Chapter 700 You are all rubbish

  Recently, the International Telecommunication Union has been a little nervous.

  First, Gaoming Company proposed at the meeting to cancel the right to use the S-band. Now, several companies jointly proposed to stop the Starlink project, and there will be a long row of noise.

  Sitting on the rostrum, Martin, the person in charge, felt that his head was too big. In fact, their organization has no real power at all, and it is just a tool for some forces to compete.

   Now, there are more and more people below, and they are all whispering to each other.

   "Starfleet finally successfully launched the satellite, which is a new beginning."

   "That's right, the low-Earth orbit carrying capacity is 60 tons. If they use their rockets for the next construction of the space station, it will greatly save time. It is said that the launch cost is not high."

   "Hmph, this kind of company should go bankrupt!"

   Some people also expressed dissatisfaction. Why, what qualifications does this kind of starship company have to enter the space club?

While they were discussing, Max walked in. He had his own aura. When he was outside, a large group of reporters surrounded him. Now, some reporters who are qualified to enter the conference venue have already arranged camera.

  The time has finally come.

   "Everyone, the topic we discussed at our meeting today is the Starlink project proposed by the Starship Corporation. This plan will take up a lot of orbital and frequency resources. Now, we need to decide whether this project can be passed." Martin said.

   "Of course it can't pass. The total number of spacecraft in orbit is less than 2,000. They want to launch tens of thousands of satellites, and they will occupy all the orbital resources."

   "Yes, this will greatly increase the chances of satellite collisions in space!"

   "We must not see such a thing happen!"

   The following suddenly became chaotic.

   "Quiet, quiet!" Martin said: "Now, let's ask Mr. Max from the Starship Company to explain their proposition."

   This is destined to be a quarrel, but there must be a spokesperson, the starship company at the center of the event, must make an explanation here.

"Actually, I didn't want to come here at all." Max stood up and looked at the people present: "In my opinion, this is a ridiculous and shameless meeting, showing the ugly side of those people with ulterior motives .”

   "What did you say?" Bill's face darkened.

"Didn't your mother tell you that it's impolite to interrupt someone else's speech? That's right, you have already relied on the resources you have to interfere brutally and rudely, and you don't care about the brutal behavior in the meeting room. You will do it later Is it? I am a ninth-degree black belt in taekwondo, what level are you?"

   Bill is dumb.

  Martin has already said that it is impolite to interrupt this kind of speech when Starship Corporation is speaking, but is the other party polite? The other party's words are simply slander, they are pouring dirty water on them!

"The goal of our starship company is the sea of ​​stars, we want to land on Mars, we want to go to the universe, and now, what about the people sitting at the meeting? You just see that our starship company is strong, and then you want to suppress us ! You rubbish!"

   "What did you say?" Bill was angry again.

"I said, you are all rubbish, you don't have the ability to make advanced rockets, you don't have the ability to land on Mars, you don't even dare to think about it, and then you stop the progress of our starship company! You are human civilization A stumbling block to progress, you use the resources you have to monopolize aerospace and beat down those private aerospace companies trying to enter this market."

Max's method is still to confuse right and wrong, avoiding the important and neglecting the important. Now he is discussing the Starlink satellite, but he has brought up the opposition between the national aerospace departments controlled by various countries and their private aerospace companies, and the progress of human civilization and the obstacles to the progress of civilization. The ability to talk nonsense is pretty awesome.

   "Mr. Max, please explain the Starlink project." Martin spoke, and everyone present was very smart and would never be led into a ditch by Max's words.

"Okay, then let me explain the Starlink project. The goal of this project is also to benefit all mankind. We have all seen that the information age has arrived, and people's lives in the future are closely related to the Internet." Max said: "Where do you go when you go out?" , you can look up information on the Internet in advance, you can book train tickets on the Internet, you can call a taxi on the Internet. If you want to stay at home, you can order food on the Internet. This era will be a complete change. , our lives will be happier, but there is a prerequisite for this, that is, a stable Internet is needed.”

"Our Starlink project is for the service of all mankind, and we want to provide reliable network access for all mankind. Yes, we launch a lot of satellites, but only in this way can we provide reliable network quality. Don't It is an insult to us to compare things like maritime satellites with us." Max said: "After that, my meetings can also be realized through the Internet. , we can directly hold online video conferences.”

   "Internet video conferencing? Are you kidding?" Someone couldn't help it.

