Minke's black technology

Chapter 306 Negotiations
Musk is a marketing genius, and even a piece of shit can make him play well.

What's more, he got the black technology product "Star Engine", which instantly caused a sensation all over the world. After all, this kind of Hall thruster that can reach the kilonew level means the possibility of long-distance space travel.

"Meow Star Group will sell it to Musk? There is definitely a PY transaction in it!"

"Of course there is a deal! Didn't you read the news a while ago?"

On the surface, Musk sold the "Star Chain" at a low price to the Meow Star Group and lost a lot of money. Not only did his hard work in [-] go to waste, but Zhou Lin also used the money he earned from "Star Chain" to pay for the purchase. fee.

This approach is no different from a white wolf with empty gloves.

But for Musk, he didn't lose much because of this. Before the Meow Star Group entered the space field, "Starlink" was naturally the future overlord of the market in this area. It's a pity that Zhou Lin didn't leave him much time. After helping SpaceX launch satellites into the sky, he immediately announced his plan to enter the space satellite communication market.

As a result, the prospect of "Starlink" is very worrying. Even if it can be tied with the Meow Star Group for a few years by virtue of its first-mover advantage, there is a high probability that it will fail due to technical reasons.

Meow Star Black Technology is no joke!
Faced with this situation, Musk made a decisive decision but threw out the hot potato, and then used this opportunity to get a ticket to Mars.

After all, the ultimate goal of the "Starlink Network" is to raise funds for Mars immigration. Since it is doomed to fail, it should be exchanged for the maximum value.

Musk is convinced that he can do things that others cannot. As long as he does not hold back in terms of technology, he dares to fight ten by himself!
In fact, this is also the case. After Musk got the share of the star engine, the "space tourism" project launched immediately became popular. It not only completely avoided the advantages of the Meow Star Group, but also found a new one for itself. Sources of funds.

This space tourism is actually very simple. First, use the star engine to build a space station hotel outside the space, and then use the Falcon rocket to send the guests to the vicinity of low-earth orbit, and then let the space station fly over to pick up the guests and circle around in the space hotel. Earth flight.

After the travel time is up, use the rocket to pick up the guests.

In this plan, building a space station is the most difficult and costly, because even Mao Xiong has no way to rebuild a new space station after his own space station has expired.

With the "Star Engine" and the [Earth Cannon], such things suddenly become much easier. You only need to make the space station into parts, use the electromagnetic rail gun to launch into the sky, and enter the low-Earth orbit Then start the "Star Engine" to push them to the designated position.

Then use the "substitute robot" and "nine-tailed cat" to put them together. The whole process does not require human astronauts to perform space operations. The relevant remote control technology will make this kind of thing extremely simple.

In the face of Musk's coquettish operation, everyone in the Meow Star Group is quite speechless. They can only watch their own technology to make money, but there is nothing they can do.

"After all, the manned spaceflight project is still our shortcoming!"

Academician Ma pointed out a problem when analyzing with the executives of Meow Star Group: "Musk has seized this point, turned his own disadvantages into advantages, and made his space tourism project very popular. On the other hand, our plan It seems too conservative and too unimaginative!"

Zhou Lin and the others couldn't help but smile wryly. It's not that they have no imagination, but that they rely too much on Li Maoye's black technology. Everyone seeks stability in doing things, but they don't have the energy of Musk.

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At the Snow Mountain launch base, [Earth Cannon] is making final preparations for the launch.

This time, the Meow Star Group launched the communication center space station. According to the plan, it will be divided into 23 launches, and each launch will send components weighing nearly 5 tons to low-Earth orbit.

What is different from the past is that the new electromagnetic rocket is equipped with a "star engine", a total of four, which can be started after entering low-earth orbit, continue to send cargo to synchronous orbit, and then eject the space station components. .

In the process again, the electromagnetic rocket gained recoil force and flew back towards the earth. After entering the atmosphere, with the help of the "Star Engine" and the parachute, the electromagnetic rocket can return to the designated place with a more accurate trajectory .

On the other hand, after the parts of the space station are ready, [Earth Cannon] will also launch and transport a certain number of "substitute robots" and "nine-tailed cats", and then the ground personnel will use the "substitute robots" to command the "nine-tailed cats" Assemble the space station.

Since both do not require a life support system, and both are equipped with "star space engines" and have a certain space flight capability, for them, space operations are similar to swimming.

Even if there is a few seconds delay in the communication signal between the "stand-in robot" and the ground, the main job is the "nine-tailed cat", a space version of the small assistant robot, so basically there will be no major problems.

