Great Country Academician

In spaceflight, Huaguo's strength is not strong, this is a fact.

Although the development has been quite rapid in recent years, it is not weaker than Western countries such as the United States in terms of small payload launch vehicle technology, and has also launched its own lunar exploration project, space station project and other projects.

But compared to the late 1960s, when the United States had the ability to send astronauts to the moon, the gap is still quite large.

After all, according to this calculation, their current aerospace technology is not as good as that of the United States in the 1960s.

Under such circumstances, it is still a bit difficult to make Western countries headed by the United States pay attention to China's space competition and drag the other party into this track.

After all, if you want to fool others, you have to make them believe in you.

Your own strength lies here. Unless you can directly prove yourself by sending astronauts to the moon, others may not pay attention to you.

Of course, for China, it is still possible to restart the space race, drag the United States into this field, and delay the other party's progress in developing nuclear fusion.

After all, the size of the country lies here.

In addition, the first-generation DT controllable nuclear fusion technology has been realized, and the second-generation and third-generation controllable nuclear fusion require helium III, which is no less precious than tritium gas, and it is almost impossible to synthesize it by artificial means.

However, there is very little helium-3 on the earth, and the moon is very rich. In the name of developing the second-generation controllable nuclear fusion to start the space race, the United States will keep up with it.

If there is another scholar with strong academic prestige to support aerospace engineering at this time, such as him, if he directly serves as the chief designer of the lunar exploration project, the United States will probably panic.

After all, in the field of controllable nuclear fusion at the beginning, they did not pay attention to it, which caused their own progress to fall seriously behind.

No one dares to bet on the same thing again.

However, for Xu Chuan, although this kind of thing sounds very interesting, it runs counter to his scientific philosophy that has always been firm in his heart, and creates a great conflict.

No matter in his previous life or in this life, he has always followed what a scholar and a scientific researcher should do to do things and learn.

For a scholar, if the goal is no longer to pursue the truth, then the person is practically useless.

At least on the academic path, it is almost difficult to make progress in the future.

And to be honest, in his opinion, the goals mentioned by Wen Yuanhang are really not fooling around.

After all, he really wants to do manned spaceflight, manned moon landing and other projects.

Like the transformation of Mars that he talked with the old man before, that's called... Heck, that's called talking about ideals and dreams.

As for projects such as manned spaceflight, lunar exploration, and fire landing, if he uses this as a fool, if he succeeds in doing it, this strategic fool will not directly turn into a strategic panic.

After thinking for a while, Xu Chuan said: "To be honest, I am very optimistic about the development of the aerospace industry. But if you need me to stand up and publish some papers and opinions that fool others, I'm afraid I can't do such a thing. .”

After a pause, he looked at Wen Yuanhang and continued: "And in my opinion, it's not foolish at all to put people on the moon, land on fire, and build bases on the moon and Mars."

"If you really want to fool around, wouldn't mass catapults, space elevators, and the Nantianmen project be more fooling people? For example, mass catapults, which directly use large electromagnetic ejection devices to throw spacecraft into the sky."

On the opposite side, listening to Xu Chuan's words, Wen Yuanhang silently took out a note pad from his pocket, and recorded the mass catapult, sky elevator and other plans that Xu Chuan said.

Seeing Wen Yuanhang who was taking notes, Xu Chuan was slightly stunned, stopped what he was saying and asked, "Why are you memorizing this?"

Wen Yuanhang coughed lightly and replied: "Hey, I think what Academician Xu said makes sense, so I will write it down first, and study it later."

After a slight pause, he asked curiously: "By the way, Academician Xu, I know about mass catapults and space elevators, but what kind of technology is this Nantianmen Project?"

The corner of Xu Chuan's mouth twitched, and after thinking about it, he explained: "This is not a technology, but a sci-fi IP made by a certain cultural communication company. You can search it on Baidu to find out."

Hearing this, Wen Yuanhang quickly took out his mobile phone and searched.

After watching for a while, he suddenly raised his head, looked at Xu Chuan with a trace of excitement, and asked, "Academician Xu, I want to ask, is it possible for this Nantianmen plan to be realized?"

Hearing this, Xu Chuan was immediately stunned.

No, I asked you to use this to 'strategically' fool others, why did you get fooled first?

The so-called simplicity of the road means that to deceive others, you must first convince yourself that you can do it?

But how is this possible.

Although the key energy controllable nuclear fusion technology in that thing has been realized, it can't be produced at all, okay?

Because there is currently no material that can support such a large-volume and heavy space carrier into the sky.

