Chapter 720 Preparations for the Moon Landing!

Go to Beijing.

At the press conference held by the press office.

Standing in front of the cameras of the media, the press spokesman in formal attire announced in a clear and solemn voice.

"...Considering the eager expectation of the international community, our high-level officials have decided after research that we will open the application channel for the 'Tinder' project at the end of this month, and welcome the international community to participate in this project that is related to the earth and the future of mankind. in a great cause."

The voice of the spokesperson fell, and the voice of surprise spread from the press conference.

Open Tinder to the international community?

Why is the script different from what they originally thought?

Prior to this, the vast majority of the international media rendered the so-called "fire" as Hua Nation paving the way for its ambition to colonize space, and the related research will naturally be conducted in a non-disclosed manner, but it was not expected that Hua Nation would generously submit The international community has opened the door to participate in the "Tinder" project.

As long as you have a professional level or above, you can submit an application to the department in charge of the project, and you can participate in the research plan after being approved.

The investment of 1.5 billion RMB is equivalent to more than 200 million US dollars. For the vast majority of natural science researchers who are short of funds, Huaguo's support for the plan is quite attractive.

Just as Lu Zhou expected, after the Ministry of Science and Technology released the participation threshold of the "Tinder" project, various applications for participating in the research came from all over the world like snowflakes. Due to the huge number of applications, in order to process these applications faster, the Ministry of Science and Technology has also set up a department-level department to assist the project team of the "Tinder" project in coordinating this large-scale scientific research project.

The international academic community naturally holds a happy and positive attitude towards Huaguo's opening of the threshold of the "Tinder" plan.

However, obviously not all people think so.

For many Americans who bury the pride of a great power in their bones, Huaguo's pressing step in this space race is undoubtedly a provocation.

On a North American talk show.

It happened to be a related topic.

The host in a white suit sat on the sofa, handed the microphone to the potbellied guest sitting opposite him, and asked in a funny tone.

"Jim, you work at a bank, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"I think you are a person with a lot of life experience, can I interview you?"

"Of course, if I can answer."

"We all know that the country that is separated from us in the Pacific Ocean is rebuilding the biosphere recently, and invited many scholars to their home to help them study together. What do you think of the decision of the Chinese people this time?"

The guest named Jim showed a playful smile on his face, waved his hands and said.

"What do you think? A guy who has always been mean to your neighbor suddenly opens his pocket to buy you a beer. What do you think? He either has a crush on your car or your wife , or both.”

There was a sound of laughter from the audience.

It is almost a common practice of this kind of talk show to ridicule politics.

Only this time, it was more explicit.

Not just North American talk shows, but conservative print media as well.

For example, in the latest issue of the "New York Times", it claimed in the report that Huaguo opened the "Tinder" program to the international community to pave the way for its ambition to demonstrate space hegemony, and called on North American research institutions and scholars to participate in the project cautiously .

After reading this report from the beginning to the end, Lu Zhou just smiled without any reaction.

It is reasonable for Americans to have such an idea.

After all, the space supremacy established in the Cold War era has become part of the national honor of the United States, and this pride is now being challenged by rising stars. It is only normal for the North American media to be so united in this issue.

However, such reports hardly have any impact.

Unlike most conservative civilians, most scholars engaged in natural science research are internationalists, and most of their research results benefit the whole world. They will work for whoever is willing to pay for their continued research.

As long as the news of the opening of the "Tinder" project is released, they will buy a ticket and fly here without even needing too much publicity.

Unless the Americans plan to restart Biosphere 3, it may still be somewhat useful. After all, with similar funding, most scholars still prefer to go to North America with better hardware and software conditions to conduct such research.

Unfortunately, it is unrealistic to expect the US Congress to pay for this plan.

The California Experimental Reactor and the "Ares" project applied by NASA are both financial black holes. Even the United States is difficult to undertake two super projects while also undertaking a large-scale scientific research project.

Even if this funding black hole looks much smaller than the first two...

As for expecting money from Wall Street, that is even more unrealistic.

The Rockefeller Consortium has already been trapped in this Biosphere No. 2 pit once. If there is no special reason, no capitalist will jump into this pit again.

Time passed day by day like this, and it was soon before the Spring Festival.

All the launch work is ready, and the equipment that needs to be delivered to the moon has also been loaded on the Xiangrui, which is ready to go, and it is ready to send a unique gift to the people of the whole country on the day of the Spring Festival.

There are only 48 hours left until the launch.

Director Li of the Bureau of Science and Technology came to Jinling from Shanghai by high-speed train. After arriving at the station, he didn't even find a place to stay. Lu Zhou getting ready to work.

When he saw Director Li walking towards him quickly, Lu Zhou froze for a moment, then asked with a smile.

"Director Li? Why are you here?"

Upon hearing these words, Director Li immediately gave him an annoyed look.

"You still have the nerve to ask!"

Lu Zhou: "...?"

What's so embarrassing about this?

It's not that I'm handsome.

Looking at the unconscious Lu Zhou, Director Li sighed and continued: "Don't be stupid, you don't know why I came here? Tell me honestly, are you ready?"

Lu Zhou asked in a daze: "...What are you ready for?"

Seeing that Lu Zhou was still pretending to be stupid, Director Li persuaded him earnestly.

"There is still a big difference between manned moon landing and manned spaceflight! In manned spaceflight, we still have some experience in sending people up and bringing them back safely, but our experience in manned moon landing is 0, 0, do you understand? No one knows what will happen after going up, maybe it is possible to never come back again! If you don’t believe me, you can ask Nie Yun, or just ask someone from the astronaut brigade, who has not written a suicide note Go up again?"

"I know you are very confident in your research, but I hope you will pay more attention to your own safety! Even if you don't consider us, you should also consider your parents. Your parents are only a son like you. If something goes wrong , How should I explain to your parents?"

After working for a long time, it turned out that this was the case...

I thought it was what!

Lu Zhou coughed lightly and said quickly.

"Don't worry about it. Last time I went up with the Xiangrui, I had enough fun. It's impossible to go up with me this time."

Hearing these words, Director Li was almost out of anger.

Did you say that you went to heaven for the sake of science?

Fun is the truth!

Director Li stared into Lu Zhou's eyes for a while.

"I don't listen to your promise, I will follow you all the way on the launch day! If you insist on going up, then take me up together!"

Lu Zhou: "..."

Oh my god, didn't you just go to heaven once? As for guarding against thieves, let me go?

What a headache...