China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
Inside a factory building at Tianjin Space City, a massive cylindrical core module stood in the center of the workshop.
With the final inspection before launch about to begin, engineers from the Fifth Academy were conducting routine safety checks on the completed core module's equipment.
After inspecting the wiring for the core module's hatch and confirming that it could open and close normally after the password was entered, Sun Yuanpei, wearing a safety helmet, raised an arm to wipe his forehead. He grinned and chatted with another engineer beside him.
"...Professor Lu, the chief designer of the Lunar Orbital Construction Committee, really has everything under his thumb this time."
Keeping his head down as he worked, Zhao Xianpu replied with a grunt without looking up. "Isn't that so?"
With just one word from him, the launch schedule had been set for the end of the month, and they had immediately rushed back to work despite originally having the weekend off.
Sun Yuanpei shook his head. "Sometimes I really don't understand what that guy is thinking. Wouldn't it be better to stay in Controlled Fusion and be an old hand in the field? I heard he specifically resigned as director of the Nuclear Fusion Energy Program Executive Center and even gave up his position as chief engineer at East Asia Power, all so he could come here and work on aerospace... Isn't that crazy?"
In his view, no matter how far the aerospace industry developed, its prospects could never compare to Controlled Nuclear Fusion, which was currently at its peak.
Just look at how much national interest Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology and the engineers of East Asia Power had secured for Hua Nation on the international stage. That alone was enough to foresee the limitless