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"Recently, a NASA weather plane disappeared near Turkey. It is reported that the weather plane lost contact while flying to northern Turkey."

"The Turkish search and rescue team failed to find the wreckage of the plane. An aviation expert at the University of Berkeley said that the plane's oxygen system may have failed during the flight. The pilot fainted due to insufficient oxygen supply. driving status."

"Where did the weather plane fly after losing control? This is a question of our common concern. I hope the pilot can be rescued in the end and treated humanely by the local country."

"On May 5, ham radio operators in Turkey received a brief radio call in which a pilot claimed his plane was in an emergency, according to a NASA expert who asked not to be named. His last words were that he was having oxygen difficulties."

In May, American and British media successively released many press releases, reporting that an American weather plane was missing in northern Turkey.

Some press releases start from the big picture, some analyze the small part, some seek experts, and some cite the news of the mysterious aid, and package the matter perfectly.

In addition to the press release, NASA also cooperated with a TV program, painting a U-2 reconnaissance plane with NASA paint and a big LOGO, and then the guest said to the host: Look, our missing plane, it It looks just like this plane.If you see our missing plane somewhere, please call this number XXX, and you will be rewarded after you find it.

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In fact, of course this is not the case. This is a U-2 sent by the United States to spy on the Soviet Union and was shot down.

After China lost a U-2, the United States did not stop its strategic reconnaissance with China, and of course it did not stop with the Soviet Union.

Speaking of which, the United States still has several great conveniences for using U-2 to spy on the Soviet Union: the surveillance plane can take off from Pakistan and Turkey, go north through the Soviet Central Asia or the western territory of the Soviet Union, and then continue to fly like this, flying out of the Soviet Union in the Baltic Sea. Landing at Bodø Airport in Norway.

What this means is that U-2 does not need to turn 180 degrees when scouting the Soviet Union, so it does not have a huge weakness of 3000 meters high.

On May 1960, 5, the U-1 piloted by Gary Powers lifted off from Peshawar Air Force Base. His mission was to target the Soviet ballistic missile base between Sverdlovsk and Plesetsk. .

Gary Powers takes off, entering Soviet airspace. Nine hours later, U-9 did not appear over the Baltic Sea.

Where did the plane go?

There is a high probability that something went wrong...

Sure enough, the next day, the Soviet government issued a statement announcing that it had shot down a spy plane of unknown nationality over Moscow.

This brings me back to the exact same question as when the U-1959 was shot down over China in 2: guess what, did the pilot get captured this time?

Last time, the pilot was captured by China, which triggered a series of consequences.

In order to avoid such embarrassing things from happening again, all U-2s later added self-destruction devices, and this self-destruction device does not matter whether the pilot has parachuted or not, as long as it detects that the aircraft is falling, or the power or wings are completely damaged, it will stop. Will explode.If the pilot didn't parachute immediately after being hit, he would be blown up.

It doesn’t matter even if the pilot parachuted. There is nothing on the U-2 plane and the pilot that can prove that it is a US military plane/soldier.

The tone of the announcements made by the Soviet Union and China were also different. China immediately scolded the United States in its broadcast after the event, obviously with information in hand; the Soviet Union only said that it had shot down a spy plane of unknown nationality.

Therefore, the U.S. military felt that it should be safer this time, so it boldly insisted that this is a weather observation aircraft.

NATO reported overwhelmingly that "weather observation aircraft failed and disappeared", and the Soviet Union stopped talking after issuing the first statement.

When the news from NATO countries fermented to the point of angrily saying, "You, the Soviet Union, hurry up and return our lost weather observation plane, and return the pilot", Khrushchev himself went on TV and shouted:

"Mr. Eisenhower, I have to tell you a secret. When we released the first report, we deliberately didn't say the pilot was alive. We just wanted to see how much stupid things the Americans would say to cover up their espionage operations."

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"The United States has revealed such a big incident, and is still refusing to admit it. It seems that the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States is about to become tense again."

The U-2 incident caused all the socialist camp to hit the headlines of the newspapers, and the State Planning Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Trade also had to discuss the impact of this matter.

Li Fuchun talked about the U-2 incident, but Ye Jizhuang said that there is no need to worry too much: "The Soviet Union and the United States have gone too far in easing over the past year, and they have begun to engage in military mutual trust. We did not engage in this with the United States."

Tang Hua: "The Soviet Union has also been doing trade with the United States. It was doing it before the US-Soviet détente, and after the US-Soviet détente period is over, it will still do it. It is no different from what we are doing now."

What Tang Hua didn't directly say is that the trade structure between China and Western countries is not the same as that of the Soviet Union.

China does not export grain to the West, but imports some; it does not export mineral products, but it is already thinking about it; it still continues to export special products such as porcelain, tea and silk, but it is not the mainstream in terms of total value.

The ratio of industrial products to exports is surprisingly high.Since last year, not only computers have been exported, but the export volume of light industrial products has also increased.

