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A few days later, the construction of Ruida Space City resumed. Qiao Ruida led a group of engineers to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the first-stage rocket that was successfully recovered. The final conclusion was that the overall damage was not serious. Only a few vulnerable parts needed to be replaced. After a little preparation, a new second-stage rocket could be equipped to perform satellite launch missions again. The wreckage of the second-stage rocket that was blown up was also collected. Combined with the flight log files, a comprehensive analysis was conducted, confirming that the rocket was not properly insulated. During the blackout, the ultra-high temperature of more than 4,000 degrees penetrated into the rocket and burned a signal line, which led to the failure of one of the support legs to open, and the rocket fell and exploded after landing.

In response to this accident, Qiao Ruida convened a group of technical personnel and held an analysis meeting, and finally formulated three optimization measures. One was to modify the design of the second-stage rocket and bury the pipes and lines deep in the rocket body to avoid damage caused by high temperature. The second was to replace the thermal insulation coating with better performance to fundamentally solve the high temperature problem.

At the same time, the satellite tracking and control team is also conducting comprehensive tests on the navigation and communication satellite after it enters orbit, and the results are quite encouraging. Now there is only one satellite, and the positioning and navigation functions cannot be enabled, but the timing and communication functions have been fully enabled. You only need a mobile phone-sized handheld terminal with an antenna to establish contact with the satellite, make satellite calls, send messages to other terminals, and with the cooperation of the ground station, you can also access the Internet and surf the Internet. It’s just that the delay is a bit high, and playing some first-person online games may not be very responsive. This is caused by the positioning of the test satellite No. 20 in the geosynchronous orbit, which is too far from the ground. After the subsequent supporting low-orbit satellite is launched, the Internet delay can be reduced to less than ms, completely solving the problem.

This time, Qiao Ruida led a team to Ruida Space City, bringing a total of three satellites. Now the largest one has been launched into orbit, and the remaining two need to be launched as soon as possible. Now the first stage of the rocket is fine and has been successfully recovered. The second stage of the rocket has been blown up, and only a second stage rocket can be transferred from the rocket production base in Beijing. Fortunately, after the Suzaku rocket confirmed the plan, it produced as many as five rockets in one go, and there are a lot of spare parts, so there is no need to worry about running out of use.

The transportation of the second-stage rocket takes time, and after arriving at the aerospace city, the rocket body needs to be modified, which also takes a long time. Qiao Ruida took advantage of these few days to take a break from his busy schedule and took his girlfriend Du Qingqing to travel to the grasslands of Meng Province in an RV. The blue sky and white clouds, the endless green grassland, the scenery is as beautiful as an oil painting.

They also visited the Shenzhou VI recovery site, which is also in SZWQ. At that time, the space hero Yang Liwei completed the first manned flight of China's space program on the Shenzhou VI spacecraft, and the place where the recovery capsule landed was here. The Space Administration built a monument to the return point of Shenzhou VI near the recovery point, and placed a recovery capsule and a rocket model. Now it has become a popular tourist attraction, and self-driving tourists often come here to check in and take pictures. When Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing arrived, they met a family of four playing here. Qiao Ruida walked over and chatted with them. He learned that this family lived in nearby Hohhot and took their children to travel to the grassland during the weekend. The Shenzhou VI recovery site is just a point on their travel route.

After taking a few photos at the recovery site of Shenzhou VI, Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing set out on their journey again. They drove along the G331 National Road, all the way north, and arrived at Erlianhot. This is a typical border city and the largest port city between China and Mongolia. In the urban area, there are a large number of wholesale markets, where goods transported from all over the country are all gathered. There are all kinds of industrial products, food, beverages, and daily necessities, and they are particularly cheap. Many Mongolian businessmen come here to purchase goods in large quantities and transport them back to their country for sale.

