Chapter 520: Rocket Recovery Experiment (2-in-1)

The civil strife in Madagascar has attracted widespread attention in the international community, but the United States, which has always called itself the "world's policeman," has no intention of paying attention to Madagascar's affairs. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoMadagascar is one of the least developed countries in the world, with a GDP of less than $6 billion a year, and it has not yet discovered a large amount of oil, natural gas and other energy sources, so it is not worth the attention of the United States. The United States is now preoccupied with how to occupy Iraq.

The United Nations investigative team conducted a second raid on Iraq, but still found no signs of large-scale development of nuclear and biological weapons. However, the United States Government expressed disbelief and insisted that the United Nations send another team into Iraq to conduct a more detailed investigation. However, in fact, the United States has already made a lot of effort at this moment, secretly joining forces with Britain, France, Germany, Australia, and other countries to prepare to attack Iraq and jointly divide up the oil wealth, just as the eight-nation coalition invaded China in the past.

In the "Spring and Autumn Zuo Biography", it is written that "the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty", Iraq is a major oil producer, how can European and American countries have no idea about it?

At this moment, the situation in Madagascar seems to be very chaotic, but in fact it is still under Henry's control. All Blackwater members are doing is clearing the Madagascar government's recalcitrant resistance and the remnants of the army. If these people are not destroyed, they may become terrorists in the future, and they will also incite others against Henry. At the same time, Blackwater also wants to brainwash those who do not have high respect for Henry, so as to pave the way for Henry's future entry into Madagascar and the establishment of a country of "monarch ~ lord ~ autocracy ~ system ~ government" (without adding ~ symbols will be harmoniously dropped).

In the "monarch ~ lord ~ autocratic ~ system ~ government ~ system", the ruler monarch (often called the king or emperor) has all the power to rule the country and civil liberties, in short, that is, "the supremacy of the monarchy", the king can enjoy the supreme right! Of course, if there is no monarch ~ autocratic ~ state in the world, Henry does this, the terror will cause strong opposition from the name of Madagascar. However, at present, there are still monarchical ~ autocratic countries, and the economic development is also very good, the two most famous countries are Oman and Saudi Arabia, especially Saudi Arabia, which is also one of the richest countries in the world, with strong strength, and its annual military expenditure alone is tens of billions of dollars, ranking fourth in the world.

There are ready-made examples, which are naturally easier for people to accept.

Just 10 days after the outbreak of civil strife in Madagascar, the original government of Madagascar actually existed in name only, and the political~party~ leaders and army were slaughtered. However, Henry could not immediately take over Madagascar and establish his own empire. He waited for a good time, and that was when the United States launched the Iraq war, and there was no time to think about it. In addition, he wants to probe the voices of other countries, such as the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Russia...... Look at the fact that they seem willing to support their own statehood. You must know that building a country is not trivial, and it is natural that you need to be cautious and not rushed!

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Fast forward to January 15, 2003, the day SpaceX was going to conduct rocket recovery experiments in the Pacific Ocean.

The news had already shocked the whole world, and at one time it was even more sensational than the civil unrest in Madagascar. Madagascar is just a poor country that the vast majority of people don't even know where it is. In people's eyes, it broke out into a civil strife, regardless of my eggs~ matter, is Madagascar the only country in the world that is at war? And spaceX is different, if the rocket recovery experiment is successful, then the cost of human access to the outer sky will be greatly reduced. One day in the future, people will be able to travel to outer space and even immigrate to the moon and Mars!!

NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Russian Federal Space Agency (RKA), the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and other institutions have sent representatives to SpaceX to visit the rocket recovery experiment.

This experiment can be described as highly anticipated.

More than a billion viewers around the world watched the experiment via television or live webcast.

At this moment, on the endless ocean, a huge sea rocket launch ship floats silently on it.

"Do you think SpaceX's rocket recovery experiment will be a success?" said one netizen in an online post.

In fact, it is not only he who wants to know the answer, but everyone wants to know the answer.

It didn't take long for many netizens to start leaving messages.

