It was China's lead in the lunar orbiting plan that led Amerikan to choose a more radical route in the Mars plan to land on Mars.
Americen’s previous annual investment in NASA ranged from RMB 20 billion to RMB 30 billion.
The budget of their Chinese counterpart ASA is much smaller.
China's investment in the aerospace field was only announced in 2017, which was about 2 billion yuan. NASA's budget that year was 20 billion yuan.
Later, the SA budget of 10 billion yuan circulated on the Internet was estimated by foreign institutions based on SA's launch.
In fact, SA's labor costs and manufacturing costs are significantly lower than NASA's, which also causes China's actual purchasing power to exceed the budget by a lot.
Even so, China's actual investment still lags behind NASA.
In recent years, NASA's budget has soared from the previous 20 to 30 billion yuan to more than 80 billion yuan.
“So this time we chose to land on Mars in the middle of next year.
This landing on Mars can only succeed but not fail. Everyone knows the consequences of failure. "
“The gentlemen in Congress will not allow us to fail when our budget is so strong.
If it fails, everyone will have to step down. "
In the face of China's increasing pressure in the aerospace field, reporters questioned Amerikan's senior officials in various public occasions.
When the director of NASA faced inquiries from both houses of Congress, his answer was: We will definitely send Amerikans to Mars in 2027.
Therefore, senior officials also maintained the same tone when speaking to the outside world:
"China has made remarkable achievements in the aerospace field, but there is still a big gap compared with us.
It’s not that we can’t build a lunar space station in near-lunar orbit, it’s just that NASA’s goal at this stage is to go all out to Mars.
The moon is not our biggest goal. NASA as a whole is preparing to enter Mars. "
The administrator of NASA is appointed directly by the president, but must be approved by the Senate.
If NASA delays the ticket, the consequence will be a replacement, a top-to-bottom change.
There is a huge gap between landing on Mars and landing on the moon. The gap is much wider than the gap between Google and Baidu.
The most critical point is that there is a time window for traveling from Blue Star to Mars, which is the closest distance between Blue Star and Mars.
Blue Star and Mars come close to each other every twenty-six months.
If the fuel-optimized Hohmann transfer round-trip method is adopted, with Blue Star's 2020 technology, both the outbound and return journeys will take about two hundred days, and the stay on Mars will take more than five hundred days.
It took a total of nine hundred days.
The first is the supplies that need to be carried, and the second is the challenge to the astronauts’ mental health.
Fifty years ago, Apollo 1 flew to the moon in just 75 hours.
And if you carry a large amount of supplies, it will take longer.
Later, the Apollo 11 manned spacecraft brought astronauts and supplies, and it took more than four days to land on the moon.
"Nine hundred days, currently none of our astronauts have the psychological quality to endure such a long wait.
Judging from current fuel technology, at most one person can go to Mars.
A person has to spend nine hundred long days in space. I think the first astronaut to go to Mars should not use the magic brain on him?
The unknown effects of using Magic Brain on the human body are unpredictable.
Armstrong only stayed on the moon for two and a half hours, but our astronauts this time will stay on Mars for 500 days!
We have chosen a radical plan for the Mars Plan, and we must be relatively cautious in other aspects.
What worries me is that when astronauts use the magic brain, their thinking activities will become more active.
The psychological judgments made in the past will become invalid.
Although at present, after using the magic brain, the personality will not change significantly.
But on a solitary voyage of more than nine hundred days, even small changes can have unintended consequences. "
NASA's idea is to use Magic Brain for astronauts in the Mars Project.
It is hoped that a series of experiments can be carried out on Mars around the Demonic Brain.
For example, test the delay time of viewing the Magic Forum.
The transmission of electromagnetic wave signals takes time.
Americen's fifth Mars exploration rover successfully landed on Mars in 2021. At that time, it took thirteen minutes to transmit images of Mars from Mars back to Blue Star.
They were curious about whether there was a delay in transmitting data from the Magic Forum back to Blue Star, and how long the delay was.
This is very important, and it is related to judging the signal transmission method used by the demon brain.