When they came to these wholesale markets, Du Qingqing seemed to have awakened her female shopping gene, and dragged Qiao Ruida to go shopping like crazy for a whole day. They bought a lot of clothes, shoes, hats, bags, jewelry, and all kinds of miscellaneous things. Fortunately, they drove a motorhome with enough storage space. If they had changed to the Ruida SUV, they might not be able to fit all the things they bought.

We had dinner at a specialty restaurant. Qiao Ruida specially ordered the local specialties beef and mutton rolls and mutton offal. The meat was delicate and had a unique taste, with almost no smell of mutton. It was paired with a wild white mushroom soup. The delicious taste was unforgettable once you had it.

Qiao Ruida and his partner did not go to a hotel to get a room at night, but stayed in the RV for the night. In fact, many people drive RVs or bed cars to travel in Meng Province. Most of the time, they do not stay in hotels, but in their own cars. Qiao Ruida parked his car near the Dinosaur Square. There were many cars parked next to him, most of which had license plates from other places, including more than a dozen RVs.

The next morning, Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing visited the local museum. They thought they could see some unearthed cultural relics, historical and cultural things. But the whole museum was full of dinosaur-related things, including some dinosaur fossils, dinosaur statues, dinosaur activity models, dinosaur-related science videos, etc. If you didn't know, you would think you came to a dinosaur amusement park.

In the afternoon, the two visited the border gate of China and Mongolia, checked in and took photos in front of the boundary marker and the national gate. They watched the cross-border train, pulling a large amount of goods, passing through the national gate and running away. They also climbed the observation deck on the top floor of the shopping mall next to them, looking across to Zamyn-Uud, the ninth largest city in Mongolia, and enjoying the exotic scenery. The merchant also thoughtfully placed several large telescopes on the observation deck to satisfy the tourists' curiosity.

"The city opposite is really the ninth largest city in Mongolia. Isn't it too shabby? All of them are bungalows. There are a few ordinary buildings, but not even a high-rise building. It's not as prosperous as an ordinary county town in our country." Du Qingqing left the telescope, looked up, and said with some disbelief.

"Mongolia is just an agricultural country with a small population and a backward economy. The country's annual GDP is only 50 to 60 billion, which is equivalent to the GDP of an ordinary region in our country. Without money, how can we build high-rise buildings? The reason why border trade here in Erlianhot is so developed is because Mongolia has almost no industrial production capacity, and all industrial products need to be imported."

After two days of sightseeing in Erenhot, Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing drove away from here, along the G55 highway, all the way south, and arrived at the Ulan Hada volcano. This is a volcanic cluster hidden deep in the grassland. Within the area of ​​70 square kilometers, there are more than volcanoes of various sizes scattered. It is a collection of grassland volcanoes, lava landforms and barrier lake landscapes, and is known as a natural "volcano museum."

Stopping and walking, taking photos along the way, they accumulated a lot of photos and videos. Every night, Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing would select some beautiful or distinctive photos, edit some travel videos, and post them on their Weibo. These illustrated blog posts attracted a large number of netizens to watch and comment. Their account also attracted a wave of travel enthusiasts. That night, Qiao Ruida had just uploaded a video and was chatting and interacting with netizens. Du Qingqing put a tablet in front of him and said, "Rui Da, take a look at this video, you will definitely be interested."

"Oh, it's a video from Bilibili. I haven't logged in for a long time."

Qiao Ruida took the tablet and clicked on the video. A carrier rocket fixed on the launch tower appeared on the screen, followed by a countdown in an English accent, "543ignition sequence start 21lift off". The rocket ignited successfully, slowly lifted off, and left the ground. After a few minutes of flight, the first and second stages separated, and the second stage ignited to continue sending the satellite into space. The first stage began to fall and entered the recovery process. The same grid rudder controls the rocket's falling route, and the same multiple ignition recoils reduce the falling speed. When approaching the ground, the four support legs are opened and slowly landed. Just looking at the recovery method and recovery process, it is almost exactly the same as the Suzaku rocket. The difference is that the first-stage rocket in the video did not control the flight posture well, and eventually hit the recovery platform, causing a violent explosion. Flames and thick smoke covered the entire recovery platform. The scene was quite scary.

