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These people were stunned by the result, which exceeded the carrying capacity of 40 tons!
The peak load of the US "Columbia" space shuttle is only about 30 tons. This "Arc Eagle One" is smaller than the US space shuttle, but it can carry far more tonnage than the space shuttle?
The news was quickly sent to the aerospace agencies of major countries, and everyone's awareness of the transport aircraft produced by Huaxia Future has risen to a new level.
The amount of carrying capacity is a key factor in measuring a country's strength in the aerospace field. American launch vehicles can transport even 70 tons of cargo at a time.
But the cost is terribly high. The consumption of the rocket is a real expense. The cheaper delivery capacity means that the cost of space exploration will be greatly reduced, and the significance of it is self-evident.
Inspired to make SpaceX the most popular air transportation company in the solar system, technology madman Elon Musk also heard the news, which undoubtedly made the "Silicon Valley Iron Man" sleepless nights.
If Huaxia competes with SpaceX in the field of space transportation in the future, the other party's excellent transport aircraft can send materials into space without the help of any rocket boosters.
Its cheap freight and efficient launch capability make "Arc Eagle [-]" have the greatest competitiveness in this field.
The spacex company, which is still using rocket boosters, has become weaker in an instant. Although the rocket can be recovered, it is no longer at the same level after all. It is no wonder that Musk has trouble sleeping and eating.
However, the only thing that gave him some comfort was that Li Linfei once made a promise to him. Li Linfei once said that SpaceX and Future Technology should be allies, not rivals.
But today it seems that Musk really dare not have too much expectation for this illusory promise.
After all, what should come is coming. Just after Huaxia Future announced the successful completion of the trial flight of "Arc Eagle One", the space agency in South Africa began to contact Xia Jiangyu, the helm of Huaxia Future. The content of the negotiation is unknown.
But Elon Musk is very nervous about this incident, because before that, South Africa has long announced that it has entrusted spacex to help its country send a weather satellite into space to meet South Africa's needs. Spacex's cheap space transportation is best choice.
Of course, this was before the birth of "Arc Eagle One". If South Africa cancels its cooperation with SpaceX and enters the embrace of Huaxia Future, it will undoubtedly be a heavy blow to SpaceX, and the impact will not only be The failure of a cooperation can explain it.
Just as Elon Musk was fidgeting, a call from the other side of the Pacific hit his room.
"Li? Why call me when you have time? What's the matter?" Musk said suspiciously.
A loud laugh came from the communicator: "If you don't call, I guess you will lose sleep for a while, even Iron Man can't handle it, ha!"
"Uh..." Musk was stunned for a while, and a look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on his face. Although the other party couldn't see it, he knew that the embarrassment was definitely transmitted to the other side of the Pacific along the wireless signal.
Elon Musk naturally heard the implication in Li Linfei's words, and it was even more embarrassing when he heard it. He didn't know what to say for a while, and his face flushed red.
"My promise is still valid!" In the communicator, Li Linfei said plainly, but there was no doubt about it.
After a while, another voice came: "Tell you the truth, Musk! It is impossible for Huaxia's future capacity to be vacated for third-party services. We are too busy ourselves, and we may even need the help of spacex to increase it in order to gain time. Capacity, haha, of course, if you and NASA are not afraid that we will go to Mars first."
The combination of Huaxia Future and CNSA, and another combination of SpaceX and NASA, these two combinations are secretly competing for Mars.
Strictly speaking, Li Linfei and Musk should be out of competition, but this does not hinder the personal relationship between the two parties.
It is a fact that there is competition, and it is also a fact that there is strategic cooperation.
Elon Musk said helplessly to the communicator: "You know Li, as the CEO of SpaceX, I don't mind the company being able to get an extra order, and I am even very happy with that huge amount of revenue, but NASA I won't agree."
"To tell you the truth, as far as I know, if there is no accident, Washington will issue an injunction against SpaceX."
On the other side of the Pacific Ocean where the sun is rising, in the future science and technology headquarters, Li Linfei is leading a chimpanzee hand towards the "Avatar Lab", and smiling at the communicator: "That's right, you can't supply what I need, take your spacex inventory If all the rockets are used up, at most three or four hundred tons of supplies will be sent up."
Chapter 160 Syrah
Musk shrugged indifferently when he heard the words, and the other party's voice came again from the communicator: "I guess it's the group of people in South Africa that kept you awake. I will set off to return to the country, and the future head of Huaxia has rejected them, how about it? Can I sleep well tonight?"
Elon Musk was stunned for a long time, and after he realized it, he laughed and said, "You really have a heart, buddy, this news is more effective than any sleeping pills, but it's a pity that spacex has lost such a super big customer like you." .”
"I'm a bit greedy..." There was a burst of laughter in the communication.
