Cape Canaveral Space Center.

Crack ~

The camera shot wildly, and Musk, facing the camera, has long been used to this kind of scene. Since he was a teenager, he has been a household genius in North America. At this moment, he gently tapped his fingers from the air, indicating that the CNN reporters could ask him questions.

"Mr. Musk, what do you think of Xingchen Technology's successful launch of a heavy launch vehicle, sending the first module of the synchronous orbit space station into the predetermined orbit? And successfully completing the recovery of the first and second-stage thrusters of the rocket?" asked the reporter.

Musk smiled, "Congratulations to them, what happened in Jiuquan, China today proves two things. First, Xingchen Technology's recyclable launch vehicle technology is comparable to ours. Second, they have a great chance to complete the envisioned super-large synchronous orbit space station, as long as the capital chain continues to break."

When the reporters on the scene heard Musk's words, they were in an uproar. Just as Luo Jia attached great importance to Musk, Musk also gave Xingchen Technology a very high evaluation. This is probably the mutual appreciation between geniuses.

"Mr. Musk, I am a Fox News reporter. Are you not worried about the barbarians from China?" another reporter asked.

Musk couldn't help laughing, "It's better to be happy now than to worry."

"Do you know? Since the end of the Cold War, our aerospace technology has made little progress, and the reason is very simple, because we have lost our opponents."

"Now that China has replaced the former Soviet Union and stood on the runway of the space race, and the huge machine of Nasa has been sleeping for too long. It is time to re-operate."

"I look forward to a wonderful contest. I hope that China will not die suddenly in the competition like the Soviet Union. If that is the case, I will be very disappointed."

The reporters showed a sudden enlightenment on their faces. Musk was right. Nasa is actually a behemoth in hibernation. As of now, North America's annual military expenditure is 600 billion US dollars, while Nasa's budget is only less than 20 billion.

As an existence that dreams of colonizing Mars, Musk is happy to see North America and China competition because this is a typical dispute over the country. Even if North America sacrifices its life, it will never admit defeat. Once the Nasa budget is increased to 600 billion US dollars, how many scientific research results will be produced every year? Maybe in a few years, humans will be able to colonize Mars.

At the peak of the US-Soviet competition, 9.5% of the total annual budget of the North American authorities was allocated to Nasa! The money spent by Nasa every year was close to North American military expenses!

Scientific research does not aim at creating wealth as its ultimate goal, but the matter of scientific research itself is destined to consume huge wealth. It is precisely because during the Cold War that North American authorities frantically spent money on space, that we saw the Apollo Project, the Challenger Project, etc., which will be recorded in history. If there is no money, there will be no stars and seas. The reality is always so cruel.

Thinking about this, the reporters blushed with excitement. Could it be that another space race is coming?

To this day, the fierce competition between the United States and the Soviet Union over space hegemony is still vivid in my mind. How fierce is it?

Although there are also reasons for the decline in international oil prices and the Afghan war, a country as powerful as the Soviet Union was so poor that it was not even left in its underwear. The huge empire collapsed overnight, which was a considerable part of the reason was that it was dragged down by the space race.

Assuming that North America and China start a battle for space hegemony, Nasa, a sleeping ancient war machine, will surely be resurrected on the spot. In the past competition, top scientific research institutions including Jet Propulsion and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory were all defeated by Xingchen Technology. Perhaps restarting Nasa is the key to resisting the barbaric invasion of China.

"Don't need to wait too long." Musk said excitedly: "The reason why Star Technology can overcome all the way is because they have not met us in the strongest state, so they can maintain a complete victory."

"And now, the real competition has arrived. The devastating defeats for several consecutive years have made the elites of the Western world learn from their mistakes. Not only did Nasa enter the startup program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the CERN, etc., but they have also entered the expansion period and acceleration period, and received more and more financial support."

"In addition, there are research institutions under major companies, such as giants like Google and Apple. In recent years, they have suffered a lot of losses in Xingchen Technology and have been holding back their energy and trying to fight back. In the future, they will become the force to encircle Xingchen Technology."

"Anyway, please don't be confused by the appearance in front of you. I suggest you pay attention to an index, scientific research investment index, and when, the R&D funds invested by Nasa every year are no longer just 20 billion US dollars, but 200 billion US dollars, or 1 trillion US dollars! This is the symbol of the ancient war machine's full power!"

The reporters applauded. Scientific research investment is an absolute indicator. Before, Nasa's budget was only 20 billion US dollars a year. What does it mean?

This shows that the powerful war machine has not started at all. North America and the entire West rely on the old capital accumulated in the past to confront Xingchen Technology.

"What would happen if World War II won that year and the war machine that dragged down the former Soviet Union was launched again?" a reporter asked with longing.

Musk shrugged, "I don't know, but it should be very exciting. Just like this time, a few hours ago, Xingchen Technology launched their first recyclable heavy-lift rocket in Jiuquan, China. What do you think we will do?"

