Chapter 163, the meeting on the moon
More than 20 lunar rovers on Chang'e City on the Moon were loaded with supplies to drive out of Chang'e City. More than 20 rich men in space suits were at this time, and each of them controlled the lunar rovers to advance through virtual machines.
"Haha, let's go, I'm driving the way in front, everyone lined up in a long queue."
Bezos said excitedly in the public call channel that there is no air on the moon, so the conversation between each other after leaving Chang'e City can only be achieved through radio.
Of course, at this time, China on the moon has established a global positioning system and a global communication system. They can not only chat with each other, but also connect to the network on the earth through virtual machines and interact with the earth.
The lunar rover driven by Bezos has been specially modified. The front device is similar to a bulldozer, which can push some blocking rocks on the moon away. Large rocks that cannot be pushed away can only choose to detour.
At this time, while driving his lunar rover in front, Bezos did not forget to take pictures of the convoy behind him with his camera, and then connected to the virtual machine to start updating his homepage, circle of friends, etc.
"I set off with full load of materials, and I'm still 180 kilometers away from our own base. According to the current forward speed, it's still about 4 hours to reach. This lunar rover in China is too slow."
Bezos told all the photos, planned routes and approximate time points one by one, and finally couldn't help complaining. He didn't know that the lunar rover had been improved for several generations, and if it were the first lunar rover, the speed would be slower.
Each lunar rover is relatively large in size, about the same size as a large forklift. It not only can carry a load, but also has two mechanical arms. It has many functions, such as mining, digging, digging holes, cutting stones, etc., and is a comprehensive engineering vehicle that combines many functions.
Of course, the most important function of this lunar rover is its life-saving function. There is also a separate life-saving system on the lunar rover, which can be started in an emergency, and the power uses a magnetic field battery, which is enough to last for hundreds of hours.
At the headquarters of Uncle Sam on Earth, everyone is looking at the big screen. The screen is playing the screen monitored by moon satellites. On the moon without air, satellites in space can clearly capture everything on the surface of the moon.
The convoy of more than 20 huge moon rovers naturally cannot escape the eyes of the satellites. The picture is very clear. On one side is the picture of the convoy advancing, and on the other side is a moon map, with a red dot constantly moving towards the green dot.
"This time the materials they purchased are very large. If we launch spacecraft with rockets for transportation, we will need to launch dozens of times to transport such huge materials to the moon. The financial resources will be more than 200 billion, and we can save nearly two years in terms of time. In this way, we are actually taking a lot of advantage."
Lawrence looked at the picture and felt a little moved. At that time, he didn't expect that he could operate like this anyway.
"Yes! This time we took a big advantage, but when we think about China's space technology, we feel we can't be happy at all. They have a space plane, and the transportation cost is very low, and their advantage in space competition is too great."
James, who was standing beside him, nodding and couldn't help but sigh.
"Does we really have no way to get a space plane? If we still rely on traditional rocket technology to launch spacecraft, it will be difficult for us to persevere in this fierce space race, and the cost will be too high!"
"Especially once the moon base is built, we have people stationed for a long time and we must transport materials regularly. If the personnel go over, our expenses in this area alone will be enough to drag us down."
Lawrence seemed worried. He was an important person in charge of NASA. Of course, he knew that the construction of bases on the moon was completely burned with money, and he invested in them at any time. Even Uncle Sam was rich and powerful, but he could not withstand such huge investment. What's more, Uncle Sam's economy is declining now, and the domestic situation is getting worse and worse.
"The G20 summit will be held soon, and I think something should change."
James said with a kiss, as an important member of Uncle Sam's government, he certainly knew some very important information.
On the other side of the ocean, the China Space Administration, when more than 150 billion US dollars of huge funds arrived, the entire aerospace department couldn't help but cheer. Such a huge amount of funds was enough to make China do a lot of things.
Especially now, the funds earned by the aerospace department are only used by the aerospace department. Although there are already a lot of funds on the above, they still seem a little short of all aspects. However, since the start of lunar tourism, funds in all aspects have become relatively sufficient.
