Chapter 523 Low-cost Production
Yang Feng's bullet train stopped at Tawau, a coastal city in the eastern part of the Ming Empire.
This is just an inconspicuous small city, originally there was nothing but picturesque scenery and pure and transparent seawater, but now it has become a symbol of scientific and technological strength, because it is building here the space launch center belonging to the Xingchen company, in addition to the rocket manufacturing base of the Xingchen company, the project is progressing smoothly, and the first rocket has entered the final assembly stage.
Even the first satellite is about to leave the factory.
However, it is only an experimental small satellite, weighing more than 400 kilograms in total, mainly carrying a set of communication devices, and a high-definition camera, which can send image data to the ground, of course, it will not send too much due to technical limitations, and the main thing is to obtain images of the earth through the film ejected back after completing the mission, but this satellite does not belong to any country, this is Xingchen's own.
The first rocket that Xingchen is assembling is actually an early model of Delta, a three-stage rocket, the first stage is a kerosene plus liquid oxygen engine, the second stage is hydrazine, and the third stage is solid fuel, and the low-earth orbit carrying capacity of this rocket is only 500 kilograms, of course, this is already very good, the first satellite launched by the Soviet Union the year before last weighed only more than 80 kilograms, and the first satellite launched by the United States last year weighed only 8 kilograms, and the starting point of Xingchen Company was quite high compared to them.
Once this launch is successful, then Xingchen will have a bunch of satellites waiting to be launched.
All the countries participating in this plan have basically prepared one, and Western European countries such as Daming and Britain and France make their own products, while other countries that do not have their own manufacturing capabilities are looking for contractors and others are manufacturing for them. Therefore, in the next few years, the rockets of this launch center will continue to be launched into the sky one after another. Until the first wave of satellites of the 26 shareholders is launched, there will be one less shareholder, and more than four satellites prepared by Gaul at once, and even if one is sent every month, it will take three years to launch the first wave of satellites.
Therefore, the United States and the Soviet Union will be able to pretend to be tall in terms of satellites for a year at most, and soon this thing will be rotten on the street. The thought that in a few years the United States would appear on the list of satellite owners along with Siam made Kennedy feel depressed.
"I really want to see the grand scene of the launch vehicle jetting flames piercing the sky one day earlier."
Yang Feng stood beside him, looking at the center of the construction site, the launch pad that had begun to take shape, and couldn't help but be leisurely fascinated, according to the plan, the first launch will be carried out in early next year, except for the fact that the launch site here has not been completed, in South Africa, Western Australia. The measurement and control stations built in Argentina, Britain and other places have not been completed, after all, it has only been a year since Xingchen Company officially started operation, which is fast enough.
After he said this, Kennedy became even more melancholy.
This guy is so shameless, he failed to grab the first launch of the satellite, and as a result, the Soviet Union and the United States stole the limelight, and actually vented his frustration in this insidious way. In addition, the United States and the Soviet Union will have at least 28 countries with their own satellites in the next three years, and the obviously tall nobles have suddenly become brick movers. In the future, it is estimated that the Soviets are no longer embarrassed to boast every day that they were the first to launch a satellite. Of course, the media in the United States are also embarrassed to brag that they are the second to launch satellites, and they are all tied with Siam and Malaya.
It's shameless!
"Your Excellency, as far as I know, the Soviets seem to have begun preparations for the first manned space flight."
Kennedy looked at Yang Feng, who was satisfied, and said, obviously trying to give him a blow.
"It's not a big deal, let them run rampant first. By the time our moon landing is realized, all their stuff will be nothing more than children's toys! ”
Yang Feng said very heroically.
"Führer, are we really engaged in a lunar exploration project?"
Two hours later, on the special train to Shuntian, Hu Hao asked Yang Feng cautiously.
He had just received a reply from Ye Qisun, president of the Academy of Sciences. The latter did not support the initiation of such a project at this time, and several astronauts from the Academy of Sciences had just made a preliminary demonstration that if a round-trip manned spacecraft were to be sent to the moon and then let it fly back, the rocket needed might be as heavy as a cruiser. Not to mention whether such a rocket can be developed, even if it can be developed, it will have to carry out countless experiments, constantly launch various exploration spacecraft, and constantly carry out various system tests, then the investment in the entire project is likely to exceed that of the Circum-Borneo high-speed railway.
And there is no guarantee of success.
Although the high-speed railway around Borneo has been completed, a high-speed rail across the island is also needed between Suncheon and Zhaosheng, and a high-speed rail is also needed between Banda Aceh and Medan.
