Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 355 Challenger Project

While Zhong Cheng and others were watching the spectacle of the earth, moon, sun and sky, his old friends were also looking at the earth, moon and sun.

Just from their angles, the three cannot appear in the sky at the same time, because their positions limit their field of vision.

Hans and Robin are currently in the lunar geostationary orbit of the spacecraft assembly space station, the assembly space station is above the front of the moon, between the moon and the earth.

Hans stood in front of the office window, staring at the earth. He asked in a deep voice, "Robin, what do you think of Red Star Company's upcoming construction of an earth space elevator?"

Robin was sitting on the sofa in front of the window, with a cigar in his hand, and he was puffing out clouds.

"The space elevator is just a cliché, and the Orientals just don't have any creativity!"

Hans was very dissatisfied with Robin's disdainful tone, "It is because it is an old topic that it can attract the public's attention. Now that the capital market has become globally integrated, attracting the public's attention means a large amount of capital inflow. "

"If there are more Red Star companies, we will have less. Don't tell me that you don't understand this truth!"

Robin laughed, "Old friend, I was only joking!"

"When their space elevator is completed, it will be five or six years later. We have already landed on Ganymede and Titan, which is more eye-catching than their building a space elevator."

Hans sighed and said, "Why do you still not pay enough attention to Zhong Cheng and Red Star Company? If you judge them by our own standards, don't you suffer a lot?"

Robin said dissatisfiedly: "To build a space elevator on Earth, to build a space station, and then to build a spaceship, five or six years is already the limit I can calculate. If we do it, it may not work in ten years."

Hanstein replied frankly: "I'm actually very curious, but the information from the high-level executives in the meeting is that the Red Star Company may build a space elevator within two years, build a space station within three years, and fly their spaceships to Mars."

"what?"

Robin couldn't hold back anymore, "It's impossible!"

"We have said this sentence too much before!" Hans sneered.

He went on to say: "We must plan for the worst case scenario. Our plan requires a huge amount of funds. If we lose the support of the capital market, the progress will be extended by at least 10 years. Are you willing to wait?"

Robin said anxiously: "Red Star Company itself has the most complete industrial system, they can produce by themselves, but most of our industrial products still need to be bought with money, even from Red Star Company, they will not follow us Credit, if the funds can't keep up, all plans are empty talk."

Robin is very aware of the gap between their two companies and Red Star Company. Although compared with the market value of the stock market, the total market value of the two companies is already comparable to that of Red Star Company, but in terms of real industrial manufacturing capabilities, they are still far behind. not far off.

Although they have tried their best to improve the industrial system over the years, some things cannot be solved simply by money.

Technology, talents, etc. need to be accumulated for a long time, especially the grassroots engineering and technical personnel and skilled workers, which need more than ten years of training to form a combat-effective team.

Robin thought for a long time, but there was nothing he could do. The Super Apollo would not be completed until the second half of the next year. When it was ready, it would set sail for Ganymede. Maybe it would be 2036.

By then, Red Star Corporation may have established a base on Mars, and the hype of their first outer space base will be a laughing stock.

Those capital crocodiles will abandon their stocks like shoes and invest in Red Star Company instead.

The more Robin thought about it, the more afraid he became. This must not be allowed to happen!
"Hans, what shall we do now?"

Hans breathed a sigh of relief, this guy finally got on the road.

"What else can we do? We can only land on Ganymede ahead of them and establish a development base."

"But……"

Robin walked to the window and pointed to the Super Apollo that was being built outside. He didn't even bother to explain, Hans knew more about the situation than he did.

Hans laughed and said, "Who said I want to use the Super Apollo, don't we still have the Super Challenger space shuttle?"

"Are you crazy?"

Robin was taken aback when he heard this. They discussed this plan last year, but it was abandoned because it was too crazy.

Because landing on Ganymede with the Super Challenger space shuttle is almost an act of death.

The Super Challenger space shuttle is a super-large aerospace plane with a maximum take-off weight of 1.2 tons, but it has to bring hundreds of engineers and corresponding base construction equipment and materials to Ganymede, which is 6.3 million kilometers away. It can only be a one-way flight with no return.

Without follow-on shuttle or spacecraft support, these people can persist on Ganymede for up to six months.

They only have one Super Challenger space shuttle, and the other space shuttles are much smaller in tonnage, and it is only a drop in the bucket to deliver supplies to Ganymede.

Four or five planes need to be dispatched together and transported non-stop on the Muyue route to ensure the normal consumption of Ganymede, but this is obviously impossible, and they cannot afford such a large investment.

It will take nearly three years for the Super Apollo to fly to Ganymede, and the first batch of people who landed on Ganymede will have a dead end.

Hans said relaxedly: "Old friend, the situation has changed now, and it is not as bad as expected a year ago. How can I have the heart to let your men go to die?"

When Robin heard this, he was curious and angry at the same time. It turns out that you want my people to go to Ganymede to die!
However, according to the provisions of the three major conventions, Ganymede is indeed an exclusive development planet belonging to the American Federation, and he has been using this reason to fight for Starnet's dominance over the development of Ganymede.

But now Hans used it as a handle.

Robin asked gloomily, "How has the situation changed now?"

Hans replied slowly: "The scientific research base we established last year on Pallas and Juno in the asteroid belt has already begun to take shape this year."

"We can use these two asteroids as a transfer station to provide transit supplies for the Super Challenger. If the personnel on the Super Challenger strictly control their diet, I have calculated that they can last at least a year on Ganymede." years."

"If we execute the Challenger program in the second half of next year, the time will coincide with the time when the Super Apollo arrives at Ganymede, and your people will not be in danger."

Robin pondered, and he also made silent calculations in his mind. The situation was similar to what Hans estimated, but who could say clearly about the things in the starry sky, such a plan would have serious consequences if there was any accident.

Such wishful thinking with no remedial measures is a taboo for space adventures.

That's hundreds of lives, and they are the elites of Xingwang Company.

Robin also considered whether he could reduce the manpower, but if he wanted to complete the construction of the first base on Ganymede and lay the foundation for subsequent large-scale development, more than 300 people was already the limit.

Otherwise, the news value of their first landing on Ganymede will be greatly reduced.

Seeing that Robin did not respond for a long time, Hans said:
"Mr. Farias, think about our ancestors. Regardless of the danger of their lives, they dared to go to sea with a single sail and opened the era of great navigation. This is how we have the glory of our Western civilization for 500 years!"

"In today's era of great adventure in the solar system, it is the only opportunity for us to catch up with oriental civilization. If we seize this opportunity, we will achieve the glory of western civilization again, even more brilliant than before!"

"For this reason, what is this little risk?"

Hans' words successfully convinced Robin to make up his mind, and Robin gritted his teeth, "Then do this, the Super Challenger will set off in July next year, land on Ganymede before the end of the year, and give a big gift for Christmas next year!"

"Hahaha!"

Hans laughed loudly and said, "Old friend, I still admire your courage as before!"

It's just that they selectively ignored the fact that they were not the ones who went to Ganymede to take risks.

(End of this chapter)