Chapter 243: Blue Origin is not considered a human being

When it comes to the operation of human hibernation centers, China and America have their own unique characteristics.

If the human hibernation centers in America show a polarized trend, the human hibernation centers in China show a trend of developing in the direction of comprehensive medical care.

In particular, the benchmark jointly built by Guangjia Technology and Shenhai Huashan Hospital, the Human Hibernation Center opposite the West District of Huashan Hospital in MH District, has gradually added brain science-related treatment and research modules.

In its financial report, Guangjia Technology publicly stated that it would work with Huashan Hospital to transform the human hibernation center into a brain science research and treatment center.

After hearing about the features of America's human hibernation center, Lin Tianmin was curious whether Light Armor Technology had direct sales in America, and whether the direct sales would be in the Chinese style or the American style.

Guy said, “Probably not. It was only when I was in charge of your business that I learned about the specific situation of the Light Armor Enterprise.

As far as I can remember, there are no logos for Light Armor Technology and Light Armor Aerospace in the entire San Francisco.

Even places like New York, Los Angeles, and Houston don't have relevant signs.

I guess we are not allowed to enter the American market. As you know, America puts its own label on almost all high-tech products produced in China.

Americans must not know that this product is made in China.

The one that impressed me the most was DJI. From a certain year on, the DJI I bought was no longer DJI, even though its appearance, operating system, and parameters were exactly the same as DJI, but it just couldn't be called DJI.

I guess the same is true for Light Armor Aerospace."

Guy was surprisingly talkative. Lin Tianmin guessed that the other party was not a security guard, but the person in charge of contact, and the others were security personnel.

Seeing that the other party was very willing to answer, Zhou Jin was also aroused to talk. This was a good material for bragging when he went back: "Guy, do you know our boss Wright?"

Guy nodded vigorously: “Of course.

Wright is a frequent guest on TV shows. For example, when Fox is doing programs related to the China threat theory, Wright cannot fail to show up.

What they like to promote most is that Wright was educated in America, which is why he became a famous scientist.

That’s right, the American media only publicizes Wright’s achievements in science and technology, not his companies.”

When Zhou Jin heard this, he knew what the other party was going to say in the second half. It was precisely because of Chen Yuanguang's outstanding achievements that the entire America had unprecedentedly tightened its policy on recruiting Chinese students in science and engineering.

Originally, the United States might have recruited about 40 Chinese students, half of whom were in science and engineering. Now the proportion of liberal arts remains unchanged, and the proportion of science and engineering has been cut even more dramatically, directly to one-tenth of the previous level.

Moreover, you cannot get into good schools. Strong science and engineering schools like MIT, UC Berkeley, and Stanford simply do not recruit Chinese international students.

4V was affected in this round of crackdown. Although you haven't returned completely and are in a state of half return and half not return, but in the control of the American education system, 4V and Hong Kong are equated and enjoy the same treatment. Just don't get involved.

Chinese students who are able to study science and engineering in America can only apply to universities ranked outside the top 50. Doctoral admissions have been completely stopped, with Indian students replacing Chinese students.

The consequence of this situation is that studying in England, which was originally on the verge of death, has come back to life.

The US News ranking was about to lose its credibility, and English universities, except for Oxford and Cambridge, were no longer recognized by domestic HR. With this move by America, English universities have made a full comeback.

Unable to go to America, I had to go to England. It felt like the universities in England were occupied by the Chinese.

As for England, they are afraid that you will not come. Otherwise, why would they frantically promote their universities in the US News even if they don't have credibility? The livelihood of millions of workers is no joke.

It is also because of this that the affected students have complained about Chen Yuanguang, saying that England should award him the Medal of the Order of the British Empire for saving England's precarious international student business (cheating leeks).

"Wright is our boss," Lin Tianmin added.

Guy said: "Of course, I know he is your boss. I did a detailed investigation after receiving the project, and now I know as much about Wright as the Chinese do.

You know, I used a secret weapon to find out who Wright is." Guy said with a wicked smile.

Zhou Jin quickly responded: "Hornbill?"

