Great Country Academician

Moon, South Pole.

In the Aitken Basin, four experimenters installed the "small fully automated mining machine" that was dragged over.

Yang Deng, the team leader responsible for the lunar surface automated mining experiment test, was also the engineer who participated in the development and design of the device. He skillfully operated the equipment.

Next to the crawler roller device, four structures similar to the support legs of the crane slowly extended out.

However, it is slightly different from the pillars of the crane. The support legs on the earth are flat on the ground to bear the weight and help the crane stabilize its posture.

On the moon, although these four pillars are also used to stabilize the posture of the equipment, the difference is that it will spirally drill into the soil and rocks on the surface of the moon to assist in stabilizing the equipment.

After all, on the moon, the gravity is only one-sixth of that on the earth.

Equipment such as mining machines will produce large vibrations during operation. If they are not fixed, in a low-gravity environment, it is easy to cause the mining machine to have position deviations during operation.

Of course, if it is a large-scale mining equipment, that kind of heavy excavation equipment weighing tens or hundreds of tons or even heavier, such a fixing method can be omitted.

After all, the gravity on the moon is only low, not without gravity.

But this small automatic mining machine used for testing needs an "anchor point" to firmly fix it on the ground.

After waiting for a while, the four fixed pillars had drilled into the moon rock.

Then, the drill bit at the bottom of the mining machine began to slowly lower its height under the control of the automatic program.

When the drill bit sensed the rock on the ground, the green signal light on the top of the automatic mining device lit up, as if confirming it.

Immediately afterwards, the rotating drill bit started working, and the surface moon dust in contact with it was carried around. Under the moon soil, pieces of titanium-rich ore were cut into pieces by the rotating drill bit, and were transferred to the discharge port behind the mining machine as the drill bit moved.

This mining machine is strictly speaking only a part of a complete set of fully automated mining equipment.

Because in the design, after the large-scale fully automatic mining machine mines the minerals, these broken ores will be automatically transported to the factory through the crawler.

The automated smelting plant will send these ores to smelting, and then smelt them into high-purity titanium bricks.

If necessary, in the smelting plant, these smelted titanium bricks can also be processed into any shape you need.

Of course, it can also be smelted into corresponding alloys with other metals.

But now, it must be done to this extent for the time being.

At least, before the supporting mining equipment and smelting plant are established, what they have to do is to conduct as many experimental tests as possible on the device in front of them.

While various scientific research experiments are being carried out on the moon, the United States, far away on the other side of the earth.

In the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, two mathematics professors are sitting in the cafe on the first floor of the Institute for Advanced Study, enjoying afternoon tea and desserts while chatting.

At the same time, the LCD TV hanging on the wall of the cafe is also playing the noon news.

China officially announced that the lunar biosphere project is about to start, and biologists from all over the world have taken the initiative to rush to the Xinghai Research Institute.

In the past two days, almost all the famous TV stations or media have reported on this matter.

Whether it is on the Internet or in reality, it has caused a lot of noise.

There is no doubt that building a biosphere on the moon has attracted everyone's attention.

Whether it is politicians from various countries, scholars in the academic world, or ordinary civilians, they are all looking forward to and discussing this matter.

Nothing else.

Moon, biosphere project, immigration, interstellar era. Any of these words is attractive enough, let alone their combination?

Human curiosity drives action. I am afraid that no one will not yearn for the sea of ​​stars.

And for the moon, a treasure hanging over the heads of mankind, human civilization can be said to have coveted it for a long time.

From ancient myths, to the observation of the moon in the technological age, to manned lunar landings, all of them show human curiosity and covetousness for the moon.

But to this day, the maximum extent of human exploration of the moon is to send astronauts to the moon.

Most of the exploration and development in other areas remain on paper.

Whether it is the "Artemis Project" of the United States, the "Moon Project" of Tsarist Russia, or the "Dual Track Lunar Exploration Project" of the European Union, it can be said that most of them are still just a "plan" and have not really started, or in other words, they have only invested a very small part of the funds and resources.

