The military-industrial scientific research system of the academic master

With the acquiescence and support of the European Space Agency, Hengxing Company, which had already established a cooperative relationship with China, did not even wait until the working day. Instead, it submitted an application for intent to the China Space Administration and the Aerospace Science and Technology Group on Saturday. It also announced on its official website that it will become the first commercial aerospace company in history to participate in actual space debris cleanup missions as a first-tier supplier.

Of course, Stellar did not block other possibilities, but said it was still open to similar business being prepared by any other country.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is just a symbolic statement.

Although Roscosmos stated that it has prepared two Progress cargo spacecraft and a Soyuz manned spacecraft to take the space station out of orbit in the worst case scenario, it did not mention any plans to clean up space debris. .

Clearly not ready to leave his comfort zone.

Therefore, currently only China and the United States are capable and willing to resolve this crisis.

Considering that Hengxing Company has already participated in China's space fishing ship program, it is basically impossible for the latter to provide important supply contracts to the same company again.

What's more, the domestic commercial aerospace companies in the United States are also waiting for help. How can they allow the fertilizer to flow to outsiders?

But that's enough.

The market is all about expectations.

Now even the earlier and more well-known private aerospace companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin are still in the stage of trying to make a big pie in the eyes of the outside world.

Stellar has already begun to participate in actual projects.

Even if you are a supplier rather than a contractor, you can at least see money back instead of a bottomless pit.

So after trading reopened on Monday, Stellar's stock almost rocketed into the sky.

If this momentum continues, I am afraid that within two to three years, a new Fortune 500 company will be born.

Except for the real investment master Major General Wilbert Pearson Jr., probably no one could have predicted this scene.

Even Chang Haonan was stunned.

"I originally thought that the biggest winner this time would definitely be us, but I didn't expect that there would be experts..."

He looked at the profile information of Hengxing Company summarized and submitted by Aerospace Science and Technology Group, and shook his head with a nervous look on his face.

"This isn't the end yet..."

Xing Muchun next to him said while flipping through another thicker document:

"Look at the conditions they came up with. The catalog alone is almost fifty pages long..."

"ROGER robot, and solar storm detection data... No, where did they get these things?"

He was originally engaged in the overall design of rockets. Starting from the second half of 2004, he was directly attracted by Chang Haonan to participate in the hypersonic missile project. Therefore, he did not have much communication with the European side and did not know the details of this Hengxing company.

Fortunately, Zhou Pingjian is quite clear about this:

"The Stellar Company is nothing more than a white glove... If there is only the orbital cleaning robot, it may also be the lone behavior of the company's senior management and some ESA staff, but with the latter item, it 100% represents the European Space Agency's The official attitude of the air bureau is that the other party is worried that we will not succeed, so they have not contacted us through official channels.”

"Next, as long as Academician Chang can lead us to overcome a few key nodes, I think the Europeans will rush to find him..."

Chang Haonan's original purpose was to use this opportunity to open the door to international cooperation for China Aerospace, but before that he was somewhat worried that the Europeans were not strong enough.

Now that I have the certificate of investment from Hengxing Company, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"No matter whose white glove he is, since he is standing on our ship, he must give him enough benefits."

He put down the information in his hand, reached out and tapped the Hengxing Company's LOGO on the cover:

“I’ll have the opportunity to ask the other party later if they can provide two aerospace-grade cameras with high enough resolution. One of them needs to be wide-angle and the other needs to be telephoto. They need to be integrated on the same image module and compact enough. "

Zhou Pingjian didn't react for a while:

"This thing is not difficult, and it is not a core module of the mission. We have very mature solutions in China... At most, it is just a little worse in terms of zoom performance or color accuracy, but it will certainly not have a big impact on the actual effect... "

"I know."

Chang Haonan waved his hand, indicating that the other party misunderstood what he meant:

"Just because it is not a core functional module, I am ready to hand it over to Hengxing Company for completion."

This time, Xing Muchun, who had been working with him for more than a year, was the first to figure it out:

"Do you want to live broadcast the entire process of dealing with space debris to the whole world like the previous Shenzhou-5 mission?"

"yes!"

Zhou Pingjian suddenly figured it out:

"The Americans' live broadcast of anti-satellite broadcasts almost brought an irreparable disaster to the International Space Station. Our live broadcast of cleaning up space junk is a dual response to them both technically and politically. As long as we can guarantee success, it will definitely be heard by the whole world. Clear ears!"

It should be said that the two of them have now thought of the third level.

But Chang Haonan stood on the fifth floor:

"Yes...but not entirely."

As he spoke, he leaned forward and closed the distance between him and the two deputy mission commanders:

"Although the conditions for commercializing aerospace in our country are not yet mature, we can learn from the advantages of market-oriented operations in developed countries..."

"Imagine if we set up an advertising space on the live camera..."

Zhou Pingjian and Xing Muchun took a breath of cold air at the same time, which was almost visible to the naked eye.

Wild.

This way is too wild.

But the next moment, Zhou Pingjian realized the risks involved:

"But Academician Chang, inserting commercial advertisements in aerospace missions has never been a precedent in our country... In addition, you may not know that in the 1990s, when the conditions were the most difficult, some people actually proposed to insert advertising space on the surface of the Long March rocket and auction it, but the impact was not good later, and the relevant suggestions were directly pushed back..."

"Academician Chang, you are now in a position of public attention, and your future is limitless... It is better to be cautious when it comes to money, especially commercial money."

Anyone with a brain can hear that this is definitely a kind reminder.

Therefore, Chang Haonan nodded very solemnly at first, indicating that he understood.

"Don't worry, Chief Zhou, I'm not prepared to take such a big step..."

"This advertising space is not for auction, but directly provided to the lens module supplier."

Xing Muchun, who was a little worried just now, suddenly realized:

"So... Star Company... is equivalent to buying a horse bone with a lot of money?"

"From the statements made by the aerospace departments of various countries this time, there is definitely more than one ESA that wants to cooperate with us."

Chang Haonan explained:

"And the reason for not taking action, in addition to the worry that we can't succeed as Chief Zhou said just now, another important factor is that the interests of the aerospace industry are really not big enough, and it is difficult to provide enough motivation... In this case, we will use Star Company to set an example for them."

When he cast his eyes on Zhou Pingjian again, he saw that the latter had taken out a notebook from nowhere and started writing furiously.

"Old Zhou, don't rush to write... There is another thing."

At this point, Chang Haonan's face showed a little entanglement:

"I don't plan to use the Long March rocket to complete this launch mission..."

Zhou Pingjian stopped writing instantly.

Xing Muchun also raised his head again in disbelief.

"Our country's current space launch preparation time is still relatively long, and the three major launch sites have very tight launch windows from June to August. If we force ourselves to cut in line, it will interfere greatly with the rocket production mission and the space launch mission."

This is a real problem.

In fact, when Chang Haonan first set the six-month deadline, the two of them had related concerns.

But the Space Administration promised at the time that it would give priority to the launch of the space fishing boat project at all costs.

So it was not mentioned.

"But this mission is too symbolic. If it is launched with a foreign rocket, it may not be appropriate..."

Xing Muchun frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about a solution that would have the best of both worlds.

"Of course it is not possible to launch with a foreign rocket."

Chang Haonan said:

"So my idea is to apply to the superiors to transform a Dongfeng 31 ballistic missile into a solid-fuel rocket... The payload is replaced from a warhead to a satellite, and then a larger fairing is replaced, and it is directly launched into orbit from a missile launch position close to the equator such as Qiong Province or Yuesheng!"