U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin concealed the hospitalized condition and announced that he had very painful prostate cancer, which is indeed personal privacy, but now it has become a big melon in the global news.
Another five-star general in the United States was not so lucky, he had a terminal illness, and in the comfort words of the doctor, he could eat whatever he wanted.
This five-star general isThe U.S. lunar lander, the Peregrine Falcon。Because of the propellant leak, the Peregrine Falcon will not be able to reach the moon to complete the lunar mission, that is, it will basically be declared dead, and the mission will fail.
Failure is normal, especially for such a difficult mission to the moon, there is a certain probability problem. The reasons behind the failure are more worthy of summary and attention.
For the Peregrine Falcon, the main reason for its eventual terminal illness may be the rush to attack the heart.
Too anxious. The United States wants to return to the moon because it is riveting its strength to compete with China and has always regarded China as an adversary.
The head of NASA in the United States once spoke out,"The Chinese must not be allowed to reach the moon first"!
Seeing that China is advancing the manned mission to the moon in an orderly manner, the United States is anxious in its eyes.
But the strength of the United States does not allow it to rush.
This strength is not so much the technical strength of the United States, but more of the project support ability.
The United States today does not have the conditions to devote all its resources to this end, as it did during the Cold War. The current United States is more of a country that is gradually deindustrializing and hollowing out its manufacturing industry. The country is heavily indebted, and the outside world is mired in a whirlpool of conflicts. In the United States, people have long been accustomed to a slow-paced work and lifestyle, and if you want them to suddenly wind up and catch up with orders overnight, sorry, you can't do it.
These external conditions have added hidden dangers to the failure of the US detector.
Actually, it's not necessary at all. No one will doubt the ability and strength of the United States to land on the moon.
So far, the United States is the only country capable of sending humans to the moon.
Although some people often question on the Internet how the United States could have the ability to achieve a manned landing on the moon in the sixties and seventies of the last century, especially if it could also talk to heaven and earth and even broadcast live.
In view of the fact that ordinary people do not have the ability to verify this matter, we can only choose to believe in the countries**. And so far, no country** has come forward to say that the United States has cheated on the moon landing. Neither allies nor enemies of the United States did this.
And if any country can prove that the United States falsified the moon landing, it will be a major blow to the national credibility of the United States. There will definitely be countries that will do it.
So through such a logical judgment, we choose to believe that the United States has achieved a manned landing on the moon.
As a matter of fact, there is no essential difference between the level of industrial manufacturing in the United States in the sixties and seventies of the last century and the present, and the biggest difference is actually in the field of information technology. In the field of informatization, more optimization work is done.
Since the industrial level of the United States at that time was about the same as it is now, it was entirely possible for the United States to achieve a manned landing on the moon at that time.
Another reason is that the United States can now conduct more sophisticated deep space explorations, such as Mars. The United States has launched five Mars rovers, namely Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity and Perseverance. This is enough to demonstrate the technological maturity of the United States in this regard.
Therefore, there is no doubt that the United States has such technical capabilities and strength in lunar exploration, including manned lunar landings. But the United States is still in a hurry. Why?
China's high-speed rail technology is very mature, and the high-speed rail mileage has reached 450,000 km. Many high-speed rail technologies and projects have been exported abroad, such as Indonesia's Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, which is very mature.
High-speed rail technology is not only mastered by China, but also Germany, France, and Japan have their own high-speed rail.
But now, if the United States wants to develop and build high-speed rail, if it doesn't want to outsource the project, then it still faces the process of "inventing" high-speed rail again. It is the process of turning a mature technology from theory and drawings into a project that can be realistically realized.
If the United States wants to achieve a manned landing on the moon again, the process will face the same difficulties as the United States wants to build high-speed rail. Both theory and technology are available, but the concrete implementation requires a process. There are also costs to this process, such as time and money.
None of these problems are a problem, but as long as this desire to win and defeat comes up, once it wants to compete with China, then these problems will be magnified.
The successful manned landing on the moon was an important landmark event in the struggle for hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Through the space race, the United States succeeded in dragging down the Soviet Union in terms of capital, technology, and charisma.
Solved the biggest opponent, the United States from then on the knife and gun storage, the horse put Nanshan. The development of science and technology in the United States has truly entered the era of "quality education." There is no one to get involved with the United States anymore. The United States can develop and explore new technologies according to its own interests and at its own pace.
In fact, this is the most ideal path for the development of science and technology.
But the good times didn't last long.
On the one hand, the United States has let go of the South Mountain, but on the other hand, like a rabbit in a tortoise-hare race, has begun to not develop its main business well, but has gone to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria to fight in the jungle. When I came back from a jungler, I found that I didn't pick up any treasures and didn't increase much experience, but my opponent caught up.
At this moment, the United States panicked.
The United States wants to use space technology, which could have developed slowly, to suppress and drag down its opponents again, and to compete with them in an all-out competition. It wanted too much to replicate a second victory by going to the moon.
Originally, the U.S. space exploration model was undergoing a transition period. Its goal is to get more private commercial companies to develop rockets and spacecraft to improve the reusability of these expensive pieces of equipment and reduce the cost of space exploration.
This path proved to be a successful and promising one. For example, the Falcon rocket series developed by SpaceX has successfully achieved the best reuse, greatly reducing the launch cost, and pointing out the future direction for the development of rocket technology. All of this is a testament to the importance of introducing competition, even in the aerospace sector.
The success of the United States' exploration in these technical directions also provides guidance for the development of our aerospace technology. These are the common wealth of mankind.
In this regard, Musk, the boss of SpaceX, also has a special view of all mankind, and he is willing to disclose a lot of patented technical drawings for the use of all mankind. Indeed, the concept of patents is a means of enrichment invented by some Western companies. In the past, China did not pay attention to patents, and they were all for human use.
The development of the Peregrine lunar probe was also made by Astrobotic Technology, a small company in Pittsburgh. NASA has funded a number of privately developed lunar landers that it hopes will give the United States a foothold on the moon while dramatically reducing the cost of building a lunar lander. Several other logins will also be launched later this year.
The rocket that launched the Peregrine Falcon was manufactured by the United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
Therefore, the United States is on the right path, and needs more patience to cultivate and run in these private enterprises to develop aerial detectors.
But the anxious NASA completely lost patience and was bent on landing on the moon again before China.
It's just that things backfire, and if you want to hurry, you can't achieve it.
These are just some peripheral analyses and guesses. I hope that this defeat of the United States is only a small failure, and the United States must not be discouraged, let alone be in a hurry, cheer up and use more patience to compare with China!
After all, if China really takes the lead, the United States will still be quite embarrassed.