Chapter 1308 Drawings of Orbital Habitats

When Director Li finally managed to meet Lu Zhou, it was already the evening of the next day.

"You did it simply. You said you didn't see anyone, and you didn't even reply to a message."

Hearing the complaint in this sentence, Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly, but did not give any explanation, just pretended not to hear, and made a gesture of please to the teacup on the coffee table.

"I'm tired after driving such a long distance, let's have a sip of tea first."

Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't intend to reflect on it at all, Director Li lost his temper for a while, and said with a sigh.

"I'm not talking about you. For such a big matter, you just left without saying a word. Isn't it unreasonable? Of course, I didn't come here to blame you, I just wanted to tell you, Now the whole world is waiting for you to come out and say something, even if it's just a few casual words, you can't refuse such a small matter, right?"

Lu Zhou: "Senior Brother Luo has already said what should be said. I have watched the video of him giving a report, and he said it very well. Even if I am asked to go, it is just repeating his point of view, and the meaning is not particularly great."

"Professor Luo is Professor Luo, why don't you understand, what everyone wants to hear is your voice, not his or others'."

Can this thing make any difference?

Looking at Director Li with a sincere face, Lu Zhou couldn't say anything, so he sighed lightly and said.

"What do you want to know?"

Director Li immediately said: "How much possibility is it possible to achieve faster-than-light travel through hyperspace technology? If it is feasible, how long will it take to achieve it?"

After taking a sip of the coffee on the table, Lu Zhou said after thinking for a while.

"Using hyperspace technology to realize the voyage across the star system is a very promising direction. My intuition tells me that this road can probably be passed. However, if this direction is to become a reality, at least It's a century from now."

"A century from now...?"

"That's right." Looking at Director Li with a disappointed expression on his face, Lu Zhou nodded and continued, "It's not so fast from theory to reality. It takes time for any science to transition towards technology. Moreover, I’m not optimistic about using faster-than-light navigation as a strategic goal from the very beginning.”

Director Li: "Why?"

"Because it doesn't make much sense to do so."

Putting down the coffee cup in his hand, Lu Zhou looked at the old man and continued, "Compared to traveling faster than the speed of light, it is more realistic to use hyperspace technology to achieve faster-than-light communication between planets, and within a century There will also be greater hopes of realizing it within the space. And the research of the former will definitely inspire the latter. Before sending a large-mass spacecraft to a farther place, we must first figure out how to create a space between photons, electrons, and muons. , tau particles and other leptons to realize our plan..."

Looking at Director Li who took out his notebook and was seriously taking notes, Lu Zhou froze for a moment, then said with a smile.

"These things are nothing to remember. Even if you write them down, it's useless. No one knows what will happen fifty years later."

"Why is it useless? I remember everything you said!"

Looking at Director Li who has become somewhat paranoid, Lu Zhou shook his head. Just when he was about to say something, the old man who finished taking notes closed the scribbled notes, looked at him and said seriously.

"The things you said are very important. It just so happens that CCTV is planning to do a program in this area recently. If you have time...would you like to think about it?"

"Let's talk about the show next time." Judging from the tone of the old man's speech, Lu Zhou guessed that it was not an important matter, so he didn't take it to heart, but changed the subject and continued, "Speaking of which, you happened to be here , I also have something to discuss with you."

Hearing that Lu Zhou had something to discuss with him, Director Li immediately lifted his spirits.

"Please speak!"

"Don't be so nervous," Lu Zhou smiled and continued, "From a long-term perspective, I suggest starting the Mars project."

The moment he heard this sentence, the expression on Director Li's face suddenly froze.

Expecting him to make such an expression, Lu Zhou didn't care, and just continued talking.

"...In addition, the launch I am talking about is not just a symbolic launch, but it is implemented as a part of the long-term development strategy of my country's space program and implemented in specific work."

Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't seem to be joking, Director Li also gradually restrained the surprised expression on his face, and his expression gradually became serious.

"Did you find something?"

"...What did you find?"

Sitting up straight, Director Li stared at Lu Zhou with piercing eyes, and continued eagerly, "For example, the hyperspace passage...have you found a stable way to open it?"

Seeing that he seemed to misunderstand what he meant, Lu Zhou sighed and explained patiently.

"You are too overestimating my ability. This kind of problem that needs to concentrate the wisdom of the entire civilization and spend dozens or even hundreds of years to solve it cannot be solved by a single person patting his head. However, if it has anything to do with the hyperspace channel, it actually has something to do with it."

Director Li: "What's the relationship?"

"Think about it, why there is no high-speed rail in Singapore."

"What kind of high-speed rail does Singapore want?" Director Li said with a smile, "As far as their big sesame is concerned, they can walk around the national land line with a car. Unless it is a transnational high-speed rail, there is no need to build such a thing at all. ?”

