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  Chapter 1166 Dragon Quest

  Song Yang went to the Houston Space Center, nominally to watch the rocket launch of the Apollo Space Company, but actually to check the development progress of the rocket's recyclable technology.

  Since the successful launch of the first satellite, Apollo Space Company has received orders from NASA and other federal space agencies.

Now the two most important projects of Apollo Space Exploration Company, one is of course rocket recyclable technology, which is a hard bone that Apollo Space Exploration Company must gnaw down. To stand out, you must have a well-known signboard.

Regardless of whether the rocket can be recycled, whether it can really reduce costs, safety risks, etc., as long as this "black technology" is developed, it is no exaggeration to say that Apollo Space Company is enough to "establish a school". It's time to make a lot of hype, whether it's going public or looking for other investment institutions to collect money, it's already famous.

  The other one is to reduce the cost. The launch cost of Apollo Space Exploration Company is much lower than that of NASA, but every time a rocket is launched, it is actually a loss. It loses money and makes money.

  Business at a loss will not last long. Song Yang came to Apollo Space Company this time to let the engineers of Apollo Space Company explore ways to save costs.

From the hottest period of space exploration in the last century to now, for nearly thirty years, the cost of rocket launches has basically remained at about 30,000 dollars per kilogram. Like NASA’s space shuttle, every time it flies, It’s almost US$1.5 billion. If it explodes, it will have to be calculated separately. If Apollo space exploration wants to make money, it must reduce the launch cost to less than US$10,000 per kilogram, or even less than US$5,000!

Of course, in order to achieve this level, it is nothing more than self-manufacturing of rocket parts and some showy operations. The rockets of the Apollo Space Exploration Company are self-made. After fully understanding the technology of the RD180 rocket engine, Apollo Space Exploration Corporation can design and manufacture new rockets on its own.

The self-made parts can actually only save part of the cost, just like Musk’s Spacex, although it has been blown into the sky, and how many new rocket technologies have been produced, but the real thing that allows Spacex to launch cheap rockets is to use the rocket’s "Aerospace-grade devices" were replaced with industrial products!

The most direct is the rocket casing. The rocket casings launched by NASA and other space agencies are made of composite materials such as carbon fiber and aluminum alloy. 35%, and the rocket shell material used by Spacex is stainless steel, yes, it is fused with stainless steel that can forge kitchen knives, and the cost per kilogram is 3 US dollars.

There are also the main control systems of rockets and spacecraft. Generally, space agencies use aerospace-grade processors. One system plus a backup system can’t be done without tens of millions of dollars, but Spacex doesn’t do those things. , directly launch the Intel X86 processor, the price of a certain east is 398 yuan, anyway, it is not impossible to use, a spaceship has 18 systems, each system has 3 X86, basically chip plus system, the whole set of main control system does not exceed 21,000 yuan , it’s not that it can’t be used, as long as it’s not fried...

This is the most fundamental difference between private space companies and the world's major space agencies. The latter pursues the success rate. After all, every time the Federal Space Agency launches a rocket, it is related to the face of Capitol Hill. There must be an explanation to the public. The taxes paid by the leeks are not wasted, so we must keep improving. I don’t care if the materials are expensive or not. The key is to ensure the success rate. too!

A private space exploration company is not so particular. It is called a mistake if it is bombed once, it is called test data when it is bombed twice, it is called the pursuit of truth when it is bombed three times, and it means that it is trial and error for the sake of all mankind, and those who are still scolding , Do you have a conscience, do you have a sense of mission for all mankind? Anyway, as long as the public opinion is well-made, the more rockets of private space exploration companies are blown up, the more they will be blown up to the sky. people? !

Song Yang is also planning to let Apollo Space Exploration Company to do trial and error for the sake of all mankind, and let Apollo Space Exploration Company also develop special stainless steel, special coating, new rocket fuel, etc. that can be used to make rockets. On the high level, what promotes green energy, etc. Of course, rocket fuel must also be green energy, establish a hydrogen company, produce liquid methane rocket fuel, etc. Anyway, it is cheap and cheap, and it is not unusable. It is also for all mankind if it is blown up. , everyone continues to invest money to let Apollo Space Exploration Corporation explore for the future of the world!

  When Song Yang joined the Apollo Space Exploration Company, the words he said in front of the media have been reprinted by many media. The news that Song Yang is going to fight with the global telecom operators has already spread.

