Chapter 117 Big Order

After the handover with China National Technical Import & Export Corporation, they spread the word that the reusable rocket technology could be traded through their more than 30 offices around the world.

Of course, it's not just Russia that has come knocking on our door. Countries like Japan, India, and the Maple Leaf Country, which have some ambitions in space, have also come knocking on our door.

However, other countries had import and export corporations to help him resist, except Russia, because Chen Yuanguang was very interested in their rocket engine technology.

You should know that Russia's Energia rocket is a super-large rocket that was able to surpass America's Saturn V during the Cold War.

Chen Yuanguang was very curious about how they did it back then.

After talking with Damao, it turned out to be just as he expected. The technical data of the Energia rocket was still available, but it was incomplete. Damao himself could not reproduce the Energia rocket based on this technical data.

America was able to land on the moon in the last century, but in this century it has become difficult to launch a lunar probe.

We still see that China is eager to return to the moon after launching a lunar probe.

America's problem is its manufacturing defect. There are fewer and fewer blue-collar workers, and naturally there are fewer and fewer high-level technicians based on blue-collar workers.

They can no longer recover their old skills by rubbing them by hand.

And Russia almost lost all its technology during the turbulent times. It had its own reasons as well as America's. Japan did a lot of trouble in Russia before and after 91.

Due to various shock therapies and the poaching of large numbers of experts from Russia, it was not easy for Russia to obtain some technical information of the Energy Number.

When Chen Yuanguang heard that the other party only had part of the technical information, he immediately lost interest.

After chatting for a few minutes, they were sent away. Guangjia Aerospace made a list internally to find out what aerospace technologies the countries that came to negotiate had and which ones they were interested in.

This list was handed over to the technology import and export company, and they were responsible for the negotiations. How much they could negotiate depended on their ability.

After chatting with the Russians and Europeans in succession, Chen Yuanguang deeply felt that the presence of Americans was everywhere.

To cooperate with Europe, we must look at what America is doing now; to cooperate with Russia, we must look at what America has done in history.

"Hello everyone, my name is Chen Yuanguang. I am very happy to meet so many aerospace experts here and to communicate with you all." After chatting with the guests, the topic turned to China's own internal affairs.

The successful launch of Guangjia Aerospace's bundled recoverable rocket, whether it was the successful delivery of five satellites into the predetermined orbit, or the precise return of the recovered parts to the sea, has aroused great interest in China's aviation industry.

Everyone is very curious about the progress of the Light Armor Aerospace led by Chen Yuanguang. It seems to be a cheat. In just two years, it was able to complete the five-year journey of SpaceX.

You have to know that SpaceX is backed by NASA and the American military, and China, apart from having some people poached, has not cooperated with Guangjia Aerospace.

It is in such an environment that Guangjia Aerospace has achieved unprecedented results.

This symposium was held in a conference room of a five-star hotel in Yantai, based on the principle of proximity. Before the meeting, Chinese officials checked the room three times to see if there were any sensitive equipment.

Afraid of being hacked and eavesdropping on sensitive information.

There were many jokes in Europe because of the lack of confidentiality awareness. The Air Force directly used the unencrypted WebEX to hold meetings.

This includes a secret meeting of ministers from EU member states being held via Zoom, which was then broken into by reporters who guessed the password.

The sea launch of Guangjia Aerospace's reusable rocket is a hot event worldwide, so it's always better to be cautious.

"Let me briefly explain to you some of the key technical points of Guangjia Aerospace's rocket launch this time. Anyone interested is welcome to discuss."

The most important reason why Chen Yuanguang organized such an academic discussion meeting similar to an internal press conference was to promote light armor aerospace to these experts.

Maybe one day if I’m unhappy working in the research institute, I’ll be recruited to Guangjia Aerospace.

Among the experts and scholars within the organization, most of the liberal arts experts are idiots. Most of them rely on the organization to survive on the one hand, and take pride in scolding the organization and interpreting the scriptures for the West on the other hand. Most of the science and engineering experts are very capable.

