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"Breakthrough!"
"They are all about to be 'wiped out', and they are still doing this at this time, do they want to be resurrected!"
Everyone was surprised when the news that SpaceX's sinister environment finally made a breakthrough rebound came out, and the origin of all this lies in the news of a new rocket engine from SpaceX, the rocket company created by Musk.
On the one hand, many people are excited about SpaceX's technological breakthrough, believing that it is a strong proof of SpaceX's technical strength;
But on the other hand, it is believed that the rockets under the command of SpaceX are about to explode, and they still have the intention to make the rockets more advanced at the critical moment, what is the situation?
Technological breakthroughs.
On July 30, SpaceX officially released photos of SpaceX's new fuel engine Raptor V2, and said that the new gas turbine has made an important technological breakthrough, which has attracted attention and heated discussions from all parties.
The Raptor V2 currently has a thrust of 230 tons and a combustion efficiency of up to 230, which is an improvement over the 185 tons of thrust and the combustion efficiency of the Raptor V1.0 of 195.
At the same time, in order to improve the manufacturing capacity of the engine, SpaceX has also introduced a new combustion cycle and used a series of advanced materials, which has greatly improved its ability to manufacture quickly.
At the same time, it reduces the raw material and manufacturing costs of the supporting mechanism, which has significantly improved the commercial performance and operational efficiency of the Raptor engine, and SpaceX has also regarded this technological breakthrough as one of the most significant technological breakthroughs in the first half of 2021, which will promote SpaceX's future research and development process and is expected to bring new revolutionary changes to its launch vehicles.
The advent of the Raptor V2 will undoubtedly greatly reduce the difficulty of the Raptor to be reused for the first time, thereby further reducing the launch cost and thus improving the reusability and reliability of the rocket.
At present, the rocket used by SpaceX is scrapped on the one hand, and there will inevitably be some loss, on the other hand, it is difficult to completely eliminate the problems caused by humans in the process of assembly and disassembly, so with the increase in the number of repeated uses, the reliability of the rocket is getting lower and lower, and more manpower, material and financial resources are needed for maintenance, which leads to a gradual increase in the launch cost, and once the launch cost rises, the value created is greatly reduced.
Among them, the gas turbine is the most difficult part to maintain consistency, so increasing the number of reuses of gas turbines is undoubtedly the key to reducing launch costs, and at the same time, it can also greatly increase the launch frequency, so that SpaceX has more launch missions and thus makes more profits, so SpaceX is constantly trying to improve the reusability of the Raptor engine, which obviously has its merits.
Raptor V2 has more thrust than V1.0 and higher combustion efficiency, which makes SpaceX's rocket performance significantly improved, which also provides SpaceX with more advanced technology and higher capabilities in various space missions such as commercial satellite launches and manned spaceflights, and the emergence of new gas turbines has ushered in new opportunities for SpaceX's launch reuse.
On the one hand, Raptor V2 has more advanced technology and higher performance, which can greatly improve the launch performance of the rocket, and at the same time, SpaceX has been using Raptor V1.0 for launch practice, so it has also accumulated some experience, and Raptor V2 is the condensation of these experiences, and its performance in the number of launch reuses is bound to surpass V1.0, greatly improving the height that V1.0 can reach.
Technological breakthrough or "to attract attention"?
However, the launch of the engine of SpaceX's new rocket has triggered a mixed "carnival" from the outside world, and many people believe that the launch of Raptor V2 shows that SpaceX has made rapid progress and has "overtaken in a corner" in rocket technology, and many people previously thought that the United States was jealous and praised SpaceX as "out of the sky", and even did not listen to the development of SpaceX. This has also made SpaceX's development process not get the recognition it deserves, and it has even been criticized for facing "total annihilation".
The emergence of SpaceX's new rocket engine is a sharp refutation of this, believing that SpaceX does not have the danger of "total annihilation", but is constantly expanding aerospace technology, which is undoubtedly the best affirmation of SpaceX;
On the other hand, there are also those who question the technology, arguing that SpaceX's rockets are actually in danger, but they claim to be "overtaking in a corner".
These two diametrically opposed views have made the discussion hotter and hotter, and the rising views have also made the recognition of SpaceX's technological breakthroughs continue to grow, and the voice of doubt is getting higher and higher.
Musk's innovative spirit.
Musk is one of the richest people in the world today, and the birth of SpaceX began when Musk returned to his home country, the United States, to devote himself to creating dreams.
As an entrepreneur, Musk has a challenger spirit, and he is also willing to innovate technology, and it was this courage to explore the unknown that helped him when he founded SpaceX.
At the beginning of SpaceX's creation, it was bombed by a spacecraft, and this situation was repeated in the following tests, which made it take Musk nearly two years to usher in the road to the success of the first launch;
But SpaceX's experience is not limited to this, the follow-up work is also twists and turns, and some people even criticized SpaceX for "almost 'all' explosion", and therefore speculated that SpaceX was going to fail, in 2008 presided over its first rocket launch, and in early 2010, SpaceX successfully launched the "Falcon 9" rocket in one fell swoop, ushered in a certain degree of turnaround.
This also made Musk gradually embark on the familiar road to success, but this is not the same as easy, it is only after experiencing various hardships that Musk and SpaceX have come to the throne today, and SpaceX is also relying on technological breakthroughs again and again to succeed.
However, while technological breakthroughs are important, commercial applications are not achieved overnight.
SpaceX already has a lot of vehicles and flight models waiting to be launched, and if they can successfully complete the launch, it will also open the way for mankind to explore space;
But if they fail to launch as scheduled, then they can only disappoint the world, and the success of them still needs to be judged by multiple factors such as market competition and policy support.
epilogue
However, although SpaceX has made certain technological breakthroughs, and although this breakthrough has proved itself to people, it also needs to prove to the market and people that its commercial application and technological breakthroughs need to be tested periodically, and its authenticity also needs to be recognized by the market.
Musk's innovative spirit has made people look forward to SpaceX, but what SpaceX will do next is believed to be answered soon.