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Speaking of this, Wu Hao softened his tone and said with a smile: "Of course, in addition to the time required, you also have to prepare a considerable amount of money to buy a round-trip ticket. The price of each ticket will not be too high, and most people Affordable.
It will not be like now, where space travel is only for the rich. Our goal is to give ordinary people the opportunity to travel to space. "
"Wu Sheng, can you tell us how much each ferry ticket costs?" Dong Qian, a reporter from Fengwang Technology, immediately asked with interest.
This question also aroused the interest of several other reporters, who all cast inquiring glances.
Upon seeing this, Wu Hao smiled and said: "According to our current technology and cost control, we are confident that the price of each ticket will be around US$700,000 to US$800,000. With our efforts in the recyclability of rockets and spaceships, As reuse technology becomes increasingly mature, the price will further drop and will eventually be controlled at around US$100,000 to US$200,000.”
"The price is also very high. I'm afraid it's difficult for ordinary people to afford it." Huang Zhigang said slightly disappointed.
Haha, Wu Hao smiled: "According to the current technology, this price is already the limit we can control.
Compared with the ticket prices of several other companies or other spaceships, our ticket prices are already very cheap.
Although this price is a bit high for most of us ordinary people. But for many middle-class families, it is not unaffordable.
In the future, we will continue to explore in this area and strive to further reduce the price of ferry tickets to a range that most of us can accept and afford. "
"Mr. Wu, we understand that in addition to the manned space project, you are also developing your own space station and lunar city projects. Can you tell us more about this aspect? In addition, does this mean that your future The focus of development has shifted from the general consumer market to the commercial aerospace field." Jiang Nan changed the topic and asked a very targeted question.
When Wu Hao heard this question, he sorted out his thoughts for a while, and then replied: "Yes, we are conducting research on the space station. The inflatable and expandable space experimental module we launched before is an important part of the space station project and is designed to verify The application of inflatable and inflatable technology in the construction of space stations and the exploration of alien planets and the construction of research stations and settlements.
We plan to build an international commercial scientific research space station in space that is open to the world in the next five years or so. This space station will be open to the world. It is mainly responsible for scientific research, commercial project research, and space tourism.
The entire international commercial scientific research space station will accommodate eight to 12 daily researchers, and will accommodate up to 16 to 18 people during the rotation period. By then, it will become the space station with the largest number of people in orbit in the world.
Moreover, this space station will achieve self-sufficiency in some materials and establish a complete space ecosystem suitable for human survival.
By then, the space station will be able to provide food, such as vegetables, fruits, grain, and even meat protein, to researchers and tourists inside the space station.
This means that we can operate this international commercial scientific research space station at a lower cost, and it also means that it will lay a solid foundation for our deep space exploration and alien planet exploration.
When the relevant conditions are ready, we will establish a commercial scientific research station on the moon and accommodate about ten scientific researchers to live and conduct research there.
This is the first phase of the project, and we will expand on this basis in the second phase of the project. In addition to adding a series of basic living facilities, it will also increase the number of people our research station can accommodate to about thirty to forty people.
The third phase of the project will continue to expand on this basis, so that it can accommodate a permanent population of more than 100 people.
By then, the entire lunar ground research station will be self-sufficient. By extracting fresh water from the lunar soil, as well as related energy sources, the entire base will be supplied with fresh water and electricity. And we will also build multiple plant factories on the lunar surface to achieve complete self-sufficiency in food.
If everything goes well and runs normally, we will also try to use the resources on the moon to build a truly permanent large-scale settlement, which is a lunar city.
By then, this lunar city will be able to accommodate more than a thousand people, and will become a bridgehead for our human exploration of deep space, as well as a space station for entering and exiting the earth. "
Having said this, Wu Hao spread his hands, looked at the surprised expressions of everyone, smiled and said: "Of course, for such a brilliant project, it is definitely not enough for us to be close, it requires more people to join in. Only through joint efforts can we realize this ambitious plan.
And this project will also become an important preliminary preparation and exercise for our exploration of deep space. If this project can succeed, then we will have the confidence to achieve long-term human residence on our neighboring planet Mars, and even build a real Mars. City.
In addition to Mars, there are many secrets in the entire solar system waiting for us to explore. For example, there are several satellites of Saturn, several satellites of Jupiter, Pluto, Ceres, etc.
Only by developing step by step in this way can we have hope and be able to truly send humans out of the solar system to explore the broader galaxy and the boundless universe. "
"What you said is so far away. Can our generation really achieve it?" Jiang Nan couldn't help but ask.
Wu Hao smiled and shook his head: "Compared to the universe that is more than 10 billion years old, our human lifespan is too short. Obviously, such a huge universe cannot be explored by us in one generation, or in several generations. . This requires us humans to work hard and continue to explore, so that we can explore more unknowns.
Just like the ocean, even now that technology is so advanced, we can't guarantee that we know enough about the ocean. We must know that humans have entered the ocean for thousands of years. From the earliest canoes to the great voyages to the current prosperous ocean activities, we still do not have complete knowledge of this vast ocean.
Compared with this ocean, the universe is vaster and boundless. Therefore, this requires us to explore generation after generation. This road is destined to be long and difficult. But no matter what, our pace of exploring the universe will not stop. "
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