Then, after deducting the 20 billion salary, the remaining 18 billion could be used for scientific research, right?
Of course, the 18 billion would be used to purchase various equipment and test equipment. For example, NASA's people liked to drink NASA's traditional coffee. This coffee could only be made with a special old-fashioned coffee machine.
Now, this coffee machine had disappeared from the market. It was impossible to buy the latest model. But it didn't matter. NASA was a very thrifty department. They might as well not buy new coffee machines. The old ones could still be repaired.
But as mentioned before, this coffee machine had disappeared from the market. Therefore, they couldn't buy the parts needed to repair it. They had to find a factory to customize it.
But the factory's production line had stopped. If they wanted to make the corresponding parts again, they would have to restart the production line again. That would cost a lot of money.
So, for a small coffee machine switch, I'll charge you 8,000 dollars.
For a coffee machine bearing core, I'll charge you 30,000 dollars. This is a very normal and fair price, right?
Well, I don't know if it's fair or not. But NASA's officials thought that this price was very reasonable and worth it. So, they bought hundreds of them in one go.
Well, the extra parts could be spared. After all, this coffee machine looked like it would be replaced frequently.
In addition, a NASA desk cost 30,000 dollars, a printer's ink tank cost 6,000 dollars, and an old-fashioned computer cost nearly 8,000 dollars to maintain. These were all very reasonable prices.
There were also various aerospace equipment and equipment needed by NASA. In the past, it was cheap to purchase because the United States had a lot of manufacturing industries.
But now, these manufacturing industries had basically moved abroad. They couldn't be purchased in the United States.
Generally, companies might choose to order directly from abroad. For example, they could buy from Hua Xia. The price was lower than the cost of production. Plus, they could buy one get one free. It was a great deal.
But NASA can't do that. Don't forget what NASA does. It's the most secretive department in the entire United States of America. Any piece of information can leak NASA's top secret. That's treason, punishable by death!
Therefore, these materials and parts absolutely couldn't be purchased from abroad. They had to be purchased from trusted companies in the country.
But as mentioned before, the manufacturing industry had moved abroad. Just like the coffee machine production line, these trusted companies' production lines had also been shut down.
If he wanted to open it again, the cost would be high.
Since the parts of a coffee machine can be sold for 30,000 USD, then the special parts of the space equipment used to land on the moon, which are sold for 500,000 USD each, are definitely worth it!
What? You want over a hundred at once? Can you give me a discount?
No, absolutely not. Not only would there be no discount, but the price would also increase.
Because if you need more workers in a short period of time, do I have to hire extra workers? Do these workers have to work overtime? If they work overtime, do they have to increase their salary? If they increase their salary, does that mean that the cost will increase?
So if you ask for too much, not only will you not get a discount, but you will also have to raise the price. Do you want it? If you don't want it, you can buy it from Hua Xia, but it's treason!
Well, don't think that I'm just spouting nonsense. This is the lighthouse of democracy, the world's cleanest and most free country. Is this something that can be done?
You don't say, this is really something that can be done. In the statistical report published by the Black Palace, the data was written in black and white in the official data center. I might lie, but the Black Palace officials wouldn't lie to themselves!
In fact, later on, the Black Palace had enough of NASA, so they simply outsourced this business.
There were two companies that Musk was most famous for. One was Tesla, and the other was Space Exploration Technology Company.
The Chinese might think that Tesla was more famous than the Space Exploration Technology Company, but it was the opposite. Tesla was more famous internationally as the Space Exploration Technology Company.
After all, the recyclable rockets and the Dragon Spaceship that they were researching were all famous black technologies. Even the American government trusted them a lot and had subcontracted a large number of projects that originally belonged to NASA to the Space Exploration Technology Company.
After all, after the subcontracting, NASA's funding directly dropped from 68 billion USD to about 20 billion USD, which saved a large amount of the financial deficit.
Otherwise, how could a company like Elon Musk, which specialized in space exploration, survive in the market? Without a government order, no company could afford such a high-consumption project.
It could be said that Elon Musk was supported by the United States government because they could no longer afford to support NASA. The entire NASA had become a space cancer with no research results.
The Blond King established the Space Army because he wanted to force NASA to reform or directly disband NASA. Unfortunately, the Blond King only worked for four years. Otherwise, NASA would have really been gone.
On the other hand, Hua Xia was in a completely different situation. Out of the annual budget, very little was actually used to pay salaries. All the funds were basically used to purchase all kinds of necessary materials.
At the same time, because of Hua Xia's special system, almost 90% of these purchased materials came from state-owned enterprises. Since they were state-owned enterprises, it was impossible to give an exaggerated price. In addition, Hua Xia people generally had high expectations for aerospace, so the price of these things was very cheap, almost at the cost price.
There were even some things that were designed and manufactured for the first time. Although there were design drawings, there were bound to be a lot of new problems in the actual production process because it was the first time they were designed and manufactured. A lot of money was needed to solve these problems.
If it was in NASA, these funds would definitely be calculated in double. This was a reasonable profit for them.
But in Hua Xia, companies would silently bear the cost because this was aerospace, a national treasure. They would never give a random price.
In summary, NASA's funding was exaggerated by more than ten times or even dozens of times, while Hua Xia's funding was reduced by several times. With this difference, a gap of 68 times really appeared.
At the same time, with such a huge gap, Hua Xia's chances of landing on the moon were steadily advancing. Everything was going according to the schedule. It was estimated that landing on the moon would happen in the next few years.
As for NASA … In any case, except for a picture of a black hole, there hadn't been any big news about NASA in the past few years. However, such a picture of a black hole was enough for the public to brag about for more than ten years, and also for more than ten years of funding!
Then there was a new problem. If Jia Changtian wanted to land on the moon himself, and in the future, land on Mars, how much money would Boss Jia spend on his precious son every year?
Thinking of this, Boss Jia couldn't help but want to throw Jia Changtian out. Other people were the second generation of playboys who were ruining the family business.
But he clearly gave birth to a qilin, how could he be more ruining than a playboy!
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