Chapter 932 Challenger Launches

In recent years, the United States has indeed been tolerant. Even though it has deployed its troops, it still does not have the courage to fight a world war at the last moment.

What is the result of this tolerance? The current situation of the United States. The sphere of influence of the United States has been eroded step by step. Up to now, the Soviets have set their sights on Western Europe and have begun to attack Germany!

Western Europe is extremely important to the United States because they belong to the Western world. Therefore, the United States must ensure that Western Europe and the United States are of the same mind. In this way, every time the United States has an economic crisis, it can fleece Western Europe to transfer its own economic problems. If Western Europe is gone, the decline of the United States is absolute. The United States will retreat to the American continent and become an ordinary country, not a superpower!

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America, you can’t give in any more! This is Bush’s firm opinion. If you give in any more, America will have no room to survive!

"Yes, we can't tolerate it anymore. I suggest that we fight a low-intensity battle in Western Europe to quell the rebellion in Western Europe." Defense Secretary Weinberger also said: "If things develop into a world war, we will also fight. We can't hesitate any longer!"

World War, what's there to be afraid of! Every time I'm afraid, every time I retreat, what's the result?

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"Everyone, I hope you can recognize the current situation. If we want to start a world war, will other Western European countries agree?" Secretary of State George said: "France is an example. Europeans always consider themselves first."

George’s opinion was very clear: we can’t fight!

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In fact, judging from the power comparison, the Western military is inferior to the Eastern military in Europe. If a war really breaks out, the West will not gain any advantage! The United States can see this, and other countries can see this too!

Why didn't France send troops? Why did it hesitate? Because the French wanted to stay out of it! They were unwilling to put their troops into a war that was doomed to fail!

When you start a war, you want to win it. If you start a war knowing that you cannot win, you are a complete warmongerer!

George's attitude was clear.

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"George, it's because of cowards like you that we are gradually losing our sphere of influence!" Bush fired at George without any hesitation: "Whether we can win or not, if we don't fight this war, then the United States will be completely finished. If we continue this war, at least we still have hope. At worst, it will develop into a nuclear war!"

George responded to Bush's foul language: "President Bush, you are not a low-level soldier who is not afraid of sacrifice and can face death. You are the vice president of the United States. You have to consider the interests of the entire United States! If all our people die, will this country still exist?"

"So what if humans become extinct? Let's go see God together!" Bush continued shouting.

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Reagan felt like his head was about to explode. He looked at the others. Except for Bush and George who were swearing at each other, the others were silent.

"Casey, has the CIA discovered anything? Can our satellites that have lost contact be repaired and used?" Reagan asked CIA Director William Casey.

Casey shook his head. "Our Challenger has already been launched. Just an hour ago, they used a robotic arm to capture a satellite. The satellite did not have an ordinary circuit failure. The entire satellite, from front to back, was burned through with a hole. It was completely damaged."

Challenger! The second space shuttle of the United States, this space shuttle began to be built last year, and was planned to be launched for the first time in April this year. However, due to the economic downturn in the United States, the huge cost of space activities has also begun to be criticized by the public, so the first flight of this space shuttle has been postponed continuously. Until now, when facing a huge crisis, this space shuttle has been launched into orbit!

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Go back four hours to Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

It was just dusk. Looking out from the window of the space shuttle, one could see the last red sun on the horizon. The seven astronauts lying sideways on their seats were all very excited.

This was the first flight of Challenger. Since the United States developed the space shuttle, they could fly seven people into space at a time, which was a larger number than the previous three people, and at the same time, they could also carry out more space activities.

The huge fuel tank was mounted outside, with boosters at both ends. The commander, Stafford, was already an experienced astronaut who had served as commander on the Apollo spacecraft. Moreover, he was also an astronaut well known to the Soviets.

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Just a few years ago, Stafford piloted a spacecraft and achieved the first handshake in space with the Soviet Union's Soyuz spacecraft. This was a historic breakthrough. Afterwards, both sides publicized it and promoted the peaceful use of outer space.

However, these are all lies. The competition in outer space is still more intense. Now, they are urgently launched to repair the satellites providing services to Europe that have suddenly malfunctioned!

As the countdown sound came from the headphones, everyone took a deep breath. When the voice counted to zero, the three main engines and two boosters under the huge space shuttle ignited. The blazing flames enveloped the entire launch pad. With a slight tremor, the space shuttle began to take off!

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The bodies were constantly shaking, and under the huge overload, everyone's face became somewhat hideous, but fortunately this did not last long.

The boosters separated, the main fuel tank separated, the tail engine was shut down, and the space shuttle entered orbit!

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My body feels light and I am already in the weightless space! From here, I can see the edge of the earth, that beautiful arc.

The others unbuckled their seat belts and began to float towards the cabin at the back. At the same time, Stafford remained in his seat, looking at the dark night sky outside through the porthole.

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Data was constantly being updated on the display screen. On the other side of Stafford, driver Colin was still operating nervously.

Originally, the space shuttle is actually self-driving. No operation is required during takeoff. After entering orbit, it flies autonomously. Manual intervention is only required for landing after returning and entering the atmosphere.

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But now, Colin has to fly the space shuttle and make several difficult orbit changes before he can get close to the orbit of one of his own satellites, capture the damaged satellite, and check whether it can be repaired.

This is a dangerous mission. Historically, it was also first accomplished by the Challenger. However, that was in April 1984. Now, it has been advanced by nearly a year!