Chapter 935 - The Livid Bolden (1/2)
What The F*CK!
“Musk! That bastard!”
Bolden slammed the file on the table, and collapsed into his chair. His heavy breathing sounded like he was about to spurt fire.
As the director of NASA, he always favored SpaceX as a representative of private aerospace companies in the UA. Whenever a good project appeared, he always thought of the company. However, Musk just now told him that they outsourced the supply mission of the International Space Station to Celestial Trade.
What the fu*k!
How dare they, how can they do this!
Traitor, this is betrayal!
Other staff members in the office were all silent. Even Bolden’s assistant sped up when he passed by his desk. Everyone knew why this grumpy old man was angry. SpaceX actually outsourced the supply mission.
The space market was a highly fragmented market. In general, even if the launch price of SpaceX was low, Hua and Russia didn’t give their launch projects to SpaceX. The market of each country consisted of a maximum of 10-30 launch missions a year. It was already difficult to feed the domestic aerospace companies, who would outsource their projects to other countries?
Russia’s outsourcing of supply missions to Celestial Trade was an exception, on the one hand because of Russia’s own economic situation, and on the other hand because Jiang Chen promised to sell the RM-320 rocket engine… Although the RM-320 was eliminated by Celestial Trade, Jiang Chen did fulfill the commitment of the contract.
But in the UA, such exception would never exist.
What made Bolden angry was that he once touted the Falcons 10 rocket in front of the president and praised as “a technology masterpiece that will down in history”, “the rocket that will change the future of mankind”, “the hope of the UA”, etc. The titles were given to a project that had yet to produce results.
However, Musk now told him – “Sorry, our Falcon 10 rocket development is now cancelled.”
Oh! God! I will definitely be the laughing stock of the Capital!
Just as Bolden was fuming, his assistant anxiously walked over and articulated quickly. “Musk is outside. He said that he wants to see you.”
Bolden’s eyebrows raised and he forced down his rage. After he calmed himself down, he said to his assistant, “Let him come in.”
“Yes…” The assistant nodded and quickly left.
He knew that his boss was at the brink of explosion. The reason why he didn’t roar out was nothing but the silence before the storm.
Soon, the office door was pushed open and a man in a coat came in.
Bolden made a scoffing sound and his penetrative sight fixated on the person that just entered the room.
“I was looking for you, but you came yourself.”
Musk coughed, then said, “Let me explain…”
“Explain to the Capital,” Bolden said. “You have outsourced a subsidized project to a foreign company. Are you that desperate to make money?!”
“Of course I’ll explain to the Capital, in fact, I am already preparing the materials for the hearing.”
If he didn’t prepare a reasonable explanation, the misers at Budget Committee would probably directly send him from the congressional hearing to the Federal Court.
After a pause, Musk continued without pressure, “I have to clarify, even if I just outsourced the launch mission to Celestial Trade, the supply work is still completed by us.”