Chapter 197 France Walks Alone
The French people are angry for a reason. Although the murder of Joseph has been covered up by various media, the truth has been covered up by too much fake news at the public level.
The best way to cover up the truth is not to let the information disappear completely. Covering it will only be counterproductive.
It will allow things to evolve over time, causing the truth to be manipulated into what the opponents want it to be.
The best way to manipulate facts is to hide real information in layers of seemingly real fake news, so that the public cannot tell the difference. Even after a long time, people cannot form an overlapping opinion about this matter. memory space.
In this way, the truth will be buried in the long river of history. Even if the files are declassified in the future, it will not change the reality that the truth has not remained in the minds of most people.
But it has not been long since the Joseph case. The sending of human hibernation equipment into space was not funded by the European Space Agency.
Because Joseph died and the European Space Agency changed its leadership, this matter did not move forward at all. Instead, it was a contract signed by Safran Group and Light Armor Aerospace. The money was given by Safran, and the people behind Safran The largest shareholder is the French government.
To put it bluntly, this money was given by French taxpayers. On behalf of France, Safran Group cooperated with Guangjia Aerospace and bought human hibernation equipment from Guangjia Technology, which was then sent up by Guangjia Aerospace.
As a result, there is not even a single French astronaut in the sky. If it were you, you would be angry.
Especially a country like France, which prides itself on being a great power, considers itself to be an important pole in the world and one of the five gangsters.
The French people have a long tradition of making trouble, and they are obviously very dissatisfied with this.
First, I vented all kinds of dissatisfaction on social media.
“Can you tell me why there is no French astronaut on the International Space Station? Denmark, Sweden, Germany, etc. are all there, but France is missing?
This is obvious NASA is targeting France, and we have to spend hundreds of millions of euros to send human hibernation equipment to astronauts from other countries.
This is the first time I have heard of spending money on others to enjoy benefits. "
"America is definitely targeting France. France clearly bears the bulk of the European Space Agency's budget, but France is not even ranked among the top five in the list of astronauts on the International Space Station.
The international status we have always relied on is not worth mentioning in the face of the reality of space. In the rules of the space game led by NASA, France is completely a third-rate country. ”
“I saw on Twitter that astronauts from various countries took selfies happily before entering the human hibernation equipment, and then I thought that this thing is from France, and there is no French astronaut on it. The anger in my heart cannot be described in words.
How happy I was when the Elysée Palace announced that we had mastered recyclable rocket technology, how angry I am now. ”
The French people even took to the streets to protest. This is also an old tradition, but more white people care about this matter.
The ethnic minorities and illegal immigrants who were the main force in the protests didn't care too much.
They care more about social welfare and retirement age than space.
So much so that de Gaulle saw everyone reacting so violently at the Elysee Palace, so he asked the relevant personnel: "Can French astronauts be sent up urgently?"
"It's not possible for the time being. If you want to go up, You need to go to the Astronaut Center in Cologne for half a year of training, and then go to NASA's Astronaut Training Center in Houston for two years of training, for a total of two and a half years of training, and only after passing the test can you go to the International Space Station. br>
At present, our astronauts are only in the second stage of progress.
But if it is simply to send people up to achieve the purpose of publicity, I think we can do it after communicating with NASA. ”
Since the International Space Station was officially put into operation, some rich people have spent money to experience it, and these rich people have only gone through a short period of training.
But if they go up, they can only stay. Eight to ten days is completely different from the concept of astronauts who often stay for more than 100 or 200 days.
"Then go negotiate with NASA and let SpaceX send a Frenchman to the Dragon spacecraft. astronauts go up. "After Dai Gaolong finished speaking, he thought about it again:
"Forget it, let's not talk to them in a hurry. Isn't Le Gall still in China?
Let him talk to Guangjia Aerospace to see if we can cooperate with Guangjia Aerospace.
If Okay, I think this will be more meaningful than sending an astronaut up there.”