This time, more than 150 billion US dollars of huge funds were received. There was even surplus at this moment. You can speed up your space progress and do some things that you couldn't do because of shortage of funds.
"Tell Li Fu, hurry up and produce airplanes for me. Don't think I don't know its output. I will sell me 100 Hercules airplanes first."
Tang Yunshan held a huge amount of funds in his hand, and the first thing he thought of was to purchase aerospace planes. The more airplanes there were, the greater the power of China in space.
"I feel more confident when I have food in my hands. I have to purchase airplanes and the mining of lunar resources must be stepped up. Rare earths are good things."
"Well, there are also iron ore resources on the moon. If iron ore is smelted on the moon and then used to build Chang'e City on the moon, you can also use it to build space factories in space, etc."
"Uncle Sam has occupied the Wells area. It seems that it is time for us to build other Moon cities. No matter what, we will occupy the good place first. There are more countries that will announce manned moon landing next year, including polar bears, chubby chickens, India, and the EU, all of them are not to be outdone."
"Hmph! I'll take all the good places first, I'll be anxious to death."
Tang Yunshan, the head of the Chinese space field, was rich and powerful at this time, and he jingled his little abacus in his heart.
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The location of Uncle Sam's manned landing on the moon in the Moon Wells area is the Uncle Sam's lunar base. Alan Glenn, John Shepard, Gain and Collins, three astronauts, had been on the moon for a day and a night at this time. Except for their rest time, they spent most of their time building the lunar base.
At this time, a lunar base with a scale not very large but full functions can be seen almost the prototype. They only need to continue working for about a day to build the lunar base, so that people can stay for a long time.
"Hi guys, it's time to rest. Everyone, I have some good news to tell you."
Alan Glenn stopped his work and summoned his two teammates through the communicator. Just now, he received news from the earth that someone was about to come to visit them. The reason why he didn't tell them in advance was to allow them to work with peace of mind. However, the convoy of Bezos and others was about to arrive, so it would be okay to tell them now.
“What’s good news?”
John Shepard couldn't help but smile and asked, "What's the matter in this deserted moon can be considered good news."
"Haha, we'll have steak for lunch later."
Alan ~ Glenn continues to keep insincere.
"Steak? God, I'm drooling all the time, but where does the steak come from on the moon?"
Gain~Collins couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He ate compressed food every day and felt bad all over the past few days. Now when he heard about steak, he naturally saliva.
"Haha, the lunar takeaway I ordered, came from Chang'e City, China Moon!
Alan Glenn looked at the direction of Chang'e City on the moon. The convoy of Bezos and others finally arrived after several hours of travel. More than 20 lunar rovers lined up in a long row and drove rapidly on the desolate surface of the moon.
"Oh, God!"
The other two people also saw it at this time, and they couldn't help but sigh. On this extremely desolate moon, they could see a convoy driving towards them. Suddenly, the heavy mood suddenly relaxed these days.
Soon, Bezos and others drove a lunar rover to the three of them. The three of them looked at the lunar rovers loaded with supplies, and they couldn't help but widen their eyes. At this time, they had received relevant detailed information.
"Hi guys, are you all okay?"
"Look at what we have brought to you, steak, how about it, do you like this gift?"
Bezos and others walked off the lunar rover and came over to say hello to them.
"Wow, I love you so much, thank you so much."
Alan Glenn went up to greet him. Both of them were wearing thick space suits, so they could only punch each other to express their inner feelings. This scene was just taken by a camera that had been prepared long ago and sent to the earth. The whole country of Uncle Sam suddenly became jubilant.
"Far from the moon 380,000 kilometers away, Alan Glenn and Jeff Bezos' punching marks a new chapter in human history. We have been able to move between each other on distant planets, and soon the moon will become like the earth and become our new home for mankind."
The latest issue of Time magazine has decisively adopted this photo as its cover and accompanied it with passionate words to announce the arrival of a new era.
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