The last day of the National Day holiday.

The silver-white cargo capsule finally entered the atmosphere for the third time through continuous orbit changes, used air resistance to slow down, and finally successfully landed safely in the open space of the Jinling Space Launch Center.

This cargo cabin, which marks the crystallization of materials science and engineering technology of Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, has a basic intact main structure and can be reused after a little repair, except for the loss of the surface heat dissipation coating in the return section.

At the same time, and most importantly, the cargo kept in the return capsule intact.

After learning this news, the atmosphere of the Aerospace Research Institute of the entire Jinling Institute for Advanced Study was almost as festive as a festival. The same is true of several other cooperative aerospace units in China, and the burden in the hearts of the leaders of each project team has finally fallen to the ground, and they are all overjoyed.

Before the end of this seven-day holiday.

The Lunar Orbit Construction Committee finally used its own way to send a great gift to the people of the whole country.

The gift consisted of 4.27 tons of lunar ore, 50 kilograms of wheat, corn and potatoes, as well as a number of biological reagents and scientific specimens produced from the moon.

When they saw this precious gift, many old academicians and experts of Hangke Group were simply excited and tearful.

How many years?

It has been almost two generations since the start of the space project.

They've never had such a huge harvest on the moon – or in outer space!

In the '70s, during the honeymoon period of Sino-American relations, a sample of moon rocks brought by President Carter's security adviser gave them a treasure.

And that sample is only 1g.

It wasn't until Chang'e-5 that Hua Guo really mastered the technology of collecting ore samples from the moon.

From Chang'e-5 to now, only four years have passed.

In the past four years, under the guidance of Academician Lu, Huaguo's aerospace industry has undergone almost earth-shaking changes. Especially after the establishment of the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee, everything was like a dream.

In addition to the ecstatic scientific specimens and rare earth ores, another great gift followed.

At noon on the last day of the National Day holiday, the office of the House of Elders suddenly held a press conference to announce that after a high-level meeting, it was decided to approve the official establishment of the "Guanghan Special Administrative Region"!

According to the document approving the establishment of the "Guanghan Special Administrative Region", an area of 50 kilometers near the lunar research station will be included in the public facilities development zone.

The so-called public facilities development zone is a new concept proposed by the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee, that is, any spacecraft deployed in the area, as long as the ownership belongs to Chinese citizens or organizations, it is subject to the jurisdiction of Chinese law, and at the same time is protected by Chinese law.

In addition, Huaguo plans to send 2,000 migrants to the Guanghan Special Economic Zone in six batches over a three-year period, as well as to build larger, more reliable life-support facilities near the lunar research station.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused an uproar around the world.

People were amazed at the ambition of the Chinese people on the space issue, and their terrible ability to execute.

Sending two thousand migrants to the moon?

Is this an intention to build a colony on the moon?!

After hearing the news, many people panicked.

Twitter.

"I bet it won't be long before they'll have the moon on the map!"

"The Chinese are taking over the moon! Can't the White House do something about it? ”

"They can't do that! The moon belongs to everyone! ”

"Wait a minute! I mean...... Could it be a scam? I bet they simply don't have the ability to send two thousand migrants to the moon, they just want to drag us into this race and then bring down our economy! ”

"This situation exists, but only if the development of lunar resources is unprofitable. But this is obviously not the case now, and if you have followed the futures market, you will find that dysprosium, terbium, scandium...... The price of these ore varieties that appear on the material list of Queqiao No. 3 cargo hold has begun to be a little unbearable......"

"We can send Mexicans up."

Whether the water in the river is cold or not, the ducks swimming on the river are the first to know. Although the reaction of the capital market is not representative of the change in the economic situation, it can basically accurately reflect the market's expectations for the future situation.

The Queqiao No. 3 cannot only carry one cargo hold, and Huaguo cannot only have three Queqiao in the future. With the completion of the lunar mass accelerator and the establishment of the special administrative zone of Guanghan City, the development of lunar resources has entered the next stage, and the impact on the rare earth market will be earth-shaking.

Of course, what frightened the Americans even more was that China had already caught up behind and made a leap forward in the "New World," which they originally regarded as their backyard.

Damn it!

These things belonged to them!

However, those insignificant protests did not have any impact on this plan, and it is unlikely to shake China's determination to explore and develop the field of foreign space.

At the same time, the actions of the high-level of Huaguo did not stop.

A public enterprise called "Guanghan City Development Co., Ltd." was soon established, and raised 50 billion yuan on the Shanghai Stock Exchange through IPO and private placement of shares, as well as issued corporate bonds with a total price of 50 billion yuan and an annual yield of more than 7%.

In a sense, this is a public offering benefit.

With the huge proven reserves of titanium ore and rare earth minerals on the moon, even if the yield of this "Guanghan City Development Co., Ltd." is not as good as that of East Asia Electric Power, which aims to make a profit, the future development potential is not weak at all.

Not only did the big investors buy it from the social security fund, but even Star Technology also bought it with spare money.

There is even a saying in the financial circle that as long as you buy it by lottery, you basically earn it. Even if you don't buy stocks in Guanghan City, the corporate bonds with an annual yield of 7% are quite good, which is almost twice the interest rate of fixed deposits.

Compared with the rising enthusiasm of the domestic public for space exploration, the international public opinion environment is diametrically opposed.

Most of the Western countries, led by the United States, have shown worry and anxiety on this issue, and this feeling is like a person who has not bought a ticket, looking at the person sitting in the first class cabin. Out of envious eyes.

And on the contrary, they are not good at saying anything.

After all, Huaguo is actually playing a game of words here.

This statement on the establishment of the "Guanghan City Special Administrative Region" is not aimed at the land on the moon, but only at the spacecraft and fixed facilities deployed on the moon.

And what counts as a facility?

Planting units can be counted, lunar mass accelerators can be counted, and even a floor tile or even a flag can be counted. In any case, the final interpretation of everything belongs to the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee.

Want to protest?

No problem.

Let's find a way to go up first!

In the face of this kind of "scoundrel" tricks, others really have no good way.

Director Carson, who landed at Shangjing International Airport, obviously felt that his visit to China at this point in time would be a little embarrassing.

However, it is not appropriate to cancel the trip at short notice.

One is that there is not so much time for him to wait, and the other is that releasing pigeons casually will overdraw people's enthusiasm. He must seize this opportunity in order to be able to cooperate amicably in the future......

Thinking of this, Director Carson's heart inexplicably rose with a sense of grievance.

Ten years ago it wasn't like that.

No, not even five years ago, five years ago......

Seeing that the expression on his boss's face seemed to be a little wrong, the assistant standing next to him asked in a low voice.

"Sir?"

"It's nothing," retracted the heavy expression on his face, Director Carson coughed lightly, and looked at the assistant standing next to him, "Let's go, let's go meet those Chinese people." ”

At the same time, a cross was drawn in his heart.

Hopefully, a pleasant agreement can be reached this time.

At the very least, hopefully not too embarrassing or disappointing......

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