"Are you kidding? Excuse me, have you ever used ICQ? Haven't you made a video call?" Max looked at the person from the French Space Agency: "It's no wonder that your domestic network construction speed is very slow, and major cities have not passed Fiber optic connection, you are already behind, welcome to the east, we are in Qiongzhou, and we can also directly make video calls with people in the capital, Huating and other cities to negotiate various things."

  Building a network requires infrastructure construction. In Europe and even in the Americas, infrastructure construction is difficult because a lot of land is privately owned. Without the consent of the land owner, it is impossible to bury optical fibers underneath.

   Speaking of infrastructure construction, Dongfang is definitely the best. Now, with the rise of Godson and other companies, Dongfang's network construction is also very fast, leaving Europe behind.

  The Frenchman blushed.

"We know that your network construction is difficult, so we are here to help, and directly build an international Internet in space to meet your access needs. After our first batch of Starlink networks, you can feel it. You are in France, I am in the East, we can make video calls at any time." Max said: "I think, you are also looking forward to that kind of scene? For example, after today's meeting is over and you go back to the hotel, do you want to talk to your wife? Call? Maybe during the call, you can see another man lying on your bed. "

  The scene burst into laughter.

   "Damn it, I'm going to duel with you!" The man was furious.

   "Okay, what are you going to use? If you use a gun, we can go to the United States. By the way, when I was in college, I won the National College Shooting Championship."

  Do it yourself? We are the highest rank in taekwondo, and Americans have been playing since childhood.

   "Okay, let's continue talking about Starlink. Starlink occupies a lot of orbital and frequency resources. Is it unethical to do so?"

"But it is completely in line with international laws." Max looked at the person who asked the question: "Internationally, it has always been a first-come, first-served principle. If you want, you can also build a space Internet similar to Starlink. Because you No, and you can’t see that others have it, so you come out to stop it? This is what I said just now. You are all too low-level. You only have your own interests in your eyes. Once your interests are affected, you will use various means, including Amend the international law... You keep talking about morality, but are you moral? You use nobleness to demand others, and selfishness to arm yourself!"

   "Why are we selfish? We are for all mankind!"

   "For the sake of all mankind? The cancellation of the S-band is also for the sake of all mankind? You also know that the frequencies will become less and less available, and the frequency bands should be widened, but you want to cancel some frequency bands. What is this for? Please tell me!"

  The people below stopped talking.

"Our starship company is for all mankind, not for some vested interests. Now, our determination to develop Starlink will not change. If some people with ulterior motives push to modify the rules, then we will not abide by them. We will continue to launch our Starlink! Anyway, we did not join the International Telecommunication Union!"

   This is the biggest hole card, and the audience is a sensation!

  The history of ITU (International Telecommunication Union) can be traced back to 1865. At the beginning, in order to realize international telegraph communication smoothly, 20 European countries including France, Germany, Russia, Italy, and Austria signed the "International Telegraph Convention" in Paris and established the International Telegraph Union (also ITU). In 1906, Germany, Britain, France, the United States, Japan and other countries signed the "International Wireless Telegraph Convention" in Berlin. In 1932, the International Telegraph Convention merged with the International Radiotelegraph Convention and became the International Telecommunication Union. After the United Nations was established, it became a specialized agency of the United Nations, but not a subsidiary organ of the United Nations.

  Many organizations in the country have to join, otherwise they will be isolated, such as carbon neutrality, the West promotes environmental protection every day, and the East also has to join, otherwise it will give you all kinds of stumbling blocks. The International Telecommunication Union, an international organization, must also join, but Starship is not afraid.

  We are a company organization, not a national organization. We apply to give you face. If we don’t listen to you, what will you do?

   If you disagree, you will leave the group! No, I didn't join the group at all. Max has the confidence.

"Our starship company has been walking on a lonely road. We have no companions. We can only overcome difficulties and forge ahead. We don't care about other people's eyes, and we don't care about other people's accusations. We just need to be ourselves. Enough is enough, we have a clear conscience!"

   Max's words spread throughout the world.

  One of the most ideal starship companies, a company that wants to conquer the universe, is being suppressed by the international alliance!

  On the Internet, a heated debate has been launched.

  Starlink is space junk! After these satellites go into space, they will seriously threaten the space environment!

What? Are you an environmentalist? When did the cause of environmental protection go to heaven?

