9 am Washington time.

The nasa press conference behind the scenes of the lounge.

Standing in front of the mirror, the director of Carson reached out and tightened his tie on his chest, sorting out his own appearance, and suddenly spoke openly.

"Gusttenmeier, do you believe in God?"

Sitting in a chair not far away, Deputy Director Gostenmeier sneaked a little after hearing this sentence, and he said after a moment of hesitation.

"I... sorry, I am not a believer."

"You are a materialist?"

"That's right," Deputy Director Gostenmeier shrugged. "After all, dealing with rockets and satellites every day, and devout believers will also doubt the faith."

"That seems we are not a class of people," facing the smile in the mirror, and Director Carson said slowly, "I am an idealist."

"...so do you believe in theism?"

"No, my so-called idealism is not the kind of idealism that you understand, but a spiritual awakening. How to make our country re-great? The most crucial thing is not how to make it great, but to let our people I believe we can do it and we are doing it."

Speaking of this, he stopped his words and looked at the sturdy deputy director of Gostenmeier. Carson picked up his cuff and looked at his watch.

"Time is almost up, the reporters are still waiting for us, it is time to go."

......

The light is on.

Director Carson, dressed in a formal attire, stepped on the stage and nodded in the face of the reporters and reporters in the audience, then announced the beginning of the press conference.

Originally, this kind of conference should be handed over to a dedicated spokesperson, but considering the incident caused by the poor performance of the spokesperson in the last press conference, Carson felt that it was better to do it this time. .

“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 for the first part of the Ares program, with a total weight of The 25-ton life-sustaining unit's bfr super rocket will be launched to Mars in a month and send our future new home to Mars' surface."

Said, Director Carson looked at the big screen behind him.

"The life support unit I said is it."

At the moment when the voice falls, the screen switches.

I saw a semi-spherical white building in the center of the big screen.

According to the diagram in the perspective view, the hemispherical white building is divided into two parts, the inner and outer rings, and the inner ring is divided into four blocks, two of which are living quarters, which can accommodate up to four colonists, and Each colonizer provides 5.3 square meters of living space per person. The other two living blocks are the experimental area and the public living space. On the one hand, they meet the needs of scientific research, on the other hand, they meet the needs of the colonists.

As for the outer ring of the life support unit, that is, the part of the entire life support unit that is inflated after landing, it is a circle similar to a vegetable greenhouse. It is used to try to cultivate some drought-tolerant crops and provide extra food for the colonists to reduce the cost of transporting materials from the Earth to Mars.

In addition to this, there is a conceptual map of the Martian colony.

I saw a row of hemispherical white "yurts" chained together through transparent pipes. The 3d modeled man shuttled between the pipes, and the huge red car on the nearby red desert was driving.

When I saw this scene, the media on the scene suddenly made amazement.

Although nasa has already published relevant information on the official website and Twitter account, it did not disclose more details about the Ares plan, nor did it explain the specific situation of the life support unit.

Standing here now, looking at everything on the big screen, even if I was ready to be surprised again, many people's faces could not help but show a shocking expression.

Especially the bfr super rocket that will be displayed in front of people!

Be aware that the Saturn V carrier rocket, which had the largest load before, had a maximum payload of 118 tons, and this could only be transported to low Earth orbit. If it is to be transported to the lunar orbit, the carrying capacity will be reduced to 47 tons.

However, the destination of the Ares project is not the low Earth orbit, nor the lunar orbit, but the Martian surface with a distance of up to 55.76 million kilometers from the Earth!

The reporters were all scared by the superb plan of Nasa. In the hall of more than 300 people, they lost their voices.

Carson is very satisfied with the scene of this tens of thousands of people, and after a brief cough, continue to introduce.

"...The life-sustaining unit that successfully launched on the surface of Mars will be able to maintain the life needs of five astronauts on the surface of Mars for two to five years. During this long period of time, astronauts will perform more on Mars. Projects, exploration of minerals and water reserves on Mars, collecting first-hand information for our scientists on the planet, and paving the way for the follow-up projects of the Ares project. Finally we will be on that red planet On, build a Mars village that can be self-sufficient!"

With the voice of Director Carson falling, the atmosphere at the press conference was pushed to the high tide in an instant.

Soon I entered the on-site questioning session.

All the reporters held their hands high, and they hated to insert their fingers into Carson's nostrils.

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

As a long-established newspaper, the Washington Post is relatively conservative, and generally does not throw a sharp question at the beginning to blame him, so this is the safest choice.

Under the gesture of Director Carson, the well-known reporter of the Washington Post, Ham, got this precious opportunity.

He spent two seconds to consider his own wording, and soon extended the recording pen and asked: "Hello, Mr. Secretary, we all know that the Ares plan will start soon, compared to our ambitious goal. Words, the preparation time left for us is only a small one. Do you think this plan is insured? Or do I change the question, how much is Nasa's grasp of the first stage of the Ares plan?"

Without Carson’s surprise, the Washington Post’s choice of entry point was focused on “preparation time” and “success rate”.

The eyebrows picked up and responded to a pair of eagerly awaiting answers. Director Carson and Yan Yue said with a smile: "The Ares plan was only recently restarted, but we have been preparing for the landing of Mars for a long time. For example, the life support unit has been researched as early as a decade ago, and space-x's bfr super rocket has completed its first test flight two years ago."

"The project of colonizing Mars is not our temporary intention, but a well-planned plan! I can assure you of the security issue, we will do all the safety work, and then let our colonists set off. !"

The voice of Director Carson fell, and the applause of the ears quickly filled the venue.

After a warm applause, British reporters from BBC were fortunate enough to get a chance to ask questions and get up and speak.

"Mr. Secretary, we all know that just a week ago, the Huaguo manned moon landing project has achieved great success. I would like to ask you is that Nasa has so hurriedly decided to start the Ares plan, is it to Hua Guo Deng? A response to the monthly behavior?"

Do you still ask this question?

If it were not for the Chinese to send the astronauts to the moon, Congress would be crazy to approve their crazy and burning plan.

Having said that, nasa actually has to thank the Chinese people.

After all, if it is not for the Chinese nation's step by step in the aerospace field, the patriarchs of the Congressional Budget Committee will never open their pockets so happily.

Of course, the truth is that the Secretary of Carson will certainly not admit it, and it is simply refuted.

"This argument is unfounded. We have already sent our astronauts to the moon half a century ago. Now China has succeeded in doing this. It is worthy of recognition, but we will not let them Placed in the opponent's position."

"Remember, manned landing on the moon is what we have achieved in the past. There is nothing in the land or glory worthy of our attention. Now, our goal is more distant Mars, where there are infinite possibilities."

Hey -!

The scene spread amazing voice.

The expression on the face of the North American reporter was full of excitement, like a chicken blood. British reporters are interested in seeing big news. The expression of the Russian journalist is somewhat complicated, and the expression of the Chinese journalist is not very good-looking.

Regardless of how it is interpreted, the information revealed in the statement of Director Nasa is not very friendly to China.

We have never treated you as an opponent!

As you chase our past, we have already turned our attention to the farther side!

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