Technology invades the modern world

Chapter 9 It's Impossible

Time is tight and tasks are heavy.

The biggest problem now is that he still doesn't know how fast time flows in 1960.

In other words, what is the corresponding time in 2020 for the past 24 hours in 1960?

Twelve hours have passed now. In Lin Ran's mind, he needs to get the Fabian Society badge as soon as possible and then go back to 12.

He was just an insignificant little shrimp in 2020, and no one would notice him no matter how long he disappeared.

But in 1960, he had a NASA engineer like Haynes by his side, who was well-known within NASA.

After returning to 2020 and reading NASA's official public information, Lin Ran learned that Haynes was a core member of NASA's series of aerospace projects in the 60s.

If you have enough time, making a Fabian Society badge yourself is also a possible solution.

The biggest bug now is that time does not allow it.

But there are still some problems. He only knows what the badge looks like, but he doesn't know what anti-counterfeiting designs it has.

Once there is an anti-counterfeiting design, if people find out that it is a counterfeit, new troubles will arise.

Therefore, no matter from which perspective, obtaining the Fabian Society badge inherited from Li Xiaoman is the best way.

"Sister Xiaoman, I have a way to make a lot of dollars in a short period of time, but this plan requires your cooperation."

Last night, the two of them drove for four hours overnight to get back to America, which means they didn't get back to their residence until four in the morning after traveling under the stars. Only an hour and a half had passed, and Li Xiaoman had just fallen asleep when Lin Ran knocked on the door and called him to the public space on the third floor.

Li Xiaoman's anger level was about to reach its limit. She was not like Lin Ran, who had just undergone a transformation and could keep a calm mind even after three days and three nights without sleep.

No matter how calm she was at ordinary times, or how ambiguous her relationship with Lin Ran was, she really couldn't bear being tormented like this.

"Randolph, what the hell are you doing?
No matter how big the money-making plan is, I just want to sleep now."

Lin Ran said: "Once this plan is completed, it can earn $100 million or even more."

Li Xiaoman was immediately inspired. Apparently, money is the most direct stimulant to the brain.

Especially Lin Ran mentioned 1 million US dollars.

This is no small number.

It is true that Li Xiaoman has a family background in education, but she really has no money.

After her parents passed away, she and her uncle's family lived in the ancestral property left by her grandfather. She lived on the third floor, and the rest of the family was occupied by her uncle and aunt.

She had no idea how much property her parents had left her, and she probably didn't think her uncle or aunt would leave her any.

Secondly, she nominally owned half of the house, but in reality her uncle and aunt had no intention of giving her any ownership at all.

Finally, PhDs in science and engineering can still get scholarships, but she is studying for a PhD in law. Not to mention scholarships, the tuition is terribly high, tens of thousands of dollars a year.

That is public schools. If it were Columbia University, the number would triple.

Otherwise, given her family background, she would definitely have to study for a doctorate at Columbia University, where the Frankfurt School of Thought gathered.

In addition to working part-time and taking out loans, Li Xiaoman also rents out his own house to barely make ends meet.

If you want to become a lawyer later and intern at a top law firm, you may even have to pay for it yourself.

Therefore, the attraction of money is undoubtedly huge. Li Xiaoman first asked: "Are you kidding me?"

Lin Ran shook his head: "I've never been the type to joke about this kind of thing. Besides, I wouldn't joke at six in the morning, especially after you've worked so hard to get me back."

Li Xiaoman said, "Give me two minutes, we'll go to your room to talk later." She didn't want her uncle and aunt to hear about this big deal.

Two minutes later, Lin Ran saw Li Xiaoman in his room with water stains on his face. Apparently, he had regained consciousness after washing his face. Now he was full of fighting spirit and looked like an elite again.

"Look, last March, at the fifth meeting of the National Space Council, the White House announced that America would return to the moon by 3, four years earlier than NASA originally planned.

This document is NASA's full-year 4 budget passed on April 2, which includes rockets, Orion spacecraft, lunar gateway and commercial lunar landers.

Among them, the commercial lunar lander will start risk verification this year, and subsequent bidding will adopt a multi-stage contracting approach.

Multi-stage contracting: NextSTEP model, in which NASA provides technical guidance while specific companies are responsible for commercial development.

NASA initially used this model to support two commercial aerospace organizations, one of which was SpaceX.

Li Xiaoman already regretted it and looked at Lin Ran as if he was a fool: "You don't want to tell me that you are going to participate in NASA's multi-phase contract, right?
Just the two of us?

I know your university graduation project was about the Apollo moon landing, so you feel like you really participated in the Apollo moon landing."

Li Xiaoman felt that this was even more outrageous than teasing her. It was even more outrageous than any Hollywood blockbuster she had ever seen.

Lin Ran explained: "The details are different from what you think, but what we are going to do may be even more outrageous.

For commercial lunar landing, NASA adopts a bidding method, and the only possible winner is Musk's SpaceX.

But it is clear that whether it is public information or the poor personal relationship between Bezos and Musk, Blue Origin wants a piece of the pie.

If I can help Blue Origin win this project, how much would they be willing to pay me in dollars?

Li Xiaoman was speechless: "Your premise is based on impossibility.

But the question is, how can you help Blue Origin get an order from NASA?
Are you the Administrator of NASA or the Director of the White House National Space Council?"

Lin Ran thought, if I had saved Kennedy in 1963, then I might really have a chance to become the director of NASA.

Lin Ran said, “What if I can help Blue Origin get back to the moon first?”

Li Xiaoman stood up and prepared to leave: "Randolph, you are indeed sick. What you need is rest. I heard a joke today that was even more outrageous than a joke."

In order to improve her Chinese ability, Li Xiaoman usually asks Lin Ran to speak Chinese with her.

One called the other Sister Xiaoman, and the other called Randolph. Chinese students at the State University of New York felt strange when they heard them get together.

Lin Ran quickly grabbed Li Xiaoman's hand and said, "Xiaoman, I know you find this unbelievable.

But that's what I'm going to do next.

America successfully landed on the moon in 1969 and has since completed a total of six moon landings.

But now we can no longer land on the moon, and the historical technical materials are still there. During my trip to Cherry Springs to stargaze, I figured out a core technical problem.

After this technical problem is solved and historical data is found, it is entirely possible to complete the moon landing using the technical path of the Apollo moon landing.

What we need to do is convince Blue Origin that we can do it, use Bezos’ resources to complete the project, and get the money from Blue Origin.”

(End of this chapter)