Super technology leader

Game players, how should I put it? Their status in the country isn't very high.

Especially parents' perception of games, it's not good at all. Even if playing games and participating in competitions can win glory for the country now, the status of games in the country is still not great.

The main thing is... there aren't many "good games" in the country. The most profitable company relying on operating games doesn't have its own representative work. This is truly a magical phenomenon.

Like Tang Chao, he basically plays foreign games, downloading them from "Steam Powered". He also supports good domestic single-player games from small companies.

Okay, there's also a chain of contempt within game players themselves, but let's not talk about that, there's no way to explain it.

Just like the love of players for games and the misunderstanding of games by outsiders, there's also no way to explain it.

So this time Tang Chao wants to use practical actions to show that games also have benefits, using parts from the Kerbal Space Program game to send a probe to the moon, letting people know that games are not just spiritual food, their impact on the real world is also quite significant.

As for why it's not showcasing domestic games, this... emmmmm.

I hope domestic games continue to work hard.

And Tang Chao's plan also made everyone present very interested.

Perhaps some people are interested because of the game, the dream and reality are closely combined, it's simply a double delight.

Some people are also interested because of the challenge to the moon. This is a long-term dream of mankind, and now they can participate, of course they are excited.

There are also people who simply want to build rockets. As for what technology the rocket uses and what shape it has, it doesn't matter, as long as it can go to the sky and land on the moon.

Of course, they have also watched the boss's thruster test video. Good technology is actually used to make game props. This is really a... space company with dreams.

It should be a wonderful thing for these aerospace professionals to work in such a company with dreams.

Moreover, most of the people present like to play Kerbal Space Program. If they can really build a rocket with Kerbal technology and send it to the moon, that would also be a very fulfilling thing.

More importantly, Tang Chao also said just now that he would engrave the names of Kerbal Space Program players on it, and go to the moon with the probe, then there is definitely no problem for their staff.

Sure enough, when talking about professional issues, everyone present felt very relaxed.

"...Everyone knows the RE-M3 'Mainsail' engine in the game, right?"

Tang Chao switched the screen to a game screenshot, which was the introduction page of the "Mainsail" engine.

"Its sea level thrust reaches 140 tons. I plan to use it as a booster and a first-stage engine. There are three boosters, a very typical Kerbal structure."

"Of course, it's not just to rigidly follow the Kerbal structure, but also to save costs and complete this competition with the most suitable rocket."

"Three boosters plus a first-stage rocket, a total of four engines, so its take-off thrust can reach 560 tons. Adding the second-stage rocket and the lunar probe, its take-off mass is about 400 tons, and the take-off thrust-to-weight ratio is 1.4, so there is no problem with take-off at all."

"According to my calculations, its Earth-Moon transfer orbit carrying capacity can reach 3.9 tons, which is basically the same level as the Long March 3B carrier rocket."

"We don't do big guys like Chang'e 5, and don't carry extra payloads. We simplify the functions to the extreme, as long as it has the functions of landing, sampling, and returning, we should be able to control the weight within this weight."

"The whole plan is like this, the feasibility is still quite high..."

After Tang Chao finished speaking, while others were still digesting these things, Zhang Liyan asked: "Boss, what existing technology do we have now? If we start from scratch, we estimate that we will catch up with the progress of those big foreign companies."

"Of course, since our company has signed up for the competition, it is definitely not going for extra roles. You also know about this competition, most of the teams are actually just tools."

Hearing this, everyone nodded.

This was too obvious. Some people didn't notice it at first, but now more and more people are reacting.

However, people's enthusiasm can't be stopped. Even if they don't win the prize, it's good to gain some popularity, so the number of applicants is still increasing day by day.

Tang Chao released a few more pictures, which were all the engine technologies needed for this mission. "The technology for these engines already exists in the company, and 90% of the other technologies are mastered, so what we have to do is integrate these technologies and build a usable rocket and probe."

After speaking, he looked at everyone and said with a smile: "How about it, with this foundation, do you have the confidence to surpass other companies and win the championship?"

"Yes!!"

Everyone shouted in unison.

If they still can't get first place with this, then don't do aerospace, it might be more suitable to go home and sell sweet potatoes.

"Okay, let's go, to the workshop."

Tang Chao waved his hand and called several taxis, and drove to the mechanical processing workshop rented by President Chen in a mighty manner.

Then.

Everyone: "..."

Looking at the house and sighing.

"Cough," Tang Chao explained, "Although the outside doesn't look very good, the things inside are still very complete. Our own factory is under construction. Let's be frugal in the early stage. We will move into the new workshop in a while."

Chen Jing really thought so, so she rented this place, and didn't even buy new equipment. It was the equipment that came with the factory, vertical lathe, boring machine, machining center, wire cutting, ordinary lathe, milling machine, gear hobbing machine, sawing machine, grinder, etc.

In fact, this place is not that broken, it's even quite new, and it meets various processing standards, but it's a bit different from the aerospace processing workshop they imagined.

Tang Chao also said that the main parts are outsourced to other private aerospace companies, and they are only responsible for the final assembly here. There is no need for a large factory in the early stage, so their current job is to make lunar probes, first make models, do various experiments, and this place is enough.

There is a computer room next to it where they can design various things and then process them in the processing workshop and then conduct experiments.

Okay, thinking about it this way, it's quite a "game player rents a factory for a dream and then builds a rocket with difficulty" vibe, which is very consistent with the theme.

When shooting videos for publicity, it should resonate with many young people.

This feeling of working hard for a dream is very interesting.

This competition to explore the lunar exploration capabilities of commercial aerospace also has this meaning.

After all, compared with the national team, especially the lunar landing mission with a special mission and national support, the resources that commercial aerospace lunar landing can obtain are extremely limited.

There is also that feeling of hard work.

If a commercial aerospace company can land on the moon, it means that human aerospace has entered a new stage.

After watching the processing workshop, everyone went to the computer room to continue the meeting.

They have technology, but the aerospace industry is very demanding on manufacturing and processing capabilities. Otherwise, it would be quite uncomfortable to have technology but not be able to manufacture it.

It just so happens that these people are here. As professionals, several of them have worked in other private aerospace companies in China, so they can ask them about the manufacturing capabilities of other companies.

This is also the reason why Tang Chao chose this plan. His plan is not very demanding and is very suitable for commercialization.

As long as the manufacturing capacity is acceptable, the parts required for this plan can be manufactured, and some parts can even be processed in the adjacent mechanical processing workshop, which fully meets the standards.