Interstellar Energy Tycoon

Starship achieved 100% launch success for the first time.

This significance is indeed great.

Because the spaceship module of the starship weighs 150 tons.

Capable of vertical takeoff and landing.

In the future, whether it is manned landing on the moon or emigrating to Mars, starships can play a huge role, representing an important step for mankind to conquer the universe.

It's just that the success rate of the starship launch is too low. Only one of the five rockets successfully entered orbit, and the others have become large second-handers. , it is at least 99% successful.

In addition, the starship rocket is also taking the technical route of modularization and recyclability. It uses cheap stainless steel shell materials and liquid methane as fuel. The first stage of the rocket can be recycled and reused, including the starship spacecraft itself, which can also be reused dozens of times.

According to this idea of ​​cheap manufacturing materials + comprehensive recycling, if it really works, a starship rocket with a development cost of 3 billion dollars can be reduced to one-third of the launch cost after repeated use One, one-fifth, or even one-tenth.

Theoretically speaking, this idea is indeed no problem. Once it is successful, the cost of human exploration and development of the universe will be greatly reduced, and there is no problem in immigrating to the moon and Mars, and it can completely become a reality.

only……

The reliability of starship rockets is simply too low.

Thirty-three rocket engines are used in parallel, and a maximum of three are allowed to fail during operation (three that do not affect the center of gravity of the rocket), but the actual failure rate often exceeds 20%, and at least five or six engines cannot work. If the reliability of a single engine cannot be increased to more than 99.7%, otherwise the launch success rate of the starship will not meet the minimum standard of more than 90%.

But it's very, very difficult to do that.

After all, in order to save costs, the starship rocket itself has a lot of shoddy parts, few redundant backups, inherently low reliability, and wants to achieve a launch success rate of more than 90%, which is very contradictory and almost impossible. possible things.

This time the starship was successfully launched, but a lot of fuel was wasted. Even if it could still fly to the orbit of the moon, it would not be able to land on the moon because the fuel was not enough, so it was not a complete success.

But it doesn't matter. On the public opinion media and social platforms, people hype up and praise wildly, which obviously strengthens Lao Chou's rhetoric and national power, and there is another thing to brag about.

If it's a foreign public opinion platform, it's fine if people are crazy about it. After all, it's Lao Chou's home stadium. They also need to use this wave of publicity to improve internal cohesion and create an atmosphere where they are still number one in the world and can still be proud and proud. Anxiety is completely understandable.

It's just that I didn't expect that on Huaguo's public opinion platform, there would be many more excited and fanatical voices than the old ugly netizens.

Some of these comments are sarcasm, some require reflection, and some emphasize the gap. You can't be complacent, anyway, there are all kinds of yin and yang.

However, a large number of comments popping up suddenly and overwhelming the screen monopolized people's attention for a while, and they were forced to accept the bombardment of these information.

This made some netizens who are not surprised by this kind of phenomenon have to sigh:

"The funds are so abundant that they force-feed us shit."

"Routines are not afraid of old age, if you can fool someone, it is one."

"Let these stupid roe deer go outside. Anyway, not only the old ugly who is thousands of miles away, but also the place with a monthly salary of 20,000 Karma, people will believe it. It is useless to persuade these stupid roe deer to go too much. In fact, it is also conducive to improving the overall quality of the people.”

"That's right, good words are hard to persuade, damn it, the upper limit of a person's thinking and cognition determines the upper limit of his life."

Most netizens in China are very clear-headed.

He did not regard the successful launch of the starship as a big deal, and he also saw the major flaws of the starship rocket. He was able to make a very professional analysis and concluded that within three to five years, the starship will not It may reach the level of maturity and usability. Unless it is particularly fearless, it will not take people to the sky to complete the mission of manned landing on the moon or landing on Mars.

Not a worry for now.

Even so.

The successful launch of the starship still caused a small number of people in the country to feel anxious and worried, feeling worried, stressed, and unable to sleep well.

Especially the relevant practitioners in the aerospace industry, they will never regard the starship as a joke, but a real threat!

Because as long as there is a successful launch, there will be a second, third... Nth time.

Just keep making adjustments and improvements to improve the reliability of the engine.

As long as there are unlimited funds and resources invested in the continuous improvement of the starship, one day, the launch success rate of the starship will exceed 90%, 95%, 98%, or even infinitely close to 100%.

Of course, the launch cost of the starship will also drop, and finally drop to a tenth level.