However, among all the countries in the world, there is an exception.

That big country located in the east of Asia, from the Chang'e lunar exploration project, to the manned moon landing of the Xinghai space shuttle, to the lunar biosphere project announced today.

They are as steady and fast as a machine, step by step towards the goal they once set, and achieve it.

In just over a decade, from the past when even spacecraft could not be sent to the moon, to the present when they unite the world and lead the lunar biosphere project.

The whole world is witnessing how terrifying the other party's development speed in the field of aerospace is.

Since the other party officially announced this two days ago, almost the entire Internet has been discussing this matter!

Not only on the Internet, but also in real life.

Even in colleges and research institutes like Princeton, which are not well-known in the fields of biology and aerospace, there are people everywhere discussing news related to the lunar biosphere project.

If the United States once built Biosphere 2 in Arizona, it was just an experimental simulation on earth to verify whether other planets are suitable for human habitation.

Then the country on the other side of the Pacific is so crazy that it directly moved this project to the moon.

Not to mention the difficulty of building such a biosphere project on the moon, the broad prospects behind this super project are enough to make the whole world crazy about it.

If the lunar biosphere project progresses smoothly, does it mean that humans can start an alien immigration project?

Even if this is put aside, its construction can bring unlimited scientific exploration possibilities to mankind.

On such a base, scientists can conduct various experiments and observations to explore the mysteries of the universe.

They can study the moon's geological structure, atmospheric composition, and even search for signs of extraterrestrial life.

The construction of the lunar biosphere project will also bring new resources and energy supply points to the earth.

Whether it is the rare helium III resources on the earth, or other abundant resources such as titanium, aluminum, lithium, iron, rare earth elements, etc.

All will greatly alleviate competition for resources on the earth.

Of course, the premise is that you can get this ‘ticket’ for the new era.

Yes, the lunar biosphere project is the ticket to the new era. Its construction and development will provide extremely important experience and data for the future interstellar era.

Watching the news broadcast on the LCD TV, Professor Fefferman, who is the chairman of the Princeton Mathematics Department and a tenured professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, suddenly spoke.

"He really can't take any time off."

Across the coffee table, Professor Pierre Deligne took a sip of coffee and said calmly: "It's normal, he has always had this character."

Fefferman didn't need to explain, he knew who the 'he' the other party was referring to was referring to.

Fefferman smiled and said with emotion: "It's good to be young and to be able to do things."

He also liked to toss when he was young, or in other words, every genius loves to toss when he is young.

However, it is still very rare for scholars to be able to work among different scholars across fields.

Looking at the news related to the lunar biosphere project, Fefferman suddenly remembered another thing and looked at Deligne curiously: "By the way, speaking of, how is the verification work on the unified theory of strong electricity going? ?”

Deligne shook his head and said, "Not sure."

He really didn't pay much attention to the news in this area. The last piece of information he knew was the last verification work on the coupling prediction constant about the breaking of strong electric symmetry.

Opposite me, Fefferman said with a joking smile: "You are one of the authors of the unified theory of strong electricity. Don't you even care about this?"

Deligne raised his head, glanced at him without any emotion, and said nothing.

Fefferman shrugged and said, "It's really boring. This is a Nobel Prize-level achievement. Are you not interested in the Nobel Prize either?"

Hearing the Nobel Prize, Deligne's eyes flashed with excitement.

As the highest award in current academic circles, at least in the field of basic science, the Nobel Prize can be said to be the award that any scholar looks forward to.

He is no exception and definitely yearns for the Nobel Prize.

As a mathematician, it is more difficult to win the Nobel Prize than for scholars in other fields.

After all, it is almost impossible for most mathematicians to make huge contributions in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, etc.

Even if there is no distinction between mathematics and physics, there are still only a few scholars who can use mathematical tools to solve physical problems.

