Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 392 The largest space station launch in history!!

On the streets of Bangkok, Thailand, ASEAN, an avant-garde and sci-fi sea blue SEC coupe slowly drove through the streets, attracting the attention of many local pedestrians.

This level of sports car is already quite eye-catching, not to mention that it is a sports car from the Hai Lan Automobile brand... Not to mention anything else, the Hai Lan Automobile logo on the front of the car body alone can attract a lot of attention.

The reason why more people pay attention to this sea blue sports car is not simply because it is a two-door coupe, but also because people can see a young owner playing with his mobile phone in the car through the open window...

This car is driving on the street by itself!
This is also consistent with people's consistent perception of Hailan Automobile: Hailan Automobile is not just a car manufacturer, but a high-tech car manufacturer.

What they are playing with is smart electric cars, which have nothing to do with traditional cars.

At the same time, on the other side of the street, you can also see a sea blue SLMC parked in a parking space on the street. The unique front body of an electric car, without a huge air intake, and the streamlined body similar to a sports car look very sci-fi.

At this time, a middle-aged man walked out of a street shop and got to the driving seat. The car door opened automatically without him having to do anything. Then the owner got in the car and closed the door, blocking the view of pedestrians.

Then the sea-blue SLMC drove out of the parking space and slowly merged into the traffic on the main road...On the road, among a large group of Japanese-brand fuel vehicles, this sea-blue SLMC stood out.

At the same time, at Bangkok Airport, the charter plane carrying the Hailan Automobile team also landed smoothly. Afterwards, with local pick-up, the Hailan Automobile team boarded the convoy directly at the airport and left the airport.

In the motorcade, in a sea-blue SLC large luxury car, Bao Yongyan was listening to a brief report from the local branch.

"At present, we have reached an agreement with Thailand on our factory project, and we will be able to enter the official construction phase after the groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow!"

"The company that is responsible for the construction of our factory is the domestic Yonghe Construction Company, which has a strategic partnership with us. Their engineering capabilities are very outstanding and they have completed the construction orders of two large production bases of our company. According to our forecast, the Thai factory is expected to complete 90% of the construction in thirteen months and then enter the trial production stage. In fifteen months, all construction parts of the entire project, including landscaping, will be completed!"

"We expect to spend about half a year to increase production capacity, and eventually reach an annual production capacity of 100,000 vehicles!"

"After the plant is put into production, we expect to use it to produce Hailan SLMC models, Hailan MEV models and mid-range sedan models to be released in the future."

"The cars produced are mainly used to supply the local market in Thailand, and some are also supplied to other ASEAN countries and regions!"

"The production model is a typical assembly model. Many core components such as motors, batteries, tires, chips, etc. will be transported from China and then assembled. At the same time, we will purchase some non-core parts from local suppliers!"

"The above is our first phase of the project. If everything goes well, we will continue to expand production and gradually increase the annual production capacity to 200,000 vehicles to supply the entire ASEAN market. However, this is only a preliminary plan. Whether it can be realized depends on the situation in Thailand and the subsequent ASEAN market."

“But we expect to be optimistic!”

"The consumption capacity of the local market in Thailand is quite good. At the same time, because it is a tropical country, the range of electric vehicles will not be reduced in winter, which is more suitable for our electric vehicles."

"The locals are trying to obtain part of the electric vehicle supply chain through us and develop their own automobile industry, but their appetite is not very high and they are somewhat self-aware."

"We know that they cannot make many core things by themselves, so we have not asked them to enter the core parts field. In exchange, we will gradually produce some non-core, low-value-added parts locally."

"Therefore, some of our company's non-core parts suppliers will also move here to build factories with us, but we will strictly control the leakage of core technologies."

"In return, they will increase their support for the electric vehicle sector year by year, such as reducing import tariffs on electric vehicles and reducing consumption tax on electric vehicle purchases."

