Cape Canaveral Space Center.

Cracking sound~

The camera shot wildly, and Musk, who faced the camera, has long been accustomed to this kind of scene, since he was a teenager, he has been a well-known genius in North America, and at this moment his complacent finger tapped in the air, signaling that CNN reporters could ask him questions.

"May I ask Mr. Musk, what do you think of the successful launch of a heavy-lift launch vehicle by Xingchen Technology to put the first module of the geostationary orbital space station into the intended orbit? And successfully completed the recovery of the first and second stages of the rocket? The reporter asked.

Musk smiled, "Congratulations to them, everything that happened in Jiuquan, Huaxia today, proves two things, first, Xingchen Technology's recyclable launch vehicle technology is on par with us, and second, they have a good chance of completing the envisioned super-large synchronous orbit space station, as long as the capital chain is not broken." ”

The reporters at the scene listened to Musk's words, and they were in an uproar, just as Luo Jia attached importance to Musk, Musk also gave Xingchen Technology a very high evaluation, which is probably the sympathy between geniuses.

"Mr. Musk, I'm a reporter from Fox News, aren't you worried about the barbarians from China at all?" Another reporter asked.

Musk couldn't help but laugh, "It's not so much that I'm worried, but that I'm happy right now." ”

"You know what? Since the end of the Cold War, we have hardly made significant progress in space technology, and the reason for this is very simple, because we have lost our opponents. ”

"Now that China has replaced the former Soviet Union and is on the runway of the space race, and NASA's huge machine has been sleeping for too long, it's time to get back into operation."

"I'm looking forward to a great fight, and I hope that Huaxia will not suddenly die in the competition like the Soviet Union, and if that happens, I will be very disappointed."

The reporters showed a look of sudden realization on their faces, Musk is right, the current NASA is actually a behemoth in hibernation, as of now, North America's annual military spending is 600 billion US dollars, and NASA's budget is only less than 20 billion.

As an existence with colonizing Mars as his lifelong dream, Musk is happy to see North America and China compete, because this is a typical national dispute, even if North America gives up its old life, it is impossible to admit defeat, once NASA's budget is also increased to 600 billion US dollars, how many scientific research results will be produced every year? In a few years, humans will be able to colonize Mars.

At the peak of the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, 9.5 percent of the total annual budget of the North American authorities was allocated to NASA! The money NASA spends every year is close to the military spending in North America!

Scientific research is not the ultimate goal of creating wealth, but engaging in scientific research itself is destined to consume huge wealth, it is precisely because during the Cold War, the North American authorities frantically threw money at the space industry, so we saw the Apollo program that will forever be recorded in history, the Challenger program, etc., no money, there is no sea of stars, and the reality is always so cruel.

Thinking about this layer, the reporters blushed with excitement, could it be that another space race is coming?

To this day, the fierce struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union for space hegemony is still vivid, to what extent?

Although there are also reasons for the fall in international oil prices and the war in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union is such a powerful country, and in the end, it is poor and has no underwear left, and the huge empire collapsed overnight, and a considerable part of the reason is that it was dragged down alive by the space race.

Assuming that North America and China start a struggle for space supremacy, NASA, a sleeping ancient war machine, will be resurrected in situ, and in the past competition, top scientific research institutions, including jet propulsion and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, were all defeated at the feet of Xingchen Technology, perhaps restarting NASA is the key to resisting China's barbaric invasion.

"You don't have to wait too long." Musk said excitedly: "The reason why Xingchen Technology was able to pass all the way is because they didn't meet us in the strongest state at all, so they were able to maintain a winning record." ”

"And now, the real competition has arrived, and the fiasco of several years in a row has made the elites of the Western world learn from the pain, not only NASA has entered the start-up process, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, CERN, etc., but also entered a period of expansion, acceleration, and more and more financial support."

"In addition, there are research institutions affiliated to major enterprises, such as Google and Apple, giants like Google, in recent years, they have suffered a lot from Xingchen Technology, and have been holding back their strength, trying to fight back, and will become the force to encircle and suppress Xingchen Technology in the future."

"In short, please don't be fooled by the appearance in front of you, I suggest you pay attention to an index, the scientific research investment index, and when NASA invests in research and development every year, it is no longer just 20 billion US dollars, but 200 billion US dollars, 1 trillion US dollars! It is the symbol of the ancient war machine at full power! ”

Reporters applauded, scientific research investment is an absolute indicator, before NASA only $20 billion a year budget, what does it mean?

It shows that the powerful war machine has not started at all, and North America and the entire West are relying on the old capital accumulated in the past to confront Xingchen Technology.

"What would have happened if we had won World War II and the war machine that had brought down the former Soviet Union would be reactivated?" A reporter asked with longing.

