Super technology leader

Navigator Group headquarters, the first meeting room.

Today is another big day for the group meeting. All the top executives of the company are here. After all, the goals of the group meeting are very high and great, which is different from the meetings held within each company to solve specific problems.

However, because of the formation of a group company, Tang Chao will be there during most group meetings.

The company has been in development for two or three years, and all senior executives know that as long as Tang Chao, the company’s boss, attends meetings, it will not disappoint.

Technically difficult, you find the boss.

There are difficulties in the official face, you find the BOSS.

It's not even a problem, BOSS can give you a big "bomb" and shake a group of people!

With such a BOSS, they are quite happy and can give full play to their abilities.

To talk about the leader, BOSS is the leader of the company.

All high-level officials are present. When preparing their own relevant fields, they will also pay attention to the developments in other fields, such as the world's most popular aerospace.

The other forces don't need to look at them, and they don't have much to look at. The main thing is the competition between Tianxia and Meriken, and the time limit is the space station competition.

After all, from the perspective of space transportation, the leader will definitely win.

Navigator requires super-heavy launch vehicles and super-heavy launch vehicles, and orbital shuttles and orbital shuttles. Although the "Yuanhang" has too many recovery steps and is too fragmented compared to the "starship launch system", they In fact, they are not much different from each other. They all exceed the 100-ton level, but they cannot keep up with the 200-ton capacity of the Long March 9th.

Moreover, both are currently positioned as cargo rockets. The "Yuanhang" is a little more mature and has performed many load missions. The "Starship Launch System" is only a fledgling, and only has a test flight.

Of course, the "Yuanhang" has determined the purpose of cargo rockets, and the "Star and Arrow Launch System" is still working hard on "manned", "refueling of space" and "space voyage".

There is no need to say about manned space equipment in low earth orbit. The leader is definitely the leader. Now everyone knows that its orbital shuttle is the best manned space equipment in the world.

Now that the space station stage is reached, it must be touched.

This is a collision between commercial companies, but Navigator is already fighting one against two.

"... The official launch date of the space tourism project is set on January 10, which is 10 days later. After the meeting, the company will be able to operate. You will discuss when it will be announced."

Tang Chao looked at Chen Jing and said.

"I know, we will discuss it after the meeting." Chen Jing nodded.

Tang Chao was talking about some major directions, or determining a certain time for a certain project, and then they executed it, but when it comes to space travel, Chen Jing also asked about the current situation.

"There is one thing to say, Mr. Tang, recently Groe's inflatable space station has been put into orbit, and it has also aroused discussion from all walks of life. You should have read it too. Should we take some measures?"

If it is really an ordinary company, as the general manager of Chen Jing, these things do not need to be discussed at all. She directly talks about a goal and orders the public relations department to do it. However, Navigator Group is different from ordinary companies. At the top of the pyramid is Tang Chao.

Tang Chao is different from ordinary company bosses. He always has some sudden show operations. Although it is proved afterwards that these show operations are benign and positive, the sudden new tasks will definitely affect the company's arrangements beforehand. Some of the items.

So after a few times, Chen Jing understood. When arranging projects, leave some flexibility, and then actively ask Tang Chao every time.

After confirming that Tang Chao didn't have any actions, she proceeded in the order of the scheduled projects.

If Tang Chao is going to get into trouble, then the flexible sequence will allow him to add a plug for a long time, and it will not cause problems with the normal operation of the company.

Just like on a highway, it is very dangerous to add stoppages at will. Car crashes and deaths are not counted, and there may be a bunch of cars that block the entire highway.

If the distance between the car and the car is widened, then there is no problem with a sudden car jamming in, and it is not called a gas stop, but an overtaking.

Tang Chao led the leader company and has been overtaking.

Hearing Chen Jing's question, Tang Chao said: "It's casual, they are not a threat to us at all. I won't engage in any sneer operations lately, don't worry.

"You also know the progress of the company's follow-up projects. If humans want to survive in the sky, our next equipment is the key. Other space stations or something will not affect us at all."

Chen Jing knew what Tang Chao was talking about, because the project started very early and the group company had not yet been formed at that time, so other senior executives also knew what BOSS was talking about, and they all smiled.

