Rebirth in a Perfect Era Chapter 1221: The big idea behind the space dream
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Li Mu knows very little about the military. Unlike some boys who like military, they can understand the main fighters, warships, tanks and even individual weapons of all countries in the world. Li Mu understands the development of military and military industry. They are all passive. The TV reported the J-10 fighter, and he knew that there was such a thing. The news said that the United States sent F22 to the Korean peninsula, and he only knew that there was a plane called F22.
So, when Elon · Musk talks about Drone, the first thing Li Mu thought of was not a predator, but DJI.
When I think of DJI, Li Mu reminds me of the DJI Elf 4 that I had spent a lot of money on. I bought it two weeks before it was fresh, because I could n’t find the bomber anymore.
The process of the bomber is in line with the masculinity of science and engineering in Li Mu.
Science and technology boys are quick to get started with these high-tech gadgets, and those with a background in science and engineering will always have an "unconvinced" momentum for such things. For example, DJI Drone has a power management system and smart return system When the aircraft flies beyond a certain distance, and the power continues to decline, DJI system can determine a point at which the aircraft can safely return, that is, DJI believes that the aircraft has reached a safe return at the current distance and power If the decision point is not to go back, it is likely that the aircraft will be bombed halfway because of insufficient power.
Li Mu did not dare to talk to system acting cool at the beginning, but after playing it a few times and thinking that he was proficient, he thought that this thing is not too bad. He began to feel that he knew the limits of this Drone better than this set of system So when he decided to challenge system, the plane ran out of power halfway back and returned to the river.
It is a pity to think of the Drone and Li Mu.
Elon · Musk seemed to be absent-minded when he saw Li Mu. He did n’t even listen to himself. He could n’t help but say with disappointment: “Boss, if you are not interested in this aspect, let ’s talk about something else.”
Li Mu has recovered from the bomber ’s memories. hastily waved his hand and said: "Do n’t, I ’m very interested. I was just thinking about how to play this thing, or you will give me a detailed introduction. Introduction? "
Elon · Musk is overjoyed, standing to lean forward, sitting closer to Li Mu, and seriously saying: "In this regard, I think so, our internet industry, technology is not a barrier in most cases, products Yes, everyone uses the same environment and the same language for development. Someone can come up with a complete set of operations system. Someone can get a small plug-in. It ’s all BUG; you can come up with a super product like YY, but Microsoft. Can only get a messy MSN. "
"However, in the field of aerospace, it is not just products, but also related core technologies and technology chains, such as launch vehicles. It is not a certain type of launch vehicle that is valuable, but the technology chain behind it. Advanced rocket technology, solid and liquid rocket propulsion technology, flight control technology, and even first-level rocket recovery technology. Once these technology chains are completed, there will be great promise in many fields in the future. "
The Li Mu has little knowledge, and he is not clear about Space-X, so he can only ask with humility: "Is this technology a wide range of civilian applications?"
Elon · Musk thought for a while and said, "If someone asks me, I must say very big, but the boss you ask me, I dare not talk to you nonsense, I can only say that the scope of space technology to civilian use He space is still uncertain, but the market space of commercial aerospace itself still has great potential. "
Li Mu nodded and said, "Tell me in detail."
Elon · Musk said seriously: "Whether it is NASA, China's aerospace department, or European aerospace agency, their technologies and products although are different, but they are basically the same. In common. "
"What is it?"
"Spend the government's money!"
Elon · Musk talked eloquently: "The least important thing about these government agencies developing aerospace technology is the cost. NASA's technology accumulation in the aerospace field is the world's first, but their technologies are all used by the US government during the Cold War. The China ’s launch vehicle has developed rapidly in recent years, but it cannot be separated from the government ’s full support. With the government ’s support, the launch vehicles developed by these institutions have a common problem. Is the price / performance ratio too low! "
Speaking of this, Elon · Musk came to the spirit, and said with a spit: "Boss, look, for example, the US government will engage in a set of military satellite positioning system and hand over all the launch missions of more than a dozen satellites. To the NASA, for the military, their architecture of hundreds of billions of USD does not care about the cost of launching hundreds of millions of dollars. The China government must be the same, but the gold behind the commercial satellites in the future may all be enterprises. Rather than the country, if the cost of rocket launching is too high, the development of the entire commercial satellite will be greatly affected. However, a master such as NASA will not study how to reduce costs at all, so the market for commercial rocket launches is because of the cost. High and stagnant, if a private company appears at this time, fully study how to reduce the launch cost of commercial satellites, what kind of situation will it be? "
Li Mu suddenly realized.
