I have a little black hole

Without the sudden emergence of the Infinite Gravity Group, the entire human space technology is still in a slow development state, because to be honest, space research is too expensive, and it is difficult to see the benefits in the short term. In this case, think It is of course very difficult to obtain a large amount of research and development funds.

But now that the spacecraft of the Infinite Gravity Group have begun to work, and they have begun to plan to make an enclosure on the moon, in this case, who can ignore the meaning it represents?

"We must find a way to curb the space development of the Infinite Gravity Group. Otherwise, if the main resource areas on the moon and Mars are occupied by them, we will be in trouble if we want to get them back at that time!" said the person in charge of Lao Mei's space strategy.

This is their third high-level meeting this month. Everyone at the top knows that he is right, but most people directly ignore his vague remarks.

"I think we all understand the seriousness of this problem, but as you all know about our current economic situation, it is already light to describe it as an economic crisis. I want to describe it as a financial disaster more appropriately!

Countries all over the world are reducing their holdings of our country’s national debt. Our fiscal deficit has now reached 4.6 trillion U.S. dollars, but now there are fewer and fewer countries and institutions willing to buy the national debt issued by us. There are so many deficits. The above has exceeded our repayment ability.

This is also the reason why we used the Infinite Gravity Group some time ago to kill the chickens and the monkeys, because we hope to transfer the domestic contradictions, but as a result, you have also seen it, we are now the weak side!

We now want to compete with their companies in the space field. Even if it is in accordance with your minimum requirements, it will require Congress to approve an additional funding of at least $150 billion per year. I think you know that this money is difficult to pass. Right?"Treasury Secretary Powell poured cold water.

This is why there have been two meetings about the competition with the Infinite Gravity Group on the moon, and there is still another meeting. It is still money, and now the situation in the old United States has followed the thunderstorm several times. The Sao operation has become a mess, and its influence has plummeted.

In this case, even if they want to use over-issued currency to make other countries pay the bill again as before, no one is a fool. When you are strong, everyone is forced to give you face under pressure and benefits, but you are now Who will sell you face after being so persuaded?

There is no real friendship between countries. Interests are the fundamental. Under this circumstance, the old American government, which cannot get too much money, is powerless even if it wants to grant additional funding to the space agency and related companies. , They have held two meetings with high-level government officials, but they still haven't discussed a specific method.

Whether it’s the American Space Agency or related space companies, they are trying their best to ask for money from the government. Those capitalists do have money, but this kind of government-led space race wants them It's impossible to pay for it out of their own pockets, and that's why they are arguing here.

Everyone knows that the moon, more distant Mars, and the asteroid belt have very rich resources. If they can be mined enough to support the real development of human beings into a primary interstellar civilization, these aerospace companies in the United States and the United States are usually advocating this. Matter, but that is all fraudulent investment!

It looks like a lot of billions of dollars every year, but compared with the conservative estimate of Infinite Gravity Group’s investment in the space field, it is really only a fraction. This year has not been over yet, preliminary estimates of Infinite Gravity Group The investment in space R&D and manufacturing has reached 120 billion U.S. dollars!

Moreover, this figure is still a conservative estimate. No matter which aerospace company in the United States can afford such an investment, the annual net profit is at most a few billion dollars, even if it is very much. Where can so much money come from?

Having so much money invested in the stock market for a year is not easy to earn billions of dollars, and even if there is so much money, they don’t want to invest their own money, because this event can bring about short-term investment. The benefits that come are almost pitiful!

Infinite Gravity Group’s ability to make money, if they spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year, their own company may go bankrupt in two or three years. In this case, if they don’t ask the government for money, who do they look for?

"Then can we advance our previous lunar landing plan? The previous funding has been paid out in full. Has the money been converted into rockets and lunar landers?

We can also launch a lot of exploration vehicles to the moon, and when our exploration vehicles reach the relevant area of ​​the moon, we can declare that the area is occupied by us, so that we can use established facts to block the infinite gravity group on the moon. The road to expansion!

We all know that using something like the "Moon Agreement" to wrestle with the Infinite Gravity Group will not help much. In the final analysis, it is a matter of strength. Our backwardness in space technology has caused us to lose our right to speak very much!"Secretary of State Herrecks said helplessly.

Seeing everyone's eyes turned to him, Raymond, the director of the space agency, quickly straightened his back and replied: "Our moon landing plan is almost ready. Training for astronauts, rocket manufacturing, and moon landing. The manufacturing work of the device is all nearing completion.

If the government needs it, if we work overtime, we can start the first launch from about a month and a half later to launch the launch after half a month!

But if we want to do what Mr. Herrex said and compare the number of exploration vehicles with Infinite Gravity Group, then the government must give us more funds, otherwise, whether it is a rocket or an exploration vehicle. If we don't even have the funds to make them, we won't have anything to launch even if we want to launch them!

Based on the technology we currently have, if we want to launch the same number of exploration vehicles as the Infinite Gravity Group sent to the moon with a spacecraft this time, our rocket will have to be launched at least 30 times. The cost of the rocket and the exploration The cost of manufacturing the car, etc., add up to at least $15 billion!"

Although it has received several additional funding from the government, the space agency’s plan to restart the lunar landing program has not been accelerated at this time in 2025. It is very difficult for American employees to work overtime. Work overtime on technology research and development may not necessarily achieve good results.