  That’s right, if you want to return to the primitive society, then go back yourself, don’t come to trouble us! You are not welcome on Earth either!

  Starship Corporation is for all mankind, but what about you? You are just human clowns!

  Yes, we must conquer the sea of ​​stars!

  Public opinion is constantly fermenting, and almost all major newspapers publish Max's speech on the front page.

  Even if some newspapers slandered Max’s remarks, these remarks were spread, and in the eyes of readers, they changed.

  Decades have passed since landing on the moon, and humans have not made any progress in the field of space. These bureaucratic institutions are simply not working. The future of human spaceflight depends on private companies!

   Starship Corporation deserves support!

   Even, some people launched a fundraiser to donate to Starship Corporation to support Starship Corporation’s cause of exploring space.

  This storm of public opinion has swept the world, and the people behind it never thought that things would turn out like this.

   "Damn, what do these people think? Sure enough, ordinary people are pig brains!" In NASA's conference room, Nelson said angrily.

"This meeting of the International Telecommunication Union did not have any effect on the Starship Company. They have made up their minds. Even if the International Telecommunication Union cannot pass it, they will continue the Starlink project." Howard Hu said: "I understand Max, he can do it."

   "Their rocket needs Da Mao's engine. We can negotiate with Da Mao to stop exporting the engine." Bill said.

"Stop supplying engines? Do you know how many engines they bought? How many launches did they support?" Howard Hu looked at Bill with disdain: "Also, even if they launch satellites that will hurt Da Mao's interests, Da Mao doesn't have any now." People don't care, but the Kuznetsov Design Bureau prefers to sell rocket engines over there, they want to make money. If it is not allowed internationally, they will also sell secretly, and we can't check it halfway."

  The two countries are next to each other, as long as they go on land, there will be no chance for the Americans to check at all. What happened on the Xingchen back then will not repeat itself.

   "Then what can we do? We must stop the Starlink project. If these satellites are launched into space, it will completely interfere with our normal space order." Bill said: "It will also seriously threaten the safety of our GPS satellites."

"Hmph, I'm afraid this matter has something to do with GPS." Nelson said: "Because we proposed to cancel the S-band, so they used this method to fight back against us. Now, let's negotiate and send someone to talk to that Qin In general, we abandon the proposal to cancel the S-band, and ask them to abandon this crazy Starlink project."

   "Give up? How is it possible? We must not bow our heads!" Bill was anxious: "The global navigation system can only be controlled by us, and no third party is allowed!"

"Control? Can we control it?" Nelson said: "Now, it is too late to expand the electromagnetic wave frequency band. How could it be possible to cancel the S-band proposal? Anyway, they are just two synchronous satellites, and they have to transmit signals. The actual combat performance is equivalent to Yu Ling, since they want to play, let them play."

Only when there are three satellites in space at the same time, and the transmitted time signals arrive at a certain ground receiving terminal one after another, the ground terminal equipment can calculate its real-time position according to the position of the satellite in space at this time and the time signal it receives. There is also a fourth satellite, which can also measure its own altitude information. And GPS has 20 or 30 satellites in space, they can guarantee that they can receive four or five satellite signals anytime and anywhere, so that the ground can get the position accurately.

  But Beidou can’t do it, or the first generation of Beidou can’t do it. The country is developing and needs money in all aspects. Aerospace has always been a money-burning department, so it has to take its own unique path.

The original Beidou generation used the principle of double-star positioning. Only two satellites give ground signals, and the ground cannot determine the specific position. The ground must send signals to the satellites, and then a special calculation mechanism can perform calculations. Finish positioning.

This also means that the ground terminal has to transmit signals, which is fine in the civilian field, but in the military field, this method will cause problems: a certain army performs a special mission and uses the Beidou navigation terminal to locate. As a result, the terminal Send a signal and expose yourself!

  Although the Beidou terminal simply added a text message function because of the need to transmit signals, this cannot be seen by experts from the world's leading aerospace powers.

(This SMS function is still useful. During the Wenchuan earthquake, the first batch of warriors who parachuted down carried Beidou terminals. When the ground communication tower collapsed, the optical fiber broke, and the communication was completely disconnected, the Beidou terminal relied on the SMS function. , sent out the first batch of information from the disaster area.)

  So, when it came to Beidou-2 and Beidou-3, they still followed the path of GPS, using multiple satellites to realize the function of global navigation.

