Chapter 325 The Hardest Part Has Already Been Taken Care of by the United States
At the beginning of the test, there was a strong man who was likely to get a quota directly.
Immediately, the pressure on all testers increased greatly.
Reston patted the folder with a smile, attracted everyone's attention and said, "Take the three-dimensional rolling ring test at 3 p.m., and the pass time is 5 minutes."
Then he said to Li Changheng, "Let's go, I'll take you to places that don't need to be kept secret, and by the way, treat you to a special Tomahawk steak in Houston Center at noon."
"no problem."
Li Changheng knew what Reston wanted to say to him as soon as he heard it.
Sure enough, after more than an hour of the visit, five people sat in the huge cafeteria of the space center, waiting for the single-order food to be delivered.
Reston felt that the more than one hour conversation just now should have worked.
Regardless of Jim, Jack and Fred, they directly asked Li Changheng, "Henry, have you ever thought about entering the satellite delivery market?"
Li Changheng smiled, the place this guy took him just now was not the assembly center of the Saturn 5 rocket.
It is the showroom where NASA uses the satellite development prospects and market prospects to fool the Americans and the upper strata of the United States.
"Why do you think I'm going into space and have enough money to start a launch vehicle company?"
Reston shrugged, "FB1 and the VIP Secret Service, when you hand over your information to us.
It just depends on how willing you are to buy a $17 million manor for your beautiful and distinguished girlfriend in Long Island, New York, to build a love nest together.
He also plans to buy a Boeing 707 private jet worth about US$7 million, and a yacht worth £2 million that has already been ordered by England's "Princess" yacht company.
Just know that the funds in your hands are definitely not the only ones. "
After finishing speaking, Reston stopped talking, trying to get some information from the smiling Li Changheng's face and eyes.
It's a pity that he didn't see anything except a slight cold surprise.
In the end, he could only guess and continue, "Henry, you are at least a billionaire, right?"
"Go, God."
Fred was so shocked that he almost missed the glass, and then looked at Jim, who was also shocked, and looked at each other, and soon saw excitement and joy in each other's eyes.
Only Jack sighed regretfully in his heart, and then wondered if he still had a chance to get the chance to work for Li Changheng again?
Then Reston continued, "You're only 20 years old, and it took you two or three years to earn such a fortune.
I think at the rate you make money, it's not difficult at all to provide aerospace companies with $5-10 million a year. "
This time Li Changheng did not remain silent, but nodded with a smile.
"I'm a businessman, so with $10 million a year, how long will it take me to see results?
In other words, you are so confident that you will be able to develop a launch vehicle that can transport communication satellites into space within a few years? "
Reston looked around and whispered, "You have to understand that the most difficult and costly process from theory to practice.
It has been completed by the government of the United States.
The satellites at this time are basically between 100 and 400 kilograms. For us who can send a space capsule weighing more than ten tons into space, it is not as difficult as we imagined.
And to send a satellite into space, at least 20 million US dollars to start.
And because of the stimulation of the moon landing program, since the Apollo 11 moon landing last year, 100 million people around the world watched that live broadcast.
At this time, several TV stations in the United States have a rapidly increasing demand for satellite TV signal transmission.
Just let the satellite business company that started operation in 1965 provide NASA with a cooperation plan of 2 commercial communication satellites per year.
If the demand for private and fixed calls is included, even if four communication satellites are launched every year in the future, it will not be able to keep up with the increase in users. "
Hearing this, Li Changheng sighed in his heart that Reston, and those scientific researchers behind him who wanted to find a new home as soon as possible, were completely elementary school students in their grasp of the market.
In the future, instead of sending four satellites a year, it will be counted as hundreds in the 1980s.
In the 1990s when mobile phones became commonplace, there were 225 phones a year at the peak.
It wasn't until the new millennium, when fiber optic technology took off, that the market for communication satellites began to shrink.
But ten years later, the demand for satellites skyrocketed again, with a peak of 453 satellites launched a year.
Of course, this is related to the miniaturization of satellites and the ability of rockets to deliver multiple satellites at a time.
Even in the 1970s, mobile phones hadn't appeared, but many people didn't expect it.
The demand for fixed satellite phones in the United States is absolutely beyond imagination.
Far and near ocean ships, civil aviation airliners, car phones, various scientific research, expedition teams, rescue teams.
Mines, airports, offshore islands.
And the largest number of users is confidential telephone.
Thinking of this, Li Changheng said, "How do I get the permit?"
"this,,."
Reston hesitated, but Li Changheng was really surprised.
What is a launch vehicle?
Installing satellites or detectors is a rocket, and installing something that will send people to the sky is a guide egg.
Like the Saturn 5 rocket, if the navigation is set to point at the polar bear, it is a super intercontinental ballistic egg.
The lunar landing module is a strike force from space.
How could this thing be in the hands of a private company in this day and age?
But Li Changheng missed a little bit. At this time, the United States has fallen into the quagmire of the Vietnam War.
The form was that the red polar bear became aggressive.
A capitalist country like the United States is of course willing to have a consortium or private individuals to support those scientific researchers under such circumstances, and by the way, if they really come up with new inventions or results.
Isn't technology and talent still in the United States?
Besides, Americans are not stupid. One more company related to rockets and space can retain more scientific researchers.
Otherwise, as long as a researcher has not worked and researched in related fields for three years, he may not be able to update technology.
"Let's talk about it when I get back from the moon."
Li Changheng is taking the opportunity to threaten, and at the same time, he has to seriously consider and investigate before he can decide whether to enter the rocket or space field.
However, he can be sure at this time.
Even if he doesn't enter the field of private rocket launches, he still can't stop the development of the Americans in the space field.
And those communication satellites that need to be sent into space will still be sent up.
Instead, take advantage of the advantages of private companies with strong cost accounting capabilities to compete with the US space agency for the market.
It will definitely reduce the funds in their hands.
Less funding means that there will not be so many R&D projects, or they will be slowed down by funds.
Moreover, if it is true as what Reston said, or if Li Changheng finds that the rocket company can at least make ends meet in the future.
Maybe he will also set his sights on Mars after returning from the moon, or think about building a space station on the moon.
But when he thought that this plan would last for at least several decades, he suddenly lost much interest.
After all, if it's just about making money, ten rocket companies can't compare to one Intel, not even a handheld game console.
But if I can really send the space capsule to the moon and build a space station on it.
Then the name Henry Lee will definitely be recorded in human history forever.
From this point of view, this is more fulfilling than earning 10 billion, or even 100 billion.