The idea of a sea launch platform was accompanied by a survey of the Bohai Bay.
Basically just stay in the current envisioning stage.
But there is great hope that another big project can be officially launched.
With the successful test launch of the high-thrust recyclable rocket, the project demonstration work for the low-orbit satellite communication network has officially begun.
Because if this project is really carried out according to Zhang Xingyang's vision, it will require tens of trillions of funds.
Therefore, before construction officially starts, multiple departments need to conduct a comprehensive demonstration of the project.
Of course, the Rocket Research Institute where Zhang Xingyang works is only responsible for technical demonstrations, and at most, professional opinions on costs.
As for other aspects, don't worry about them.
Of course, as the main proposer of this project, Zhang Xingyang shoulders not only the work required by the Rocket Research Institute, but also a lot of additional work that needs to be done by him.
For example, the planning of each phase of construction, the planning of satellite orbits, and the construction planning of ground receiving stations.
Of course, those are all tasks after the entire low-orbit satellite communication network project is officially established.
Whether this project can be established is still unknown.
After all, his technical prospects are not particularly clear. Whether such a radical technical route can work is still a question.
Once it fails, the loss will not be a small number like one or two million, but hundreds of billions of funds!
"Xiao Zhang, what do you think of the prospects of this project?"
In a very simply decorated living room, two people, an old man and a young man, were sitting face to face.
The young man is naturally Zhang Xingyang, while the older man is the leader in charge of almost all industrial development directions in the country.
The successful establishment of a low-orbit satellite communication network project cannot be achieved without the support of this leader. As long as we obtain his support, this matter will be much simpler.
Zhang Xingyang poured the other party a cup of tea honestly, and then poured himself a cup.
Mingqian Longjing tastes pretty good.
Zhang Xingyang thought for a while: "Whether it is from a technical advantage or for the future development of domestic high-end manufacturing, it is imperative to develop our own satellite communication network."
"Even if we don't develop it now, in a few years when the ground base stations are saturated, if we want to continue to improve the communication speed or quality of the communication network, we must develop the satellite communication network."
"Then it's better to start construction now. After all, the sooner we build, the easier it will be to seize a better track!"
Zhang Xingyang swallowed a sip of warm tea and continued:
"You should know that we joined the Outer Space Treaty in 1984."
"Although the Outer Space Treaty stipulates that all countries have the right to freely explore and develop outer space."
"But you also understand that good orbits in outer space, especially in near-Earth space, are actually limited."
"If we don't think about occupying it now, then our descendants will pay a greater price to complete these construction works!"
Zhang Xingyang's words made Sun Hongtao, who had been responsible for industrial development work, fall into deep thought.
At this time, all domestic aspects have just begun to recover. Industrial development and technological development are basically focused on catching up with foreign advanced levels.
As for this time's low-orbit satellite communication network plan, almost no country abroad has actually completed the construction.
The only company that can be considered as exploring the road is "Iridium", and the things it produces are not very good.
Therefore, Sun Hongtao has some doubts about the feasibility of this technical route.
The technical and engineering prospects of such a project are not very clear, and there are almost no projects that can be relied upon for reference.
Is it really worth the country investing huge amounts of manpower and material resources in exploration?
This question has been on Sun Hongtao's mind since he learned about this project.
"With our technology, are there any difficulties in realizing this project now?"
Although Sun Hongtao also comes from an industrial background, he is not very familiar with the aerospace-related technologies in this project.
The various technical documents written were quite difficult to read, so Sun Hongtao couldn't help but ask Zhang Xingyang, a professional.
"From a technical perspective, there's nothing particularly difficult about it."
"The main difficulties are in two aspects. One is low-cost launch rockets, and the second is cost-effective communication satellites."
"Because of the large number of satellites required for successful construction, if the launch costs and satellite costs cannot be reduced, the entire project will consume more funds."
"We have now completed the first step of low-cost recyclable rockets. The development of new rockets has basically been completed. Research on rocket recovery is currently underway."
"The development of cost-effective communication satellites has not yet begun, but the technical difficulty here is not particularly great."
"And because the number of satellites required for satellite communication networks is huge, the R&D and production of such a large number of satellites will definitely allow our satellite industry to flourish."
"The satellite industry is pretty much the first step into space."
"Three hundred years ago, we already missed the ocean age. Now, we can no longer miss the space age!"
Because it had not caught up with the first train of the maritime age, the current Dragon Kingdom's navy had to develop several times the effort of those countries that had developed it in the early years.
After missing the space age, it will be difficult to establish even if it takes dozens of times the effort.
Decades later, even many developed countries today are lagging behind in aerospace.
On the entire earth, the countries that can independently carry out space work can be counted on one hand.
Sun Hongtao was also somewhat convinced at this time, for an industrial person of his generation.
Coming from China with nothing, he knew all too well how much hardship he had endured and how many hardships he had endured.
"The space age sounds so wonderful!"
After Sun Hongtao sighed with emotion, he still talked about the satellite communication network:
"There are many aspects involved in this matter, and we will have a special meeting to discuss it next week."
"I am personally quite interested in this project, but I can't guarantee that everyone has the same views as me."
"You also understand that the funds and policies involved here are very important. It can almost be regarded as a major event that determines the development direction in the next few decades."
“Decisions cannot be made by just one or two departments!”
Zhang Xingyang also nodded, saying that he could understand.
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(End of chapter)
