Chapter Twenty-Three: The Storm
Cao Chuan browsed the website, these days with their frequent actions, triggered a new wave of space, not only SpaceX, Virgin International these commercial companies for the purpose of making money, but also the aerospace departments affiliated to the major countries, are trying to ask for more funds, policy support, hoping to speed up the advancement of the space program to catch up with them.
"But why would anyone say bad things about the East Galaxy Company? Could it be that my ambitions have been discovered accidentally? Or is the core purpose of the hype to make money? Cao Chuan curiously clicked into the news, he still remembered that during the Cold War, NASA of the free lighthouse country tried and tested the method of creating contradictions, advocating threats, and relying on this trick to get the equivalent of 600 billion now, equivalent to 4% of the GDP output value of the year.
The beginning of the news is still relatively objective, describing the contribution of East Galaxy Company to the world, such as reducing the cost of space tourism by more than 50%, expanding the market size of space tourism to 5 billion, and allowing more people to focus on the wonderful world outside no longer limited to the small earth.
After a simple 100-word eulogy, the following is not right.
"The contribution made by East Galaxy is obvious to all, but their true purpose is questionable."
"According to the research report of scientists, while vigorously promoting the space tourism business, the East Galaxy Company continues to import cutting-edge equipment from various countries, and the procedures are often incomplete, which is illegal possession."
"If you observe the moon, you will find that 100 kilometers away from the lunar base of the East Galaxy Company, large-scale construction is underway, and the specific purpose should be to build a lunar mine."
"The moon belongs to all mankind, and before the United Nations passed a formal lunar exploration bill, is the behavior of the East Galaxy Company with its advanced technology to exploit the lunar resources on a large scale to harm our interests?"
"Such disorderly mining may cause serious pollution, and even affect the operation of the moon, which in turn affects the tidal law and endangers the ...... of the earth."
The more he got to the back of the news, the more Cao Chuan was surprised that the imagination of the media reporters could actually concoct such a lie that defied common sense, at least he believed that the pioneering activities of the East Galaxy Company were not enough to affect the operation of the moon.
However, when he saw that there were many people following the news and insulting and supporting, he knew that there were still too many foolish people on the earth who would believe lies, and he could not prevent such a thing from happening.
"In the end, the moon is too close to the earth, and through the astronomical telescope, what we are doing is clear, and we can't hide it at all, I don't know who it is... Let's just think of it as a competitor, and they're going to test us. ”
Cao Chuan thought that now the only intermediate channel between them and the earth was undoubtedly the trade department, and if the other party really tried to do something wrong, the trade department would obviously bear the brunt.
"It's a big deal to withdraw the trade department, and occupy the moon as the home field, but it's too bad to run away, it's better to build more spaceships, and when the time comes, get some mushrooms and throw them down, and the problem will be solved."
"What other culture war is also a feasible way, after all, our East Galaxy Company has always symbolized the dream of mankind, represents the most advanced productivity, will be envied by people, when the time comes, with the further expansion of influence, there will naturally be some people willing to cheer for us, and then with those with ill intentions, the pressure on us will undoubtedly be reduced."
Cao Chuan said and closed the website, he already understood the current situation, and then he strolled out of the room, came to the corridor, and headed towards the dock.
Several of his temporary employees stood at the dock door.
He stepped forward and waited for the metal door to verify his identity, which opened, and everyone entered.
He casually asked, "How's the new workpiece ready?" ”
"It's all ready, but the production hasn't kept up yet, and in order to prepare the materials related to the construction of the spaceship, the resources just obtained from the Iba Valley sub-base have been exhausted."
After the employee finished speaking, he pointed to the huge processing parts hoisted in the dock, Cao Chuan walked up to check, because there is a relationship between rules and simulations, the probability of making mistakes is several orders of magnitude lower than that of normal people, so he can single artificial rockets and spaceships, but now, he has to pass on some backward things to others little by little, and then he can study new ones, and it is undoubtedly the most efficient to combine his own guidance through practice.
After a cursory scan, he said slowly: "Because of the lack of other materials, the shell parts cannot achieve the optimal shell manufacturing plan, and the quality has declined; However, for some simple structures, the performance has been significantly improved after directly replacing titanium steel parts. ”
"As for specific components, such as this basic skeleton, if the barrel structure is adopted, it will be more in line with the molecular force model of titanium steel, and it is not easy to cause metal fatigue..."
"And this connection point, the process accuracy is not high, and the performance is greatly damaged, so we must find a way to solve it..."
Cao Chuan muttered, and the employees around him were relieved to hear his 70% affirmation and 30% negative.
"Mr. Consultant, shall we get to work?"
"Yes, the overall problem is not big, in order to seize the time, we have to start the manufacture of the 4th and 5th spacecraft of the lunar class, which will be used to deliver the increasingly business of the trade department, and at the same time, the exploration department has been clamoring for spaceships, if we don't build new spaceships, something will definitely happen."
There are three existing spaceships, one is for Cao Chuan's own use, one is given to the trade department, and the remaining one is considered public and can be allocated at any time according to actual needs, so there is still a shortage of spaceships.
It's just that the major departments have not yet achieved any merit, and they have not been confident and bold in using spaceships that cost nearly 10 million per launch, but now, since the successful operation of the space tourism business in the trade department and the successful discovery of giant mineral deposits in the exploration department, they have long since stopped caring about the launch cost.
"We get it!" The four employees replied dryly.
"Hmm." Cao Chuan said, thinking that it was okay for No. 4, the basic structure of the No. 5 spacecraft has not changed, only the materials of some parts have been replaced, and the research department is up to the challenge.
However, at the beginning, he also joined the work, but while he was working, some of the employees on the other end were observing how he operated, and some were responsible for operating the robot to assemble some simple parts.
"Mr. Consultant is really an all-rounder, he can do anything." An employee whispered in the back.
"Actually, I'm curious too... Could it be that there are really aliens behind the scenes of the East Galaxy Company? ”
"Even when Professor Russell saw the various proposals sent by Mr. Advisor, his face was confused at first, and after a while he became fanatical and happy, as if he had seen the truth."
"Well, whatever." An employee said wistfully: "Even if it's really an alien, it must be a pacifist, why don't you learn if you have technology?" Conspiracy theories or something, sometimes it's really boring, using the wisdom of ants to speculate on the thoughts of the gods. ”
The two of them discussed, they are quite obsessed with advanced technology, which is why they joined the research department, hoping to use technological changes to complete the cause of conquering the stars and seas, in their opinion, without technology, the development of the aerospace industry is simply a bubble, and it cannot be put into practice.