Why are tech giants obsessed with space?

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Science and technology people can be divided into several categories, of which the relatively low-grade nature is only keen to make money, they think 10,000 years too long, seize, looking forward to their business as soon as possible to go public, and then the circle of money to leave, such people are not so much a science and technology people, rather than a gambler; They are in the production of good products, but also can continue to convey talents to the community, the more advanced is to play with feelings, these technology people have made enough money, Reggie, such as the cloud, minutes change the world, change consumer shopping habits, travel methods and means of Internet, and so on, these scientific and technological people's behavior is basically normal , and the range of activities is limited to the Earth's surface.


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The most senior people of science and technology have already regarded feelings, yachts, tender models of these ordinary Earth acts as worthless, their eyes are going to space, trying to find another habitat in the universe before the destruction of the Earth, so that humans become cross-planet species, and therefore at the expense of all their possessions. Perhaps the exploration of space is more like a gamble, the proportion of loss is very large, but as long as the win once, the return is the Earth algorithm can not be evaluated.

Tesla and Space X founder Musk is one of the most advanced technology people, he is obsessed with space more than electric cars, the technology leader always feel that mankind is about to perish: not by artificial intelligence robot massacre, is suffering from climate problems, large area of death, so he also set himself a small goal: to seek to emigrate to Mars , and died there. This goal for him is not a fantasy, nor science fiction, but the real investment in real gold and silver. Not long ago, Space X's rocket exploded, 284,000 liters of liquid oxygen and space kerosene, in 50 seconds into a fireball, smoke makes the meteorological satellites are filmed very clear, in fact, this is Space X in the last 9 months, the second explosion, enough to prove that mankind in the exploration of the universe, is still in its infancy, and any space trip is a challenge.

Where is the difficulty in exploring the universe?

As early as more than 40 years ago, humans have landed on the moon, an astronaut recalled: they flew to the moon, they saw an unidentified UFO, they did not report, fearing that the headquarters will abort the moon landing plan, because after the moon landing is too excited, the second Apollo after the moon on the man, unexpectedly urine unbearable, And then become the first person to pee on the moon! This relaxed picture makes people think and even naively believe that it will be easy for humans to enter space and build up a lot of space colonies. But the real truth is that the process of human exploration of space is very frustrating, Mo said to establish colonies, we have not even been able to set foot on any planet Earth, some of the probes sent to Mars are not manned, just sporadic to send back some or a magnificent or nasty picture:


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      The most obvious difficulty for humans to land in space is that the cost is too high, the atmosphere is worthless, But crossing the Earth's atmosphere from gravity costs a lot of money. Insiders say the cost of a single launch of a spaceship is about $450 million, while some major projects are costing more than $1.5 billion. For the past 30 years, NASA has only spent $200 billion on rocket launches, in return for just a few scattered space debris. To overcome the cost, Musk, Bezos and other tech giants are trying to use recycled rockets instead of throwing huge, expensive rockets into space, and according to the plans of the Lockheed, Space X rockets can be reused, so the cost of a single space exploration will be reduced by about 30%. But it is clear that the idea is far from reality, they can not even guarantee the first use of the Rockets, you know this is not A4 printing or mold proofing, there is no chance to test repeatedly.

In addition to the cost, the greater difficulty is the human brain capacity, in fact, the world can think clearly of the meaning of "cosmic exploration" people, more than a tennis doubles competition in the number, most people either want to take a ride, or wait to see jokes, judging. In Silicon Valley, the image of Musk is omnipotent science and technology leader, visionary, visionary, ambitious, committed to the great cause of all mankind, but in the eyes of ordinary people, this is a no-money madman, SpaceX is purely a money-burning company, Tesla is not as fast as the iphone to make money, The Bezos of the Amazon has often been provoked by Wall Street, thinking that the bald-headed idea is always fanciful and unrealistic, and that NASA's spending too much at the national level will be challenged by taxpayers. In some underdeveloped countries, this lack of understanding is even more serious, the low IQ is always easy to go to extremes, the eyes of the 80㎡ in the house and a 200,000 car, Mo said worried about the future of mankind, they can not even notice the deterioration of the environment, even in the haze so severe in the northern city, Small citizens still reluctant to leave the car, as the energy over-consumption, wanton discarded garbage and so on, more commonplace, more wonderful is that the Chinese people have always lacked mathematical logic, the lack of scientific exploration spirit, but some so-called fighting fighters to question "Americans landed on the moon is a scam", this is not ridiculous, This is simply sad.

Business sentiment, big guy no profit not early

Perhaps, the goal of migrating Mars is a little too far away, it may take 10,000 years, but this does not mean that the Kejida will abandon or even suspend the process of cosmic exploration, after all, in the process, is expected to generate a steady stream of commercial profits and beyond the reality of cutting-edge technology. Space X in the process of developing rockets, according to the requirements of the space environment, high-strength material testing, and to achieve the recycling of rockets, material science and technology must have a breakthrough, while the rocket's structural design, connectivity, energy supply technology will certainly be higher, if these technologies can be large-scale commercial, Profits are more than billion, in fact, many of the cutting-edge technology from the aerospace, military undertakings, Musk even in the development of rockets, the upgrade of the production line, a large number of automation technology is from space X internal radiation to the entire manufacturing industry.


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Amazon bald leader Bezos in an interview, also admitted that he explored space, a large part of the reason is interested in the future economic prospects, he had boldly imagined that as the cost of return to space, the Amazon warehouse can be built into space, and some of the manufacturing industry can occur in the space colony, In particular, heavy pollution, excessive waste production process, such as chemical manufacturing, metal surface treatment and so on, the more simple application is the construction of space junk field, the Earth people know that e-waste is becoming tricky, unable to handle, countless old computers, mobile phones and MP3, relying solely on human itself is absolutely difficult to deal with. In this context, it may be possible to develop a space junk recycling station, in a controllable range, the use of the power of the universe to shred the rubbish, the general idea is "human beings can not survive in space, but to bring some bad life to space, to fully maintain the life of the Earth", step back, even though space can not be formed in space functional By simply opening the passage between the Earth and the money scene, it is tempting to know that travelling to space is 2000 times times more than traveling to Thailand.

The universe is wonderful, colorful, human should not be afraid of the future, but to be full of curiosity, immersed in their own business, which not only help to kill boring time, but also to prevent falling into trivial, disgusting internal friction, in short, even a said walk on the trip without the life, is not a good life. (new discoveries of science and Technology, Constantine/Wen)

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Why are tech giants obsessed with space?

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