Siheyuan: The soul travels through time and space to change fate

For the United States today, it is very difficult to send a 100-kilogram satellite into low-Earth orbit.

Not to mention the entire satellite positioning system, which includes not only low-Earth orbit, but also geostationary orbit, polar orbit, and so on.

If the Americans really do this, Leader Zhong believes that it will definitely slow down the country's development.

After all, according to the budget of the Northwest Industrial Base, building such a satellite positioning system would cost at least hundreds of billions or even tens of billions of dollars.

And even so, success is not certain.

If there wasn't an outlier like Xu Damao in the Republic, there would be no capital to do this.

In fact, Xu Damao spent less than one million US dollars to develop such a satellite positioning system.

Most of the expenses are used to purchase raw materials.

Even among these, the costs of many electronic components are still calculated based on market prices.

But those things were originally produced by the Red Star Factory itself, and the cost is much lower than the selling price.

Leader Zhong knew these things, and Powell, the former commander of the Seventh Fleet, also knew them.

So, after hearing what Leader Zhong said, Powell's face looked very ugly.

"General Zhong, are you trying to start an arms race? You should know that the current economic level of the Republic is far behind ours.

If we really start an arms race, let alone you, even if you and the Russian bear are combined, we, the Eagle Sauce, will not be afraid! "

Powell's words sounded a bit harsh but were actually weak.

Although he didn't know how much it would cost for the Republic to develop this satellite positioning system, he could imagine that it would definitely be much lower than he expected.

What’s more, they have already developed it, and the initial costs have long been invested, so the next step is to make money.

But if the Eagle Sauce wants to do it, it needs to start from scratch.

I don’t know how much it will cost to invest!

"No, no, no, we don't need it. We are brothers with the Republic. If they have it, it's equivalent to what we have. We can just buy their terminals directly. We don't need to make positioning satellites ourselves."

Seeing that Powell wanted to drag the Russians into the war again, diplomats from the Russians directly stated that their country did not need to do it itself for the time being.

As for whether or not to develop a satellite positioning system, let the top leaders worry about it.

However, after seeing the strength of the Republic, he believes that the priority for now is to maintain friendly relations.

"It seems that Big Brother will not join forces with us to compete with you in the space military race. In this case, Mr. Powell should have a better chance of winning, right?

But don't worry, in addition to the global satellite positioning system, we also have an Iridium communication system and a space station plan.

Come with me, I will give you a detailed introduction. "

This time, Leader Zhong is determined to pull the world's major countries into the space race no matter what.

As long as they know the Iridium system and the role of the space station, I think even temporary economic difficulties will not stop these countries from conducting space exploration.

"General Zhong, space military competition is not a good idea. Your economy cannot afford it!"

Powell wanted the Republic to stop other space programs because if they wanted to catch up, it would cost a lot of money and time.

If the Republic moves too fast, they won't even be qualified to catch up.

"Hahahahaha, isn't this a good idea? Let's first look at our Iridium plan and the Mir space station opportunity before we decide.

Moreover, we developed these two space programs not for military purposes, but for technological development.

Next, let’s watch some TV programs from Yangcheng here in Tianjin!

Previously, TV stations could not radiate very far due to the coverage range of TV towers, but after the TV signals are uploaded to satellites, they can be broadcast globally.

By then, even the United States on the other side of the Earth will be able to receive television programs from our Republic.

I think this should be a good thing for Mr. Powell, after all, you can learn about the current affairs of our Republic in your own country. "

That’s what they say, but it’s hard to say whether the people of the United States will be brainwashed after watching the television programs of the Republic.

The Republic is trying to occupy the high ground of world public opinion!

In the past, news and public opinion were controlled by newspapers, magazines, radio stations, and news agencies.

In the future, it will definitely be controlled by television stations. This is the consensus of Western countries.

However, currently no country can broadcast its television programs to other countries.

The Republic’s Iridium communications plan is about to open up another battlefield for public opinion!

"Iridium communication satellites integrate satellite phone, TV signal broadcasting, global file transfer and other functions. In the future, as long as you have a satellite phone, you can talk to anyone else who has a satellite phone anywhere in the world.

Moreover, any TV station can expand its audience to the whole world as long as it broadcasts its programs via satellite.

And all TV users need is a little gadget like this.”

Leader Zhong picked up a satellite signal receiving dish, which was only about half a meter in diameter.

"This is an Iridium satellite television signal receiver. It only costs three hundred dollars. I think there should be many people in your country who can afford it."

"No, no, no, you are infringing our right to disseminate information, and I don't think people from other countries would be willing to watch obscure Chinese programs!"

In Western industrialized countries, many people can afford a satellite TV signal receiver that costs three hundred dollars.

But if this thing were to be circulated, the Republic would have gained the upper hand in public opinion.

Many reports that have been distorted by them in the past no longer have much credibility.

After all, one can see the specific situation in the Republic more intuitively from TV.

To be honest, the development of the Republic in the past two or three years has been really fast.

This is completely different from their previous reports.

This is extremely detrimental to the ideological competition between the two sides.

“It doesn’t matter, we can have TV channels in other languages, and we are already preparing to have TV channels in all major languages.

Oh, no, from now on it should be called Weishi, short for satellite TV."

If Powell is scared, then Leader Zhong will be even happier.