Future Technology is not an ordinary super-big customer. The 7700-ton volume of Tiangong Circum-orbit Starport all shows to the outside world that the ten wealthy masters of Future Technology, once launched in the aerospace field, invest more than the sum of all institutions in the world. to be tall.
It is estimated that after Bigelow Aerospace announced that it has reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Huaxia Future, the Yinghuo space station will also surface, two man-made celestial bodies over a thousand tons.
On Mars and Earth respectively, the picture of being the leader in the field of space exploration is so beautiful... The two of them ended the communication after a while, and Elon Musk threw the phone aside in a happy mood, and the depression in his heart was swept away immediately Light.
Naturally, he knows better than anyone else that it is a bastard's truth to have money but not make money. Li Linfei called him personally to give him a shot in the arm. That's because SpaceX is one of the technology giants in the United States.
Future Technology has attracted more than half of the technology giants in the United States as strategic allies in order to contain the pressure that the US government may put on him. The intricate ties of interests are enough to make Washington throw a mouse.
Between allies and vested interests, Li Linfei chose the former, which is also the value of SpaceX to future technology, or the greatest value of all companies that have reached strategic cooperation agreements with it.
Li Linfei gave up his vested interests and chose the overall strategic situation, which is a happy situation for both parties. After all, businessmen, especially American businessmen, put their interests first.
However, Elon Musk is also very upset about this feeling of being choked by someone, but he is also helpless, thinking that a breakthrough in technology is necessary to solve this embarrassing situation.
After all, the leader of Future Technology today is friendly to SpaceX. Who knows what will happen tomorrow?
Although a bit depressed, but the mood is also very good, at least the current difficulties do not exist.
Otherwise, if South Africa cancels its cooperation with SpaceX and turns to CMSX, Musk can predict that as soon as the news comes out and the stock market opens the next day, the company's stock will inevitably fall.
In the First Research Institute of Future Science and Technology, the Biotechnology R&D Center, Li Linfei led an unusually unique outsider to the "Avatar Lab", and the so-called outsider was the chimpanzee Silla.
Its intelligence is rising at an astonishing rate, and even Li Linfei can hardly predict how far Sylla will grow, whether it will be like in the film and television works.
In the classic "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", the main character is as smart as Caesar?Today, Sila's intelligence level is equivalent to that of a human child aged 4 to 5. The intelligence of chimpanzees is second only to humans in the primate population. They can judge themselves in the mirror. One point is an advantage that other species do not have.
And Sila is obviously more than that, it not only has the ability to recognize, but also has an amazing ability to imitate, Li Linfei will teach it personally whenever he has time.
The current Sila knows many things that only humans can understand, such as safe passages, cordons in control areas, etc., and it knows what these represent and mean.
Especially the talent shown in mathematics is very eye-catching. It can recognize the Arabic numerals from 1 to 100, and can also calculate simple addition and subtraction operations. Li Linfei saw with his own eyes that Sila solved some simple addition and subtraction mathematics given by him. This is undoubtedly surprising.
Not only that, today's Syrah can clearly understand what the people around it say, and everything it shows shows its uniqueness, and it is becoming more and more intelligent.
"Our 'Caesar' is here!"
"It's been a long time, Silla!" Li Linfei brought the chimpanzee Silla to the "Avatar Laboratory", and more than a dozen top biological engineers or computer engineers here greeted him kindly.
Sila's amazing comprehension ability can not only understand the words of the crowd, but also respond with body language.Sira doesn't feel like an ordinary chimpanzee at all.
A young bioengineer came towards Sira with a syringe in his hand. Li Linfei who was beside him took the syringe in his hand, flicked it lightly, and turned to look at the chimpanzee Sira sitting on a chair.
"We all know you are special, Silla." Li Linfei knelt down beside Sira, and said leisurely, "So what I told you before is valid, and you can still refuse now. Experiments are dangerous, so... "
Li Linfei stopped talking suddenly, raised his eyebrows lightly, and the young bioengineer standing beside him couldn't help showing a smile, putting his hands in the pockets of the white lab coat in front of him.
"Boss, does this mean that Sira has agreed?"
"Yes!" Li Linfei looked at the chimpanzee Silla's hand stretched out towards him, and smiled.
Silla watched Li Linfei personally pierce the needle tip of the injection into his arm, and watched the bright red blood enter the syringe's container. It hurt a little, but the chimpanzee Silla did not have any needles, but watched calmly.
Li Linfei quickly pulled out the needle tip, and handed the syringe to the engineer, who took it and left quickly. Li Linfei turned to look at Sira on the chair, and saw it suddenly grinned, making Li Linfei dumbfounded.
The chimpanzee's smile was full of joy. Li Linfei gave a thumbs up. Cobb knew this action, and saw that he also gave a thumbs up. Then he clenched his fist and fought Li Linfei. The movements were clean and neat, which seemed to be a common practice.