Elon · Musk is staring at such a market in aerospace.
What he said really makes sense. The government ’s large investment in aerospace projects always pursues high performance rather than cost performance, so the development of the entire aerospace field is like a deformed official market. If you take a car To make an analogy, it seems that every country has a state-owned automobile production enterprise. They are desperately developing the fastest car, the heaviest load car, and the most technologically strong car, so the car they make may be lightning fast. Or, it ’s super power, or it ’s technologically very powerful, but the only drawback is that it ’s expensive. You do n’t even need to buy it to buy it. You ca n’t even burn your mother ’s oil.
However, it is not just every country that has a demand for cars. In addition to the country, there are many individuals and individual groups who are eager for cars. At this time, if a company focuses on building the most cost-effective car, then it must be Can occupy the largest initiative in this market.
If a Instant Messenger company wants to put ten satellites into a fixed orbit, it may take 3 billion USD to find a U.S. launch, and 2 billion USD to find a China launch, but if there is a company with one billion USD, and It can also save itself a profit of 200 million USD. There is no doubt that in the commercial satellite market in the future, its development space will become very large.
Thinking of this, Li Mu smacked his lips, looks at Elon · Musk said: "It sounds like a bit of meaning, but the early investment in this industry is too large, and you always have technical reserves? It is impossible to start research and development from scratch. , So where does your technical reserve come from? "
"NASA!" Elon · Musk smiled and said: "You can understand NASA as a treasure trove where most of it is abandoned. It contains a lot of idle talent and technology. As long as we have enough starting capital, I can I found a lot of talents from NASA who are proficient in a certain technology and can quickly change a certain technology to their own use. They start to develop directly from the completion rate of 70% and 80%, and the start will be very fast, and our research and development direction follows these institutions. Different, you can avoid risks to the greatest extent. "
Finally, Elon · Musk explained: "Take a car as an analogy. NASA is studying the expensive top F1. Europe and Japan are studying V12, double supercharged, supercar with more than 1,000 horsepower, China. We studied sports cars with V8, supercharged, and horsepower above 600 but not so expensive. We took their engine technology, engine gearbox tuning technology, chassis tuning technology, and other electronic assist technologies, but we did not build racing cars, Without building supercar nor sports car, we will build a four-cylinder 2.0 economic model, and build this model. By then, in this level of market, we are the biggest occupants. "
"Imagine when there are only tens of millions of USD F1, millions of USD Ferrari and hundreds of thousands of USD Mercedes Mercedes on the market, we built tens of thousands of Toyota Prius of USD, that would be one What kind of situation ... "
If it was n’t for identity, Li Mu really wanted to applaud Elon · Musk and give him a slap, no wonder this guy is called Iron Man of Silicon Valley, it looks like he ’s in an incredible industry, and the prospects are a bit Not optimistic, but in fact, he has already made the future development space planning very clear. Space-X may not be able to keep up with NASA, China Long March series, or the Russian Space Agency, but as long as he can make it more cost-effective than them Will suffice.
When the market is full of Ferrari cars, the car can only be a toy of the top rich. After all, what can afford Ferrari is a very small number of society. However, once the Prius is a solid and fuel-efficient hybrid The availability of dynamic models is too attractive to ordinary people. Consumers who can afford a Prius are at least ten thousand times more than consumers who can afford an Ferrari. This is Elon · Musk. Aspirations in space.
Moreover, Li Mu itself is a internet technology. He knows the rapid development of internet technology. The position of satellites in the future development of internet will become more and more important. previous life, Facebook, Google, Apple seem to have their own satellite launch plans. If it is not ten years later, it will be the era of satellite internet. At that time, not only internet products need their own satellites, but hardware development also needs their own satellites. It is likely that there will be dozens of them under their own product systems in the future. The demand for satellite launches, it seems that the prospects for commercial satellite launches worldwide are indeed very broad.
After sorting out these, Li Mu suddenly became very interested in Elon · Musk's aerospace career, he said to Elon · Musk: "Elon, you have convinced me, when you want to start it officially, you can always come to find Me, I am ready to play with you for 100 million dollars. "
"That's really great!" Elon · Musk said seriously: "If this is the case, I will pay a sum of money from PayPal next year, let's invest in aerospace together!"