"Muske this bastard!"
Bolden’s file fell on his desk, and he sat down on the boss’s chair, and the heavy snout was about to spurt the fire.
As the director of NASA, he has always favored spaceX as a representative of private aviation companies in the United States. But when there are good projects, the first thing he thinks about them is them. However, Musk now tells him that they have outsourced the supply of the International Space Station to the Stars trade.
What-The-F.U.C.K!
How dare they, how can this be!
Traitor, this is the betrayal of the red fruit!
Other staff in the office were screaming, and even Borden’s assistants could not help but speed up when they passed by his desk. Everyone knows why this grumpy old black man is angry. SpaceX actually outsourced the mission of the International Space Station, and even they are unbelievable.
The space market is a highly fragmented market. In general, even if the launch price of spaceX is low, China and Russia will not give their launch projects to it. The market in each country has a maximum of 10-30 launch missions a year. The local aviation companies are still nervous, and where will they let them go out to others?
Russia’s outsourcing of supply tasks to the Star Trade is an exception, on the one hand because of its own economic situation, and on the other because Jiang Chen promises to sell the RM-320 rocket engine used by the Star Trade to Russian Aerospace. ... Although the RM-320 has been eliminated by the Star Trade itself, Jiang Chen did fulfill the contract.
But in the United States, there is absolutely no such accident.
What makes Bolden angry is that he once touted the Falcons 10 rocket in Congress, what kind of "epoch-making technology", "the rocket that changes the future of mankind", "the hope of the United States", etc. The title was thrown at the project that has not yet produced results.
However, Musk now tells him - "Sorry, our Falcon 10 rocket development plan was cancelled."
Oh! God! I will definitely be the laughing stock of Congress!
Just as Bolden was arrogant, his assistant slammed and hurriedly said, "Muske is outside, he said that if you want to find you."
Bolden's eyebrows were picked, forcing the fire of his heart, and said to the assistant, "Let him come to see me."
"Yes..." The assistant nodded and quickly left.
He knew that his boss was at the edge of the crater at the moment. The reason why there is no roaring out is but the silence before the storm.
Soon, the office door was pushed open and a man in a coat came in.
Bolden snorted with a nasal sound and his sharp eyes fixed on him.
"I am looking for you, but you are coming to the door."
Musk coughed and coughed. "Listen to my explanation..."
"Explain to Congress." Bolden snarled. "You have outsourced subsidized projects to foreign companies. Do you want money to be crazy?"
"Of course I will explain to Congress, in fact, I am already preparing for the material of the hearing."
If you don't prepare for a reasonable explanation, the miser of the budget committee will only be able to directly transfer him from the congressional hearing to the federal court.
After a pause, Musk continued to say no, and I have to clarify that I just outsourced the launch mission to the Star Ring trade, but the replenishment work is still done by us.
Bolden, who was still on the sneer, sneered and said, "What is the difference?"
“Do you think it makes sense to go back to the ground and synchronize the orbit with a chemical rocket?” Musk asked.
Bolden's eyebrows slammed and he was just about to open his mouth, but suddenly stopped.
Yes, the space elevator has been completed, what is the significance of continuing to develop chemical rockets? That is not the future!
Just now he was in the air, and the whole person could not calmly think because he lost his reason. Now calm down and think about it, it is not a wise choice to give up the Falcon series rocket. As an expert in the aerospace field, Bolden knows exactly where the limits of chemical rockets are.
Seeing that his old friend has calmed down, Musk also breathed a sigh of relief and continued to say hot.
"I swear that from the launch project in February and the budget saved on the Falcon 10 rocket development program, I will use it all in the development of the third generation dragon spacecraft. Over the past few years, we have continuously improved the Falcon rocket. The Dragon Spacecraft series has been stagnant for too long, and now it is time to bury further."
Bolden’s face is still gloomy, but there has been a bit of looseness. “This means that we have to borrow space elevators for star trade in the next few decades.”
"There are also ports and berths at the end of the space station. I tried to test him when I called Jiang Chen. The Star Trade is very sensitive to the rental of the space elevator track. There is almost no room for negotiation, but they do not exclude the port of the leased end space station. The berth." At this point, Musk paused slightly. "There are still three days of the UN Outer Space Summit. I think... this information can be used as a reference."
Bolden’s eyes lit up slightly.
Immediately stood up from the boss's chair, the old black meteor strode to the assistant's desk.
"One hour later in the conference room, NASA executives must be present and tell me."
"Yes!" The assistant stood up and was about to leave the desk, but Bolden reached out and stopped his shoulder.
"And, contact me for the White House!" Bolden said. "I hope that the White House will pay enough attention. It is best to send someone to listen and make a transcript. Remember, don't be an intern!"
"Understand." The assistant hurriedly nodded.
Before leaving, the Mexican-American assistant sneaked a sneak peek at Musk. He didn't understand how this guy calmed his boss's anger. He had thought that after two people met, they would fight. After all, it was not a rare thing to start a quarrel in the "office culture" of the federal government.
After the assistant left, Bolden again issued several orders to his men to ensure that everyone moved and then returned to his desk to sit down. The mouth is a bit dry, he is trying to drink water, but he remembers that his assistant has already arranged a meeting.
Just as he was about to get up and drink his own cup of coffee, a cup of coffee happened to be in front of him.
"At the congressional hearing, I need your help." Muske made a cup of coffee for him, just as his old friend didn't have time to spend his time.
Bolden picked up his eyebrows, glanced at the coffee, and glanced at Musk.
"I will help you, but the key is to look at yourself."
Maske smiled.
"With your words, I am relieved."
Just as NASA launched a heated discussion for the upcoming UN summit, Jiang Chen has already ended a separate meeting with representatives from China, the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom. Although the results achieved are not many, Jiang Chen has already prepared adequately for the upcoming summit.
After this summit, the political pattern of the world does not necessarily produce any substantial changes.
But the history of human civilization will certainly be rewritten.