Chapter 492 Public Opinion and Doubts (Thanks to Mr. Nuanyang for the Silver Alliance reward)
"Late Night Breakthrough!" Just now, Jieke Group announced that it has entered the space field and will conduct the first flight of the Kunpeng rocket on October 15th of this month. 》
"A 185-meter-tall rocket, a small body carrying a big rocket, such an arrogant leap forward, the Jieke Group's space dream is destined to end in tragedy. 》
"The most powerful rocket in human history?" He's just a clown who overestimates his abilities. 》
Late at night on October 5th, many netizens who were surfing the Internet were attracted by a piece of breaking news.
Because the Jieke Group officially released a video. In the video, there is a super giant rocket that stands as tall as a peak.
The Kunpeng rocket appeared on the international space stage without any preparation from the outside world. It attracted numerous media reports and became a hot topic.
Such a huge rocket is really eye-catching.
Rockets represent the most cutting-edge technology for mankind to explore the vast space, and are also mankind's pursuit of the stars and the sea. They are a real toy of a great power.
Not to mention small and poor countries, even big countries have to take their time when building rockets.
The former Red Furry Bear Empire was involved in the space race during the Cold War, which consumed huge economic resources and national power. The eventual collapse and disintegration of the Red Furry Bear Empire was not unrelated to that fierce space race.
The Jacko Group suddenly said that it wanted to go into space and launch a rocket, the largest rocket in human history. You can imagine the popularity.
Even though it is late at night, on major social media platforms around the world, such as Twitter, Douyin, Bihu, and Facebook, people are leaving messages and discussing it in full swing.
‘Fat, this is not fake news, is it? Since when did Jieco Group still have a space business? Just because their mechas are great doesn't mean they're great at building rockets! ’
‘A rocket with a height of 185 meters and a take-off weight of tens of thousands of tons. Is Jieke Group crazy? Such a big rocket is too exaggerated. The largest destroyer now is only 10,000 tons. This rocket is equivalent to boosting a 10,000-ton destroyer into space. It is simply awesome. ’
‘Don’t get excited, people upstairs. The bigger the rocket, the better. Resources are piled up randomly, and what you create is just a big firework. I swear in the name of God, this rocket will definitely explode and disintegrate in mid-air, I said so. ’
'A force like the Jieke Group, which has no rocket foundation, wants to make big news and come up with such a face-saving project. I admit that no matter whether the rocket succeeds or not, even if it disintegrates in the air, in terms of attracting news traffic , Jieke Group has succeeded. ’
‘I am a Chinese, and I have always admired Jieke Group and Su Jie. However, although Jieke Group has created many miracles, I am not optimistic about them this time. Blindly launching such a national important weapon instead of actual research and development step by step is too exaggerated and empty. I am afraid that Jieke Group will have to do this this time. A big fall. ’
‘Jieke Group is strong in the field of biological genes. In the field of rockets and space, they are just babies. They can’t even crawl and want to fly. It’s really ridiculous. ’
‘Rockets are not about size comparison, so what if the Kunpeng rocket is bigger than the Saturn V? Our country’s Saturn V has been launched 13 times with a success rate of 100%, including 7 manned lunar landing missions. The Kunpeng rocket explodes as soon as it takes off, with a 0% success rate. How can it be compared with us? ’
Almost everyone who saw the Kunpeng rocket was not optimistic about the first flight of this rocket, and all kinds of ridicule and sarcasm were heard.
In the perception of the world, Jieke Group has nothing to do with the Rockets.
Moreover, it is going to create history right from the start, building the largest rocket in mankind, and making such a big noise will definitely make people think that it is just trying to make a fool of itself.
It is not terrible for a rocket launch to fail, it is a common thing, but the Jieke Group promoted it with such great fanfare, invited major news media to come live, and made a gimmick of the most powerful rocket in human history. If it failed, it would be criticized and slandered. It would be a terrible scene. Just imagine.
Not only outsiders, but also many people in the Jieke Group are worried about this, worried that the rocket launch will fail and make a big joke internationally.
