Super technology leader

That evening, Tang Chao and several other men entered a secret online room.

These men were none other than the six private aerospace company owners he had met at the end of the meeting today.

Coincidentally, the six companies were in pairs, those building rockets, those building new spacecraft, and those building space living facilities, all present.

They were the top two companies in their respective fields.

Looking at these six well-known figures in the international private aerospace field, Tang Chao was reminded of a saying.

"A line connects online, cherish this fate."

The reason he thought of this was because he was about to trick these people.

Tang Chao was looking at them, and they were also looking at Tang Chao. Compared to them, Tang Chao was extremely young.

At less than twenty-four years old, he was already standing at the same height as them, and he would probably be even more remarkable in the future.

Finally, Elon Musk of Space X broke the silence and said, "Let's start quickly. This secret meeting cannot last too long. The longer it lasts, the greater the chance of being discovered."

After he finished speaking, everyone focused their attention on Tang Chao, because Tang Chao was the main reason for this meeting.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Tang Chao didn't waste any words and said directly, "Okay, I'll be blunt. Everyone here is a leader in the private aerospace field. I don't need to use the usual self-deprecating remarks of the Xia people. In the Xia private aerospace field, Interstellar Pathfinder is the strongest."

"However, have you all noticed that we, as industry leaders, don't actually make much money?"

As Tang Chao's words finished, everyone fell silent, because what he said was true.

Despite various analyses saying that the future commercial aerospace market would be worth hundreds of billions or trillions, they all understood that that was in the future, and like nuclear fusion's perpetual "50 years from now," the trillion-dollar commercial aerospace market didn't know when it would arrive.

In any case, as it stands now, the annual commercial aerospace market is not even five billion dollars.

And with this little money, these big companies not only have to compete with each other, but also have to tolerate small companies coming to take food from their plates.

Their scale is too large, which makes their products large as well, but as satellites become smaller and smaller, if a customer only launches one micro-satellite, then they don't need a large rocket. The smaller the rocket, the better, because it's cheaper.

Moreover, small rockets are also flexible. Place an order today and launch tomorrow. Larger rockets require waiting, and even "carpooling," which takes even longer.

That's simply outrageous. This daddy is paying, why should I suffer this?

When there were only one or two private aerospace companies, they had no choice but to wait in line obediently, but now there are more and more private aerospace companies. The first ones all made small rockets, and customers decisively switched launch providers.

Whoever provides good service and is cheap, they go to them.

So, despite the fact that these companies' technological level is getting higher and higher, their orders are getting fewer and fewer. All they can count on are the official aerospace missions' super big orders.

And not to mention that there aren't many official big orders, even if there are, their equipment isn't up to par. Their technical level is high, but not that high. After all, this is aerospace technology, an industry that requires a huge amount of accumulation.

Now that they've encountered Tang Chao, they have the technologies that they are currently working hard to overcome. Even if there aren't directly usable ones, there are similar substitutes. As long as they get these technologies, they can immediately compete for official big orders.

But they also thought that the official funding is only so much, and there are only so many projects. Even if they take them all, they won't be able to eat their fill for a few years.

Talking about this, several people couldn't stop talking and said a lot of industry secrets. The private aerospace industry looks glamorous, but only those inside know the suffering.

Tang Chao was thrilled to hear it.

However, this transaction must be completed, otherwise how could he get them to work for him?

So he said, "You should all have noticed that after Xia announced the Long March 9 plan, America immediately invested billions of dollars in the SLS rocket project. What does this represent? I don't need to say it, right?"

"Everyone can think about it. Decades ago, during the space race era, how much was America's annual aerospace funding, and how much is it now?"

This question directly illuminated everyone's brains.

That's right, America's aerospace funding is more than 20 billion a year, the most in the world, but compared to that crazy era, it's not even a fraction.

In that era, sometimes aerospace funding was more than military spending, but at that time, aerospace funding may have really been used as military spending, after all, the purposes of both sides were not pure.

Launching a Saturn V was equivalent to throwing away a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, really throwing it away, because there was no recovery capability at that time.

Now the annual military spending is hundreds of billions of dollars. If aerospace funding reaches this level, then the previously analyzed "commercial aerospace market of hundreds of billions of dollars" is not an aspiration, but a large cake placed in front of them!

Hundreds of billions, even if these companies split it equally, it would be enough for each company to get a hundred billion.

Thinking of this, several bosses' breathing became heavy.

Elon Musk was the most excited. With a hundred billion dollars, his Mars plan could be accelerated, accelerated, and accelerated again. Not to mention dying on Mars in the future, even going to Mars to work in a few years would become a reality!

"Mr. Tang, are you saying... if we want to make a big profit, we have to find a way to re-ignite the space race?"

"Yes, Mr. Musk, your thinking is good, but I want to correct a mistake," Tang Chao said with a smile.

Among these people, he, the instigator, was the calmest.

Elon Musk was stunned, "What mistake?"

"It's not just making a big profit. If the space race is really ignited, it won't end in a year."

"Shit! You're right!"

Someone directly cursed.

Yes, the last space race lasted about 20 years.

20 years...

Hundreds of billions a year...

"Hiss——"

Two data flashed in their minds, and the big bosses all gasped.

Flames ignited in everyone's eyes.

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In the whole world, no one wants to return to that crazy space race era more than aerospace practitioners.

In that era, humanity's yearning for space could break through the atmosphere without rockets.

However, the cake has been imagined, and it's big enough, but how to make it is a problem.

And Tang Chao said that this is not a problem.

"Just like in the beginning, there are actually many signs already, we just need to give it a little push."

"Xia's national strength is barely qualified, the key is that America feels very qualified. Now, when asking for military spending, Xia is definitely mentioned the most, and there are also various blockades, sanctions, and blame-shifting, all of which indicate that America has already recognized Xia's challenger status and is going to have a life-and-death battle."

"The possibility of a hot war between the two countries is not high, so let's lead this battlefield to space. This has actually already begun, which is the manned lunar landing plans of the two countries."

"Fortunately, my company has enough influence in Xia, and even our company undertakes part of the manufacturing task of the Long March 9. I can clearly tell you that the first flight of the Long March 9 three months later will definitely be a success. Manned lunar landing really won't take long."

"When the time comes, you do this... this..."

Tang Chao's words were like the whispers of ancient gods, drilling into their ears one sentence after another, directly into their brains, making them all hot-blooded.

His plan is too terrible... no, too genius!

When the time comes, these aerospace companies will definitely stand at the top of the world, instead of being like they are now, saying they are the crown of technology, but earning less than ten billion dollars a year.

This is not the crown of technology, it's clearly a bitter existence, garbage collectors earn more than them in a year.

In the end, Tang Chao still said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will definitely not compete with you for the lunar landing contract, anyway, America will not let me get the contract."

"Fortunately, we can use this opportunity to turn this into a sign of our take-off, as the initial event of the space race between the two countries. We will need your help then."

"Hahaha, easy to say, easy to say~"

Looking at the laughing crowd, Tang Chao was also smiling, but his smile was different from these people's.

Are these people stupid?

Not stupid.

It's just that trillions of dollars are too much.

Space race, under what circumstances is it considered a "race"? It has to be about the same strength, not even half a pound.

And he...

「Sorry, I have a cheat.」

If you want to compare the entertainment industry, the idiots in Kerbin can't compare to America.

But if you want to compare the aerospace industry, the high-IQ... idiots in Kerbin are definitely a little stronger.

Moreover, there has always been a global cooperation state there, and he is continuing to merge other companies.

Most importantly, the time flow rate in Kerbin is ten times that of Earth!

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