France has always been full of rebellion and has been dissatisfied with the Federation’s superior global system for a long time.
Far away, Prism Gate and Alstom were acquired, and recently, Joseph was assassinated. France has been cooperating with China in order to find a balance and reduce its dependence on the Federation.
Including geopolitics, De Gaulle also tried every means to offset the federal influence on the EU.
The same is true in the aerospace field. He does not want to miss any opportunity that may reduce the federal influence.
If France had its own space station, even one of its modules would be enough for the entire European countries to surround France in the space field.
Since the Joseph incident, he has taken the initiative to learn about the current situation in the aerospace field. In his opinion, when there are astronaut centers in Europe, every astronaut must go to NASA for training before being Travel to the International Space Station is permitted.
Because of their training experience at NASA, these astronauts will naturally be close to Amerikan. This may not be a control method of the Federation.
These astronauts will become the backbone of European society in various fields after retirement, which will bring a lot of potential benefits to the Federation.
And if France becomes the center of the European aerospace field, it means that these benefits that originally belonged to the Federation will be received by France.
"Ms. Lin, what is Dr. Wright's intention regarding cooperation in the space station field?" After receiving the request from Paris, Le Gall was obviously much more urgent, although he did not show it in his tone.
After thinking about the communication with Chen Yuanguang, Lin Jia said: "We can give a cabin section to France. As for this project, the purchase cost is 2 billion US dollars.
We A complete cabin will be sent to France, and the specific parameters of the cabin will be sent to France.”
"Is it a complete cabin?" Le Gall asked.
Lin Jia nodded and said: "Yes, a complete cabin.
It will include basic modules that provide living accommodation, life support, command and communication, and several laboratory modules. And a habitable module.
We can write the specific parameters into the contract.”
Legar immediately said: “I have also studied some Chinese these days.
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In Chinese, a gentleman is said to be hard to follow.
Deal, I will return to Paris as soon as possible to promote this matter, I hope we can sign a contract as soon as possible. ”
Legar’s poor Mandarin and excited expression made Lin Jia wonder if the quote was too cheap.
However, Lin Jia did not ask him, but called after he went back in the evening. I asked Chen Yuanguang on the phone: "Yuan Guang, the French side agreed without any pause after hearing the quotation.
Is this quote too cheap? "
"Cheap is definitely cheap, but what I want is to build our space station into a project that can provide enough cabins.
France is only our first target of sale, and the offer of US$2 billion is only for them.
We need France to declare to the outside world that our offer is US$5 billion.
In this way, if other countries come to buy in the future, they will have to purchase according to the new quotation. ”
Lin Jia was skeptical about this: "I don't rule out that France will agree to such conditions. After all, for them they gain favor and we gain face.
I also don't doubt the US$5 billion offer. This offer I think there are many countries that can afford it.
But besides France, will anyone buy it? There is no way other countries can ignore Amerikan’s idea like France does.”
Chen Yuanguang said: "Even if the quotation is US$2 billion, we can still make a profit. It's just a difference between making more and making less.
The services we will provide in the aerospace field in the future will go far beyond the space station.
After we opened up business in France, a large number of African countries came to us for cooperation, which can be seen as an advertising effect. "
Chen Yuanguang thought for a while, "There is another very important point. If we want to build commercial aerospace into a complete industry, then we need a large number of upstream and downstream companies.
The cooperation of some external forces is needed. The other countries you just mentioned do not have the autonomy like France, and it is difficult to cooperate with us against Amerikan's wishes.
That’s true, but it’s also wrong because they don’t necessarily need to work with us directly.
With France as a bridge, they can completely reach cooperation with us through France.
For example, if France buys a second or even third cabin in the future, it will actually be used by Germany or Italy, and they will pay by leasing.
Besides, the situation is changing so fast now, and the future is uncertain. Maybe in three to five years, Amerikan's energy will be far less than it is now.
