The impact of the aerospace plane on Penglai Island on Elon Musk was so big that he began to doubt his space target. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Before seeing the spaceplane, Elon Musk's goal was to achieve space travel in 20 years, Earth-Moon travel in 50 years, and interstellar travel in the solar system in 100 years. But these goals, Penglai Island has now achieved them. Although Space-1 has not yet flown to other planets such as Mars, Elon Musk knows that it has the ability.

In other words, Penglai Aerospace has been ahead of SpaceX for a hundred years, so what is the point of his aerospace career?

After a brief period of confusion, Elon Musk decided to speed up his pace and target Penglai Aerospace. Speaking of which, this time Elon Musk has been stained with Lu Yang's light again, the last time was in the field of electric vehicles, his Tesla Motors company achieved profitability ahead of schedule because of the market developed by Tianxin Automobile.

And this time, stimulated by the huge profits of space travel, the enthusiasm of the rich people of the United States for the space industry is unprecedentedly high, as the world's second only to Penglai Aerospace Company's private space company, SpaceX's value continues to rise, which allows him to raise a lot of money.

Since 2018, SpaceX has received several large investments, the largest of which was Bill Gates' $3.2 billion stake in SpaceX, which pushed SpaceX's market capitalization to $32 billion. At the beginning of this year, SpaceX expanded its investment again, just for the current space shuttle project, Elon Musk raised $30 billion, which shows the speed of SpaceX's expansion!

At the same time, because of the threat of Penglai Aerospace, the US government has increased its investment in the aerospace industry, and not only NASA has received more budget support, but even private aerospace companies such as SpaceX have also been greatly supported. The United States seems to have reproduced the space fever that competed with the Soviet Union, but this time the opponent was replaced by Huaxia, and they were absolutely weak in the competition.

Not only investors and the U.S. government, but even the people of Mi have high hopes for SpaceX. SpaceX has been rated by the media as the most innovative, the most valuable, the most promising and so on, and they regard SpaceX as the hero of the United States who challenges China. For this reason, the Chinese media do not know how long they have laughed at the rice people.

Now, Elon Musk's career focus is entirely on SpaceX.

"Elon, you're right, our test flight will be successful!" Holder looked at Elon's red eyes from staying up late, and didn't know what to say. As Elon's assistant and good friend, he is aware of the pressure Elon is under.

Preparations are ready, test flights are about to begin.

Thirty minutes later, the Boeing 747-9 had risen to the limit, and at an altitude of 15,000 meters above the ground, the shuttle engine ignited and began to separate the two planes, which were the most risky.

Tracking this scene through satellites, everyone sweated.

The Space Shuttle's engines are much stronger than those of the Boeing 747-9, which is one of SpaceX's most core achievements and a breakthrough for Elon in their research. This test flight is to a large extent to test the performance of the engine. Elon Musk has always hoped that he could develop an aerospace plane like Penglai Island that could fly directly into space from a ground airfield, and that would require an engine as powerful as a rocket.

After uniting several of the most advanced airlines in the United States, Elon Musk spent nearly two years developing his first space engine and applying it to the space shuttle.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the test flight, Elon Musk obtained the right to use Gaia's artificial intelligence, and the separation of the two planes was controlled by Gaia. The use of artificial intelligence is one of the highlights of the SpaceX space shuttle, and it is also a strong basis for Elon Musk to convince other shareholders to increase their investment.

Fifteen minutes later, after the commissioning of Gaia's artificial intelligence, the Space Shuttle and the Boeing 747-9 reached the conditions for separation.

"Ready to go!" Elon's eyes remained motionless as he stared at the large screen in the command center.

"Boom ......"

After a loud roar, the shuttle flew out of the Boeing 747-9, and the separation of the two planes was officially completed. Propelled by powerful engines, the shuttle accelerated to Mach 20 in a short period of time, which is already very close to the first cosmic speed.

Soon, the shuttle has risen to an altitude of 150 kilometers above the ground, and the speed has reached Mach 23, reaching the speed of a low-orbit space flight, and according to the data transmitted back, everything is normal for the space shuttle, and by this time, Elon Musk can already declare the test flight successful!

"The space shuttle is already in a circular motion around the Earth, Elon, our first test flight was successful!" Holder shouted excitedly as he hugged Elon.