How else would they all obey Tang Chao.

It is because Tang Chao has been flying with the pilot company.

When the company's technology reaches a certain level, especially when the BOSS's vision reaches a certain level, some things are indeed not a problem.

If it is another company that has competition for items of the same category, and the equipment on the opposite side is indeed larger than that of its own company, the general company must panic, and then engage in some publicity and public relations to get the form back.

The Navigator company is different. It has passed that stage, or they have more aggressive "propaganda", they directly engage in a lore equipment, and then completely reverse the situation.

This topic passed quickly, and one topic was followed.

"The equipment manufacturing of the Tianting Space Station project is progressing smoothly..."

"The first modules of the Yuanhang spacecraft are already being manufactured..."

"The lunar base module was manufactured smoothly..."

"The manufacturing equipment of the virtual reality helmet is all in place, and it can be fully put into production after debugging. The output of the virtual reality helmet can reach 100,000 in the first month..."

………………

Because the navigator did not respond, the competition on the space station on the Internet has intensified. I don’t know if anyone else is working on it. Anyway, the inflatable space station has no decoration and is still in a "balloon" state. Its status exceeds any time. "Starry Sky Inn" that can be officially operated.

Maybe it's really big.

But this is not the key. After all, the pilot knows that he will officially operate the space tourism project in a few days, and the inflatable space station is conservatively estimated... it will take half a year to be put into use.

But one day, some photos appeared on the Internet. It was a special aircraft.

The Internet has memories, so soon someone picked up the aircraft's information.

That is the legendary "Adventure Star" sky plane, which Meriken has actually built!

"Fuck, isn't it? Didn't you give up at the beginning? What is the big bomb that came suddenly?!"

"Isn't that the test machine'X-33' pulled out? How come the'Adventure Star' suddenly appeared?"

"Some big guys have already calculated the size. Comparing the people, vehicles and buildings next to you, it is definitely a 40-meter-sized adventure star!"

"Meriken is indeed the light of mankind, and the aeroplane is built like this, amazing!"

"Do you have any knowledge? This is a large orbital Shuttle Dart. Why is it an aeroplane? Do you know the concept of an aeroplane?"

"This thing is a little bigger than the Dart Orbital Shuttle, just like the inflatable space station, it has no other effect, and even the launch is more complicated than the Orbital Shuttle. It can only be launched from a fixed launch position like a rocket, and can only be launched when it returns. Run up and land."

"It turned out to be like this. I thought it was an aeroplane, which shocked me."

"I know that this aircraft takes off 1,000 tons and has a load of more than 20 tons, which is directly ten times that of the orbital shuttle. How can this be played?"

"Navigator is not good anymore, Meriken is still an excellent critic, this thing can be made."

All of a sudden, the Internet was exploded. After all, Internet information is transmitted the fastest, and other media will not follow up after a while, but this is enough to affect the world.

After all, even if someone does not watch the Internet, then someone of his friends will definitely watch it, and it may be unclear, but it is enough.

As a 5G surfer, Tang Chao naturally knew about this for the first time.

Compared with ordinary netizens, as a space company BOSS, with a smart housekeeper, and many people with black technology, he has collected more information.

It was his seaside villa. At the time, he was talking with the little green man on Mars. Those network information triggered the "alarm mechanism" he set up, and the smart butler immediately notified him.

Because of the supercomputer and intelligent system, Tang Chao really became a 24-hour Internet user. The information on the Internet is definitely the fastest, so it is very important, so he set up some judgment mechanisms.

If any information meets the criteria, the smart butler will notify him immediately.

Or when he is not there, the smart butler will store it, track the development of the event, collect important node information, and notify him as soon as he appears.

This time when he read the relevant information, he was sure that it was really the "Adventure Star", he said with emotion: "Meriken has also fallen, and he has learned what he did in the beginning. No, Meriken, you have changed."

If according to Merrican's previous state, the plan would be announced when it first came out, and after that, it would definitely create a part to send a dynamic, so as to cause a lot of waves.

