Chapter 142: A Watershed
said that after Zhang Jingyuan came back, he directly threw those depressions aside, in fact, Zhang Jingyuan would not feel that a few little people for personal gain would have any impact on the master company.
It's not arrogance, it's self-confidence! Go back 50 years and the energy company is the absolute boss. Don't look at what securities capital and the like are very profitable, and don't look at what network business is booming, but these fields, even if they are rich, cannot have any impact on the development of the country - without you, there are people to do it!
But energy companies are different, and they directly control the lifeblood of the country! You don't give me support? That's fine, I just cut off the energy supply, or reduce, reduce prices, etc.; As a result, energy companies have a very high social status. Of course, the premise is that it is large enough and has enough foundation.
And now, aerospace companies are gradually taking the place of energy companies. With the development of science and the extensive use of nuclear energy, especially the fact that some countries have started lunar mining, a large number of nuclear materials are continuously delivered to nuclear power plants on the earth, and the original energy enterprises are rapidly collapsing.
And along with it, in the place of this market and position, are aerospace companies!
Nowadays, master companies don't look at the shortage of funds, and even there are few finished products in aerospace; But the power of technology is here, and you dare to limit me? Believe it or not, I take anti-restrictive measures! Don't look at you as a state department, but it is a truth to be a big bully with the so-called customers. It's true that you're a country, but if I don't bird you, what else can you do!!
In the past, the master company paid too much for development, and now, it is the time to enjoy success. If he had encountered this situation before, when he saw that there was still a profit to be made, Zhang Jingyuan would grit his teeth and agree even if he was uncomfortable; But now, ahem, we're still having fun without you; And if you leave the master company and want to launch these 500 tons of materials into space, the direct cost alone is 1000-120 billion yuan, not counting a lot of hidden costs. For example, the use of artificial equipment, the treatment of environmental pollution, and the adjustment of relevant policies; More importantly, each launch affects a large number of resources, and if these resources are applied to scientific research or people's livelihood, they will greatly improve the situation in the rest of the fields.
At the same time, social resources are limited, so if you use more here, you will inevitably have less in other places! This is a dead knot that cannot be untied, so if the country chooses to let the master company transport these materials, it can save a lot of hidden costs from the national side alone. In fact, there is a saying in the aerospace field: hidden costs > explicit costs!
Therefore, after discovering the problem, Zhang Jingyuan shook his head and left! There is no shortage of bad customers for you! Moreover, Zhang Jingyuan faintly said to Cheng Feng, who was contacted by emergency call, that the master company is conducting the final inspection and test of the aircraft, and it is expected that it will be able to sail in 3 days, 5 days at the latest.
The maximum thrust of the aircraft of the master company is 150 tons, and the dead weight of the aircraft is 25 tons. Because the main destination of the aircraft is space, the thrust-to-weight ratio in the atmosphere has lost its meaning; The thrust-to-weight ratio in space can only be below 1, unlike in the atmosphere, where some perfectly designed aircraft can achieve a thrust-to-weight ratio of 13 times or more.
Because although the plane has three engines, one of them is in a spare nature, just in case; After all, space is too dangerous and too far away, and in the event of a crash, under the current conditions, it can basically only be declared dead. Therefore, the weight of the materials carried by the aircraft is less than 75 tons, plus the weight of the aircraft is 25 tons, which is just the maximum power of the two engines. Moreover, when taking off on the ground, it can have about ten times the thrust-to-weight ratio from air buoyancy; And when the air is thin at high altitude, gravity also begins to decrease, and basically according to calculations, it is enough for the engine to maintain 70-80% power in this process.
Seeing that the year 2047 of the solar calendar has come, and the Spring Festival of Huaxia's own lunar calendar is not long away, the master company decided to officially take off the flying aircraft and carry out space tourism, of course, it is also to take this opportunity to start the reputation of the master company, and also take the opportunity to make money.
The price of 1.5 billion Huaxia dollars per person per day has already been booked for 16 people (except for two drivers). Because the Feixiang aircraft is as wide and comfortable as possible, the length of the aircraft is 25 meters, the weight is 30 tons, and the two S02 engines have a thrust of 110 tons; The safe load is 60 tons (considering personal safety, the digital test is somewhat conservative). The plane was loaded with about 10 tons of safety supplies and food; The remaining weight is 50 tons, on average to 16 people, and each person can carry 3.125 tons (including themselves).
But of course, those who engage in transportation can't be so really not; Therefore, the master company stipulates that the standard weight is 150 kg, and if it exceeds 150 kg, it will be charged 10,000 yuan per kilogram. However, generally speaking, very few people who weigh more than 150 kilograms, or even weigh more than 100 kilograms, the master company will refuse, or let the other party sign a strict treaty: the master company will not be responsible for the death caused by changes in the space environment. Space travel is not a trick, and if you are not careful, your life will be in danger; Especially some people with high blood pressure who don't exercise are simply dancing in front of death.
On January 11, 2047, the second weekend of the new year (whether there is no investigation on the weekend, let's just be O(∩_∩)O haha~), the master company decided to officially take off; The 16 billionaires from all over the country are excited like ducks, don't look at all of them are successful big bosses, but in the face of things like space tourism, it is still difficult to suppress their excitement. This should be the first time in the world that space travel has been made public to ordinary people.
And the master company also took advantage of this opportunity to fully publicize. Of course, more importantly, on weekends, everyone has time to pay attention. In fact, don't look at the development of China now, the people's living standards have improved significantly; However, with the development of space sports, the work is not easy, a large number of social resources are concentrated in a small number of aerospace departments, and a large number of talents are transferred, so the work pressure of ordinary people is still very high.
In fact, just like when the United States landed on the moon, 500 million people around the world watched the live broadcast; And now, in the face of the first space tourism open to ordinary people, more people pay attention, and because of the developed network, almost 90% of the world's people are connected to the internal network of the master company at this point in time; The network IP reached more than 6 billion in an instant!
At the scene, there were already countless reporters taking pictures. And the location is the newly renovated flight base by the sea. However, it is an exaggeration to say that it is a flight base, and the advancement of technology has made the so-called take-off base only 100 meters of runway.
The reason why the world is so concerned is because there is a clear watershed in the development of technology: civilian!
Many people don't understand, why has civilian use become a watershed? Because the technology can be used for civilian use, it means that it has matured and the cost is low enough, indicating that the new technology will begin to develop explosively. Hiding wealth from the people is now a truth recognized by the world; So how do you pool all this wealth? The stock market and the like are just margins; What really works, invest! It's like the explosion of the Internet at the beginning.
Therefore, this take-off of the master company seems to be just a progress in aerospace science and technology, but it is a watershed, and aerospace technology has really entered a watershed of the big explosion!
In fact, whether successful or not, after this, the whole world will enter the era of aerospace fever!