Musk shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know, but it should be exciting, just like this time, a few hours ago, Xingchen Technology launched their first recyclable heavy-duty rocket in Jiuquan, Huaxia, guess what we will do?" ”

"Giving a tough counter-attack, of course! It is rumored that as soon as Xingchen Technology starts to build a synchronous orbital space station, we will start the Starlink project! ”

"Xingchen Technology launches rockets, and we will definitely launch them too!"

The reporters shouted loudly, Musk nodded with a smile, raised two fingers to the camera, and said in a joking voice: "To be precise, for every rocket launched by Xingchen Technology, we shoot two." ”

"This is the Space Race! In the battle for space supremacy, we will not give up an inch of land! ”

……

Rumble~

The struggle for space supremacy between China and North America has caused an uproar all over the world, and everyone was shocked by the resolute attitude of North America.

The protagonist of the launch is SpaceX's Super Falcon rocket, which carries a single load of 220 tons and carries a total of 128 Starlink communication satellites, which are placed in low-earth orbit at 150 kilometers above the ground.

According to the current available information, each Starlink satellite is equipped with four star sensitive, eight momentum wheels and eight Hall-type electric thrusters, weighs more than two tons, uses solar energy as an energy source, has an operating life of 35 years, and carries all satellite communication and data frequency bands around the world.

To put it simply, this thing is 6G technology in low earth orbit, just the first phase of the plan, more than 12,000 satellites are needed to form a global data network, through a dedicated modem, can achieve satellite Internet access and calls.

After the establishment of this Skynet, it will be the second generation of Starlink, and then 48,000 second-generation satellites with greater weight, more orbit coverage, and higher data bandwidth will be launched, and at that time, the number of satellites in the sky will reach a crazy 60,000, counting the backup satellites, no less than 64,000 in total, and these satellites will form a real broadband satellite network.

As we all know, telecommunications services are a very profitable business, only Huaxia Mobile Group, a year of revenue of more than 800 billion yuan, North America's ambition to build Starlink, is to replace the telecommunications service providers of various countries, the mobile, Unicom, Vodafone and other enterprises, all killed.

If it can really do this, Starlink Group will become a supergiant with annual revenue of trillion US dollars in the future, making money while also controlling global telecom hegemony.

In contrast, Xingchen Technology is a little incomprehensible, the existence of the synchronous orbit space station, scientific research obviously has incomparable advantages, space breeding, space mining, deep space telescopes and a series of scientific research, can be carried out on the space station, but, it seems that there are no profit prospects, it is difficult to make money.

All in all, the unstoppable history came on September 14, the sixth year of the establishment of Xingchen Technology.

Huaxia and North America have made their own choices, North America has restarted the ancient war weapon NASA and launched the Starlink program, while Xingchen Technology, a rising star in China's scientific research community, has made every effort to attack the synchronous orbit space station.

On September 19, only five days after the first launch, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center reported another good news, the second basic module of the Xingchen Space Station, was successfully launched!

Subsequently, the time came to September 21, at the Cape Canaveral Space Base in Florida, the Super Falcon launched for the second time and once again put one hundred and twenty-eight communication satellites into low earth orbit.

It is rumored that NASA is testing a new generation of liquid oxygen methane engine, and if the project is successful, the second generation of Super Falcon will match or even surpass the Star heavy-duty rocket in terms of thrust.

As for the Russian side, their engine is still the strongest thrust, but it seems that they have encountered financial difficulties and are seeking international cooperation, mainly with India, after all, the Indian dog has money, and Russia has many years of traditional experience in pit India, the two sides hit it off, India pays money, Russia produces technology, and jointly participates in a new round of space race.

Finally, on the European side, of course, they are not willing to give up space hegemony, but it is a pity that Europe is now in economic recession, and countries are scattered, and in the end, those who are really willing to give money to the European Space Agency are the two heroes of the European Union, Germany and France, and the rest, such as Italy, which has been dragging its feet for thousands of years, cannot be counted on at all.

All in all, Russia and Europe barely got to the table at the last moment and put together a table of mahjong, but everyone knows that the protagonists of this battle for space hegemony are actually China and the United States, and they can only be China and the United States.

On October 1, the third year of the establishment of Xingchen Technology, the Jiuquan base carried out the third launch in just half a month, and Luo Jia promised in his column program that with the ramp-up of Xingchen Industrial Group's production capacity, the launch frequency will be increased to two or even three launches per week in the future, and strive to complete the largest space station project in human history within two years.

Later that day, Cape Canaveral in North America was double-launched again, sending 128 communication satellites into space for the third time, making Starlink plan to deploy as many as 380 communication satellites in just half a month! More than the total number of satellites launched by Huaxia last year!

NASA's Dallas Plant, Salt Lake City Factory, Florida Factory, and Massachusetts Factory, the four long-dusted aerospace industry manufacturing bases, have rarely started 24-hour assembly line operations.

It seems that the ancient war beasts are really slowly waking up.