After a mothership of this size is built with the current materials, it can be said that as long as it dares to appear in the atmosphere, it is destined to be torn apart by gravity.

And regardless of the material, there is no engine that can provide such a large thrust.

Although theoretically speaking, it is indeed possible to realize it in outer space.

After all, in the absence of gravity in a vacuum, it doesn't matter how big the spacecraft is.

But such a plan is simply not necessary at present.

The construction of such a super-large spacecraft is a super complicated process. Today, it takes several years for an aircraft carrier of several hundred meters, and it is under the condition that all kinds of technical equipment are complete.

And such a super space carrier is not a simple accumulation of materials, but a complex system. It takes several years or even ten years to design it.

If it is to deter other countries and spend a lot of time, manpower and material resources to build such a mothership, it can only be said that it is completely unworthy and unnecessary at present. It is better to have a few fusion-powered aircraft carriers.

Perhaps after he completes the observation and utilization of gravitons in the future, he may still need a spacecraft of this level to travel to other galaxies.

Of course, using this kind of thing to fool people is indeed a very good choice.

After all, in theory it does work.

And once it is done, the deterrent effect is huge.

Seeing what Xu Chuan said, Wen Yuanhang didn't ask any more.

It has to be said that the Nantianmen plan he found from the Internet is indeed very tempting.

And most importantly, they have solved the controllable nuclear fusion technology!

If such a space carrier can be built, the world is so big, where can't it go?

With such a space carrier, all aircraft carriers can be decommissioned.

Feeling slightly regretful, Wen Yuanhang returned to the topic, looked at Xu Chuan and asked, "If Academician Xu is inconvenient for you to be the chief designer of the manned spaceflight and moon landing project, do you have a recommended candidate or a plan? "

Hearing this, Xu Chuan thought for a while, and said, "I suggest that I have one, but I don't know if it's suitable or not."

"You say."

Xu Chuan thought about it for a while, and said, "Currently, the manned spaceflight and lunar exploration projects are under the direct jurisdiction of the State Council due to some strategic factors. I suggest a cooperative approach, through Xinghai Research Institute and Science and Technology Let’s do it together.”

"As for the chief designer, people from the science and technology department will be in charge. The Xinghai Research Institute will provide technical support, and it can be done in this way."

Wen Yuanhang nodded after recording this sentence, and said, "I will report your opinion in time."

After a slight pause, he continued: "In addition, on the 25th of this month, that is, a week later, there will be a discussion meeting on manned spaceflight and lunar exploration projects in the capital."

"The address is on the campus of Shuimu University. This is your invitation letter."

With that said, Wen Yuanhang took out an invitation letter from his pocket and handed it to Xu Chuan, and continued: "This year's exchange meeting will not only have people from academia and government, but also from the industry and even the business world." Many companies have received invitations."

Smiling, he continued: "If academician Xu is interested, you can go over and have a look, and by the way, support the discussion meeting."

"At the exchange meeting, the science and technology department will announce some news that is beneficial to aerospace engineering, as well as policies to encourage private companies to enter the aerospace field."

"Although the nature of our Xinghai Research Institute is quite special, it is also included in these policies."

Hearing this, Xu Chuan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take a look when I have time."

To be honest, if it was a purely internal meeting, only academics and government officials participated, he really had no interest.

Now in China, even if his proposal is not put forward through such a large-scale exchange meeting, it can still win the support of high-level officials.

As for going to this kind of discussion meeting to make contacts or something, it is even less necessary for him.

However, he was still a little curious about information about the business world and industry.

Judging from the meaning of these words, the country seems to be preparing to vigorously promote and encourage private enterprises to participate in building a commercial aerospace industry chain.

This is a good thing. After all, Huaguo's aerospace industry was almost all controlled by the state in the past.

There are also private commercial rocket companies abroad such as SpaceX, Orbital Science, and Blue Origin. But in China, in the field of aerospace, private enterprises can hardly develop at all, just like the previous controllable nuclear fusion.

This is actually a good thing for Xinghai Research Institute, a research institution with a special nature.

Aside from the scientific research funds allocated above, the Xinghai Research Institute also needs additional income to maintain research.

Such things as funds cannot always rely on appropriation from above, and it is also necessary to find ways to increase income by yourself.

The income in the aerospace field is undoubtedly quite suitable.

After all, there are not many domestic companies that are capable of doing this kind of business. If Xinghai Research Institute can make an aerospace electromagnetic propulsion system, it will definitely get most of the aerospace-related orders in China and even in the world.

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