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"Whoever is cheaper will win. I believe all friends in the live broadcast room can understand this truth. So, Mr. Huang, what level has your Feitian No. 1 achieved in reducing costs? How can you show your strength in our live broadcast?

Where is the room?"

Xia Mu's question was very pointed, and the fans in the live broadcast room were also very satisfied. In this kind of program, everyone does not want to see a friendly business exchange.

Huang Yifei pointed at the rocket in the distance and said: "As you can see, there is a completely transparent fairing on the top of Feitian 1. This is silica aerogel composite glass and is only one-tenth the weight of a carbon fiber fairing.

, and it is completely transparent. We have installed multiple cameras in the transparent fairing. Although Feitian-1 is not the best rocket in the world, I can guarantee that tonight everyone can enjoy the best rocket from the perspective of an astronaut.

Rocket launch live broadcast.”

Xia Mu asked again: "Can you tell everyone in advance what we should focus on during the entire live broadcast?"

Huang Yifei said: "The reason why rocket launches are expensive is that most of the components on the rocket are disposable. It's like you built a luxury cruise ship and it sank the first time it went to sea. You have to build another one next time you go to sea.

New.”

This metaphor is really appropriate. In the eyes of many ordinary people, a rocket is just a huge fuel barrel, or a large Sky Monkey. People think that a large amount of fuel is the most important cost of a rocket. But in fact, the fuel cost only accounts for the rocket launch.

It only accounts for 1%-2% of the total cost. At the bottom of this huge fuel barrel, there is also a rocket engine with an extremely complex structure.

The rocket engine is the largest cost of the rocket.

Huang Yifei continued: "Feitian-1 is a two-stage liquid rocket, and its mission is to send the payload to a 500-kilometer Earth orbit. We have to recycle its first- and second-stage engines, including its fairing.

Reuse. I think the biggest highlight of tonight is to witness together how we save money at all costs."

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Time passed very quickly, and while a few people were chatting, the rocket had already entered the one-minute countdown before launch.

Xia Mu temporarily ended her interview with Huang Yifei, and the live broadcast screen was split into two, with one half focusing on the rocket about to be launched, and the other half switching to the perspective of the camera inside the fairing.

The 10-second countdown began. Xia Mu waved towards the rocket. At the top of the 50-meter-high rocket, Xia Mu on the screen was as small as an ant. The chat messages in the live broadcast room began to count down together, and all of a sudden there were chat messages.

Feeling stuck.

"5"

"4"

"3"

"2"

"1"

"emission!"

With the successful ignition of the rocket, the atmosphere in the live broadcast room instantly reached a climax. Countless large rockets took off at the same time. For several seconds, the screen screen was completely blocked by the rockets taking off, and even the live broadcast screen was no longer visible.

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The tall launcher moved to both sides along the track, and Feitian-1 soared into the sky in the light of fire.

From the first-person perspective, the ground was first completely illuminated by firelight, and then gradually fell into darkness. Dots of lights gradually appeared on the ground, which was the western city closest to the rocket launch site - ks.

The rocket rises rapidly.

Soon, from the perspective of the ground camera, the rocket's tail flame changed from a blazing torch to a moving bright star in the sky.

Three minutes later, the rocket height displayed in the upper right corner of the live broadcast screen has reached 90 kilometers, which is the separation point of the first-stage rocket. After the second-stage rocket is ignited, the live broadcast screen is immediately divided into three, showing the ground perspective and the first-stage rocket respectively.

Three pictures: rocket perspective and satellite perspective inside the fairing.

The second-stage rocket was still rising rapidly, and the outline of the earth was clearly displayed on the live broadcast screen. But the first-stage rocket had completed its attitude adjustment and began to fall slowly. The smooth flying attitude attracted real applause in the live broadcast room.

Huang Yifei has been providing technical commentary for the live broadcast room since the rocket took off. When he saw all kinds of complimentary words flooding the live broadcast room, he explained:

"The first-stage booster is the most expensive component on the rocket, and the manufacturing cost accounts for 70% of the overall cost, so this is also a component that all rocket companies must recycle. Now there are many companies that can complete the recycling of first-stage boosters.

It can be said that recovering the first-stage booster is already an entry-level technology for rocket companies. However, simply recovering the first-stage booster is only the first step, because after the rocket is recovered, it must undergo maintenance before it can take off again. Currently, everyone is competing

The only cost is the cost of maintenance. If the repair cost is higher than the manufacturing cost, then recycling becomes meaningless."

Xia Mu couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Huang, what are the maintenance costs for Feitian 1's repeated flights?"

Huang Yifei said proudly: "The first-stage booster of Feitian-1 is very solid. When it lands, we will immediately add fuel to it and let it fly again. Theoretically, it can be maintenance-free."

A satellite was launched into space. We have achieved a record of reusing a single engine 20 times in ground tests."

As soon as the live broadcast room heard this, they immediately became excited.

"Mr. Huang is awesome! The Chinese Rockets are awesome!"

"Can Mr. Huang tell me the fuel cost of a flight?"

"Does Mr. Huang plan to go on a space tour? Leave me a ticket."

"Send me a big rocket to show my appreciation!"

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Four minutes later, the first-stage rocket returned to the sky above the launch site and landed slowly.

After another 8 minutes, the screen from the perspective of the fairing was split into two again. From the live broadcast, you can see that the transparent fairing slowly opened to both sides, releasing the communication satellite fixed on the third-stage booster.

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Huang Yifei explained: "Now that the second-stage rocket has separated, a small booster will finally send the satellite into orbit. The picture in the upper right corner is the first perspective of the second-stage rocket. This is the picture I suggest everyone pay attention to, because

The second-stage rocket will circle the Earth once before landing again at the launch site. It will take about an hour to circle the Earth. I hope everyone can enjoy this round-the-world trip."

In the live broadcast room.

"I never thought I could travel around the world for free? I'll make a lot of money!"

"What the hell? Circle the earth? If we put a bomb on the second-stage rocket, will we be able to blow up whoever we want?"

"The correct answer upstairs is that this is the principle of intercontinental missiles."

"Sure enough, sending people to heaven and sending people to the west are just a matter of thought."

"When I pass by the sky over the United States later, I won't be intercepted by Standard 3."

"Above 35 kilometers does not count as airspace. The United States does not have the courage."

“My country is awesome!”

"My country is awesome!"

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A few minutes later, the communications satellite was successfully put into orbit.

I remembered the ethereal singing voice in the night sky. It was the new song "Chasing Dreams in the Sky" prepared by Xia Mu for this live broadcast.

This is not a victory hymn.

It tells the story of a young man with a rocket dream who went through many hardships during the years of pursuing his dream. In the story, there are people who are energetic, but also discouraged, some who are determined to make progress, and some who are timid, but in the end, what is left behind is

Fight after repeated defeats and become more courageous with every setback.

When the song reached its climax, the entire live broadcast room fell silent. Everyone understood the meaning of this song: it is about never giving up, about perseverance, and about perseverance.