Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 978 Lunar Orbital Space Station Sets Off

An arrow pierces the clouds, and thousands of troops come to meet you.

Under the joint promotion of Nanshan Automobile Group and Yangcheng Huaqiang Group, Volvo Cars, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Qiantu Motors and other companies have stated that they will begin to use a new generation of hot stamping technology in certain products to provide consumers with safety that exceeds expectations.

This is the first time that hot stamping technology has entered the vision of ordinary people on a large scale.

As China's automobile industry grows and develops, people's attention and awareness of things related to automobile safety and performance are constantly increasing.

In the end, this seemingly boring technique actually became a hot topic.

However, the popularity of this news was definitely not that high, and it was soon overshadowed by the news of a celebrity’s divorce.

And at this moment, Venusstar Technology once again made a big move.

The lunar orbital space station has officially begun its launch and assembly!

Using the Venusstar 9 MAX rocket, a series of twelve launches will be conducted to complete the construction of the space station within this year.

This speed is definitely beyond the imagination of many people.

Venustech always does what it says and never brags.

Fortunately, in recent years, Chinese netizens have become accustomed to Venusstar Technology launching several rockets into space every week, so they are not surprised.

However, the reaction from some overseas media and peers was much stronger.

"Granfin, didn't you say before that the relevant departments have approved NASA to build a new generation of space stations?"

“Why hasn’t the funding been allocated?”

Musk originally had no interest in building a space station. He had always wanted to develop rocket technology and then go directly to Mars.

However, he felt tremendous pressure due to various actions of Venusstar Technology.

He began to doubt whether his original idea was wrong.

Since NASA wants to follow the pace of Venus Technologies to build a space station and land on the moon, SpaceX will also fully cooperate.

Otherwise, the gap between us and Venustech will keep widening, which will be troublesome.

"Don't mention it. Some people in the relevant departments have different opinions. Everyone thinks that developing the moon landing and building a space station is a waste of money."

"Especially with the previous International Space Station, we have spent more than $1000 billion, but the benefits we have gained are very limited."

"Under these circumstances, it will cost at least tens of billions of dollars to build a new space station and develop new moon landing technology. Naturally, there will be many people who oppose it."

Gryffindor was also very tired.

Originally, he thought that NASA's new generation space station could officially begin construction this year and would be completed and put into use by next year at the latest.

Now it seems that the situation is completely different.

It is completely impossible for NASA to make a decision as quickly as Venus Technologies.

It is estimated that in the field of space, the gap between NASA and Venustech will continue to widen. This is an inevitable outcome.

He is definitely unwilling to accept this.

"We can continue to develop the Starship spacecraft project without relying on funding from relevant departments, and it will be the company's key development direction."

"But for space station-related projects, if the relevant departments do not provide financial support, our Space Exploration Technologies Corporation will not be able to participate in them."

Musk is no fool.

He wouldn't just throw money into a bottomless pit unless he had some other purpose.

"This time, Venustech in China has directly started the construction of the lunar orbital space station. According to the previous construction speed of the Chang'e space station, Venustech will be able to complete the construction of this lunar orbital space station within the next three months."

"By then, they will be one step closer to their goal of officially landing on the moon."

"They can even use this lunar orbital space station to implement various scientific research plans, and they can also deploy some lunar orbital satellites to detect various information on the moon at any time."

“This is definitely not good news for us.”

Gryffin said anxiously.

Although many Americans think the moon is nothing, they landed there decades ago.

Didn't find anything particularly valuable.

If the Chinese want to make trouble now, let them do it and they can just watch the fun.

But Gryffin didn't see it that way.

"Venus Technology said that the next step is to land on the moon and build a lunar base on the moon. This will really put us in a passive position."

"According to international rules, the moon is now a no-man's land."

"But according to some current rules, if the Chinese build a base on the moon and publish relevant maps, then they will own the sovereignty of these new continents."

“This matter will become more and more complicated.”

Musk is an American.

It is very common for these people to have an idea, that is, I can not have it, but you cannot have it without my permission.

