Don't give me black technology

Chapter 360 Sky-high cost
The time soon came to December, and it was about to enter the fourth year of Deep Space Technology.

During this period of time, Deep Space Technology released some products one after another. As the commercial standards of Quantum Computers of Deep Space Technology began to be adopted around the world, the manufacturing cost of quantum computers plummeted.

Mars Smart Technology released news that the price of the new quantum computer will be reduced by more than 1 yuan!

This has further stimulated the confidence of the computer industry, and more and more companies have invested in related industries.

It is worth mentioning that Zhu Ping, the founder of the virtual construction company that Meng Xiaobai met at the Global Quantum Computing Conference of Deep Space Technology, received a total of 30 billion capital investment from Meng Xiaobai after the conference.Meng Xiaobai and Deep Space Technology together hold more than 50.00%.

Now virtual construction has become the hottest start-up company in the quantum information industry, and it is preparing to be listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange in the United States in March next year.

And Meng Xiaobai himself disappeared after the press conference.The media is very interested in this young technology founder, but no one has interviewed him.

At a product launch event in the second half of the year, Meng Xiaobai did not appear either, and Pan Yu presided over the launch event.

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Luzhou, Jet Propulsion Laboratory for Deep Space Exploration.This is where Deep Space Exploration Technologies develops rocket engines and thrusters.

"A total of 25 Honghu rocket engines are installed in the rocket's first and second stage thrusters. By then, the payload will be [-] tons!" Zhan Haoran, the person in charge of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a senior engineer from Huaxia Aerospace Science and Industry Group, said. Meng Xiaobai introduced, "The preliminary inspection has been completed and passed."

"The payload is 25 tons? What is the take-off mass?" Meng Xiaobai asked.Payload refers to the weight of the cargo carried by the launch vehicle after the weight of the rocket body is removed.

"890 tons. The mass of a rocket body filled with fuel is 860 five tons." Zhan Haoran knew these data clearly.

Meng Xiaobai stretched out his hand. He was wearing a brand new quantum projection watch with a superconducting quantum chip embedded in it, and at the same time learned about the quantum information network.

In the mobile phone projection, a [-]D model of the rocket and various data appeared.

"The payload is too low, 25 tons. One of our quantum communication satellites has a mass of about 0.8 tons, and with a payload of 25 tons, it can only send 25 to 31 quantum communication satellites. In order to ensure the safety of the launch, according to Calculating 28, 357 will launch about [-] launch vehicles."

"The design cost of the rocket is billions, and the cost of each launch is about 2500 million Huaxia coins. In this way, it will take 100 billion launch costs to send all our micro-satellites into space! This is still a one-time error. Under the circumstances, in fact, this is impossible, and it is difficult for a rocket launch to be [-]% successful."

"In addition to the cost of satellite manufacturing, other costs..." Meng Xiaobai shook his head with a wry smile, "Mr. Zhan, I can't bear this cost! This plan, PASS!"

According to this plan, the cost of this project will go up to 3000 billion. Even if all the sub-groups of Deep Space Technology support it together, they will not be able to spend so much money!
What's more, besides the rocket project, they still have so many research projects to invest money in.

Zhan Haoran frowned, and he said: "Mr. Meng, I have actually done the calculation. In my opinion, the calculation cannot be done this way. Now our payload is 25 tons. If our technology is mature in three to five years , Doubling the carrying capacity, the launch cost will be reduced in a straight line. Or our rocket recovery technology will get a breakthrough, and the cost will be further reduced.”

"A payload of 25 tons is already the best we can do. In China, there are only a handful of launch vehicles with a payload of 25 tons!"

"It's been too long!" Meng Xiaobai still shook his head, but Zhan Haoran's thinking was not wrong, because he regarded this project as a 20-year plan.Think of space exploration as a technology that humans need to progress gradually over hundreds of years.

But Meng Xiaobai cannot allow such a high launch cost and time. After eight or ten years, their quantum computer will no longer have the advantage, and the global quantum communication network will no longer have the significance and function as it is now, so he Must improve.

Meng Xiaobai thought for several hours and reconvened the meeting.

"We have to adjust the plan." Meng Xiaobai said, "Abandon the Honghu rocket engine, its thrust is too small!"

"What?" Hearing this, Zhan Haoran was the first to object. He emphasized: "The Honghu rocket engine is the best we can do so far. Even if we want to update it, we have to wait for the next generation of rocket engines to appear! "

Zhan Haoran himself is one of the chief designers of the Honghu rocket engine. This is his proud work. Now that it is denied by Meng Xiaobai, he naturally opposes it.

"Mr. Zhan, don't get excited." Meng Xiaobai said, "I want to abandon the Honghu rocket engine, of course I have my reasons. I will come up with a new engine solution, which is tentatively designated as the 'Hercules' rocket engine. For details, we will Talk later."

Zhan Haoran held back, he had seen the project name of the "Hercules" engine, but wasn't it always stranded?
"Redesign the rocket body, or improve it! We need a stronger load capacity, at least four times the current load capacity, more than [-] tons!" Meng Xiaobai said.

"One hundred tons?"

"This is impossible!"

"This is just a dream!"

"Yes, the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle with the strongest carrying capacity in the world currently has a payload of only 63.8 tons. It is absolutely impossible for us to reach [-] tons!" They all began to question Meng Xiaobai's decision.

"Don't be impatient, everyone. I will finish the plan first, and then we will discuss the feasibility." Meng Xiaobai comforted.

For the sake of Meng Xiaobai being the boss, everyone could barely restrain their temper, but they didn't agree in their hearts that they could do it.

"In order to reduce the cost of rocket launches, we must recycle rocket parts. For example, expensive rocket orbiters, engines, and boosters. These parts can theoretically be used repeatedly, as long as we can safely recover them from space."

"If it can be done, it can reduce our launch costs by 80.00%!"

According to Meng Xiaobai's calculation, if all these measures can be implemented, the overall cost will be reduced by 2000 billion!This is an astronomical figure, not only his goal, but also his only choice, because otherwise, the project will either drag the front line for decades, or drag deep space technology into the quagmire of debt.

(End of this chapter)