"A good day starts with an iced Americano. You can also choose a latte."
Walking into the SpaceX headquarters building, Musk picked up a freshly made iced American coffee with an "X" printed on the dark blue disposable cup.
“We don’t have a Starbucks, and we don’t need one.”
The factory's own free coffee shop had prepared hundreds of cups of coffee in advance, so everyone in the inspection team could get one.
Xia Yu took a sip of the mocha and thought it wasn't as good as the one made by his head maid. But it was good quality for free, so he couldn't expect too much.
"In addition to free coffee, at the Hawthorne headquarters factory, you can play any game you want and enjoy a massage from a female technician, which is very effective after a long work day."
Musk has not concealed his exploitation of his workers. At SpaceX, it is common to work 12+ hours a day, seven days a week in order to keep up with the project progress. He is even more ruthless than the Fubaojun in China.
Despite such a high intensity of work, employees rarely complain. After all, they are making history, and a sense of mission can inspire the greatest enthusiasm for work in human beings.
Of course, it is not enough to just talk about ideals. SpaceX's salary exceeds that of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, and is only slightly lower than that of Thunder.
If we want to recruit these people back to China, they probably won’t be happy with double salary. Maybe... maybe... we still have to poach them from China?
Musk, who was talking so eloquently earlier, didn't expect that someone had already set their sights on his employees.
"Our headquarters plant is focused on developing the reusable Raptor engine, and we have other facilities in Texas and Florida."
Since the beginning of the 21st century, SpaceX has developed to today and has a sufficient financial foundation. Unlike Xia Yu, his branch base is still in the site selection stage and full expansion will have to wait until next year.
It’s not quite appropriate to use the terms catering company or aerospace company to compare them, but their progress is obvious to all. Even Wang Tao now listens more and speaks less.
Tesla can even analyze everything, but the technological content of the empty cross is too high. He should watch and listen carefully!
Xia Yu and Ji Yang also listened attentively. Although Ji Yang did not call him an idol, he still admired Musk quite a bit, while Xia Yu wanted to defeat him and defeat this opponent head-on in the future.
Hey, brother, your electric car has to use my battery, and your big rocket is not as good as mine. What? You have a Dragon spacecraft, but I can send a mining machine into space.
"Just two days ago, on December 4th, we launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, carrying 64 small satellites at one time. The customers of this launch were 34 organizations from 17 countries."
"These include universities and art museums. The most special thing is that we sent 100 urns of deceased people into space for a funeral company."
The way people think abroad is indeed different from that of Chinese people. They don't want to be buried in the ground, they want to go to the universe, even after they die. However, with the rise in housing prices, the price of cemeteries seems to have increased a lot, and it is not a permanent property right.
From this perspective, launching into space and turning into dust to guard the Earth doesn't seem like a bad idea, at least it's quite romantic.
"We recovered the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket that day, and it is now in the maintenance workshop in front."
Musk pushed open the door of the workshop as he spoke, and a thick white rocket body appeared in everyone's sight. In addition to the flag of Magnesium, it also had the huge SpaceX logo printed on it.
"Once all maintenance work is completed, this rocket will continue to serve and send more satellites into space."
Everyone applauded. At this moment, there was no distinction of nationality. There was only admiration for the rapid development of technology on Earth.
Many people think that Musk is a liar who can only brag, but the bragging of this liar has gradually come true. We can only blame Jia for not living up to his expectations and blowing his own trumpet out of proportion.
Xia Yu didn't want to brag, nor did he want to be a leader or a gang leader. He just wanted to get things done quietly, and then it wouldn't be too late to enjoy the flowers and applause.
To be honest, Xia Yu didn’t know whether things would turn out as he imagined, and it was too far-fetched to think about it now.
The inspection is still going on. At noon, they had lunch in the factory’s cafeteria. It was a rare opportunity to eat there and it felt pretty good. If they ate there every day, they would just let it go!
After dinner, everyone rested in the lounge for a while to regain their energy and continue the tour. After walking around, they returned to the maintenance workshop.
This time they might have been lucky, or it might have been intentional on Musk's part. In any case, there was a maintenance test project today, and they could watch the spectacular scene of the rocket igniting and the engine spraying.
It's a bit like a live performance. No country can escape this disaster, but the feeling of being through the screen is completely different from being on the scene. This ignition test run is definitely worth the price of the ticket.
Um, it seems the inspection tour is free of charge...
"Old Xia, come over and take a look at this offer."
While waiting, Ji Yang came over with an official SpaceX flyer and said.
"I know this. The standard price for a Falcon 9 is $62 million per rocket, and the Falcon Heavy is $90 million per rocket."
Xia Yu was aware of the price. One Falcon Heavy missile was equivalent to two Ferrari 250GTOs. It was really expensive. The money in his account was only enough to launch five or six missiles and send hundreds of tons of things into low-Earth orbit.
"They say there's a discount on the launch products. I wonder if they're worth it?"
"You're overthinking it. This price may seem expensive, but it's actually the lowest among similar packages. Didn't someone recently book a seven-day trip to the moon?"
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