"Wow!

In fact, I have contacted a company that can produce sea launch platforms, located in Ukraine, and I will discuss with them to order one after a while, the production cycle is very long, and I will get it early if I place an order in advance! ”

Musk saw that Han Xuan agreed to purchase the Sea Launch Platform, and his expression really became excited, after having the company's own launch platform, SpaceX's supporting infrastructure is almost complete.

"Get it as soon as possible and see where there are ready-made Sea Launch platforms for sale, it doesn't matter if the price is high, it's too expensive to rent a site from Vandenberg."

After Han Xuan finished speaking, Musk then spoke: "By the way, there is one more thing I need to tell you."

The three-month independent sealing test of the simulated Martian environment has ended, and the six men and women are physically fine, but there are some minor psychological problems.

Psychological evaluations revealed that they were more irritable than they were before they entered, and two of them became a couple during the experiment, but the personalities of those two were not suitable, and they broke up shortly after they came out. ”

"The three-month seal test was successful?

This is really good news, people have survived in a small environment for a long time, and it is normal for their personality to become irritable, and it is not easy to persevere.

The next group of volunteers will stay in it for six months, right, it will test the psychological quality of the test subjects more, and the screening should be more careful and strict.

Although they can't actually go to Mars, I give a lot of money and always attract suitable volunteers.

I have always believed that if we can solve the problem of renewable energy, we can gradually build humanity into an interplanetary species in the future, build a self-sufficient civilization on another planet, and prevent the possible catastrophe of human extinction. ”

Han Xuan paused for a moment and continued: "That's great, even if we can't see that day coming, for the future of mankind, come on Musk......"

SpaceX has a classic slogan, which is engraved under the name of the headquarters: Our journey is a sea of stars!

In Han Xuan's deduction, by the middle of the next century, mankind should be able to make strides in the field of space, and the rise of the electric vehicle market will be earlier, and neither company plans to let outsiders interfere in the short term.

Especially in the field of electric vehicles, other companies now want to build electric vehicles, but they can't bypass his patent barriers.

Don't look at the current sales of poor sales to only buy more than 30,000 vehicles a year, Han Xuan also expects it to help him make a lot of money in the future, oil-rich countries do not want to see the rise of the electric vehicle market, ruining their own financial road, but oil-poor countries are likely to support the development of electric vehicles.

Musk has been a space fan since childhood, has an unimaginable attachment to the universe, in his previous life he sold PayPal, made up his mind to invest in the field of rocket manufacturing, the first three launches of the Falcon rocket failed, if it were not for the fourth lucky success, successfully got a batch of NASA orders, he would have been bankrupt long ago, and he was also a madman who fought for his dreams.

Hearing Han Xuan say that for the sake of the future of mankind, this sentence simply poked into his heart, nodded seriously, and stretched out his hand: "Okay!" Let's do it together! ”

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The supreme commander of Vandenberg Air Force Base is a lieutenant general with three stars on his epaulettes, which is what they call "three stars lieutenant general", and the general is four stars.

His name is Stanley Dunwoody, and when he chatted with Han Xuan in person, Han Xuan suddenly remembered that the Pentagon side let him shoot a recruitment propaganda film, but he hasn't come up with a good idea for the time being, and the reward has been accepted, and now it's too late to regret it.

The two stood not far from the Orion-1 rocket, and Han Xuan looked up at the big guy that cost more than 30 million US dollars, and there was also a satellite customized by the Snow Mountain Group in it.

If it succeeds, it is easy to say, if it is not successful, this loss will make him feel distressed for several minutes, and more distressed about the wasted time than money, and NASA's order may not be found.

He looked sideways at Lieutenant General Stanley Dunwoody and asked, "Do you have a video of the nuclear bomb being launched here?" ICBMs are also available, slightly more handsome kinds. ”

"Yes, what do you want to do with that?" Lieutenant General Dunwoody replied that the video of the launch had been reported by the media, and that it was not classified: "It's all film, and someone will bring it to you later." ”

Han Xuan explained the cause and effect, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Tom Cruise is starring in the second part of "Mission Impossible", and it may also be used in the movie. ”

"Well, even though I've seen many missile launches, every time those things fly out, I'm still excited, and I believe that adding the launch footage to the film should have a good effect."

"Lieutenant General Dunwoody, take the liberty of asking you a question, are there nuclear bomb wells buried in the ground nearby?" Han Xuan remembered the gossip that had been circulating in Monterey Bay for a long time, and just had the opportunity to gossip and ask.

The other party's expression instantly stiffened, and he coughed dryly, but he still told: "This is a military secret, you must know that the secrecy level of our Vandenberg Air Force Base is very, very, very high!"

You get busy first, I'll arrange someone to help you find the video, they're all in the warehouse, it's a lot of trouble......"

"Okay, I'll see you later."

Han Xuan said with a smile, Lieutenant General Deng Woody used three "very" in a row, and did not answer directly, but he had already revealed a lot of things......

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During the chat, time passed quickly.

The launch site was on Station 3, and now that the nearby crowd has been emptied, the rocket launch will not only produce high temperatures, but also toxic smoke.

SpaceX experts have recently prepared to develop a new engine that uses liquid oxygen as fuel, which has the advantage of being cheap and environmentally friendly, and can save about $2 million per launch compared to today.

They are trying very hard to reduce the cost of launching to the extreme, while other companies, backed by the U.S. government, are willing to pay even if the launch price is high, so they become reluctant to make progress, resulting in the slow development of rocket technology for more than a decade.

Looking at my watch, there were still eight minutes until the launch time.

Han Xuan took Anya to stand in the distance and watch, many people in history were killed by rockets because they stayed in the observatory, and they were as witty as him, this time they brought a telescope in advance and came to a safe place two kilometers away.

Elon Musk and others couldn't cry or laugh when they saw this scene, thinking that smart people are really different, and they can only see with their eyes.

"Later, if the launch is successful, I will invite you to a big dinner tonight, and everyone will get a bonus."

"How much?"

There is no excitement, no gratitude, Musk jumps to the most critical issue in one sentence, his personality is so direct, he usually desperately squeezes those researchers, and is called a "cold machine".

Han Xuan handed the telescope to Pooh, it had been greedy for a long time, and looked into the distance in front of it, with a very surprised expression, and the fat Ding saw that Pooh didn't give it to him for a long time, and was ready to open his mouth to bite it, but there was no deterrent at all.

"Musk, you are a shareholder of the company, even if there is a bonus, it will not be your turn.

I'm going to give them about three million dollars, and I just got the prize money at the end of last year, didn't I? ”

After hearing this, Musk smiled bitterly, and replied: "I'm so poor that I can't afford to eat, so I can only stay in the company canteen to eat, and there are a lot of dividends, but ...... I haven't seen a penny in two years! ”

Han Xuan thought about it, it seemed that this was indeed the case, and he asked Secretary Dawson for a checkbook, wrote a check with a denomination of 500,000 US dollars to him, and said, "Your salary this year, I will give you another suite, a sea-view villa in Seventeen Mile Bay." ”

At this time, it was told that there was still half a minute to launch......