Chapter 499: Master Yi’s Cards
"So many satellites? That's amazing. With this, can we receive signals anywhere?"
Bai Bing works for a travel agency, and she is relatively more concerned about things related to her work.
But after watching it, she also felt that Da Piaoliang's technology was indeed very strong. Although she didn't understand much, she could roughly understand how huge a project it was to connect so many satellites to the Internet.
Moreover, Masra is a private company.
“Then you can really pay attention to it. Maybe there will be special tours to uninhabited areas in the future.
"but……
“It is really possible to launch so many satellites…”
Although Bai Bing didn't really like to pay attention to these things, she felt a little depressed for some reason. How many satellites have we launched?
It can be fired repeatedly, and it sounds very efficient...
…
Most people, in fact, are similar to Bai Bing. They do not have a deep understanding of the difference, but only feel that Masla's company has very strong technology.
But there are still many military fans and technology fans on the Internet, as well as groups who pay more in-depth attention to this matter .
Especially recently, the technology side has been dominated by Umbrella most of the time, and Da Piaoliang is becoming more and more difficult.
This time we have finally achieved another outstanding result that is worth showing off, so of course we have to brag about it.
Moreover, compared with the previous controlled nuclear fusion ignition and the recently released room-temperature superconductivity, although this Falcon rocket has no theoretical innovative breakthroughs, it is obviously more practical!
This was a rare opportunity, and the publicity funds that Da Piaoliang spent every year were naturally put to good use. With a lot of rhythmic boasting and the spirit of self-funded publicity, Da Piaoliang began to vent all the depression that had accumulated before.
"Thank goodness technology is in the hands of civilization!"
"In the end, it still depends on the overall capabilities. Umbrella is extremely strong, but it is still lacking in heavy industry. For example, it needs to buy airplanes, and its rockets are far behind."
"A beacon of civilization is still a beacon of civilization. See? It can launch dozens of satellites at a time and can be reused. I calculated that the cost per kilogram is only a dozen US dollars. This is too exaggerated."
"Starlink, what an amazing research!"
"Haha, it's suppressed by a private company. What else is there to brag about?"
“…”
The online environment itself still requires freedom of speech, as long as you don't cross the line.
This also led to the creation of many loopholes.
Because many of them are real people who post, they are not robots, they are just 250 people who are driven by the rhythm.
Moreover, what is said this time is indeed much more useful than the previously advocated controlled nuclear fusion ignition and the discovery of room-temperature superconductivity. This is something that can truly be put into practice!
It might even be life-changing!
It is difficult to refute this based on the data.
Even some popular science bloggers will give positive comments on this technology in a relatively neutral manner.
Even Umbrella's die-hard fan Sihaiweijia published a popular science video at this time, saying with some emotion:
"It's really amazing. It can be recycled repeatedly. I looked at the parameters of its rocket. In order to save costs, methane is used, and the rocket shell is also cheap. Everything is done for cost considerations. Although the price of a rocket worth 60 million US dollars is much higher than our Class 3B rocket, the reusable launch makes the cost very low. It can also make money by accepting commercial launches...
"Being able to make money from commercial use means that the other party can continue to snowball and become self-sufficient. In fact, to be honest, we also have the conditions, but the Wolf Amendment has a great impact on our commercial launches."
Speaking of this, I feel a little sad.
In fact, China's rocket launch technology is very strong, and its previous costs were quite low compared to those abroad. It is also safe and reliable.
But due to various restrictions, most of the time I can only fight alone.
It can only rely on grants and is difficult to commercialize.
“In fact, what Umbrella lacks most at the moment is satellites. I have always thought that Umbrella should ask us to help launch some satellites, but considering the time when their company was founded, they are not in such a hurry. They can rent our satellites and use Beidou for navigation without worrying about the countermeasure of Da Piaoliang shutting down GPS.
"It's just that now, after Masra's Falcon comes out, if Umbrella asks them to help launch it, it should be able to reduce a lot of costs. Now, I don't know if they will agree to help with the launch."
In addition to the world, a popular science blogger found another technical point and gave an in-depth explanation.
"The weight of the Starlink satellites themselves is actually not very large, probably only one-tenth or even several tens of times that of the main practical satellites, and the cost is also very low. I feel that they are mainly used to occupy orbits. However, when these satellites are combined with communication technology between satellites, it will be a bit scary."
As the blogger spoke, he explained what he considered to be the most critical technology.
Usually, a satellite needs to be launched to a ground signal tower and then forwarded to another satellite. Not only does it involve a lot of steps in between, the speed is also slow and the power requirements are high.
But now with laser transmission between satellites, it can be said that there has been a qualitative change. It can truly complete network connection, and the performance is far beyond what can be achieved without this technology!
"In fact, the most critical point of Starlink technology is still here, or in other words, it is here with our Master Yi. If it weren't for the paper published by Master Yi, I'm afraid it would still be difficult to produce. This even made Masra specially thank him at their press conference, so everyone should not lose confidence and don't belittle yourself."
However, when he popularized science to boost morale, he attracted a group of people's dissatisfaction. But even if they were dissatisfied, they also praised Wang Yi at the beginning.
"Of course we are proud of Master Yi, but we can't blame him for everything, okay? You are slandering him!"
"That's right, aren't you just an Ah Q?"
“Is it difficult to acknowledge the excellence of others?”
“The gap is obvious.”
“…”
However, when they expressed their opinions freely here, they were slapped in the face by their masters in return.
The official Weibo account of a certain song directly quoted this sentence and made a comment
"That's weird. What the blogger said is not wrong, right? We technical people all know that the connection technology between Starlink is even more important than rocket recovery. What are you doing? Do you know how long we have been asking Master Yi for a class ? Every time we can only find ways to sneak in the class."
The look of licking and fawning was written all over his face, and he just stepped on that group of pretty girls and licked them like crazy.
This kind of scene made many people who were just watching the show laugh so hard that they pissed themselves.
"It's so funny, your goddess is someone else's licker."
"Haha, what a weird image. A group of people with good mental health are picking on people who need to lick their asses?"
"You have to understand that Master Yi is a mathematician. His achievements benefit the most cutting-edge technology. He is the only one who can be praised by us, Da Piaoliang, and Umbrella at the same time."
"If other people were to get so close to Umbrella, they would have been sanctioned in various ways a long time ago, but Master Yi only sees sanctions against World Corporation. Have you seen any sanctions against him personally? Uh, but he just needs to protect himself and not get arrested..."
And soon, they understood what a real slap in the face was.
The previous songs can only be regarded as warm-up!
After a certain song made licking remarks, SX company, as the party involved, immediately registered a Weibo account overnight to express its agreement.
In addition , top companies such as Microsoft, Intel, and Apple have all expressed their praise for Master Yi on Weibo in China.
Some domestic remarks have caused foreign companies to come out and fight back, which is a bit shocking.
Can mathematicians really do whatever they want?
