At this moment, Luo Sheng, who was standing on the speech stage, was still talking nonsense.

"This successful recycling undoubtedly further proves that 'large reduction of rocket launch costs through multiple recycling' is a practical solution. 'rocket recycling' is the first concept proposed by Elon Musk in an interview in 2013. He is undoubtedly a great pioneer in the world's aerospace field."

"Before this, almost all space rockets, including Spacex, were unreusable at one time. Once the mission was completed, they turned into a pile of scrap iron and space garbage. Even the "Entertainment" space shuttle, which can be reused, was proven to have basically no reuse value because it was too time-consuming and financially repaired."

Some domestic media people off the court smiled knowingly and thought that Luo Sheng was really good at doing things and was unwilling to suffer any losses. At this time, he took the initiative to mention Elon Musk. It sounded like he was complimenting each other on the surface, but in fact it was disgusting. Anyone with a discerning eye could understand.

Because Musk's rocket exploded yesterday, and the Star Arrow just succeeded and made history.

This is also a daily series of bigwigs fighting openly and secretly. No one thinks that Luo Sheng is not authentic. If it is not authentic, Elon Musk is not authentic first. Isn’t it a sudden announcement to launch in advance? Isn’t it a disgusting Luo Sheng?

But, it was finally overturned.

It is worth mentioning that when Elon Musk first made remarks about Rockets recycling, he ushered in criticism from industry insiders.

But now, traditional commercial rocket launchers have finally staged a "real fragrance" scene, but not everyone can take on this job. Many traditional North American rocket launch service providers are forced to transform or go bankrupt because they are robbed of orders by Spacex, and the rest are also difficult to maintain.

As for the rapidly rising Star Arrow International, industry insiders believe that it is foreseeable that as long as Star Arrow International announces the launch service, some employers will start to find Star Arrow International to order cheaper second-hand rocket launch services.

Among the many private space companies of different sizes established around the world, Blue Origin, Spacex and Star Arrow International are recognized as the three major private space exploration giants, all in the first echelon of space exploration. Other private space companies such as Sierra Nevada and orbital science are far inferior to these three, and the establishment of these three space companies has its own positioning.

Blue Origin was first established and was established in 2000. Jeff Bezos hoped that Blue Origin could create space tourism, so the company's recyclable rockets were only responsible for low-Earth orbit. Blue Origin is undoubtedly Bezos's own son. The money he earned from Amazon and the cash he trapped was basically spent on this company.

Spacex was founded by Elon Musk in 2002. The biggest ideal is to immigrate to Mars. Relatively speaking, Elon Musk is the relatively "poor" among the three parties, so the company's capital utilization rate is exaggerated.

The R&D cost of the Falcon series rockets is only $500 million, but that is also favored by Nasa. Not only does it provide technical support, it also gives it up to $2.6 billion to launch an international space station.

But overall, spacex's capital utilization rate is indeed very high, and it almost doesn't waste a penny.

In contrast, Luo Sheng is no ordinary "explosive". Xingjiang International was almost ten years later to be established by its competitors, and the R&D investment of the Star Arrow project has reached more than US$6 billion, almost 12 times that of the Falcon series Rockets.

And it depends on this situation and you have to pay more.

But if you analyze it carefully, you will find that Luo Sheng must be willing to give up and must be so "spentant". There is no way, because he started late, and the tuition fee he should pay was finally compensated.

Xingjiang International really has nothing except money.

The current technical reserves are all transformed through Luo Sheng's "money ability".

Xingjiang International is positioned as the resource of the entire solar system. Although it was established the latest, its dreams, pattern and ambitions are indeed the largest and most difficult to achieve among the three companies, including the ultimate goal of building a space ladder to the resources of the solar system, and even resources outside the solar system.

These are all imaginations about the future and there are infinite possibilities.