  "As we all know, Bruno Song has never said any big words in front of the media. He is a man with a true western cowboy spirit. What he said will definitely come true!

  Bruno Song may be really annoyed with those telecom operators, and he wants to launch the Starlink project to fight against the global telecom operators! "

  The major finance, economics, science and technology, talk shows, and even political TV channels have begun to analyze Song Yang's interview frame by frame.

A program on ABC TV quickly invited analysts from communications, satellite, Internet, and Wall Street to be guests to discuss whether Song Yang's words were true or not, and whether Song Yang really wanted to talk to the global telecom giants. It's a fight to the death.

  When the host just finished introducing the content of today's program to the audience, he didn't need him to guide him at all.

  "The ancient Greek scholar Herodotus said that if God wants to perish, he must first make him crazy!"

The guest belonging to the communication camp was a supervisor of Southwestern Bell Telecom. He almost jumped up at this time, and said excitedly, "Bruno Song is already crazy. The halo of genius for so many years has made him arrogant, arrogant, and totally indifferent. Feeling afraid, like a mad king sitting on the Iron Throne, thinking he can challenge the whole world!

   Launching 40,000 satellites, does he know how much it will cost? Motorola’s Iridium project only launched 66 satellites, and Motorola fell into the abyss. Motorola’s today is the end of Bruno Song! "

The Motorola executives who were watching this show felt as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly at this time. Iridium project, isn’t it so hard to get through? It's better to blow it down.

   "I'm sorry, Bruno Song knows how much it costs to launch a rocket, and he knows it better than you!"

  As an Internet guest, the person who was invited here was Professor Tristan, Song Yang's nominal spiritual mentor, who hadn't shown up in Jianghu for a long time.

After the Internet bubble burst and the NASDAQ collapsed, Professor Tristan, who was the leader of the Internet academic circle and provided theoretical support for the Internet, did not say that everyone shouted and beat the street rats, but at least he was scolded a lot Well, the TV station basically stopped inviting him to attend the show as a guest, so as not to be scolded. Tristan has also stayed in his laboratory for the past two years and rarely appeared in public.

Now that the limelight has passed, the market of the Internet is slowly picking up, and some fresh leeks are starting to enter the pit again. The Internet also needs people who wave the flag to come out again, and with Song Yang's current power in the Internet and technology industries, Tristan The spiritual teacher finally came out again.

   Back in front of the camera again, sitting in the studio of the TV station, came across such an unprecedented big project as "Starlink".

  "Technology is constantly improving. The Internet has grown from scratch and is changing the way of life, work and entertainment in America and countless people around the world.

Bruno Song is one of the people who have changed America the most after Howard Hughes. The era of Internet telephony will definitely come, and it is not something that some people can stop for petty profits. In this battle, Bruno Song He is fighting for all Internet users. I am very happy. He never forgot his original intention. No matter how crazy the Starlink project sounds, I believe he will be able to do it! "

Tristan was also waving his fists in front of the camera, making the audience who heard it feel that the Starlink project seemed to come tomorrow, and those who heard it couldn't help but feel a sense of enthusiasm. Think about it, one for Internet users who dare to single-handedly challenge the global telecommunications giants, the lone heroes who fight **** battles for ordinary people, are formed in an instant. America is a country that advocates individual heroism. Just watch those movies where superheroes save the world single-handedly. Tristan's words were enough to ignite the enthusiasm of countless audiences, especially the countless young people in America, who were even more stimulated to howl.

Listening to Tristan scolding them, these telecom giants are short-sighted, clowns who block new technologies for the sake of petty profits, the executives of Southwest Bell Telecom are blushing, Skype is obviously lying on the telecom company The vampires are now calling them shameless in turn. He has never seen such a shameless person!

At this time, the host of the TV station asked some guests from the economic industry and Wall Street analysts, "Do you think Bruno Song's Starlink project is feasible? After all, Motorola's Iridium project is already recognized as a failure." Already!"

The guest of economics exchanged a glance with the Wall Street analyst, and the two nodded their heads tacitly, "It is theoretically possible, if Bruno Song is really willing to pay enough, with his worth, it is possible Support the early stage of the Starlink project, allowing Starlink to cover major regions such as North America and Western Europe!"

   There is another chapter today, which will be updated in the afternoon.

  (end of this chapter)