If you are a professional user, you do not need a digital map. Their satellite navigation terminal only displays the coordinates of longitude and latitude, and then the user can know his exact location by comparing it with the map.

However, ordinary business users cannot.

Commercial users are not that professional and will not look at longitude and latitude coordinates, but only pictures. The navigation system is hardware and must be matched with software such as digital maps.

In later generations, free navigation maps such as Amap and Baidu became so popular that people have forgotten that the former leader of car navigation was Kaili De. The latter has dominated car navigation terminals for many years, and each upgrade costs tens or even hundreds.

.Since urban roads are constantly changing, they need to be upgraded every few months.

Kay Rucker almost made money on the side, so they didn't care about user experience and the like, and were ultimately defeated by the free navigation system.

Now, Qin Tao has put forward a relevant plan. Instead of letting others make money, it is better to make money yourself. At least if you make money yourself, part of it will be returned to the Beidou project, so that the Beidou system can be profitable, and they

With money, we can continue to develop the next generation of navigation systems and achieve circular and progressive development.

"It is indeed beneficial to invite Mr. Qin here." Mr. Wang said with a smile, "Mr. Qin, can our manned space project also achieve profitability?"

In fact, it is difficult to compete in the aerospace field, because aerospace is inherently high-investment and low-return. When domestic aerospace projects go global, they just undertake some international satellite launch missions. Although they can also make money, they are definitely not as competitive as domestic aerospace projects.

Not enough investment.

"Of course." Qin Tao said, "You only go up with two astronauts at a time and sell the third seat. This way you are guaranteed to make money. There are still a lot of billionaires in the world who are looking forward to flying into the sky."

Everyone was a little dumbfounded. Mr. Qin was too whimsical, wasn't he? Manned spaceflight is such a serious project, but it actually wants to be turned into space tourism?

Qin Tao smiled. He said it was indeed a joke. At the beginning, the manned space project was very difficult and dangerous. It was probably difficult to sell the tickets. After all, it was different from the mature Soyuz spacecraft.

"When our spacecraft matures, half of the seats on our starship can be sold." Qin Tao said, "In this way, we can make money every time we launch, plus our rocket is reusable.

, Starship Company will definitely be able to achieve profitability for our group.”

"reusable?"

"Yes, the development direction of rockets and spacecraft must be reusable, so that we can save a lot of money." Qin Tao said, "If we want to land on Mars, we must develop reusable aerospace equipment."

"What's the difference between that and the space shuttle?" someone present asked.

In the general impression, rockets are disposable and space shuttles can be reused. Now, if Qin Tao wants to say that both rockets and spaceships can be reused, wouldn’t it be a space shuttle? You know, the space shuttle can be far away

The number of reuses has not been reached.

"Of course there is a difference. The space shuttle needs a runway to land, while the spacecraft lands by parachute. If it is flying to other planets, our rocket can land directly on it vertically and then take off again."

The rocket landed vertically!

Everyone felt that Qin Tao was talking about the science fiction world.

"When it comes to reuse, Lao Maozi's Buran is more suitable than the American space shuttle." Mr. Wang said, "Unfortunately, after the collapse of the Red Empire, Lao Maozi's space shuttle was completely abandoned."

The Americans first proposed the concept of the space shuttle and built five of them. Of course, Lao Maozi was not far behind and also built a similar space shuttle.

Compared with the two, the biggest difference is the engine.

The main engine of the United States is on the space shuttle, and the big drum hanging outside is the fuel tank. The advantage of this is that the engine can be reused and reduces costs. Lao Maozi's Buran space shuttle is hung on the Energy rocket. The space shuttle

There are only small attitude adjustment engines.

Later commentators agreed that Lao Maozi's design was better and would greatly reduce the accident rate. The frequent accidents of the American space shuttle, which even led to its eventual retirement, fully demonstrated the unreliability of this design.

"Yes, the space shuttle Buran is really good. It is a masterpiece of Lao Maozi's space era. Unfortunately, if the Red Empire had not collapsed, then this kind of space shuttle would definitely become Lao Maozi's main means of entering space."

Who said that the carrying capacity of hundreds of tons in low-Earth orbit is useless? The take-off weight of the Buran is 105 tons, and the weight when returning is as high as 82 tons! This means that the Buran space shuttle can also launch heavy satellites, and it can also carry heavy satellites in orbit.

Capture it from other countries’ satellites and take it back for your own use!

In the race to land on the moon, Lao Maozi had no choice but to withdraw with regret because he did not have a suitable rocket. However, in the 1980s, with the successful development of the Energy rocket, Lao Maozi already had this capability.

Even in theory, Energy can send a load of 270 tons to low orbit, a load of 32 tons to the moon, and a load of 27 tons to Mars.

Unfortunately, with the collapse of the Red Empire, the world no longer needs such a powerful launch vehicle. The entire Energy rocket ended in vain. A booster of the Energy rocket can become the Zenith star rocket, which is enough

This shows the powerful capabilities of this energy rocket.

At this time, after hearing about the Buran and Energy, Qin Tao was also a little emotional. It seemed that the collapsed factory building of the Baikonur launch site in later generations appeared in front of his eyes. The Buran space shuttle that once flew into the sky was just because of the factory building.

It collapsed and was completely destroyed, and an era was completely ended.

"During the Red Empire era, a total of two Buran ships were built." Speaking of this, Mr. Wang kept talking and seemed to have forgotten the main topic of this meeting.

"The one numbered 101, named Buran, is Lao Maozi's only space shuttle that has carried out space flight in autopilot mode. The second one's project number is 102, named Little Bird, and was originally planned to be used for

The second space flight in autopilot mode was carried out and docked with the Mir space station. Unfortunately, it never experienced a single flight, and there were several more after that, which were directly dismantled."

"It would be great if we could get one back." Mr. Wang said with emotion.

Qin Tao nodded, "Yeah, it would be really good if I get it back and put it in a museum. Let's wait until we have the opportunity in the future."

History has proven that the space shuttle is worthless. Although Lao Maozi's space shuttle was more perfect in design, it was still eliminated. The new generation of manned spaceflight uses spaceships. Therefore, Qin Tao did not like Lao Maozi at all.

of space shuttle.

However, it would be nice to get it back as an exhibit, but there is no need to completely copy it.

It's so big that it's over a hundred tons, and even Starship's rockets can't launch it into the sky.

"Mr. Qin, we've been talking for a long time, why don't you come over and sit down!" Mr. Wu continued to say hello, "Our meeting has to officially start."

"Forget it, Xiaoling and I will sit together." Qin Tao said, sitting next to Zhao Ling generously.

Zhao Ling's face was slightly flushed, while Qin Tao was very calm.

The meeting continues.

"This year, the Hongqi-16 missile developed by our affiliated Huating Aerospace Research Institute successfully underwent plateau testing. This means that our plateau defenders have another air defense weapon. The developers of this missile have made great contributions. The next award is awarded to the R&D team of Hongqi-16. Comrade Zhao Ling, please come up and receive the award!"
Chapter completed!