At the time they must be thinking: "No one can catch up with me anyway. These displays help to enhance my image of invincible technology."

Now it's different, this dog will hide, there is no news, and the whole product will come up.

A complete adventure star... Sky plane.

Meriken is so defined.

It is also an act of taking advantage of words.

Those pictures should not be accidentally leaked or taken secretly, but should be released actively, because it didn't take long for the Meriken Space Agency to send out some detailed data and clearer photos.

However, Tang Chao's research found that it seemed a bit...tasteless.

"It's a pity to eat tasteless and discard it."

First of all, regardless of its size, but it contains very few things, and its load compartment is fixed and cannot be changed.

Even though it is 40 meters in length and width, and more than 10 meters in height, its cargo warehouse is only 20 meters long and 5 meters in diameter at most, and the capacity of a heavy rocket is about the same.

Just like the original Long March 5, it also has a take-off weight of about 1,000 tons and a load capacity of more than 20 tons. The fairing can be 20 meters * 5 meters. Now the Adventure Star is about the same, about 1,000 tons, and a load of more than 20 tons. The warehouse is similar.

Originally the main feature of Adventure Star is reusable and smooth landing, which is not available in the Long March 5.

But after Navigator traded some technology, the new version of Long March 5 can also be recycled and reused, and its take-off weight is actually only 800 tons, much smaller than the 1200 tons of Adventure Star.

The key is that the load difference between the two is good.

Then, there are the advantages of the Long March 5, its "warehouse", that is, the fairing can be changed, not to mention getting smaller, the point is that it can be larger.

The fairing with a diameter of 5 meters belongs to its standard fairing, which is as thick as its core stage, but throughout the history of rocket design and manufacturing, the fairing can usually be made larger than the rocket, so the Long March 5 can use 6 meters, 7 meters, 8 meters, and even larger fairings.

As long as the weight of the load is still more than 20 tons, it can still be transported to space beyond the core diameter.

Just like the small rotating simulated gravity capsule that the Navigator will launch in the future, its contracted diameter can reach more than ten meters, so the "Yuanhang" rocket with a core stage of only 5 meters needs a 15-meter diameter fairing.

Tang Chao has tested it using Kanxing Technology in Kanxing, and it...is feasible!

However, the cargo warehouse of Adventure Star is not enough. It is only so large that it cannot be changed, so it can only transport equipment with an execution diameter of less than 5 meters.

This limit is too great.

Like the "Starship Launch System", it can also be recycled 100%, but it is divided into two sections, but its warehouse diameter is much larger.

Except that the landing is a bit violent relative to the level of Adventure Star, the other performances have to exceed a lot.

And if the pursuit of level landing is "smooth", the second-level small space shuttle Dreamcatcher can also be achieved, and it landed horizontally on the runway.

Speaking of its new mission-manned.

At the beginning, the design of Adventure Star was an unmanned cargo aerospace vehicle, and now it has added a manned mission.

Carrying people is different from cargo. It requires a lot of life-saving equipment, especially its load capacity of more than 20 tons. It will certainly not only carry a few people like a 2.5-ton orbital shuttle, but must have dozens of hundreds. of.

If it is also used for space tourism, the number of crewed tens of hundreds of people, the corresponding number of crew and service personnel will also increase, at least one-tenth of the number of people.

It can’t take off directly on the runway, it needs a special launch pad, and it can only be launched when it is erected.

Because its wingspan is 40 meters wide, the average rocket does not have that "width" at all, so a new launch pad needs to be built.

A variety of equipment and services will definitely increase the cost of launching, which is at least $150 million.

If the money is allocated to space tourists, if the number of passengers is 100, 10 service personnel will be removed, leaving 90 passengers.

At least $1.6666 million per person.

This is still the cost price. If it is like making money, each passenger may have to pay $2 million to enter space.

Although it is cheaper than the previous manned spaceflight charges, but the price of 1 million US dollars per leader, they directly doubled!

People will settle accounts, even if it’s complicated, it’s not easy to calculate, but $1 million is still a good calculation for $2 million.

This is simply incomparable.

Therefore, commercial manned spaceflight is also a bit tasteless.