Chapter 439

More than one story high and tens of meters long, the rocket body is like a circular giant wrapped in white iron, lying quietly in the huge production workshop.

Two or three workers dressed in gray were busy at the end of the rocket body on a trapezoidal workbench more than one person high.

Fang Zhe, who entered the workshop, looked around curiously after a short shock.

The whole workshop is up to tens of meters long? Fang zhe doesn't know, because looking around, there are at least four huge rocket fuselages in the workshop, each of which is like a sleeping giant!

Although Fang zhe has also been to aerospace museums several times, this is Fang Zhe's first time to enter the rocket production workshop, so it is inevitable to feel shocked.

Like Fang Zhe, the accompanying Li Wen and the female legal clerk were also full of exclamation. If Huang Siyi didn't want to connect with the investment work on PayPal, and the female legal clerk won the lottery among several accompanying personnel, how could she get one of the only three places.

Musk has a smile on his face. He knows that because of China's special environment, most ordinary people simply can't enter the rocket production workshop. Even in the United States, there is no rocket production workshop open to the public. Can they come because they are the boss of the rocket company?

Thinking of this, musk was a little proud. Although he admitted that Fang zhe was richer and more successful than him in his career, only he musk could do such things as building electric cars and rockets!

Fang Zhe and others listened to the explanation of the workshop staff while visiting. From the origin of the rocket model, the rocket length, the rocket weight, to the rocket propulsion power, speed, launch cost and other non confidential rocket related information, Fang Zhe and others were greatly informed, and musk accompanied them throughout the whole process.

As Fang zhe said to musk in the car, every man has a space dream, and it is not impossible for rich men to realize this dream. Just as musk invested and founded SpaceX and Amazon founder Bezos, he also invested and founded aerospace company, blue origin!

However, due to domestic environmental reasons, it is almost impossible for Fang Zhe to invest and establish a private aerospace company like musk and Bezos. Therefore, Fang Zhe's goal can only be put abroad.

SpaceX was founded by musk in 2002. After just nine years, it has the research and launch capacity of Falcon 9, which is equivalent to the domestic long March 7 medium launch vehicle, and has carried out more than ten commercial services. It is almost impossible to put it in any country.

Gein, the rocket development and launch technology really needs a lot of talents, a lot of funds and a lot of time. For example, after the founding of new China, with the strength of the whole country and the help of the former Soviet Union, it took more than ten years to have its own rocket related technology, and SpaceX only took a few years to do this.

The biggest supporters behind it are NASA and NASA.

On the road of exploring the commercialization and privatization of aerospace related technologies, compared with China, Russia and other countries, aerospace is listed as a national project. In all development directions, priority is given to the realization of objectives, followed by cost, privatization and commercialization. NASA, which has accumulated mature technologies for many years, ranks first among global aerospace institutions.

Therefore, SpaceX can develop to today's technology accumulation and scale in just a few years, and can easily win relevant orders from NASA and small and medium-sized countries and top companies with global satellite launch and other needs.

Since NASA's internal space shuttles were retired more than a year ago due to high launch and maintenance costs, SpaceX has won part of the "space transportation" business of delivering goods to the international space station. Therefore, even if musk is the apparent founder and chairman of SpaceX, NASA's influence on SpaceX should not be underestimated.

Reducing the launch cost and reuse of rockets and other aerospace equipment is almost a consensus in the global aerospace field. When the cost is reduced to a certain extent, whether it is space tourism or even space immigration, it is a matter of great commercial prospects. In this regard, SpaceX, supported by NASA, is at the forefront of the world.

Therefore, Fang Zhe is extremely "salivating" for SpaceX, whether for his man's dream or from a commercial point of view.

"Mr. musk, do you think I personally or Huizhong have the opportunity to invest in SpaceX?" after leaving the rocket production workshop, Fang zhe motioned Li Wen and others to distance themselves and chatted with musk.

Musk naturally sees clearly Fang Zhe's idea of investing in SpaceX, but because the nature of SpaceX is not like Tesla, it is almost impossible for Fang Zhe to participate in investment. However, musk replied with a smile after careful consideration for more than ten seconds:

"You should know that even if I promise your investment, NASA and the U.S. government will not allow it!"

Fang zhe listened and smiled helplessly. Indeed, not all things can be solved with money. He sighed:

"In fact, I have always felt that there are too many waste phenomena in our human society. There are a lot of repeated wheel making in SpaceX's aerospace field and many other industries.

In my opinion, the progress of human civilization is based on the progress of social productivity. Reducing waste and not building wheels repeatedly is also a way to improve social productivity. If the whole world could work together in the field of aerospace, I'm afraid we would have flown out of the solar system long ago.

If all countries and industries in the world do not work behind closed doors and cooperate with each other, the development speed of our entire human civilization can be more than doubled! "

Musk was shocked by Fang Zhe's emotion. He was born in South Africa and has dual citizenship of Canada and the United States. He doesn't have a strong concept and sense of belonging to the country, but he has a strong concept and sense of belonging to mankind. All his undertakings, including electric vehicles, SpaceX, solar power generation and so on, are for the better benefit of all mankind, This is why Fang zhe admired him and was willing to say these words in front of him.

"The organizational form of society and the development of science and technology complement each other. In the stone age, human ancestors gave up the claws and teeth of animals and opened wisdom. Mankind entered the tribal age. The use of fire promoted mankind to civilization and from tribe to country. However, the concept of country appeared in just a few thousand years. At a certain time, it will naturally be eliminated.

Space exploration is the cause of all mankind, regardless of nationality. When Apollo landed on the moon, he said a small step for me, a big step for mankind, not a big step for Americans.

Although NASA is managed by the U.S. government, there are many more scientists full of ideals. They work hard for science and ideals. Maybe we can't see humans immigrating into outer space until we die, but I believe that as long as we work hard, all this will eventually come true! "

Musk agrees with Fang Zhe's helplessness. Although he intends to let Fang Zhe, a rich man, also support SpaceX's aerospace industry, it is obviously not his decision. However, he still said:

"Mr. Fang Zhe, SpaceX can't let you invest, but you may consider setting up the same private aerospace company in China in the future. Although this will find a competitor for SpaceX, I don't mind one more competitor for the dream of exploring space for all mankind!"