"Of course, it is a tough counterattack! Rumors are made that as long as StarChief Technology starts building a synchronous orbit space station, we will start the Starlink project!"

"Star Technology launches rockets, and we must launch them too!"

The reporters shouted loudly, Musk nodded with a smile, raised two fingers in front of the camera, and said in a playful voice: "To be precise, for every rocket launched by Xingchen Technology, we will shoot two."

"This is the space race! The battle for space hegemony, we will not give up any land!"

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Boom ~

The dispute over space hegemony between China and North America caused an uproar around the world. Everyone was shocked by North America's firm attitude. Just six hours after Star Technology's heavy-duty transport rocket was launched, Cape Canaveral Space Base in Florida, North America, conducted two consecutive launches.

The protagonist of the launch is Spacex's Super Falcon Rocket, with a single-engine load capacity of 220 tons and a total of 128 Starlink communication satellites, which are arranged in a low-Earth orbit located 150 kilometers above the ground.

According to the current data, each Starlink satellite is equipped with four star acupoints, eight momentum wheels and eight Hall-type electric thrusters, with a weight of more than two tons, using solar energy as energy, and operating life is 35 years. The carrier is all satellite communications and data bands around the world.

Simply put, this thing is the 6G technology placed in low-Earth orbit. Just the first phase of the plan, more than 12,000 satellites are needed to form a global data network, and through a dedicated modem, satellite Internet access and call can be achieved.

After this Skynet is established, it will soon be the second generation of Starlink, and will launch 48,000 second-generation satellites with larger weights, more orbits, and higher data bandwidth. By then, the number of satellites in the sky will reach a crazy 60,000. Including backup satellites, it will not be less than the total number of 64,000, and these satellites will form a real broadband satellite network.

As we all know, telecommunications services are a very profitable business. Huaxia Mobile Group alone has a revenue of more than 800 billion yuan per year. North America's ambition to build Starlink is to replace telecommunications service providers from various countries and kill all companies such as Mobile, China Unicom, and Vodafone.

If this is really done, Starlink Group will become a super giant with annual revenue of trillions of dollars in the future. While making money, it will also control global telecommunications hegemony.

In contrast, Xingchen Technology is a bit incomprehensible. The existence of a synchronous orbit space station obviously has incomparable advantages in scientific research. A series of scientific research such as space breeding, space mining, deep space telescopes, etc. can be carried out on the space station. However, it seems that there is no profit prospect and it is difficult to make money.

In short, the unstoppable history has arrived on September 14, the sixth year of the founding of Star Technology.

Both China and North America have made their own choices, North America restarted the ancient war weapon Nasa and launched the Starlink plan. Star Technology, a rising star in the scientific research community, has made every effort to tackle the synchronous orbit space station.

On September 19th, just five days after the first launch, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center sent another good news, and the second basic module of the Xingchen Space Station was successfully launched!

Then, on September 21, at the Cape Canaveral Space Base in Florida, the Super Falcon made a second double launch, sending 128 communication satellites into low-Earth orbit. Although the Super Falcon launches a heavy-load transport rocket that is lower than StarCross Technology's heavy-load transport rocket, it seems that Musk intends to make up for it by relying on the number.

It is rumored that Nasa is testing a new generation of liquid oxygen methane engines. If the project is successful, the second generation of Super Falcon will tie or even surpass the Star Heavy Loader Rocket in terms of thrust.

As for Russia, their engines are still the strongest thrust, but it seems that they are facing financial difficulties and are seeking international cooperation, mainly to cooperate with India. After all, the big Indian dogs are rich, and Russia has many years of traditional experience of cheating India. The two sides hit it off, India pays money, Russia provides technology, and jointly participates in the new round of space race.

Finally, it is Europe. Of course, they are not willing to give up space hegemony. Unfortunately, Europe is now in a recession and countries are in a mess. In the end of the negotiations, the two European Aeronautics and Space Administration are truly willing to make money, namely the two European heroes, Germany and France, and other Italy, which have been dragging back for thousands of years, cannot be counted on.

In short, Russia and Europe barely went to the card table at the last moment and gathered a table of mahjong, but everyone knows that the protagonist of this battle for space hegemony is actually China and the United States, and it can only be China and the United States.

On October 1st of the third year of the founding of Xingchen Technology, the Jiuquan base carried out its third launch in just half a month. In his column, Luo Jia promised that with the rising production capacity of Xingchen Industrial Group, the launch frequency will be increased to two or even three launches per week in the future, and strive to complete the largest space station project in human history within two years.

Later that day, Cape Canaveral, North America had another double-shot, sending 128 communication satellites into space for the third time, so that Starlink planned to deploy up to 380 communication satellites in just half a month! More than the total number of satellites launched by China last year!

The Dallas factory, Salt Lake City factory, Florida factory, Massachusetts factory, and four long-clogged aerospace industry manufacturing bases have rarely started 24-hour assembly line operations.
Chapter completed!