Chapter 719: The third bomb, the recoverable rocket is coming

Fang Sisi was very curious about how Cao Yang was going to play the "third bullet" of Daystar Technology Group next.

In this regard, Cao Yang naturally had no need to hide it, and had a good chat with her.

In order to make the "third bullet" more quickly implemented, Cao Yang also flew to the imperial capital in person, and continued to dig into the corners of other people's walls with a hoe.

After all, the talents engaged in rocket design are basically within the system.

Either that's overseas.

Overseas people have been poaching people since last year, and the number of overseas experts related to aerospace under Daystar Technology Group has exceeded 300, and this number is still increasing.

But the company must also cultivate Huaxia's own team.

At present, Cao Yang feels that there is still a lack of a person at the level of Dinghai Shenpin.

"Mr. Cao, I am very touched by your sincerity when you can fly over from Yangcheng in person."

"But I really have no plans to change jobs, and I'm very happy doing it at the moment."

"This time, my classmates tried their best to say hello and recommend, so I felt the need to come out and meet you."

Zhao Siyu, as the chief engineer of the first institute of aerospace science and technology, is definitely an expert-level talent in the field of rocket design.

This kind of talent has a lot of precautions when going abroad, and even the passport is not in his hands.

If Zhao Siyu hadn't known that Cao Yang couldn't be a representative of foreign forces, he would probably have to report this matter to the group.

However, even if this is the case, when he came out to see Cao Yang today, his attitude was not very good.

In his opinion, to engage in aerospace, you still have to rely on companies like them.

Outside private enterprises rely more on some gimmicks to market, and there are no products that can really be used.

Of course, he is talking about the current situation of private enterprises in the aerospace field in Huaxia, not the situation abroad.

And Cao Yang naturally came prepared this time.

He directly took out an A0 drawing and unfolded it on the table.

"Chief Engineer Zhao, this is a design drawing of the recyclable rocket that we are developing by Daystar Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd."

"According to our current plan, the first prototype will be produced within this year, and then the launch will be attempted at the right time."

"Although the probability of the success of the first launch is not so high, we are confident that it will carry the satellite to officially complete the launch mission within next year."

"For this reason, we have transferred a lot of engineers and technicians from the Nanshan Engine side to design the engine of this recyclable rocket."

Cao Yang knew that in order to attract Zhao Xingyu, who was out of low-level interests and had life pursuits, he had to use some different means.

Watching people serve food is the most basic arrangement when digging people.

Although the two parties did not sign a confidentiality agreement, it was just one of the countless drawings, and Cao Yang was not worried about the risk of leaking secrets after showing it to Zhao Xingyu.

After all, the "third bomb" propaganda is coming, and some renderings are ready to be released to the public, but this outline picture is still missing?

For a large enterprise like aerospace science and technology, all project research and development will be launched only if there are project approval requirements and relevant background needs.

It is impossible that just because Zhao Xingyu met with Cao Yang, he allocated manpower and material resources to start the research of recyclable rockets.

This is not the focus of the work of the First House, and it is impossible to implement it in a short period of time.

By the time they really wanted to build a recyclable rocket, Daystar had already shot the rocket into the sky.

"Recyclable rockets?"

Zhao Siyu frowned, and forcibly did not look at the drawings on the desktop.

The American Space Exploration Technology Company has announced that it wants to engage in recyclable rockets since its establishment in 2002, and as an industry insider, it is naturally impossible for Zhao Xingyu not to have heard of this thing.

Even the recyclable rocket was not first proposed by SpaceX, but a similar proposal was proposed by the polar bear decades ago.

It's just that in the end, I found that this path didn't seem to work, so I gave up.

According to the judgment of the polar bear, the cost of each repair and maintenance of the recoverable rocket is higher than the cost of a one-time launch rocket.

Originally, the purpose of recyclable rockets was simply to reduce the cost of a single launch.

If something that comes out in the end not only does not reduce the cost of launching, but makes the cost even higher, this thing will naturally have no future at all.

Until now, there have been no successful cases of recyclable rocket launches in the United States, or even around the world.

So Zhao Siyu suddenly heard Cao Yang say that he would try to launch a recyclable rocket within this year, and he would use a recyclable rocket to launch a satellite next year.

His first reaction was not that Daystar was very good, but that he felt that Daystar was unreliable.

Your Nanshan Group is very powerful, even if it is split into five groups, its strength is just as strong.