"Here is SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. They are the only ones trying to recover the rocket. But their luck doesn't seem to be very good. This recovery test failed again."

"Yes, this is the Falcon 9 launch test video, which was transferred from the Internet. There is also a reporter's interview with Musk at the back, and he also mentioned our Suzaku rocket in the interview."

The video continued to play, and a blond, blue-eyed white lady took the microphone and said, "Just this afternoon, SpaceX's Falcon 9 carrier rocket once again carried out a commercial launch and successfully sent a communications satellite into space. However, the subsequent rocket recovery test failed miserably. The first-stage rocket weighing nearly 100 tons directly hit the recovery platform, causing a violent explosion and flames. Now, let's interview Mr. Musk, CEO of SpaceX. Hello, Mr. Musk, do you have anything to say about the failure of the Falcon 9 rocket recovery this time?"

"Failure? No, no, no, I don't think this test is a failure. First of all, our Falcon 9 rocket has successfully sent the satellite into orbit, and the rocket recovery test is just a side effect. Moreover, this recovery test, everything went smoothly in the first half, only some problems occurred when it landed, and the rocket's attitude was not adjusted properly, so it crashed. Before the rocket crashed, we had obtained a lot of key data, and the purpose of the test had been achieved. How can it be said to be a failure?" Facing the camera, Musk looked confident and calm, waving his arms and talking eloquently.

"According to the information I have, two days ago, in the distant eastern country of China, a private company called Ruida Aerospace successfully launched and recovered a carrier rocket. In other words, your SpaceX's rocket recovery technology is no longer exclusive. Moreover, Ruida Aerospace has made a breakthrough in rocket recovery technology, instead of still doing testing like your company. What do you think about this?" the reporter continued to ask.

"NO, NO, NO. A space company from a backward third world country says it has mastered the extremely difficult rocket recovery technology. Do you believe it? I don't believe it anyway! You know, that big country in the East is famous for its rampant counterfeits. This news is probably fake. Even if there is a video, it may be made up of special effects." When Musk mentioned China and Ruida Aerospace, his expression was full of disdain and ridicule, as if Ruida Aerospace's development of rocket recovery technology was a huge joke.

The video ends here. I don’t know if the video is just that long or if the more radical remarks that follow were cut out by the person who forwarded it.

"Have you finished watching the video? What do you think of Musk?" Du Qingqing asked curiously.

"Arrogant and arrogant. In fact, our Ruida Group and Musk's Tesla have already fought in the field of new energy vehicles. At present, our Ruida series of cars have the upper hand in all aspects. The sales in China, Southeast Asia, and Europe have completely crushed Tesla cars. Only in the United States, South America, and Australia, Tesla's sales are temporarily ahead. Now the competition between the two sides has extended from the automotive field to the aerospace field. We are all commercial aerospace companies and have mastered rocket recovery technology. In the future, we will inevitably compete for customers and orders. Sooner or later, there will be a fierce battle."

Musk is indeed a business genius and a technology fanatic. Over the past few decades, he started from scratch and founded companies such as Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and OpenAI. Among them, Tesla, as the most successful electric car brand, has sold its products almost all over the world and has become synonymous with electric cars. SpaceX pioneered rocket recovery technology and, relying on its low-cost advantage, has almost monopolized more than 50% of the world's commercial satellite launch business. It has also launched tens of thousands of Starlink satellites, providing satellite Internet services, attracting tens of millions of customers around the world. A few years later, Musk even topped the throne of the world's richest man, with a net worth of trillions, and can be called a business legend of a generation.

However, all of the above are Musk's achievements before Joe Reda was reborn. In this life, with the strong competition of Reda Group in the fields of new energy vehicles and aerospace, whether Musk can achieve the above achievements and become the world's richest man is still unknown. (End of this chapter)