Chapter 1235 - They Are Hindering Academic Freedom! (2/2)
“MCT, the Mars Immigration Transporter. SpaceX has never stopped their plan to colonize Mars, and now the most critical technology has made a breakthrough.” Bolden looked at Hill and said seriously, “At least a one-way ticket.”
Silence lasted in the room for a while, then Hill spoke.
“Tell me what is the significance of doing this?”
If she could not find a suitable reason to convince Congress to allocate funds, even if she agreed with the plan, it would not serve any purpose.
“Too much significance,” Bolden said. “The Moon has been monopolized. We cannot let Celestial Trade continue to monopolize the future of mankind. Even a flag on Mars and a few people living on it can add a lot of chips for us.”
The craters with ice and rare earth reserves were all shamelessly occupied by Celestial Trade.
Even without extraction, a research station would serve its purpose. Even if the countries began to establish their own lunar research stations, they could not solve the most critical drinking water and oxygen problems, which made forming a colony almost an impossible task.
In particular, Celestial Trade refused to sell drinking water, oxygen, and electricity to stations outside the Earth Defense Alliance member countries on the grounds of limited resources. The high maintenance costs made these stations unable to breakeven, let alone expansion.
However, the most crucial thing was not this…
After a moment of pause, Bolden looked at the still hesitant president and went on.
“In addition, I suspect that Celestial Trade’s discovery on Mars is probably not as simple as a bug.”
Hill suddenly thought of something, gasped, and looked at Bolden in shock.
“You mean…”
“Yes, I’m afraid it is related to an extraterrestrial civilization.” Bolden nodded and suggested with a serious tone, “If they do not agree to allow us to participate in the research, then we will go take a look ourselves.”
There is more than one way to Mars.
If Celestial Trade is not willing to sell tickets to Mars, then UA can build its own “spaceship”.
While the Capitol was preparing for both cases, on the Mars colony tens of millions of kilometers away, the remaining nine soldiers and the only vehicle left completed their assembly and began to prepare for the rescue of the engineers trapped near Mine 071.
The reinforcement of Celestial Trade would take two weeks to arrive, and the oxygen on the rover would at most last for two weeks. The risk of the rescue was high; everyone knew about this. But no soldier questioned the rescue.
Celestial Trade has never left people behind.
No matter who the opponent is.
Whether the opponent is human or not.