Chapter 542: Times Have Changed
Feeling Johnson's surprise, Xu You smiled softly and continued:
"Commander Johnson, please don't be surprised. This is just my guess based on this data. If I'm not accurate, just pretend I didn't say it."
Johnson hesitated, but decided to acknowledge the facts.
"Professor Xu You, as you said, we did encounter some other problems during this mission. Fortunately, these problems did not have a fundamental impact on the mission in the end. Does Professor Xu You have any good suggestions for this?"
"My suggestion is to redesign the space launch system." Xu You said lightly.
Johnson was stunned for a moment when he heard Xu You's words.
"Redesign... Professor Xu You, do you mean to change part of the structure of the space launch system?"
"No, I mean to throw away everything about the current space launch system and redesign it from scratch. Commander Johnson, please wake up. The current problem cannot be solved by replacing certain parts. There is a problem with the overall design concept. If you don't want your astronauts to take huge risks to perform their mission, it's not too late to start over now."
"But, Professor Xu You, our test launch this time has been successful. As long as you are willing to continue to provide us with spare parts, there must be room for improvement in the current space launch system."
"Commander Johnson, please stop deceiving yourself. I believe that you, SAM Space Agency, know the real situation better than I do. There is too much to say, so I don't need to explain it in detail."
Johnson heard this, sighed heavily, and had to accept this fact.
Although Johnson did not want to admit that the overall design of the Space Launch System had major flaws, what Xu You said was indeed true.
Instead of going further and further in the wrong direction, it is better to pull back and stop losses in time.
"Then Professor Xu You, do you have any good suggestions for the design of the new space launch system?"
Hearing this, Xu You couldn't help but laugh.
"Commander Johnson, this is beyond my ability."
"Why, Professor Xu You, is the information we provided not enough?"
Johnson felt that although SAM Space Agency did not give too much information to Xu You, it should be no problem to provide some advice.
Xu You laughed helplessly twice again, and then said:
"My suggestion is to just follow the rocket launch system of our Zhengtu-9. It has been proven that this is a successful rocket launch system. However, if I suggest this, do you think it is appropriate?"
Xu You's words touched Johnson's heart deeply.
From Xu You's perspective, the successful Zhengtu-9 rocket launch system is indeed the ultimate answer to the current moon landing rocket.
However, it is very difficult to replicate the entire rocket launch system, both in terms of technology and authority.
This made Johnson suddenly lose confidence in restarting the space launch system.
"Professor Xu You, if we want to join your moon landing plan, would you welcome it?"
"I personally welcome any country or individual to join us, but as you know, I don't hold any position in the National Space Administration. If you really want to do this, you should apply through normal channels."
Xu You's words choked Johnson again.
Xu You’s significance to the National Space Administration is self-evident, and what Xu You said is indeed true.
Xu You did not hold any position in the National Space Administration. He only helped the agency with some research work as a professor at Jijing University.
From this perspective, Xu You does not have any power in the space agency.
In desperation, Johnson had to end the conversation with Xu You.
Thinking back on his communication with Xu You over the past few days, Johnson always felt a strange feeling.
The impression Xu You left on Johnson was that of a scientific genius who was always able to keenly identify problems and successfully solve them.
Including identifying the problems and providing solutions based only on partial impact data of the space launch system.
After Xu You's optimization, the test launch of the space launch system was indeed successful.
However, to sum up all these things, SAM Space Agency did not gain any benefits from this.
"No, this is not Professor Xu You's fault."
Soon, Johnson figured out the root cause of the matter.
All this is because the Space Launch System is not a mature rocket launch system. Even though Xu You helped solve some problems, it was ultimately only a temporary solution and not a permanent cure.
After a heavy sigh, Johnson walked out of the liaison room and came back to inform everyone about the content of his conversation with Xu You.
"Is there nothing Xu You can do about this?"
"It's not that we are powerless, but Professor Xu You also suggested that we re-plan the space launch system. Apart from that, another option is..."
"What is it?"
"Take the initiative to apply for cooperation with the Rabbit Space Agency and join their moon landing plan."
Williams and others were very surprised to hear Johnson's words.
"What? Voluntarily apply to join their moon landing plan? How is this possible?"
Before this, no matter how many failures SAM NASA's space launch system had encountered, they had never thought of this.
You know, SAM Space Agency has always believed that they are the absolute overlord in the world's aerospace field.
Even though the Space Launch System was never ready for launch, the idea never changed.
After all, SAM's achievements in the last century were truly extraordinary.
To this day, no space agency has come close to what SAM achieved.
However, at this time, they really began to realize that times have changed.
Past glory is not directly linked to current strength.
The area of lunar exploration covered by the Golden Rabbit-1 probe in recent days alone far exceeds the total of all previous lunar explorations by all countries.
And SAM Space Agency is still troubled by the safety issues of the Space Launch System.
At this time, Williams said:
"We will never take the initiative to apply to join the rabbit's moon landing plan. Once we choose to do so, we will definitely become the laughing stock of the whole world. Even with our own strength, we will definitely be able to send our astronauts to the moon safely again!"
