"Hey, I said man, I know you miss me a lot, but you don't have to come to trouble us so early, do you?" Tang Feng rubbed his eyes at Benjamin who was standing at the door. Rockefeller said that next to this guy, there are naturally two Chris and Gorman who were troubled by this guy earlier.

"Haha, dear Don, I came to you so early, mainly to tell you a good news, definitely a great news." Benjamin ignored Tang Feng's complaints, and happily said something that made Tang Feng feel very excited.

"Don, Neo. Schmitz has agreed to join us! ”

Benjamin's words immediately made Tang Feng's sleepiness disappear without a trace, and he pulled the elated Benjamin and the other two dazed guys and walked in.

Benjamin. Is this news true? "Rao is Tang Feng has been working very well in the past two years, but this sudden good news still makes him a little out of shape.

"Hehe, man, I knew you had to ask. But I'm going to tell you with absolute certainty, yes, Neo. Dr. Schmitz has agreed to join us. ”

"Hey, hey! I said, what are you two talking about? What Neo. Dr. Schmitz, what does that guy do? Why are you two so happy? Chris asked, rubbing his forehead, opening his mouth and yawning.

Benjamin sat down next to Chris, put his arm around Chris's shoulders and said, "Hey, BRO, you must know that I'm going to start a space exploration company with Don, right?" But to do space exploration, you first have to send something like a plane into space, right? But how do you send a craft into space? Launch vehicle! ”

"Launch vehicles? Is it the kind of fireworks that exploded after three consecutive liftoffs last year and the year before that? Chris shook his head, and the expression on his face began to become exaggerated, "Man, that thing isn't fun, it's not been long in the sky." It turned into a bunch of huge fireworks, which was very beautiful, but unfortunately, how much money did it have to lose! ”

Chris is not saying this nonsense, starting in October 2014 and continuing until June 2015. Three launch vehicles carrying supplies for the International Space Station exploded after launch in eight months. The earliest was on October 28, 2014, when the Antares launch vehicle of the American Orbital Science Corporation carrying the Cygnus unmanned spacecraft and 2.2 tons of supplies exploded six seconds after ignition.

Then, in April 2015, a Russian launch vehicle carrying supplies lost control and crashed shortly after liftoff. Then on June 28, 2015, 149 seconds after SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifted off with the Dragon spacecraft, a problem occurred with the liquid oxygen tank of the first-stage launch vehicle, causing the rocket to disintegrate and explode in mid-air. The 2.5 tons of supplies in the Dragon spaceship's connected cargo hold turned into ashes in an instant.

Isn't the biggest impression left by the three failed launches is the brilliant fireworks? Chris really wasn't wrong when he said that.

Chris's words made Benjamin's face a little embarrassed, who made Chris say nothing wrong?

Tang Feng smiled on the side: "Chris, things can't be looked at from just one aspect. Take the explosion of SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch vehicle on June 28 last year, but it was actually a very fortuitous event. Considering that before this, SpaceX has carried out eight successful transportation missions for NASA in a row, how to evaluate this? ”

Benjamin gave Tang Feng a thumbs up, and Chris was speechless.

Gorman asked, "Benjamin." The Neo you just mentioned. What exactly does Dr. Schmitz do? Could it be that he is working on launch vehicles? ”

Gorman's question managed to divert the subject, and Benjamin had a smile on his face. said: "That's right, this Neo. Dr. Schmitz was the chief designer of SpaceX's launch vehicles. ”

"SpaceX? That's not Elon. Musk's company? Chris asked.

"That's right, SpaceX's Elon. Musk's company! Elon. Musk created PayPal International at the end of '98, and later in '02, ebay bought PayPal for 1.5 billion shares, of which Musk owns 11.7%. That's about $328 million. This makes Elon. Musk had more money to invest in SpaceX, but at the same time as the financial crisis broke out in '08, this guy's launch vehicle failed three times in a row, which caused him to almost fall into bankruptcy. However, his Tesla Motors company saved him because of its successful listing. Later in 2010. Elon Musk's SpaceX's Falcon 9 successfully delivered the Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station, becoming the first company in the world to launch a space cargo spacecraft as a private company. The SpaceX's Falcon 9 cargo spacecraft is in Neo. Developed under the leadership of Dr. Schmitz! Benjamin talks eloquently, and when it comes to space exploration, this guy immediately becomes a chatterbox, and when he speaks, he is full of energy.

"Alright! Benjamin, since that Neo. Dr. Schmitz is so important, why would Musk that guy let Neo go. Dr. Schmitz leaving SpaceX? Like Neo. A person of Dr. Schmitz's status should be one of the most important people in SpaceX! Gorman was clearly not convinced.

Tang Feng said with a smile: "I know about this, in fact, after Benjamin and I planned to set up a space exploration company, the two of us did a very detailed investigation of some key people in this industry. This Neo. Dr. Schmitz was the most important member of the SpaceX company, but because of the failed launch of Falcon 9 last year, and the Elon Brown Mission. Musk and Neo. Dr. Schmitz had a disagreement over the development of the Grasshopper rocket and the maintenance of the current Falcon 9 rocket, and this disagreement became wider and wider over time. That's when Dr. Schmitz was planning to leave SpaceX. ”

After a pause, Tang Feng continued to explain: "The Grasshopper rocket is a newly developed recyclable rocket technology based on the Falcon 9 rocket, once the Grasshopper rocket is successfully researched, then the future launch vehicle will no longer be a one-time consumable, but can be reused like the space shuttle." Originally Elon. Musk was very supportive of the project, but several successive experiments failed, and the economic crisis in the past few years made Elon . Musk pays more attention to immediate practical interests, so he began to shrink back from the R&D investment of the Grasshopper rocket. Musk and Neo. The main reason for the disagreement between Schmitz! (To be continued......)