Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

After the previous chat about the source of 026 materials,

It has no impact on the research on room temperature superconducting materials.

Regardless of whether the 026 material originates from tens of thousands of light-years or hundreds of thousands of light-years away,

For humans on earth, it is basically something other than destiny, and there is no need to consider it.

Qiusuo Research Institute currently has two research lines on superconducting materials.

Whether it is exploring the synthesis route of 026 material, or Mo Dao's theoretical research on the nature of room temperature superconductivity of 027 material.

It's still extremely difficult.

The search for synthetic routes is extremely complex. Mo Dao's theoretical research on the nature of superconductivity is simply difficult.

Currently, no complete theoretical synthesis route can be found for the former.

Normally, the 026 composite material cannot be synthesized in one step. There must be an intermediate compound before it.

And this is an intermediate compound that we encountered by working backwards from 026.

The materials research team at Qiusuo Research Institute has not yet fully determined what its composition should be.

The research on synthetic routes basically starts here, and is divided into many research routes.

But no matter which direction the research path is under the synthetic route, it has not been successful.

As for Mo Dao, it is simply necessary for Mo Dao to build a complete and fact-based superconducting theoretical system from scratch.

The difficulty of this matter will inevitably lead to it taking a long time.

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29 years.

Qiusuo Research Institute’s research on materials 026,027 can still be said to have yielded nothing.

The synthesis of 026 materials is still stuck in the first step. The intermediate compound of the 026 material is still not determined.

Based on the 027 material, there is no clue about the nature of room temperature superconductivity.

Used for 027 material synthesis and experimental consumption,

Of the total of more than 900 grams of 026 material, less than 800 grams were left.

In the research of synthesis paths, Qiusuo Research Institute has invested a huge amount of resources, both in terms of people and objects.

In terms of theoretical research, it is basically focused on Mo Dao himself, but the energy Mo Dao invested is itself a huge resource.

Researchers in the materials research team occasionally feel emotionally depressed.

This can be regarded as the biggest setback Qiusuo Research Institute has encountered since its establishment.

It’s not about how long the research lasts, but that the research always has no clue, no changes, and always wanders in the same place.

Previously, even the research on controllable nuclear fusion, under the auspices of Mo Dao, although the participating teams felt difficulties, lasted longer than this.

But all the participating researchers can clearly feel that their work is moving forward.

Now, the work of the materials research team does not feel that way.

If the progress of research work is a progress bar, reaching 100% is considered a success.

Now, for the researchers in the materials research team, just two years ago, the progress was zero, and one year ago, the progress was still zero.

And now, another year has passed, and the progress is still at zero.

but,

For Mo Dao, this is not bad.

It must be painful to feel stuck on a difficult issue.

But this kind of pain has no impact on Mo Dao.

He also went through longer reflections.

He is just relatively calm, facing his daily research,

Not that impatient, but not stopping either.

For thinking about superconductivity theory, the key has not been found, but the breadth and depth of thinking have been increasing.

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also,

In addition to research on room temperature superconducting materials,

The other work of Qiusuo Research Institute has not stopped.

Although research investment in electric propulsion methods has been strengthened,

Let the technology of electric propulsion catch up to the upper limit of electric propulsion technology as soon as possible before Mo Dao passed away in the previous life.

However, the research on traditional chemical rockets has not stopped.

First, judging from the performance of chemical rockets in the previous generation,

The current chemical rocket is far from reaching its upper limit.

Second, in this era, chemical rockets are far from being eliminated.

In between materials research,

Modao occasionally directly participates in and leads the research work of the chemical rocket team in the aerospace field team.

In September of the same year.

The Qiusuo Research Institute is in a new round of routine launch missions to send astronauts to the lunar surface base for rotation.

The new Yuanhang-4 rocket was used to replace the previous Yuanhang-3b rocket as the vehicle for the lunar landing spacecraft.

Many aerospace enthusiasts noticed the naming of Yuanhang 4 and probably guessed that this should be a major update.

In fact, Qiusuo Research Institute did not disappoint these people.

In this launch mission, not only the rocket, but also the moon landing spacecraft was adjusted according to the size of the rocket.

A real ‘behemoth’ in the rocket field was born.

It is still a three-stage rocket with a total of eight boosters bound to it.

It uses a further improved new fuel and a re-optimized internal power structure.

The most exaggerated thing is of course its size.

Under its exaggerated size, the Yuanhang-3 rocket, which was already a behemoth, looked like it had not grown up in front of it.

Its take-off weight reached an astonishing 3,500 liters, and its lunar carrying capacity exceeded 100 liters.

Although it has not yet reached the peak of chemical rockets in the previous life.

But at this point in time,

it is definitely a spectacle.

When this behemoth rose from the ground and into the sky,

all the tourists watching from a distance on the scene were shocked and speechless.

That was the most intuitive manifestation of power and technology.

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In addition,

the two main projects of the Quest Research Institute have not stopped.

The first is to continue to expand the lunar base and increase the number of personnel stationed on the moon.

When the Yuanhang 4 was launched for the first time, a total of 60 astronauts were carried and sent to the lunar base.

When the Yuanhang 4 rocket and spacecraft combination was launched for the second time, a full-load attempt was made, and a total of more than 80 astronauts were sent to the moon at one time.

However, the mission of the lunar base is no longer limited to scientific research tasks.

According to the development direction of the lunar base required by Mo Dao.

At the same time, the lunar base has begun to prepare for the mining of helium 3 and other minerals on the lunar surface.

In addition to sending people up, the launch mission of the Qiusuo Institute has also continuously launched a lot of new cabins and related lunar mechanical equipment.

Whether it is the lunar surface or the space platform in the geosynchronous orbit,

it is also continuing to expand, which can be used regardless of whether the future aerospace is mainly electric propulsion or chemical rockets.

Of course,

At the same time,

even if the official aids the Qiusuo Institute a lot of money every year for these two projects,

the Qiusuo Institute still consumes huge amounts of funds every year, which can be called exaggerated.

From the perspective of these two super projects themselves, these two projects currently have basically no income.

It is like a gold-eating beast, swallowing up the huge funds of the Qiusuo Institute.

The main reason for the current support is the equally huge income from controlled nuclear fusion.

In this year.

The deuterium-tritium controlled nuclear fusion technology and the controlled nuclear fusion commercial reactor construction technology realized by the Qiusuo Institute have gradually covered most of the large and medium-sized cities in China.

In the power grid, the power provided by controlled nuclear fusion has exceeded more than 70%.