"Cough cough!"
Lu Yongchang looked at the professor in front of him with a strange expression, coughed twice, and then spoke.
"The project site is located in the Taklamakan Desert."
"Once the project begins, you will need to spend several years in a man-made ecosystem. Have you thought this through?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the professors in front of him patted their chests and said, "Don't worry, Professor Lü, we thought about this when we came here!"
"As long as we can conduct research on artificial ecosystem projects, we can live in it for the rest of our lives!"
"That's right, that's right!"
"After so many years, we're finally about to see the light at the end of the tunnel!!"
"..."
Listening to the professors in front of him remarking one after another, Lü Yongchang wore a wry smile.
...
As the meeting concluded successfully, Xia Guo News immediately reported on this historic event.
"According to our station, the research seminar held at Sandaokou University officially concluded this evening."
"During the meeting, Director Lü had a long discussion with the academicians and professors about Xia Guo's future research direction for several hours."
"During the meeting, Director Lü announced that Xia Kingdom would launch the Lunar Palace Project immediately, and at the same time, Xia Kingdom would restart the Biosphere 2 Project in the Taklamakan Desert!"
The moment the news broke in Xia Guo, the netizens on Weibo went wild.
"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap?! Is today April Fool's Day?"
"So, Professor Lü was serious about the Moon Palace project he mentioned before?"
"Upstairs, judging from the current situation, let alone the Moon Palace Project, I estimate that the Southern Heavenly Gate Project is also serious."
"Zhao, this isn't just a matter of the Strategic Deception Bureau anymore! This is practically a Strategic Intimidation Bureau!"
"I'm not saying anything more, I'm going to eat two Xizhilang jelly now, I want to be an astronaut too!"
"Hahahaha, you're fucking hilarious, are you trying to make me laugh to death?!"
"Understanding the psychological trauma the United States is currently experiencing."
...
The psychological impact on the United States is difficult to estimate.
But at least, Albert was indeed quite traumatized at this point.
"WTF??!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" A series of sounds of slamming the table came from inside the presidential office.
“William Blair!” Albert’s face flushed red, and his blond hair swayed up and down with the motion of slamming the table.
"Holy shit! Didn't you guys say that Xia Kingdom's three plans were all a hoax?!"
Albert extended a slightly chubby finger, pointing tremblingly to a document in front of him: "Tell me, what's going on here? Why did Xia Kingdom launch the Moon Palace Project?!"
Faced with the president's furious roar, William Blair and Anthony exchanged a glance and said with a wry smile, "Your Excellency, we didn't expect that Xia's plans were serious..."
"However... according to NASA's predictions, it will be at least five to ten years before China can even begin to realize the Lunar Palace project."
Hearing this, Albert's expression relaxed slightly.
But having learned from his previous experiences, he became much more cautious.
He looked at Morton with suspicion: "Chief Morton, is this true?"
Morton shrugged and spread his hands, saying, "I don't know."
"This is the conclusion drawn by those scientists."
Morton learned his lesson and shifted the blame onto his scientists.
Albert took a deep breath: "When can Project Pathfinder begin?"
"What I mean is, when exactly will those three rockets be able to go into space?"
Hearing this, Morton's expression grew even more bitter: "Your Excellency, the biggest problem right now is not the hardware."
"What's the meaning?"
Morton sighed deeply: "As of now, the Saturn VI launch vehicle and the Mars lander are ready, but... there's a problem with our astronauts."
"WTF?! What problems could astronauts possibly have?" Albert gestured dramatically. "Are they supposed to go home and say goodbye to their parents?"
“…Sir, it’s probably even worse.” Morton was silent for a moment, then said softly, “Currently, no astronauts within NASA are willing to participate in this project.”
"They think going to Mars now is practically suicide."
Albert's face stiffened: "Can't we force them to participate in the project?"
Morton shrugged and looked at Albert with an expression that suggested he was an idiot: "What do you think?"
“Fxxk!” Albert cursed through gritted teeth. “A bunch of cowards! Useless!”
"Why is NASA keeping such a bunch of junk?!"
Morton: "..."
I feel offended.
He hesitated for a moment, then shrugged: "How about... you go up and give it a try?"
Albert's cursing stopped abruptly.
“…Cough cough!” Albert coughed forcefully. “Isn’t there any other way?”
"Of course, we can recruit volunteers from the public."
"..."
Albert stared speechlessly at Morton in front of him.
Is this a method that a human could come up with?
When did NASA astronauts start being able to recruit volunteers?
...
early morning.
Inside an unnamed slum in Washington, D.C.
Andrew was awakened by a jarring alarm clock.
Looking out the window at the still somewhat dim sky, Andrew sighed deeply.
He needs to go work at the construction site next door.
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