Super technology leader
Chapter 122 Provoking a New Space Race
That night, Tang Chao entered a secret internet room with a few old men.
These elders are no one else but the bosses of the six private aerospace companies I met at the end of today's meeting.
It just so happened that the six companies were in teams of two, building rockets, building new space shuttles, and building space residential equipment.
Both are the two most powerful companies in their respective fields.
Looking at the six well-known talents in the international private space field, Tang Chao remembered a word.
"The Internet is leading the way, cherish this fate."
The reason why he thought of this was because he was going to fool these people.
Tang Chao was watching them, and they were watching Tang Chao. Compared to them, Tang Chao was extremely young.
At the age of less than 24, he is already standing at the same height with them, and it is estimated that he will be even more important in the future.
In the end, Ma Yilong, who was the Space Fork, broke the calm first and said: "Let’s get started quickly. This secret meeting cannot last too long. The longer the time, the greater the chance of being discovered."
After listening to him, everyone focused on Tang Chao, because this meeting was mainly caused by Tang Chao.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Tang Chao didn’t talk nonsense, and said directly: “Okay, I’ll just say it. Everyone here is a leader in the field of private aerospace. I don’t need the self-effacement that Tianxia people are used to. In the Tianxia private spaceflight field, the interstellar navigator is the strongest."
"It's just that, have you discovered that we, as an industry leader, can't actually make much money?"
As Tang Chao finished speaking, everyone was silent because what he said was the truth.
Regardless of the various analyses that say that the scale of commercial aerospace in the future will be hundreds of billions and trillions, they all understand that it is the future, and like nuclear fusion eternal "50 years later", the commercial aerospace market will have a scale of several trillions. I don't know which year to wait.
Anyway, from the current point of view, the annual commercial aerospace market does not even have 5 billion US dollars.
And for this little money, the big companies not only have to grab each other, but also endure the situation where small companies come to get food on the plate.
Their scale is too large, and the products they produce are also larger, but as the satellites become smaller and smaller, if the customer only launches a micro-satellite, there is no need for a large rocket. The smaller the rocket, the better, because it is cheaper.
And small rockets are also flexible. Place an order today and launch tomorrow. The bigger the rocket, the more you have to wait, and even the "carpool" will take longer.
That is utterly unreasonable. My uncle gave the money. Why should I suffer such a crime?
In the past, when there were only one or two private aerospace companies, they had no choice but to queue up obediently, but now there are more and more private aerospace companies. They started with small rockets, and the client decisively changed the launcher.
Whoever has good service, whoever is cheap, will find anyone.
So don't look at the higher and higher technological level of these companies, but the orders are getting fewer and fewer. All you can count on is the super large order for official space missions.
And let’s not mention that there are not many large official orders. Even if they have, their equipment is not good. Their technical level is high, but not so high. After all, this is aerospace technology and an industry that requires huge accumulation.
Now I met Tang Chao, and Tang Chao had all the technologies they were conquering. Even if they didn't directly use them, there were similar alternatives. As long as they got these technologies, they could immediately compete for official big orders.
But they also thought that there were only so many official funds and only a few projects. Even if they were taken over, they would not have enough food for a few years.
After talking about this, a few people couldn't shut their mouths. They talked a lot of industry secrets. The private aerospace industry looks beautiful, but only oneself knows the suffering inside.
Hearing Tang Chao's call out was very enjoyable.
But this transaction must be completed, otherwise how can they be asked to work for themselves?
So he said: "You should have discovered it. After the Long March 9 plan was announced that summer, Meriken immediately invested more than one billion dollars in the SLS rocket project. What does this mean, don't I need to say?"
"You can think about it. During the space race decades ago, what was the annual space funding of Meriken, and how much is it now?"
This question directly lights up everyone's brains.
That's right, Meriken's aerospace funding is more than 20 billion a year, the largest in the world, but it can't even compare to a fraction of that crazy era.
In those days, space funding was sometimes more than military spending, but the space funding at that time might really be used for military spending. After all, the goals of the two parties were not simple.
Launching a Saturn V is equivalent to throwing away a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. It is a real throw because there is no recovery capability at that time.
The annual military expenditures are now hundreds of billions of dollars. If space funds reach this level, the "commercial space market of hundreds of billions of dollars" analyzed before is not a vision, but a big cake in front of them!
Hundreds of billions, and even the split between several of their companies is enough for one company to have 100 billion.
Thinking of this, the bosses are breathing hard.
Among them, Ma Yilong is the most excited. With 100 billion US dollars, his Mars plan can be accelerated and accelerated again. Not to mention dying on Mars in the future, even going to Mars to work in a few years!
"Mr. Tang, you mean... if we want to make a lot of money, we have to find a way to start the space race again?"
"Yes, Mr. Ma, you have a good idea, but I want to correct you a mistake." Tang Chao said with a smile.
Among the few people, he was the most calm person who initiated it.
Ma Yilong was taken aback, "What's wrong?"
"It's not a big profit. If the space race is really provoked, it won't end in a year."
"Xiete! You are right!"
Someone exploded directly.
Yes, the last space race was almost 20 years old.
20 years……
Hundreds of billions a year...
"hiss--"
Two data flashed in my mind, and the big bosses took a breath.
Flames ignited in everyone's eyes.
In the whole world, no one wants to return to that crazy space race era more than aerospace practitioners.
In that era, humans’ yearning for space could break through the atmosphere without using rockets.
But the cake was figured out and it was big enough, but how to make it is a problem.
Tang Chao said that this is not a problem.
"Just like at the beginning, in fact, many signs are already there, and we only need to push it gently."
"Tianxia's national strength is barely qualified. The key is that Meriken feels very qualified. Now when it is about military expenditures, Tianxia is mentioned the most times. There are also various blockades, sanctions, and dumping, which all show that Meriken has already I have recognized Tianxia’s identity as a challenger and want to fight a life-and-death battle."
"The possibility of a hot war between the two countries is unlikely. Then we will lead this battlefield to space. This has actually begun. It is the manned moon landing plan of the two countries."
"It just so happens that my company has enough influence in Tianxia, and even our company has undertaken part of the Long March 9 manufacturing task. I can tell you clearly that the first flight of the Long March 9 after three months can definitely be successful. It really won’t take long for manned to land on the moon."
"At that time, you will be like this...like this..."
Tang Chao's words were like the whispers of the ancient gods, one by one, they penetrated their ears, and went straight to their brains, making them eager to go one by one.
His plan is too terrible...no, too genius!
At that time, these aerospace companies will definitely stand on top of the world, instead of being the crown of science and technology as they are now, but not earning one billion dollars a year.
What kind of technology is this crown? It is obviously hard work. They have earned more than them in one year of garbage collection.
In the end, Tang Chao still said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will never fight with you for the moon landing contract. Anyway, Meriken won't let me get the contract."
"It just so happens that we can use this opportunity to turn this into a sign of our takeoff, as the initial event of the space race between the two countries, and we will need your help at that time."
"Hahaha, easy to talk, easy to talk~"
Looking at the laughing people, Tang Chao was also laughing, but his smile was different from these people.
Are these people stupid?
Not stupid.
Just a few trillion dollars, too much.
Space races are considered "races" under what circumstances, and they have to be about the same strength no matter what.
And he...
"Sorry, I'm hanging up."
Compared with the entertainment industry, Kan Xing's gangsters are definitely not better than Meriken.
But compared to the aerospace industry, Kan Xing's high IQ... nasty critics are definitely a little bit stronger.
And there has always been a state of global cooperation, and he is also continuing to merge other companies.
Most importantly, the time flow of Kanxing is ten times that of the earth!