March.

"Xiao Du, the information hasn't been pulled down, right?" Academician Yang Jian'an repeatedly admonished his assistant.

Du Yangping took a large number of material files and reports and put them in his bag, and followed Yang Jian'an with the bag and promised: "It's all in there, but Yang Lao, it's 2017 now, wouldn't it be better to upload the information directly to the cloud and hand it over to Mr. Luo?" ”

"I can see the paper manuscript, and I feel at ease." Yang Jian'an replied to him, and the two walked out of the headquarters of Star Arrow International, and a special car had been waiting for a long time.

Five minutes later, the two drove to the airport, Luo Sheng's A380 private plane had been waiting at the airport for a long time, and he was already on the plane and was about to fly to Qiongzhou.

And "Star Arrow 1703" has arrived at the Qiongzhou launch site.

Yang Jian'an's vehicle arrived at the airport and got out of the car with his assistant to board the plane.

In a living room in the cabin, Yang Jian'an said apologetically when he saw Luo Sheng: "Mr. Luo, I'm sorry that the matter has been delayed for a little time." ”

Luo Sheng smiled: "There are still three or five minutes before the take-off time, just right." ”

Yang Jian'an immediately asked Du Yangping to give him the materials, and then handed them directly to Luo Sheng, and said: "Mr. Luo, this time, if the 'Star Arrow 1703' is successfully recovered, it will be officially finalized, according to the medium and long-term plan formulated, it is expected that around 2027, we will have about 10 types of launch vehicles, forming a new generation of small, medium, large, heavy and super heavy Star Arrow series recoverable rockets." ”

Luo Sheng took the material report and didn't look at it, but put it aside, looked at Yang Jian'an and said with a smile: "Old Yang, don't worry, take a rest first." ”

Tang Xin, who temporarily replaced An Qingxue as Luo Sheng's personal assistant and secretary, made a cameo appearance as a flight attendant at this moment and brought everyone a few cups of tea.

Yang Jian'an hurriedly said: "How dare you rest, if 1703 can't go to the sky, my heart won't be able to fall." ”

As the chief engineer of the Star Arrow series of rockets, Yang Jian'an knows very well how much burden he is carrying, and he has already smashed more than four or five hundred billion yuan, and the more money he spent, the greater the pressure he will have.

In addition to the internal pressure, what is even greater is the external pressure, the competitive pressure of Blue Origin and SpaceX.

This time, Star Arrow International and SpaceX will win the title of the first recycling of "second-hand rockets" in March, and even Luo Sheng personally went to the Qiongzhou launch site, which shows the importance attached to this launch experiment.

At present, private space exploration companies around the world have emerged one after another, but only three of the top echelons belong to the first echelon, which are Star Arrow International, Blue Origin and SpaceX.

Blue Origin helped Jeff Bezos get the title of "first person to recover rockets", SpaceX gave Elon Musk the title of successfully recovering rockets from offshore platforms in 2015, and Luo Sheng's Star Arrow International has not yet had any dazzling "first" titles.

This space race is undoubtedly behind the competition, and the investment is still the most money of the three parties, which makes Yang Jian'an feel pressure.

However, after all, Star Arrow International started the latest, SpaceX was established in 2002, and began the development of the "Falcon" series of rockets in 2006, with NASA's technical support behind it.

Star Arrow International was only established in 2011, which is the latest to be established, and without the support of a strong organization like NASA, everything is basically on its own.

Fortunately, Luo Sheng has a skill that Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos can't match - money ability.

The strong "money ability" will not lag too far behind, and it has been frantically catching up in the past five years, and now it has the ability to compete head-to-head with SpaceX, which can also show that China's aerospace talents are not weaker than foreign countries.

The special plane has taken off, and in the living room in the cabin, Luo Sheng, who was sitting by the window, said with a smile: "Old Yang, you don't have too much pressure, the title of the first recovery of second-hand rockets must be competed for, but the first priority is still stability, a temporary lead does not mean the final lead, even if 1703 is successful, it does not mean that the Star Arrow series recovery technology is mature, and the road is still long." ”

Yang Jian'an nodded and didn't say anything, the big financiers said so, what else can they say, what else to do is to move forward in a down-to-earth manner and send the rocket to the sky.

……

As soon as Luo Sheng and the others arrived in Qiongzhou, they got off the plane and learned an unexpected news.

"What do you say? SapceX announced that the launch is scheduled a week ahead of schedule? Luo Sheng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard Tang Xin's report, and the latter affirmed: "Elon Musk's news posted on his social account MicroBlog an hour ago confirmed that it was going to be a week in advance, and some media have reported it. ”

Hearing this, Luo Sheng couldn't help but complain: "Elon Musk doesn't sleep in the middle of the night and is still playing MicroBlog, who is it for......"

Yang Jian'an, who accompanied him, estimated and said: "SpaceX's original launch plan was on March 22, and it was to be launched on March 14 a week in advance, and our Star Rocket was launched on March 16. ”

His assistant Du Yangping casually accosted: "Elon Musk is obviously coming for us, and it is premeditated." ”

The second-hand rocket launch plan of Star Rocket was announced a month in advance, and the launch will be livestreamed, and SpaceX's Falcon rocket also announced the launch plan at the beginning of the new year.

At this moment, Yang Jian'an couldn't help but lift his heart, he couldn't help but glance at Luo Sheng, but he was extremely worried that Luo Sheng would be stimulated by this news, and asked to let the rocket go to the sky before SapceX in advance.

That's a big problem.

If the original launch plan is changed in such a hurry, there will definitely be endless troubles, and it is very likely that the problem will be the sky and face the risk of failure again.