"I don't know, maybe it will work. After all, SpaceX is a space giant, and its strength is there, if you are not sure, how can you carry out rocket launch recovery experiments!"

Many netizens are happy to see SpaceX's rocket recovery experiment come to fruition. However, experts and professors from all over the world said that rocket recovery is very difficult, and although SpaceX is strong, it is still impossible to succeed, and these experts and professors even put forward corroboration: if SpaceX is sure, they will not conduct experiments at sea!

Before it started, it was already sung down, and spaceX is really a big move!

However, there is no way, there are really a lot of people who are interested in SpaceX.

SpaceX is a private company, but its technological prowess has overshadowed space agencies around the world, and it has to be shocking. In addition, SpaceX has established its own production plant, and most of the parts are produced by itself, which greatly reduces costs. Whether it is rockets, spacecraft, space shuttles, satellites, probes and other products, their manufacturing costs are all the lowest in the world.

Regardless of the perspective, SpaceX is the most likely company to lead humanity to outer space in the future. And at the entrance of the headquarters building of SpaceX, there is such a sign that reads: "Our goal is the sea of stars!!"

There are many countries that have launched rockets, but there is no country that can recycle rockets, and if SpaceX can succeed, it will definitely create a miracle in the history of spaceflight!

It's almost noon, and the time for the launch of the rocket is approaching.

The rocket to be launched this time is a new rocket developed by SpaceX - Falcon 8, that is, the eighth generation of Falcon rocket. The Falcon 8 will return to the launch site after the launch mission is completed. Starting at 8 a.m., SpaceX engineers are also doing a full inspection of the Falcon 8 to make sure there are no low-level errors.

The launch was on time at 12:00 p.m., and at 11:59:50 a.m., the countdown began. A metallic electronic clock suddenly appeared in the upper right corner of the video screen, and countless people looked at this electronic clock and couldn't help but chant silently in their hearts: "10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,Launch !!!"

The rocket's ejectors suddenly erupted into a blazing flame, and the Falcon 8 slowly lifted off into the air. At this moment, people began to get nervous and kept looking at it, not daring to blink their eyes. Ten minutes later, Falcon 8 dragged a long flame through the atmosphere into outer space, and then put a satellite in its designated orbit before Falcon 8 began its return journey. I saw that the tail of the Falcon 8 began to breathe fire, and it was slowly adjusting its position, and this process took about three minutes in total. Immediately afterward, Falcon 8 flew in the direction of Earth. When entering the atmosphere, the temperature was so high that the Falcon 8 seemed to be on fire.

This is the most dangerous time, and there is a good chance that the Falcon 8 will not be able to withstand the high temperature and pressure, which will lead to an explosion!

With friction and pressure reduced, the ejector has stopped ejecting outwards and retracted into the rocket, and the Falcon 8 flies down with gravity.

Five minutes later, the Falcon 8 had successfully crossed the thick atmosphere and was rapidly landing.

"Are you going to succeed?!!" Everyone was shocked and excited, and their whole hearts were raised to their throats!

However, after a few minutes, the Falcon 8 did not return to the Sea Launch Platform, but fell into the sea at a distance of five thousand meters from the launch platform!

"Damn, I actually failed!!"

The audience who watched the live broadcast couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh.

Henry frowned slightly, because the Falcon 8 actually dropped its chain at the last critical moment. Originally, the last step of the Falcon 8 in returning to Earth was to turn on the jets, and through the reaction force of the jet, the Falcon 8 could adjust the landing position of the Falcon 8, and the second was to slow down the Falcon 8 and land gently. However, at the critical moment, the jet failed to open, and the Falcon 8 was extremely fast, plunged headlong into the sea, and caused an explosion!

At this moment, in the observation room, a group of engineers from spaceX were all dejected, Henry took a deep breath and said to everyone with a smile: "Oh, it's amazing, isn't it? Our Falcon 8 is almost on the verge of success!!

"But, Mr. Williams, we've failed!" Dr. Dick Barth, CEO of SpaceX, said with a sigh.