Nowhere is this more evident than in their attitude toward the moon.

"So we still have to think of a way to push forward our plan as soon as possible."

Gryffindor had no better solution and could only take things one step at a time.

Although America is so powerful, it is not omnipotent.

Compared with the dilemma on the American side, the European Space Agency has thought much more clearly.

Anyway, there has already been a case of cooperation with the Chang'e space station, and now we are considering cooperation on the lunar orbit space station, which doesn’t feel out of place at all.

So after seeing Venusstar Technology start launching a lunar orbital space station, Werner immediately called Joseph, the technical director, to his side.

"We will visit Venustech again in the near future to discuss with them the lunar orbital space station and even some cooperation in future lunar landing projects."

Once you admit that you are not capable of something, many things become easier to handle.

Werner is no longer concerned about how the European Space Agency can surpass Venus Technologies.

Because that is simply a task that cannot be accomplished.

It would be better to think carefully about how to hitchhike.

"Well, I also think it would be better to start discussing these collaborations as early as possible, so that there will be more content to discuss."

"Both the United States and polar bears have landed on the moon, but we don't know much about it."

"This time, China is actively promoting the moon landing project, which is our best opportunity to further understand the situation on the moon."

"If you miss it, you don't know when there will be a more suitable opportunity in the future."

Joseph naturally also supports further cooperation with Venusstar Technology.

This way, his pressure will be much less.

Otherwise, even if everyone forces their technical center to come up with new technologies to compete with Venustech, he won’t be able to do it.

If new technology were really that easy to develop, we would have it already.

Do we have to wait until now?
After all, not every organization is like Venustech, a freak.

"Venus Technology only said before that it would go to the moon and build a lunar base, but the specific details have never been announced to the public."

"It would be very meaningful if we could take this opportunity to find out their specific plans for advancement."

Whether we will further deepen our cooperation with Venustech in the future is also closely related to the other party's plans.

These things all require a thorough communication with Venusstar Technology.

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A company that has similar ideas to the European Space Agency is the Polar Bear United Rocket and Space Company.

A few months ago, they just reached a big cooperation agreement with Venusstar Technology.

It is only natural to continue discussing more cooperation now.

However, the European Space Agency and the Polar Bear United Rocket and Space Corporation have different ideas, and the situation in Tianzhu is completely different.

"Sharma, the Chinese are moving faster and faster."

"The relevant departments are urging us to do so. Even if we cannot achieve the moon landing, we still cannot build a space station."

"But our spacecraft must appear in lunar orbit and on the moon as soon as possible."

As the head of the Tianzhu Space Organization, Lahar is also very troubled now.

Taking advantage of the rapid development of China's aerospace industry, he applied for a lot more funds from relevant departments.

Objectively speaking, the development speed of the Tianzhu Space Organization in recent years has been very fast.

Except for a few traditional giants, the aerospace agencies of other countries still have a big gap in strength compared to them.

But the Indians like to compare with the Chinese the most. The more they compare, the bigger the gap becomes, and the greater the pressure on Lahar becomes.

"If we just launch a lunar orbit satellite and then land on the moon without considering the recovery of the lander, then it is still possible for us to quickly achieve these goals in the next few years."

Sharma knew that if he couldn't come up with some plans, Rahal would not be able to withstand the pressure.

By then, the relevant departments might just kick both of them out.

Therefore, even if a plan is used to fool people, as long as it is feasible to a certain extent and can be useful in publicity, it is a good plan.

Otherwise, it will probably take another ten or eight years before we can come up with a solution as good as the one that Venusstar Technology has.

This is something that the relevant departments cannot accept at all.

"If we just launch a satellite without building a space station, it's actually possible."

"When the time comes, we will be able to send back some moon-related pictures and promote them well, which will also ease the pressure from all parties."

"As for the moon landing, we will try to communicate with the relevant departments to see if we can adopt some design elements of the airborne vehicle and drop a landing vehicle from the lunar orbiter."

"As long as we can ensure that the landing vehicle can take some photos normally after landing, we can be considered to have completed the task."

