Chapter 1391: Chapter 662: Does This Count as Expanding the Territory?_2

Therefore, Yixing's space exploration program could also be regarded as a domestic endeavor, where all technology and mission processes were fully disclosed to the higher-ups, with the distinction being that Yixing operated on market-driven mechanisms.

This had significant advantages.

Companies working under the market-driven mechanisms funded their projects with their own money, allowing domestic entities not to spend a penny while still completing highly challenging aerospace missions.

By contrast, every mission undertaken by the Aerospace Bureau required substantial expenditure, all of which was funded by taxpayers' money.

One entailed no expenses and even yielded certain tax revenues.

The other, massive spending with no financial return whatsoever.

Choosing blindly between the two, one knew which option to pick, and precisely for that reason, Yixing's space exploration program faced no restrictions and even received absolute support.