287: Musk diss

Meanwhile, on the international internet, public opinion was buzzing due to Elon Musk's “Starlink marketing.”

Everyone knew.

The reason that old fellow Elon Musk acquired Twitter wasn't for fun, nor was it to block photos of his ex-girlfriend.

Instead, it was to strategically position himself in advance and control the discourse of public opinion.

And so.

The first thing he did after the Starship launch failed was to update his personal status without delay.

He continued to boast about the various advantages of Starlink, as well as the various functions of Tesla cars after connecting to Starlink communication.

In short, he was painting a picture of future possibilities.

Crucially, many brain-dead fans fell for it, watching with great interest.

They exclaimed, “Awesome!”

Because from the perspective of Aerospace technology development, the idea of combining satellites with the Zhi Jia System in the future is indeed very promising.

Therefore, Elon Musk's vision wasn't baseless; it contained some technological substance and garnered many likes.

But at this moment.

A special account also liked this post.

Upon seeing the name of this account.

Many people's eyes widened, and then they all showed expressions of enjoying the gossip.

Because this account name was very conspicuous, and it had been widely known on Twitter during this period.

It was none other than Fenglei's official overseas account!

As the proportion of export orders increased month by month.

Fenglei also gained a large number of followers overseas, with nearly ten million followers.

Due to the fact that Fenglei's overseas sub-factories had not yet been built, production capacity was tight, which led to a situation of supply falling short of demand.

At the same time, many scalpers emerged, specializing in reselling Fenglei's cars.

Gradually, Fenglei became a rare luxury brand overseas.

It seized a significant portion of the market from many Top Ten Luxury Cars brands.

After Ren Yi finished the press conference, he also heard the news of the Starship launch.

Out of curiosity, he prepared to see what tricks that old fellow Elon Musk could come up with.

He wanted to see how much real capability the Starlink and Mars plans, which he constantly hyped, truly had, and whether they could compare to the 'Tian Ting Star Chain Technology' extracted from the system.

However, after watching the video of Starship from takeoff to explosion.

Ren Yi was left speechless.

He found that.

Neither the spacex starship nor the Starlink System were on the same level as the technology he had extracted.

According to the system's introduction.

If the entire rocket body were constructed entirely from Super Carbon Alloy, then with its abnormal strength, there would absolutely be no situation of power loss and subsequent disintegration and explosion after takeoff.

That old fellow Elon Musk used stainless steel for the entire body to save costs, which is completely illogical.

Elon Musk claimed that his stainless steel was not ordinary stainless steel, but rather treated with special processes, making its hardness and toughness far superior to ordinary stainless steel.

But stainless steel is stainless steel after all; no matter how fancy the manufacturing process, its physical properties are inherent, and it's simply not in the same league as specialized Aerospace materials.

Not to mention Fenglei's Super Carbon Alloy; its compressive strength and high-temperature resistance are absolutely worlds apart.

A light-lift rocket like the Falcon 9 is one thing, but the spacex starship weighs over 5,000 tons.

Coupled with high-speed flight, the pressure multiplies, and stainless steel simply cannot withstand such immense power.

Furthermore.

The system's accompanying “rocket recovery technology” is also more advanced than Elon Musk's; it can achieve 100% recovery of the first stage rocket, whether on land or at sea.

Factoring in wear and tear, internal part replacement, and metal fatigue, reusing it one or two hundred times is not an issue.

Immediately after.

Ren Yi opened Twitter, preparing to see how foreign netizens viewed the failure of the spacex starship launch.

Unexpectedly.

As soon as he clicked on Elon Musk's personal account, he saw that old fellow Elon Musk was relentlessly dissing Fenglei.

Moreover, he arrogantly declared that the next Starlink launch would definitely succeed in takeoff and recovery.

This made Ren Yi laugh out loud.

Based on the pattern of this in-flight disintegration, he concluded that the behemoth spacex starship would likely struggle to achieve successful orbital insertion and recovery in at least the next five launches.

These words were only good for deceiving uninformed stock market investors and general investors.

For Ren Yi, who possessed more advanced rocket launch and recovery technology, it was like showing off before an expert.

However.

Regarding that old fellow Elon Musk's description of the “global Starlink plan” and “Tesla cars interconnected with Starlink” to achieve more efficient L4-level autonomous driving technology.

Ren Yi felt that this idea was quite forward-thinking.

After L3-level autonomous driving, the challenges limiting “autonomous driving” are no longer chip precision and algorithms.

Instead, they lie in the system's ability to promptly analyze and judge in complex road conditions, terrain changes, and certain unpredictable emergencies, and to help the car owner make the most correct decision with the least cost.

Therefore, industry experts speculate that to truly achieve “L4-level autonomous driving” and even higher-level “L5 fully autonomous driving” in the future, it will still rely on a “vehicle-road collaborative system.”

This means implementing comprehensive vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-road dynamic real-time information exchange using advanced wireless communication and next-generation internet technologies within the road infrastructure.

And based on all-time and space dynamic traffic information collection and fusion, carrying out active vehicle safety control and road collaborative management.

Fully realizing effective coordination between people, vehicles, and roads, ensuring traffic safety, improving traffic efficiency, and thus forming a safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly road traffic system.

However, the biggest drawback of this concept is that achieving an efficient and rapid network environment on all roads is completely impossible, even a fanciful idea.

Unless signal base stations can be set up every 1-3 kilometers along both sides of the roads.

The basic cost for this is too high, and considering that certain road sections would require reconstruction, the overall cost of implementation would be prohibitive, even for a country to bear.

Not to mention, it would also require integrating communication operators, car manufacturers, Zhi Jia System developers, etc., to jointly establish standards.

If it were to be exported globally, then global standards would need to be unified, making a “vehicle-road collaborative system” almost impossible.

If it can't even be implemented domestically, let alone globally.

But now.

However, if the “Tian Ting Star Chain System” takes the lead, then this concept is no longer an empty talk.

Once the deployment is complete, it will not only cover the entire globe with 5G networks but also achieve sub-millisecond GPS positioning for cars, providing nearly lag-free network connectivity.

It will help cars scan road information in real-time and simulate road scenarios in advance.

The coverage of a single “communication satellite” is limited, but with the launch of tens of thousands of “communication satellites” to form a “Starlink network” orbiting the Earth in synchronous orbit, complete global coverage will no longer be a dream.

By then.

Even in the North and South Poles, the Sahara Desert, or even inside the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, 5G signals will be receivable, enabling global autonomous driving.

Therefore.

Ren Yi moved his finger and liked Elon Musk's personal post.

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