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"What's going on with you guys? Why haven't you gotten this done yet?"

Kuna questioned Jim.

Jim was also helpless. The new generation of young astronauts have their own ideas, constantly talking about rights and freedom, and possess strong independent thinking abilities.

They are far less obedient than the previous generations of astronauts, who would do whatever they were told, even rushing into dangerous situations.

Moreover, the safety regulations for astronauts are increasing, making it impossible for them to force astronauts to perform tasks.

He explained, "None of the astronauts selected last year want to participate in this lunar orbit mission. They say that this mission lacks an important test and does not meet safety standards, so they refuse."

"The older astronauts wanted to participate, but they are too old. Performing tasks on the near-Earth space station is fine, but flying to the moon... it's too risky."

Hearing the director of the American Space Agency say this, the others didn't know what to say, because this launch mission did not comply with the rules. It skipped the unmanned lunar orbit flight and went straight to the manned lunar orbit flight.

For a moment, everyone was silent.

Kuna thought, this won't do. Now is not the time to be silent, because whether you are silent or not, the launch will take place on May 20th.

But if the SLS rocket has only the Orion spacecraft at the top and no astronauts, the President will be unhappy.

If the President is unhappy, then they are all finished.

And it's not just him. Everyone here, one by one, even the companies, organizations, unions, etc., behind them, will be affected.

Government employees like him might lose their jobs.

Large companies might lose orders.

Scientists might lose funding.

Even if the President can't decide with a single word, he can definitely make some impact.

However, this is not a joint meeting, and those private companies that specialize in aerospace were not invited.

Although Boeing and Lockheed Martin are also private companies, their rocket and spacecraft research and development tasks are carried out under the auspices of the Space Agency, which is basically a national space program.

Now Kuna is a little dazed.

He felt that if the two groups weren't so huge and blatantly lying down to make money, slowing down the design and manufacturing progress, they wouldn't be facing such an embarrassing situation now.

"Perhaps I can contact those private space companies in the future. Their various project progress is much faster than these two companies, even Deep Blue Origin, which is known for its stability, is faster than these two companies."

Kuna thought to himself.

Of course, that's all for later. They have to solve the current matter first.

He thought for a while and quickly realized why the young astronauts didn't want to participate in this mission. Being a confidant spokesperson for the President, he wasn't a complete waste.

So he asked Jim, "The young astronauts collectively refused to participate in the mission. Is it because they feel that there was one less unmanned lunar orbit test, and they are afraid of danger?"

"That's right."

Jim nodded helplessly. "After we issued the mission, the older generation of astronauts submitted applications, and their desire to participate in the mission was very strong, but none of the new generation of astronauts submitted applications."

"This matter is very strange, so I asked people to find out. The result was what you just said."

"They believe that it is no longer decades ago. Although they are astronauts, they also enjoy their right to life and freedom. They have the right to refuse overly dangerous missions."

"They also said that they are not without the spirit of adventure and dedication. They can give their lives for science, but they will never give their lives for this kind of situation."

"..."

After listening to the Space Agency Director's narration, there was another silence in the meeting room.

Obviously, times have changed, and the ideas of the younger generation of astronauts are different from those of the older generation.

This may also be related to their current situation and the direction of publicity. The last time there was a space race, their only opponent was that giant bear.

At that time, the United States was really uniting all the forces that could be united within the country, and all kinds of problems were suppressed by the fear of the giant bear.

But later, the giant bear fell, and they became the first. After relaxing, they not only had to prevent strong competitors from appearing outside, but also had to prevent domestic problems from affecting their rule.

So the previous propaganda was changed. They tried their best to fool outsiders and also carried out division internally.

Decades of unremitting propaganda not only affected the outside world, but also fooled the country itself.

So there is the current situation.

Astronauts no longer blindly sell their lives, and the situation of rushing to go like in the previous space race will no longer appear.

The old astronauts still have this spirit, but they are no longer suitable for performing long-range missions.

The matter was in a stalemate, but for the sake of his position, Kuna used his brains and frantically tried to find a solution.

As he thought, he thought of his opponent, Navigator Company.

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Although he doesn't know "know yourself and your enemy and you will never be defeated", he also understands the principle of "if you want to defeat your opponent, you must first understand your opponent".

He vaguely remembered that he had read a report that seemed to be able to solve the current situation.

"Understand the opponent..."

He suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "Yes, understand the opponent, intelligence, the CIA, it's the CIA's intelligence."

He rummaged through the reports in front of him to find the CIA's report, and then, with his increasingly clear memory, found the corresponding page and immediately found what he needed.

"Haha, that's it. I know how to persuade those astronauts to carry out the mission."

The others didn't know what this President's spokesperson was suddenly going crazy about, but since he didn't say the meeting was adjourned, they could only stay, and also had to find a way to get the new era of astronauts to do extremely dangerous missions.

Kuna didn't care about this, but first asked Jim, "You haven't cooperated with Tianxia Aerospace, but you have studied Navigator Company's two launch missions and three payload missions, right?"

"We have studied them," Jim said. "As long as there are new rockets and payload launches, we will study the public information."

"Good that you have studied them. Then do you feel that Navigator Company's rockets, from design to manufacturing, and finally to launch, are missing something in the middle process?"

Hearing Kuna ask about technical issues, Jim couldn't answer. He turned around and talked to the two technical experts behind him, and then said, "According to public information, there are indeed a few steps missing, but Navigator is not obliged to release all the test procedures, so what we see is less does not mean that they have less testing."

"Two rocket launches and three payload missions, 100% success, then according to our judgment of past situations, Navigator not only did hidden tests, but even their tests must be stricter than the general specifications."

"Hehe, Jim, your thinking has not kept up with the times," Kuna raised the report in his hand, "David's report says it clearly, they monitored Navigator's factory area. Although some test missions are uncertain, for outdoor tests, Navigator did at most 50%, which means..."

Before he finished speaking, David, who provided him with the report, came back to his senses and immediately took over and said, "Which means that the other party launched without doing enough tests, and these successful cases have a large gambling component?"

Although David learned to answer first, Kuna glanced at him and said, "No, what I want to say is, ladies and gentlemen, times have changed!"

"Technology has been developing rapidly, and the previous regulations are no longer applicable to the present. The computing power of the Apollo spacecraft's computer is not as good as today's smart watches!"

"Decades ago, could we have imagined that American astronauts would take a private space company's spacecraft into space?"

"Why can Navigator achieve 100% success with a lack of test procedures? That's because of the power of technology!"

"So Navigator can do that, and so can we, and it's absolutely safe!"

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