Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Washington time 9am.

Lounge behind the scenes of the NASA press conference.

Director Carson, standing in front of the mirror, stretched his hand tight to the tie in front of his chest, tidied his face and suddenly said suddenly.

“Gustenmaire, do you believe in God? ”

Sitting in a chair not far away, Deputy Director Gustenmaire was slightly stunned when he heard the statement and spoke after a moment of hesitation.

“I'm … sorry, I'm not a believer. ”

“Are you a materialist? ”

“Well,” Deputy Director Gustenmaire shrugged, "after all, dealing with rockets and satellites every day, and devout followers will also question faith. ”

“It doesn't look like we're in the same category," said Director Carson slowly, smiling in the face of himself in the mirror. "I'm a spiritualist. ”

“… so you believe in theism? ”

“No, my so-called consciousness is not the kind of consciousness you understand, but a spiritual awakening. How can we make our country great again? The key is not how to make it great, but to convince our people that we can and are doing it. ”

Speaking here, he stopped talking and looked at Deputy Director Gustenmaire, Carson looking up at the watch with her cuffs raised.

“It's almost time, the reporters are waiting for us, it's time to go. ”

……

The lights are on.

Director Carson, dressed in formal clothes, walked up to the stage and nodded in the hands of journalists and journalists from all over the scene before announcing the start of the press conference.

Such a release should have been given to a dedicated press spokesperson, but Carson thought it would be better this time, given the incident caused by that spokesperson's poor performance at the last press conference.

“Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend our press conference. Just a week ago, the Congressional Budget Committee approved our budget line for Part I of the Ares Plan, carrying a BFR superrocket with a total weight of 25 tons of life-support units, which will be launched to Mars in a month's time to send our future new home to the surface of Mars. ”

Director Carson looked at the big screen behind him.

“I'm talking about the life support unit, that's it. ”

The moment the voice drops, the image switches.

Just in the middle of that big screen, sitting in a hemispherical white building.

According to the illustration in the perspective view, this hemispheric white building is divided into two inner and outer circles divided into four blocks, two of which are living quarters, which can accommodate up to four colonists and provide a living space of 5.3 square metres per capita for each colonizer. The other two living blocks, the experimental zone and the public living space, meet the needs of scientific research on the one hand and the living needs of the colonizers on the other.

As for the outer ring of the life-support unit, which is the inflated part of the entire life-support unit that unfolds after landing, it is a circle similar to the vegetable shed. It is used to try to cultivate drought-tolerant crops and provide additional food to colonizers in order to reduce the cost of transporting goods from Earth to Mars.

In addition, there is a conceptual map of the Mars colony.

Only a row of hemispherical white "Mongolian bags” were seen running together through transparent pipelines, 3D modeled dwarves travelling between pipelines, and nearby red deserts driving tires of giant Mars cars.

When I saw the scene, the media on the scene immediately made an astonishing noise.

Although NASA has previously published information on its official website and Twitter account, it has not disclosed more details about the Ares program, nor has it explained the specifics of the life-support module.

Now standing here, looking at everything on the big screen, even if you're ready to be surprised again, many people can't help but have a shocking look on their faces.

Especially the BFR super rocket that followed right in front of people!

Until then, the largest Saturn V carrier rocket had a maximum capacity of 118 tons and could only be transported into near-Earth orbit. If it were to be transported to the moon orbit, the capacity would be drastically reduced to 47 tons.

However, the Ares plan is not a near-Earth orbit, nor a lunar orbit, but a Mars surface that is 55.76 million kilometres from the nearest Earth!

Journalists were shocked by the majestic NASA plan and lost their voices in the halls of more than 300 people.

Carson was very pleased with the quiet scene, and after a gentle cough, he continued to introduce it.

“… a successful life-support unit on the surface of Mars will sustain up to five astronauts for two to five years of life on the surface of Mars. Over this long period of time, astronauts will be conducting a number of scientific missions on Mars, exploring mineral deposits and water reserves on Mars, gathering first-hand information for our scientists on Earth and paving the way for the follow-up projects planned by Ares. Eventually we will build a self-sufficient Mars Village on that red planet! ”

With Director Carson's voice falling, the atmosphere at the press conference was instantly pushed high. Tide.

Quickly enter the on-site questioning session.

All journalists raised their hands high and resented the way they couldn't stick their fingers in Carson's nostrils.

Director Carson looked around at the venue and naturally chose the Washington Post.

As a historic newspaper, the Washington Post's views are relatively conservative and generally do not bother him with a sharp question at the outset, so this is also the most sound option.

Inspired by Director Carson's gesture, the Washington Post's prestigious journalist Hamm received this valuable opportunity.

He spent two seconds thinking about his language, quickly stretched out his pen, and asked, “Hello, Commissioner, we all know that Ares was only a short time away, and compared to our ambitious goal, there was only a small amount of prep time left for us. Do you think this plan is insured? Or let me ask you something else: How confident is NASA in achieving the goals of Ares Phase I? ”

Not surprisingly, the entry point chosen by the Washington Post was focused on "preparation time” and “success rate".

The eyebrows picked upwards, responding to a pair of eagerly awaited answers, Director Carson said with pleasure: "The Ares program was indeed only recently restarted, but we have been preparing to land on Mars for a long time. Life-support units, for example, have been studied a decade ago. And Space-X's BFR superrocket completed its first test flight two years ago. ”

“The colonial Mars project was not our temporary start, but was well planned! On the issue of security, I can assure you that we will make sure that all security work is done and then let our colonizers go! ”

Director Carson's voice fell and his deafening applause quickly filled the room.

After a warm round of applause, British journalists from the BBC were fortunate enough to get up to ask questions and speak.

“We all know, Mr. Director, that just a week ago, the Chinese National People's Moon Climb Project was a huge success. What I'd like to ask you is whether NASA's hasty decision to launch Ares was a response to China's moon climbing behavior? ”

Do you still have to ask that question?

If China hadn't sent astronauts to the moon, Congress would have gone mad to approve their crazy plan to burn money.

Speaking of which, NASA actually has to thank the Chinese.

After all, the elders of the Congressional Budget Committee would never have opened their pockets so painfully had it not been for China's tight pace in space.

Of course, that makes sense, and Commissioner Carson certainly wouldn't admit it, quite simply refuting it.

“This assertion is groundless, and we sent our astronauts to the moon half a century ago, and now China has succeeded in doing so with certainty, but we have not yet placed them in the position of opponents. ”

“Remember, climbing the moon is what we have achieved in the past, and there is nothing on that land or glory worth remembering. Now, our goal is more distant Mars, where there are endless possibilities. ”

Shh...!

There was an amazing sound coming out of the scene.

North American journalists have an exhilarating look on their faces, like chicken blood. British journalists looked interested, as if they had seen the big news. The expression of Russian journalists is somewhat complex, and the expression of Chinese journalists is somewhat unpleasant.

In any case, the information revealed in the NASA Director's statement was not very friendly to China.

We never considered you opponents!

As you chase our past steps, we have cast our gaze further afield!