Super technology leader

"Not bad, your progress is quite fast, even a bit faster than I expected."

In the end, Tang Chao sat in the office on the side, looking at the busy engineers outside through the large window, and said to Zhang Liyan.

"Hehe, it's still because the core information you gave us, boss, is really powerful."

Zhang Liyan brought over two cups of hot tea, and then said, "If it weren't for those core technologies, we might not have even finished the design yet."

In fact, Zhang Liyan was really emotional. He had worked at the Europa Space Agency for several years, and he had never seen spacecraft built like this before.

To build spacecraft and rockets using traditional methods, they have to go through a long period of technical argumentation, then break down the argued technologies one by one, master the technologies, and then manufacture them. During the manufacturing process, testing begins.

Not only do individual parts need to be tested, but also each section, and then the combination as a whole.

Endless argumentation, endless testing, and endless completion are the norm for spacecraft design and manufacturing.

It takes several years for a new spacecraft to even appear.

Later, a fierce person emerged, namely Elon Musk, who founded SpaceX. Their company designs and builds new rockets very quickly.

Because they design, manufacture, test, and modify simultaneously.

In the beginning, they don't try to fully understand all the projects, but constantly improve them over time.

Once they've built enough, they do a test flight. Whether it fails or succeeds, they absorb the technology and move on to the next project.

Soon, their company's first rocket, the "Falcon 9," was successfully developed.

Then, in a short period of time, the second rocket, the "Falcon Heavy," which uses existing technology, was also successful, and it also broke the current rocket's carrying capacity record.

Now they are even more awesome, they have started building rockets in the open air, and the speed of new rockets is even faster.

Of course, because their method of building rockets is unconventional, the data of the "Starship" rocket has changed again and again, and it was only finalized last year.

As a result, there are now several versions of promotional videos on major video websites.

Actually, it's also because SpaceX made promotional videos too quickly, and as a result, after a few months, they changed the rocket design and had to make promotional videos again.

And now they are only conducting technical verification on it, and the process is wild. They weld it together and start testing.

If it succeeds, they move on to the next test.

If it fails, they immediately weld a new one and continue testing.

Once these technologies are successfully verified, they will build the finalized "Starship" rocket.

However, apart from this super new rocket that is still in the technical verification period, the Falcon 9 is almost a workhorse, and the Falcon Heavy has such a large carrying capacity, but it can't get any launch orders.

It can be seen how important national orders are for a normal private space company to survive during this period.

Abnormal ones are another matter.

Because of this, the rockets of several major space powers are all "just good enough." Only when it is really needed will they develop new rockets.

But a new rocket is not that easy to build, so launch missions are often delayed because new rockets cannot be launched on time.

Delayed again and again.

And Navigator Company's construction of new spacecraft is another state.

First of all, Navigator Company has no such thing as postponement, only advancement.

Like the previous "Chuhang" rocket, the "Kanyue series" lunar probes, various satellites, including the "Dart X" spacecraft test machine that is about to be completed.

All of this comes from Tang Chao, and according to Tang Chao, all of this actually comes from a secret research center of the company.

The argumentation data given by that secret research center is not only detailed to an appalling degree, but also makes people suspect that they were reverse-engineered from finished products.

In addition, the core technologies given are also complete. Zhang Liyan and the others can use them as long as they get them and study them a little.

That is, Tang Chao said that the secret research center has heavy tasks, so there are only core technologies, and some peripheral technologies need to be broken through here, otherwise they would be a pure manufacturing plant.

This is why their progress is so fast.

Because they can't stop at all, everything is so smooth and so natural.

If they can still delay this, then they don't have to work, and they don't even have the face to take their salaries.

Not to mention that they also have time to study. In addition to studying on their own with the materials, Tang Chao, the chief technology officer, also sometimes talks about things.

However, Tang Chao doesn't talk about details. He specializes in future development and major technology directions. The employees not only don't find it strange, but also unanimously believe that Tang Chao deserves to be the chief technology officer and the boss. His vision is great, and he is not comparable to ordinary people.

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They don't know that it's just because Tang Chao's foundation is not solid.

But in the future, when Tang Chao lectures again, he will definitely talk about some details, because his foundation has been solidified by the golden finger.

So now, listening to Zhang Liyan's flattery, Tang Chao really enjoys it, because he is not guilty.

As for the retraining of the staff, there is no way. Don't look at the fact that the work they are doing now is still within the scope of Earth's technology. In the future, there will be a large number of ultra-high-tech projects waiting for them.

They simply can't do it without learning.

Because of this, the controllable nuclear fusion technology in Tang Chao's mind has not yet been implemented. There are no related high-end talents and high-end equipment in the company at all.

To do that, he must find another way.

The two drank tea and chatted about follow-up matters, and then they chatted about the current international space landscape.

And because they had just seen "Dart X," they naturally talked about manned spaceflight, especially commercial manned spaceflight.

"Although the progress of 'Dart X' has been advanced, various tests and even test flights must be stepped up. Those companies engaged in commercial space tourism have recently made major moves," Tang Chao said, turning the teacup.

Zhang Liyan took a sip of tea, and upon hearing this, he put down the teacup and said, "Yes, SpaceX's manned Dragon has already carried out two manned flight missions. They will hold a press conference in the near future to announce the specific space tourism plan for the manned Dragon spacecraft."

"The 'Dream Chaser' mini space shuttle of the Sierra Space company has also delivered cargo to the International Space Station twice. After their unremitting efforts, they have finally obtained manned permission. If they successfully test manned capabilities, they will definitely join the space tourism ranks immediately."

Tang Chao nodded, but he glanced at Zhang Liyan and said with a smile, "That's right, but compared to the official space tourism with a ticket price of tens of millions of dollars, Blue Origin's and Virgin Galactic's suborbital travel plans may be more popular."

"Because they are cheap enough, only costing hundreds of thousands, or even tens of thousands of dollars."

Zhang Liyan laughed loudly after hearing this, "Yes, after all, there are only a few people who will spend tens of millions of dollars to take a trip around space."

"Suborbital tourism is also good. It costs less, but after breaking through the Karman line, it is still space. You can still experience weightlessness and see the big arc of the Earth."

The two laughed, and Tang Chao suddenly said, "Hey, Lao Zhang, what do you think if we let them complete a space tour first, and then we come out with a way to crush them in all aspects such as price, comfort, and true space orbit, what would happen?"

"This…"

Zhang Liyan was also speechless for a moment. He is a rocket engineer, and he really doesn't understand the operation aspect.

But he can probably imagine that if Navigator does that, it is estimated that the four private space companies they just mentioned will hate them to death.