"That's right," Lu Zhou continued, snapping his fingers, "Many people actually got the logic of technological development wrong, not because of the hyperspace channel, so we can expand to more distant worlds, but because We've expanded our frontiers to distant worlds, so we've had to develop technology that can bring them under our actual control."

"Science is pure, but technology is born to solve problems. Only when we have realistic needs for faster-than-light navigation and communication can it be solved. And if we stay on the earth, or the earth-moon system Within, there is a high probability that this problem will never be solved.”

Director Li frowned, and said thoughtfully: "So... according to what you mean, we should also plan a place on Mars similar to the Guanghan Special Zone? To create demand for solving this problem?"

"Don't worry about that, you still have to eat one bite at a time," Lu Zhou smiled lightly, and continued in a serious tone, "But like I said, no matter whether the hyperspace channel can be opened stably, Mars will An essential part of our space strategy. For the long-term goal, we can first consider building a settlement similar to a lunar research station on Mars, and then slowly advance our plan."

Director Li seriously asked: "How long is this long-term cycle?"

"a hundred years."

"Hiss..." Taking a deep breath, Director Li said in shock, "One hundred years... this cycle is really long enough."

"So I still have a corresponding mid-term plan," Lu Zhou said with a smile, "Because of the change of Mars' orbit, it is currently difficult for us to plan stable flights for it, and it is also difficult to ensure the safety of the colonists on Mars settlements." .However, as a medium-term goal, we don’t need to directly set our sights on Mars, but we can consider the less difficult Lagrangian point.”

Chief Li frowned slightly: "Lagrangian point?"

Lu Zhou nodded: "That's right."

"Lagrangian points, also known as translation points, are the five special solutions to the restricted three-body problem in celestial mechanics. Among them, the L2 point is a hotspot for international deep space exploration, located at the far point on the line connecting the sun and the earth. But what I'm talking about here is not L2, but L4 and L5, also known as the Trojan point."

"As a medium-term plan, my idea is to build a permanent space station on L4 or L5 to undertake the tasks of material transfer, mineral resource processing, ship docking, repair, and even manufacturing."

"If the Moon Palace is our outpost for controlling the earth and the moon, then the base at Lagrange Point will become our outpost for controlling the solar system. Not only can it become a transit station for us to go to Mars, but it can also help us reach out to Mars The asteroid belt between Jupiter and our factory in space."

Dumbfounded listening to Lu Zhou's description, Director Li opened his mouth involuntarily, wanting to say something, but for a while he didn't know how to describe the surprise in his heart.

After a while, he spoke slowly.

"That sounds too..."

Lu Zhou: "It's unbelievable, isn't it?"

Director Li didn't speak, but his expression clearly acquiesced to this point.

"I admit that this plan sounds a bit unbelievable, but from the perspective of time, it is definitely hopeful. As I said before, we don't need to make it a three-year or five-year goal. Instead, it can be regarded as a long-term plan with a project cycle of 50 or 100 years."

"In the short term, this project may be loss-making, but I believe that all losses will be able to play its value in the future. This wealth will bring great benefits to our descendants, even if it looks like it now It's not profitable at all."

After a pause, Lu Zhou continued, "It's not unprofitable to correct it. At least our aerospace industry will usher in prosperity because of this century-old plan."

Perhaps it was touched by Lu Zhou's last sentence.

Director Li nodded seriously after thinking about it for a long time.

"I will take your opinion to Chang'an Avenue. I can't guarantee whether it will pass... In fact, I am afraid that even the Great Elder has no way to decide this kind of matter. I can only give you a result after discussing it in a meeting."

Lu Zhou nodded with a relaxed expression.

"Then I will trouble you."

Director Li tentatively asked: "Do you have anything like a plan here? If possible, please give me a copy. After all, there is nothing to prove it. If there is a visible plan, it will be better. Be persuasive."

"Knowing you'd say that, I'm ready."

Smiling lightly, Lu Zhou took out a stack of thick document bags from under the coffee table, put it on the coffee table, and gently pushed it in front of Director Li.

Looking at the file bag on the table, Director Li was slightly stunned, picked it up from the coffee table, unwrapped the cotton thread at the seal, and took out a piece of paper from inside.

"This is……"

Just as the two words were out of his mouth, the half-spoken question got stuck in his throat.

Looking at the content on the paper in disbelief, Chief Li's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe what he saw.

"...an orbital habitat that adopts the Stanford Circle configuration. Every engineering parameter on the blueprint has been rigorously calculated. If conditions permit, there will be no problem even if it is directly thrown to the construction unit to follow suit. .”

Appreciating the stunned face due to surprise, Lu Zhou picked up the coffee cup on the coffee table, took a sip, and continued happily, "Although it's not a plan, this stuff... should be enough right?"

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