NASA's internal meeting ended quickly, and Administrator William submitted the compiled plan to Washington overnight.

North America's efficiency was still very high. Within a few days, operations against Yan Country and the Phoenix Group began.

They used almost exactly the same method as before.

First, public opinion builds momentum.

Early the next morning, a large amount of news about Yan Guo's "manned moon landing" quietly appeared on the Internet.

These news items suddenly appeared on major overseas online platforms overnight as if they were agreed upon, and each piece of news specifically exaggerated the huge threat posed by Yan Guo's "manned moon landing".

A few days after the overwhelming news appeared, senior NASA officials began to accept interviews with the media. Even NASA Administrator William personally appeared in front of the camera, exaggerating "Yan Kingdom will monopolize the moon", "Yan Kingdom is about to militarize the moon" and many other threats.

Argument.

With the official's deliberate exaggeration and the Western media's endless enthusiasm for the threat theory of Yan Guo, the news of Yan Guo's "manned moon landing" soon aroused widespread attention and discussion among the Western public.

A week later, "in line with public opinion," Washington urgently passed the "Moon Agreement Act."

The main contents of the "Moon Agreement Act" are the points raised by Ruy Jackson.

"Moon mining rights" belong to all mankind and cannot be mined privately. "Moon territorial sovereignty" belongs to all mankind and does not belong to any country. It is also necessary to "protect the North American lunar landing relics and no other countries are allowed to enter within 50 nautical miles."

As soon as the news came out, space agencies around the world were the first to cause shock.

Everyone can see that this treaty sounds like it is about protecting lunar resources, but in fact it is North America's plan to restrict Yan's "manned moon landing" project!

And when they thought about it deeper, everyone was even more shocked!

If North America urgently signs such a bill, there is only one possibility!

NASA also believes that North America has lagged behind Yan Guo in terms of "manned moon landing" and has to limit Yan Guo's future activities on the moon in advance!

Yan Guo surpassed NASA in "manned moon landing"!

but.

Before the space agencies of various countries could recover, North American diplomats had handed the "Moon Agreement Act" to their desks and invited them to co-sign the "Moon Agreement Act" and jointly safeguard lunar resources.

For a time, space agencies in many countries were faced with a situation where they needed to make a choice.

At this time, the Federal Space Agency in the north also received an invitation from NASA in North America.

"Director, NASA has accepted our offer of US$1.5 billion, and we will continue to maintain the International Space Station for one year!"

In a spacious office with full heating and a red nose, Yurilev was reporting the latest work progress to Terry Ivanovich, director of the Federal Space Agency.

Yurilev is responsible for the "International Space Station" project at the Federal Space Agency.

A few days ago, NASA took the initiative to contact them and expressed the hope that Mao Xiong Space Agency can continue to provide space station services normally.

(The International Space Station is in a low-Earth orbit of about 400KM. Because there is still thin air at this location, the thrusters on the space station need to be started to correct the orbit every once in a while. The bear controls the International Space Station propulsion control module.

If the orbit is not corrected on time, the space station will deorbit and fall back to the earth over time. This is why North America has to rely on wooly bears.)

After many negotiations, the two parties finally reached an agreement.

In addition to paying the normal annual space station maintenance costs, NASA pays an additional US$1.5 billion to Mao Xiong, which is euphemistically called the space station service fee.

Yurilev is very satisfied with the price.

You know, after the economic recession in the Bear Country in the past few years, the annual budget of NASA is only about 4 billion US dollars, and 1.5 billion is already a big expense for them!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but reveal a smile on his face. This time he finally gave NASA a hard blow.

but.

Although brainstorming continued in his mind, he kept holding on and respectfully handed another document in his hand to Director Terry Ivanovich.

"Director, there is one more thing."

"In this negotiation of the International Space Station project, NASA has added a special trigger clause..."

"Oh, by the way... NASA is taking the lead in urging countries to sign the 'Moon Agreement Act', you should know, right?"

Director Terry slowly arranged a cigar, then pointed to a stack of documents on his desk and said calmly:

"Of course I know."