Previously, the number of magic brains was limited, and the distance between the moon and the blue star was too close, so similar experiments could not produce obvious distinction.
Now that these conditions have matured, NASA wants to conduct a series of experiments around magic on Mars.
I also want to test whether magic can be used on Mars and how strong it is.
This is the most important purpose.
Although other countries cannot know the full story of what happened in London, they all have their own channels to roughly know what happened in London.
And magic is only effective within London. This is not only known to them, but also confirmed by London.
Therefore, Amerikan wondered whether the magic brain provided by Merlin and the spellcasting ability obtained through the magic brain would become ineffective when it reaches Mars.
In addition, there is also the difference in spell casting effectiveness between Mars and Blue Star.
A mage who gains spellcasting ability through the magic brain has no magic power, and there is no meditation method that can improve spellcasting ability.
The mages of Amerikan could not find any factors that determine the strength of spell casting.
“The cost of sending a person to Mars is very high, and we need to achieve as many strategic goals as possible.
Magic is the most important research subject in the next era, and this landing on Mars is an excellent opportunity for us to widen the gap between us and other countries in magic.
I believe that Amerikan's astronauts will not be defeated by this small difficulty.
And instead of letting him go up to Blue Star after becoming a mage, he was asked to use his magic brain to become a mage after arriving on Mars. "
The chief scientist of NASA did not finish his words. His subtext was that even if the astronauts used the magic brain and suffered psychological problems on their return, the damage would not be great.
As long as their goals can be accomplished, losing an astronaut is an acceptable price, although astronauts are expensive to train.
Anyway, after the death of the magic brain user, the corresponding use rights of magi will be released.
This level of subtext is understood by all NASA executives present.
"I think we can do this. We have entered the final round of astronauts, and I believe they can successfully complete the mission."
NASA's Mars program has four astronauts on the final list.
On the eve of landing on Mars, the four astronauts will be sorted by lottery and the space plan will be implemented in order.
The default is to implement the Mars Plan on the 1st, but if the 1st does not pass the physical examination, it will be changed to the 2nd, and the order will be postponed.
As for why the lottery is such a primitive method, it is because aerospace is similar to navigation, and aerospace is just navigation in the 21st century.
The person who executes the plan determined by luck can also use his good luck in the subsequent execution of the plan.
The order of the eighteen astronauts selected for the Apollo program was determined by drawing lots.
When it comes to the physical and mental qualities of one person among tens of millions of people, luck is even more important than other conditions and has become the decisive factor.
“Just follow this plan and let astronauts carry the magic brain to space while reserving the right to use a magi.
We set the exchange location for the Magic Brain as the astronauts’ landing site on Mars.
We've always had questions about Merlin's teleportation capabilities.
Although the radio signals we received back then came from Pluto, this was only calculated.
It is very likely that the mage can forge the source of the signal, so we need to verify through experiments whether Merlin can achieve such long-distance transmission of items. "
In the Mars plan for the first Mars landing, those who seek stability are a minority, and most are radicals.
Even though NASA has diverted some of its overly radical elements to commercial aerospace companies such as SpaceX, radical elements still dominate the space.
There are also a large number of fanatics who believe that explosion is art.
In fact, the main reason is that the technology is not mature enough. If the technology is mature enough, astronauts can enter a dormant state during the journey.
Just like taking a nap, astronauts only need to stay awake before entering orbit and after leaving orbit.
Otherwise, you can enter sleep mode during the trip.
If space hibernation can be achieved, it will not only greatly relieve the psychological pressure of astronauts, but also significantly reduce the food that needs to be carried.
It’s just that there are still some technical difficulties that prevent space dormancy technology from being realized.
Mainly in space, the cockpit is very small, and living in a narrow and lack of light will feel cramped and depressing.
Although NASA has successively launched three relay communication satellites in the orbit of Mars in recent years.
On the way to Mars, astronauts can connect to the Internet and use WiFi to connect to Blue Star's network.
The delay is relatively high and does not affect astronauts browsing the web and chatting.
