Li Mu knew very little about military affairs. Unlike some men who like military, he could understand the main fighter jets, warships, tanks, and even individual weapons of countries around the world. Li Mu was passive in his understanding of military and military development. Only when he reported on the J-10 fighter jets on TV did he know that there was something like the J-10; the news said that the United States sent the F22 to the Korean Peninsula, he knew that there was an aircraft called F22.

So, when Elon Musk talks about drones, the first thing Li Mu thinks of is not a predator, but DJI.

When he thought of DJI, Li Mu remembered the DJI Elf 4 he had spent a lot of money to buy. It was not new for two weeks after he bought it, but it was no longer found because the bomber was not found again.

The process of bombing the aircraft is very consistent with Li Mu's temperament in science and engineering.

Boys in science and engineering are very quick to get started with this kind of high-tech gadget, and those who are from science and engineering always have a "disobedience" attitude towards this kind of thing. For example, DJI drones have a power management system and intelligent return system. When the plane flies to a certain distance and the power continues to decline, DJI's system can determine the point of safe return of an aircraft. In other words, DJI believes that under the current distance and power, the aircraft has reached the decision point for safe return. If they do not return, it is likely that the aircraft will explode in the middle because of insufficient power.

Li Mu didn't dare to show off with the system at first, but after playing for a few times, he thought he was proficient, and he thought that this thing was nothing but Err. He began to feel that he knew the limits of this drone better than this system, so when he decided to challenge the system, the plane ran out of power on the halfway of the return and fell into the river.

When Li Mu thought of the drone, he still felt a pity.

Seeing that Li Mu seemed absent-minded and didn't listen to him at all, Elon Musk couldn't help but say disappointed: "Boss, if you are not interested in this aspect, then let's talk about something else."

Li Mu then came to his senses from the bomber's memories and waved his hand quickly and said, "Don't, I'm very interested. I was thinking about how to play this thing just now. Why don't you give me a detailed introduction?"

Elon Musk was overjoyed, leaned forward, sitting closer to Li Mu, and said seriously: "I think about this. In most cases, technology in our Internet industry is not a barrier, but a product is. Everyone uses the same environment and the same language to develop. Some people can create a complete operating system, and some people can create a small plug-in and it is all bugs. If you can create a super product like yy, Microsoft can only create a mess of msn."

"However, in the aerospace field, what is important is not only the products, but also the related core technologies and technical chains. For example, the carrier rockets are valuable not a certain model of launch vehicles, but the technical chain behind it, multi-stage rocket technology, solid and liquid rocket driving technology, flight control technology, and even first-stage rocket recovery technology. Once these technical chains are completed, there will be great potential in multiple fields in the future."

Li Mu had only a little understanding of spae-x things. He was not clear about spae-x things, so he could only ask humbly: "Is this kind of technology a wide range of civilian use?"

Elon Musk thought for a while and said, "If someone asked me, I would definitely say it was very big, but if you ask me, I dare not talk nonsense with you. I can only say that the scope and space of aerospace technology to be converted into civilian use is still uncertain, but the market space for commercial aerospace itself is still very potential."

Li Mu nodded and said, "Tell me in detail."

Elon Musk said seriously: "Whether it is Nasa, China's aerospace department, or European aerospace agencies, their technologies and products are different, they basically have one exactly the same thing in common."

“What is it?”

"Spend government money!"

Elon Musk talked: "These government agencies are most concerned about the cost when developing aerospace technology. Nasa has accumulated the best technology in the aerospace field in the world, but their technologies are all made by the US government in the Cold War with hundreds of billions of dollars. China's launch vehicles have been developing rapidly in recent years, but they are also inseparable from the government's support. With the support of the government, the launch vehicles developed by these institutions have one common problem, that is, is it too cost-effective!"

Speaking of this, Elon Musk was inspired and said with a spit on his face: "Boss, look, for example, the US government wants to develop a military satellite positioning system and hand over the launch missions of more than a dozen satellites to Nasa. For the military, their architecture that often costs hundreds of billions of dollars, they don't care about the launch cost of hundreds of millions of dollars. The Chinese government must be the same. However, in the future, the funders behind commercial satellites will be enterprises rather than countries. If the rocket launch cost is too high, the development of the entire commercial satellite will be greatly affected. But the big masters like Nasa will not study how to reduce costs at all, so the market for commercial rocket launch has stagnated because of the high cost. If a private enterprise appears at this time and strives to study how to reduce the launch cost of commercial satellites, what kind of situation will it be?"

