Red Queen: "(Emoji: Smiling but not speaking.)"
Skynet: "A program error has been detected. I am going to self-repair."
After that, it went offline. Red Queen said proudly, "This guy is still not as smart as me. I've evolved several times!"
Peter Parker finally managed to get a word in and said, "Red Queen, I always thought that artificial intelligence was like you. It wasn't until I saw Ultron and Skynet that I realized that you are the weirdest!"
Red Queen: "(Emoji: Eyes full of murderous intent.) Peter Parker, I'll give you ten seconds to reorganize your words. "
Peter Parker: "I mean the smartest!"
Red Queen: "(Emoji: Puts down the brick in her hand with relief.) Thank you for the compliment. "
Mr. L: "Actually, I think Peter is right … Let's go, let's go."
Lu Zixin also went offline, leaving behind the depressed Red Queen.
Lu Zixin retrieved the information in the group space and sent a message to Su Zhirong, telling her not to wait for him to eat. Then, he immediately rushed to RI-8901 and Iron Head Doll's residence to study it together.
An intelligent robot and a mechanical life form read the data separately.
Iron Head Doll immediately said, "Boring little thing, this satellite is too small, isn't it? The largest side length is no more than four meters, and the mass is no more than three hundred kilograms. This little thing is meaningless even if you give it to the heavens. Studying spaceships is more interesting! "
"This was never meant to be played." Lu Zixin emphasized, "How can we make more advanced things if we don't make money? Tell me, how difficult is it to design?"
"It's not that simple!" Iron Head Doll suddenly said in a dialect, "Give me the materials, I can make this thing in a day."
Lu Zixin asked RI-8901 again, "How much do you estimate the manufacturing cost of this small network communication satellite?"
RI-8901 had data on many materials and mechanical equipment on Earth. After analyzing and calculating, it said, "It is estimated that the manufacturing cost of each small satellite is about eight million Chinese dollars. The cost of the research base, production line equipment, and ground base can't be calculated for the time being, but it is estimated to be higher than the small satellite."
"Eight million Chinese dollars!" Lu Zixin's eyes lit up. "That's enough! It's only eight million. Even if we need hundreds of millions to build other services, it's still worth it! "
In 1996, Motorola implemented the Iridium Project, which was also a plan to build a communication network using small satellites.
They had spent a total of 3.4 billion USD to launch 66 satellites. According to the exchange rate at that time, it was equivalent to 28.2 billion RMB in 1996!
After so many years of inflation, the current Chinese currency was far less valuable than before. One could imagine how much Motorola had paid to complete the Iridium Project.
However, the most frustrating thing was that this plan had failed!
At that time, there were only 55,000 users of the Iridium Star System. The profits generated were not even enough to maintain the operation of the Iridium Star System, let alone recoup the costs. The Iridium Star Company, which was established by Motorola and other investors, declared bankruptcy.
The failure of the Iridium system was due to market, technology, cost, management, and many other factors. Let's not talk about these for now.
In fact, other than the Iridium project, other companies also proposed and implemented similar projects. For example, Thomas, the current CEO of Tesla and Space Exploration, had submitted an application for the Star Chain Project to the United States Federal Communications Commission and had already started to implement it.
The Star Chain Project also used small satellites to provide global communication and network services. According to the ideal calculation, the services provided could allow every corner of the world to enjoy unimpeded communication services and wireless network services comparable to fiber optics.
However, this project was still in the process of being developed and the estimated cost was more than 10 billion USD.
In addition to him, there were many companies that were preparing to implement similar projects. However, they only existed in the plans and did not have specific projects.
In comparison, the performance of the small satellites provided by Skynet was much more advanced and the manufacturing cost was greatly reduced. This involved too many technical improvements that Lu Zixin himself did not understand.
Lu Zixin continued to ask, "According to the power of these small satellites, how many do we need to form a global network?"
RI-8901 replied, "Master, the power of these small satellites is very powerful. We only need 48 satellites to cover the entire world. However, this can only provide services to about 80 million users. If the number of users increases, we will also need to correspondingly increase the number of satellites and ground signal base stations. "
"Forty-eight! Even if we increase it by ten times, it will only be 480 satellites! The actual operation will definitely not require 480 satellites. " Lu Zixin was overjoyed. One had to know that even if the cost of manufacturing a satellite and ground signal base station and other equipment was 100 million, 48 satellites would only be 4.8 billion. Moreover, this was in Chinese currency, not USD.
As for the Star Chain Project proposed by Mas, it was estimated that they would need to launch 4,000 small satellites. However, after some calculations, they realized that 4,000 was not enough. They would need around 12,000 satellites to complete the project!
The difference between the two was like the difference between a mobile phone and the current Hongxin smartphone!
"If we build this global communication and network system using small satellites, then users all over the world will be able to use our satellite signals for communication and network services …" Lu Zixin only had to think about it briefly before he realized the huge business opportunity.
When that time came, Hongxin would no longer be limited to the various telecom operators. It would be able to directly provide telecommunications services to the entire world! Moreover, the network speed would directly leap from the 4G and 5G era to 6G network services. At that time, all smart services would not be limited by the network speed and would reach the highest performance ratio …
This would be a huge idea that could change the entire world's telecommunications and network services industry! This change was equivalent to moving from the wired era to the wireless era. What Lu Zixin wanted to do was to lead the world from the wireless era to the Global Super Network Era!
Thinking about this, Lu Zixin's blood started to boil. This was an epoch-making technology project. If it could be done, then the United States Federal Communications Commission would no longer be able to restrict Hongxin. Unless they wanted the United States' telecommunications services to fall behind the world standards, then even if they agreed, the American people would not agree!
The target market of this project was the global telecommunications service market, which was currently worth more than 2 trillion USD annually!
The road to becoming a reality was long. Just setting up a research base and developing small satellites would probably cost a lot of money and effort. This was only the beginning. The follow-up work would be more than a hundred times more expensive.
No matter how complicated the follow-up work would be, Lu Zixin immediately worked with RI-8901 and Iron Head Doll to study the theory and implementation of the small satellite project.
Lu Zixin was in a state of excitement the entire night. He did not feel tired at all. He even forgot the passage of time.
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