However, NASA does not dare to open this authority because it wants to reduce the external stimulation that astronauts receive.
If some advice on Blue Star irritates the astronauts, it will lead to unimaginable consequences.
Especially on a two-hundred-day journey, it is necessary to minimize such impacts.
However, considering that this is such a long journey, NASA has equipped the astronauts with some entertainment facilities.
These include brain-computer-connected VR that is physically disconnected from the Internet, and some games are preloaded in it.
I also brought an Amazon kindle. Books can make people feel calm during the trip.
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The budget provided by Amerikan to NASA has increased significantly, which has brought about high prosperity in the commercial aerospace field.
Originally, many of America's commercial airlines served NASA.
The same is true for China. The largest customer of listed companies in the aerospace field is SA.
Affected by this good news, SpaceX’s Starlink plan took shape earlier than expected.
Starlink is nominally a satellite Internet created by Musk - civilian infrastructure, but in fact it can play a strong role in the military.
During the large-scale operation in early 2022, I originally thought that the basic network facilities would be blown up and the network would be disconnected. However, the other party used Starlink to continuously spread the news.
SpaceX uses very low rocket launch costs to send satellites into the sky in batches.
As early as five years ago, in 2021, SpaceX launched about 60 Starlink satellites every time.
The number of Starlink satellites launched by Musk before was around 2,250, accounting for half of the entire number of Blue Star launches in history.
Musk originally planned to complete the launch of 12,000 Starlink satellites in November 2027.
Affected by the high prosperity of the entire commercial aviation field, 12,000 Starlink satellites have been launched by the end of 2025.
At the end of 2026, this number will become 15,000.
Starlink has covered all areas of Blue Star, from the North Pole to the Antarctic, from the Sahara Desert to Mount Everest, Starlink's satellite communication services can be used.
From the perspective of Internet speed, the transmission speed of Starlink is only a few thousand times that of 5G, and the effect is similar to that of 4G.
The technical principle of Starlink satellites realizing network transmission is very simple.
One of the most important indicators of network communication is traffic density. 5G can provide 100Tbps bandwidth per square kilometer.
It relies on a large number of base stations for protection.
If you feel that 5G is similar to 4G when you use it, you have not experienced the advantages of 5G.
This is because there are not enough 5G base stations around you.
Each of the 5G base stations built by China can provide 15Gbps bandwidth, while each satellite in the Starlink plan is 20Gbps.
If you make a comparison alone, the effect of a single Starlink satellite is better than that of the base station, but the problem is that the two are not comparable in quantity.
As of 2022, China has built nearly 1.6 million 5G base stations.
It will continue to increase in the future based on demand.
The Starlink plan will only be completed with 12,000 satellites.
In other words, in terms of hardware quantity alone, Starlink is one-thousandth of 5G.
But the most critical thing about Starlink is its application in no-man’s land.
In no-man's land, you can't build the base station there, but Starlink can achieve 4G network speed signal transmission.
At least the live broadcast is enough.
In other words, the wilderness live broadcast category seems unrealistic from the technical perspective of 2020.
Where did the Internet come from in the wilderness?
But by 2026, 15,000 Starlink satellites in Blue Star orbit will continue to provide communication services to areas without base stations.
Wilderness live broadcast has become a very popular channel, and human beings' curiosity for novelty is fully reflected in it.
Although the price of 100 yuan per month is a bit expensive for ordinary people.
But for companies operating in uninhabited areas, this price is too cheap.
At the same time, ruthless bloggers who engage in live broadcasts in the wilderness can earn far more than 100 yuan through live broadcasts.
Its uses in emergency communications, disaster response, and the military are huge.
Of course, the military purpose here only refers to communication under extreme circumstances. For example, the Starlink satellites that are boasted on the Internet to intercept nuclear warheads are purely bragging.
Starlink is still very, very far away from achieving this, and it is almost unrealistic.
And from a business perspective, this thing is not profitable.
Because the cost is too high, the installation fee is 500 yuan, and the monthly usage fee is 100 yuan.
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