Guy nodded: "Yes, you guys know this thing, I love it, it can prevent you from being deceived by those damn politicians and media.

Under Hornbill, the media's false propaganda is in vain.

I know of some low-income communities where they all buy a Hornbill membership as a community and then use it together.”

The outside world has no idea about this, but if someone can see Hornbill's backend paying user data, they will find that Hornbill still has a huge market and user base in America.

In terms of proportion, the number of users is no less than that in China.

You should know that circumventing the firewall is a traditional skill of Chinese netizens, and the environment in which they have to master this skill has a history of more than ten years. However, this is the first time that America has encountered such a situation. The ratio of the two is surprisingly the same, which shows how many fans American Hornbill has.

From another perspective, America’s information cocoon is even more serious than China’s.

Zhou Jin was a little surprised after listening to this, because he thought Hornbill couldn't talk, so he briefly explained what had just happened in the immigration hall.

Guy sneered, “Of course, those in the arrival hall are all Washington’s dogs, and Washington is a puppet of the Jews, so of course they will be ruthless to Hornbill.

All foreign visitors of Asian appearance will receive special treatment because they are most likely to have Hornbill installed on their smartphones.

The haters can get commissions from ADL by taking screenshots of uninstalls, $5 each, so of course they are enthusiastic. "

"What about among the people?" Lin Tianmin asked curiously, "Are there similar activities among the people?"

Guy said: “No, if there is, what if someone uninstalls and then installs, or installs and then uninstalls?
If you enter the country, you can use a passport photo to rule out the possibility of duplicate collection.

If ADL dares to do this to Americans, even $1 million won’t be enough for them to burn.”

Therefore, many seemingly unreasonable behaviors are driven by interests.

"So no one actually cares about your Hornbill installation?"

"Of course not, but everyone uses Apple, so it's very troublesome to install Hornbill. Web browsing is not as convenient as apps. Samsung has also imposed restrictions specifically on Hornbill, and Chinese phones can't get in." Guy complained.

From Guy's few words, Lin Tianmin could feel the division and closure of America.

It is really hard to imagine that the country on the top of the mountain, as advertised, has now become so conservative and closed.

This feeling was even deeper when I communicated with Blue Origin the next day.

Because Blue Origin wanted to buy the Pioneer One reusable rocket technology from Light Armor Aerospace, after sufficient communication, the engineer in charge of cost accounting at Blue Origin realized that the manufacturing cost of the same Pioneer One in China was 1 million RMB, in France it was 1.3 million euros, and in America it would cost at least 2 million euros.

After learning about the quotation, Lin Tianmin sighed and said that it was no wonder that NASA spent tens of billions of dollars every year but still failed to send people to the moon again. The cost was really too high.

Lin Tianmin couldn't help but think of Teacher Chen Ping. From the perspective of purchasing power, Chen Ping's inequality is valid under some extreme conditions, but Chen Ping did not choose the right extreme conditions.

As for purchasing parts from China and then assembling them in Silicon Valley, Blue Origin has thought about it, but it is absolutely impossible.

Washington has already backed down and asked you to buy technology from Chinese companies. You still want to continue buying parts from Chinese companies? Should manufacturing return to America? Should America become great again?

This is absolutely impossible.

The story of Blue Origin is a bit depressing. They find it difficult to reduce costs, and they still have no chance of winning in the competition with SpaceX in the future.

Not to mention that Musk's Starship is only one step away from success.

Once Starship reduces the transportation cost to less than $15 per kilogram, Blue Origin will be eliminated.

Given this cost comparison, Blue Origin will no longer have any chance of survival in space launch.

"Lin, has Light Armor ever considered making a reusable rocket with a large carrying capacity similar to a starship?
Because according to our understanding, even the Pioneer 100 cannot compare with the Starship's equivalent of up to tons in carrying capacity.

The launch cost of Pioneer 2 is advantageous now, but when the Starship matures, Pioneer 2 will no longer have the advantage.

Considering that the space station needs to launch a large number of modules into low-Earth orbit, it is very necessary to reduce the cost of transportation for the light armor." The engineer of Blue Origin asked.

