After hearing his introduction, Old Suha couldn't help but ask: "So, Mr. Wu, if we want to launch a satellite, how much will it cost?"
In response to such a direct inquiry, Wu Hao was stunned for a moment, but then responded with a smile: "Depending on the height of the orbit and the weight and volume of the satellite, the relevant prices are also different.
If you want to launch tiny satellites, weighing only a few tens of kilograms, and in low-Earth orbit, then we can control the launch price of these satellites to about US$1,000 to US$1,500."
"One thousand dollars?" Everyone couldn't help but be surprised.
This is a very low price, so incredibly low.
Wu Hao nodded and said: "Of course, there are requirements for this. We can't use a rocket just to launch such a tiny satellite. The cost of such a launch is too high.
Therefore, we must use a multi-satellite launch method to send multiple satellites together. In this way, the price per kilogram evenly distributed to each satellite will be relatively low.
But if you need to launch a medium-sized large satellite, weighing hundreds of kilograms, or even several tons, and requiring a special orbit, then the launch cost will skyrocket.
Therefore, I cannot give you a very accurate quotation. This must be based on your requirements for an accurate estimate.
But because the cost of a single-engine rocket is here, even for such a launch mission, the launch price will be much cheaper than the launch price of a normal rocket."
Seeing everyone nodding, Wu Hao continued to introduce.
"In addition to the recovery and reuse of the first-stage rocket of this Jianmu-2 launch vehicle, we also recovered and reused the rocket's fairing. And we used a technology that is different from the Falcon rocket's fairing recovery technology.
A more advanced and reliable recovery technology that uses helicopters to recover in the air.
This fairing recovery technology is even less expensive than using a tugboat to recover the Falcon rocket. As a result, the launch cost of the rocket will be further reduced.
In addition, we are studying the recovery technology of the rocket's secondary body and have successfully conducted experiments. Once successful, the cost of the rocket will be further reduced, thereby providing customers with cheaper launch vehicle launch services."
"This one here is the Jianmu-5 medium-sized launch vehicle that we are developing and will soon launch our first unmanned experimental spacecraft next spring.
The biggest feature of this rocket is that it uses our existing mature technology to bundle the first-stage rocket bodies of two Jianmu-2 rockets onto one Jianmu-2 rocket, thus forming a new bundled carrier
Rocket.
Its low-Earth orbit carrying capacity reaches fifteen tons, and its geostationary transfer orbit carrying capacity reaches eight tons. This also enables this rocket to be able to undertake the launch missions of most of the spacecraft of our relevant customers.
It can be launched from low-Earth orbit to high-orbit, from small satellites to large spacecrafts and even spacecrafts. And because it uses mature technology, its reliability is very high and it is suitable for the launch of some important spacecrafts.
Task.
Of course, its biggest feature is recycling and reuse. Its first-stage rocket and two boosters can be recycled. During the recycling, you can also see the spectacular sight of three first-stage rocket bodies landing at the same time.
.In addition, its fairing can also be recycled.
The Jianmu-7 single-body launch vehicle here will be the main force of our future commercial launch vehicles. It will be the main rocket responsible for our future commercial payload launch tasks. It will also be the commercial launch project we promote to customers around the world.
The main rocket will also be the main rocket for us to carry out a series of space exploration projects in the future.
As for the Jianmu-9 heavy-duty strap-on launch vehicle, its principle is the same as the Jianmu-5 rocket. It is also a strap-on recyclable launch vehicle. It is a heavy-duty launch vehicle and is mainly responsible for the launch of some heavy loads. In addition
, it will also undertake our exploration projects of Mars and other distant spaces.
For example, we have an idea, which is to use this Jianmu-9 carrier rocket to launch relevant spacecraft to the asteroid belt, capture precious metal asteroids in the asteroid belt, and then drag them back to Earth for sale."
After hearing his words, everyone's eyes couldn't help but light up, and they all showed expressions of interest.
Wu Hao then smiled and softened his tone and said: "Of course, this is just an idea of ours. It is still very difficult to capture these asteroids and bring them back."
Hehehehe...
Everyone present laughed after hearing what he said.
Indeed, this is a very whimsical idea. It cannot be said that it cannot be realized, but if you want to realize it, there is still a long way to go. Whether it can be successful or not remains to be seen.
Wu Hao didn't care about everyone's laughter. He walked to the intelligent lunar patrol and exploration vehicle model with a smile, looked at everyone and said.
“It’s too far away to say that project right now, so what we have to do now is do what we want to do right now.
What we are currently working on is the commercial manned spaceflight project, and the other is the lunar exploration project."
Wu Hao pointed to the intelligent lunar patrol and exploration vehicle model in front of him and introduced to everyone: "This is the full-scale model of the intelligent lunar patrol and exploration vehicle independently developed by us. It will be the world's first commercial lunar rover.
Land on the moon and conduct lunar exploration projects.
Unlike other official lunar exploration projects, our intelligent lunar patrol and exploration vehicle mainly undertakes two tasks.
The first one is to find suitable landing sites for human lunar landings, lunar research stations and human settlements.
We will make preliminary preparations for our next manned moon landing and lunar tourism projects.
The second mission is to conduct a lunar mineral exploration project. As we all know, the moon is rich in mineral resources, not only the clean energy resource helium-3 that we all know, but also many other rich mineral resources.
The main purpose of this mission is to explore the distribution of these resources on the moon and prepare for the next mining mission."
"Isn't lunar mining still a little immature now? Can it make money with the current technology cost?" Prince Maiha couldn't help but ask.
Wu Hao smiled and nodded: "Aerospace technology is constantly moving forward, and with the continuous application of new technologies, lunar mining is not impossible in the future.
And compared with the earth, lunar mining has its unique advantages."