Chapter 14 9 Degrees North
The docking team discussed with the rear command and found that this thing had been done!
Well, the tone is decided, and the atmosphere is much more relaxed.
As soon as the rocket experts heard the news, they stopped looking at the engine and immediately sat down to eat hot pot.
As for the six people, just now one person ate a few bites and finished a pot of meat and vegetables, not only did they not eat enough, but they hooked up the hungry insects, and they were even hungrier.
If they are not afraid that they will not be able to talk, they will not have to touch the engine in a hurry, and if they can't get along, they will have to look at and touch it a few more times, so that domestic aerospace science and technology will take a few fewer detours.
Now that the talks have been made, then ~ there is no hurry.
How can I go back to the Academy of Engineering to study the details here.
However, the intention of cooperation has been decided, and the details still have to be discussed, and Tang Chao also knows his disadvantages, so he doesn't talk about any too professional details at all.
He only put forward his own requirements, only talked about the grand strategy, and let the docking team and all the experts behind him worry about the rest.
"If we want to develop commercial aerospace, the platform is definitely very important, so we plan to build the company in Jiangkou City, which is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River and is an international metropolis, which is very much in line with our strategic definition."
"Of course, we don't want those places in the city center where every inch of land is valuable, it doesn't matter if it's a little remote, but the surrounding supporting facilities must not be missing."
"It's better to be close to the sea, and we need to build a dock to facilitate the sea transportation of large equipment. There should also be an airstrip to facilitate our spacecraft to take off from above, by the way, in this case, I will also apply for a few routes, in the direction of the East China Sea, for ......"
The group felt something was wrong when they listened, what had they just heard?
Spacecraft taking off from an airstrip?
The rocket expert who was familiar with Professor Zhang immediately gave Professor Zhang a look, Professor Zhang understood in seconds, stretched out his chopsticks and put a piece of green vegetables into his bowl, and then asked casually while dipping the sauce: "So, your organization still has aerospace aircraft technology?" ”
"When...... Of course not. ”
Tang Chao, who was talking positively, almost mouthed, and after realizing that something was wrong, he quickly stopped it, and then launched the advanced version of the "Talking Half Talk" skill, "Blind Jiba Said".
"Aerospace aircraft technology is of course the focus of our research, after all, it is one of the hot topics in the future of spaceflight, but we don't have the kind of technology that can fly freely in and out of the atmosphere, but a direct SSTO winged vehicle technology has eyebrows."
"It's not cost-effective to use this technology to transport goods by pushing a bunch of dead weights into the sky, but fortunately, we don't want to use this technology to transport goods, our goal is to carry people."
"Although there are several companies working on manned space projects, they are still thinking about technology and cost, and they only think about sending passengers to space, and they do not consider the problem from the perspective of passengers."
"You might as well think about it from the perspective of passengers, from the perspective of ordinary passengers, is it a spacecraft that throws a rocket for a while, throws a rocket for a while, and then throws something at a moment, looks reassuring?"
"Or is it the kind of spacecraft that is completely complete, taking off from the ground and into orbit like an airplane that has been flown many times?"
After listening to Tang Chao say this, several aerospace bigwigs thought to themselves, "How can this be considered from the perspective of ordinary passengers, and from the perspective of rocket experts, it is also a complete spacecraft safety."
Because every separation of the rocket will have a chance of failure, there are many accidents in the history of aerospace because of separation failures.
Moreover, the re-entry of "tin cans" and the re-entry of winged vehicles are two different concepts, and the re-entry of the latter is much smoother and very friendly to passengers.
But knowing is still a matter of technology in the final analysis.
As long as the technology arrives, anything goes.
Just like the original space shuttle, it was a very good idea, but the idea was too good, and the technical level at that time was not up to standard, and in the end it was not as good as a simple and crude rocket.
And the group members present all felt that Tang Chao was very slippery, and there was no truth in his mouth, don't think that they didn't hear the pause just now.
"His organization's technological prowess is too high."