"Failure is the mother of success, and if you find the reason for the failure of this experiment, I believe you will succeed next time, won't you?" Henry patted Dr. Dickbart on the shoulder and gave him a smile.

Dr. Dickbart was very moved in his heart, this experiment was different from the past, Henry had high hopes for this experiment, and even broadcast it live around the world, if the experiment failed, it would seriously hit the prestige of SpaceX. Dr. Dickbart had thought that Henry would blame him, but he did not expect Henry to comfort him in turn.

"Yes, Mr. Williams, we are one step away from success, and I am confident that we will succeed!!" Dr. Dickbart said with a determined gaze.

Henry nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, during this time, everyone has also worked hard, first rest for two days, and then improve the Falcon 8! Next time, we will use our strength to prove to the world that we can do !!"

"We can do !!"

It is said that laymen look at the liveliness, and insiders look at the doorway.

The world's major space agencies were shocked at this moment, and they did not think that SpaceX's rocket recovery experiment would be successful when they came. Because technically, it's really too hard. Rocket materials, energy fuels, operating systems, etc., involve many things. At present, there are very few space agencies in the world that have the ability to turn a rocket in outer space and fly back to Earth, let alone how to recover the rocket!

But this time, SpaceX almost succeeded. If it weren't for the last-minute injector, the Falcon 8 would have successfully returned to the Sea Launch platform.

Aaron Carr, head of NASA, shook his head and sighed: "SpaceX is amazing, the rocket recovery technology is so mature, NASA wants to catch up with it in this area, I'm afraid it will take many years!"

Billy Dulles, head of the European Space Agency's ESA, looked at Aaron Carr and said, "SpaceX is really a legendary company, I'm afraid they have been working on rocket recovery technology since the day they were founded." Otherwise, their rocket recovery technology will not surpass ours by so much! Based on the normal R&D speed of our ESA, it will be possible to develop a rocket that can be recovered at least after 2010!"

Max North, head of the RKA of the Russian Federal Space Agency, said with a hint of pride: "As far as I know, the core rocket team of spaceX was originally poached from the Soviet Union, to be precise, it should have been poached from our Russia!"

Aaron Carr pouted disdainfully: "SpaceX is an American company!"

"Aaron Carr, spaceX is an offshore company registered in the Cayman Islands, and it has established many R&D centers around the world, so spaceX should be a big international company. It's just that SpaceX is headquartered in California, USA......"

"However, Henry Williams is an American, so spaceX is an American company!!"

In fact, Henry was bothered by his own identity as an American. Imagine that a person who wants to be king of Madagascar has the nationality of another country? Well, supporting multiple citizenship is also a thing of the past. Actually, this is not the most critical issue. As we all know, taxation in the United States is a global tax system, which means that as long as you are an American citizen, no matter where you are, even if it is heaven and earth, you have to pay taxes. If the IRS counts the State of Madagascar as Henry's property, and then the income of the State of Madagascar is counted as Henry's income, then TM is in a pitfall. Henry was determined to leave the United States, however, the U.S. government would never let Henry leave his citizenship easily, after all, Henry's estate was so large that it brought huge taxes and influence to the U.S. government.

So, this issue is annoying. Henry thought about it for a long time, and finally came up with a more appropriate way, first of all, to establish the existence of a special family institution like the Williams royal family, which is somewhat similar to a family foundation, but with some differences. In the future, the funds will be transferred to the Williams royal family first, and then the Williams royal family will invest in the development of Madagascar, so the future income will naturally belong to the Williams royal family, not Henry personally, so even if the Williams royal family has to pay taxes, it will be handed over to the country of Madagascar, not the United States.

Companies and the foundations behind them pay taxes, and there is a consensus in all countries in the world: companies or other institutions that make money in their own countries only need to pay taxes to this country. In fact, except for the United States, even a citizen's personal income tax only needs to be paid in the country where he works, and there is no need to pay a second tax to his own country!

(After the outbreak of the Iraq war, the state will be established.) As for what you need to do to build a country, if you have any good suggestions, you can leave a message in the book review. )

(To be continued.) )