Chapter 1255 Americans don’t care, we do!
Sun Yanlai was still a little worried at first. After all, if there was a risk of public opinion, it would be him, the leader of the space agency, who would really face the pressure.
But Chang Haonan, who had expected this situation for a long time, quickly added:
"In fact, as early as the beginning of last year, the X37 demonstrator originally hosted by NASA and specifically developed by Boeing was It has been transferred to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and soon conducted two air drop and gliding tests... Considering that the final version of this project will have orbital flight Therefore, if we have to talk about space weapons, it was the Americans who did it first.”
“This accident is an excellent opportunity for us, and it can be said that in the next ten years or even more. In twenty years, we may not be able to find such a favorable situation that allows us to conduct these sensitive technology experiments in a relatively good international environment..."
"In addition, we can also elevate this plan to the level of space rescue, thereby gaining a larger international market... Judging from my previous experience in the aviation field, many Western countries may not be willing to cooperate with us. , but lack of suitable opportunities and sufficient motivation, and once a breakthrough is opened, the rest of the things will be much easier, and even logical..."
In fact, the first point here is purely to convince myself. own reasons.
But the last two are very important.
Especially the part of striving for the international market and international cooperation can solve Sun Yanlai's urgent need.
Since entering the new century, the Long March series of rockets were once very competitive in the field of space launches with their outstanding reliability and cost performance.
However, due to certain off-site factors, it is difficult to further expand the market.
After the stunning debut of Shenzhou 5, the situation has improved compared to previous years, but for the same reason, emerging commercial aerospace companies are still the ones who are most interested in cooperation.
Although it is clear to everyone that these companies are nothing but ESA's gloves.
But it is just like the Ciro Company that was established secretly back then.
There is a layer in the middle, which is always inconvenient in many cases.
Recently, there are rumors that the United States is preparing to launch a ban on all organizations and individuals that cooperate with China in the aerospace field.
From a technical perspective, China Aerospace has always maintained a highly independent development path, but it is not afraid of this threat.
But this is not the case at the market level.
Looking at the aviation industry colleagues next door who have made a lot of money in just ten years, it is obviously impossible for Sun Yanlai not to be jealous at all.
For him, the best way to respond is to refer to the strategies in the aviation field and deeply participate in the global industrial chain while ensuring autonomy.
Even if the opponent moves to impose sanctions and bans, it will only have a superficial impact at best.
At most, it’s just multiple middlemen making the difference.
It’s just that there has been a lack of a suitable manager.
Now seeing that Chang Haonan seemed to be planning to "volunteer himself", he almost performed a 180° turn in the air on the spot.
“Well, it does work!”
The leader, who was watching the scene through the big screen, was slightly delayed. He was still hesitating whether he should eliminate Sun Yanlai's concerns by himself.
As a result, he was directly blocked by the latter's Sichuan Opera face-changing, and the words that had already reached his mouth became:
"If comrades have no other opinions, I think today's performance will not be as good as We will stop here. As for the final opinions, it is best to formulate a written report and submit it as soon as possible..."
Of course, the "stop here" in the chief's mouth means that he himself is involved here, and The meeting is not really going to end right away.
So after turning off the video conferencing system, most of the participants still stayed and began to discuss specific implementation details.
First, there's the name.
A space debris almost hit the International Space Station. It is impossible to hide such a huge event.
The whole world will know this afternoon or evening at the latest.
It’s just who is the first to reveal the news.
To achieve what Chang Haonan said, "make a clear statement at the first time", it is inseparable from a name that can leave a deep impression on people.
Considering that from the perspective of working methods, this rope net capture scheme is indeed somewhat similar to that of a trawler.
Therefore, this emergency plan to clean up space debris was eventually named the "Interstellar Fishing Ship" plan.
Don’t ask, ask: the Milky Way is also a river, and the stars and the sea are also seas.
So you can catch fish...
……
Compared with the aerospace practitioners who are facing a formidable enemy, either thinking about countermeasures, or thinking about how to shirk the blame, the people who eat melons are naturally not so well-informed——
In fact, it is now 3 meters away from the standard Only about three hours had passed since the interceptor collided with the UARS satellite.
Only more than an hour has passed since the ABC broadcast ended.
Although some viewers have noticed that the show ended abruptly, and some of them were particularly sharp-minded, they also found that the expressions of the host and the guests were unnatural in the final stage.
But faced with such a historic moment, most people will still be involuntarily immersed in their own emotions.
Especially in China.
As early as last night, the administrator of a certain forum had opened a special live broadcast discussion thread on the top page.
Now it has been built to several thousand floors.
And the heat didn’t drop at all.
However, the enthusiasm for the intermediate-range missile test that was almost mistaken for a UFO incident a month ago was still there, but today it was poured cold water on it by its opponents on the other side of the ocean.
