darknovel #295 - Geek Technology Conference is held!
#295 - Geek Technology Conference is held!
Naturally, the global technology media was in an uproar about this.
After all, this was going to be a launch of 50 Starlink satellites in one go.
Although these Starlink satellites were all small satellites, launching 50 satellites at once was still too exaggerated.
So, along with the media uproar, voices of 'Musk is awesome!' and 'Musk is too great!' emerged one after another.
"Damn it, have people already forgotten that Geek Technology Company was the first to propose the StarNet plan?"
In H葫芦岛 Island, Yang Zhi was watching the global media praising Musk and the greatness of Space Exploration Company, feeling quite unhappy.
Especially after he understood why Geek Technology Company couldn't launch StarNet satellites quickly, he felt even more depressed.
"China's rocket technology is still a bit behind. They have reusable rocket technology, and it only costs 60 million US dollars to launch a rocket once.
And we in China don't have reusable rocket technology. Each launch means scrapping a rocket. Even if the labor cost of manufacturing rockets is low, it can't be lower than their reusable rockets."
Among them, the military's urgency was even higher than that of ordinary people.
Because the positions in low Earth orbit are limited.
That Musk's Space Exploration Company was too fierce, launching 50 Starlink satellites at a time, and 100 satellites in two launches.
According to the initial plan of 13,000 Starlink satellites, their Space Exploration Company only needs to launch 260 Falcon 9 rockets to complete the launch!
And Space Exploration Company has multiple satellite launch sites and multiple Falcon 9 rockets.
Theoretically, as long as there is enough money and the satellite production capacity can keep up, they can launch Starlink satellites several times or even more than a dozen times a month.
And the rather bad thing for China is that Space Exploration Company is quite rich.
The Beautiful Country, out of vigilance against China's StarNet plan, gave the green light to the approval of the Starlink plan, and the funding was directly sufficient.
Therefore, after the Starlink satellite was successfully launched and successfully provided services to a certain area, Musk smiled and announced an ambitious Starlink construction plan.
Musk said that they are expanding the construction of the Starlink satellite manufacturing plant, and it is expected that Starlink satellites can be mass-produced in 7 months.
At that time, the launch frequency of Starlink satellites will change from launching a Starlink satellite once a month to launching 10 Starlink satellites a month!
"Wow!"
Hearing Musk's words, the people at the scene immediately exclaimed, applauding Musk's ambitious plan. After all, if Space Exploration Company can really launch 10 Starlink satellites a month after 7 months, it means that 500 Starlink satellites can be launched into space every month.
500 Starlink satellites a month, that's 6,000 Starlink satellites a year!
According to the initial plan that 13,000 Starlink satellites can initially serve the world, it is equivalent to Space Exploration Company being able to successfully establish Starlink to serve the world in just two years!
Of course, in reality, due to the current insufficient production capacity of Starlink satellites, it will take 7 months to complete the capacity expansion, so the total construction time of the Starlink plan is two and a half years.
But even if the plan to complete the construction of 13,000 Starlink satellites can only be completed after two and a half years, it is actually very exaggerated.
Therefore, along with Musk's announcement of Space Exploration Company's ambitious plan, global media, including the media in China, could not help but be surprised and exclaimed at the large scale of Space Exploration Company.
Among them, some media also complained, feeling envious, jealous, and hateful.
After all, they know why Space Exploration Company is so awesome and why they can afford the Starlink plan.
The reason why Space Exploration Company can plan to launch 13,000 satellites in two and a half years is naturally because they have the Beautiful Country behind them giving money.
It is precisely because the Beautiful Country is providing continuous funding behind the scenes.
Space Exploration Company can crazily expand the production capacity of the satellite factory, and crazily manufacture and launch Falcon 9 rockets and Starlink satellites.
Therefore, these media are quite sour, envious that Space Exploration Company has a big boss behind them giving money, and ultimately can carry out such an ambitious plan.
However, while many media were frantically discussing this matter, Geek Technology Company also ushered in an unexpected surprise.
Because the Beautiful Country's crazy construction momentum of the Starlink plan has also successfully stimulated the military.
Therefore, in order to speed up the implementation of the StarNet plan, the military directly sent fifteen engineering academicians serving the military and hundreds of scientific research backbones to participate in the StarNet plan.
Each of these engineering academicians and scientific research backbones serving the military is very strong, belonging to the practical type of talent, each with their own areas of expertise, and possessing rich research and development experience.
With the joining of this group of 15 academicians and hundreds of scientific research backbones, 高年 is like a tiger with wings, and the research and development progress has been accelerated again.
This can be regarded as the only good news among the many unfavorable news after the launch of the Starlink satellite.
Of course, even if the research and development progress can be accelerated, it is actually not so easy to launch one's own StarNet satellite.
After all, if you want to launch a StarNet satellite, you must use the Starship rocket with reusable rocket technology to be successfully developed.
If the Starship rocket is not successfully developed, it will cost more than 70 million US dollars to launch it once. Who can afford it? Therefore, the launch of the StarNet satellite is destined to be when the Starship rocket is successfully developed. The two will be released together!
And time passed slowly like this, and the news heat of the Starlink satellite eventually gradually calmed down with the passage of time.
In the following time, Space Exploration Company unhurriedly launched Starlink satellites at a frequency of once a month.
When the time came to six months later, before Musk announced that Space Exploration Company had officially entered the crazy launch stage of Starlink satellites, Geek Technology Company suddenly sent invitations to global media.
Geek Technology Company officially invited well-known media from around the world to go to Jiuquan before October 1, 2015, to participate in a press conference held by Geek Technology Company.
In response, when global media received the press conference invitation from Geek Technology Company, they were all in an uproar.
After all, Geek Technology Company is developing reusable rocket technology and even implementing the StarNet plan. This is no longer a secret.
Even many news media have reported on this matter, but the media do not know the specific research and development progress and situation.
At this time, Geek Technology Company suddenly summoned well-known media from around the world to go to Jiuquan, a place with different meanings in China, to participate in the press conference. It is conceivable that the significance is quite significant.
So, while the media were in an uproar, they also reported relevant news, letting more people know that Geek Technology Company was going to hold a press conference on October 1, 2015.
Then there is no need to say, the fans of Geek Technology Company were immediately excited.
Even ordinary passers-by are very interested in the press conference that Geek Technology Company is about to hold.