Of course, in fact, they don't know whether Tang Chao is telling the truth or a lie, but since Tang Chao can come up with the full set of technology of the Long March 9, then any word he says, they need to analyze and analyze again!
No way, it's too important.
And Tang Chao felt very interesting when he looked at the contemplative appearance of the big guys, because he had thought about the scene of sitting with some big guys and talking and laughing many times.
Nothing else, it's just the simple dreams of some little people, and the yearning of Xiao Mengxin for the boss.
For example, when he wanted to be an astronaut in elementary school, he fantasized about going into space with those heroic astronauts to carry out missions.
For example, when he was learning to paint, he also imagined the scene of learning painting skills with those internationally renowned painters.
For another example, when he saw a foreign private space company swishing to launch a rocket, he couldn't wait to launch a big rocket in his hand.
And now, it has happened.
Not only did his own aerospace company put it on the agenda, but he really sat here and talked and laughed with many bigwigs, and stunned them.
This situation is still very interesting, and it satisfies his ...... a little Tasteless.
After chatting about the comprehensive nature of the company's headquarters, he talked about the launch site again.
According to his idea, or the internationally recognized truth, the location of the cosmodrome is as close to the equator as possible, and the closest place to the equator in Tianxia is the rising sea at the southern end of the territory, so he wants to build the launch site on the rising sea...... South End.
It just so happened that Tianxia had filled in a lot of islands in the rising sea, and he took a fancy to one of them, Sweet Potato Island.
Its predecessor was Sweet Potato Reef, which was oblong in shape, resembling a sweet potato, hence the name.
It was chosen for many reasons, such as being large enough to build a large and well-established facility, and there are already large enough communities to survive on it, such as residential areas, supermarkets, hospitals, schools, airports, vegetable gardens, etc.
Its location is also important, within 10 degrees north latitude, very close to the equator.
It is also on the main busy international shipping road, and there are many ships coming and going.
It is logical that Tianxia positions it as a material distribution center, which can provide services such as ship docking, cargo transshipment, material supply and sea rescue.
This ease of transportation is all too important for commercial space launches.
These things are under construction, but fortunately they haven't been built yet, otherwise there would be no place for Tang Chao.
After such a large artificial island is built, it will definitely need to attract investment, so let him be the first one.
However, the docking team received an order to save as much money as possible, so Xiao Zhao asked if it could be replaced by the service of the Coastal Launch Site.
The reason is that the Binhai launch site is the southernmost launch site in Tianxia at present, and the latitude is also very low, making it one of the few low-latitude launch sites in the world.
And the supporting facilities are very complete, the staff is experienced, and the spacecraft can be launched at any time.
They promised that all the launch tasks of Tang Chao's team would be free of charge, and that the most experienced technicians would be responsible for any link.
Basically, Tang Chao's team said "I want to launch a spacecraft", and the spacecraft and payload have been prepared, and the state will be responsible for transporting them out of the factory and then sending them to space.
For the average company, this kind of condition is simply tempting, and it couldn't be more tempting.
Not only does it save money, but it also doesn't have to deal with troubles, let alone wait for the completion of the launch site, but Tang Chao is not an ordinary company to open, so he didn't accept it.
In fact, he can understand the meaning of the above.
At present, there are four space launch centers in China, and it is said that a purely commercial launch site will be built, but there are not so many launch missions in China, resulting in the launch base being idle most of the time, so they do not want to spend money to build a space launch center.
It's just that Tang Chao really needs such a private launch center, so he used a killer move - combining vertical and horizontal.
"Although the Marina Launch Site is good, located at 19 degrees north latitude, and with other supporting facilities, it is basically one of the best launch centers in the world, but I still insist on building the launch site on Sweet Potato Island. We are also committed to the fact that the space launch center can undertake national launch missions. ”
"And you just ask the space bigwigs, do they want a space launch center located at 9 degrees north latitude?"
Xiao Zhao Wenyan looked at several aerospace bigwigs next to him, and the bigwigs didn't say anything when they saw this, just smiled.
That couldn't be more obvious.
"Hey, hey, hey~"