giants of the era

Chapter 349 Struggle for the great cause of mankind

Three days later, Li Zetian came to the headquarters of Space Exploration Corporation.

Under the leadership of the company's CEO, Li Zetian met with the company's high-level figures, and then visited the entire company to learn more about the company's current situation.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, all the senior managers of the company came to the meeting room to listen to Li Zetian's guidance.

Li Zetian swept his gaze, his eyes were bright, he pondered for a moment, and said: "I visited the company today, um, it seems that Space Exploration Company has started to get on the right track. Moreover, the company's employees are in good spirits and rich. Enthusiasm for work, which is great! Before coming here, I have read the information of Space Exploration Corporation in detail."

Li Zetian paused for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Space Exploration Corporation is a company, not NASA, and can receive government funding. It is a company that must make money! Although the company cannot make money in the short term, I need to inject capital into the company for a long time. But this is not a long-term solution! I also learned about the current market industry. In terms of military aircraft manufacturing, although the profits are considerable, as a private company, it is not so easy to get orders from the government. However, we can The market is competing, and the civilian aircraft market is more profitable than the military aircraft market!!"

As Li Zetian was speaking, he suddenly thought of Boeing. Most of Boeing's profits come from the civil aircraft market, which is much richer than Lockheed Martin of the same level!
"So, the company will focus on developing civilian aircraft in the future!" Li Zetian laughed, "I'm really looking forward to traveling around the world in my own plane!"

When everyone heard the words, they all smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Mr. Li, Space Exploration Corporation will definitely develop the best aircraft, which can compare with the Boeing 747!"

"That's right, beat Boeing, Lockheed, and McDonnell Douglas..."

Li Zetian smiled and nodded, "Boeing 747 is the world's largest airliner, so we will develop an even more powerful 'Sky Jumbo' aircraft to surpass it!!!"

At this moment, Li Zetian no longer counts on the European Airbus A380, but decides to develop it himself. It will be interesting if he can crush Boeing and European Airbus.

Everyone present knew that Li Zetian was rich and powerful, and he spared no expense for research and development.

Enough money!
Expensive materials, equipment and other supplies are enough!

Talent is enough!

Those people from the former Soviet Union have been extremely shocked since they joined the Space Exploration Corporation.Many people said that if the Soviet Union could provide them with such good conditions, aerospace technology would be many years more advanced than it is now...

Many people believe that with the support of huge financial resources, the future of space exploration companies is full of bright, and it will be a matter of time before they surpass Boeing, Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas, Airbus and other companies.

Scientists have a crazy obsession and pursuit of technology.At this moment, when Li Zetian said that he would develop the "Space Giant", everyone was full of confidence. At the same time, they were very excited and full of expectations for the "Space Giant"!

Li Zetian smiled and said: "Hehe, I feel relieved to see that everyone is so confident. In addition, it is worth mentioning that the rocket development plan! As we all know, after the rocket is launched, it is useless, because it Can’t come back, can’t be recycled, and has become space junk. If the rocket developed by Space Exploration Corporation can return to land for the second and third launch, it will not only be environmentally friendly, but also greatly reduce the cost of rocket launch .”

As soon as Li Zetian finished speaking, everyone was shocked.Apparently, they didn't think about rocket recovery.People's thinking inertia is that rockets are launched at one time.If you want to launch satellites multiple times, you can use a manned, reusable spacecraft that travels between space and the ground, the space shuttle.

However, from his previous life, Li Zetian knew that space shuttles are not cheap, and generally use rockets to launch satellites, which is more cost-effective.The most famous of these is the rocket of SpaceX.

The initial budget of the United States for the space shuttle program was 430 billion US dollars, and the cost of each launch was expected to be 5400 million US dollars. However, due to the complexity of the space shuttle system (the fuselage exceeds 250 million parts), technology and system maintenance require a lot of manpower and material resources. This plan far exceeded the budget.As of 2011, the total cost of the space shuttle program was 1960 billion U.S. dollars, of which the cost of each space shuttle was about 120 billion U.S. dollars. In this way, the average cost of a single launch is actually about 4 million U.S. dollars (nearly ten times over budget). times).

Li Zetian didn't dare to jump into this huge pit.

Before the technology is reached, it is still a lot more cost-effective to develop rockets.

Li Zetian is only in his thirties now, actually still very young, and there is still a lot of time in the future. He can't help but often fantasize about the life of human beings after they leave the earth, such as planetary mining, space tourism, etc. Yes, it would be boring if you never left the earth.

When human beings look up at birds, they yearn to be able to fly themselves; when human beings look up at the starry sky, they naturally yearn to be able to travel in the starry sky.

Li Zetian thinks that the wealth can rival the country, and with his full support, the human aerospace industry will inevitably develop rapidly.Right now, NASA's annual funding is only tens of billions of dollars.SpaceX can crush it to slag.

In Li Zetian's words: "I want to dig balls on the moon and settle on Mars. The stars and the sea are my goals!"

Of course, dreams are difficult to realize, and the level of technology is not easy to achieve after all.However, Li Zetian has money, develops education, gathers talents, cooperates in research and development, and provides high-tech research and development equipment, which will definitely speed up the development of science and technology and produce rapid changes.

Over the years, Li Zetian has deeply understood the importance of money, especially the words of the Morgan family, "It is not the law that drives history, but money, just money!!!"

Under the influence of money, the semiconductor industry has broken Moore's Law.

The overall level of global science and technology seems to be four or five years ahead of the previous life. Some fields, such as the biotechnology that Li Zetian invested heavily in, have definitely reached the level after 2000. These are actually made by Li Zetian with limited funds. Change.Now, with strong financial resources, he can change the world to a greater extent! ! !Moreover, the Internet age has emerged, and the dissemination of information is conducive to the development of science and technology.At the same time, Li Zetian will also seek greater benefits and influence from it, and then use it to promote the rapid development of science and technology!
All in all, Li Zetian already has the ability to leverage the earth's technology!
In the meeting room of the Space Exploration Company, Li Zetian talked eloquently, scolding Fang Qiu, pointing out Jiangshan, and uttered some advanced insights from his previous life and his vision.

"Everyone, I don't care how much money is spent. I only care about the rapid development of science and technology. Let us work together for the great aerospace cause of mankind!!!" Li Zetian said loudly with passion.

(End of this chapter)