Use wechat to scan QR code < / P > < p > to share with friends and circle of friends < / P > < p > < / P > < p > Elon · < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E9%A9%AC%E6%96%AF%E5%85%8B "> space exploration technologies led by Elon Musk < a target ="_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=SpaceX "> SpaceX < / a > did not enter the United States in the early years < a target ="_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E4%BA%94%E8%A7%92%E5%A4%A7%E6%A5%BC "> the eye of the Pentagon < / a > high rise. But now, SpaceX has achieved unprecedented success in attracting U.S. military business. SpaceX and the U.S. military have reached agreements in recent months, ranging from launching national security satellites to improving the military's weather forecasting facilities to building a new generation of small spacecraft for tracking enemy missiles. < / P > < p > SpaceX also demonstrated communication link technology in collaboration with the U.S. Air Force and the army. A few weeks ago, the company signed an agreement with the Pentagon to study the feasibility of using SpaceX to ship goods around the world. The company's engineers envision using the giant deep space craft with built-in rocket engines to ship 80 tons of cargo around the world in a matter of minutes. From the beginning, musk said that his ultimate goal was to colonize Mars in order to provide a safe way for humans to escape from the earth if necessary. But in the process, < b > SpaceX has accumulated about $5 billion of civil launch contracts. < / b > it also won a contract to provide rocket launches and build satellite prototypes for the military, with an estimated total value of $6 billion. In addition, SpaceX and NASA (< a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=NASA "> NASA < / a >) has signed contracts with a total value of more than $9 billion, mainly for the delivery of goods and astronauts to the international space station. < / P > < p > the total is still dwarfed by major defense providers. The company's defense and space business revenue was about $26 billion last year, while Lockheed Martin, the largest U.S. defense contractor, reported revenue of about $21 billion last year. < / b > both companies are also major contractors for major NASA projects, with tens of billions of dollars in funding over the past few years. < / P > < p > (image: musk says his goal is to colonize Mars and provide a necessary condition for humans to escape the earth safely.) Many of SpaceX's contracts depend not only on emerging technologies, but also on future Pentagon decisions, with limited initial revenues. However, as the U.S. Congress and the Pentagon are investing more and more money in a series of space programs, < b > industry officials say that in the next 10 years or so, SpaceX's US military contracts will increase by billions of dollars. The main purpose of the U.S. < p > and the U.S. satellite company's main purpose is to use the rocket effectively. These devices were originally built for civilian and commercial customers in the United States, and NASA remains its largest customer. But according to analysts and industry officials, the company's strategy is to adapt existing systems to new tasks such as tracking space debris, helping defend against hypervelocity missiles, and providing secure communication links. In order to win the trust of the U.S. military, senior industry consultant Roger Rusch said that in order to win the trust of the U.S. military, SpaceX executives "persevered, did their homework, and did everything that needed to be done.". "That persistence has paid off," he said A SpaceX spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment. However, selling business to the top of the U.S. military is very different from negotiating commercial contracts. In civil commercial contracts, SpaceX often has a huge influence because its price is much lower than its competitors. < / b > Keith Volkert, a consultant and a representative of the major satellite operators that have contracted with SpaceX, says Musk's team always likes to tell his corporate customers that they are really just having fun. < / P > < p > "we're not really selling rockets to you," he recalled, recalling that company representatives often said that. "Even if we sell you a bus, you don't have a chance to pick and choose." < / P > < p > in less than 24 years, SpaceX has grown from a few employees working in a warehouse to a large company with facilities in Texas, Florida and Washington with about 8000 employees. Within the U.S. government, SpaceX is known as the most aggressive and successful lobbying group. < / b > < / P > < p > due to lower prices than traditional suppliers, SpaceX has become the largest commercial and civil launch service provider in the United States. But this approach is not suitable for demanding < b > military customers who are < b > more concerned with reliability and strict oversight than with cost, volcott said. As part of the SpaceX "star chain" project, Musk's plan to deploy thousands of small satellites has attracted many private investors. Industry and U.S. military officials say the commercial broadband project could eventually become the basis for military applications. < b > according to Musk's public estimate that it will take at least $30 billion to develop and test new technologies to send humans to Mars, industry officials say, < b > SpaceX is increasingly looking to get more revenue from the U.S. military to help meet the company's growing cash needs. The Pentagon has accepted the launch of a series of U.S. Air Force navigation and intelligence satellites using the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, including the previously controversial recovery and reuse of the first stage booster. < / P > < p > in August, SpaceX won 40% of the Pentagon's launch contracts in the next few years, beating blue origin, founded by Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos. By < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E6%B3%A2%E9%9F%B3%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8 "> the joint launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, won the rest of the mission. But ula executives are increasingly concerned about SpaceX's involvement. Just a few years ago, ula had a near monopoly in launching military payloads. "They're not just an emerging threat now," Ken possenriede, Lockheed Martin's chief financial officer, said in October

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