"Yes, of course, the high-speed rail will continue to be built, but the Chang'e plan will also be carried out, but this plan does not require congressional appropriation, the budget for the congress is just a show, and this plan will be paid for by myself."
Yang Feng said casually.
"Führer, that's tens of billions of dragon dollars!"
Hu Hao said in horror that although tens of billions of dragon dollars are just a printing press that consumes more paper and ink for Yang Yuan, such a huge amount of banknotes will cause serious harm to the financial order when they are put into circulation.
"Well, it doesn't take that much, it's estimated that three or five hundred million is enough."
Yang Feng said.
Indeed, it is three or five billion, first of all, this rocket must be built, if there is no rocket drama, it will not be able to act, but those other things are not needed at all, it does not matter whether this rocket can send a spacecraft to the moon or not, but it must fly, and it must be big enough, big enough to look like it can actually send a spacecraft to the moon.
Of course, it just looks like it won't really be used to launch a lunar spacecraft.
Yang Feng's brain let the donkey kick and he won't really engage in any lunar exploration project, he has been there many times on it, there is neither an alien base nor a three-eyed stranger, as for whether it is hollow, it is not clear with the detection ability of the Voyager, but at least on the surface, it is an eternal barrenness, at least in thirty or fifty years, this planet is not worth spending tens of billions to land.
Even if he wants helium-3, he is nothing more than asking the Voyager to pull tens of thousands of tons, and then find a random pit in his own land to fill it, and then use it as a mine to dig in the future, so lunar exploration is just a bubble for him.
He's just creating a scam.
But it's a real scam, rockets will be launched, spaceships will be launched, but just like his empty shell version of the Goddess of Dawn, it's just a meaningless empty shell, and then he went to the moon to let his beautiful robots act as astronauts, their bodies can be modified, and their appearance can also be changed, in short, they go up to record a picture as an astronaut, and then take it out to stimulate the people of the United States to land on the moon.
Originally, I won't say whether they really landed on the moon in history, but this time they must really land on the moon.
And not only do you want them to actually go to the moon, but you have to let them get a lot of money, and then they go on and on, and how to make them get a lot of money......
Well, the Führer hasn't figured it out yet.
But it must be to let them have a major discovery, enough to affect human history, and then the people of the United States will continue to do it again and again, if the Soviets are well-informed, maybe they will know, and then join the crazy lunar exploration cause, and if necessary, they can also occasionally add fire to them, anyway, it is nothing more than to activate his evil brain pit, and the rest of him will sit comfortably on the side and play these two as monkeys, so that the national strength of the two countries will continue to be consumed on this white elephant.
As for how to design the script of his Chang'e Project, this is very simple, build a set of Saturn V-class rocket engines, and some other key parts, which are directly manufactured by the Voyager, and then the remaining simple parts are produced by Daming's factory, and finally such a super rocket is manufactured. The spacecraft can be responsible for a few missile manufacturers, and Daming's manned spaceflight must be carried out, including the space station, so the spacecraft technology must be mastered, and this must be carried out.
But the lunar exploration spacecraft should be saved first, and the Voyager and these companies can be partnered, anyway, it is just to fool people, so he also needs a set of technicians who use rockets, and also needs to build some special facilities, and also needs to do a few necessary tests, such as manned spaceflight or something, after all, a success is still too exaggerated, anyway, the first half can be done normally, but a little bit can be done by leaps and bounds to directly land on the moon.
So three or five billion can be done.
The cost of the rocket is negligible, that is, the cost of supporting facilities, the cost of several launches, in short, it is necessary to spend money, but it is better to spend tens of billions of things and let the people of the United States do it!
Hu Hao is not a fool, Yang Fuhrer has a part in blowing bubble pit people, as soon as he heard Yang Feng say this, he immediately realized that Yang Fufeng was going to pit people again, and he said with bright eyes: "Führer, are you bluffing?" But this thing can't be faked? Not to mention whether the rocket can send the spacecraft to the moon, insiders can see at a glance that even if we can play the previous drama enough, we will still land on the moon in the end, this cannot be faked, and it must be successful, if it fails, it will become a joke, and the people are also dissatisfied. ”
"Is this kind of thing hard? Isn't it just about finding an astronaut to set foot on the moon? It is estimated that a film company director will solve it. ”
Yang Feng said.
"Director, director?!"
Hu Hao's eyes almost popped out. (To be continued.) )