In the following days, news related to Jieke Group’s Kunpeng rocket continued to ferment.
News about the Kunpeng rocket has become a hot topic around the world, causing ridicule not only among the public, but also experts and even officials from various countries.
Beautiful Country: If such a large rocket explodes and disintegrates in space, how much space junk will be produced? This move by Jieke Group poses a threat to the global satellite system and is endangering the space development of all mankind.
Sakura Country: Rather than exploding in space, I am more worried about this rocket falling out of control and crashing into the Blue Star. If it lands on the territory of another country and tens of thousands of tons of things fall down, the consequences will be serious and it will definitely threaten the security of countries around the world. The Jieko Group insists on going its own way, and in the end it will only harm others and itself.
South Korea: Jieco Group often flaunts its power. It is worthy of being a big country. It is rich and tyrannical. The scale of fireworks is different from ours. It spends more than one billion US dollars to set off fireworks in the name of space development. Let’s enjoy the biggest fireworks in history on the 15th. Expensive fireworks bar.
Daying: Residents near the launch site should move quickly, otherwise you will feel like living in a war zone.
Ah San: Don’t you know that the development level of Jieke Group’s aerospace science is far inferior to that of our Ah San country? If they want to catch up with us, Jieke Group should practice for another few decades.
Canada: As far as space rockets are concerned, no matter which country achieves it, the whole world will cheer for it, but the rocket of Jieke Group is destined to be just a grand fireworks show, haha.
Beautiful country!
At the CIA headquarters, Director Judith looked through the information in his hand, information about the Kunpeng rocket.
Several of the photos were taken from the Chiyang Rocket Launch Site via satellite. The tall Kunpeng rocket looks spectacular.
Raising his head, Judien looked at the blond middle-aged man sitting in front of him.
The other party is the director of NASA, Burton Badge.
The so-called NASA, also known as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is the most authoritative aerospace research institution in the world.
The famous Apollo moon landing, Saturn V rocket, International Space Station, Hubble Space Telescope, Voyager probe, etc. were all completed under the control and leadership of NASA, and have achieved extremely brilliant achievements.
"Burton, tell me your reason for coming. I don't think you just came here to drink coffee with me."
Judith put down the information in her hand and asked Burton about his purpose.
The CIA, the intelligence agency of this beautiful country, rarely interacts with NASA, and there is almost no interaction on weekdays.
"Director Judith, after reading the information about Kunpeng rocket, what do you think?"
Burton smiled and pointed to one of the photos, which was a panoramic view of the Kunpeng rocket. The engineer stood under the rocket, as small as an ant, which was very shocking.
"The sudden construction of rockets by Jieke Group may not necessarily have no possibility of success, although from a practical perspective, this is very unreasonable."
Judith said calmly, the opinions expressed were different from those of most people.
As an old rival of Jieco Group, Judith witnessed with his own eyes how Jieco Group developed step by step.
In the beginning, the Jieke Group was just a small local warlord entrenched in the Zen Kingdom. In just a few years, it has developed into the overlord of the Indochina Peninsula and created too many miracles.
Many of the things that Jieco Group did seem outrageous even now, but in the end Jieco Group succeeded.
Hearing this answer, Burton was slightly startled, obviously not expecting Judith to say this.
Then Burton shook his head and said with a dumb smile: "My opinion is different from yours. If rockets were so easy to build, there would not be only a few countries in the world that could independently design and build rockets. This so-called Kunpeng rocket is just It’s just a random product from the Jieko Group, and I doubt it can fly.”
Regarding Judith's whimsical statement, Burton secretly laughed at Judith, a layman.
The other party has no idea how difficult it is to manufacture rockets. The baseless team of Jieko Group wants to build the most powerful rocket for mankind, which is even more outrageous than NASN's plan to immigrate to Mars and build a city tomorrow.
"So you came to me just to complain to me? Forgive me that I don't have that much free time."
Judith waved her hand and was about to drive people away.
"Wait."
When Burton saw that he had made Judith angry, he quickly laughed in apology.
"Director Judith, we are all working for the beautiful country after all. I really have something important to do with you this time."
