Chapter 48: The B-Class Era

"Boss, buy it, obviously from the silicon carbide chip production line to the SC09 system is a complete set of technology, only together can play the greatest role."

"Yes, ternary computing should be very advantageous for artificial intelligence learning, and it will be very much needed for complex deep space manned spacecraft in the future."

"Stop, stop," Lin Ju interrupted a group of engineers who had already begun to persuade him, and angrily reprimanded:

"Just now we have spent 4 billion, 11 billion for the construction of the launch site, and half of this year's more than 30 billion is gone! SC09 and X32035 want another 2 billion, so the money is not enough to spend at all, and how can we have so many projects? The existing technology is fully sufficient. ”

Lin Ju really can't stand it, he just got tens of billions of dollars, and half of his eyes are gone, who can withstand this?

And you can't eat so much technology when you buy it, and you don't have a plan to use it!

Although there is still a lot of money left, if the B-class base is operational, it will be astronomical to just maintain personnel and machinery; Especially the chip production line, which typically consumes a lot of electricity and water, cannot be stopped when it is running.

Besides, according to the urine nature of the system, the next mission is estimated to be either landing on the moon or Mars, and there is no money to say a fart.

Several system engineers turned their heads to look at each other, and after making eye contact, they pushed Anderov out.

The bearded Tatar coughed: "Boss, as a large enterprise, we must have a sense of social responsibility; Money can be made again, but technological progress is urgent for all mankind, and these technologies are not without productive capacity. ”

Lin Ju glanced at him, then turned his head again: "There are a number of rich people who are willing to spend money to go to space, and it is impossible to pile them together, and it doesn't take such complex technology to make their money." ”

"No, not space tourism." Anderov shook his head: "Software technology is also profitable, the institute has strong scientific research capabilities, although the technology we can buy is in the aerospace field, but many places are the same."

For example, artificial intelligence based on ternary chips will be more mature than binary and have stronger learning capabilities, whether it is used for data processing or intelligent driving of vehicles, it is very useful, and can coexist with binary computer systems; There are many more of these technologies, but it will take a little time to translate.

We don't need to go out to make products in person, as long as we grasp the core technology, we can grab the highest profits with the lowest risk and the least management cost. ”

"This ......"

Anderov saw that Lin Ju's will was loosened, and continued to strike while the iron was hot:

"For example, China's backward chip system, in fact, manufacturing is not the biggest trouble, the main thing is that the binary architecture patents are mastered by others, and the future has long been carved up, and the ternary system is still a blue ocean.

As long as we enter the market with a mature ternary system, it is impossible to say that we will not be able to sweep binary computers into the dustbin of history, or even embrace quantum computers sooner. ”

said that the chip may overtake in a corner, and suddenly hit Lin Ju's itchy place, after all, this piece is an eternal pain in the hearts of the Chinese people.

Manufacturing capacity Huaguo has been improving, and sooner or later there will be a breakthrough in high-process technology, but this aspect of design is indeed very troublesome.

The largest civilian market is basically divided between the two ancient architectures of ARM and X86, and the rest are either closed systems or have smaller audiences, and in order to enter the market, they must compromise with these two systems.

However, the lowest level of design capabilities are limited by patents, and without authorization, in today's peaceful times, unless you want to withdraw from international trade, you can't produce it.

But the ternary system is different, and now the trajectory of human development is from binary to quantum computers, but in the strict sense, general-purpose quantum computers do not know that they can be built in the year of the monkey.

If it's really as Anderov said......

"You've really hurt me."

Lin Ju sighed, found the notebook and went to great lengths to list the hundreds of props in the system mall, and simply let a few system engineers decide which ones to buy.

When he finished writing, the engineers swarmed up and immediately crowded together to browse through all kinds of precious technical materials.

"800-ton hydrogen-oxygen engine, do you want a set?"

"What's the use of that thing, it's still an old gas generator cycle, it's nothing but thrust."

"It's good to get the turbopump technology in hand, and now our technology can withstand the embrittlement of metals caused by liquid hydrogen?"

"Look what I found, the M3 Lunar Mobile Base Vehicle! And foot-walking robots? This is only 500 million, you must buy it! ”

"A 300-ton liquid oxygen methane engine? It's just a staged combustion cycle, which is very valuable. ”

"I don't think it's as good as this, the S700 single-stage solid rocket engine has a thrust of 700 tons in one section, and the thrust in the fourth section is 2,800 tons!"

"What do you want to use for such a big thing, liquid rocket engines are king!"

"Combined power engine! Or is it a good thing that can be started at Mach 3, why don't you buy it quickly? ”

“……”

Lin Ju almost fell asleep when he heard this, so he simply left and let these engineers choose a day, anyway, he had made up his mind to save the budget.

A group of engineers quarreled and spent three days selecting the technology, and a week later, they summarized the research and development plan for the next year and handed it in together.

The purchased technologies are: SC09 intelligent control system, X32035 ternary chip technology, 380-ton liquid oxygen kerosene engine with the same technology as K120, 500-ton liquid oxygen liquid hydrogen engine with oxy-rich combustion cycle, 200-ton liquid oxygen methane engine, 90KN combined power engine, nuclear thermal rocket engine, 11-meter giant recyclable rocket body, a tracking and control satellite drawing, a large satellite platform, etc.

The research mission of the Institute has also changed dramatically with the abundance of technology:

Xinyuan 2 and 3 will be redesigned based on new engines and rocket bodies, and the progress of the first flight will not be delayed due to the greatly improved scientific research strength;

The H1 space shuttle will remain unchanged for the time being, and the H2 will be improved based on the new technology, increasing the launch weight to 100 tons, and at the same time strengthening the appearance to try to remove the heat insulation tile to reduce the unit launch cost;

Based on the X32035 chip and SC09 system, absorb ternary computer technology, study the possibility of commercialization, and carry out artificial intelligence pre-research;

Through system technology, a variety of advanced rocket engines have been developed, including liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen kerosene, liquid oxygen methane, and high-thrust reusable solid rocket engines, with thrust ranging from 8 tons to 1,000 tons;

Develop a highly modular and generalized liquid rocket family with diameters ranging from 3.5 meters, 6 meters and 11 meters to flexibly configure launch tasks;

research on small fast-maneuvering solid rockets with a take-off weight of less than 100 tons;

Carry out preliminary program demonstration and research on giant rockets with a carrying capacity of 100 to 300 tons in low earth orbit;

Carry out the demonstration and research of the integrated aerospace aircraft program;

Carry out demonstration research on the space port scheme;

Carry out a nuclear thermal rocket engine improvement project to prepare for deep space travel;

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The above funds for the purchase of technology from the system are about 3 billion, and the rest of the research plan expenditure, personnel expansion, technical training (purchase of skill cards) and other expenses are expected to be about 9 billion yuan in three years, and about 4 billion yuan in the first year.

It is expected that in one year, Xinyuan's permanent staff will increase to more than 2,000 and will become the world's first-echelon space company.