Of course, they thought it would be better to buy than to develop their own products.

They do not expect to buy starship-level technology, but rather hope that after Guangjia Aerospace successfully develops a starship, they can buy Pioneer II.

Zhou Jin said: "We certainly have similar plans, but the biggest difficulty is still the engine.

The Raptor engine used by Starship makes it difficult for us to catch up in a short period of time.

You should also know that the Raptor is a full-flow staged combustion cycle engine. Its development is extremely difficult, and no similar engine has ever been launched into space before.

Whether it is SpaceX's current main engine Merlin, the Vulcan used by Europe, Blue Origin's BE-4, or Mars V's F-1, these engines will have more or less fuel waste.

Only the Raptor does not want to waste any fuel. Its madness reminds me of the closed-cycle kerosene engine made by the Russians before.

Our biggest problem right now is the engine. If Blue Origin can help us get the technical parameters of the Raptor engine and the synthesis path of related materials, I think we will be able to come up with a starship belonging to Light Armor Aerospace very soon."

The Merlin engine uses kerosene as fuel, and because of the coking problem, the pre-combustion chamber cannot be operated with rich fuel. If the pre-combustion chamber is operated with rich oxygen, it means that high-temperature and high-pressure gaseous oxygen is poured into it, which will blow the delicate, low-tolerance turbine blades out of service almost instantly.

So the Americans at the time thought it was impossible and gave up, not believing that there was an alloy that could withstand such harsh conditions.

However, the Russians did it. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Americans dug out the engines and special alloys in the Russian laboratories, reproduced them based on the technical data, and found that the Russians had really created a special alloy that could withstand the harsh conditions of oxygen-rich precombustion chamber.

The death of the Russians was a great boost to America's space industry, and all of the Russians' most important achievements in space were inherited by America.

As for why NASA, which combines the strengths of the two companies, has not been able to go into space to this day, we have to ask what is wrong with America's scientific research mechanism.

This is really what happened.

When hearing Zhou Jin ask if they could get the technical data of the Raptor engine, or even more radically, the material synthesis path, the engineers at Blue Origin felt like their brains were being attacked. Can we do this?
"Okay, no more jokes, let me ask you something realistic, Blue Origin, can you give us your BE-4 engine technology for reference?

If you want to make a super rocket similar to Starship, then BE-4 is very valuable for reference." Zhou Jin said.

There are many standards for judging the quality of a rocket engine, including thrust, thrust-to-weight ratio, reliability, cost, etc.

The Raptor engine is stronger than Blue Origin's BE-4 in almost all aspects, and has the best thrust-to-weight ratio in the world. The only thing it cannot compare to the BE-4 is thrust.

"Zhou, the BE-4 design is not compatible with the Raptor's cryogenic fuel, and the two do not have many similarities."

“All we need is for the BE-4 to give us something to think about in terms of thrust.

Especially during the research and development of BE-4, there have been hydrogen-oxygen version, kerosene version, methanol version, etc. You have made a lot of attempts, and the data from these attempts can help us avoid detours.

Come up with a rocket engine that can compete with the Raptor sooner."

Speaking of engines alone, the Raptor engine was first designed in 2009. At that time, it was defined as a hydrogen fuel engine in publicity, and it was not until four years later that SpaceX turned to methane.

The BE-4 project was launched at about the same time, in 2011. Its early research and development progress was much faster than that of the Raptor. When the Raptor was still on paper for feasibility, the BE-4 had already started the power group ignition test.

Blue Origin's rocket engine factory in Huntsville has already begun mass production of BE-4.

But the biggest reason why BE-4 is inferior to Raptor in all aspects is that Blue Origin’s tolerance for failure is too low, and Bezos cannot tolerate even one failure.

"I can't decide this. I have to ask Dave." He even thought that it was useless to ask Dave and he had to ask Bezos.

Bezos has no way to make the final decision and ultimately has to ask the White House for its opinion.

Helping Chinese aerospace companies avoid detours is a terrible accusation for American companies.

Zhou Jin said: "I believe that with the experience of Blue Origin's failure, we will be able to succeed faster."

(End of this chapter)