But you're only great in the automotive industry, only in the mobile phone industry, only in carbon fiber and special steel, only in CNC machines, just in ......

Thinking of this, Zhao Siyu stopped.

It seems that there are quite a lot of powerful things in Nanshan Group?

But there's absolutely no such thing as a rocket in this, right?

"Yes, it's a recyclable rocket."

"And a high-thrust recoverable rocket."

"In the past two years, we will first study the launch of a large recoverable rocket with a thrust of 2,000 tons, and the next step will be to study a large recoverable rocket with a thrust of more than 5,000 tons."

As soon as Cao Yang said this, Zhao Xingyu's eyes turned cold.

Is this fooling a fool?

2000 tons of thrust?

5000 tons of thrust?

Does Cao Yang understand rockets?

I have been working on rockets all my life, and so far the rockets with the largest thrust in China have not reached 2,000 tons, and even half of 2,000 tons have not been reached.

As a result, as soon as Cao Yang came up, he said that Daystar was going to build a 2,000-ton high-thrust rocket, which was still recyclable!

How is this possible!

"Chief Engineer Zhao, I know you think this idea is completely unreliable, in fact, our company has been carrying out research on recyclable rockets since the establishment of the Xingchen team."

"Last year, a large number of domestic and foreign technicians were recruited to carry out relevant technical research."

"This year and next year, we will also not set a cap on the recruitment of R&D personnel, and there will be no cap on the investment of research funds to research recyclable rockets."

"The current drawing, after preliminary internal verification, is feasible."

"And we can achieve such a large thrust because our high-thrust rocket is equipped with multiple high-thrust engines at one time."

Cao Yang was naturally able to read the other party's inner thoughts from Zhao Siyu's expression.

But he wasn't angry.

After all, the more professionals you are, the more you know how difficult it is to design and manufacture high-thrust rockets.

What has been done in China for so many years can't be done, how can you easily do it with a private enterprise like Daystar?

Normal people wouldn't believe it.

Even if you take a different design idea.

However, Cao Yang's words at least made Zhao Siyu give up the idea of leaving directly, and instead shifted his eyes to the drawings on the table.

Although it is only a relatively simple appearance map, Zhao Siyu can see at a glance that the rocket in front of him uses 9 engines.

This number of engines is definitely not small.

The most important thing is that the layout of the engine is rather strange.

As a rocket expert, he knew that there was a new model of rocket within the group that was ready for 10 engines.

Among them, there are two engines in the first stage of the core, and eight engines are installed on the four boosters outside.

This layout is quite different from the rocket in front of you.

"Your so-called high-thrust rocket seems to be a bit similar to the Falcon 9 launched by SpaceX last year."

After reading the drawings, Zhao Xingyu felt that it seemed a little familiar.

Soon, he thought of the Falcon 9 launched by the United States last year.

In the past, NASA was mainly responsible for space exploration missions in the United States, but due to the overwhelm of funds, other commercial space exploration companies such as space exploration technology slowly appeared.

As one of the leaders, the Falcon 9 launched last year, Zhao Siyu's first hospital also specially organized a lot of personnel to collect relevant information and study it well.

Now seeing similar drawings again, Zhao Siyu finally reacted.

"That's right, this shape is really similar to the Falcon 9."

"But our rocket is recyclable, and SpaceX's Falcon 9, which was launched last year, is not recyclable."

"According to the current information, the other party may not be able to make a recyclable Falcon 9 in the next three years."

"Also, the shell of our recyclable rocket is completely different from the Falcon 9, and if you can see the rendering of it later, you will find that it is very different from what you imagined."

Cao Yang sold a pass and did not directly say the differences.

But in this way, Zhao Siyu's curiosity was aroused.

Almost without any hesitation, he asked rhetorically, "What's the difference?" ”

After he finished asking this sentence, Cao Yang took out another document from his bag, "Chief Engineer Zhao, this is a confidentiality agreement, I can only tell you more after I sign it." ”

If he took out the confidentiality agreement for Zhao Siyu to sign at the beginning, Cao Yang estimated that the other party would leave directly.

When people came to see him today, they didn't come because of their bad feelings.

But if you do things yourself, it makes sense for the other party to leave directly.

But now that after communicating for a while, the interest has been raised, and Zhao Siyu is definitely reluctant to leave immediately.

Nanshan Group's influence in the domestic technology industry is still very large.

Even a lot of the production equipment for processing rockets in the First Academy was produced by Nanshan Equipment.