To be honest, it is rare to find a scholar like his student who can blossom in different fields in a hundred years.

Even Einstein only reached the pinnacle of physics.

When it comes to mathematics and physics, Newton is the real ancestor.

Maybe in a few decades, his student will become a scholar comparable to Newton?

Suddenly, an idea suddenly appeared in Deligne's mind and he couldn't get rid of it.

A week is not long.

Before the International Lunar Biosphere Engineering Symposium officially started, Xu Chuan took the high-speed train to Beijing.

He originally wanted to hold this seminar in Jinling.

The reason is also very simple. On the one hand, this is a project led by Xinghai Research Institute, so it is suitable to put it here. On the other hand, he does not want to go elsewhere because it is too troublesome.

But in the end, under the persuasion of the organization leader, the meeting was finally held in the Beijing City Hall.

After all, this meeting is of great importance to China and will affect the country's plans for the next century. It is an international summit with both political and scientific significance.

Not to mention other things, at this International Lunar Biosphere Engineering Symposium, there were more than 400 experts from the fields of biology, aerospace, and engineering, as well as senior leaders from various countries participating in the project.

The total number of other participants, scholars, and political figures from various countries was in the thousands.

For such an important meeting, it is a bit far-fetched for Xinghai Research Institute to take the lead.

Therefore, after the final implementation, the venue was moved to the Great Hall of the Capital City.

The person responsible for this meeting was the organization + diplomacy departments who joined forces to coordinate the work.

After all, among the guests who came this time, in addition to scholars, there are also many senior leaders from various countries.

There are six hotels prepared for the guests attending this meeting.

In order to ensure smooth traffic during the meeting, some main roads leading to the conference hall are subject to traffic control during the meeting.

The reason why this meeting is so important is naturally because of the broad prospects and important political significance behind the lunar biosphere project.

It represents not only a biosphere experiment, but also a springboard for mankind to go to deep space.

It is no exaggeration to say that if China can promote the world to join the lunar biosphere project, then in the future era of space development, they can also take the lead and guide the development of the entire era.

The International Lunar Biosphere Project Seminar is three days later. The reason why Xu Chuan came early this time, in addition to the meeting, there is another thing.

After taking Xu Xiao from Jinling to Beijing and checking into the familiar Beihai Hotel, Xu Xiao started to yell.

"Brother, when are we going to Beihang?"

Xu Chuan glanced at her and said helplessly: "Why are you in such a hurry? There is plenty of time. It's already this time today. It won't be too late to go tomorrow."

The reason why he came three days in advance this time was to help Xu Xiao get in touch with Beihang University.

Some people may feel strange when they hear the name. When did Beihang get involved with the virtual reality technology that Xu Xiao was studying? Even if they wanted to find research, shouldn't they go to her alma mater Shuimu University?

After all, Shuimu University's brain-computer interface technology is the No. 1 in China.

And Beihang University is not ranked in biology at all, and it is not even in the top 15 in China.

However, although Beihang's biology major is not good, it has a discipline that ranks first in China.

It's not aerospace, nor aviation, but robotics!

That's right, in the field of robotics, Beihang ranks first in China.

And the starting point of Xu Xiao's research on virtual reality technology is 'human-computer interaction technology' and 'biological electrode chip'.

Both of these two areas are inseparable from robotics technology.

Especially after initially taking over the Neuralink brain-computer interface company, Xu Xiao plans to start research from the "human-computer interaction technology".

Simply put, it is to control the robot arm through the "bio-electrode chip".

This is one of the application areas of virtual reality technology, more inclined to the biomedical field, and also a research that plans good news for those disabled people.

Although this girl looks a little naughty and mischievous at ordinary times, Xu Chuan definitely supports these studies.

If it is really possible to control the robot arm or robot leg through the "bio-electrode chip", it will definitely be a blessing for countless disabled people across the country and even the world.

So he chose to help this sister and took her to Beihang University to see if he could work with Beihang University to study this field together.