"Say."
Judith sat back on the chair and stared at him coldly, her sharp eagle eyes making Burton somewhat uncomfortable. As Judith's background as an agent, Burton felt very insecure in front of him, always feeling like a prisoner being scrutinized.
"That's right, we need a favor from you, Director Judien, to work with our NASA to issue a detailed Kunpeng rocket report to prove the threat and competition of the Jieko Group in the space field, and to remind the Black Palace authorities that we must face up to this opponent."
Burton coughed twice, suddenly changed his tone, and spoke righteously.
Judien glanced at the other party and said: "Didn't you just say that the Jieco Group's rocket was just a fantasy, and now you changed your mind to say that Jieco Group's space threat theory?"
"If you don't say that, how can those big men in Congress give us money? Director Judith, we at NASA are having a hard time now! We can't even pay our employees' salaries. If we don't get some funding from above, everyone will They’re all going to break up.”
Burton sighed and complained constantly.
During the Cold War with the red bear in the last century, it was the golden age of the development of NASA in the beautiful country.
In order to compete with the red furry bear for space supremacy, the two countries competed to send astronauts into space. As the red furry bear disintegrated, the beautiful country became the final winner!
But as the saying goes, what goes up must come down.
Without the red fur bear as a competitor, the beautiful country has made fewer and fewer achievements in the aerospace field, and its space technology has even begun to regress. The aerospace program budget has been cut again and again, and many layoffs or projects have been cut.
It is said that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. I am used to living a life of lavish spending and spending money like water. Now the funding allocation of NASA makes Burton and all the aerospace employees very dissatisfied.
Now news suddenly appeared that Jieke Group was manufacturing Kunpeng rockets, and Burton immediately smelled the opportunity and the smell of money.
It doesn’t matter whether the rockets built by Jieco Group are bullshit. What’s important is that he wants to convince the men in Congress that Jieco Group will compete with beautiful countries in the space field.
With a formidable opponent, the Congressmen will not be stingy in allocating funds, and everyone can live a good life.
"Haha! You still lack the budget. Even now, compared with the official aerospace departments of other countries, you allocate the most space funds every year."
Judith sneered twice. This is also a consistent trick of various departments in the beautiful country. The first thing they say when they go to Congress is the lack of budget.
NASA has not made much achievements in aerospace technology in recent years. NASA's external statement is that it lacks budget and money. In fact, NASA's budget is still the highest among countries in the world, with nearly 30 billion US dollars.
NASA takes so much money but still cries that it is poor every day. The main reason is because the money was not spent on steel blades, and a lot of money was taken away from NASA.
"Our NASA family has a great cause, and no matter how much money we spend, we can't spend it! In order to maintain our beautiful country's space hegemony, we at NASA have sacrificed a lot. Director Judith has some misunderstandings about us!"
Burton shook his head, pointed at himself, then at Judith, and said: "Director Judith, our goals are actually the same. Don't you think that the Jieco Group's Kunpeng Rocket is likely to succeed, so you should join us. Xiang Heigongguo After all, if the launch vehicle is slightly modified, it will be an intercontinental missile! With the hostility of the Jieko Group to our beautiful country, if they have intercontinental missiles, how can the gentlemen in Congress sleep peacefully?" >
Hearing Burton's words, Judith's eyes narrowed and she began to think deeply.
The missile has two main parts, a warhead and a carrier.
When rockets first began to develop, many rockets were launched using improved missiles.
Launch vehicles and ballistic missiles reach the same goal by different routes. The launch vehicle escapes the gravity of the earth at extremely fast speeds, and the ultimate goal is to enter space orbit.
Ballistic missiles also need to give their payload a faster speed so that they can fly to their destination before their gravitational potential energy and fuel are exhausted.
Since the technology and requirements are almost the same, and the characteristics are highly similar, the launch vehicle only needs to replace the original storage of satellites with warheads, and a ballistic missile will basically come out.
This warhead can contain explosives, nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, or satellites as launch vehicles.
Of course, there are still some differences between the two. After all, ballistic missiles will eventually return to the atmosphere from space, which requires high materials and precision.