The princes from all sides are ready to make a move. "
After Le Gall returned to the hotel, he couldn't wait to communicate with France, "That's roughly the situation. ”
Being able to have his own space station is of great significance to the French aerospace industry and to him personally.
Needless to say about France's aerospace industry, for him personally, France having its own space station can realize his ambitions and increase his authority.
Therefore, Le Gall had great motivation to promote this matter, and his only worry was being assassinated.
“Is this price too expensive?” The sound of the Elysee Palace reached his ears as a result of the transmission of the communication network.
“No, this price is already very cheap. You must know that the Chinese provide us with a complete cabin. The complete cabin means that even if we leave the space station of Light Armor Spaceflight, we can still be in space.
Currently, the only ones with cabins in the International Space Station are Amerikan and DaMao. In addition to complete cabins, there are also some modules, such as Neon’s Kibo laboratory module in the International Space Station. < br>
The combined R&D and launch costs of Kibo exceed US$4 billion. ”
The development cost of Kibo itself is about 250 billion yen, the total price of the experimental equipment installed on Kibo is about 45 billion yen, the cost of ground facility development, astronaut training cost and launch cost are about 2360 100 million yen.
This is the yen from 1990 to 2010, which is much more expensive than the current yen.
“Kibo is just a laboratory module, and the cost is more than that. We paid 4 billion U.S. dollars, and our entire cabin segment only cost 2 billion U.S. dollars.
Moreover, Guangjia Aerospace hopes that the contract value we claim to the outside world is US$5 billion, which is equivalent to the market price.
I think this is good for both of us. When we charge other EU countries for usage in the future, we can show them the bill.
We spent 5 billion, but it’s not too much to collect 2 billion from other countries combined, right? "
Legar feels that he is a genius. Such an operation is equivalent to getting a space station for nothing.
"Okay, I will find a way to get the parliament to pass this special budget as soon as possible. "De Gaolong finally made the decision.
Le Gall said: "There is only one question, and that is whether China will be willing to export the space station?
Or they hope that China’s space agency will cooperate with us instead of Guangjia Aerospace.
After all, we have cooperated with the Chinese space agency before. ”
When Chang’e landed on the moon before, China helped France send a radon detector to the back of the moon.
In addition, this is the benefit of being famous, even if you have never built a space station. , the multi-segment space station is a technology that China has not yet mastered, and France has not worried about you not being able to handle the space station at all.
"I don’t think you need to worry about this. We will package all the orders for manufacturing and launch." They should be willing to give Guangjia Aerospace.
Moreover, Guangjia Aerospace is similar to Safran Group, and China’s shareholding in Guangjia Aerospace is not small. "Dei Gaolong said.
Before the contract was signed, but only a verbal intention was reached, in order to calm the domestic public opinion storm as soon as possible, Dai Gaolong took a video and posted it on social media:
"We Soon it will have its own space station, yes, France’s own space station.
We will cooperate with Guangjia Aerospace to jointly develop a space station, which is expected to be launched into space before 2026.
The cooperation model between us is similar to the current International Space Station. Like Amerikan and Damao, we will own a complete module of the space station.
This will be a historic moment for France's aerospace industry. I hope everyone can wait patiently for that moment to arrive. ”
The news quickly caused shock, because the International Space Station will be retired by 2030 at the latest. What do you mean by walking alone in France?
Brussels, in particular, reacted fiercely, and everyone should not unite Together with NASA, can we jointly promote the development of the aerospace industry?
“I don’t agree with France’s behavior, which reflects De Gaullon’s own serious thoughts of European separation and puts France’s interests above those of Europe as a whole. "A certain chairman from Amerikan said in an interview with the media.
The EU has given you a budget of 17 billion euros to develop the EU space program, and it is asking you to please Amerikan. Give the money to NASA.
What do you mean, France is now going to be its own faction?
(End of this chapter)