Some of the raw materials are also supplied by subsidiaries of Nanshan Group.

In this case, the technical solution that Cao Yang came up with, in Zhao Siyu's eyes, has a certain reference significance.

At least it's worth a look.

After a few brief glances at the content of the confidentiality agreement, Zhao Siyu directly signed his name.

"Can you say it now?"

Seeing Zhao Siyu developing step by step in the direction he expected, Cao Yang had a smile on his face.

"Naturally, you can."

"Here's one of those renders, so let's start by looking at the difference."

Cao Yang manipulated it on the computer, and then opened a rendering that was about to be released for Zhao Siyu to see.

Just one glance, Zhao Siyu couldn't help frowning.

"Why is this rocket black?"

In Zhao Siyu's inertial thinking, rockets are all white.

Most people see rockets on various TV news, and they are also white.

That's because white is the best color to insulate from external temperatures, and it doesn't absorb heat on its own.

After all, inside the rocket are all kinds of liquid fuels that are very sensitive to temperature.

Even solid fuels are sensitive to temperature.

So white will definitely be more suitable than black.

"Because the casing of our recyclable rockets is made of high-strength carbon fiber materials."

"Carbon fiber is black, and we're just playing in our true colors."

As soon as Cao Yang said this, Zhao Siyu understood in seconds.

After all, many products under aerospace science and technology use some carbon fiber materials.

However, he soon had another question, "If carbon fiber is used as a shell, the cost is very high, right?" ”

"Isn't the purpose of recyclable rockets to reduce the cost of launch?"

"If the cost of production is high, it doesn't make much sense."

Zhao Siyu naturally understands the benefits of carbon fiber, but the disadvantages are naturally obvious.

Traditional rockets generally use special aluminum alloy as the shell.

In order to reduce costs, Falcon 9 innovatively uses stainless steel as the shell, which has made many people very explosive.

Now that Daystar is doing the opposite, he actually wants to use carbon fiber as the shell, and Zhao Siyu is a little confused.

"Before the emergence of our Nanshan carbon fiber, it was very difficult to use a little high-end carbon fiber in China, not only expensive, but also impossible to buy."

"But you should also know the current situation, our Nanshan carbon fiber not only produces T800 carbon fiber on a large scale, a material that money can't buy before."

"At the same time, T1100 carbon fiber has been developed and has entered mass production."

"For us, the price of carbon fiber is not unacceptable."

Cao Yang almost told Zhao Siyu directly, we are professional in carbon fiber, and our cost is also the lowest in the world.

Although it is not possible to be lower than stainless steel, it is well worth using considering other effects such as weight loss.

"If you can really use low-cost carbon fiber materials as shells, then it is naturally the best."

"Is there anything different about you other than this shell?"

Zhao Siyu did not continue to dwell on the problem of carbon fiber, after all, the design of a high-thrust rocket is complicated, and the shell is only one of the insignificant projects.

"Of course."

"As I said, our rocket is a recyclable rocket, and it has more control and navigation systems than the SpaceX Falcon 9 launched last year to ensure an accurate landing without damage."

"And then we have an increased fuel reserve to make sure that we have enough power to complete the recovery of the rocket."

"The configuration in other aspects is also different, and it depends on the design drawings."

Cao Yang didn't go on halfway through what he said, which made Zhao Siyu very depressed.

After being silent for a while, Zhao Siyu asked: "Mr. Cao, are you really ready to spare all manpower and material resources to build a high-thrust recyclable rocket?" ”

How different is the sense of accomplishment of personally leading the design of a rocket, Zhao Siyu has more say than anyone else.

Especially this world's first recyclable rocket, which will be passed down through the ages.

So Zhao Siyu was a little moved.

For him, high wages and benefits are no longer very attractive.

A mere position is not attractive.

But the sense of accomplishment is different.

In addition to his love for rockets, the pursuit of a sense of accomplishment is also a very important reason why he has been able to persevere in his current position.

Now Cao Yang has put a product full of a sense of accomplishment in front of his eyes.

As long as he nods, he can personally participate in the re-research and production of this product.

In the future, it will even be possible to develop a rocket with higher thrust on the basis of this rocket.

Imagine the scene of the rocket launch at that time, Zhao Siyu was a little moved.

"The matter of Nanshan Semiconductor, I don't know if Chief Engineer Zhao has heard about it?"

Cao Yang did not directly answer Zhao Siyu's question, but asked rhetorically.

