Chapter 1786

Li Mu has invested in SpaceX in the past, but that investment is only based on the research and development of recoverable launch vehicles based on SpaceX, and does not include anything related to the colonization of Mars.

If the whole Mars colony is a huge commercial real estate project, the most recyclable rocket is also a salesroom of this commercial real estate project.

According to Elon Musk, if you want to colonize Mars, you need to first study the heavy-duty recoverable rocket, and then study the heavy-duty spacecraft and all kinds of hardware needed to survive on Mars.

But that's not enough.

If you want to send people and things to Mars, you have to get a space station.

This is really a capital black hole. How much money you spend may not be worth listening to.

However, at this moment, Li Mu suddenly moved his heart.

He would like to try to see if I can do something better, such as sending people to Mars.

As a world-class rich man, he also cares about how he will be remembered in the future.

In the world's rich circle, there are many predecessors who are remembered by the world.

These people are remembered differently.

Some are remembered for changing the world;

some for exploiting the world;

some for naked donation;

some for divorce from his wife;

some for using real estate to drink up the blood of the young generation.

Li Mu is willing to do more charity, do something really meaningful, teach people to fish, rather than give people to fish charity.

Besides charity, he wants to change the world.

He has the world's largest communication software, the world's largest social network, and the world's largest smartphone ecosystem in the future, which will change the world to a large extent.

Now, inspired by Elon Musk, he has a new idea.

He wants to be remembered by the world through space exploration.

So he said to Elon Musk, "Elon, if I invest 10 billion dollars in the next decade, can you lead the world, send people to Mars safely, and bring them back safely?"

When Elon Musk heard this, he was excited. He looked at Li Mu incredulously and exclaimed, "President Li, would you like to invest in the Mars project?"

Li Mu said, "don't worry if I want to, I'll ask you, if I invest 10 billion dollars in ten years, can you land on Mars?"

Elon Musk thought for a moment and said, "the Apollo program in the 1960s in the United States cost a total of 100 billion dollars, and at that time, 100 billion dollars, the purchasing power is at least now..."

Li Mu interrupts him: "elong, you don't have to talk to me. Apollo plan is to build tall buildings from the ground. Everything should start from scratch. Can the current aerospace industry speak the same day as that time? Don't forget that you are standing on the shoulders of giants. "

Elon Musk nodded: "yes, it is on the shoulders of giants, but don't we want to be taller than giants? The only space object that human beings have ever been to is the moon, which is only a few hundred thousand kilometers away from the earth. However, when the earth is closest to Mars, it is fifty or sixty million kilometers, a dozen times less, and many times more complicated. "

Said Elon Musk: "to go to the moon, a Saturn V is enough, but to go to Mars, and to go to Mars at the maximum speed, you have to have a space station. To save fuel, a trip to Mars will take at least eight months. Moreover, landing on the moon ball, there is a delay of more than three seconds between Houston and the spacecraft, because there are hundreds of thousands of light It will take more than one second for a kilometer, and it will take more than one second for the signal to be sent back. If it is Mars, it may be a few minutes or even 20 minutes short. As a result, it is very difficult to control the aircraft manually. Once it reaches Mars, the aircraft's orbit and landing must be automatically completed by the program calculated in advance by the supercomputer... "

"I can't understand what you said, but I have planned a development route for you to arm Mars landing with capital," Li Mu said

Li Mu then said, "I promised to invest 10 billion dollars in the Mars program first. Don't be too few. This is my preliminary conservative estimate. If the capital realization channel of my own industry is very smooth in the future, 100 billion dollars is not a problem. However, we are in business, so we need to consider risks when we do business. What if one day the science and technology of pastoral industry fails?"? What if one day Taobao technology fails? What if one day neither of them will be able to do it? My company's market value will be seriously reduced, and my personal assets will be seriously reduced. The so-called value of hundreds of billions of dollars is not real money. The industry is changing rapidly. In case my industry cools down, most of my value will disappear. "

"You should have heard about the collapse of real estate prices in Hong Kong. Before the collapse, I had five million yuan of cash. Then I bought a 10 million yuan property developed by Mr. Li Jiacheng, with a down payment of five million yuan and a commercial loan of ten million yuan. As a result, the real estate market just collapsed. What should I do? The house that was worth 10 million yuan and is still rising is only worth 3 million yuan now. I spent 5 million yuan of my own and owed 10 million yuan to the bank. As a result, the house is only worth 3 million yuan. Do you think I want to jump? It's the same with the Internet industry. So many big enterprises are saying that they will collapse. I promise you 100 billion dollars today. You spent it according to this plan. I can't keep up with the pace in the next year. Aren't you going to jump too? "Elon Musk nodded and said, "Mr. Li, what is the development route of your capital armed Mars landing?"

