The rise of nanometers

The country is developing rapidly, and there are also new changes abroad.

Although the West Continent Alliance is in disarray, there are still many smart people among them. As the North American hegemony declines, they also take the opportunity to break free from some constraints.

The relationship between Lucia and the Western Continent Alliance has gradually entered the honeymoon period. It is obvious that both of them understand the situation at this time.

Although the new overlord's strength is strong, it is limited to the Asia-Pacific region and the Ocean Rim of Ceylon. It has not yet reached out to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean.

And Noah will now be hiding in America, licking his wounds silently, and preparing to enter outer space with all his strength. The crazy space plans are being launched one by one, as if he is going to complete the one-hundred-year space plan in one go.

Similarly, East Asia has also exploded with strong mobilization power.

Currently, in addition to the four local space bases in East Asia, plus the Mobei Oriental Space Base under Eagle Aerospace, Japan's Tanegashima Space Base is also integrated.

Recently, there are plans to build a Nansha Space City in the Nansha Islands.

As for the Suiren system, it also plans to build a new space base in Western Australia to supplement its space capabilities in the southern hemisphere.

As for radar observation stations, 13 have been built and put into use this year, and there are 17 more radar observation stations under construction or planned.

In addition, the Tiangong Space Station is already in low-Earth orbit, the Toad Palace Space Station is in lunar orbit, and the Guanghan Palace Base is on the lunar surface.

These real things make the whole world feel shocked and trembling.

North America and East Asia's investment in the space field has really left other forces at a loss as to what to do. Now they can neither follow up nor not follow up. They are now in a dilemma.

If we follow up, even the launch site of the Western Continent Alliance is in Guyana, South America, and there is no local space base.

In the past, competition in the aerospace field had not yet entered a fierce state, so this arrangement was naturally not a big problem. After all, only a few launch vehicles could be launched in a year.

The problem is that today is different.

Not to mention the Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, which launched 79 space missions this year, and the Eagle Aerospace Corporation, which launched 28 missions.

NASA has launched 39 space missions this year alone.

The Xizhou Space Agency has only launched 4 missions this year, which is almost one-tenth of NASA's. If both parties calculate based on the payload launched, then the payload of Xizhou Space Agency is less than 0.42% of NASA's, which is far less. Somewhat pitiful.

The Western Continent Alliance is currently experiencing unspeakable hardships. Due to financial constraints caused by the economic recession, and the need to maintain high internal welfare, many regions are now relying on debt to survive.

Where is the money to invest in the aerospace industry? These guys have too many internal problems and have difficulty adapting to the changes in the current era.

As for Lucia, it's not much better either.

Although they have three space bases, the core space base is now located in Kazakhstan due to historical reasons; the other one is located in the Far East.

The only real space base in the core of the country is the old Northwest Space Base.

In addition, their finances are even tighter. If they follow the aerospace scale of East Asia and North America, they may be killed first.

Therefore, it is expected that the Western Continent Alliance and Lucia will gradually get closer together.

Xizhou Alliance has packaged part of its aerospace business to Lucia, which has a lower cost, which not only achieves the purpose of staying together for warmth, but also solves the problem of high space launch costs, killing two birds with one stone.

Despite this, the cooperation between the two parties is still only preliminary mutual use, not the kind of full cooperation that does not distinguish between each other.

The more important thing is that there are serious differences within them regarding the development plan of the aerospace field.

Some people hope to increase the scale, seize a control area on the moon as soon as possible, and establish a lunar base first.

There are also people who have wild ideas and want to make a desperate move to colonize Mars, and put forward the slogan of immigrating to Mars in 10 years.

There are also people who are very conservative and do not agree with adventurous space plans. They only agree with low-Earth orbit space stations and lunar and Mars probes.

Then there are the issues of dominance in aerospace planning, the proportion of funding, and various other issues that make it difficult for both parties to go all out.

in difficult negotiations.

The Plesetsk Space Launch Base has also received an upgrade. This space base is located in the northwest region of Lucia. It is the largest launch site and the oldest space base in Lucia.

within the base.

Ashek, the person in charge of the base, and several engineers are discussing the expansion of the launch site and the upgrading of supporting facilities.

Suddenly the phone rang and Ashek answered the call.

Twenty minutes later, three people from the Xizhou Space Agency came into the conference room.

The leader is an old white man with gray hair. This man is the head of the Xizhou Space Agency. His name is David Lucerne, a Gaulish man who has been engaged in aerospace-related work for a long time.

Although Ashek didn't like the people from the Western Continent Alliance very much, for the sake of money, he still managed it with a smile: "David, our facilities here are guaranteed to meet your launch needs."

"Okay, Ashek, how many years have you not upgraded these equipment? I don't want to see the launch vehicle falling from the sky." David Lucerne shook his head and said.

Here, Ashek, who was thick-skinned enough to withstand the cold Arctic wind, said with a smile: "David, as long as your money is enough, I can upgrade you to the most advanced supporting facilities."

"Haha..." David complained secretly in his heart. Now he wished he could break one dollar into two dollars and use it as two dollars. How could he have so much money to give to the other party.

After grinding his teeth for more than two hours, David agreed to give 230 million US dollars as the cost of renovation of the Plesetsk Space Launch Base, and also opened some purchase restrictions on precision instruments.

In this regard, David knew very well that Mao Zi was now extremely weak and it was impossible to develop new technologies. He probably could only rely on archeology.

If the Xizhou Alliance continues to restrict the other party's purchase of precision instruments, it is estimated that it will be difficult to meet the standards for this upgrade.

After discussing the issue of financial assistance, several people looked at the aerospace base with falling snowflakes and a lot of heavy equipment. Even if it was well maintained, the sense of vicissitudes of life was difficult to eliminate.

David knew this place very well. He had visited here several times back then. Many of the equipment were antiques from the 1970s and 1980s and could only be used make-shift.

Other people's technology relies on research and development, while Mao Zi's technology relies on archeology.

Seeing this situation, David couldn't help but feel worried. He didn't know Maozi's plight, but now they could only hug each other to keep warm.

Whether it is East Asia or North America, investment in the aerospace field has reached an unprecedented scale, even crazier than the space race of the last century.

If they don't join forces, they will definitely not be able to keep up with the times and will eventually become a second-rate force.

Ashek had the same idea, but he was still a little hesitant and wary. After all, the complicated relationship between the two parties that was constantly being sorted out and messed up made it difficult for him to trust the Xizhou Space Agency.

This is also a barrier that is difficult to eliminate in the cooperation between the two parties.

In the wind and snow, night fell soon at the high-altitude Plesetsk Space Launch Base.

David, who came and went in a hurry, left here with his people overnight.

Ashek, on his side, continues to make plans for upgrading.

Competition is a driving force for development, especially in this fierce and cruel situation. If they don't want to be eliminated by the times, they can only grit their teeth and persevere.

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