"According to our negotiation terms, once our Thailand factory officially starts construction, which is the day after tomorrow, they will officially launch a series of support policies for new energy vehicles. In addition, they will allow us to increase the construction of local charging piles and provide corresponding policy support!"

"After our Thailand factory is officially put into production, they will launch larger-scale car purchase subsidies and tax exemptions according to the contract, and vigorously support the export of models produced in our Thailand factory to other ASEAN countries."

Bao Yongyan said: "It's normal to exchange the market for employment. As long as the other party shows sincerity, we will do it!"

The automobile market is a very complex market and is also a core industry for trade protection in various countries. Unless the other party has no industrial base at all, they will think of making some trouble and then engage in trade protection.

For a company as strong as Hailan Automobile, with such excellent products, it is not easy to gain market share in most industrial countries... Of course, this easy refers specifically to low tariffs.

If we ignore the high tariffs, Hailan cars are actually already sold in hundreds of countries around the world...it's just that the high tariffs have raised the selling price of Hailan cars in various countries, making it difficult to increase sales.

In many countries, they often impose tariffs of several tens of percentage points on imported cars... This is why the Hailan SLMC is only sold for RMB 350,000, but in many overseas countries the selling price will reach RMB 400,000 to 500,000, or even exceed RMB 500,000.

For example, in the Indian market, they impose a 100% tariff on imported cars priced above $40,000.

This resulted in the Hailan SLMC, which only costs RMB 350,000 in China, being priced at more than RMB 700,000 in India.

This is for the entry-level version of the Hailan SLMC. The higher-end models will be more expensive.

If it is a more expensive luxury model such as Hailan SEC and Hailan SEV, the cheapest one will cost over one million.

At the same time, considering that the income of local Indians is relatively low, the only people who can afford Hailan cars in India are truly rich people.

India's high tariffs on automobiles not only blocked Hailan Automobile, but also blocked a large number of international automobile giants.

For years, a host of automakers have been lobbying India to lower tariffs, but to no avail.

India is also trying to use tariffs as bait to attract foreign electric vehicle manufacturers to invest in them.

The main reason is that India has also seen the wave of electric vehicles and they also want to develop electric vehicles, but they do not have an industrial chain, and the local people are not receptive to electric vehicles.

Therefore, India wants to try to introduce giants in the electric vehicle field such as Tesla and Hailan Automobile, and try to attract electric vehicle manufacturers to enter by lowering the tariff rate on electric vehicles.

In response to this, Tesla's Musk publicly expressed his interest... but it was all talk from a distance. Musk is not stupid and naturally knows the huge risks of investing in India.

A lot of multinational giants went to India and were badly cheated. Even world-class giants like Zhiyun Group are avoiding India. Can Tesla be more awesome than other multinational giants and world-class companies like Zhiyun Group?
No one would think that Zhiyun has no influence, and no one would think that Xu Shenxue would be stupid...and how dare you do something that Xu Shenxue doesn't dare to do?

A few dishes, so drunk.

So Musk is actually just teasing India and talking nonsense. As for investing real money... forget it.

As for HaiLian Automobile, its attitude is actually similar to that of Tesla. On the one hand, executives such as Bao Yongyan say that they are optimistic about the Indian market, praising Indians for being hardworking and smart. They also say that there is a possibility of investing in and building a factory in India in the future... Well, the prerequisite is that India lowers tariffs.

But in fact, Hailan Automobile has no plan to invest and build a factory in India.

Not to mention that HaiLan Automobile will not go, even other domestic electric car manufacturers will not go... In recent years, too many manufacturers have been cheated when investing in India, and now everyone is avoiding India.

Even if he is brave and not afraid of being cheated, Xu Shenxue will directly cut off the supply of batteries and chips to him... If I don't go, you are not allowed to go either.

India is not a country like Thailand, Indonesia or Brazil. It has a small population, a small market, and a weak industry, so it poses no threat.

India is a country with a population of more than one billion. Although their industrial base is a bit weak, they do have some industries. They also have the Tata Group... The Tata Group is basically the Indian version of A-Star, and it still has something.