Even including the food industry...

Last month, after reading the report, the chief accountant said confidently, "Even if we import wheat from the United States and sell the wheat as instant noodles, we still earn money. Don't worry about buying wheat and spending foreign exchange. Circle foreign exchange is back, and 1 dollar can become 2 dollars."

This is also the reason why China said it could import an appropriate amount of American grain during the Sino-US Hong Kong round.

When you need to earn foreign exchange, you can export light industrial products to earn foreign exchange; when domestic wages are paid more and goods are paid less, you can export less, and the goods are directly put into the country to return currency.

"Tang Hua, you said that you are going to Hainan in early June?" Li Fuchun asked, "It is said that the Hainan base has bred high-yield hybrid rice for the first time?"

"Yes, the first base of the Agricultural Department of the Academy of Engineering. Not only has the high-yielding hybrid rice been cultivated, but it will start harvesting in June. Today is May 6th. It seems that Minister Deng Zifei is already in Hainan. This is the scope of his rural work. Well."

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Tang Hua went there more than a week later, because the Faculty of the Academy of Engineering has adjusted, and there is another convenience: you can watch live TV to climb Mount Everest in Beijing.

On May 1960, 5, the North Slope of Mount Everest, the 25-meter Base Camp.

The 8000-meter base camp is also called the No. 8100 Alpine Camp, and its actual altitude is [-] meters.Here, looking up, you can already see the top of Mount Everest under the setting sun in the afternoon, and the snow top reflects the cool sunlight.

The 190 members of the Chinese mountaineering team set off from a height of 5200 meters to climb. Every time they camped in a high mountain camp, they unloaded equipment, materials and supplies, and then some of the team members brought full supplies and continued to climb.66 people arrived at the No. 7050 alpine camp at 27 meters, and [-] people arrived at the No. [-] alpine camp.

At the 8100-meter camp, while setting up tents to pile up supplies, the team members also set up a TV camera and a solar panel outside the tent.Although the sunlight in the afternoon is weak, it is still enough for the camera and wireless transmission system. If it is strong sunlight at noon, it is not only enough for the camera to work, but also to charge the battery.

The high-magnification camera lens can capture some details of Mount Everest, such as... the national flag unfurled by the climbers on the peak.

The most important thing is that the wireless transmission module of the camera can transmit the signal back to the 5200-meter base camp. The 5200-meter base camp has more complete equipment, which can relay the TV signal all the way back... No, no, the 5200-meter base camp Sends the TV signal overhead.

It was successfully launched on February 2. After more than a month of patient orbit change and position adjustment, at the end of April 26, Dongfanghong-1960 was finally positioned over the equator near Singapore.The first practical task after the commissioning is to provide live broadcasting of the closest to 4 meters above sea level for China's first climb to Mount Everest.

At the 5200-meter base camp, as early as a week ago, Shi Zhanchun, the captain of the mountaineering team, had set up the satellite communication equipment.The antenna transmitter points to a certain coordinate in the sky, and then the TV image can be transmitted back to Beijing?This is amazing.

In fact, this time it was not only transmitted back to Beijing, but also to Shanghai, Tianjin, Nanjing, Shenyang... There are 8 cities in China, plus Moscow and Pyongyang.Theoretically, one-third of the earth can receive the broadcast signal of Dongfanghong No. [-], but TV satellite communication equipment has not been sold everywhere, so it can only be watched in the above-mentioned cities.

At this time, there was still a tent in the 5200-meter base camp that was turned into a simple live broadcast room, and two hosts with plateau red faces were rehearsing and preparing.During the climbing process, the TV scene will switch between the 5200-meter base camp and the 8100-meter base camp.

The summit team did not carry a camera with them, but they had a walkie-talkie. During the climbing process, although the picture only had a distant view, the voice of the climbers could be recorded in the sound.

"Captain, this...camera is not very heavy," Gongbu said, "I think one more person can climb to the summit and carry the camera to the top of Mount Everest, and I can just carry the camera on my back."

Qu Yinhua: "What we want to guarantee is the sure success of climbing to the summit. Tomorrow, 14 people will set off from here, and 10 team members will ensure that the other 4 team members will reach the summit. If 5 people reach the summit, then only 9 team members will be guaranteed, and the insurance factor is Not that high. Besides, we have cameras with us."

Wang Fuzhou: "Let me tell you, everyone, don't forget to keep the medal of merit. When you reach the top of Mount Everest, you must have it when you take a group photo."

Gonpo: "Of course I won't forget. Ha, you still have the most medals..."

Qu Yinhua: "How about this, everyone walks in front of the camera, and the live broadcast is about to start. Let's take out the medal and put it on, and then there, we will say a few words to the national audience."

"Speech? To a national audience? Hey, where's my manuscript?"

Chapter No.17, Chinese Technology and China’s Willpower

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