Now that the market value of Space-X exceeds $1 trillion, Iron Horse has plenty of money! This successful launch has increased Space's market value by another 100 billion dollars. Compared with it, the development cost of the Starship rocket's 3 billion dollars is nothing at all.

What's more, Space company has also received the full support of the old ugly government, giving them whatever they want, and enjoying the treatment of a son.

...

In the "Space Launch Alliance" exchange group.

This group was founded by Li Xingyang, with a total of ten members. The purpose is to facilitate technical exchanges and improve communication efficiency.

But this afternoon, Li Xingyang received a lot of news from Aite.

Blue Arrow Aerospace Song Changwu: "Mr. Li, Space's starship, we really can't take it lightly. Once this thing is mature enough, we might all be eliminated."

Leading Aerospace Chu Junjie: "Mr. Li, our company's stock price fell by 3.5% today. Although I have repeatedly emphasized not to panic and not to be afraid, the starship is still too early to mature, so there is no need to sell stocks, but some investors are illiterate and easy to be led. I don’t understand any technical analysis, so it’s useless to persuade them to dispel their doubts. Unless we also have a project similar to Starship, otherwise these investors will not continue to hold stocks. In the stock market, such investors are the majority, no wonder they always It was cut leeks."

Excalibur Technology Ye Zhenfei: "The stock price of my company has dropped by 5%, and there are two shareholders who want to withdraw their shares. Fuck, these idiots, who say they are Shabi, are exaggerating them, and they will jump ship if there is any trouble. , I’ve had enough of them, I shouldn’t have chosen to go public at the beginning... But Mr. Li, Space’s recyclable technology route is still worth learning. Our one-time rockets have a minimum cost after all, and they can be reused When the route is taken to the extreme, the most important cost is only the cost of rocket fuel, and we still waste more.”

Giant Whale Aerospace Zhang Chi: "Mr. Li, let's start a similar starship project. With the strength of our nine aerospace companies and the financial support of Xingyuan Group, our starship will be able to go to the sky in at most three years." The technology will be more mature, and the launch success rate will be higher! We can quickly catch up with Space in a very short period of time."

Dongfang Feitian Liao Qingdong said: "Yes, ten out of ten, we can win for sure! It's just that we need about 10 billion research and development funds, Mr. Li, this money is not much at all, and it can bring tens to hundreds of times the return. "

"10 billion? The money for you to be Mr. Li came from a strong wind, and Mr. Li doesn't hold any shares in your company. Why should you give you so much real money? You think it's too good, right?"

Fang Yujun of Tianlong Aerospace had no choice but to express his opinion. In fact, he really wanted to show off that Mr. Li had already handed over to him the aerospace transport aircraft project with an impossibly lower cost. Be a troll and severely criticize these colleagues.

These words made the colleagues in the group unbearable.

Liu Zhiyong of Galaxy Power said: "Mr. Fang, I have long wanted to give the company's shares to Mr. Li, but Mr. Li doesn't want it, and our shares are almost sold out, and we can't give away many shares. Mr. Li is more interested not on."

Hu Xiaobo of Interstellar Glory said: "Fang Yujun, can you stop standing and talking without back pain? Now your Tianlong Aerospace is backed by the big tree of President Li. You need money and people, and you don't have to worry about your future survival." The question is, what should we do after the "Two-Year Thousand Arrows Project" is completed? Where can we find a way out, can you help us think of a way?"

Song Changwu also said: "Mr. Fang, those who eat meat should not dislike those who drink soup. If we join forces and start a starship project, as long as Mr. Li supports it, the resources on the moon and the land on Mars will be people like us in the future." After all, it’s in everyone’s huge interest that Space companies don’t want to steal our meat.”

Ye Zhenfei agreed: "That's right, a mere 10 billion, can it be compared with the resources on the moon and Mars? Take a long-term view!"

Liu Zhiyong said: " @Mr. Li, I don't know how you think about this matter, do you want to do it?"

"You guys finish the "Two-year Thousand Arrows Project" first, and then talk about the future plans."

Li Xingyang did not answer directly, but said: "The next two years are enough for you to give full play and make a big splash. The Starship of the Iron Horse does not seem to be something that can be improved and matured in two years. Let’s do it, those who work hard will definitely get more rewards.”

"Yes, Mr. Li."

"I see."

"Boss Li is right. As long as we put our heads down and work hard, we won't be able to beat that Iron Horse guy who brags and pretends all day long!"

Song Changwu and others said one after another.

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