At this time, if a group of domestic idiot automobile manufacturers run over to establish an electric vehicle industry chain, they will most likely be swallowed up whole, and eventually lead to the development of the Indian electric vehicle industry chain... Although the possibility is very low, we cannot help but be on guard!
Xu Shenxue doesn't have the habit of cultivating competitors for himself...that would be stupid!
Therefore, Xu Shenxue simply killed it with one blow and did not give India any chance at all.

Xu Shenxue's attitude, coupled with the fact that Indians have always had a bad reputation, has led Hailan Automobile to prefer investing and building factories in places like Thailand, Indonesia and Brazil rather than going to India.

As for India, if you want to import Hailan cars, we can negotiate with you. Even if you want to import batteries, computing chips and other spare parts, we can also negotiate with you... But if you want factories and core technologies... forget it in your next life!
The automobile market in India is relatively special. The tariffs in other countries are generally not that high... As long as the tariff ratio is not as exaggerated as 100%, Hailan Automobile doesn't really care.

Anyway, Hailan cars have always been known for being expensive... For Hailan car users who have purchased cars overseas, there is actually not much difference between 350,000 and 400,000 or 500,000, and people will still buy them if they want.

They don’t have a choice anyway!
HaiLian Automobile is the only smart electric car in the world that uses high-tech technology. Even Tesla is struggling to catch up with it. Now it can’t even perform L3 level assisted driving, let alone other car manufacturers.

Of course, considering the international market comprehensively, in order to sell more cars, Hailan Automobile will still choose to invest and build factories in several stable, less ambitious and market-friendly countries.

The Thailand factory is a test for Hailan Automobile!
The main reason is that the Thai market is relatively friendly... They don't have much of an automobile industry themselves, and the previous automobile market was almost monopolized by Japanese automobile brands. Japanese car companies almost made money by lying in the Thai market.

In this regard, Thailand also hopes to introduce second-party forces to break the monopoly of Japanese cars, and at the same time, by supporting Hai Lan Automobile to open up a new electric vehicle track, to obtain a certain amount of automobile industry...even if it is just an assembly plant and some non-core parts industries.

So they hit it off with Hailan Automobile. The two sides started negotiations last year and finally reached all the cooperation agreements in May.

The next day, Bao Yongyan was entertained by local Thais, and at the subsequent press conference, they jointly announced the HaiLan Automobile Thailand production base plan.

Bao Yongyan announced that Hailan Automobile will plan to invest US$500 million in the local area to build an electric vehicle production base with world-class standards, which will bring at least 5,000 direct jobs to the local area.

The local official representatives spoke happily about various commitments and support policies, claiming that the production and sales of electric vehicles would be increased to 2020 units per year by 2030, and the penetration rate of electric vehicles would reach more than % by .

Afterwards, Bao Yongyan and local representatives attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Hailan Automobile Factory.

HaiLan Automobile's overseas expansion plan has also received great attention from Xu Shenxue. This is an important measure for HaiLan Automobile to achieve annual sales of 2 million or even 3 million vehicles.

After the factory in Thailand, Hailan Automobile will also invest in building a factory in Brazil and a factory in Indonesia. The negotiations on the investment plans in these two places have basically come to an end, and the various conditions are similar to those in Thailand.

The essence is to exchange market for employment... and develop the automobile industry at the same time.

As for HaiLan Automobile, it not only brought factories and non-core technologies to the local area, but also exported electric vehicles to the local area on a large scale.

After the matter of the electric car came to an end, Xu Shenxue appeared on Qiongzhou Island again.

And this time he did not go quietly, but went with great fanfare, and brought his family with him... Not only Xu Shenxue went, in fact many people from the technology industry, and even local representatives also showed up on Qiongzhou Island.

Because on June 18th, Nanmen Aerospace Company on Qiongzhou Island will carry out a space launch event that will attract global attention.