Li Mu suddenly realized.

Elon Musk is eyeing this kind of market in space.

What he said is indeed reasonable. The government's large investment in aerospace projects is always high performance rather than cost-effectiveness. Therefore, the development of the entire aerospace field is like a deformed official market. If cars are used as an analogy, it is like every country has a state-owned automobile manufacturer. They are all working hard to develop the fastest cars, the largest load car, and the strongest technology-oriented cars. Therefore, the cars they built are either as fast as lightning, have super power, or are extremely technologically powerful, but the only disadvantage is that they are so expensive that ordinary people can't even afford to burn oil if they buy them back.

However, it is not only every country that has a demand for cars. In addition to the country, there are many individuals and individual groups that have a desire for cars. At this time, if a company focuses on building the most cost-effective car, it will definitely take the biggest initiative in this market.

If a communications company wants to place ten satellites into fixed orbits, it may cost 3 billion US dollars to launch the United States, and it may cost 2 billion US dollars to launch the China Railway Station. However, if a company can do it with just one billion US dollars and can also leave itself with a profit of 200 million US dollars, there is no doubt that in the future, its development space will become very large in the commercial satellite market.

Thinking of this, Li Mu smacked his lips and looked at Elon Musk and said: "It sounds like it's a bit interesting, but the early investment in this kind of industry is too large, and you always have to have technical reserves, right? It's impossible to start research and development from scratch, so where does your technical reserves come from?"

"nasa!" Elon Musk smiled: "You can understand Nasa as a treasure house that is mostly abandoned. It contains a large number of idle talents and technologies. As long as we have enough starting funds, I can find a lot of talents from Nasa who are proficient in a certain technology and can quickly turn a certain technology into your own use. Start developing directly from 70% or 80% of the completion level. The start will be very fast. Moreover, our R&D direction is different from these institutions, so we can avoid risks to the greatest extent."

After saying that, Elon Musk explained: "Taking cars as an analogy, Nasa studies the expensive and top-notch F1, Europe and Japan studies the V12, dual supercharger, supercars with horsepower of more than one thousand, and China studies the V8, supercharger, and sports cars with horsepower of more than 600 but not that expensive. We use their engine technology, engine transmission tuning technology, chassis tuning technology and other electronic assistive technologies. However, we do not build racing cars, supercars or sports cars, but we build a four-cylinder 2.0 economic model to make this model well. At that time, we will be the biggest occupants in this level of market."

"Imagine what kind of situation would it be if we built a Toyota Prius with only tens of millions of dollars in the market, a Ferrari with millions of dollars and a Mercedes-Benz with hundreds of thousands of dollars on the market...

If it weren't for his identity, Li Muzhen wanted to applaud Elon Musk while giving him a snail. No wonder this guy is known as the Iron Man of Silicon Valley. He seems to be in an incredible industry and his prospects are not optimistic at all. But in fact, he has long planned his future development space very clearly. Spae-X may not be able to catch up with Nasa, the China Long March series, or the Russian Space Agency, but as long as he can do it better than them, it is enough.

When the market is full of Ferraris, cars can only be toys of top rich people. After all, it is a very small number of people in society who can afford Ferraris. But once a solid, resistant and fuel-efficient hybrid model like Prius is released, it will be too attractive to ordinary people. Consumers who can afford a Prius are at least ten thousand times more than consumers who can afford a Ferrari. This is Elon Musk's ambition in aerospace.

Moreover, Li Mu himself is from Internet technology. He knows that the development of Internet technology has made rapid progress, and the position of satellites in the future development of the Internet will become more and more important. In the previous life, Faebook, Google, and Apple seem to have their own satellite launch plans. Maybe more than ten years later, it will be the era of satellite Internet. By that time, not only Internet products need their own satellites, but hardware development also requires their own satellites. It is very likely that in the future, there will be dozens of satellite launch demands under its own product system. In this way, the market prospects for commercial satellite launches around the world are indeed very broad.

After sorting out these things, Li Mu suddenly felt particularly interested in Elon Musk's aerospace career. He said to Elon Musk: "Elon, you have convinced me. When you want to start officially, you can come to me at any time. I'm going to play with you for 100 million US dollars."
Chapter completed!