The Americans' "Observer 5" flew over the Pezos Heights in advance and missed this rare scene, the creature unexpectedly came to the surface of Mars, but soon the afterglow of dusk was killed, leaving only the hard shell skeleton exposed, in the face of cosmic rays, even the tenacious life on Mars that lasted for 2 billion years was so fragile. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Wind and sand are encroaching, and the creature skeleton that is more than 4 meters long is gradually submerged by the sand, and when Observer 5 returns to the top of the Pezos Heights, it will never find this intact creature skeleton again.

In the coming months, visitors from Earth will land on this planet, and NASA has confirmed the coordinates of the Mars landing site, which is in a low-lying area near the Pezos Heights.

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Earth.

Since China's matrix CMSX company completed the trial voyage of the "Arc Eagle No. 1" aerospace transport aircraft, the first time caused an uproar in the global aerospace field, at that time there were many astronauts from various countries on the "Tianzhou", Li Xingfeng summed up the weight of the transported materials when counting the goods, so as to estimate the approximate carrying capacity of the "Arc Eagle No. 1".

The result stunned these people, it turned out to be more than 40 tons of carrying capacity!

The peak load of the US space shuttle "Columbia" is only about 30 tons, and this "Arc Eagle No. 1" is smaller than the US space shuttle, and can carry far more tonnage than the space shuttle?

The news was quickly reached by the aerospace agencies of major countries, and everyone's awareness of the CMSX transport aircraft rose to a new level.

The amount of carrying capacity is a key factor in measuring a country's strength in the aerospace field, the Americans' launch vehicles can transport even 70 tons of cargo at a time, but the price is terrible, the consumption of rockets is a real amount of money, and cheaper delivery capacity means that the cost of space exploration will be greatly reduced, the significance of which is self-evident.

And the inspiration to make SpaceX the most popular air transportation company in the solar system, the tech madman Elon. Musk also learned the news, which undoubtedly made the "Iron Man of Silicon Valley" unable to eat and sleep.

If CMSX competes with SpaceX in the field of space transportation, such an excellent transport aircraft and the ability to send supplies to space without the help of any rocket boosters, its cheap freight and efficient launch capabilities make the "Arc Eagle 1" have the greatest competitiveness in this field.

SpaceX, which is still using rocket boosters, has instantly weakened by a notch, although it can recover rockets, but it is no longer a grade after all, and it is no wonder that Musk has trouble sleeping.

However, the only thing that made him feel a little comforted was a promise that Ren Hong had given him, and Ren Hong once said that SpaceX and Matrix Technology should be allies, not rivals. But today, it seems that Musk really doesn't dare to expect much from this illusory promise.

After CMSX announced the successful completion of the trial of the "Arc Eagle 1", the South African space agency began to contact Liu Yuliang, the helmsman of the Chinese matrix CMSX, and the content of the negotiations is unknown.

But Elon. Musk is very nervous about this incident, because before that, South Africa has long announced that it has entrusted SpaceX to help its country send a weather satellite into space to meet South Africa's needs, and SpaceX's cheap space transportation is the best choice, of course, this is before the "Arc Eagle 1" was born.

If South Africa cancels its cooperation with SpaceX and goes into the arms of China's matrix CMSX, it will undoubtedly be a heavy blow to SpaceX, and the impact will not be explained by just a failure of cooperation.

Right here in Elon. While Musk was fidgeting, a phone call from across the Pacific came to his room.

"Ren? Why do you have time to call me? Can I help you? Musk said suspiciously.

A loud laugh suddenly came from the communicator: "If you don't call, it is estimated that you will have insomnia for a while, even if it is Iron Man, you can't bear it, ha~~!" ”

"Uh......" Musk was stunned for a while, and a touch of embarrassment suddenly appeared on his face, although the other party couldn't see it, but he knew that the embarrassment was definitely transmitted to the other side of the Pacific Ocean along the wireless signal. Elon. Musk naturally heard the meaning of Ren Hong's words, and when he heard it, he was even more embarrassed, and he didn't know what to say for a while, and his face turned red with all his face.

