Great Power Industry: You're a private company building an aircraft carrier?

Everyone here is an expert, and when Qin Chuan talked about this manned spaceship, they started discussing it again.

"The return section is too large; it seems we have no choice but to land in the water. Otherwise, we can't guarantee safety."

There are specific procedures for landing a spaceship.

Leaving aside the earlier use of air to slow down, every step of the descent was exceptionally thrilling.

Once the spacecraft reaches a certain altitude, it needs to deploy its parachute. However, due to the high speed, the parachute will be torn apart if it opens. Therefore, a small parachute is deployed first to slow the spacecraft down to a certain extent before it detaches and the large parachute opens.

Is this enough?

Of course not!

The descent speed was still too high, so when the return capsule was one or two meters from the ground, the retro-rockets would ignite to further reduce the speed and provide a buffer, so that it could land smoothly.

The entire descent process is extremely complicated, and any mistake at any step could cost the astronauts their lives.

As for the Americans, they've been working on sea landings, so that after the spacecraft returns, it splashes directly into the sea.

This allows the seawater to provide a buffer, and the return capsule is sealed, allowing it to float at sea and await rescue. Of course, the most important factor is that the United States has the world's largest navy, which can reach any location the spacecraft splashes down immediately.

The Soviet Union had no choice but to stick to land-based landings, and the East also had to rely on land-based recovery; there was no other way.

Now, what about our side?

Qin Chuan shook his head: "No, no, we will land on land. Moreover, the parachute landing method is only a backup. Our main landing method is still retro-propulsion rockets."

The landing of a starship is achieved through rocket retro-propulsion. Now, the small manned spacecraft that Qin Chuan is talking about also uses rocket retro-propulsion.

Everyone was incredulous. "President Qin, the service module is already in outer space. Where did our spacecraft get the rocket?"

"The spacecraft is designed in a cone shape, with eight retro-rockets mounted on its sides..."

Qin Chuan could come up with a mature solution without any thought. After all, he was talking about the Dragon Spaceship, which was already a mature design in later generations. The one he brought over was definitely the most mature one!

The manned spacecraft needs an upgrade, so let's go with this plan!

Everyone looked at the spaceship design projected on the screen and was filled with emotion.

"These retro-rockets can also be used as escape towers during the takeoff phase..."

Wonderful, absolutely wonderful!

"Of course, just to be on the safe side, there will also be a parachute, and an opening at the top will serve as a docking port..."

Wonderful! Even more wonderful!

This design further reduced the cost of the spacecraft.

"No fairing is needed during launch; the spacecraft's shape is already streamlined..."

You should know that when launching satellites and other payloads, because the surface is not smooth, an additional fairing is needed. Just two fairings alone cost six million US dollars!

So, the Starship engineers of later generations also spent a lot of time researching how to recover fairings, parachutes, super nets, and so on, with a whole bunch of designs, but the success rate was less than 40%, until a genius stepped forward: Why bother with all this? Just throw it into the sea!

The fairing made of carbon fiber is very light and can float at sea, with a 100% success rate in recovery!

Thus, the problem of recovering the Falcon 9 fairing was solved.

As for launching the Dragon spacecraft, the fairing is unnecessary!

"President Qin, this plan is entirely feasible. With our existing resources, as long as the engine development doesn't cause any delays, we can develop the rocket within five years, launch a manned spacecraft within ten years, and put starship development on the fast track within twenty years!"

William Gerstämmer was very excited.

The whole plan is entirely feasible. It's a pity that none of those guys in the US could have thought of doing it this way and turning spaceflight into a profitable project!

"President Qin, what are the names of our rocket and spaceship?" Cubanov asked.

Now that the project development has been decided, we need to come up with a name, right?

“Since we are Starship Corporation, these projects should naturally all be named after Starship.” Qin Chuan thought for a moment: “Among them, the small rocket is called Starship One, the large rocket is called Starship Two, and the small spaceship is called…”

On the spaceship, he hesitated. Should he call Spaceship One and Spaceship Two?

Our Shenzhou spacecraft from the East has a name for each one launched. The first few unmanned spacecraft were Shenzhou-4. Ours doesn't seem to have a very impressive name.

"Small spaceships are called Eastern Dragons, and large spaceships are called Mars Ships."

Everyone nodded. A name is just a code name. When conducting internal research and development, a name is always necessary. What follows is even more important.

"President Qin, please assign us tasks next."

"Assigning tasks" was just a euphemism; what they really wanted was for Qin Chuan to assign them a position!

On the way here, Qin Chuan had already obtained the list and knew the background of each person. Of course, each of these people should make the most of their strengths.

As for the domestic situation...

The veterans of China's aerospace industry are the pillars of their respective fields. Qin Chuan did not intend to poach people from within the domestic aerospace system, as this would easily draw criticism. Besides, when it comes to unconventional thinking, these people from abroad are more suitable.

But... who should be chosen as the top leader?

Just then, Yang Xue leaned close to Qin Chuan's ear and said, "Brother Chuan, I just received news that someone outside is requesting an audience."

"Who?"

"Max, head of the AirFork Company."

With so many people arriving, Yang Xue personally came from Laiyang Group to receive these elites from the aerospace industry. After Qin Chuan arrived, she handed over the main event to him, letting him entertain these people.

Now that she had received new information, she went to Qin Chuan's side to report.

Qin Chuan's eyes lit up instantly. This guy was a very capable person. It would be perfect to let him lead their starship company. However... such a person would definitely not be one to be subordinate to others.

William Gerstämmerl, as NASA's deputy, should have been the best choice, but Qin Chuan still felt that this person lacked a certain kind of courage. He could be an engineer, but as a person in charge... he probably wouldn't be willing to be subordinate to someone else.

"As for the tasks, we'll assign them later. It's almost time, so let Chairman Yang take everyone to lunch. We'll assign the tasks again this afternoon!"

Everyone was taken aback. It seemed that President Qin had not yet made up his mind. There was no need to rush. They could discuss it again in the afternoon. In any case, no matter who was chosen as the person in charge, everyone had no objections. As long as they had a job, they could get down to work as soon as possible!