The core module of Tiangong-3 will be launched into space on this day by the No. 6 heavy rocket of Nanmen Aerospace Corporation!

The core module of Tiangong-3 is a huge behemoth with a net weight of 60 tons...it is also the largest artificial satellite/space station ever built by mankind.

Prior to this, Nanmen Aerospace Company and the space agency had cooperated with each other, first launching the Tiangong-2 laboratory module, and then completing the docking of the manned spacecraft and the cargo spacecraft...Among them, the Qinglong cargo spacecraft under Nanmen Aerospace Company, which was transported by the No. 5 rocket, was responsible for the docking mission of the cargo spacecraft of the Tiangong-2 laboratory module.

At the same time, the Black Dragon manned spacecraft owned by Nanmen Aerospace Corporation has completed two launch missions. The first one was a purely commercial launch, in which the astronauts flew around the earth in the spacecraft for several days before returning.

The second time was when the Black Dragon manned spacecraft carrying astronauts docked with the Tiangong-2 experimental module.

The rockets, manned spacecraft and cargo spacecraft of Nanmen Aerospace Company and the rockets, manned spacecraft and cargo spacecraft of the space agency actually serve as backups for each other, so there are more docking tests in the Tiangong-2 experimental module.

In addition, Nanmen Aerospace actually also provides a series of supporting technologies or products such as space suits and space operation robots.

Regarding the space suits, Nanmen Aerospace actually initially simply felt that the space suits provided by the aerospace agency were too expensive. It was just a set of extravehicular space suits, but it cost tens of millions... and Nanmen Aerospace's technical team felt that this thing was too complicated and difficult to use. It was fine for professional astronauts, but what about space tourists?
You have to know that Nanmen Aerospace is engaged in commercial space flight, which is very sensitive to costs. At the same time, it also has to consider the applicability of space suits to ordinary people.

Therefore, Nanmen Aerospace simply developed a whole set of space suits by itself, from conventional space suits to extravehicular space suits, and also used a lot of new materials from sister companies. The final space suit not only has better performance and is more convenient to wear, but most importantly, it is also cheaper.

After careful comparison and testing, the space agency quietly ordered several sets from Nanmen Aerospace for use by subsequent space station crew members.

After a series of tests and careful research and analysis by a team of experts, it was unanimously agreed that the space station project was mature and could be formally planned.

In fact, the No. 6 heavy rocket, which serves as the launch platform, successfully completed its maiden flight last year and has carried out three commercial launches.

The reason why we have waited until now to launch the core module of the space station is mainly because the space station research and development progress at the aerospace agency is a bit slow... Actually, it's not slow. It's already amazing to be able to complete it in three or four years.

However, Nanmen Aerospace's development of the No. 6 heavy-duty rocket is faster... Nanmen Aerospace not only developed the No. 6 heavy-duty rocket, but also developed the Qinglong cargo spacecraft and the Black Dragon manned spacecraft, and also developed a large number of other aerospace technologies, such as space suits and space operation robots.

At this time, Xu Shenxue, under the guidance of the person in charge of Nanmen Aerospace, saw a relatively strange robot. This robot did not have a walking mechanism in the traditional sense. It was neither wheeled nor bipedal.

It is a big cube, but there are four robotic arms around it!
"Mr. Xu, this is a space operation robot that we developed together with Zhiyun Group's Robotics Division. The entire body is designed to be radiation-resistant and cold-resistant, and can meet the needs of operations in harsh space environments."

"The system has built-in data models for many industrial operations, which can help astronauts complete tasks such as space station maintenance after leaving the spacecraft."

"It can operate autonomously or by remote control. Our design goal is to be able to use the robot to complete various inspections of the space station even if there are no astronauts in the space station... Of course, this requires professional technicians to perform certain fuzzy remote control commands on the ground."

"It's not full remote control, but after giving various instructions to the robot, the robot executes the command to complete various inspections and even emergency repairs!"

