Galactic Tech Empire

Chapter 244 Questions and Answers
"...We are serious about the stars and seas."

Seriously? You're not fooling people, are you?
At that time, the old Mao Xiong believed in the evil of Mi Li's family, was crippled by the Star Wars plan, and finally the economy collapsed and disintegrated. Of course, Ge Map contributed a lot to this, otherwise the old Mao Xiong could support it for a while.

"Next, we will enter the reporter's questioning session."

After Wang Tu finished speaking, he motioned for Zhao Hongxing to come up and answer together.

The first one is of course the national news reporter, this is something that cannot be shaken.

"Excuse me, when will the construction plan start and when will it be completed?"

Zhao Hongxing replied with a smile: "The construction plan started in February this year and is expected to be completed by the end of this year or January next year."

Hearing this answer, everyone thought in unison: too fast!
A reporter from Science and Technology Daily stood up and asked:

"In the construction plan, it is necessary to build a vacuum pipeline with an internal diameter of 96 meters and a vertical length of 60 kilometers. How to realize this vacuum pipeline?"

Wang Tu pointed to the vacuum pipe in the holographic projection and explained:
"We will use carbon nanotubes and some new materials to complete the vacuum pipeline. The technical demonstration of this vacuum pipeline has been completed, and we are confident and determined to complete it."

Obviously, what Wang Tu said was half true and half false. The vacuum pipe in the holographic model is in an excited state, which means that no one will know which cable is a vacuum pipe before it is put into use.

And this kind of half-truth, half-false, is the most difficult to distinguish.

In particular, there is a construction animation next to the holographic model, which shows construction workers building vacuum pipes.

This kind of flickering is terrible. If you accidentally follow along, you may suffer heavy losses.

A reporter from Yangcheng Daily asked: "Excuse me, what are the specific parameters of the Qinglong manned spacecraft and the Xuanwu transport spacecraft?"

"Please look at the holographic projection!" Zhao Hongxing clicked on the holographic projection, and the conceptual models of Qinglong-class manned spacecraft and Xuanwu-class transport spacecraft appeared in it, with some parameters on it.

"This is the conceptual model and specific parameters of the Qinglong manned spacecraft and the Xuanwu transport spacecraft."

The audience reporters took pictures and videos, while Elon Musk, who was watching the live broadcast, frowned suddenly when he looked at the parameters on the model.

With a total weight of 100 tons, it can transport 8 people and 21 tons of materials, or 61 tons of materials.

The low-earth orbit (LEO) payload of the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle is 63.8 tons, and the maximum take-off weight is 1428 tons. The "Falcon Heavy" carrying factor is 0.0447 (that is, the payload is 4.47%).

The Falcon Heavy's geosynchronous orbit (GTO) carrying capacity coefficient is as high as 0.0187 (1.87%).

But compared with the Qinglong-class manned spacecraft, the Qinglong-class payload is 21% plus 8 astronauts; while the payload of the Xuanwu-class transport spacecraft is 61%.

Although the payload of the Basalt and Falcon Heavy is almost the same, and even slightly exceeds that of the Basalt.

But Elon Musk was not too happy, because the Xuanwu class can be launched quickly. According to the information disclosed by Wang Tu, the Qinglong class and the Xuanwu class will not exceed 10 hours from preparation to launch.

He didn't know how the East Tang people did it, but if it was true, the advantage of the heavy falcon would be gone.

After all, the heavy-duty Falcon launch vehicle uses liquid fuel, that is, kerosene/liquid oxygen. Even if Space Exploration Company improves the filling of fuel and oxidant, there is no week that it cannot go to the sky.

Facing the Qinglong class and Xuanwu class that can fire two or three times a day, there is no comparison at all.

In addition, whether the payload of the heavy-duty Falcon can really reach 63.8 tons is still a question worth discussing.

SpaceX's Falcon launch vehicle technology was originally the crystallization of NASA's technology, and Elon Musk's team used it to optimize and commercialize it, which is essentially the foundation laid by NASA.

But no matter how good NASA is, it has never dared to engage in such a wonderful thing with 27 parallel engines, because the flames of Mao Xiong's N1 explosion can really blind a dog's eyes, so it is practical to develop a high-thrust rocket like the Saturn V. That's king.

