Chapter 1249 European Space Agency

In the future, when it comes to the world's aerospace technology, of course the United States and Russia are the first to be mentioned. They are in the first echelon, and their aerospace technology is far ahead of other countries. The second echelon is China and the European Space Agency.

The advantage of China is that its personnel are hardworking and daring. Although the funding is not large, it has produced results, and has successively developed the Beidou navigation system, manned space technology and space stations. However, the carrying capacity is not outstanding. China's largest carrier rocket, the Long March 5, has a low-Earth orbit carrying capacity of only 25 tons. It was not until November 2016 that it carried out its first launch.

Moreover, the most important engine above is the high-pressure staged-combustion liquid oxygen-kerosene engine developed after two RD-120 engines were imported from the former Soviet Union in 1990 for principle research. Even so, the technology was still far behind that of the Soviet Union.

When ESA was conducting research in China, the Ariane 5 rocket had already begun commercial launches in the 1990s. The near-Earth carrying capacity of this rocket was also in the 20-ton class.

It can be seen that China's launch vehicle technology is still backward. However, ESA also has a big disadvantage.

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This is an international organization, so it is normal for them to argue with each other.

After World War II, aerospace technology began to develop rapidly. At the same time, the prosperity of the 1950s enabled Western European countries to invest in space research. As a result, they found that it was impossible for a single European country to compete with the two superpowers. If Europe wanted to develop independently, it had to unite!

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With this purpose, two organizations soon emerged, namely ELDO (European Launch Development Organization) and ESRO (European Space Research Organization), the predecessor of the European Space Agency. In 1975, the two organizations merged to form the current European Space Agency.

After years of development, ESA has 19 formal member states, with its headquarters in Paris, a launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, the European Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, and the European Space Centre in Cologne. The former is responsible for all satellite operations and the corresponding ground facilities and communication networks, while the latter coordinates the activities of all European astronauts. There is also the European Space Research Institute in Frascati, Italy, whose main task is the use of earth observation data and information services.

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However, France still holds the dominant position, as can be seen from the proportion of French people. At the same time, France is also an important developer of Ariane rockets.

It can be said that space exploration is only a technological behavior and cannot generate much economic value, or in other words, the input-output ratio is not very cost-effective. Therefore, when the economies of various countries are good, it can still operate normally. Once the economies of various countries are in recession, there will be a phenomenon of wrangling with each other. This can be seen from Europe’s Galileo navigation system. The Europeans have been wrangling for more than ten years and missed a good development opportunity. As a result, the frequency band has been occupied by Beidou, and networking is nowhere in sight.

At the same time, the focus of ESA, unlike that of the United States and the Soviet Union, was not too much on manned space flight. They paid more attention to deep space exploration. ESA launched various probes to Mars and comets. It was not until later that ESA shifted its focus to manned space flight and began to cooperate with the United States, participate in the construction of the International Space Station, etc.

And now, ESA has reached a critical juncture.

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Outer space already belongs to the Soviets!

ESA does not have many satellites. Outer space belongs to the Soviet Union and the United States. Now, outer space has been completely militarized. The Soviet Union’s space laser cannons are constantly sniping at American spacecraft. It can be said that the United States has been expelled from outer space!

During this process, ESA has always been cautious, fearing that it would anger the monster of the Soviet Union. You know, European countries have worked hard to accumulate some funds and launch a few satellites, which are very precious. It is impossible for them to set off fireworks like the United States and the Soviet Union did as if they were free.

Of course, ESA was also affected. Several of its reconnaissance satellites and communication satellites failed in space for no reason, and they endured it all!

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They knew that if they stood up and made a fuss, they would only suffer greater losses. The Soviets were looking for an opportunity!

They waited and waited, and now, they finally saw the result that made them despair: the United States had no chance of winning!

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At this time, what should Europe do? Without the leadership of the United States, the Western world simply cannot survive and will definitely be gradually eroded by the Soviet Union!

Therefore, in this situation, Mitterrand's visit is quite important, as it represents the direction of the wind in Europe. And now, after Mitterrand's arrival, the first thing he mentioned was actually exploring the moon!

In the beginning, during the great global colonization, whoever had enough ships could conquer the world! But now, the situation is different. Whoever has powerful enough space technology can colonize the moon!

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What is the use of colonizing the moon? What are the benefits? None of these are important. What is important is that the Soviet Union has already begun to colonize the moon in a planned way!

The grand lunar exploration project has passed. The Soviet Union’s return to the moon must have shown that they sensed something. In this case, it would be right for Europe to follow suit!

Therefore, European countries discussed and decided to ask France to be their representative to ask the Soviet Union to jointly develop the moon! Didn’t the Soviet Union say that the moon belongs to all mankind?

There was no mention of garrison issues on the border, nor of ideological issues. After the French President arrived, the first thing he talked about was the issue of space!

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Of course, if we look at it from another perspective, it would be better to start from space. After all, in the distant space, everything is unknown and there will be less controversy. If we start from the situation in Europe, the Soviets might even order us to leave.

Andrei knew that the moon base was used to test the Soviet Union's attitude! After conquering Germany and sanctioning Britain, what was the Soviet Union's attitude towards other European countries?

Will the Soviets nibble away at the enemy bit by bit, destroying from within and intimidating from without, just like they did to the United States? In that case, Europe will have no choice but to continue to unite and fight back in the end!

Now, let’s see what the Soviet Union’s attitude is?

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Andre, though young, was mature and experienced beyond his years. He said with a smile, "It would be great if you are willing to join our lunar exploration plan! In particular, we are looking forward to European technology. Europe has rich experience in deep space exploration, especially space telescopes."