At the media conference, Luo Sheng continued to speak: "At present, the launch cost of Star Arrow Heavy Rocket is about US$70 million. Although this offer is relatively cheap compared to other rocket launch companies, the application of recyclable technology can save 35% of the launch cost, about US$24.5 million, and about RMB 170 million regardless of exchange rate changes."

"170 million, this fee is not a small amount for any company, and as the number of launches increases, the final fee should be lower."

The current launch cost of the friendly company Spacex company saves about 30% compared to the launch energy of traditional rockets, about 18 million US dollars, while the Star Arrow can save more than 24 million US dollars, which is significantly higher than that of Spacex.

In fact, Luo Sheng said this at this moment, and as the technology gradually improved and matured, it is time to consider the issue of commercialization.

The company has been unable to make ends meet. Although Luo Sheng has no pressure to bear R&D expenses, Xingjian International will be unhealthy after all if it cannot bear the profit and loss of the self.

Besides, it’s not a problem with your brain if you don’t make money. You can’t make money by yourself.

Luo Sheng continued: "...but the same thing is still the case. Today was only successful once. This does not mean that the technology for recycling and reuse of second-hand rockets has matured, and the road ahead is still long."

"In addition, given that the second-hand rocket launched this time only recycles the first-stage booster and core-first part of the rocket engine previously equipped with the rocket engine, many key navigation and guidance control equipment are in the second-stage rocket, and the second-stage rocket has entered orbit, which is more difficult to recover, but it also shows that the Star Arrow Heavy Rocket still has huge room for improvement and room for further significantly reducing the launch cost."

Obviously, the only 30% of the launch cost savings is a number that Xingjiang International is not satisfied with, and it is also something that Luo Sheng is not satisfied with. Once the second-stage rocket can be recycled, it can further save about 40% of the launch cost.

Luo Sheng added: "...All of this considerations are in the planning and mastery of Star Arrow International, because we are likely to see the first test flight of the ultimate upgraded version of Star Arrow 'Star Arrow 17e' model, by the end of this year. At that time, we will officially include the recycling of fairings in the plan."

As soon as these words came out, the media on the scene couldn't help but give applause again.

"Why do we also include the fairing on the recycling list? This seemingly ordinary shell actually costs as much as 45 million yuan, accounting for 10% of the overall cost of the Rockets."

Speaking of this, Luo Sheng joked and added: "This is not easy, but this is picking up money. If you even picking up money, why are you doing?"

“Haha~”

The media reporters on the scene and netizens watching the live broadcast all laughed and refuted silently.

However, this money is not something that ordinary people can pick up.

When a rocket launcher is called down-to-earth, it is called space express delivery, but it is actually just for delivery. The fairing is a express packaging box, which contains precious goods. To be more professional, it is called "payload", and the goods are satellites and other things.

This packaging box is a bit amazing. Just imagine a three-stage rocket on its butt, with high temperature, high heat, high speed, and strong airflow impacting the atmosphere. It is a basic requirement that it does not break itself. At the same time, the temperature and humidity inside the fairing must be adjusted.

The inside is full of precision satellites and other rockets. The smoke from the outside is not good at all. Moreover, the thinner the fairing, the better, so that the payload can be increased.

During the rocket launch, the journey from the ground to outer space will undergo a series of extreme environmental trials, and then it must be able to ensure accurate opening when reaching the predetermined orbit.

There are too many technologies involved in this. The 45 million yuan packaging box is not an exaggeration. At the same time, it is because it is expensive, which accounts for about 10% of the cost of the rocket. Of course, we need to consider recycling and reuse.

At this moment, a reporter at the media conference looked at Luo Sheng who was talking on the stage and couldn't help but sigh: "If the future journey of mankind is the sea of ​​stars, then the Star Arrow International led by Luo Sheng, the Spacex led by Elon Musk and the Blue Origin led by Jeff Bezos are likely to be the pioneers of this journey."

Once again, what people in the domestic media industry are quite excited is that among these three pioneers, there is a place for Chinese people.
Chapter completed!