Li Mu said: "it's very simple. First, I promise to invest 10 billion dollars, which is equivalent to endorsing this project. Then we will invest all the future profits of SpaceX. At the same time, SpaceX will also finance the dream of launching the Mars program around the world. How did you just fool me with human beings, space and the ideal? At that time, you will take this set of things and go to scan the Forbes rich list for me. You will look for me one by one, and I will help you

"At the same time, your space passenger plan is also launched synchronously. Let's cheat together. I'll help you publicize the space passenger plan, and then you'll take charge of it. If anyone is interested, please invite him to visit SpaceX. I'll provide comprehensive Internet media exposure. As long as he is willing to participate, we'll expose everywhere that he's advanced, great and challenging The pioneers of air travel, in this name alone, will be long enough for them. "

"At that time, if anyone is interested, we will pay a part of the money first. We will sign an intention contract with him. The first one will be paid, the first one will be paid, the second one will be paid, and so on. If anyone counsels and dares not to go, we will not refund the ticket."

"After the money is paid, I will find another opportunity to continue to fool these space travelers and sell them something of a higher level, such as asking them if they want to name a carrier rocket, a spaceship or hold a new space wedding."

"You can even ask them if they are interested in holding a space funeral after their death in the future, and buy a space tomb for themselves in advance. Then we will put the ashes into a titanium alloy jar, and put them into space. Like Voyager, we will fly towards the center of the galaxy. Think about it, the earth will be extinct hundreds of millions of years later, and his ashes are still wandering in the universe, This will be the only memory of hundreds of thousands of years of human history and billions of years of earth history. Is it great or not? Is the bull strong or not

Elon Musk said with a smile, "listen to you, I want to prepare a copy for myself. How about you, Mr. Li, do you want to travel in the stars together after death?"

Li Mu said with a smile, "you must be a step ahead of me. I'm afraid I won't catch up with you then."

Said Li Mu: "personally, I prefer to freeze myself before I die to see if the technology can revive me later."

"It's very difficult," Elon Musk said

Li Mu said: "although it's very difficult, there are also rich people who buy the freezing business in advance. If they spend millions of dollars, they can freeze their bodies for hundreds of years. It's said that this business is selling well. We can send their ashes to space at a cheaper price. If we only need hundreds of thousands of dollars, we can fly them once and try to carry thousands of people on them Go, and then send them all in one breath to travel in space, to achieve a higher level of spiritual and physical liberation. "

Then, Li Mu asked, "your launch cost is constantly decreasing. Isn't this business a blood gain?"

"If you can really sell at this price, it's really a lot of revenue, but you don't know how much is feasible," Elon Musk said

Li Mu said, "I'm only responsible for planning the route for you. How much is the feasibility? You need to operate it yourself."

Speaking of this, Li Mu said again: "actually, I mean, since we are going to do this, we must do everything possible to make money. You can develop more businesses like this, and you can do whatever you can to make money."

"If anyone is more bold and wants to do space funeral for the body directly, he will pay by weight. In short, as long as the service can be sold, you will sell it."

"In a word, use all available methods to cheat more investment."

Speaking of this, Li Mu said: "besides, you can't make money in this kind of business. You must not use financing to find someone to invest money. If you like face, you will make him have face; if you like strange, you will make him feel strange; if you like hot, you will make him have fun. You know how you moved me Do you? "

Elon Musk shook his head and hurriedly asked, "what moved you, Mr. Li?"

Li Mu said: "in fact, I just made a simple inventory of my assets and found that I could not spend all of them. Instead of spending all of them as a number in the bank, I might as well take out some of them and turn them into a spaceship to go to Mars for a circle."