Chapter 936: Bolden Frenzy

"Musk bastard!"

Bolden slammed the document in his hand on the desk, sat down on the boss's chair, and breathed heavily, almost spitting out fire.

As the administrator of NASA, he has always favored spaceX and regarded it as a representative of American private aviation companies. As long as there are good projects, the first thing he thinks of is them, but now Musk tells him that they have outsourced the supply mission of the International Space Station to the star ring trade?

What-The-F.U.C.K!

How dare they, how can they do this!

Traitor, this is Chi Guoguo's betrayal!

The other staff in the office fell silent, and even Bolden's assistant involuntarily quickened his pace when he passed by his desk. Everyone knows exactly why the grumpy old black man is mad that spaceX has outsourced the International Space Station, and even they can't believe it.

The aerospace market is a highly segmented market. Generally speaking, no matter how low the launch price of spaceX is, Huaguo and Russia will not give it their own launch projects. The market in each country only has 10-30 launch missions at most a year. It is still tight to support local aviation companies, so how can they let others do it?

Russia’s outsourcing of resupply missions to Halo Trade is an exception. On the one hand, it is because of its own economic situation, and on the other hand, it is because Jiang Chen promised to sell the RM-320 rocket engines used by Halo Trade to the Russian Aerospace Corporation. ... Although the RM-320 has been eliminated by Xinghuan Trading itself, Jiang Chen has indeed fulfilled the contract.

But in the United States, there will never be such an accident.

What angered Bolden the most was that he once boasted about the Falcon 10 rocket in Congress, citing "epoch-making technology", "a rocket that will change the future of mankind", "the hope of the United States" and so on. The title is thrown on the project that has not yet produced results.

But now, Musk told him-"Sorry, our Falcon 10 rocket development plan has been cancelled."

oh! God! I will definitely be the laughing stock of Congress!

Just when Bolden was furious, his assistant walked over tremblingly, and said in an embarrassing speed, "Musk is outside, and he said he would call you if he had any."

Bolden raised his eyebrows, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said to the assistant, "Let him come to see me."

"Yes..." the assistant nodded,

leave in a hurry.

He knew that at this moment his boss was on the verge of the crater. The reason why there was no roar was that it was the calm before the storm.

Soon, the door of the office opened, and a man in a coat walked in.

Bolden snorted nasally, and fixed his sharp eyes on him.

"I was about to look for you, but you delivered it yourself."

Musk coughed and said. "Listen to my explanation..."

"Explain to Congress." Bolden scolded, "You actually outsource subsidized projects to foreign companies. Are you crazy about money!"

"Of course I will explain to Congress that, in fact, I have already prepared the materials for the hearing."

If you don't come up with a reasonable explanation, those misers in the budget committee will just take him from the congressional hearing to the federal court.

After pausing for a moment, Musk continued without blushing, "I must clarify one thing, I just outsourced the launch mission to the star ring trade, but the supply work is still done by us."

Bolden, who was still angry, sneered and said, "Is there any difference?"

"Do you think it still makes sense to go back and forth between the ground and synchronous orbit through chemical rockets?" Musk asked rhetorically.

Bolden raised his eyebrows and was about to speak when he suddenly froze.

Yeah, the space elevator is done, what's the point of continuing to develop chemical rockets? That's not the future at all!

He was so angry just now that he couldn't think calmly because he lost his mind. Now calm down and think about it, it might not be a wise choice to give up the Falcon series rockets. As an expert in the field of aerospace, Bolden knows where the limits of chemical rockets are.

Seeing that his old friend had calmed down, Musk also breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to speak while the iron was hot.

"I swear, I will use all the budget saved from the February launch project and the Falcon 10 rocket development plan for the development of the third-generation Dragon spacecraft. In the past few years, we have continuously improved the Falcon rocket, However, the Dragon spacecraft series plan has been stagnant for too long, and now it is time to move forward."

Bolden's face was still gloomy, but there was already a hint of looseness, "This means that we will have to borrow the space elevator of the Star Ring Trade for decades to come."

"There is also the port and berth of the terminal space station. I tested Jiang Chen when I called him. The star ring trade is very sensitive to the lease of the space elevator track, and there is almost no room for negotiation, but they do not exclude the lease of the port and berth of the terminal space station. Berth." Speaking of this, Musk paused slightly, "There are three days before the United Nations Outer Space Summit, I think... this information can be used as a reference for the meeting."

Bolden's eyes lit up slightly.

Immediately standing up from the boss chair, the old black Meteor strode to the assistant's desk.

"There will be a meeting in the conference room in one hour. NASA executives must be there and give orders for me."

"Yes!" The assistant stood up and was about to leave the desk, but Bolden reached out and stopped his shoulder.

"Also, contact the White House for me!" Bolden said, "I hope the White House will pay enough attention to it, and it would be best to send someone over to listen in and make a note. Remember, no interns!"

"Understood." The assistant nodded quickly.

The Mexican-born assistant stole a sideways glance at Musk before leaving. He didn't understand how this guy managed to appease his boss' anger. He originally thought that the two would fight after they met. After all, it is not uncommon in the "office culture" of the federal government to start fighting after arguing.

After the assistant left, Bolden gave several orders to his subordinates in succession to ensure that everyone was moving before returning to his desk and sitting down. His mouth was a little dry, and he was about to drink water, but remembered that his assistant had already gone to arrange a meeting.

Just when he was about to stand up and make a cup for himself, a cup of coffee happened to be placed in front of him.

"At the congressional hearing, I need your help." Taking advantage of the time when the old friend had no time to take care of himself, Musk made him a cup of coffee very politely.

Bolden raised his eyebrows, glanced at the coffee, and then at Musk.

"I will help you, but the key is still up to you."

Musk smiled.

"With your words, I feel relieved."

Just as NASA was having heated discussions about the upcoming UN summit, Jiang Chen had already finished his individual meetings with representatives from China, the United States, Russia, Britain and other countries. Although there are not many achievements, Jiang Chen has already made sufficient preparations for the upcoming summit.

After this summit, the political landscape of the world will not necessarily produce any substantive changes.

But the history of human civilization will definitely be rewritten for it. (To be continued.) Enable new URL