"Its four robotic arms can carry more than ten different maintenance modules and can regularly and autonomously complete more than 90 percent of the space station maintenance and emergency repair tasks according to preset instructions."

"Under remote control, it can complete almost 100% of the inspection and repair tasks... It can do everything that human astronauts can do, and even more accurately!"

"At the same time, according to the characteristics of our robot, the exterior design of the space station has also been optimized to a certain extent, and many connection points have been designed to provide a fulcrum for our robot to fix when it goes out of the cabin. Our robot can use the special buckles on any of the robotic arms to dock with these connection points for fixing."

"We have also built multiple chemical thrusters and electric thrusters into this space operation robot. When used together, the chemical thrusters can provide a large amount of power for a short period of time, while the electric thrusters can provide a small amount of power with lower energy consumption."

"The robot can even detach from the space station and navigate independently in the space environment, but the powered endurance is limited... We call it a robot, but it is actually more like a spacecraft with flexible and operational capabilities."

"After the subsequent space station launch is successful, we will use the No. 5 rocket to launch the Qinglong spacecraft and send a space operation robot and many other supplies needed by the space station to the space station, so as to conduct various tests and preliminary applications in the real space environment!"

"If everything goes well, we will deploy at least three robots on the space station to complete various tasks, greatly reducing the workload of astronauts and extending the service life of the space station."

Xu Shenxue looked at the strange robot in front of him, which had a rectangular main body and four mechanical arms. He felt it was quite strange... To be honest, it did not meet his expectations of the appearance of robots, nor did it meet the impression of most people on the appearance of robots. As for robots, many people thought that robots should be like the bipedal robot released by Zhiyun Group in January!

However, Xu Shenxue also knew that professional technicians had their reasons for designing the space operation robot in this way.

So Xu Shenxue wouldn't comment on anything.

After seeing this space operation robot, Xu Shenxue and others went to see some other products of Nanmen Aerospace, including the Qinglong cargo spacecraft and the Heilong manned spacecraft. Both of them are 12-ton spacecraft, which are launched using the reuse mode of the No. 5 rocket to save transportation costs to the greatest extent.

Later, we also visited some other intelligent equipment for space use jointly developed by Nanmen Aerospace and Zhiyun Robotics. The main purpose of designing these intelligent equipment is to be used for mining and refining minerals on the moon or Mars, and then for on-site production of various spare parts and even equipment.

This is an important part of building a base on the moon or Mars in the future... After all, we can't transport everything from the earth. That would be too slow and too costly.

Therefore, the engineers of Nanmen Aerospace thought that they could simply build a batch of highly intelligent equipment to directly mine and refine locally, and then manufacture some spare parts and even some equipment on-site through 3D printing and other methods, or use them to collect and refine raw materials to achieve partial self-sufficiency of the base and even provide fuel for returning spacecraft.

Considering that there is carbon dioxide and ice on Mars, which can provide fuel for spacecraft using methane liquid oxygen engines, Nanmen Aerospace started the research and development of methane liquid oxygen engines early on, and it is now about to be tested successfully.

When it comes to space exploration, Xu Shenxue is serious and is really doing it step by step.

After seeing many new things, Xu Shenxue was very satisfied. Then he and the people from the space agency saw the core module of Sky-3 that was ready for launch.

At first, I didn’t feel anything when I just listened to the data, but after actually seeing it, I realized that the core module of this space station is really big!

It is more than 20 meters long and more than 6 meters in diameter, which is several times larger than the previous Sky-2 experimental space station.

"This is the largest space station or satellite ever created in human history. One of our modules is equivalent to three modules in the International Space Station!"

"The next two experimental chambers will also be of this size, and the subsequent three chambers combined will be able to reach a net weight of 180 tons!"

"If necessary, it can be further expanded to six cabins in the future, and the net weight of the entire space station will reach 360 tons."

"With three cabins, we can provide space and supplies for ten astronauts to stay for a long time. Of course, we don't actually need so many people. The initial plan is to have three people stay for a long time, and then carry out appropriate rotations to provide more space and supplies for payload experts to conduct various scientific experiments!"

