For these doctoral students, the pressure in life is still very high. Those who can get a Ph.D. are basically in their twenties and upwards, with an average age of around thirty. For them, this age is the most difficult time in their lives, especially those who are engaged in technology and are also engaged in aerospace, rocket and satellite technology.
The development of domestic commercial aerospace is still relatively slow. Basically, most of them went to public institutions after graduation, and their salaries were still relatively small.
Of course, that was after I went there. Although there are certain subsidies and scholarships during the PhD period, compared to many of them who are already married, have children, and have social activities, life is still relatively cramped.
This time, we encountered a free dinner, especially it was so rich, so everyone couldn't help but feel a little unable to control themselves.
As for Chen Zhihong, he didn't know the situation of his own students, so he stopped trying to persuade them.
Compared with the young people who wolf down their food, Chen Zhihong eats more slowly. Wu Hao also accompanied him.
Xiao Wu, the main purpose of our visit this time is to observe your launch this time. I wasn't here to witness your first retractable rocket launch and recovery process last time. To be honest, it's a pity.
But is it good this time? We finally get to see the full picture of this ultra-low-cost launch vehicle with our own eyes.
Chen Zhihong wiped his mouth, and then said to Wu Hao: "Ultra-low-cost launch vehicle, in fact, we have been studying it for these years, but how to control the manufacturing cost of the rocket is a very complex and difficult problem.
How to reduce costs can only be achieved through efforts in materials and technology. But for high-risk products such as launch vehicles, the most stringent requirements are often materials and technology.
So, this is a conflicting question. How to reduce costs while ensuring the reliability of launch vehicles is a difficult problem facing many rocket technology developers.
And obviously in this regard, you are ahead of everyone else's path. "
Chen Zhihong first praised him, and then asked him: "What did you think at the beginning, and how did you balance the relationship between the two?"
Hearing Chen Zhihong ask questions, his accompanying doctoral students and other experts also stopped eating and began to listen carefully.
Wu Hao smiled and shook his head when he heard this: "Actually, I didn't think so much. When we were setting up the project, we were just thinking about how to save money.
On the one hand, we are a private enterprise and do not have such strong financial support, so we must be careful and do the most with the least money.
On the other hand, since we want to engage in private aerospace, we must focus on the market. The products we develop must also have very strong market competitiveness.
So what is the market competitiveness of launch vehicles? Reliability, safety, carrying capacity, and the most important thing is cost.
In fact, the difference between the first four is not too big, but the only thing that can widen the gap and the most affecting market competition is cost.
If we can control the cost of rocket development and manufacturing, it means that we can compete with similar products on the market at a very cheap payload launch price and obtain orders.
Also along this line of thinking, we started the development of two types of rockets.
So how to reduce the carrying cost of rockets, there are only three solutions. First of all, the first type, the large-load rocket, can transport more heavy loads, so the cost per kilogram of load will naturally be reduced. It's just that as the carrying capacity increases, the cost of the rocket naturally increases. Moreover, the technology of large-load rockets is relatively high and is not suitable for us for the time being.
So we set our goal on two other solutions. First, the first one is to reduce the manufacturing and launch costs of rockets. Anyway, conventional rockets are disposable and cannot be recycled, so why do we need to make rockets so good? Well, as long as it can be used.
To give a very simple example, the spray painting on a rocket would cost hundreds of thousands if it were sprayed normally, but we only have this money left, although it is a bit ugly.
Of course, we can also sell the rocket body spray painting as advertising space. For example, this time, we sold the rocket body spray painting to an e-commerce company for more than one million yuan, which is equivalent to This is to recover part of the cost in advance. "
Hearing what Wu Hao said, Chen Zhihong, his doctoral students, and everyone else couldn't help but open their eyes wide, and their hearts were boiling. Complaints one after another.
It's so stingy that this rocket can still play like this. Sure enough, he is still a ruthless person.
Following this idea, we can save wherever we can. Coupled with the new mixed liquid fuel we use, the manufacturing and launch costs of the rocket are more than half cheaper than conventional rockets. In this way, we have a powerful market competitiveness.
Well, let me tell you, there are so many units and commercial companies willing to hand over orders to you. It turns out it’s so much cheaper. Chen Zhihong suddenly realized, but then asked: "What about the safety and reliability of the rocket? How do you ensure that reliability and safety can be guaranteed while reducing costs in this way?"
The two are not directly related to the cost of the rocket. It has a certain impact, but the impact is not as huge as we imagined. In fact, we are very willing to use enough ingredients where necessary.
While talking, Wu Hao took a sip of hot soup and said with a smile: "On the other hand, this is also related to our encouragement of innovation. We encourage everyone to innovate boldly, whether they are researchers, manufacturing personnel, or employees of other companies. As long as they are researchers, manufacturing personnel, or employees of other companies. Those who can put forward feasible suggestions, plans, inventions, and even ideas can receive certain generous rewards according to the situation. From thousands to tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions.
An old technician in our manufacturing workshop has received nearly 10 million in bonuses from the company by virtue of more than a dozen related process and invention patent technologies, and every year, we will also pay him a certain usage fee.
With this bonus, he bought a villa in Anxi and settled down, successfully rising to the elite class.
There are many similar examples. Many young employees in the company have also received very generous rewards for their relevant innovative inventions.
Therefore, many employees are very rich. You can see that those who drive luxury cars and sports cars in our company are not necessarily the company’s leaders. It is likely that most of them are employees. "