Sometimes just patting your chest and making promises there doesn't make others believe in you more.

Instead, it is better to come up with some convincing evidence.

"That's natural, we have all seen the achievements of Nanshan Semiconductor."

"Even our group is considering purchasing some chips from Nanshan Semiconductor in the future."

The importance of chips, as Zhao Siyu, who is engaged in industry, how can he not know it?

"Our Nanshan Semiconductor has burned tens of billions of yuan in recent years, and there is not a penny of profit yet."

"It is expected that tens of billions of yuan will continue to be burned in the future."

"Our group attaches the same importance to Daystar Technology Group as it does to the semiconductor industry."

"If you can't get 10 billion, you will have 20 billion, and if you can't get 20 billion, you will have 30 billion, and in the end I believe it must be possible."

Cao Yang's words were like a heavy hammer hitting Zhao Siyu's chest.

To engage in aerospace, there must be enough funds, and then there will be enough talents.

Even on the side of aerospace science and technology, sometimes because of insufficient funds, the development of many projects has been greatly affected.

Now that Cao Yang is willing to spend a huge amount of money to burn money to develop a high-thrust recyclable rocket, Zhao Siyu feels that he can't bear it.

"My current position is more sensitive, and I don't have the final say on the matter of resignation."

"That's it, I'll go back and discuss with the leader before I get back to you."

After struggling for a while, Zhao Siyu finally gave such a sentence.

In this regard, Cao Yang is already very satisfied.

This basically means that Zhao Siyu himself already wants to come to Daystar.

That's enough.

If there are still obstacles to the rest of the things, Cao Yang can go to the ministry to communicate and coordinate.

Although Zhao Siyu's position is relatively special, there is actually no shortage of Zhao Siyu in aerospace science and technology.

Zhao Siyu is gone, and Li Siyu and Wang Siyu can be promoted, which does not have much impact on the development of the overall project.

But for Daystar, having a senior expert like Zhao Siyu who belongs to Huaxia itself is in charge, and there are many benefits.

Since the ministry has issued an incentive policy for private enterprises to enter the aerospace industry, it is natural to come up with a little support.

With the influence of Nanshan Group in China, Cao Yang is still confident that he can do such a thing as digging a person.

"No problem, you can contact me directly at any time if there is any situation."

"I believe that Mr. Qian is far-sighted and will be able to figure it out in the end."

At this point, there was no need to continue.

Cao Yang personally got up and sent Zhao Siyu out of the conference room, and then began to call Academician Zeng Jianying of Nanshan Carbon Fiber.

Although it is very important to poach people, there is no need for Cao Yang, a big boss, to sell favors.

Many of Nanshan Carbon Fiber's customers are in the aerospace field, and he is an academician, so he can find the right person to communicate with aerospace science and technology.

……

"Lao Zhao, have you really thought about it?"

When Zhao Siyu came to Qian Junfeng's office and expressed the news that he was leaving, the other party was not surprised at all.

It is clear that he has already been "greeted".

However, Qian Junfeng's performance made Zhao Siyu feel a little lost.

It turns out that being in the first house is not so important?

Now that I'm leaving, the boss doesn't seem to have any intention of retaining?

It seems that he was self-inflicted before!

This time I chose to go to Daystar, which is also a very correct choice!

Thinking of this, Zhao Siyu took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Qian, I have already thought about it." ”

"Going to Daystar can be regarded as indirectly supporting the development of Huaxia's aerospace industry."

"Although they are private enterprises, they are still very different from ordinary enterprises."

"And now the policy is also to support private enterprises to enter the aerospace industry from different angles."

Zhao Siyu was still a little worried that Qian Junfeng would not agree, so he explained briefly.

"Okay, since you've made up your mind, then I won't stop you."

"Some of the conditions given by Daystar are definitely incomparable to our group."

"However, the related handover work still needs to trouble you to work harder."

Zhao Siyu also prepared a lot of explanations, but as soon as Qian Junfeng said this, he didn't need to say a word of explanation.

It's better to leave obediently and make room for others to be promoted.

Maybe Qian always wants to leave by himself?

In that case, he can arrange for the promotion of his descendants.

When one position moves, there is a series of positions below.

At this time, the rights of the general manager can be fully displayed.

With mixed feelings, Zhao Siyu left Qian Junfeng's office and began the resignation process.

On the side of Daystar Technology Group, Cao Yang also officially started the "third bullet" of publicity.

(End of chapter)