On 11 November, the head of the Indian Space Agency, Shivin Samarkand, arrived in Moscow with his foreign affairs team.

Yuri Borisov, head of the Lucia Space (RKA) Agency, personally greeted him at the airport, smiling with a smile that made his face dissatisfied.

After the Soyuz TMA-17M accident, Yuri relied on his cheating behavior in China to win follow-up cooperation on the moon and retain the position of director.

Lucia is now in a better position than the original world line, in addition to the economic recovery that began in 14 years, the space race of the other two is also an important factor.

In the eyes of most people, Lucia, who inherited the Union's legacy, was excluded from the competition, although she was still advanced in space technology, but did not have enough money to participate.

But Lucia was a blessing in disguise, whether it was China or Europe and the United States, they were intentionally or unintentionally co-opting, after all, if Lucia joined either side, it would be a weight that could produce a huge advantage.

The two compete with each other, and the fish and shrimp make a profit. Lucia's economy has not been blocked under the olive branches of both sides, but has been frequently shown favor, and the economic development trend is quite good.

The rest of the second-rate space countries that want to follow the trend, such as island countries and India, are actively seeking Lucia's help.

The economy is optimistic again and again, and Europe is also focusing on space rather than Lucia, and the mood of the town is still good, and slowly there are some ideas for independent exploration of the moon.

But he also knows that even if the economy continues to improve, Lucia will not be able to organize the moon landing operation independently, so it must be necessary to cooperate, and the partner must be well funded, so there is a slight possibility.

Yuri was called over for a long time before the departure of the ISA delegation, and he knew very well how much money he was going to knock off from the third brother.

According to RKA's internal calculations, if the Yenisei/Don heavy rocket is to be used to complete the lunar landing program, at least 4 rockets need to be launched to the first manned lunar landing, at a cost of about 1.5 billion US dollars, about 10 billion yuan.

This figure is very small, and the savings are too much compared to the other two, because the current domestic wage level in Lucia is not high, the labor cost is small, and the technical reserves are quite abundant, so the money is not much.

But when converted into rubles, it is also close to 100 billion rubles, and it is difficult for Lucia to withdraw this money.

Yuri also knows that this is just a number for the above, the future has entered the era of recyclable rockets, and RKA must also develop recyclable rockets, but recyclable rockets have extremely high requirements for electronic technology, which is a big trouble for Lucia.

If Lucia's space technology is to keep up with the world's development, then the total investment in the next five years should exceed 20 billion US dollars, of which the lunar program needs to use more than 10 billion US dollars, which is almost a doubling of the annual space spending.

Yuri Borisov, who was worried about the future of Lucia's space, was interrupted by the open door, and he immediately stepped forward to offer his most sincere greetings to his Indian friends.

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"Xu Jiayin: Evergrande will invest 50 billion yuan in Stellar Aerospace."

In August, Blue Sword Aerospace's Qinglong 2 marked that China's civil aerospace was on the right track, with medium-sized launch capabilities, and other companies were not to be outdone.

Because the Aviation Development Commission brought in these private enterprises in advance when they were established, and signed an anti-vicious competition treaty, there was no longer a situation where the original world line was full of duplicate construction.

In the last world line, the domestic private aerospace company hastily established under the stimulation of specaX copied the Falcon 9 one by one, and various rockets are basically different versions of the Falcon 9, which is simply impossible to look at.

It's much better now, and instead of seeing a little opportunity like headless flies, companies have begun to specialize.

There are those who are concentrating on carrier rockets, those who are preparing to develop aerospace aircraft, those who are preparing to take the wrong path to build airships in close space, and those who are concentrating on space technology, all of which are looking for their own advantageous projects.

Of course, there are also those who are not bad for money, such as Evergrande, not long after the establishment of Evergrande Aerospace, the board of directors felt that it was not enough space, so it was changed to Stellar Aerospace, and it was bold to directly use 50 billion yuan to build a large base, and rockets, satellites, and spacecraft had to be engaged.

Chairman Xu Jiayin even made a bold statement: "Make real estate into space!" ”

Stellar Aerospace's announced plan is to build a space hotel in space by 2018 and a permanent asset space villa by 2030.

In addition, Stellar Aerospace and Blue Sword have reached a cooperation, the former is ready to study a 15-ton small space shuttle, and cooperate with Qinglong 2 to build a near-earth tourism flight, becoming the second powerful space tourism company in China.

Stellar Aerospace's first space shuttle is named "Tianma No. 1", which can carry 8 people, and is expected to cost 59.9 million yuan per seat to the outside world, and the training cost is calculated separately, which is more expensive than Firm and much cheaper than Unity.

Tianma-1 is expected to make its first flight in October 2018 and begin commercial operation in December.

In order to realize the dream of the Tianma-1 space shuttle, Stellar Aerospace spent money to poach people at home and abroad to form teams, acquire small and medium-sized companies and ...... Sourcing parts.

C-level base, Lu Huisheng, the leader of the main design team of Stellar Aerospace, looked at the advanced and tidy factory building with envy, and sighed at the technological progress of the motherland.

I don't know if it was inspired by Xinyuan, Stellar Aerospace spent a lot of money to recruit Lu Huisheng, an active astronaut technology engineer from NACA.

Lu Huisheng is a second-generation Chinese, his grandfather fled to Ami with his father, and received Ami education since he was a child, but because the family has a strong homeland complex, Chinese is very good, and he has feelings for his mother country.

His position turned out to be higher than Guo Shen, but because of the loyalty investigation in the past two years, he continued to stand aside, and was finally poached by Stellar Aerospace.

When he got the design task of Tianma 1, he was also very excited and wanted to make a big career, but he also chose the shortcut path very pragmatically.

Lu Huisheng: "Manager Hu, why don't you sell the first generation of heat insulation tiles?" I thought you didn't want to share advanced technology. ”

Hu Bai: "For domestic local enterprises, Xinyuan also has a supportive attitude, how can you let you spend money in vain?" ”

Stellar Aerospace acquired a small aircraft factory with jet manufacturing qualifications in China, so the design and manufacture of the airframe of Tianma-1 is not a big problem, and the main difficulty lies in the heat insulation tile and some internal equipment.

Others can be purchased everywhere, and only Xinyuan can supply thermal insulation tiles for the time being.

H1 The first heat insulation tile used is three flight life, but when Stellar Aerospace came to the door, Xinyuan said that it could sell a new model with 5 flight life, and the price was relatively favorable, and the customized quotation of Tianma No. 1 was about 120 million yuan, and the cost of a single flight was 24 million, which was very cheap in Lu Huisheng's opinion.

Although the area alone is more expensive than the Aramco space shuttle, it is very cost-effective to divide the reusable by five, which makes him have to sigh at the rapid technological progress and open-mindedness of the country.

Of course, Hu Bai knew that this was Xinyuan's order to stimulate the development of the domestic aerospace industry, and for Xinyuan, who had mastered the overall thermal insulation tile technology, the cost of a generation of thermal insulation tiles was not high, and the profit from sale was also considerable, but Xinyuan wanted to make more money.

Hu Bai: "Your Tianma 1 configuration seems to be more traditional, and the space utilization rate is not too high, do you want to buy our solution?" The kind that teaches by hand. ”

"This ...... May I? ”

"Of course, as long as you pay a little money and sign some confidentiality agreements, Tianma One should be different from H1 to compete in a dislocation, isn't it?"

(End of chapter)