"The 'signing invitations' they sent are all here. These Yankees have no good intentions in pursuing this 'Moon Agreement Act'. Why..."

At this point, Terry suddenly paused, hurriedly put the cigar in his hand back into the cigar box, and took the document handed over by Yurilev.

"Did NASA use this 'Moon Agreement Act' to put forward any special requirements for us?"

Yurilev smiled slightly and said:

"That's right, Director!"

"NASA has proposed that as long as we agree to sign and join the 'Moon Agreement Act' led by them, they will provide us with an additional US$500 million in the name of 'space station expenses'!"

"In other words, this US$500 million is considered as a signing fee to buy us off."

Director Terry didn't pay attention to Yurilev's words and stared at the documents in his hand.

After a while, Terry's face suddenly became solemn and he said seriously:

"What's the attitude of the Yan Kingdom now?"

Yurilev also became serious when he saw this, and said in a deep voice:

"Yan Kingdom has not expressed its position on North America's 'Moon Agreement Act', but I think they are definitely unwilling to join. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a treaty specifically aimed at Yan Kingdom's 'manned moon landing', and it is a trap!"

"People from Yan country will not be so stupid."

After saying this, Yurilev added:

"Not only Yanguo, since Yanguo's manned moon landing project was handed over to the Phoenix Group, many countries, such as the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Ottoman(n) and even Adelaide Space Agency have contacted the Phoenix Group, and there has been a lot of trouble.

thought!"

"As for the treaty this time, they no longer listen to North America as they did before. They are all wavering, waiting for Yan Guo's statement..."

"So... North America is also trying its best to win over us this time, hoping that we can sign an agreement as soon as possible."

"Now we have become an important part of the struggle between North America and Yan Country!"

Director Terry's frown deepened.

He was not happy that the furry bear had become an important part of the struggle between the two sides. Instead, he felt that things were getting more complicated.

to be honest.

The special terms of $500 million promised by NASA are indeed a huge amount of income for the current federal space agency...

but.

He knew very well that Mao Xiong was now in deep trouble, and his relationship with Yan Guo had become very delicate!

At such a critical time, it would be too much to offend Yan Guo with only 500 million US dollars.

Director Terry silently picked up the cigar, lit it again, and then took a deep breath.

NASA’s $500 million is hard to come by, so is there no other way to get more benefits?

At this moment, Yurilev on the side continued to express his point of view.

"Director, I think we can sign this 'Moon Agreement'."

"It is undeniable that we currently do not have the ability to carry out a 'manned moon landing', let alone develop the moon."

"The moon is rich in resources. In addition to sufficient helium-3, there are also countless unexplored resources and minerals."

"If the Phoenix Group's 'manned moon landing' is successfully completed, their next step will definitely be to establish a lunar base and obtain more lunar resources. In the future, the gap between us and them in the aerospace field will inevitably become wider and wider."

"It just so happens that this time NASA in North America took the lead in restricting Yan Guo's aerospace and slowing down their development progress. It is also a good thing for us..."

At this point, Director Terry waved his hand and interrupted Yurilev.

After a while, he looked at Yurilev and said:

"Okay, this matter is not as simple as you think. We'd better not offend Yan Guo now!"

"Moreover, we don't only benefit from cooperation with North America. We can change our thinking..."

"At this moment, doesn't Yan Kingdom need us to help them 'stand up'? Do we stand firmly with them?"

Yurilev was startled and suddenly woke up.

yes!

At this moment, I am afraid that the Yan Kingdom also very much hopes that we will stand with them and jointly resist the "Moon Agreement Act" led by North America!

In this way, we can completely use this matter to obtain more benefits from Yan Country!

Yurilev said immediately:

"Director, you are right!"

"We can reveal NASA's situation to Yan Guo and then ask for more benefits!"

"Now that Yanguo has many economic and trade exchanges with us, allowing them to import more of our oil and commodities will definitely bring us more than $500 million in revenue!"

"Okay, stop talking!"
To be continued...