There are three types of astronauts. One is the traditional astronaut, that is, the space pilot, who controls the spacecraft or space station. The second type is the aerospace engineer, who is responsible for ensuring the operation and safety of the spacecraft or space station and providing various technical suggestions. The third type is the payload specialist, who is generally not a professional astronaut, but mainly a scientist. Their only task in the space station is to conduct various space science experiments.

In fact, the entire space station, including the two types of astronauts mentioned above, in a sense serve the payload specialists... The space station is essentially a space laboratory, and its purpose is not to show off, but to conduct scientific experiments in various space environments.

The people who conduct these scientific experiments are payload experts.

Xu Shenxue looked at the more than 20-meter-high Tiangong-3 core module from afar, and couldn't help but sigh: "This is really big, but with such a large space station, it will be easier for us to build a commercial space station."

Someone nearby said, "The design of the commercial space station we are jointly developing is almost complete. If nothing goes wrong, we will be able to launch it next year."

"However, our commercial space station will not be so large at the beginning. In the early stage, there will only be one core module and one experimental module, which will mainly be used for the space test needs of many brother companies in the group, especially Galaxy Life, which has an urgent need for space tests."

"We will see how the external market feedback is. If the market feedback is good, then we will launch a few more experimental modules or space tourism modules. If the market feedback is not good, there will only be these two modules in the short term."

On that day, Xu Shenxue had nothing to do, so he sat in an office nearby and watched through the glass window as the Tiangong-3 experimental module was hoisted onto the No. 6 heavy rocket.

Only the Type 6 heavy rocket can launch such a huge and heavy core module of the space station into space.

Moreover, it uses a disposable mode, and the three first-stage rockets cannot be recovered. The No. 6 heavy rocket is in disposable mode. Nanmen Aerospace's external quotation is 140 million US dollars... This is still using a second-hand first-stage rocket. If the customer wants to use a brand new first-stage rocket, the price will have to increase by another 30 million US dollars.

This is not cheap.

For Nanmen Aerospace, this launch mission is also the one with the largest single amount since the company was founded... In the past, Nanmen Aerospace's launches were mostly in reuse mode, and occasionally one-time launches, but the No. 5 rocket is cheap.

Even for the Type 6 heavy-duty rocket, it is actually not expensive in reuse mode. Previously, Nanmen Aerospace quoted a price of US$80 million per launch for the Zhiyun satellite.

This time a one-time launch was used, and it was also the first time that Nanmen Aerospace launched such an expensive rocket, so everyone from top to bottom attached great importance to it.

The docking of such a huge rocket and the space station looks very boring, and the process is long and cautious.

After watching for a long time, Xu Shenxue couldn't help it, so he ran away and took Lin Yaxian and their two children to a nearby seaside resort.

Because Xu Shenxue often came to Qiongzhou Island to watch rockets, and many times he liked to bring his family here to watch rockets while on vacation.

So they simply built a seaside resort in the local area. On weekdays, when Xu Shenxue was not available, the resort was open to the public. After Xu Shenxue came, the resort was closed and only provided for Xu Shenxue's family to enjoy.

After staying in the resort for a few days, a large number of tourists have flocked to the space base near the South Gate. These are ordinary tourists who came to watch the rocket launch after hearing the relevant news, and there are many technology enthusiasts among them.

Along with the tourists came a large number of media personnel.

This is China's first official space station launch mission, and this space station is so special: "launch weight is sixty tons."

This weight exceeds the weight of the cabins in the International Space Station.

Not to mention ordinary satellites and the like.

In fact, many people doubt whether such a large space station can be launched into space.

However, people in the industry, some industry insiders with a deeper understanding, technology enthusiasts, and even media reporters know that they are really confident that they can launch this space station into space.

The Type 6 heavy rocket is specifically designed for this!
Even the launch weight of this space station is actually designed according to the one-time transportation capacity of the Type 6 heavy rocket.

