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Chapter 1617 For the future

“Wow!

Actually, I have contacted a company that can produce offshore launch platforms, located in Ukraine. After a while, I will discuss with them to customize one. The production cycle is very long. You will get it as soon as possible by placing an order in advance!"

When Musk saw Han Xuan agreeing to purchase the offshore launch platform, his expression became excited. After owning the company's own launch platform, the supporting infrastructure of spaex was almost complete. .

"Get it as soon as possible and see where there are ready-made offshore launch platforms for sale. Even if the price is high, it doesn't matter. It's too expensive to rent a site from Vandenberg."

After Han Xuan finished speaking, Musk continued: "By the way, there is one more thing to tell you.

The three-month independent sealing test for simulated Mars environment has ended. The six men and women were not seriously injured, but there were some psychological problems.

The psychological evaluation results showed that they were more irritable than before entering, and there were two people who became lovers during the experiment, but the two people had their personalities that were not suitable and they broke up shortly after they came out."

“The three-month seal test was successful?

This is really good news. It is normal for people to survive in a small environment for a long time and become irritable. It is not easy to persevere.

The next group of volunteers will stay in there for six months, right? It will test the psychological quality of the test subjects more. Be careful when screening and be stricter.

Although they can't really go to Mars, I give a lot of money and always attract suitable volunteers.

I always believe that if we can solve the problem of renewable energy, we can gradually turn humans into cross-planet species in the future, build a civilization that is self-sufficient on another planet, and prevent possible human extinction disasters."

Han Xuan paused and continued, "This is great. Even if we can't see that day coming, for the future of mankind, come on Musk..."

Spaex has a classic slogan engraved under the headquarters name: Our journey is the sea of ​​stars!

In Han Xuan's deduction, by the middle of the next century, humans should be able to make strides in the space field, and the electric vehicle market will rise earlier. Both companies do not intend to let outsiders intervene in the short term.

Especially in the electric vehicle field, other companies nowadays cannot avoid its patent barriers if they want to build electric vehicles.

Although the sales are so pitiful that it only buys more than 30,000 vehicles a year, Han Xuan still hopes that it will help it make a lot of money in the future. Oil-rich countries do not want to see the rise of the electric vehicle market, which will ruin its own financial path, but oil-poor countries are likely to support the development of electric vehicles.

Musk has been a space fan since he was a child and has unimaginable persistence in the universe. After selling paypal in his previous life, he made up his mind to invest in the rocket manufacturing field that he was originally completely unfamiliar with. The Falcon Rockets failed in the first three launches. If it weren't for the fourth time, he successfully won a batch of Nasa orders, he would have gone bankrupt and was also a madman who fought for his dreams.

When he heard Han Xuan say that for the future of mankind, this sentence hit his heart. He nodded seriously and stretched out his hand: "Okay! Come on together!"

...

The highest commander of Vandenberg Air Force Base is a lieutenant general with three stars on his epaulette, which is what people call "three-star lieutenant general", while the superior general has four stars.

His name is Stanley Dunwoody. When he was chatting with Han Xuan himself, Han Xuan suddenly remembered the recruitment promotional video he had shot in the Pentagon. He had not come up with a good idea yet, and he had already received the reward. It is too late to regret it now.

The two stood not far from the Orion-1 rocket, and Han Xuan looked up at the big guy who cost more than 30 million US dollars, which was also loaded with a satellite customized by the Snow Mountain Group.

If success is easy to say, if it is not successful, the loss will make him feel distressed for several minutes. Compared to money, he feels more distressed about the wasted time, and Nasa's orders may not be settled.

He looked at Lieutenant General Stanley Dunwoody and asked him: "Do you have any videos of launching nuclear bombs here? Intercontinental missiles are also OK, the kind that is a little more handsome."

"Yes, what do you want to do?" Lieutenant General Dunwoody replied that the videos during the launch were reported by the media, and those were not classified: "It's all film, and I'll give it to you later."

Han Xuan talked about the causes and consequences, and then smiled and said, "Mr. Tom Cruise is starring in the second part of "Mission Impossible", which may be used in the movie."

"That's it. Even though I have watched many missile launches, I am still excited every time those things fly out. I believe that adding the launch clip to the video will have a good effect."

"Lt. General Dunwoody, you'll take the liberty to ask you a question. Are there nuclear bomb wells buried underground nearby?" Han Xuan remembered the rumors that had been circulating in Monterey Bay for a long time. He happened to have the chance to ask.

The other party's expression was instantly stiff, and he coughed dryly, and told him: "This is a military secret. You have to know that the confidentiality level of our Vandenberg Air Force Base is very, very, very high!

You can do it first, I'll arrange someone to help you find videos. They are all in the warehouse, which is quite troublesome..."

"Okay, see you later."

Han Xuan smiled and said that Lieutenant General Deng Woody used three "very" in a row, but he did not answer directly, but he had already revealed a lot of things.

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During the chat, time passed quickly.

The launch site is on Station 3, and now the nearby crowd has been cleared. Not only will the rocket launch produce high temperatures, but the smoke is also toxic.

Experts at spaex have recently been preparing to develop a new engine that uses liquid oxygen as fuel. The advantage is that it is cheap and environmentally friendly. Each launch can save about two million US dollars than it is now.

They are working very hard to reduce the launch cost to the extreme, while other companies are supported by the US government, and are willing to pay even if the launch price is high, so they become unprofitable, resulting in the slow development of rocket technology for more than a decade.

After looking at the watch, the launch time will be eight minutes left.

Han Xuan took Anya to stand in the distance and wait and see. Many people in history were killed by rockets because they were staying in the observation deck. They were as clever as he was. This time, they brought the telescope in advance and came to a safe area two kilometers away.

Elon Musk and others were amused and crying when they saw this scene, thinking that smart people were indeed different, and they could only look at them with their eyes.

"If the launch is successful later, I will invite you to dinner tonight, and everyone will still get a bonus."

"How much?"

Without excitement or thanks, Musk jumped to the most critical issue in one sentence. His personality is so direct. He usually tries hard to squeeze those researchers, and is called "cold machines."

Han Xuan handed the telescope to Winnie. It had been envious for a long time and looked into the distance. Its expression was very surprised. Seeing that Winnie had not given him a long time to look at him, Fat Ding was about to open his mouth and bite him, but there was no deterrent at all.

"Musk, you are a shareholder of the company, and even if you have a bonus, it's not your turn.

I plan to give them about three million dollars, but I just received the bonus at the end of last year, right?”

After hearing this, Musk replied: "I am so poor that I can't afford to eat, so I can only stay in the company cafeteria. There are many dividend rights, but I haven't seen a penny in two years!"

Han Xuan thought about it and it seemed that it was true. He laughed and asked Secretary Dawson to come to the check sheet, wrote him a check of 500,000 US dollars, and said, "I will give you another suite for your salary this year, the sea view villa in Shiqiliwan."

At this time, someone told me that there is still half a minute to launch...
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