Chapter 349 Struggle for the great cause of mankind

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

Under the leadership of the company's CEO, Li Zetian met with the company's senior figures, and then visited the entire company to gain a more detailed understanding of the company's current situation.

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

Li Zetian glanced at it with bright eyes, pondered for a moment, and said: "I visited the company today. Well, it seems that the Space Exploration Company has started to get on the right track. Moreover, the employees of the company are in good spirits and are rich. Enthusiasm for work, which is great! Before coming, I had read the information of Space Exploration Company in detail.”

Li Zetian paused and said in a deep voice: "Space Exploration Company is a company, not NASA. It can get government funding. If it is a company, it must make money! Although the company cannot make money in the short term, I need to inject capital into the company in the long term. , 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 easy to get government orders. However, we can There is competition for the market, and the civilian aircraft market is more profitable than the military aircraft market!!"

As Li Zetian said, he suddenly thought of Boeing. Most of Boeing's profits come from the civil aircraft market, and it is much richer than Lockheed Martin at the same level!

"So, the company will focus on developing civilian aircraft in the future!" Li Zetian said with a smile, "I am looking forward to traveling around the world on my own aircraft!"

Hearing this, everyone smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Mr. Li, Space Exploration Company will definitely develop the best aircraft to rival the Boeing 747!"

"Yes, beat Boeing, Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas..."

Li Zetian smiled and nodded: "Boeing 747 is the passenger aircraft with the largest passenger capacity in the world, so we will develop a more powerful 'air giant' aircraft to surpass it!!!"

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

Everyone present knew that Li Zetian was wealthy and spared no expense in research and development.

Enough money!

Enough with expensive materials, equipment and other supplies!

Enough talent management!

Those people from the former Soviet Union were extremely shocked after joining the Space Exploration Company. 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 Company is bright, and it will be a matter of time before it surpasses Boeing, Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas, Airbus and other companies.

Scientists all have crazy obsession and pursuit of technology. At this moment, Li Zetian said that he would develop a "space giant". Everyone was full of confidence. At the same time, they were also excited and full of expectations for the "space giant"!

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

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 in one go. If you want to launch satellites multiple times, you can use a manned, reusable spacecraft that travels between space and the ground, that is, a space shuttle.

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

The United States' initial budget for the space shuttle program was US$43 billion, with each launch cost expected to be US$54 million. However, because the space shuttle system is too complex (the fuselage has more than 2.5 million parts), technology and system maintenance require a lot of manpower and material resources. The plan went well over budget. As of 2011, the space shuttle program had spent a total of US$196 billion, of which the cost of each space shuttle was approximately US$12 billion. Based on this calculation, the average cost of a single launch was actually approximately US$450 million (nearly ten times over budget). times).

Li Zetian did not dare to jump into this huge pit.

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

Li Zetian is only in his thirties now. In fact, he is still very young. There is still a lot of time in the future. He can't help but often fantasize about the life of human beings after leaving the earth, such as planetary mining, space tourism, etc. After living a lifetime, he has also traveled through time. Yes, it would be boring if we never left the earth.

When human beings look up at flying birds, they yearn for being able to fly; when humans look up at the stars, they naturally yearn for being able to travel through the stars.

Li Zetian thought that he was as rich as his country. With his full support, human aerospace industry will inevitably develop rapidly. Right now, NASA's annual funding is only tens of billions of dollars. SpaceX could crush it to ashes.

Li Zetian's inner words are: "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. After all, technological level is not achieved instantly. However, Li Zetian has money, develops education, gathers talents, works together on 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 promotes 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 to five years more advanced than in previous generations. Some fields, such as biotechnology, which Li Zetian invested heavily in, have definitely reached the level after 2000. In fact, these were 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 era 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 conference room of the Space Exploration Company, Li Zetian talked eloquently, scolded Fang Qiu, gave advice, and shared some advanced insights from his previous life as well as his vision.

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