In the space station plan, the Type 6 heavy rocket actually came first, and then the 60-ton space station.

The huge carrying capacity of the Type 6 heavy rocket has been proven. Even in the reuse mode, its huge carrying capacity can launch super-large communication satellites weighing more than ten tons into geosynchronous orbit.

With a one-time use, there is no problem in launching a 60-ton payload into low-Earth orbit...there is even several tons of surplus capacity.

It didn't take long before the space agency and Nanmen Aerospace jointly announced that the No. 6 heavy rocket carrying the Sky-3 core module would be launched on time at 1:00 p.m. the next day.

As soon as the news came out, airfares to airports near the space launch base doubled... Of course, this has little impact, as most tourists have already arrived nearby in the past few days.

This launch event will attract more than 250,000 tourists to watch on site...as always, bringing rich space tourism income to the local area.

Therefore, the local area is also paying close attention to space tourism. Various preparations have been made since a few days ago, and a large number of personnel have been dispatched to maintain order and assist in solving tourists' food and accommodation problems, etc.

By the next day, when the launch day came, the area near the launch site was already crowded with people. In several areas suitable for watching the launch, there were large numbers of people waiting with various photographic equipment.

Professional media reporters carry professional video cameras.

Among ordinary tourists, many have also set up their own SLR cameras.

Of course, more people still took out their mobile phones, such as Zhiyun S series, A series, C series, or the Little Blue series of mobile phones under Weiku Electronics, or other domestic brands of mobile phones.

There are also four-star and fruit phones!

As for why there are still users of Apple phones, it’s because there are many foreign tourists!

It's not just Chinese people who like to watch rocket launches. Many foreigners also like to watch it.

Nanmen Aerospace has very frequent rocket launches, so it has continued to attract a large number of foreign tourists to watch the space launches over the years... To some extent, this has even become a trump card for Chinese tourism and Qiongzhou Island tourism.

In the past, people came to China to see giant pandas... but now, many travel agencies’ slogan is to go to China to watch rocket launches.

If you are unlucky, you can see a very stunning rocket launch, witness with your own eyes how mankind's most advanced aerospace technology sends satellites into space, and then you can also see a very stunning rocket recovery.

If you are extremely lucky... congratulations, you can see the huge explosion when a rocket fails to launch or recover... the most expensive and dazzling fireworks in the world!
Some travel agencies even use data analysis seriously: Nanmen Aerospace is the aerospace company with the most frequent and largest number of rocket explosions in the world.

Among the space agencies of other countries, none of the rockets that exploded in the past ten years have exploded as much as Nanmen Aerospace!
Although there are not many commercial launches, Nanmen Aerospace has many test launches, and explosions often occur during test launches.

In particular, Nanmen Aerospace has been developing methane liquid oxygen rockets in recent years, as well as spacecraft and heavier super rockets for going to Mars...so there are quite a lot of various launch tests.

As everyone knows, the explosion rate of Nanmen Aerospace's test launches is very high...

Now, let alone the aerospace industry, even some technology enthusiasts and ordinary tourists know that Nanmen Aerospace likes to do all kinds of things.

Especially when it comes to test launches, it’s really a hassle… According to what engineers at Nanmen Aerospace say privately: Our test launches are not aimed at success, but at failure.

Why? Because the engineers at Nanmen Aerospace like to increase the technical parameters and try again after a successful test... Constantly challenging the limits until the rocket explodes!

If there is no explosion, how do you know where the limit is?
If it doesn't explode, how do you know where the problem is?
Find out the limits, identify the problems, and then make targeted improvements... This has always been Nanmen Aerospace's R&D model.

This model sounds simple, and other aerospace agencies can actually do it if they want to... but they don't have the money.

The loss of blowing up a test rocket could range from a few million to tens of millions...Except for the prodigal son Xu Shenxue, no one would blow up a rocket for fun.