Luo Sheng said calmly: "Don't be affected by the news from the outside world, they play theirs and we play our own, just take the opportunity to observe and learn." ”

Hearing Luo Sheng's words, Yang Jian'an's heart that had just been hung up finally relaxed, he was afraid that Luo Sheng would be stimulated by the news, and he would fall into the hands of Elon Musk.

In fact, Luo Sheng had already noticed Yang Jian'an's reaction just now, especially when he deliberately glanced at his small action, obviously afraid that he would be affected by this news.

After all, Luo Sheng is now the CEO of Star Arrow International, the company was also founded by him, and the research funds were all given by him, and he has the right to make arrangements for the company's plan, and he insists on implementing it, and no one can stop him.

Fortunately, Yang Jian'an is more worried, Luo Sheng himself was engaged in scientific research in his last life, and he is very different from other leaders, so he naturally knows that scientific research cannot be rushed.

Today is March 9th, a week before the launch of "Star Arrow 1703", Luo Sheng arrived in Qiongzhou and Yang Jian'an temporarily separated, Yang Lao took his assistant to the launch of the West to preside over the work.

Luo Sheng led his new little secretary Tang Xin to Sanya for a few days of vacation to feel the tropical style.

……

Early in the morning of March 15th.

Luo Sheng just had a dream, he dreamed that the rocket was launched, and then he felt a little boring, and then he woke up from his sleep.

After waking up, he opened his eyes and saw Tang Xin looking at him with a smile.

"Good morning Mr. Luo~"

Luo Sheng said helplessly: "Can't you wake me up in another way?" ”

Tang Xin playfully said, "For example? ”

Luo Sheng immediately turned over and got up and stretched, opened the floor-to-ceiling curtains, and the outside eyes shone into the room, and after looking out for a while, he looked back at Tang Xin, and said: "This is beyond the scope of your own work, and it will not give you a promotion, a salary increase or other economic benefits, and you may even lose your existing job because of this." ”

Although this seems to be a bit ruthless, Luo Sheng knows very well that some openings can be opened, but some openings must not be opened, otherwise the detonator will be buried and unnecessary trouble will be buried.

Besides, it was Tang Xin, the little secretary, who took the initiative to send it to the door in the past few days, Luo Sheng said that he was very innocent, and he refused at first, but he was also a normal person.

Tang Xin smiled and looked at Luo Sheng with an indifferent face and replied: "I can have such an encounter with the richest man in the world and the first person in science and technology today, even if I lose my job because of this, I am happy." ”

Luo Sheng: "......"

I can't fight back, I wanted to beat her a little ruthlessly, she said so, and if she wants to say anything more, it will seem that she has done too much and too mean.

Not so much.

There is no doubt that the smart scheming girl is so smart, and the people around her are so smart even a little secret, and it is really possible that they can't control these people without any strength.

However, Luo Sheng was also relieved, this is right, the side proves that the company's management is not a group of pig brains in charge, if it is the other way around, it is really anxious.

Luo Sheng represents the core of this huge commercial technology empire composed of Bluestar Technology and the Cote d'Azur, and the people who can get in touch with the core must have something, otherwise they will not reach this level.

Tang Xin had already prepared a breakfast, Luo Sheng simply finished washing and eating, just went to the dining table and sat down to look at the clock on the wall, and then said: "Yo, this point should be the launch of 'Falcon 9'...... Where do I put my computer? ”

Hearing this, Tang Xin immediately went to get a laptop for Luo Sheng, and after a while, he opened the live broadcast page.

Luo Sheng stared at the screen as he enjoyed breakfast, and the countdown showed that there was still a minute left before the launch time.

At the same time, Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in North America, located on the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean, is brightly lit, and the Falcon 9 rocket, which reaches a height of 70 meters, is particularly eye-catching.

【10、9、8…… 3, 2, 1 ignition】

As the countdown ended, the launch site suddenly brightened up as day, and Luo Sheng, who was watching the live broadcast of the launch, stared at the screen without saying a word, listening to the cheers of SpaceX employees in the live broadcast room.

Tomorrow is the day when the star arrow will be launched, and I hope that it will be declared successful in a cheer.

Tang Xin, who was sitting next to her and eating breakfast, glanced at the live broadcast screen and said, "I really hope it explodes in the air......"

Just as Tang Xin's words fell, the Falcon 9 in the live broadcast screen suddenly ...... at an altitude of less than 800 meters Exploded!

The background sound of the live broadcast that was originally cheering changed to "holy sh*t", "OMG", and "WTF", and then fell into a dead silence.

Luo Sheng, who was eating melons, was also stupid, and after a while, he turned back to Wang Zhe and Tang Xin: "Has your mouth been opened?" ”

Tang Xin stared at the screen with excitement: "It's blown up, it's really blown up, yes......"

Luo Sheng suddenly scolded softly: "How can you say that? This is not only SpaceX blowing up a rocket fireworks worth more than $60 million, but also a major loss for human spaceflight, don't gloat so much. ”

Tang Xin reacted and couldn't help but stick out her little tongue, but when she saw that Luo Sheng was scolding with an undisguised happy expression at the moment, she couldn't help but roll her eyes.

The so-called happiest thing in the world is to watch the opponent eat deflated, at this time Luo Sheng's heart is already refreshing, don't be too sour.

Tell you to play tricks, this is going to blow up.

Luo Sheng once again focused on the live broadcast screen, he wanted to see if the director would give a shot of Elon Musk, and wanted to see what his expression looked like at the moment.

……

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