"In the future, we can develop a more advantageous lander based on this."

Rahal soon realized the superiority of Sharma's plan. Regardless of whether this plan is reliable or not, after the lander lands on the moon, India will be the fourth country in the world to land on the moon.

In the future, we can continue to apply for more funds from relevant departments under the name of moon landing.

Some of the funds will naturally go into his pocket.

"Then I will come up with the relevant plan as soon as possible and report to the higher-ups when the time comes."

Seeing that Rahal accepted his suggestion without any hesitation, Sharma couldn't help but smile.

Although the pressure is great, my wealth is also constantly increasing.

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For Venusstar Technologies, launching rockets is a daily routine, with one launching every few days.

Less than a week after the first rocket carrying components of a lunar orbital space station was launched, the second rocket set off.

Watching the rocket successfully enter the predetermined orbit, it began to separate from the space station components and head towards its target.

Qian Junfeng, who watched the entire launch process with Cao Yang in the flight control hall of Venusstar Technology, was so moved that it could not be overstated.

What they had been trying to accomplish in aerospace technology for so many years but had not been accomplished was now being accomplished step by step by Venusstar Technology.

By then, there will be a dozen Chinese astronauts conducting various experiments in space every day. It’s exciting just to think about it.

What made him even more excited was that Cao Yang formally told him about Venusstar Technology's moon landing plan.

"Mr. Cao, after your lunar orbital space station is completed, you will immediately launch an unmanned vehicle landing on the moon. Isn't the schedule a bit too tight?"

When the gap between people reaches a certain level, envy and jealousy often no longer exist.

Qian Junfeng now also hopes that all of Venusstar Technology's plans can be implemented on time.

This is definitely a great thing for the entire China.

"If we're just conducting unmanned lunar landings, it's actually not too fast."

"After all, we can already study some conditions in the lunar orbit on the Chang'e space station."

"During this period, we will also launch two lunar orbit satellites simultaneously, which together with the lunar orbit space station will form a comprehensive satellite monitoring system over the moon."

"With the space station as a relay, these satellites can play a much greater role than people imagine."

"When the time comes, our lander's lunar landing will also be fully integrated with the information observed by the satellite."

For Venusstar Technologies, the difficulty of unmanned lunar landing is not as high as imagined.

They themselves have very deep technical foundation in reusable rockets.

There is actually no problem in combining this technology with moon landing today.

If someone up there wanted to go to the moon, it would be much more difficult.

If it's just carrying the lunar rover, it would be completely different.

Nanshan Automobile Group is already the most powerful automobile company in China, and it is not difficult for it to cooperate with Venus Technology to develop a lunar rover.

At that time, it will be entirely possible to directly combine the technology of Venus 9 with the lunar rover and then send the lunar rover to the moon.

At the very least, you can still accumulate some useful experience and prepare for the next step.

Today, Venustech can withstand the test of such failures and has sufficient funds to make several attempts.

The first step is to land an unmanned lunar rover on the moon.

The second step is to consider taking a dog or a monkey to the moon.

When everything is fine, it's the turn of the moon landing hero to appear.

Once successful, more people and equipment can be arranged to land on the moon.

At that time, the construction of the lunar base officially began.

"I still find it a little hard to believe that you are going to start the moon landing this year, and next year you will consider manned moon landing activities, and then start planning the lunar base."

"If this content is released, I guess few people will believe it, right?"

Qian Junfeng knew that there were arrangements for the moon landing within Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, and even the matter of the lunar base had been discussed among them.

However, according to current plans, astronauts will not be sent to land on the moon within the next ten years. It would be very good to achieve this goal within fifteen years.

As for the lunar base, that is something that needs to be considered after 2030.

But it’s only 2015.

Venusstar Technology has actually begun to consider landing on the moon and building a lunar base.

Do you have to be so exaggerated?

"Time waits for me."

"If we don't build the lunar base as soon as possible before everyone reacts, it will not be so easy to monopolize the moon in the future."

"At the current pace, no other country will be able to achieve manned lunar landings within the next decade."