The result is... Nanmen Aerospace's rocket technology has become the best in the world, leaving a large number of competitors far behind... and it has not even made a loss.

Because they have done a lot of bombings, their technology has improved. With good technology, the launch cost is low, so Nanmen Aerospace can undertake commercial launch orders from almost all over the world.

Although Musk's Space Exploration Company has also developed reusable rockets, it still cannot compete with South Gate Aerospace in terms of cost... Of course, Musk's Space Exploration Company also has orders from within the United States, so they are doing pretty well now.

Exploding rockets is a tradition of Nanmen Aerospace Corporation and a regular program that is performed almost every two or three months.

So many foreign tourists really came here to see the big fireworks today... They wanted to see the failure of the launch of the No. 6 heavy-duty rocket, the rocket worth more than 100 million US dollars exploded into ashes, and more importantly, the core module of the Tiangong-3, whose cost has not even been disclosed to the public but is conservatively estimated to be at least 1 billion US dollars, exploded into ashes.

Of course, there are also many foreign tourists who want to see the launch succeed... This is an important exploration of space by mankind. From the perspective of all mankind, they hope that this launch mission will be successful.

But for many domestic tourists, the meaning is a little different... Although on weekdays, domestic tourists also like to watch the Nanmen Aerospace Fireworks.

But today the occasion is not right. This is not an ordinary commercial launch or test launch, but a space station launch.

This carries the Chinese people's decades-long desire to explore space!

Because the International Space Station doesn't take us to play, many people especially hope that China will have its own space station... If others don't take us to play, we will play by ourselves. Not only do we want to play by ourselves, but we also want to play at a more advanced level.

The 60-ton space station core module is synonymous with being more high-end!

Other ordinary people don’t understand and don’t pay much attention to it. They only know that the 60-ton Tiangong-3 core module is more powerful than the 20-ton cabins on the International Space Station.

In fact, it is true!

Therefore, many Chinese people deeply hope that this space station launch mission will be successful.

Ordinary people think so, and people in Nanmen Aerospace and aerospace agencies think so even more!

On this day, a large number of managers and technicians from the aerospace industry came to the launch command center of Nanmen Aerospace. They wanted to witness the launch of the space station with their own eyes and hear the sound of a successful launch with their own ears!

They, Xu Shenxue, and many other Chinese people are looking forward to the success of this launch!

At 04: a.m., the space agency and Nanmen Aerospace jointly announced that the No. heavy-lift rocket with the launch number 'CL' for the Tiangong- core module launch mission had been fully fueled and would be launched on time at : p.m.

At the same time, TV stations began live broadcasts and various online platforms also started various live broadcasts.

In addition to the more than 200,000 people on site, tens of millions of people overseas were squatting in front of their televisions or in live broadcast rooms, waiting to watch this launch mission.

Not only a group of people in China are waiting to watch, but there are also a large number of people in the aerospace industry and even media reporters from abroad.

This time, the launch mission of the Tiangong-3 core module has attracted global attention!

It can even be said that this is the most watched space launch activity in human history in the past twenty years...Even previous important space launches such as the successful recovery of Nanmen Aerospace's No. 5 rocket and the successful maiden flight of the No. 6 heavy rocket did not receive as much attention as this launch mission.

At around 12:20 that day, Xu Shenxue accepted interviews from reporters from several authoritative media outlets and introduced to the audience some basic information about the No. 6 heavy rocket and the space station.

At the same time, he did not forget to advertise himself, saying that his commercial space station is expected to be launched and put into operation next year. In the future, it will provide space tourism, commercial space scientific research and other services. He welcomes companies from all over the world to cooperate, and the first batch of customers will enjoy a 20% discount!

It was reported by many media and broadcast live, with more than 250,000 people watching at the scene.

The time slowly came to twelve fifty-nine!
The CL04 No. heavy-lift rocket carrying the Sky- core module, standing upright on the launch tower, has officially entered the countdown to launch!
(End of this chapter)