Chapter 740: Targeting Musk's Technology?

Modu International Conference Center, the international exhibition area on the fifth floor.

In the booth of Space-x, which occupies a large area, several different products are placed, which also attracts the attention of many people.

Among these products, the most famous is the Starship spaceship designed by Space-x itself.

Before the appearance of the space shuttle Xinghai, the Spacex starship, which was designed by Musk, was undoubtedly a shining scientific and technological miracle in the aerospace field.

This new generation of heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by Spacex is not only a major breakthrough in the field of space exploration, but also a deep reflection on mankind's dream of future space exploration.

Whether it is the recovery technology of the first and second stage rockets, or the new liquid oxygen and liquid methane Raptor engines, Starship has a significant advantage in terms of carrying capacity and cost-effectiveness.

It is a pity that after the emergence of the space shuttle Xinghai, the promotion method of the combination of miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion reactor + aerospace engine has made the status of the Spacex starship and its importance in the aerospace field plummet.

Especially after the last major mistake in the first phase of Artemis program's return to the moon, even if it wasn't for Spacex's pot, Spacex was also affected.

And as an 'engineer' who is keen on colonizing Mars and has ambitions on new space exploration programs, it is clear that Musk will not stop there.

After major problems with the Artemis lunar module, Spacex, as the main transport rocket, soon announced that it would build a new lunar module itself and reopen the manned lunar landing project.

But it is clear that even with Musk behind the support, SpaceX does not have enough demand to support them to complete the manned moon landing project.

Spacex is a commercial company after all, and it is indeed profitable to research heavy launch vehicles because of Musk's persistence and dreams on the one hand, and in the field of aerospace on the other hand.

Whether it's a NASA order or a satellite launch or space project in another country, Spacex can get it at a below-market price and earn the cost of developing new technologies.

After a major failure in NASA's plan to return to the moon, the follow-up plans in the Artemis project have almost completely fallen into a stage of pause.

Until the accident investigation committee has figured out the cause of the Artemis lunar module accident, it will probably be difficult for NASA to place the relevant space orders.

And if you want to get enough demand, Huaguo may be the only choice.

Musk does not deny that the space shuttle Xinghai may be more powerful than their heavy Falcon rocket, but for Huaguo, if it wants to establish a base on the moon, that Xinghai alone may not be enough.

Of course, he also knows very well that the other party itself has the conditions to transport materials for the earth and the moon, and it is difficult for Spacex to grab this order.

But compared with Huaguo's own development of launch vehicles, the relatively cheaper transportation costs of the Heavy Falcon may hopefully allow them to get an order.

Unfortunately, it seems that this plan is probably failing.

Even in the center of the venue, which was open to the public, not many people paid attention to their starship and the latest lunar module.

Spacex's booth was deserted, in contrast, whether it was the latest high-intelligence autopilot coupe pulled by Tesla, or the brain-computer interface developed by Neuralink, and even the 'Catwoman robot' in the ppt and R&D laboratories were even more lively.

Especially the last item, the catwoman robot model they brought over, which attracted many onlookers.

"Looks like your plan might fail."

Sitting on the sofa inside the booth, the vice president of Tesla Inc. is also the general manager of Tesla Huaguo

The manager's Johnson Horfle looked at the hot booths of other companies and lamented the desertion of Spacex's booths.

He didn't go to Tesla's booth to introduce his latest smart coupe to the audience, but ran to the Spacex booth to chat with the head boSS.

Although he is not in charge of Spacex's affairs, Johnson is still very clear about his plans for this top boSS.

Beside him, Musk, who was wearing a white shirt, shrugged his shoulders and said: "There is an old saying in Huaguo called 'life is not perfect', Spacex's cold is normal, in aerospace technology, Huaguo, at least that Xinghai Research Institute has surpassed us."

"When I have more advanced technology, it's hard for me to think about cooperating with companies that are lagging behind me or my former rivals."

To be honest, an Asia-Pacific science and technology innovation investment summit is not important enough for him to be here in person.

The reason why he is standing here today is really just to stop by and have a look, on the one hand, to check the situation of his company, and on the other hand, to see if there are any new things at the summit.

As for his real career in Huaguo, it is the follow-up work of the agreement with the Modu government on the previous VAM agreement.

In the VAM agreement that year, Tesla under his name needed to ensure that from 2023 onwards, it would pay at least 2.23 billion Rmb in taxes to the Modu Municipal Government every year, and if it failed, Tesla needed to return the land used to build the factory to Modu.

In addition, Tesla also needs to build a new super factory in the magic capital in the next five years, with an investment capital of no less than 14 billion, and the parts of the supply chain of Tesla's magic capital factory must be nationalized in China.

Judging from the VAM agreement signed that year, on the surface, the Modu Municipal Government actually suffered a loss.

First of all, Tesla is an extremely rare sole proprietorship into China.

Second, the city government of Modu provided 860,000 square meters of land for the construction of the factory at a relatively low price (about one-tenth of the market price).

Third, it also gave Tesla a low-interest loan business.

Many people are puzzled, Tesla is obviously a company in the United States, and the introduction of domestic will have an impact on domestic car manufacturers, why does Modu still vigorously support Tesla.

There are even many people who scold the magic capital on the Internet, and let so many new energy car companies in China not support it, why should they support Tesla in the United States?

But sometimes, you can't just look at the surface.

Long before Tesla entered China, the country invested more than 100 billion yuan to stimulate the domestic new energy vehicle market.

However, the effect is unsatisfactory, and it can even be said that it is very unsatisfactory.

More than 100 billion funds + extremely generous policies have been put into the market, not to mention that there has been no splash, and even led to a large part of new energy vehicles once reduced to some little-known car companies used to cheat insurance.