Chen Yuanguang still wants to recruit some people to enrich the personnel structure of Guangjia Aerospace. The current structure in which young masters and doctors account for more than 95% is too monotonous.

The consequence of a single organizational structure is that everyone lacks experience, and they have to experiment with many things before they know how to do them better.

It is impossible for Chen Yuanguang to manage every detail, even if he is a superman.

What he values ​​most is the experience of these experts, not only their experience in aerospace projects, but also their experience in leading people.

"I will talk about it in two parts. The first is the technology of launching multiple satellites on one rocket. This technology is very old. In 1960, America launched two satellites on one rocket. Two years ago, SpaceX created a history of launching 143 satellites on one rocket.

Therefore, the five-star launch by Guangjia Aerospace this time is nothing. "Chen Yuanguang, wearing a loose T-shirt, looked more like he was here for a trip than for a meeting. He said self-deprecatingly while standing on the stage.

“Since I am talking about this, of course it is different from other multi-satellite launches, that is, we have achieved high-precision multi-satellite multi-orbit launches.

Previous rocket launches of multiple satellites began with the separation of the fairing and the carrier. Most of these releases were single-shot multiple releases, placing the satellites in almost the same orbit.

The only difficulty with this launch method is solving the possible collision problem of releasing a large number of satellites when the rocket and satellite separate.

Another method is to launch satellites multiple times individually, sending them one by one accurately to their intended orbits.

This time we sent five satellites into five different orbits.

And the final orbit selection was determined by our staff at the Yantai launch base after the launch.”

The experts present were shocked. Everyone could understand the first part, but the second part was too difficult. It was like trying to control a rocket after it was launched.

Considering that the rocket has burned up its fuel after launch, its speed cannot be controlled once it enters orbit.

If this can be achieved, it means that this technology, when applied to missiles, can help missiles bypass anti-missile systems.

This is very important for China. Originally, when it came to attacking the American mainland across the sea, only one third of the one thousand intercontinental missiles could reach it, and the remaining two thirds would be intercepted by America's missile interception system.

Applying this technology to intercontinental missiles can at least double the launch success rate.

Without waiting for Chen Yuanguang to continue, Director Wu quickly stood up and said, "Today's meeting ends here. Everyone should have a basic level of sensitivity. After you leave, everything that happened here must not be leaked."

"I think everyone has some idea of ​​what can be said and what cannot be said."

"After we return to Yanjing, we will find another venue to hold this meeting."

If this technology was developed internally by a Chinese research institute, it would have to be kept confidential at the highest level. All employees of Guangjia Aerospace who were involved in this technology were investigated one by one.

After some technical inventory, I found that this technology also exists in China.

The experts were waiting in the conference room to return to Yanjing together. Director Wu made a phone call and an emergency passenger plane was dispatched to bring them back to Yanjing.

"Yuan Guang, if you had known this would happen, you should have communicated with me in advance about the content of today's lecture." Director Wu's face was almost wrinkled into wrinkles, and his scholarly temperament was completely gone.

"This technology is too sensitive. The degree of sensitivity cannot be discussed here."

Chen Yuanguang disagreed: "I don't think it's that sensitive. It's just adding electric thrusters to the rocket and a set of equipment that can continue to operate in space.

It can still be used after the rocket enters space, but to adapt it to an intercontinental missile, it needs to undergo a lot of modifications. The speed of an intercontinental missile is difficult to change with the power of electric thrusters.

The difficulty lies in remote and precise control, and fundamentally in the control system.”

Seeing that the other party still looked unhappy, Chen Yuanguang continued, "After the rocket enters the vacuum environment, its speed, friction, and force conditions are close to the ideal situation. It is relatively easy to calculate how much force the electric thruster can use to change its trajectory and reach the predetermined position.

This is also one of the prerequisite technologies for asteroid mining in the future. When an asteroid comes, it won’t just wait there, we have to go to that location.

However, although the intercontinental rocket will go beyond the atmosphere and even higher than the exosphere during the launch process, it will eventually come back and re-enter the atmosphere.