"My promise is still valid!" In the communicator, Ren Hong said flatly, but there was no doubt, and after a while, a voice came: "Tell you honestly, Musk!" It is impossible for CMSX capacity to be vacated for third-party services, we are too busy ourselves, and we may even need SpaceX's help to increase our capacity in order to gain time, haha, of course, if you and NASA are not afraid that we will land on Mars first. ”

The combination of CMSX and NASA SA, and the other combination of SpaceX and NASA, both of which are secretly competing for Mars, strictly speaking, Ren Hong and Musk should be in competition, but this does not prevent the personal relationship between the two parties.

It is a fact that there is competition, and it is also a fact that there is strategic cooperation.

Elon. Musk said helplessly into the communicator: "You know, Ren, as the CEO of SpaceX, I don't mind if the company can get an additional order, and even very happy to make a huge amount of revenue, but NASA will not agree." To tell you the truth, as far as I know, it is not surprising that Washington is about to issue an injunction against SpaceX. ”

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, in the headquarters of Matrix Technology, Ren Hong was leading a chimpanzee hand towards the "Incarnation Research Room", and at the same time smiled at the communicator: "Also, you can't supply my needs, and if you use up all the rockets in your spaceX inventory, you will send three or four hundred tons of supplies at most." ”

Musk shrugged indifferently when he heard this, and the other party's voice came from the communicator again: "I guess you can't sleep, it's probably the gang in South Africa, I'll give you an inside message, if nothing else, they will leave for China tomorrow, the head of CMSX has rejected them, how about it?" Can you sleep well tonight? ”

Elon. Musk was stunned for a long time, and after reacting, he immediately laughed and said: "You really have a heart, buddy, this news works better than any sleeping pills, but it's a pity that SpaceX has lost such a super big customer as you." ”

"It's a little greedy......" There was a burst of laughter in the communication. Matrix technology is not an ordinary super big customer, "Tiangong Ring Orbit Star Port" 7700 tons of volume all show the matrix technology ten wealthy masters, in the aerospace field once attacked, the investment funds are higher than the sum of all institutions in the world, it is estimated that it will not be long before Bigelow Aerospace announced a strategic cooperation agreement with China Matrix CMSX, the "Firefly" space station will also surface, two more than 1,000 tons of artificial celestial bodies, respectively on Mars and Earth, The image of being the leader in the field of space exploration is so beautiful......

The two of them shuddered for a moment before ending their communication. Musk happily put the phone aside, and the depression in his heart was suddenly swept away. He naturally knows better than anyone else that it is a bastard to make money, Ren Hong personally called to give himself a booster, that is because SpaceX is one of the technology giants in the United States, and Matrix Technology has attracted more than half of the technology giants in the United States as strategic allies, just to contain the pressure that the US government may give him, and the intricate ties of interests are enough to make Washington a mouse. Ren Hong chose the former between allies and vested interests, which is also the value of SpaceX to Matrix Technology, or the greatest value of all companies that have reached strategic cooperation agreements with it.

Ren Hong gave up his vested interests and chose the overall strategic situation, which was also a happy situation for both sides, after all, businessmen, especially those in the United States, put their interests first.

However, this feeling of being choked by someone, Elon. Musk is also very unhappy, but also helpless, thinking that a technological breakthrough must be made to solve this embarrassing situation, after all, the helmsman of Matrix Technology today is friendly to SpaceX, who knows what will happen tomorrow?

It's a little depressing, but it's also very good, at least the current difficulties don't exist.

Otherwise, if South Africa cancels its cooperation with SpaceX and turns to CMSX, Musk can expect that as soon as the news comes out, the stock market will open the next day, and the company's stock will inevitably fall.

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )