Free Web NovelChapter 1394: Chapter 663 The Importance of Chinese Character Recognition_2
Before the mission began, there were already countries and institutions contacting Yixing Company, hoping to obtain Martian soil samples for scientific research.
Now, even more countries and organizations are eagerly contacting Yixing Company to acquire Martian soil samples.
In this regard, the Aerospace Bureau and Yixing Company had long established a distribution plan.
The ownership of the Martian soil samples is jointly held by the Aerospace Bureau and Yixing Company.
Domestically, there would definitely not be a need for so many Martian samples, so a portion of them could be shared with other countries and institutions. How the portion from the Aerospace Bureau was to be allocated was for the higher-ups to decide.
Of the Martian soil samples that Yixing Company obtained, a part was given for free to several collaborating material laboratories and research and development teams, while the remainder was sold internationally.
Since there were quite a lot of soil samples brought back, the pricing wasn’t actually considered too high, only one hundred thousand dollars per gram.
That was indeed a very conscientious price.
Actually, Yixing Company wasn’t concerned about how much of the soil samples were sold; setting a price was merely symbolic.
If a research institution wanted to purchase, they only needed a few grams, or even just one gram, which would be sufficient for research and development purposes.
Many international research institutions definitely hoped to obtain Martian soil samples for free, but waiting for the portion from the Aerospace Bureau, or rather, waiting for the senior management to make a decision, would require a long time, so they simply opted to buy the samples openly sold by Yixing Company.
Yixing Company quickly sold several million dollars worth of samples, but sadly the soil sample business had a time limit, and selling the remaining samples later on would not be easy, so they decisively stored them securely, to either give away to partners later or sell through other means.
For instance, some international high-end jewelers have contacted Yixing Company, planning to create jewelry centered around Martian soil.
This was indeed a good idea, but for the time being, Martian samples still held value and were best kept in storage rather than sold directly.
Additionally, some international professional organizations had also considered the concept of a "space route."
Several foreign institutions, including Yixing Company’s competitor—SpaceX—have inquired if they could use the Z-wave device for space shuttling. freewebnoveℓ.com
Even Zhao Yi had no authority to make that decision.
The Aerospace Bureau also received similar inquiries and simply decided to head to headquarters for discussions, convening a special meeting for this matter.
Zhao Yi had just arrived in the capital, preparing to visit the laboratory, when he was informed that there was a meeting he needed to attend.
"Borrowing the Z-wave space route?"
"Right!"
"They also possess anti-gravity technology and some can even create stable space shields; they could completely borrow the space route for shuttling."
Zhao Yi went to the meeting with thoughts in mind.
Because the meeting involved the country’s most cutting-edge technology, three top leaders attended, along with international strategic experts. This included advisors on the country’s development direction.
Some had prepared specifically for the meeting and spoke one after another.
There were both supporters and opponents. The opponents argued that allowing other countries’ institutions to use the Z-wave space route could risk a leak of technology and also spur new developments in their space technology.
For example, if other countries’ institutions conducted Mars exploration missions, they might obtain other information related to Mars.
Or, they might decide to explore Neptune or a certain comet, gaining additional space information.
Moreover, other countries’ space shuttling could lead to rapid development of spacecraft technology.
And so on.
There were also many supportive voices at the meeting, mainly because allowing other countries’ institutions to borrow the space shuttle route could increase the country’s international influence.
Those institutions choosing to borrow the space shuttle route would essentially be joining the space industry led by the domestic front.
This encompassed a lot of strategic and economic interests.
Throughout the meeting, Zhao Yi pondered the situation.
From the standpoint of Yixing Company, it was undoubtedly favorable for more international institutions to actively borrow the space route, as they would have to pay a substantial amount of money for each use.
This provided Yixing Company with a new source of revenue.
However, from the perspectives of domestic interests, technology, and leadership, his view didn’t seem important; there were many at the meeting with vision far more forward-reaching and broader than his.
Hence, Zhao Yi could only make his point from a technical perspective, "From a technical standpoint, foreign institutions’ anti-gravity technology is still immature, as is their anti-energy barrier technology, and the spacecraft they produce lags at least two generations behind our core technology."
"This gap is like the difference between computers from the 90s and today’s computers in terms of appearance, performance, and core technology."
"With the technologies they have mastered, they can also manufacture spacecraft and sustain anti-energy barriers, leveraging the space route for shuttling. But due to the gap in core technology, they need to invest more money, and there is a lack of stability in their technology."
The last sentence was about safety.
It was like the history of Mars exploration; even the most successful missions from M Country have had many ultimately declared failures.
Zhao Yi shared his perspective from a technical stance, but the debates at the meeting raged on. Ultimately, the meeting resulted in a decision—space routes would be opened with restrictions.