"As long as we successfully complete the manned lunar landing next year and then start building a lunar base, we will basically have a head start of about ten years to develop the lunar base."

"Even if the construction of the lunar base is slow at the beginning, once a certain amount of accumulation has been made, the subsequent expansion of the base will become much faster."

"After all, by then we can use some of the resources on the moon to build a base, and we can do a lot more."

After Cao Yang said this, Qian Junfeng had no way to refute it.

After all, this pancake is so tempting.

If China can really monopolize the moon, or not monopolize it, but can build bases on the moon at will according to its own ideas, carry out various tests, and mine various resources, that would be a very meaningful thing.

In particular, there are some resources on the moon that are very scarce on Earth. If they can be mined, it might be profitable to transport them back from the moon.

Once such an industrial chain is formed, the significance will be truly enormous.

Whether China can once again restore the glory of the Han and Tang dynasties may depend on the development of the lunar base.

"Boss Cao, is there any hope that your starship will be developed and completed within the next three years?"

A scene suddenly popped up in Qian Junfeng's mind. It was that many Chinese engineers and people of all kinds were heading towards the moon on the Starship spacecraft of Venus Technology.

By then, China will have thousands or even tens of thousands of people living in various bases on the moon.

That meaning is extraordinary.

Many scenes that take place in science fiction movies can slowly become reality.

"It shouldn't be a big problem. We are now preparing for the second ignition test."

"If there are no problems, we will officially launch it this year to see if there are any other problems."

Cao Yang still has very high expectations for the starship spacecraft.

Of course, the development difficulty of this product is the highest among all the products of Venusstar Technology.

After all, such a large rocket can carry 100 people at a time.

The safe survival of these 100 people in there alone is a huge challenge.

It can be said that this product is not allowed to have any safety hazards, otherwise it cannot be put into actual use.

Otherwise, imagine that one day after you wake up, you suddenly see a news report saying that a starship of Venus Technologies exploded in mid-air and all 100 scientists on board were killed.

Who can withstand such pressure?
This has a much greater impact than an ordinary plane crash.

"If we can really complete the research and development of starship spacecraft in the next three years, then our Chinese aerospace industry will be completely ahead of the world."

"At that time, we can directly use starships to carry out manned lunar landings, so that the development speed of the lunar base can be rapidly increased."

"And it is also very convenient to use starships to transport various equipment and supplies to the moon."

“I guess by then many other countries will try to cooperate with you.”

Qian Junfeng couldn't help but imagine the future scene.

That's really exciting.

He didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to see such a scene while in office.

"There is no need to wait until the moon base is built. Many countries are already very interested in our space cooperation."

"The European Space Agency and Polar Bear United Rocket and Space Corporation will come to discuss deepening cooperation with Venusstar Technology next month."

"Even Japan is trying to contact us, looking for opportunities for cooperation."

"There are also many other countries in the Middle East that are interested in our plan."

"It can be said that apart from the United States, most countries with some strength are very interested in cooperating with us."

After Cao Yang said this, Qian Junfeng opened his mouth in surprise.

Are polar bears and Europe so unreserved?

It seems that I will have to ask Aerospace Technology to strengthen its cooperation with Venusstar Technology in the future.

Otherwise, all the good resources will be divided up and you will feel bad.

"Mr. Cao, we are also traditional partners. Whether it is the lunar orbital space station or the moon landing project, the two sides can discuss further cooperation."

"Even the production of some parts can be participated in by our factories under the Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation."

Although Venusstar Technology is also a Chinese enterprise, they are not part of the same system after all.

He also hopes that aerospace technology can have some presence.

“There is naturally no problem with cooperation.”

"But that depends on what the aerospace technology company can come up with."

Cao Yang is not averse to cooperating with Aerospace Science and Technology. After all, in China, it is not realistic for Venusstar Technology to completely lead the development of the aerospace industry.

But if aerospace technology wants to get something for free, that certainly won’t work.

If it really doesn't work, you can ask those experienced R&D personnel to provide support.

(End of this chapter)