A heresy like the Heavy Falcon also shows that the Mili family now wants to revive the aerospace industry, but they can only use this opportunistic method to show the world their muscles, or chickens.

Through this parallel structure of many engines, it announces to the world that its own rocket control technology is advanced, and even better. With the prospect of commercialization, it contrasts with the development of Milijia's aerospace industry.

However, there is a big flaw in the heavy Falcon flight, which is the Tesla Roadster.

You must know that the test flight of heavy rockets must carry counterweights and instrument compartments for flight performance verification.

But the heavy-duty Falcon only released a 2-ton Tesla. To prove the heavy-duty Falcon's load capacity, Musk needs to launch a Caterpillar excavator to explain the problem.

Sadly, the Falcon Heavy load bay doesn't seem to be able to accommodate such a large payload.

I don't know how the heavy Falcon will develop after that. If it is still used as a load compartment on the top of the rocket, the heavy Falcon must greatly modify the fairing to accommodate such a load, which requires long-term experiments to complete.

Unless it goes up to the sky with a load on its back like the Maoxiong Energy, it can exert the carrying capacity advertised on paper by the existing layout.

Judging from the fact that Musk is worried about the first flight of the heavy-duty Falcon, which only carries a load of 2 tons, he has no confidence in the reliability of the heavy-duty Falcon.

So for the first flight, the rocket load was changed to a Tesla car. Otherwise, if a 60-ton counterweight was really attached, God knows what kind of mess these 27 Merlin engines would make.

Thinking back to Dongtang's fat 5, the reliability of the ten engines is still stumbling, and the 27 engines of the heavy-duty Falcon are really hard to say how reliable they are.

Whether it is the carrying capacity or the overall reliability, the Falcon Heavy is still open to question. Otherwise, why would the Milijia astronauts take Maoxiong's Soyuz rocket to the space station?
The Soyuz is a product of the 50s, and it has been in service for more than half a century, longer than the Smith water heater. The reliability of space activities is not boasted on the PPT, it is really spending money to buy safety.

Musk also knows the problem of his own heavy-duty Falcon. If Qinglong and Xuanwu are true, the Falcon launch vehicle may have to hit the street.

Thinking of this, he is one head and two big. Tesla can barely survive now, and it is Yinhe Technology that is so expensive.

SpaceX looks dangerous.

……

A reporter from the Global Times stood up and asked, "Excuse me, can all countries apply to join this plan?"

"Of course, as long as we meet the standards, we will not reject any like-minded friend." Zhao Hongxing replied with a smile.

As for whether you believe it or not, anyway, I believe it.

A reporter from the Mirror asked: "Will such a large-scale investment affect social and economic development?"

This question asked the inner voice of domestic reporters who dare not ask, and everyone immediately pricked up their ears.

Zhao Hongxing had expected it a long time ago, and replied with a smile:
"This problem is unfounded. Our investment is divided into five years, which is equivalent to 1 trillion Chinese yuan a year. This investment amount will promote social and economic development."

The New York Times reporter stood up and asked, "Is there a special-purpose component to this plan?"

"The nature of our plan is the same as that of the Mi Li family's space program." Wang Tu spread his hands and replied.

"Um..." The reporter of the New York Times was speechless. Of course he knew Wang Tu's subtext, that is, Mi Li's family can do it, so can I.

As for whether Mi Li’s spacecraft has any special purpose, you can ask NASA.

In the last century, Lao Maoxiong and Mi Li's family launched not a few nuclear-powered satellites. As for whether these satellites are real satellites, who knows.

Recently, the Mi Li family has withdrawn from the group in various ways, and seems to have plans to withdraw from the Outer Space Treaty and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

A reporter from Dongdao Daily stood up and asked, "Excuse me, is there a commercial promotion plan for the Jianmu Project?"

"Yes, we will develop projects such as space tourism." Wang Tu replied.

With this issue over, the joint press conference between the space agency and Galaxy Technologies is officially over.

However, the follow-up impact is constantly fermenting.

(End of this chapter)