"At this time, the 'Starlink' we purchased will be of great use!" Academician Ma explained to the visitors in the command center. Now not only the Meow Star Group itself is working on this matter, but even the three major communication service operators They also sent people to follow up, because this project involves the 5G communication construction plan of the flower growers.

In fact, "Starlink" is equivalent to a space communication base station. Each satellite is a signal transmission point, so it has the greatest impact on communication service operators.

If Musk hadn't packaged it up and sold it to the Meow Star Group, maybe these communication service operators would find a way to build a similar satellite network by themselves. Even if there is no such plan now, they will definitely be forced by the market to do so in the future. .

"In the communication network structure we designed, the communication center space station is a very important part. Originally, the Starlink already had a complete classmate function, which can be put into use directly, but for the sake of 5G communication technology, we plan to wait until the space station When it is finished, we will conduct joint debugging..."

What Academician Ma means is that the space satellite communication network of the Meow Star Group has a core, and the space station of the communication center is the core of this network. In order to avoid rework and do more things in the future, it is best to complete it in one step now.

During their conversation, the last electromagnetic rocket was launched, which contained five "substitute robots" and fifty "nine-tailed cat" assistants.

Soon the person at the console said that the electromagnetic rocket had entered low-Earth orbit, and the "star engine" was igniting normally, and it only needed to wait for a period of time to fly before reaching the designated position in the synchronous orbit.

"So it seems that there is no problem now, we just need to wait for the news!" Academician Ma signaled to other visitors that they can leave, even if it is useless to continue waiting, it is better for people to go back and rest.

After more than ten hours, under the action of four engines with a thrust of [-]N, the electromagnetic rocket finally accelerated to the vicinity of the synchronous orbit, and then ejected the cargo inside according to the control of the computer.

At this time, the ground received the signal, and immediately let five staff members enter the egg cabin to connect to the "stand-in robot", and activated the power of the "nine-tailed cat", and issued an order to assemble the space station.

It is more troublesome to command and control the "nine-tailed cat" through the screen, and it is impossible to make adjustments according to the on-site environment, but it is not the same to have a "stand-in robot" to assist in the control. The staff can travel 360 degrees as if they are in space. Perceive and observe the status of the space station, and then make decisions based on the actual situation.

"It would be perfect if it didn't have a few seconds of lag!" said a staff member.

"It's okay! At least I don't feel that there is a frame drop!" Another crew member replied, he was pushing one of the space station parts, trying to make it closer to the other part so that it could be combined together.

In fact, this kind of delay has also been optimized through the program, making them feel that the delay is much smaller than the actual delay, at least they did not wait for a long time for an action.

The "nine-tailed cats", which look like round octopuses, are much more flexible. They swim up and down, left and right, back and forth like fish in the deep sea, and can work according to the on-site conditions and the instructions of the ground personnel.

After more than a week, the communication center space station weighing more than 100 tons was finally assembled.

The three major communication service operators, China Telecom, Mobile and Linkage, all came to the headquarters of Meowstar in Pengcheng. They planned to discuss cooperation matters here, and Yu Chengdong, the boss of Huayao Company, also participated.

"Everyone, this is the equipment performance and quotation given by Huayao and Meowxing!" Zhou Lin cut to the chase and handed the document to others.

Yu Chengdong has more or less known about the 5G communication technology jointly developed by Meowstar and Huayao before this, especially after combining the liquid cat plug-in algorithm and "Starlink", the 5G communication achieved is not only very fast, but also Moreover, the communication range is very large, covering almost every corner of the world.

However, when everyone saw the limit distance and coverage area on the document, everyone was still shocked, "The low-path loss communication radius of each satellite is so large? It can reach hundreds of kilometers?"

"Mr. Yu, Mr. Zhou, has the 5G communication performance data improved again?" the person from the mobile side asked.

"It should be the changes brought about by joining the 'Starlink', right? For specific technical questions, you have to ask the technical department. If you have any questions, you can send someone to test it!" Zhou Lin didn't answer the other party directly, anyway, the data can't be faked, Even if you make a mistake, it will be discovered quickly.

"It's not that we doubt, but this performance is so shocking, it's unbelievable for a while!"

"Yes, this 5G performance standard has only been in operation for a few years, and it has improved so much. Doesn't it mean that now is the 6G era?"

Facing this kind of unremarkable flattery, Zhou Lin's heart did not fluctuate at all.

"Let's talk about price!" he said.

(End of this chapter)