Chapter 1863 Fighting for Budget

"The intelligence department, NASA, the team of scientists, the team of engineers... have jointly researched the results. We have determined that Jiuzhou Technology has completed the research and development and manufacturing tasks of the new generation of spacecraft."

From management, to senior management, and then to NASA director and Uncle Sam's aerospace department, Thomas's promotion path was not smooth.

He said these words in a heavy voice in the conference room.

"A new generation of spacecraft!"

"A spacecraft that can repeatedly travel between the space station and the ground?"

"On the premise of ensuring safety and speed, the spacecraft can carry people and weapons!?"

For the many questions raised by a certain corner office and several senior security officials, Thomas could only take a deep breath and answered with a solemn expression: "I know you all think of the unmanned and reusable space plane developed by Boeing - X-37B, but according to the information we have sorted out, Jiuzhou Technology's starship spacecraft is at least one generation of technology better than X-37B.

And Jiuzhou Technology's starship spacecraft for commercial space tourism has a much stronger load capacity than other bombers on our Blue Star at present, and the speed is also faster..."

When several senior officials of a certain corner office heard this answer, different information appeared in their minds.

The X-37B space plane was launched into space by a rocket. Originally, they thought it should be the first aircraft that could both fly in the Blue Star satellite orbit and enter the atmosphere.

And because the X-37B can automatically return to the ground after completing the mission, they are considered to be the prototype of future space fighters, but now it seems...

"The maximum speed of the X-37B can reach more than 25 times the speed of sound, and conventional military radar technology cannot capture it. And if Jiuzhou Technology's starship is stronger than it, how can we defend against its attack!?"

"The X-37B is not only a reusable space fighter, but also a space fighter that can attack any target on the ground within two hours. It is more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, and now it seems that Jiuzhou Technology is more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, more dangerous than a starship, more dangerous than a space fighter ... X-37B is even more dangerous! We must respond! We must not let Jiuzhou Technology destroy our security environment! "

"Jiuzhou Technology's starships are flying, and in the depths of the sea, the polar bear's submarines have disappeared. Everyone, I feel the danger, just like Satan and other demons are eyeing us covetously! "

"No! We must also develop better space fighters! Better nuclear submarines! In addition, we must develop radar systems that can detect them in the shortest time! We must do this! Otherwise, how can we be safe? ! "

"We need more budget! For safety! For our freedom!"

In the midst of the excited voices, Thomas also took advantage of the opportunity to shout: "We NASA also need more budget support, otherwise we will not be able to cooperate in the development of these equipment."

He is certainly not aimless.

In fact, Uncle Sam's most powerful X-37B space fighter now has a lot to do with NASA.

Twenty-eight years ago, NASA chose the design and development of rail vehicles of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Group, and the factory was established by Boeing's California branch, and then various investments were added.

The aerodynamic design of the X-37 is derived from the large space shuttle orbiter, so the X-37 has a similar lift-to-drag ratio and a lower crossover range at higher altitudes. The original design direction of the X-37 spacecraft was to enter the space shuttle orbit, but after a redesign, the launch of the Delta IV or similar rocket determined that the flight of the space shuttle was "uneconomical".

Since business cannot make money, it is natural to make more money in other aspects of the military industry.

Money, everyone and all forces are asking for money.

But can money be created out of nothing?

The Federal Reserve used to be able to print money crazily, allowing Uncle Sam to borrow money through bonds and other means, and to maximize the nuclear-powered money printing machine.

And now, the credit and purchasing power of US dollars have slowly moved closer to the real "green paper" under the repeated commercial collapse events.

The Federal Reserve is not a fool, and because the Federal Reserve is controlled by capital groups, capital groups are more reluctant to let their assets depreciate, so now it has always maintained the formal rules of not raising interest rates and not approving more bonds.

In other words, Uncle Sam, the landlord, doesn't have much surplus food...

The military-industrial complex wants money, the medical group wants money, the technology manufacturing capital also needs money, and now, the aerospace-related technology groups represented by NASA, together with various forces, also want money.

Uncle Sam listened to these people's words and felt a headache.

The current budget needs to be ripped off the east wall and repaired the west wall in order to barely get by. This year, it was originally planned to reduce some unnecessary expenditure budgets to make it easier for various places.

But now it seems that, let alone reducing the budget, if the Federal Reserve is not asked for another sum of money, these people may do something terrible tomorrow to get more budget.

But... Uncle Sam is still a little dazed when he sees his allies following others to ask for money from him.

In the meeting room, everyone was arguing with red faces and dancing.

Originally, Uncle Sam thought that this group of people would stop arguing for a while and then discuss countermeasures.

But who would have known that the quarrel had been heating up since the beginning, and there was no sign of cooling down.

"Our army's combat readiness construction also needs support! The total budget request for fiscal year 1028 of Xia Yinxing calendar is 198.5 billion US dollars, which is only 5.6 billion US dollars more than this fiscal year, but everyone should also know that now space and ocean are not safe, only land is still under our control. We must ensure high-level combat readiness and complete strategic transformation, from focusing on counter-terrorism to responding to the challenges of major battles.

Projects such as long-range firepower, next-generation combat vehicles, networks, air defense and anti-missile, and improving soldier lethality, as well as defense industrial infrastructure construction, advanced technology integration and other fields all need budget support!"

"Fxxk, what are you talking about? The ocean is still under our control! And we must now strengthen our maritime dominance, grant more power, and strengthen strategic partnerships!

We need to build more warships, including promoting the Columbia-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine project, purchasing combat ships, purchasing fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned fighters, and long-range firepower and hypersonic technology research and development and procurement also need budget support!

Don't forget that we have taken the initiative to retire 35 ships in the past three years, saving at least 5 billion US dollars! In this case, we still have a large budget gap!"