Chapter 231

NASA wants to take these talents for its own use, but the U.S. Congress considers that these talents are dug up by Henry Williams. If they are forcibly taken away, terror will have a huge negative impact!

So NASA's proposal was rejected!

California is the second largest aerospace manufacturing base in the United States after Washington state. Its main products include aircraft and parts, missiles, spacecraft and aircraft navigation equipment. There are more than 1000 related enterprises. Well known enterprises include Boeing, Lockheed Martin, general motors, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, etc! The main advantages of California in developing aerospace industry include: world-class education system, numerous R & D centers, three NASA laboratories, three US Air Force bases, high-end material suppliers, etc.

So Henry decided to set up SpaceX in Los Angeles, California.

The establishment of SpaceX shocked the whole world, and many countries were shocked. They found that the most first-class Aerospace talents in the Soviet Union had been poached by SpaceX!

On January 10, 1992, as the founder of SpaceX, Henry made an important speech on the occasion of the establishment of the company!

"Today, SpaceX was founded in Los Angeles, California. Although the company's technical personnel are less than 1000, but..."

"In 100 years, we will dominate the entire solar system!"

Henry picked up the receiver and said loudly, although the tone was calm and not urgent, his words were full of strong confidence!

People were shocked by Henry's words. Isn't that a bit of a suspension?

At this time, Henry raised his hand, motioned everyone to be quiet, and then continued: "our staff are the most outstanding talents in the world. I believe SpaceX company can create a brilliant future and become the most distinctive flag in the aerospace field!"

"SpaceX company will not aim high, we will only be down-to-earth, step by step forward! First of all, we will make some achievements in our most familiar carrier rocket. Our goal is to minimize the launch cost of the rocket! I hope that one day, the cost of launching rockets by SpaceX company will be so low that most people can travel in outer space! "

Pa pa pa

As soon as the words are finished, the applause will ring out!!!

At this time, someone below asked, "Mr. Williams, what a wonderful idea you have! I think if we can travel in space, everyone will be willing to go! But can this really happen? As far as I know, the price of launching a rocket is at least hundreds of millions of dollars. I'm afraid, except for a few rich people, ordinary people can't afford such expensive transportation expenses at all! "

Henry laughed and asked, "it's right now, but are you sure it won't be 100 years from now?"

That person smell speech, embarrassed smile way: "perhaps can..."

After Henry's speech, Dr. Dick Bart, CEO and rocket designer of the company and an outstanding technical talent of the former Soviet Union, gave a speech. He was over 40 years old, 1.8 meters tall, with a thin face and a beard on his mouth. When he spoke, his voice was low and powerful. His speech mainly focused on the technical advantages of SpaceX, And the specific development in the future. He knows more about these than Henry, including engine, booster, fuel, high temperature materials, guidance and navigation, etc

This lecture lasted half an hour. In fact, many people, including Henry, could not understand it. However, it's for NASA and military representatives. In the future, they will be the main users of SpaceX!

After the press conference, there is a reception!

After Henry and Dick Bart showed up at the reception, they talked to representatives of NASA and the military.

This time, Henry's talent is the Soviet Union's aerospace technology elite, to a certain extent, representing the top technology level of the former Soviet Union! Therefore, NASA and the military attach great importance to SpaceX! In addition, Henry bought some technology from the Soviet Union, which NASA valued very much

NASA representative is a 50-60-year-old man with pale hair. His name is Lawrence Hobson, wearing a pair of glasses. He said to Henry with a smile: "first of all, congratulations to Mr. Williams. Congratulations on the establishment of SpaceX! In addition, we deeply admire Mr. Williams for taking away so many space technology talents from the former Soviet Union before many countries in Europe and the United States

"Ha ha, it's just luck. There's nothing to say about this," Henry said with a faint smile. "Mr. Lawrence Hobson, do you think SpaceX can cooperate with NASA with its technical strength?" Then Henry turned to another middle-aged man in military uniform, who was more than 40 years old, and said to him, "Colonel Andrew, SpaceX company also hopes to cooperate with the military!! It is understood that the military launches military satellites or spacecraft every year, and SpaceX can provide launch vehicles! "

Laurence Hobson nodded to Henry and said, "SpaceX's technical level is really good, but we need to see the specific rockets and evaluate the situation before we can make a decision."

"That's what our military means too!" Said Colonel Andrew in a low voice.

"Well, of course!" Henry said with a smile.

Later, Lawrence Hobson and Andrew asked some technical questions, while Dr. Dick Bart answered them one by one. Laurence Hobson and Colonel Andrew both looked satisfied, smiling all the time. After talking for a while, they reached a cooperation intention with SpaceX: if the Rockets made by SpaceX meet their requirements, they will give part of the order to SpaceX!

After seeing Lawrence Hobson and Andrew off, Henry talked to Dr. Dick Bart for more than an hour!

Henry has high expectations for SpaceX and will fully support it. Henry and Dick Bart emphasized one point, that is, cost control. SpaceX company is a private enterprise, is a company for the purpose of profit, it can't be like the state departments as extravagant, if there is no money, then can only go bankrupt!

"Dr. Dick Bart, I can give SpaceX ten years. Within ten years, I will allow the company to lose money and continue to inject capital into the company, but after ten years, the company must make a profit!" Henry said solemnly to Dr. Dick Bart.

Dick Bart's face was full of confidence. "Don't worry, Mr. Williams, I'll make SpaceX profitable."

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SpaceX is a remote company from downtown Los Angeles. It takes two hours to get there from downtown. There, Henry built a large SpaceX rocket launch center, and all the space talents from the Soviet Union were sent there!

Salary and various benefits are the best in the industry. As for their family members, they are temporarily arranged to live in the surrounding towns with elegant environment. If they are willing to work, Henry will also have them arranged. IMDB plaza construction and development, cinemas, hotels, supermarkets, etc. can provide many jobs, even open their own shop there. If children go to school, they can go to the school established by Cisco!

In a word, we will not treat them badly!

At present, Henry has made a total of 50 billion US dollars after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but the ruble is still in a crazy devaluation. Henry just cashed out 10 billion US dollars from it. The rest of the money will continue to short the ruble!!!

Henry has spent a billion dollars on SpaceX's investment. In a short period of time, it will not have any effect. After that, he will certainly continue to inject capital! However, once developed, the market is huge and profitable! Other companies need hundreds of millions of dollars to launch rockets, while SpaceX only needs tens of millions of dollars, so the orders are still rolling in?

With more orders and rich rocket launching experience, the more accumulated technology, the faster the development of the company! Moreover, if there are more orders, mass production will also reduce manufacturing costs!

In this way, it will be more difficult for other companies to surpass SpaceX!

When SpaceX's rocket technology matures, it can develop commercial satellites. Even if SpaceX does not get orders from NASA and the military, Henry has many companies under his name and naturally needs a lot of satellites. Therefore, SpaceX can get enough orders to launch satellites for training and speed up the accumulation of technology!

But this point, actually is far from other private company to be able to compare!!!

So, in Henry's view, SpaceX has a bright future and can save a lot of money for launching commercial satellites!

At present, SpaceX company has only 1000 people. However, the company has been recruiting more talents to join, and selecting the first-class universities in the United States to cooperate. SpaceX company invests and gives some technical difficulties to the school to be responsible for overcoming. The school gets project funds and training opportunities, and SpaceX company gets technology!

At present, SpaceX has made cooperation with the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University and California Institute of technology, and will enter into cooperation with more universities later!