Chapter Ninety-Seven: The War of Science and Technology (Ask for the First Order~)
According to the Merrican Space Agency, the first "World Commercial Moon Conference" will be held in Los Santos on the West Coast from February 1 to February 6 next year.
At that time, they will invite nearly 500 representatives of space agencies from all over the world, decision-makers from private space companies, experts, scholars and researchers of international lunar exploration projects to explore the "commercial road" to the moon.
This is the world's first official commercial lunar exploration and development conference in the world, and the previous lunar Grand Prix conference can only be regarded as a small fight.
The conference will mainly include keynote speeches, group discussions, exhibitions, student and young professional activities and corresponding social activities, and will discuss topics such as science and exploration, life sciences, commercial manned lunar exploration, and life support.
The "World Commercial Moon Conference" mainly adopts the form of non-governmental academic gatherings, aiming to strengthen international academic exchanges and commercial cooperation in the field of lunar exploration and development, and create a good environment for international exchanges and cooperation for the peaceful development of the moon and the benefit of human society.
Very official statement, but not a government event.
Yes, although there were representatives of NASAs and the theme and purpose were so official, the conference was not really a government event, it was mainly a commercial event, so the venue was set in Los Santos, not the capital city where the Merrican Space Agency headquarters is located or where the various space launch centers are located.
Although Los Santos is only the second largest city in Merrican, it is one of the most important industrial and commercial, international trade, science and education, entertainment and sports centers of Merrican, as well as one of the main bases for the petrochemical, marine, aerospace industry and electronics industries, and several aerospace companies have built rocket factories here.
The combination of business and technology is relatively good, and it is suitable for holding this kind of conference that combines business and technology.
And next to it is the World Cinema Center, where many space-related movies come from.
Not to mention, this conference really prepared relevant film and television appreciation links.
After understanding these, Tang Chao and Zhao Li have the same views and different opinions.
Zhao Lixian said: "This is probably what I told you, you must have no problem attending this kind of international conference, and there is no problem with safety, I estimate that they will contact you in private and then ...... Tempt. ”
“……”
Tang Chao was silent, but seeing that Zhao Li had been looking at himself after speaking, he leaned back slightly, "What are you looking at me for, I'm really not that kind of person, I'm a person with low-level interests and lofty ideals." ”
“……”
The corners of Zhao Li's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he didn't know who had recently bought a complete set of collector's edition of Iron Man armored figures.
However, he thought of Tang Chao's famous words in a blink of an eye, "Playing with models is not a low-level fun, nor is it a children's toy, nor is it a plastic villain, but a high-level spiritual pursuit." ”
And this person only buys a miniature version of the figure, does not buy a life-size armor model, and excludes the reason why he will make it himself, maybe this is the pursuit and principle he adheres to.
Smacking his lips, he began to talk to Tang Chao about his analysis.
Judging from the current situation, it is not certain whether this meeting was prepared for a long time or improvised, anyway, they have seen the cheekiness of the director of the space agency.
As for whether this meeting was aimed at Tang Chao and his "counterattack", his analysis must have something to do with it, otherwise he would not have named the "Kanxing Moon Landing Department" separately.
He said a lot, and Tang Chao also listened very carefully.
Seriously, with official endorsements and professional intelligence personnel to help analyze intelligence, you can really do whatever you want.
After chatting, I temporarily revealed this matter, after all, there are still two months to go, who knows if there will be other moths in the middle, the important thing now is to prevent espionage, Tang Chao is looking forward to tomorrow's intelligence team.
After saying this, Zhao Li talked about the third task he came this time.
It's about the new rocket.
This deal was set before, but Tang Chaoxin got that rocket, the key is the recovery capacity of the hydrogen and oxygen machine and kerosene machine, and the bigwigs of the space agency are itching.
As professionals, they read it more than the average person thinks.
For the recovery of kerosene engines, they mainly saw a new kerosene desulfurization process, which is related to the coking problem of liquid oxygen kerosene engine, and the coking problem is related to the problem of recycling and reuse.
The recovery technology of the hydrogen and oxygen machine is high, and what they see is super materials and inflatable thermal barrier technology.
Needless to say, Tianxia has been plagued by material problems in many aspects, and the full set of Long March 9 technology in the last transaction contains some material technology, which has raised the level of materials in some fields, and they are quite happy.
The hydrogen and oxygen machine is not only expensive in fuel, but also in the engine itself, if it can be recycled, it will definitely save a lot of cost.
And its recycling is affected not only by material problems, but also by height problems.
Most rockets will put hydrogen and oxygen engines on the second and third stages according to the characteristics of the engine and fuel, and use them at high altitude or in orbit.
This makes the recovery of hydrogen-oxygen engines subject to re-entry.
Inflatable heat shields are a very good solution.
This thing is lightweight, small, and can be used as a heat shield after being inflated, and has a certain effect of a parachute, which is a must-have for the cheap recycling of rail items.
Even in an emergency, astronauts can wear extravehicular activity spacecraft to get off orbit and escape back to the surface!
This was all envisioned.
Further.
If this thing can achieve a single re-entry of astronauts, then other similar things can also be dropped.
Tianxia had tried to throw one down from the orbit before, but unfortunately it didn't work.
I didn't expect Tang Chao to have this kind of technology here.
It's just that I don't know if the technology he has has been tested or is under development.
Many people say that the recycling technology will lose the capacity of the rocket, and some people will say that the capacity is not enough to make up the number of times, if it can be recycled, then only some fuel needs to be consumed, and the fuel is very cheap compared to the rocket body.
In fact, the loss of capacity is not that important.
If it is a small rocket, it may carry the ultimate weight, for example, if the carrying capacity is 4 tons, it can carry 3.9 tons.
Once the carrying capacity is large, there are tens or hundreds of tons, then the limit load will not be used, and at most 70%, 80, or 90 percent will be transported.
If properly designed, these wasted loads can be converted into recycling systems.
The bigger the rocket, the more expensive it is, the Long March 9 is so huge that it is more expensive to manufacture, and its low-earth orbit carrying capacity is as high as 180 tons, and two launches can theoretically send most of the International Space Station into the sky.
However, due to the size of the fairing, and for the sake of rocket safety, it is impossible to make it transport 180 tons, so it is not afraid of wasting capacity.
If it could be changed to recycled, it would be perfect.
These technologies are not a big deal and can be traded, but Tang Chao was not prepared today, saying that he could do it again after a while.
Both sides of the transaction gained a lot, Zhao Li got the technology, parts and engines, Tang Chao got some funds, and also got some vouchers for satellite launches.
This ticket is amazing.
Tang Chao will come out with some satellites here, and he only needs to release satellites, and the rest will not be taken care of, the official will launch them in place for him, and he doesn't have to pay a penny, and he can launch a satellite with a voucher.
The satellite he wants to launch is not big, it is a small satellite, at least half smaller than a satellite of the same type, so he doesn't need a particularly large rocket, what he wants is time.
Within a year, dozens of satellites in the first phase will be launched.
He wants to build his own network of satellites, both on Earth and around the moon, to support his various future space activities.
His current carrying capacity is not enough, so it is best to use this method.
This time, he is ready for the United States, and his biggest advantage is technology!
He wants to use technology to win this different war! Diagram of the Avenue of the Heavens