As a result, the atmosphere of the entire discussion seemed a bit disappointing. [The Americans say they are intercepting scrapped satellites, but they are actually demonstrating against us, right? 】
【Do you even need to ask... The orbital height of that satellite is similar to that of a medium-range missile, and the interception method is a typical direct ascent type, which is short of the "anti-missile missile" The words "test" were thrown in our faces. 】
【Not only anti-missile, but more importantly, sea-based anti-missile... What was tested on New Year's Eve night was exactly an anti-ship ballistic missile, which was originally used as a trump card weapon in our country's anti-access operations. In order to avoid the situation ten years ago... someone else performed an anti-satellite backhand with Aegis, obviously to prove to the outside world that they had the ability to ensure the safety of the aircraft carrier formation! 】
【……】
Of course, there are also people who are more professional or inclined toward optimism.
[Although the target heights are similar technically, the satellites operate in specific orbits for a long time, with fixed flight parameters. Moreover, they are American satellites. All the data are known to them in advance. The difficulty is compared to the real ones. The anti-missile performance is still much lower. 】
【Yes, although it poses a considerable threat to us, there is no need to be too pessimistic. The United States has also conducted real anti-missile interception tests before, and the success rate was only about half, even if it was an intermediate-range missile. Interception is less difficult than intercontinental missiles. As long as we can ensure the number of salvos fired at one time, we can still overload the opponent's missile defense system. 】
In this timeline that has undergone tremendous changes, such relatively rational and confident voices clearly occupy the mainstream.
But no matter how the objective situation changes, there will never be a shortage of people who are willing to sing the opposite in reality.
[What about the people who shouted some time ago that they wanted to drive the United States out of the second island chain? Why isn't it called a replacement now? / Laughs How many missiles can it fire in a salvo? Even if someone else intercepts one with 3-4 rounds, it is only a matter of two Aegis ships...]
[I have already said that conventional missiles look powerful, but after a little research, You will find that the power is the weakest...it does not pose any effective threat to the opponent at all. The US military has given up long-range missile anti-ship long ago, and your country has It is a complete waste of resources to hold on to the little things of the Red Navy and not even understand what they are copying./呲呲//呲呲/]
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Although The number of this group of people is not dominant, but they cannot resist their excessive desire for expression. And objectively speaking, the US military did complete a very beautiful performance today.
The last time it accomplished something similar was the U.S. military.
The US military 30 years ago.
After all, the 1990s are a thing of the past.
Since entering the Internet era, this is the first time that most people have faced such an intuitive and realistic gap.
Even some netizens who just felt a little regretful at first can’t help but feel a little discouraged...
Round after round of verbal exchanges continued from morning to evening.
News broadcast until 7pm.
A piece of news that was even more explosive than that in the morning came -
"At noon local time today, the USS Shiloh launched a Standard 3 interceptor in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and hit A failed meteorological research satellite located at an altitude of about 480km. The collision process produced a large piece of space debris with a size of up to 4.5 meters * 1.5 meters, and subsequently flew from the International Space Station only two meters away. Passing kilometers away, this space debris is still running in an orbit about 400km high, seriously threatening the operational safety of the International Space Station and other manned spacecraft..."
"As early as a month ago, our side We have given good-faith warnings about such risks, but the United States still ignores dissuasion and insists on taking risks. All consequences arising from this must be borne by the United States alone..."
“………”
The whole world was shocked!
The interception operation actually threatened the safety of the space station!
And it was already anticipated by China!
What level of prediction is this?
Those who had been ridiculing and ridiculing him wildly on the Internet were slapped hard by this sudden situation.
After bragging for a long time, it turns out that everything is under China's control?
The phone number of ABC News was almost exploded by angry people, but the concept stocks of private aerospace and space debris cleanup rose in response, and a large number of people gained their own new wealth...< br>
Of course, being slapped in the face does not mean giving up.
Many people still have hard mouths.
After all, no matter what, the interception process itself was a real success.
If a war really breaks out, who will care about how much space debris is generated during the interception process?
To stop is to win!
Having said it all, China's trump card weapon was still invisible to the opponent.
However, even this kind of respect did not last long.
Because after the 7pm news, there is an interview program that lasts about 20 minutes.
The theme of today's program is -
"The Death of American Spaceflight"
What is even more heartbreaking is this.
At the beginning of the program, the host who appeared was not the familiar CCTV host.
It is a small podium with the logo of the National Space Administration printed on it.
And the serious face of Sun Yanlai, Director of the Space Administration:
“Although this crisis is entirely caused by the willful actions of the United States, it is based on humanitarian principles and the beautiful vision of all mankind to jointly explore space. , we hereby make a solemn commitment that if the United States is unable to deal with it, it will If the serious situation caused by ourselves, then China will immediately launch a program code-named 'Interstellar Fishing Ship' to take this highly dangerous space debris out of orbit and destroy it, so as to set an example to the international community..."
(End of this chapter)