darknovel #290 - First and second stage rocket recovery technology!
#290 - First and second stage rocket recovery technology!
Therefore, we should now first strive to achieve the reusable technology of the first-stage rocket as our goal, and then in the future, we will strive to achieve the reusable technology of the second-stage rocket.
It would be like climbing a tree to catch fish if we were to immediately start working on the reusable technology of both the first and second-stage rockets.
Hearing Long Haoyuan Tu's words, the academicians and professors present couldn't help but nod slightly in agreement again.
They were all experienced people; when they were young, they also, like Gao Nian, committed the behavior of trying to make everything perfect.
However, decades of experience being beaten down told them how ridiculous it was to strive for perfection in everything.
After all, no matter how perfect your design is, you have to consider the cost of materials, the material production price, and whether it can be processed, manufactured, and assembled, and so on.
Therefore, looking at the development history of global technology products, you will find that many things often evolve from simple to perfect.
This is certainly due to the desire to repeatedly harvest wool and cut leeks, but it is also limited by realistic factors.
After all, if you want to pursue perfection in everything, it will lead to too high R\u0026D difficulty, and the product will not be able to be launched for a long time, which will prevent quick profit and return on investment.
However, amidst a chorus of opposition, Gao Nian shook his head slightly and said:
"With the full joint R\u0026D efforts of our Seven Directions, I believe we can take down the reusable technology of the first-stage rocket, taking at most two years.
But the problem we need to consider is not just the launch of the rocket, but the StarNet plan.
Our StarNet plan initially prepares to launch 13,000 satellites to complete global networking and initial use.
In the mid-to-late stage, we will launch 29,000 StarNet satellites to improve and enhance the functions of StarNet. The entire StarNet plan requires a total of 42,000 StarNet satellites to be launched.
Not to mention the mid-to-late stage launch plan of 29,000 StarNet satellites, just the previous 13,000 satellites.
If we don't overcome the reusable technology of the first and second-stage rockets, we simply won't be able to do this!
After all, after they achieve the reusable technology of the first-stage rocket, the quotation for a Falcon 9 rocket launch is 60 million US dollars. Even if our quotation is not that high after we overcome the reusable first-stage rocket technology.
But no matter how cheap it is, it won't be much cheaper. It's no exaggeration to say that the cost of a single launch will reach 20 million US dollars.
So, if we want to complete the StarNet plan, launching a total of 13,000 satellites in the initial two years, and launching a total of 29,000 satellites in the later years.
Then we must overcome the reusable technology of the first and second-stage rockets, so as to reduce the average launch cost of the rocket to less than 2 million US dollars, so as to realize such an ambitious plan.
Therefore, we must take down the reusable technology of the first and second-stage rockets, and we must take this as our goal."
Hearing Gao Nian's words, the academicians and professors present immediately showed bitter expressions.
"Director Gao, it's not that we don't want to research the reusable technology of the first and second-stage rockets, but the R\u0026D difficulty is too high.
After all, the StarNet satellites will be officially developed and launched in two years at the latest, which also means that we have to develop the reusable technology of the first and second-stage rockets within two years.
This difficulty is simply too high, and it can even be said that it is impossible. In my opinion, it will take at least 5 years,
and it will also require full efforts and willingness to burn money for research and development."
"Isn't a miracle meant to be broken?"
Scanning the academicians and professors present, Gao Nian said with firm eyes:
"You don't have to worry about the R\u0026D funding. I will give you as much R\u0026D funding as you want.
So I hope that everyone can devote themselves to the research and development with all their strength. I don't expect everyone to eat, live, and breathe in the laboratory, or even think about research and development while sleeping.
I only hope that everyone can fully and earnestly research and develop it for the sake of the huge strategic purpose after the success of the StarNet plan.
It can be said that the importance of the StarNet plan is no less than the Two Bombs, One Satellite project.
Once this StarNet is successfully built, then everyone will be worthy of being recorded in history, and will be remembered and grateful by the people of the whole country like Qian Lao!"
Hearing Gao Nian's words, and hearing Gao Nian cite Qian Lao's example as a case, the people present couldn't help but feel excited.
They naturally knew how great Qian Lao's reputation was in China. Many people grew up listening to Qian Lao's stories.
At this time, the importance of the reusable rocket technology they are developing is certainly not as important as StarNet, but it is also the foundation for the successful implementation of the StarNet plan.
After all, your StarNet satellites are certainly very powerful, but they must be able to be launched into space, so the StarNet plan and reusable rocket technology are almost complementary.
Therefore, once the StarNet plan is successfully built in the future, then all of them will be great heroes.
Those among them who make significant contributions will definitely gain great prestige like Qian Lao and be loved by the people of the whole country.
Of course, although some people present may not be famous, after all, humans can often only remember the top three,
and the subsequent fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth places are often directly ignored.
But in fact, the people present, by virtue of their great contribution to participating in the reusable rocket technology, even if they cannot be promoted in rank, they can still obtain many explicit or implicit benefits.
Therefore, after hearing Gao Nian's words, the people present all became excited, and some began to imagine the beautiful future after the success of the StarNet plan.
"Director Gao, since you said so, then I will risk my old bones."
Academician Long Hao patted his chest and said his decision.
"Me too."
Academician Wang Ming also said his words.
"Me too!" — — ·
One after another, voices of going all out to develop reusable rocket technology rang out, and many people even expressed in public that they would eat, live, and breathe in the research laboratory.
Gao Nian naturally felt sympathetic to this, and his heart was shrouded in a wave of emotion.
These are all lovely people.
Although some of them are working hard for future interests or fame and prestige, more people are working hard with a patriotic heart to serve the country.
Therefore, these are all lovely people, worthy of respect and gratitude from the people of the whole country.
"Then let's work hard together."
Gao Nian said with firm eyes.
These lovely people are working so hard, what reason does he, Gao Nian, have to back down?
So Gao Nian also decided that in the following time, he would eat, live, and breathe in the research and development, and strive to overcome the reusable rocket technology in one year.
Of course, because Gao Nian also has to research and develop autonomous driving technology and StarNet satellites.
Therefore, it is destined that he cannot accompany them to fully research and develop the Starship rocket that supports reusable technology, which has to be said to be a regrettable thing.