As soon as Badis finished speaking, the dozen or so delegates present became chaotic and made various voices of unknown meaning.

Itali has some aerospace technical strength, but it is mainly made in the space module, and the rocket? The Ariana rocket had to gather the power of 11 countries to build.

Just want to bring profits? Reusable, 30-ton rocket?

Antoine: "Director Badis, if you want to develop your own rocket, then I welcome it on behalf of all of you, and I hope that Ariane 10 will be able to replace Veneto 1 when he retires." ”

There was laughter at the venue immediately, Antoine was obviously really yin and yang, the Ariane rocket was actually dominated by the country, as a traditional European industrial power, it was difficult to support a heavy rocket project alone, and finally chose ESA to jointly develop it.

It's not necessarily impossible to push it yourself, but it's progress...... Hard.

But Bardis remained steady in the face of everyone's ridicule, beckoning to call the representative of Alenia Aerospace, Sagar.

Without a word of nonsense, Sagar directly put a stout model rocket on the table:

"The Veneto-1 rocket uses a 5.4-meter diameter rocket body, a 400-ton liquid oxygen kerosene engine in the middle, and eight 130-ton liquid oxygen kerosene rocket engines are placed around it, with a take-off thrust of 1,440 tons, a take-off mass of 1,200 tons, and a non-recycled LEO capacity of 38.4 tons and a recycled LEO capacity of 31.5 tons;

The support leg type is used for recycling, with CBC potential, the CBC capacity recovery version is 95 tons of LEO, and 122 tons are not recovered, which can be completely carried out on the moon!

And the Veneto 1 rocket will make its first flight at the end of this year! ”

When Shar finished speaking, the room fell silent.

It took a long time for the Belgian representative to ask:

"Mr. Saar, the 5.4-meter rocket body is the technology of the Ariane 5 rocket, right? But the 400-ton and 130-ton liquid oxygen kerosene engines are not available in Europe, whose engine are you going to use? ”

Then Badis stood up and said proudly:

"We have negotiated with Xinyuan Aerospace Power and Huaguo Space Agency, Xinyuan provides us with a special K400 (K380 with low combustion chamber pressure) staged combustion cycle liquid oxygen kerosene engine, and the Space Agency provides us with YF100V (YF100K latest improved version) liquid oxygen kerosene engine;

At the same time, the recovery system is also provided by Xinyuan, they provide a complete solution, and are willing to sell 1 K400 and 8 YF100V engines within three months, which is enough to build a Veneto 1 rocket. ”

“Jesus！”

The scene suddenly became lively, and everyone stared at Badis and the Veneto 1 rocket model on the table in shock, unable to believe that this was real.

ESA has always lacked heavy rockets, and it is not that it has not thought of buying engines, but it was reluctant to buy Lucia's engines because of its pride, and now the situation has changed, but it is impossible to buy them.

It would be a great thing to be able to buy engines and control systems from Huaguo.

Antoine and Obi's representatives were also a little stunned, but they didn't expect Badis to play like this.

Then the representative asked:

"So Badis, what is the price?"

Price? Naturally, there is.

Badis's smile narrowed a little, remembering the good news that Sagar had told him the other day.

On the day of the launch of Qinglong-2, Alenia Aerospace asked Xinyuan: Since it can sell engines and recovery systems to China, can it also be sold to foreign countries?

At that time, Lin Ju did not think about this problem at all, and then brought up the matter in the Aviation Development Commission.

Whether to sell or not to sell is not as simple as a commercial issue, so in the end, it was decided to sell conditionally.

First of all, the engine can only be sold kerosene engines, and there is a limit to the quantity, YF100K can be sold, K380 can also be sold, and this is enough.

Then there are the conditions: for rockets with engines sold by the Chinese side, the assembly and launch plant must be supervised by Chinese technicians to prevent damage, otherwise no follow-up technical support and service support for the shutdown of the recovery control system will be provided.

Of course, the recycling control system of Xinyuanmai is encrypted, and it is connected to the Jingwei satellite network to provide tracking and control service support, if the satellite service is stopped, the recovery system will strike.

This also ensures that even without providing any technology transfer, ESA can only be used and not reversed.

Of course, the reverse can't be imitated, the rocket engine is dismantled as you like, and its technical content is not as simple as the design.

And these two Veneto rockets can only carry out ESA's internal launch missions, cannot undertake commercial missions to make money, and certainly cannot launch any payloads for military purposes.

Other than that, there are no other conditions, K400 10 million dollars, YF100V 4 million dollars, a customized recycling system 150 million dollars, a total of 192 million dollars.

Of course, the front is not the most important thing, the most important thing is to give ESA a little motivation to rebel against NACA.

Even at the outrageous price in Europe, the launch cost of Veneto 1 can definitely be reduced to 200 million to 300 million US dollars, and it can be launched repeatedly.

With a sharp weapon in his heart, he has a murderous heart.

9 engines, change ESA and NACA centrifugal departure, insert a nail into it, perfect.

When Badis explained the conditions, the delegates were not fools, and they all understood the rabbit's intentions, but even if it was a poisonous apple, it was a good apple that was fragrant and sweet.

Veneto 1 can significantly reduce the cost of launches, which is good news for ESA member countries, and it is also conducive to the growth of ESA's strength, which relies on NACA, isn't it just a lack of cost-effective and sufficient heavy-duty carrying capacity?

However, accepting Veneto 1 and the additional conditions means working against NACA, and ESA countries are all willing to do it, but there are relatively few who have the courage, so they are a little hesitant.

The representative of the belt wanted to speak and stopped, and Sagar hurriedly made up for the last sword.

"Guys, don't we still have the Ariane 5 rocket's solid rocket booster EAP? The EAP thrust reached 506 tons, and if the Veneto 1 was bundled with 4 pieces, the take-off thrust would reach 3,464 tons, the take-off mass would be 2,300 tons, and the LEO capacity would be 62 tons, which could send a 24-ton payload to the moon, and the core-stage Veneto 1 could still be recovered.

Think about it, if the landing part and the manned spacecraft were launched separately, then ......"

Antoine blurted out: "Then Europe can implement its own lunar landing program, only two launches are enough, and 48 tons is enough for manned spacecraft and landers." ”

Badis thought that the idea of a friend in China was good, and the expansion potential of Veneto 1 was very rich, and the capacity could be greatly increased through different designs.

"Yes, the bundled booster only needs to reserve the installation position of the separator in advance and adjust the structure, with the rocket, we have the ability to carry out the moon landing.

Ladies and gentlemen, Europe missed the moon landing during the Cold War, and when the second race to the moon comes, should we miss it too? ”

(End of chapter)