After a few years of development, the ecological environment of the domestic new energy vehicle field was once rotten to the point that senior leaders could not stand it.

With the introduction of Tesla, a catfish and a series of policy changes, a number of new energy vehicle companies have successfully emerged from the rotten environment.

This is a cruel knockout game, which is forcing domestic car companies to continuously improve their technical level and reduce product prices. And then led the development of new energy vehicles in China, China and even in the world.

Judging from the current development of new energy vehicles, Huaguo is already a veritable world leader.

This article alone, the original gambling agreement Modu, or Huaguo, made money.

In addition, the VAM agreement also has an annual tax payment of 2.23 billion yuan, the supply of the industrial chain of the whole country, etc., which have greatly promoted the development of new energy vehicles in China.

It can be said that in the years since the VAM agreement was signed, Huaguo has made much more than what it provided.

It's just that who would have predicted that in just a few years, this Huaguo has made a lot of money from the VAM agreement, and now it has become Tesla's 'guarantee'

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After the lithium dendrite problem and controlled nuclear fusion technology were solved, electricity became the cheapest energy source in China.

The majestic development of new energy vehicles has directly crushed traditional fuel vehicles.

Tesla, which itself occupies a large number of markets, is even more full in this wave of benefits. Including the follow-up business cooperation, it can be carried out through the gigafactory in the VAM agreement.

The only regret for Musk is that he did not get the authorization of the artificial SEI film patent.

If he had obtained the authorization, he could have continued to compress Tesla's price on the premise of ensuring profits, and then strive for a larger market.

So this time, he deliberately came over from the United States, in addition to the follow-up cooperation with the Demon Capital Government, he also wanted to see if he could make an appointment with Professor Xu to talk.

He has missed out on patenting artificial SEI films, and now more advanced lithium-sulfur batteries can't miss out.

Just when Musk was thinking about how to make an appointment with Xu Chuan to chat, two figures walked in the deserted Spacex booth.

Subconsciously glanced at it, Musk, who was sitting on the sofa, didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that it was an ordinary participant.

It wasn't until he turned his head that he was stunned for a moment, something seemed to flash through his mind, he turned his head suddenly, stared at the two of them for a while, and then stood up directly.

"Professor Xu?"

Looking at the two people who walked in, Musk hesitated.

Although he often saw this face in the news or newspapers, he had never seen Xu Chuan, and he was indeed a little suspicious when they first met.

Hearing someone shouting to himself, Xu Chuan turned his head to look, and a familiar and unfamiliar face came into his eyes, which made him stunned for a moment.

"Musk?"

Although he knew that Musk and his company participated in the Asia-Pacific Science and Technology Innovation Investment Summit, Xu Chuan really didn't expect him to come over.

"Haha, I didn't expect to meet you here, Professor Xu."

After confirming that he was not mistaken, Musk showed a bright smile on his face, walked over quickly, and stretched out his right hand.

Xu Chuan smiled, reached out and shook hands with the famous entrepreneur and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Musk."

Musk snorted and said with a smile: "I've always wanted to visit you, but unfortunately it's too full of work recently."

After a slight pause, he smiled and said, "But I think this kind of chance encounter is more interesting than a visit. In your words, this is fate."

"Sit down, have some coffee or what?"

"Whatever, I can do it."

Musk was enthusiastic, Xu Chuan did not refuse, sat down, his eyes fell on the various scaled-down models in the exhibition hall, and said thoughtfully: "It seems that the failure of the Artemis lunar module has not dispelled your enthusiasm for aerospace."

Hearing Xu Chuan say this, Musk's expression was slightly embarrassed.

Although the failure of the Artemis lunar module has nothing to do with Spacex, as a whole in the Artemis program, it can only be said that Spacex will definitely be implicated.

If it weren't for the fact that this meeting was a real coincidence, he almost thought that Xu Chuan had come over to taunt him.

Xu Chuan didn't pay attention to the embarrassment on the other party's face, his eyes always fell on the miniaturized model starship on the Spacex booth.

Although they have surpassed the old rival of the United States in terms of energy supply and power system, there are still some even relatively far gaps in the lunar module, life support unit, extraterrestrial communication, nano-level dynamics, etc.

However, it is not impossible to talk about fast catch-up.

There is also a state-of-the-art life support unit and lunar module on the south pole of the moon.

Anyway, now that the United States or NASA has no ability to monitor the moon, they can arrange for the Xinghai manned to go over and take a look at it twice.

After they have eaten the life support units that NASA 'left' on the south pole of the moon, they will be able to catch up more or less in these areas.

"Would you like to see our latest starship?"

Keenly noticing Xu Chuan's gaze, Musk threw away the embarrassment of being 'taunted by his face' just now, and asked with a smile.

"Is there an instruction manual?"

"Of course."

Musk nodded and gave a look to the staff on the side.

Soon, several paper starship brochures were handed over.

Xu Chuan took it casually, opened the cover of the starship, and browsed the information inside.

I have to say that in the area of traditional chemical fuel launch vehicles, the gap is still quite large.

This new starship, although it is still a "Raptor" engine, is still a "Raptor" engine, but it integrates a full forty-two engines.

You know, it's quite difficult to get so many engines to push at the same pace and maximize the efficiency of rocket propulsion.

The last time an engineering example of an attempt to work with so many rocket nozzles lined up tightly together, the closest came to the N1 heavy rocket produced by the former Red Su.

However, what Xu Chuan paid more attention to was not the multi-engine tandem technology, but the new 3D stereoscopic printing technology used by the starship, as well as the unique control system used by the starship itself.

Not to say that China does not have these things, but in terms of advanced level, there is indeed some gap between them and their old opponents.

In particular, the unique control system may help them make some optimization of the control of the second-generation space shuttle.

If he could, he might be able to make a deal or work with Musk?

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