Today, there are two pieces of news from home and abroad, which are particularly interesting when viewed together.
According to domestic news, after a 53-day journey to the moon, at 14:07 on June 25, the Chang'e-6 returner carried lunar samples from the back of the moon and landed safely in the predetermined area of the Siziwang Banner in Inner Mongolia.
The mainland has made significant progress in the manned lunar landing project. And this time, the lunar soil brought back by the Chang'e-6 returner to the north of the moon has made NASA salivate.
According to the news from abroad, the return of the American Boeing's "starliner" has become a distant future, and it has really become a question whether the two American astronauts will be able to return.
The first manned test launch of the Boeing "Starliner" spacecraft was actually not prepared, and there was a helium leak. However, in order to confront our Chang'e-6, the United States forcibly launched it on June 5, local time, and as a result, the astronauts could not come back, and they have been stranded on the International Space Station for 20 days.
Originally, the return of the two astronauts on June 14 was postponed to June 26 and then to July 2. And the latest news is that there is no time to return.
The problem is that the Boeing "Starliner" spacecraft can dock at the ISS for a maximum period of only 45 days, and if it is overdue, the ISS will be in danger.
At present, the United States always blames India for the helium leakage that occurred in the Boeing "Starliner" spacecraft, blaming India for changing the helium titanium alloy valve metal to aluminum alloy without permission. But now, it turns out that it is always the propulsion system that has problems.
Whatever the problem, and whether the responsibility lies with the United States or India, the key question now is, will these two American astronauts be able to return to Earth safely?
Now it seems that it is very mysterious.
If the United States itself is unable to safely bring the two astronauts back from the International Space Station, some people on the Internet are already asking whether China has the obligation to bring the two American astronauts back to Earth safely?
After all, the classic sci-fi blockbuster "Gravity", which is a classic in American Hollywood movies, allowed American astronauts to successfully return to Earth at the cost of destroying China's space station.
Regarding this question, some netizens gave an example of China's rescue of the United States a few years ago and the revenge and punishment of the US government, pointing out that if the mainland launches a rocket to the two American astronauts stranded in the United States on the International Space Station, then wait to be blackmailed by the United States, and the amount will be astronomical.
This example is quite vivid and vivid, in the face of the United States with the attributes of bandits, in the face of the United States with the glory of plunder, and in the face of the United States with grace and revenge as the glory, we must not give birth to any virgin's heart.
Of course, the most important thing is that the United States strictly prohibits cooperation with China in the field of spaceflight, and there is a clear legal provision, and if the mainland really rescues the two American astronauts trapped on the International Space Station, it will be a serious violation of this US law, and then it will be more than just extortion.
So, can the two American astronauts trapped on the International Space Station come back?
Finally, the lunar soil brought back from the moon by the continent is said to be only 25% similar to the lunar soil previously brought back from the moon by the United States. So, why is the difference between the two so big?
In the 60s of the last century, the Americans could land people on the moon and broadcast it live, but today they can't even bring back astronauts on the near-Earth space station, why?