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"Osborn Aerospace has successfully launched a super spaceship with a low-Earth orbit payload capacity of over 100 tons!"
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Although the space race doesn't have much heat today, this does not mean no one is paying attention to this industry.
On the contrary, its development has always captured the attention of the general public; after all, this was once a project full of patriotic sentiment.
The yearning for the sky has always been one of humanity's pursuits; towards the sky, there lie countless treasures.
As soon as the news came out, the internet exploded. Not only that, but Osborn also released a job advertisement for space personnel called "Deep Space Engineer."
As everyone knows, the training for astronauts is extremely complex and long. The training content includes basic aerospace science and knowledge learning, physical and psychological training, operational skill training, and a series of complicated courses, which usually takes several years.
But Harry could not wait that long. Besides, Osborn's spaceship can be said to be very safe, and the technology is very mature. The physical fitness part can be glossed over with power armor, and as for the knowledge learning part, he does not need an all-around astronaut who knows everything; he just needs someone with a sufficient IQ.
This project aims to train three types of people:
The first type: Captains who possess detailed aerospace knowledge, excellent psychological quality, and can command ship staff to complete work tasks.
The second type: Operational personnel proficient in certain space tasks, such as asteroid mining or space construction. They do not need to have too much of a big-picture view, but they need to be passionate about this job.
The third type: Researchers.
Harry plans to assemble 20 teams by the end of the year, with 5 people per team, totaling 100 deep space engineers.
Next year, he will have to fight the Aliens. After fighting the Aliens, the World economy will inevitably enter a period of downturn, and World-wide organizations like S.H.I.E.L.D. will gradually increase their control.
The best way to bypass them is to fly toward the sky.
The compensation promised by Osborn is also quite substantial. In short, under the dual temptation of money and ideals, signing up to become a deep space engineer has become a trend for a time.
"Did you sign up?"
"I did, how about you?"
Such conversations are gradually appearing all over the World. There are too many excellent talents available to choose from.
After screening, a total of 500 people passed the preliminary selection. Standing in front of this phalanx of 500 people, Harry saw quite a few guys whose emotions were as calm as dead Water through his "Connection" vision.
Then, Harry talked to and questioned the remaining people one by one, eliminating another batch.
After removing these Agents or commercial spies who did not know where they came from, only 196 people remained who met the standards.
Good heavens, three-fifths of the people were removed directly.
Harry felt a bit helpless about this. Who let there be an absurd number of Agents in this World?
In any case, the first phase of the deep space engineer project was successfully launched. Before long, Osborn will have 20 engineering ships capable of independently completing space operations.
Sitting on the chair in his office, Harry calculated the companies under the Osborn Group.
First is the original Osborn Biotechnology. The public-facing businesses include neural implants, high-tech prosthetics, artificial organs, medical services, and various drugs.
Osborn Energy Technology, responsible for maintaining the power grid and fusion power plants, as well as the production of various batteries.
Osborn Military Industry, mainly selling various power armor and powered exoskeletons.
Grady-Fruhl Company, mainly responsible for ctOS. Although Harry has tried his best to eliminate the obstacles to the full implementation of ctOS, it is clear that the naturally freedom-loving people of the United States still feel that privacy is inviolable, and the voices of opposition are still quite loud.
Osborn Aerospace Technology, responsible for the development of the sky domain.
These companies have gradually spread out like a web, thriving.
It is just that I do not know when this web will be able to completely cover all areas of human economic activity.
Speaking of this, ctOS has had new opponents recently. These voices of opposition are always endless. Although Harry has tried his best to make citizens realize its benefits, it is clear that these Americans still take it for granted.
Just as Harry was thinking, Hurley called the company's internal phone.
"Harry, you might need to prepare. People from the NSA and FBI have come to the door."
Harry rubbed his chin, having several guesses in his heart.
"Hello, Mr. Osborn, I am Carson Wolf. This is my ID."
"Christopher Avery."
The two men, one from the NSA, the NSA Agent supervisor in New York, and the other from the FBI, were also high-level officials.
"Osborn welcomes you both. I wonder what business the NSA and FBI have here?"
The two looked at each other, and finally, Wolf spoke first.
"With the implementation of ctOS, urban efficiency has reached a historical high in the past few months. Osborn is undoubtedly one of the greatest technology companies today."
"Mr. Wolf, you flatter me. It is the NSA and FBI that have made the United States the safest country in the World. Osborn is just a small technology company."
Harry was just talking nonsense. He roughly understood why these two national security agencies were looking for him.
Hearing this, Wolf and Avery looked at each other, feeling that this Mr. Osborn did not seem so difficult to talk to.
"I wonder how Mr. Osborn views the Patriot Act?" Wolf said.
The Patriot Act was an act passed by Congress and signed by the President after 9/11, expanding the authority of U.S. law enforcement agencies, with the NSA playing a central role.
However, while the United States used a series of laws to prevent terrorism, the vague interpretation of citizens' right to privacy in many clauses of these acts sparked questioning and condemnation from civil groups.
The biggest privacy scandal revealed after this was the famous Prism incident.
Right now, the public can only be said to be suspicious and questioning, but because the precedent of the terrorist attack is right there, everyone at most has some opinions, and the opposition is limited to the internet.
And Harry also remembered this matter. Living in a superhero World, he almost forgot about these things. He was even wondering why these Americans did not seem as difficult to deal with as in his memory—they did not even take to the streets.
At this moment, he roughly guessed why they came to find him.
They were here to invite him to join the Prism Program.
"A well-deserved act; it can filter out the patriots among us." Harry thought for a moment and replied.
That is right, whoever does not accept it is not a patriot.
And those who accept it can also filter out whether you are a patriot or not.
Hearing Harry's reply, Wolf laughed, Avery laughed, and Harry laughed too.
The three of them laughed together, but what Harry was laughing at was not the same thing they were laughing at.
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