You can’t calculate its orbit.”

After Chen Yuanguang said this, Director Wu did not listen to him completely, but said: "Yuanguang, go back and take a look at the technical data, I will find an expert to carefully study it.

In addition, if we don’t understand something technically, we may have to ask the person in charge of technology.”

Chen Yuanguang nodded: "No problem, I'll go to Yanjing with you guys.

In addition, if the technology for controlling the rocket's orbit is sensitive, we can remove this function when we make the transaction."

When Director Wu saw that Chen Yuanguang agreed so readily, his expression finally looked better.

After returning to Yanjing, he first held a meeting with a large number of experts. After the ministries and commissions got started, experts from Chang'an, Shudu, Shenhai and other places were summoned.

Study the feasibility of applying this technology in the military field.

As compensation to Guangjia Aerospace, a portion of China's Tiangong Space Station's subsequent aerospace supply orders were given to Guangjia Aerospace.

This also includes the launch of the latest human hibernation equipment.

"Guangjia Aerospace has signed a contract with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. This year, Guangjia Aerospace will use the Pioneer II rocket to transport supplies to the Tiangong Space Station.

This cooperation is the first time that a private commercial airline company in China has undertaken the task of transporting materials to the Chinese space station. The Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft developed by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation will be transported by the Pioneer II to the Tiangong space station.

In addition to the daily supplies and scientific research equipment for astronauts, this shipment will also include the latest generation of human hibernation equipment from Light Armor Technology.
Mr. Chen Yuanguang, founder of Guangjia Aerospace, signed a tripartite agreement with the National Space Administration and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation in Beijing.

The red background at the signing ceremony was printed with the logos of Guangjia Aerospace and Aerospace Science and Technology Group. Chen Yuanguang and the chairman of Aerospace Science and Technology Group sat side by side at the signing table.

Unlike previous aerospace news, where only professional journalists and national media reporters came to interview, because it involved Chen Yuanguang, many regional media also came, including representatives from Interface, Sina, NetEase, and Caixin.

As a result, the venue, which was originally intended for eighty people, was occupied by two hundred people.

Chen Yuanguang has been very busy recently, working almost non-stop. He has met many experts in succession, explaining their design ideas, how to ensure stability, and how to design electric thrusters to each of them.

He came to attend the signing ceremony today. The signing itself was secondary. The main purpose was to cover up the purpose of his coming to Yanjing and provide strategic cover for the Trail Blazer II rocket.

Chen Yuanguang sat on the stage, thinking that he had even gone to Yanjing to order a custom-made suit just to attend this press conference.

"Mr. Chen, do you have confidence that Guangjia Aerospace can successfully transport the cargo to the Tiangong Space Station?"

"Of course we are confident. We will conduct sufficient experiments before transporting the goods. The Pioneer 2 launched from the Yantai Offshore Launch Base last week successfully completed the mission of launching five satellites in one rocket.

The data from the sensors recovered last time will help us make our next rocket more reliable and more accurate in entering orbit than the previous one.

Because we have SpaceX's Falcon 9 as a reference, we have ideas to refer to. During the launch process, we not only have specific data requirements for indicators such as the rocket's high reliability, consideration of carrying capacity redundancy, and orbital accuracy, but also a complete set of iterative solutions.

I think the biggest feature of the Trailblazer series rockets is our systematic engineering design logic, which fully considers redundancy and high iterability. "

"Mr. Chen, we all know that you were mainly engaged in biomedicine before, including innovations in human hibernation, which actually belongs to the field of medical devices in the biomedical field. After founding Guangjia Aerospace, you have also achieved great success in the field of commercial aerospace.

In just two years, you have achieved the development and launch of a reusable rocket. What is your secret? "

The question asked by this reporter is a hot topic that is widely concerned by the outside world. Chinese public opinion likes to attribute the success of successful people to various subjective reasons, such as man conquers nature, hard work, diligence, etc.

Chen Yuanguang would not say this, "because we have a strong R&D team, and the average age of our R&D team is less than 27 years old.

