Chapter 269 Geneva Withdraws From the Group

On November 22, ESA officially announced that the Selene manned lunar exploration program has officially started.

"The Selene Project will creatively use the European space shuttle to implement the moon landing operation, which will help save costs and environmental protection. At the same time, reusable rockets can also greatly reduce pollution to the environment.

The ultimate goal of Selene is to send all astronauts from 22 member states to the surface of the moon. The United States, Italy, and Germany will undertake the main research work of the Selene Project..."

The light of Texas rednecks, the future boss of Aramco, amateur movie actor and fried chicken spokesperson-John George lowered the volume of his mobile phone and looked at his top staff Mike Pio in confusion:

"Pio, isn't Europe participating in our Artemis Project? Why do they still have to carry out their own moon landing plan?"

"Sir, the Artemis Project gives ESA one lunar landing quota for Artemis 4 and 5, and they have 22 member states."

"..."

Seeing that John didn't speak for a long time, Pio thought he was angry about the betrayal of his allies, and said tentatively:

"Should we put pressure on NACA, or increase the number of Artemis members? The number of Artemis missions is much..."

"No, don't do that."

John interrupted him, stroking his chin and thinking for a while:

"The Artemis program is not that we need to rely on Europe, but to win people's hearts and give them a chance to land on the moon. Their participation actually slowed down Aramco's pace."

Mike Pio "Ah?"

John: "We have so many powerful companies such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin Marietta, and SpecaX, but we handed over the service module to them for manufacturing. This is damaging Aramco's manufacturing industry. The money should have been given to Aramco workers!

Do you remember what I said? Aramco should complete the space program as independently as possible instead of relying too much on allies. These allies are holding us back! Not only that, various UN agreements are also interfering with Aramco. We should not be restricted by these rules and regulations, but decide what to do on our own."

Although Mike Pio is not a seasoned political elite, he still understands John's subconscious meaning. Is this a reverse isolation?

A hundred years ago, Aramco was isolated by Europe and was eager to integrate into the world. Now John wants to isolate the world in reverse??!

The latter continued to talk:

"It's a good thing that they withdraw. Will ESA still buy our rocket engines? Let them do it themselves. We sell products, increase the scale of manufacturing, and the Ares plan. We will do everything ourselves to create more jobs for Aramco!"

After the words fell, in Pio's stunned eyes, John skillfully opened the little blue bird, liked and left a message under the dynamic released by ESA:

"I'm glad to see our allies develop independent aerospace!"

Then he tweeted back: "Europe's independence will reduce the pressure on NACA, and Aramco can reduce the alliance's expenditure to improve people's livelihood."

Pio was stunned for a long time and still couldn't figure out John's brain circuit, but he still became a licker for his position as the national teacher:

"Mr. John, you are right. Aramco manufacturing is more important than everything. Without our support, their Selene plan may not succeed in ten years!"

...

Moscow.

After more than ten days of consultations and negotiations, Shivan Samarkand reached an agreement with the Russian Space Agency on behalf of the Indian Space Agency.

RKA will work with ISRO to study the Gaganyan spacecraft, including service modules, manned return capsules, escape towers, power and propulsion modules, etc.

In order to speed up the research, most of the mature technologies from the Soyuz spacecraft will be used.

For this reason, ISRO will pay RKA a total of US$600 million in the next 10 months, including technology transfer, partial parts manufacturing, and personnel guidance, and the latter guarantees to complete the first full-state unmanned launch and recovery of the Gaganyan spacecraft in June 2017, and the first manned flight of the Gaganyan spacecraft before December 2017.

Witnessed by the media, Samarkand, who was still a little dizzy after participating in 8 consecutive days, signed the Russian-Indian space technology cooperation agreement with Yuri, and then shook hands and took photos.

That night, Samarkand was ready to board the plane back home, and Yuri sent him all the way to the airport.

"Director Borisov, thank you for your hospitality, but I have to go back to my country to report first. Please arrange a technical team to guide me as soon as possible."

Faced with Yuri's enthusiastic retention, Samarkand couldn't help but think of his eight drunken nights. He shrank his neck in fear and wanted to leave this snowy ghost place all the time.

Yuri (still unsatisfied): "Director Samarkand, you see that Europe has already conducted research on the Selene Project, and your Asia Star Project has not yet been formally established. You must hurry up."

Using the alcohol method, all the details of the Asia Star Project were completely obtained by the KGB. The RKA confirmed India's attitude towards the Asia Star Project: it really wants to do it, but it is a bit unconfident.

ISRO is very tempted by the H-X, the monkey version of the SLS moon landing rocket, but the indicators are too "high" and it is difficult for the island country. Both sides are still a little self-aware and are still struggling to demonstrate.

Yuri saw an opportunity in this. The HX rocket subsystem is basically reliable. After all, they are all Aramco technology. There are no problems with the rocket body and the engine. The key is that both countries lack large-scale integration capabilities, which is precisely Russia's strength.

Although I don't like the two weaklings' trip to the moon, if they can spend tens of billions, then I, Lucia, can also play a guest role as a good old man to help you realize your dream.

Of course, it is natural to contribute to your own monthly payment, and it will be open to you when the time comes!

Although Shivan Samarkand is very confident in his country, even he believes that the goal of landing on the moon is still a bit stressful for India. After all, no one has been sent to space.

He didn't even dare to tell Yuri. In fact, he felt that the Asia Star Project was not as reliable as joining the ESA's Selene Project.

"Thank you for your concern, Director Borisov. I will respond to the situation domestically as soon as possible."

Yuri: "No problem, we will also contact the island country. You are all old friends who have deep connections with Lucia."

Seeing Samarkand rush into the cabin as if fleeing, the smile on Yuri's face slowly calmed down, and he didn't know what he was thinking on his uncertain face.

The US$500 million obtained from ISRO is equivalent to 31 billion rubles, which is enough to support the launch of the moon landing plan. However, he also saw that the Asia Star project is actually very unstable and may be abandoned at any time.

Jaganyan planned that Lucia would not be able to get much money in a short period of time. Only by letting India and Island resolutely promote the Asia Star project could they bite off a serious piece of meat. Maybe it would be enough for Lucia to complete the entire independence process. The moon landing was planned.

So...you have to give them some benefits.