But in general, the technical gap between the two is just a blank sheet of paper.
If you are proficient in launch vehicle technology, it is not difficult to build ballistic missiles.
Judith also understood what Burton meant at this time, and wanted to tie the CIA together to expand the threat theory of the Jecko Group so as to get more funds from Congress.
"I agree to this."
The frown on his face relaxed, Judien thought for a few minutes and made a choice.
If the beautiful country pays more attention to the Jeco Group, their CIA's power will be greater. Promoting the threat theory of the Jeco Group has also been Judienne's long-standing proposition.
In Judith's view, the current Jieco Group is difficult enough. If the other party has ballistic missiles, and if it can directly hit the mainland of the beautiful country, the threat level of the Jieco Group will be greatly increased.
“A pleasure to work with.”
A smile immediately appeared on Burton's face, knowing that Judith would not refuse such a good thing.
"Tomorrow we will meet the president together, talk to him first, and then give a speech in Congress."
Burton has already thought up a strategy. Once the gentlemen in Congress hear that the Jieko Group can build ballistic missiles that threaten the homeland, they will definitely send money without mercy.
The two of them studied for a while and decided to cooperate with each other tomorrow.
After achieving satisfactory results, Burton promptly said goodbye.
But before leaving, Burton couldn't help but said to Judien: "Director Judien, as an aerospace practitioner, I can tell you for sure that the Kunpeng rocket built by Jieke Group will not succeed. The aerospace industry is not a gamble. There is no possibility of getting rich overnight and creating a legend. Without a solid foundation, building rockets will only end up making people laugh. ”
Seeing Burton turn around and disappear into the office, Judith twitched the corner of her mouth and murmured to herself: "This is mocking me as a layman! But I also hope that is the case, otherwise the Jieco Group will build a launch vehicle and then develop a launch vehicle." Ballistic missiles would be a big problem.”
Thinking of the powerful biological genetic technology of the Jieko Group, it would be a nightmare if the other party developed any genetic viruses of mass destruction and biochemical weapons and installed them on the warheads of ballistic missiles.
Judien shuddered when he thought of that kind of result. He didn't want a biological crisis to unfold in the beautiful country.
The whole world is talking about Jieco Group's Kunpeng rocket, and Jieco Group itself is still making preparations for its first flight in an orderly manner.
At the Chiyang Rocket Launch Site, trucks and engineers come and go, and the security level has been raised to a higher level.
The Kunpeng rocket was erected high on the launch base. The engineers carefully inspected every detail, individually tested the instruments and equipment, checked their performance and accurately measured their parameters. Finally, they conducted a general inspection and simulation involving all systems on the rocket. Various flight conditions are used to verify the technical performance and reliability of the entire launch vehicle system and to eliminate safety hazards as much as possible.
Outside, monitoring stations in various places are also conducting joint tests, the ground service support department is working overtime, and the meteorological support department uses weather measurement radar to monitor weather data in real time.
Time continued to pass, and when it came to two days before the launch, there were already a large number of tourists outside the Chiyang Rocket Launch Site, driving to the wasteland and setting up tents.
Because this launch of Jieke Group will not only be open to the media, but will also be open to the audience for free.
Although everyone still has doubts about whether the Kunpeng rocket can take off, after all, the Kunpeng rocket has the gimmick of being the most powerful rocket in human history. Everyone wants to feast their eyes on the launch of this rocket weighing tens of thousands of tons. What a spectacular scene, even if it exploded and disintegrated in mid-air, it would be a worthwhile trip!
Finally, when the time came to October 15th, the sky was clear and clear.
Media vehicles drove into the rocket launch site one after another, set up long guns and short cannons, and broadcast live the first flight of the so-called most powerful rocket in mankind.
The tourist area is crowded with tourists, picking up telescopes and mobile phones, and the atmosphere is lively.
After the 185-meter-tall Kunpeng rocket also underwent its final inspection and debugging, engineers began to add propellant to the rocket to complete the final preparations before takeoff.
(End of chapter)