  Beidou-1 is just the beginning. Now, since NASA cannot stop the development of Beidou, it simply uses this method to convince itself that this kind of navigation is very weak and meaningless at all.

   "So, we need to contact the Mingzhou Group?" Howard Hu asked, "Who should we send?"

   "You should go, after all, you and Max have a good relationship." Nelson said.

good? I broke up with Max last time, and this time I was going to talk to Mingzhou Group. I didn't know Mr. Qin, but among the people present, only Howard Hu had a good relationship with Dongfang .

   It can only be that he came for a visit.

   When Howard Hu arrived in Qiongzhou, Qin Tao had just planned to leave and had already arrived at the airport, so the two found a room at the airport and had a short conversation.

  The passenger plane outside, of course, was delayed due to the weather.

"Mr. Qin, we ask you to give up the crazy plan of Starlink. In exchange, we can give up the proposal to cancel the S-band. This matter is all done by the **** Gaoming company. It has nothing to do with us. We support the expansion Communication frequency band." Howard Hu said.

   It is said that Qin is always a straight-forward person, so he stopped talking and went straight to the point.

   "Mr. Howard Hu, I think your understanding is wrong." Qin Tao said: "The Starlink project is a plan of our starship company, which is for the benefit of all mankind. This project has nothing to do with the cancellation of the S-band."

guessed wrong? How is it possible, it is clear that the other party dislikes that these chips are not enough! Howard Hu will not be fooled.

Sure enough, Qin Tao continued: "Of course, the proposal to cancel the S-band is wrong. The electromagnetic wave frequency band is getting less and less enough, so it should be expanded. Some companies use this method to monopolize for their own benefit. It is doomed to fail. Even if you do not compromise, this proposal will not go forward, so it is nonsense for you to exchange this with our Starlink project."

   "Boss Qin, what are your requirements? If we can do it, we will try our best." Howard Hu said, and he didn't want to go around.

"Our Starlink project was proposed by Max. As you know, he is a very stubborn person. Once he decides on something, he will go on unswervingly. Although the Starship Company is our subordinate, However, I gave Max full power, so I personally have no right to ask Max to waive unless adequate compensation is given to him."

  Howard Hu would not believe Qin Tao's nonsense. Qin Tao must have contributed to this. Now Qin Tao pushed Max to the front as a shield, which made him very helpless, and there was no good way.

   "Then how to compensate?"

"You NASA also have a lofty ideal of exploring space, right? This ideal can only be realized by Starship Corporation, so, do you want to invest? If you invest several hundred million in Starship Corporation, then Max will be very happy , when the time comes, perhaps in exchange, the Starlink project can be temporarily frozen."

   How many millions to invest? What are you kidding! Howard Hu's face was a little ugly.

In the era of the moon landing, NASA was the happiest time. In terms of funds, the moon landing alone cost hundreds of billions at that time, which was a project supported by the whole country. Unfortunately, their funds have begun to decrease since then. .

  Take employees as an example. In 1994, there were still 25,000 of them, but now there are only 21,000 left. By 2002, this number has dropped to 18,000.

  As for the funding, it is also gradually decreasing. In 1994, the funding was 14.55 billion US dollars, and in 1995, the funding was 14.3 billion US dollars. This year's funding is $14.25 billion. As costs dwindled, they became smaller and operations became constrained by funding.

   Now, how many billions will be distributed to Starship Company? Are you kidding me, not even ten million!

   "I'm sorry, this cannot be passed. After all, we have budget constraints, and it will not be possible until at least next year." Howard Hu can't say that NASA has no money, he has to say that the system, you can't have money if you want it.

"Next year? It may not be what will happen next year." Qin Tao said: "Maybe a new leader will go up, and the agreement that has been reached now will not be accepted. Mr. Howard Hu, I think Max understands these principles better than me. , or show your sincerity."

   Sincerity? Isn't that called sincerity? What else do you want? Howard Hu looked at Qin Tao helplessly: "President Qin, can you think of a way for us?"

"I can't help it. By the way, is your current International Space Station going to be built? Do you want to use our starship MK1 for launch? It has a carrying capacity of 60 tons, and one launch can take all of the space station. The construction of the phase project is completed. Isn’t your NASA short of money? If you use Starship MK1, you will save hundreds of millions of dollars in funds, the cost of separate launches, the cost of space docking, and maybe the cost of space walking , including expensive space shuttle maintenance costs, can be saved.”

  (end of this chapter)