Why are technology giants so obsessed with space?

Scientific and technical personnel can be roughly divided into several categories, among which the relatively low-level nature is only keen on making money. They think that 10,000 years is too long, and they are racing against time, hoping that their enterprises will go public as soon as possible, and then make money and leave. This kind of person is not so much a technician as a gambler; A little high-end, dedicated to the pursuit of social significance of entrepreneurship. After producing good products, we can continuously deliver outstanding talents to the society. More advanced is playing with feelings. Most of these scientific and technological people have earned enough money, and their hands are like clouds, changing the world in minutes, changing consumers' shopping habits, travel modes and means of surfing the Internet. Their behavior is basically normal, and their range of activities is limited to the surface of the earth.

The top scientific and technological personnel have regarded common earth behaviors such as feelings, yachts and tender models as dirt, turned their eyes to space, and tried to find another habitat in the universe before the destruction of the earth, so that human beings can become a trans-planetary species, so they did not hesitate to invest all their possessions. Perhaps exploring space is more like a gamble, and the loss ratio is very large, but as long as you win once, the return is beyond the evaluation of the earth algorithm.

Tesla and the founder of Space X, Musk, are among the cutting-edge scientists. He is more obsessed with space than electric cars. The science and technology leader always feels that human beings are about to die: they will either be slaughtered by artificial intelligence robots or die in a large area due to climate problems. So, he also set himself a small goal: to emigrate to Mars and die there. For him, this goal is not a fantasy, nor a science fiction, but a real investment in real money. Not long ago, a rocket of Space X exploded, and 284,000 liters of liquid oxygen and space kerosene turned into fireballs in 50 seconds. The thick smoke made the meteorological satellite shoot very clearly. In fact, this is the second explosion of Space X in the past nine months, which proves that human beings are still in the initial stage of exploring the universe, and any space trip is extremely challenging.

What is the difficulty of exploring the universe?

As early as more than 40 years ago, man had landed on the moon. An astronaut recalled that when they flew to the moon, they saw a UFO with their own eyes. They didn't report it, fearing that the headquarters would stop the moon landing plan. Because they were so excited after landing on the moon, the second person who landed on the moon after Apollo felt unbearable and became the first person to pee on the moon! This relaxed picture makes people think, and even naively think that it will be very easy for human beings to enter space from now on, and a large number of space colonies can be established. But the real fact is that the process of human exploration of space is very frustrating. Let alone establish a colony, we have not even set foot on the land of any planet. Some probes sent to Mars can't carry people and can only send back some magnificent or dirty photos bit by bit:

The most obvious difficulty for human beings to land in space is that the cost is too high and the atmosphere is worthless, but it is very expensive to cross the atmosphere without gravity. According to insiders, the cost of launching a spaceship is about 450 million dollars, while the cost of some major projects will exceed 654.38+05 billion dollars. In the past 30 years, NASA has spent $200 billion on rocket launch alone, and only exchanged some sporadic space debris. In order to overcome the cost problem, Musk, Bezos and other technology giants are trying to use recyclable rockets instead of throwing those huge and expensive rockets into space. According to Musk's plan, if the Space X rocket can be reused, the cost of a single space exploration will be reduced by about 30%, but obviously this idea is still far from reality. They can't even guarantee to use rockets first. You know, this is not A4 printing, nor is it mold proofing, so there is no chance to repeat it.

In addition to cost, the greater difficulty is the human brain capacity. In fact, there is no one in the world who can think clearly about the meaning of "space exploration" than the number of people in a tennis doubles match. Most people either want to sit down and enjoy themselves or wait for jokes and comments. In Silicon Valley, Musk's image is an omnipotent technology leader. He is far-sighted, far-sighted, ambitious and committed to the great cause of all mankind. But in the eyes of ordinary people, this is a madman who can't make money. Space exploration technology company is purely a money-burning company. Tesla doesn't make money as fast as iPhone, and its large-scale popularization is still far away. Bezos of Amazon is often provoked by Wall Street, thinking that the idea of baldness is always unconstrained and unrealistic; Excessive investment in NASA at the national level will be opposed by taxpayers. In some underdeveloped countries, this incomprehension is even more serious. People with low IQ tend to go to extremes and limit their eyes to a house of 80 square meters and a car of 200,000. Don't worry about the future of mankind, they can't even notice the deterioration of the environment. Even in the northern cities where the smog is so serious, ordinary citizens are still reluctant to leave their cars. As for excessive energy consumption and littering, it is not uncommon. Even more amazing is that. China people have always lacked mathematical logic and scientific exploration spirit, but some so-called anti-counterfeiting fighters have questioned that "Americans landing on the moon is a scam". It's not ridiculous, it's pathetic.

Business feelings, the big boss can't afford it.

Perhaps, the goal of emigrating to Mars is a little too far away, and it may take 1 10,000 years, but this does not mean that technology tycoons will give up or even suspend the process of space exploration. After all, in the whole process, it is expected to generate a steady stream of commercial profits and cutting-edge technology beyond reality. In the process of developing rockets, Space X will test high-strength materials according to the requirements of space environment. To realize the recovery of rockets, we must make a breakthrough in material science and technology. At the same time, the structural design, connection and energy supply technology of the rocket must be upgraded to a higher level. If these technologies can be commercialized on a large scale, the profits will be more than hundreds of millions. In fact, many cutting-edge technologies come from aerospace and military industries, and Musk even upgraded when developing rockets.

In an interview, Bezos, the bald leader of Amazon, also admitted that a large part of his reason for exploring space was his interest in the future economic prospects. He boldly imagined that with the reduction of the cost of going to and from space, Amazon's warehouse could be built into space, and some manufacturing industries could also occur in space colonies, especially the processes with serious pollution and excessive garbage, such as chemical manufacturing and metal surface treatment. A simpler application is to build a space garbage dump. Everyone knows that e-waste is becoming difficult to deal with. Countless old computers, mobile phones and MP3 players are absolutely difficult to handle by human beings alone. In this context, it is advisable to set up a space garbage recycling station and use the power of space to shred these garbage within a controllable range. Humans can't live in space, but they can send some bad lives into space to fully maintain the life of the earth. To say the least, even if space can't establish a space functional industrial zone, Qian Jing is already very attractive just by opening up a channel with the earth. You know, the attraction of space travel is 2000 times that of Thailand.

The universe is wonderful and colorful. Humans should not be afraid of the future, but should be full of curiosity and immerse themselves in their own careers, which will not only help to pass the boring time, but also avoid falling into trivial and disgusting internal friction. In a word, life without travel is really not a good life. (New technology discovers Constantine/Wen)