The young and powerful R&D team has both wild ideas and down-to-earth implementation paths. It is with the joint efforts of such an excellent team that Guangjia Aerospace has achieved such results in a short period of time."

For problems that are difficult to explain, push them to the team.

The questions asked by the official media are easy to answer, and most of them give you ample room for free expression, so you can say whatever you want.

Media like Caixin are not polite, and they have a strong purpose:
"Mr. Chen, I just heard you mention SpaceX's Falcon 9. I would like to ask, there have been rumors that the technology of the Pioneer series rockets was borrowed from the Falcon 9, so the development of light armor technology is so fast."

This is like saying that the technology of China's new energy vehicles all comes from Tesla. For those who believe this, no matter how you explain it, they will not believe it. It would be strange if there is no connection between Tesla's public disclosure of its technology and China's new energy vehicle industry's explosion.

If the technology disclosed by Tesla is really so powerful, then why don’t other countries’ new energy vehicle industries explode? The biggest problem with this kind of rhetoric is that in their worldview, there are only China and foreign countries.

Chen Yuanguang naturally heard the sinister intention in the question raised by the Caixin female reporter. If he dared to say "borrowing", it would be reported in the media tomorrow as stealing SpaceX technology.

"The technology is completely self-developed. We just borrowed the basic design ideas from Falcon 9, such as multi-engine bundling and distributed recovery.

It's like Ford was the first to make a car with four wheels, and later companies like Mercedes-Benz and General Motors all made cars with four wheels. You can't say that they copied Mercedes-Benz's design, because a car with four wheels is stable enough to run.

The idea is universal.”

Chen Yuanguang knew that even if he explained it this way, there would still be self-media that would misinterpret its meaning. After all, only misinterpretation can bring traffic, and self-media rely on traffic to make a living.

Attending a press conference is much more tiring than attending an expert seminar. It is really exhausting to engage in intrigue with these media outlets.

"Mr. Li, may I ask if handing over the transportation of the Tiangong series of space stations to private aerospace companies means that China's commercial aerospace industry will usher in new development opportunities?

Will a portion of the orders from the national level be given to private enterprises? Will China's commercial aerospace industry usher in a golden age? Or will such orders only target Light Armor Aerospace? "The Caixin reporter asked the chairman of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation a more pointed question.

Mr. Li is also an old hand. He listened without hesitation: "It is entirely from the cost perspective. The price per kilogram offered by Guangjia Aerospace is the lowest in the same class.

It is even lower than the transportation capacity of our self-developed Long March series rockets. We hope to give domestic private commercial aerospace agencies more opportunities.

It is definitely not aimed at a certain company, but at all companies. If other companies can do this, we will also support their orders."

Mr. Li went on to say: “Because my country’s space industry has been developing at an accelerated pace in recent years, the launch of carrier rockets will maintain a high density for a long time.

High-frequency rocket launches will inevitably bring high launch costs. Only by reducing costs can the sustainable development of the space industry be promoted.

The "Announcement on Soliciting Overall Plans for Low-Cost Cargo Transportation Systems for Space Stations" issued by the Manned Space Engineering Office not long ago clearly pointed out that in order to further reduce costs, we should explore the development of commercial space models and purchase low-cost cargo transportation services on the market.

Our cooperation with Guangjia Aerospace is a positive response to the spirit of the document.

We will not rule out cooperation with more commercial aerospace agencies in the future."

After the news was broadcast that evening, executives from other commercial aerospace agencies felt like vomiting blood after seeing Mr. Li’s high-sounding answer. Who could offer lower costs than Guangjia Aerospace?

Moreover, Light Armor Aerospace has already seized the initiative. With the intensive launch of rockets in the future, its cost will only get lower and lower, and they will have no room for survival at all.

Oriental Space, which had previously refused to be acquired by Guangjia Aerospace, has transformed its main business into differentiated competition. It plans to specialize in low-altitude satellite launches and satellite design, and has basically given up on the path of reusable rockets, not to mention other commercial aerospace agencies.

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