The scene was full of cheers, shareholder representatives and employees from SpaceX, the United States Air Force at the air base, and the invited reporters, all of whom hugged each other, and the atmosphere was very warm!

Elon Musk finally had a smile on his face, and it was a memorable moment for him and SpaceX.

"Congratulations, Mr. Musk, you really deserve to be the Iron Man of our country!" Air Force Colonel House said.

"If I were really Iron Man, it wouldn't be the Space Shuttle flying in space right now, but myself." Elon replied with a smile.

The successful test flight of the space shuttle made Elon Musk the hottest star in the United States, and even the news of frozen dinosaurs was suppressed by him. According to the forecast of the Wall Street Journal, under the leadership of Elon Musk, SpaceX is likely to become the world's first space company with a market value of more than 100 billion US dollars within three years.

"The test flight of the new generation of space shuttle in the United States was successful!"

"The United States restarts the space program, the purpose is to catch up with China!"

"The people of the United States save face!"

"SpaceX breaks Penglai Aerospace's space monopoly!"

The people of the United States boasted for SpaceX without blushing, and people who didn't know really thought that SpaceX's technology had caught up with Penglai Aerospace Company, but in fact, there was still a technological gap between the two for tens of years or nearly a century.

Lu Yang also heard the news in Moscow, and it was Li Yilong who told him by phone. The so-called peers are enemies, and the people who are most familiar with you are your enemies, Li Yilong understands SpaceX's test flight very clearly.

"Boss, the space shuttle of the Mi people is completely incomparable with ours, its carrying capacity is only 30 tons, the flight time is less than 48 hours, and entering the low orbit is already their limit." Li Yilong commented in a disdainful tone, "Don't look at how much the rice people blow up, it's just that they are deceiving themselves!" ”

In this regard, Lu Yang has a different view.

"Lao Li, if you look at the progress of your opponent with this mentality, Penglai Aerospace Company will not be far from decline! Maybe in your heart, SpaceX is not even an opponent, but in my opinion, the progress of the people of the United States is terrible! Most of the current technology of Penglai Aerospace Company is provided by me, including aerospace aircraft technology, in terms of research and development capabilities, I dare to say that you are not as good as SpaceX! ”

Lu Yang's criticism left Li Yilong speechless, he himself knew very well that Penglai Aerospace Company was able to have today's situation, not because of how much ability he Li Yilong had, nor how strong their technical team was, but because of the aerospace aircraft provided by Lu Yang.

"The United States is a space power, and their technological accumulation and talent advantages should not be underestimated. Not to mention the rest, just talking about the space engine developed by SpaceX this time, this is already very remarkable! You have a small fuel engine that I provide, but do you dare to guarantee that a new space engine will be developed in two years? Lu Yang asked.

Li Yilong snorted: "Boss, we are still digesting small fuel engine technology, and it won't be long before we develop our own space engine ......."

"It's been digested for two years, when will it be finished?" Lu Yang asked.

Li Yilong was silent again.

"Born in sorrow and dying in peace, Penglai Aerospace Company stands out and has no rivals, which fuels your inertia. Now the people of the United States have reminded me that the opponent is improving, and if we stand still, we will be caught up sooner or later. Lao Li, you should straighten out the company! ”

Cold sweat broke out on Li Yilong's forehead, he didn't expect Lu Yang's reaction to be so big.

"Boss, you're right, the whole company, including me, is confused by the results in front of me." Li Yilong thought for a while and said, "Next year, we will definitely increase investment in research and development and develop our own space engine as soon as possible." ”

Lu Yang shook his head and said: "Lao Li, I didn't say this to let you waste time developing space engines, if the products you develop are not as good as small fuel engines, what's the point?" I hope that you can have a sense of crisis and independence, and regard the technical team as the core and cornerstone of the company. As for how the company operates, it is still up to you to choose. ”

Li Yilong thought thoughtfully: "Boss, next year's budget, I will focus on strengthening this aspect." One more point, you say we are poaching some talent from spacex, how about it? ”

Lu Yang laughed: "This kind of thing that harms others and benefits yourself, you can do it yourself." ”

Tsar Pu obviously also knew about the launch of the new space shuttle in the United States, and talked to Lu Yang about this topic the next day. Speaking of which, Russia is miserable, but its space technology was not inferior to that of the United States. (To be continued.) )