Chapter 856 - Nothing is Impossible (1/2)

Translator: _Min_ Editor: Rundi

The originally dull weekend was ignited with a video released by Celestial.

A thirty-minute doc.u.mentary journaled the living conditions of twenty-four astronauts in s.p.a.ce. Including how they collected Moon ice, how they produced oxygen through electrolysis of water, how they extracted of rare earth elements from Moon soil, how they used the lunar rover to explore giant craters, how they were building the lunar greenhouse still under construction, and so on.

Since the controlled fusion technology remained confidential, the doc.u.mentary did not explain the other uses of the collection of soil, the excuse was the collection of rare earth resources.

The person responsible for the filming work was an astronaut named Li Fang. Before joining the s.p.a.ce colonization program and subsequently receiving training to become an astronaut, she worked as a reporter at Coro Island Radio and Television Station. When they received the task of filming a doc.u.mentary from the ground command center, she immediately volunteered. While she filmed, she provided vivid descriptions.

“Look at the big shack behind me. That is our lunar greenhouse. Although we have to get food through monthly supply rockets now, we’ll be able to eat potatoes from the Moon in about three months. Jim, who cares for these potatoes, said that the mashed potatoes on the Moon will be very tasty and I’ve already drooling at the thought.”

At the end of the doc.u.mentary, the young lady ended with a propaganda message.

“If you, like me, love s.p.a.ce, then join us in our great colonial cause!”

There was no need for her to publicize it. After seeing such a novel Moon life, a “s.p.a.ce fever” spread all over the world. Curiosity was always the driving force behind the exploration of human beings. When s.p.a.ce, something beyond the imagination, was within reach, even people who were totally uninterested in the aeros.p.a.ce industry were driven by their emotions and developed an interest in colonizing the moon.

Prior to this, the rumors that the 24 astronauts turned into s.p.a.ce junk faded with the release of this doc.u.mentary. They not only survived on the Moon but now they started to grow s.p.a.ce crops!

Just the day after the video was uploaded to the official website, the UA citizens who saw the dawn on the Moon went onto the Capitol’s website and sent a pet.i.tion to restart the Apollo Program. According to regulations, when the number of signatures exceeded 100,000, the Capitol must respond.

It took only 24 hours and the number of pet.i.tioners already exceeded 100,000.

Out of necessity, Hill had to deliver a message in front of the media and say that she would discuss with the Congress about the feasibility of restarting the Apollo Program. However, she also stressed that even if the Apollo Program was restarted, the UA could not emulate Celestial Trade’s Moon mission in the short term.

However, at the end of her speech, she also subtly criticized Celestial Trade’s s.p.a.ce project.

“Celestial Trade has spent tens of billions of dollars on this s.p.a.ce colonization plan. They spent one to two years of NASA’s budget in half a year. They spent their own money, so I cannot criticize them. However, as the president, I will not squander taxpayer’s money on a project that currently seems meaningless. Instead of colonizing the moon, we might as well go colonize the Sonora Desert.”

The Sonora Desert was a large desert at the junction of the UA and Mexico. No one other than smugglers entered the life forbidden zone. Her words were nothing more than mocking that Celestial Trade had spent money on meaningless projects.

But no matter what, the 30-minute video completely ignited people’s desire in exploring the universe.

Just three days after the release of the video, Celestial Trade received more s.p.a.ce volunteer applications than the sum of the past two months!

The more exciting news had yet to come.

Shortly after the doc.u.mentary was released, Hawking published a message on his personal social media account, saying that he had already immigrated to Xin. He also resigned from Cambridge University as a professor and would serve as a professor of physics at Coro University. In addition, he joined Celestial Trade as a consultant in the “s.p.a.ce colonization” project.

Stephen William Hawking, a name that was not just renowned in the scientific community. This man suffering from ALS, who could only move his eyes and three fingers, was able to prove the singularity theorem of the general theory of relativity and the black hole area theorem. He proposed the theory of black hole evaporation and made considerable contributions to a unified Einstein’s theory of relativity and Planck’s quantum mechanics.

He was the pride of modern British physics.

Now, however, the pride of the British suddenly announced the change of nationality after a visit to Xin. This move made British Prime Minister Teresa May and the Queen of England shocked.