Chapter 1321 Faster than Light
Xiao Peng was actually not really interested in Albrecht's gifts: six thoroughbred horses and two puppies.
He still thinks in a Western way.
These European aristocrats have so-called aristocratic sports, such as horse racing, skiing, golf, tennis and so on. Among these sports, the only one Xiao Peng can do is skiing, and that is the "unnoble" snowboarding. As for horse racing, Xiao Peng has never even touched it.
Six thoroughbred horses would definitely cost a fortune. Although Albrecht said that the ponies bred at his own farm were free, Xiao Peng knew that these six horses would cost at least seven figures. As for the two puppies...
Xiao Peng didn't even have the chance to hug him!
He really wanted to ask Walter's wife Diane: Is Tom Walter's biological son? Why does it feel like these two sons are his biological sons?
Well, if you like them, just keep them. What Xiao Peng is worried about now is what to do with these six horses?
There are stables here, but who will take care of the horses? What will they eat and drink?
Well, I need to ask William for help to solve this problem.
These foreigners can't even give the right gifts, can't you give us some beautiful women... or movies starring them? That would be much better than these horses!
How can this be a gift? This is clearly causing trouble for myself!
Of course, since they came from afar to send these gifts, as the saying goes, "the more gifts, the less blame", Xiao Peng could only "accept" the gifts with a smile.
The food had already been prepared in the restaurant kitchen, and Xiao Peng invited them to eat first.
"Hmm..." Albrecht said with a puzzled look on his face as he held his chopsticks at the dining table.
Xiao Peng asked in confusion, "Is there any problem?"
Albrecht frowned and said, "Why do I feel that this hot pot is not as delicious as the one we had in the cabin at the ski resort?"
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "The ingredients are the same, the seasoning is the same. You think it's not as delicious as it was then because we were fighting over it in the cabin, but here you eat it by yourself, so naturally it tastes better when you fight over it."
Albrecht said, "Xiao, to be honest, I really admire you Daxia people. You really know how to eat!"
Xiao Peng laughed and said, "What's the old saying? Food is the most important thing for the people! We Daxia people take food very seriously. We can't be like Shatalov, swallowing a tube of toothpaste raw."
The incident in which Shatalov swallowed a tube of toothpaste refers to an incident in January 1969. During a live broadcast of astronauts' eating habits from space, the Soviet Union's Soyuz 4 pilot demonstrated how to eat. The Soviet space food was sticky food packaged in tubes resembling toothpaste. Cosmonaut Shatalov, however, mistakenly grabbed a tube of toothpaste and ate it, smiling broadly.
Although people's ability to distinguish tastes will be impaired in space, so the taste will be bland, but swallowing a tube of toothpaste with a smile on their face is something that not everyone can do.
With the advancement of space technology, today's space food is much more advanced than it was in the past. As long as there is no soup in the food that gets everywhere, and as long as there are no bones in it to prevent it from getting stuck in the astronauts' throats, it can basically be brought into space.
When the space station was in operation, there were various cases of people bringing their own food into space. For example, Korean astronauts lived up to their reputation as the "Kimchi Country" and brought kimchi into space; and Malaysian Chinese astronaut Wang Ganjun directly brought his own stir-fried lamb into space.
But let's be honest, compared to Daxia, their food is child's play. Who cares more about food than the Daxia people? The Daxia space station has over 120 different kinds of food for the astronauts!
Even if the Daxia people go to outer space, they must not forget to eat!
After hearing this, Albrecht sighed and said, "Xiao, if you hadn't mentioned this, I would have forgotten that you Daxia people have driven our European Space Agency crazy!"
"Oh? Why?" Xiao Peng was puzzled.
Albrecht said, "All the text on your space station, except for Arabic numerals, is in Chinese. From now on, our European Space Agency will cooperate with your Daxia Space Station. And now, our astronauts are working hard to learn Chinese!"
After hearing this, Xiao Peng laughed and said, "Learning Chinese is the future trend of the world. Believe me, Albrecht, let your children learn Chinese! It will definitely benefit them in the future!"
Albrecht nodded and said, "I believe this. At least now the European astronauts can use it! But I really want to say a few words to you Daxia people. You are so cunning in doing this!"
"Sly?" Xiao Peng pointed at the West. "Why don't you try to cooperate with the Americans? They're so awesome! They can send back pictures of Mars in just four minutes. Why don't you ask them to go into space?"
Albrecht shut up immediately.
The first country in the world to land on Mars was not the Americans, but the former Soviet Union.
In fact, the Soviet Union has made an indelible contribution to the aerospace industry: the first human space exploration was carried out by the former Soviet Union; the first artificial satellite came from the former Soviet Union; the first lunar probe and the first space station were both achievements of the former Soviet Union, but it lost to the United States in the race to the moon.
After losing to the Americans in the moon landing, the Soviet Union set its sights on Mars, and they achieved success: three Mars probes reached Mars: Mars-1 failed, Mars-2 had a parachute failure during landing, and Mars-3 successfully reached Mars but lost contact after 14 seconds.
But no matter what, the Soviet Union was the first nation to reach Mars. Four years later, the American Viking 1 successfully reached Mars, and four minutes later, the first human image of Mars was transmitted back to Earth. The entire American nation cheered: "Look how impressive we are!"
And the facts proved that they were indeed "awesome". Daxia's "Zhurong" Mars lander successfully arrived on Mars in 2021, and took photos and sent them back to Earth: it took eight hours from sending the photos to receiving them on Earth.
There is no way around it. After all, Mars is 320 million kilometers away from the Earth. Even if light were to run in a straight line, it would take 1,100 seconds, or about eighteen minutes. Moreover, this is impossible with current technology. The Mars lander needs to establish a data connection with the orbiter, and the measurement and control code rate must also be considered, so eight hours is already very fast.
Of course, the Americans now have three relay satellites, so their speed is naturally much faster than Daxia's. However, the four-minute photo transmission back then is truly incomprehensible. Furthermore, the actual photos of Mars taken by their "Perseverance" Mars rover look suspiciously like Canada's Devon Island. As an ordinary citizen, Xiao Peng can only give a thumbs-up and sincerely say: Americans, awesome!
"Albrecht, I'm a stickler for words. If you can get the Americans to abolish the Wolf Amendments, I'll donate all my wealth and make the entire Daxia space station speak German. I mean what I say. Can you do it?"
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