humans work together can we conquer the universe.] - Hamburg Iron Man.
A group of netizens kept discussing under the video, and even started to insult each other.
Obviously not everyone likes Homo sapiens, especially Europeans and Americans who are always full of arrogance and prejudice. There are many people who are hostile to Homo sapiens.
On the other hand, in Africa and South America, there are quite a few people who have a favorable impression of Homo sapiens, which has a lot to do with the fact that they want to become employees of Homo sapiens.
In addition to discussing the aerospace industry of Sapiens, this incident also triggered heated discussions among many people about their own country's aerospace industry.
This includes France, which is despised by netizens as a black chicken, Great Britain, which is on the decline, and Russia, whose technology relies on archaeology.
These forces have been "exposed" by netizens several times.
The other side.
There are also many sarcastic voices coming out of the Space Exploration Company’s official Twitter account.
For example, some said that Musk did not understand technology, some said that the Starlink system was North America's space weapon, and some deliberately @Musk to urge him to land on Mars as soon as possible.
When it comes to sarcasm, the Japanese are the real kings.
Musk, who was at the headquarters of the Space Exploration Company, looked at the various comments on Twitter with a grim expression.
He quickly called several heads of technical departments to the office for a meeting.
One of the fat guys said distressedly: "Recently, the Pentagon has repeatedly manipulated Starlink satellites to try to attack Homo sapiens spacecraft, which has caused us to lose a lot of satellites. If this continues, I am worried that Homo sapiens will directly attack the Starlink system."
Musk was also very embarrassed when he heard this.
You must know that the success of the Starlink system is inseparable from the strong support of the US military. Without the support of the Pentagon, the space exploration company may go bankrupt.
Musk thought for a moment and ordered: "Launch more Starlink satellites to make up for the recent losses."
"OK."
He looked at the person in charge of the Falcon project and said, "Complete the improvement of the Falcon Heavy as soon as possible. I have a feeling that NSAS will definitely have a large amount of funding in the near future. We have to get some orders."
"But it's very difficult to improve the Falcon Heavy..."
But Musk was very tough: "I want to see a heavy Falcon with a payload of 150 tons, otherwise it will be difficult to compete with other companies."
"I'll try my best." The person in charge of the Falcon project was very helpless.
