Not long ago, a private rocket company in Henan Province accidentally fell while testing a commercial rocket, and because the relevant parties wisely organized the evacuation of personnel in advance, there were no casualties in this incident. As the saying goes, victory and defeat are common in soldiers, and the rocket itself is a very sophisticated high-tech equipment, and it is not surprising that sometimes there will inevitably be some mistakes. When many friends see this news, it is very likely that they will have such a question, is there still a private rocket company in the mainland?
Although aerospace engineering is generally a state action due to its huge investment and long output cycle. However, with the advancement of technology, more and more private aerospace companies have sprung up. In fact, it is not uncommon for private rocket companies and space companies to be found in the world, such as SpaceX in the United States, Bezos's Blue Origin, Branson's Virgin Orbit, etc. As a major aerospace country in the world, the continent's aerospace technology is among the best in the world, so it is not surprising that there are some private airlines in the continent. So, we can't help but ask, what kind of way do these private aerospace companies generally operate, and what kind of business do they use to make profits?
In fact, there are still many ways for private rocket companies to make profits. For example, the most familiar thing is that you can develop space tourism, that is, take tourists to space for sightseeing tours by charging fees. Space tourism has actually developed abroad, such as the private space travel launched by the Dutch commercial aerospace company SXC, which costs nearly $100,000 per trip, and the spacecraft is said to fly in low-Earth orbit, in other words, "not very high". And if you take a real space trip on the American Soyuz series of spacecraft, then the ticket price is about $20 million each. At present, it is reported that the tourist spacecraft of a private rocket company in the mainland has been tested unmanned, and it is very likely that a commercial space travel project will be launched soon.
The second is data sharing and sales. Private rocket companies can use their own rockets to collect relevant space data and provide satellite communication services, which can be leased or sold, and can also make a profit. In addition, rocket companies can also cooperate with some scientific research institutions or universities to jointly develop space scientific research projects.
On the whole, although the private rocket companies in the mainland are still in their infancy, but the prospects are very broad, and the ceiling of development is also quite high, just a small accident, can not stop the development of the mainland's private rocket industry at all, let us look forward to the mainland's private rocket companies can continue to make vigorous progress and contribute to the mainland's aerospace industry.