Chapter 1622 Unusual Meeting

The afternoon session begins.

As Lu Zhou expected, the experts on Earth do not seem to have much say here.

Headed by Academician Yang Chongping, several heavyweight experts from Tiangong Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology first expressed their views, and then several other aerospace institutions and engineers from enterprises also expressed their views.

In general, most of the experts sitting at the conference table have no objection to the demonstration of technical feasibility. One is that considering the current actual situation, the aerospace companies of Pan-Asia cooperation are indeed capable of developing the resources on Europa, and the other is that considering the funds for the second half of the year, they will sing against themselves on this matter. It doesn't do any good either.

As for Lu Zhou, his point of view is similar to theirs.

From a purely practical point of view, it is indeed cheaper and more environmentally friendly to develop water resources on Europa than to transport fresh water resources from Earth to Mars.

In fact, as early as a century ago, Lu Zhou considered including this planet full of water resources as part of his space strategy.

It was only due to the technical conditions at the time, and he did not expect that he could solve the problem of superluminal speed so quickly, and expand the activity radius of human civilization directly from the asteroid belt to the world outside the asteroid belt, so this matter Shelved it.

But looking at it now, they obviously have the conditions to take their steps further into the world.

However……

When the meeting progressed to the next stage, the situation changed 180 degrees. The atmosphere on the conference table changed from peaceful to tense in an instant.

Seeing their arguing with red faces, Lu Zhou originally planned to talk about his views, but then he thought that doing so would only add fuel to the flames, so he gave up for the time being.

At this time, an old engineer with a gray beard who was about sixty years old stood up with his hands on the table and spoke loudly.

"We can select four points in the middle of the asteroid belt to establish freshwater resource reserve stations, transport the seawater resources extracted from Europa to the reserve station for rough processing, and then transfer them from different locations according to the movement position of Mars. Freshwater storage stations deliver water to the colonies."

A man with folded arms sneered, and retorted in a mocking tone.

"Build a reserve station on the asteroid belt? And there are still four? Haha, I'm afraid you have forgotten those active sky pirates on the asteroid belt."

"We have the most powerful fleet in the solar system, which can provide us with security protection! I don't think this is a problem at all!"

"That is the fleet of the Pan-Asian Cooperation, not Tiangong City," Academician Yang Chongping said blankly after interrupting the person, "Unless the Pan-Asian Cooperation allows us to have our own defense force, your proposal will not stand at all .”

Hearing the big guy's words, the blushing person who had been arguing before suddenly lost his momentum. Pulled by his companion, he hesitated for a moment, and finally returned to his seat.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit stiff, the secretary of the mayor who was sitting at the conference table coughed lightly, began to play the role of peacemaker, and said with a kind smile.

"Everyone, don't get excited... This idea does have certain difficulties. We have been fighting for the right of self-defense for a long time, but there has been no result."

The man who raised his objection with his arms folded before smiled, lowered his arms, and said in a cheerful voice.

"So this matter doesn't need to be so troublesome at all. The capacity of our Yuankong Shipping Group is more than enough to maintain this route across the asteroid belt. We can completely transport the water resources mined from Europa to Mars for processing. .This is efficient and can avoid some unnecessary risks—”

"Mr. Yu Zhenghui," the mayor's secretary glanced at him, interrupting his speech with a hint of displeasure in his voice: "Please pay attention to your words, this is a development plan, please don't Carry private goods."

The man named Yu Zhenghui shrugged his shoulders, said an insincere apology, and then stopped talking.

But the expression on his face that he was sure of winning made the expressions on the faces of many experts present not very good-looking.

Watching the debate, Lu Zhou glanced at the tool man who was also fishing next to him, and said something in a low voice.

"I always thought that the academic community on Mars would be more united?"

"That's your illusion," Wu Qinglai said with a helpless expression, "Once anything involves interests, it has nothing to do with right or wrong."

Lu Zhou nodded thoughtfully, giving an ambiguous opinion.

"That said, it makes sense."

Speaking of which, what is the opinion of Academician Yang Chongping?

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou subconsciously looked in the direction of Academician Yang, but unexpectedly found that the middle-aged man was also looking at him.

Maybe it was just a coincidence, the moment the two people's eyes met, that Academician Yang turned his eyes away from him, as if he just casually glanced at him.

Lu Zhou frowned slightly.

For some reason, he always had a feeling that this seminar might not be as simple as he imagined...

In this way, the first day's meeting ended in an unhappy atmosphere due to the disagreement between several bigwigs, and the unresolved disputes were naturally left until tomorrow.

Perhaps because of the emotional disturbance at the conference table, Lu Zhou noticed that many faces did not appear.

During the dinner, Mayor Xiao of Tiangong City made a special visit. After greeting the experts invited by him, he chatted with Lu Zhou for a while, talking about his optimism about the future of Mars. , and what he plans to do after taking office.

It wasn't until Lu Zhou looked at his watch for the tenth time that the chatterbox stopped talking, saying that he still had work to do later, and hurriedly left the hotel after leaving.

After dinner was finally over, Lu Zhou returned to his room, dug out the notes made in the meeting, and briefly sorted out some of the interesting ideas.

Although he has his own ideas on Europa's development plan, this does not prevent him from learning from other people's plans to improve his own.

This naturally includes Academician Yang Chongping.

Even though he could feel that this guy seemed to be inexplicably hostile or fearful towards him, he had to admit that this guy was capable of being an academician.

At this time, the doorbell rang outside the room. After glancing at the picture on the holographic screen, Lu Zhou pressed the button to open the door.

As the door opened, Lu Zhou asked casually when he saw Wang Peng coming back from the outside.

"Have you found a clue?"

Sitting on the sofa, Wang Peng sighed and said.

"It's not that easy. Today I just went to meet with my colleagues. The people from the foundation acted very cautiously. If it wasn't for the case of East Asia Electric Power that exposed them, we might still be kept in the dark."

Lu Zhou: "It seems that I have done you a big favor?"

Wang Peng smiled and said, "That's not the only thing you've helped us with...Speaking of which, when I was wandering around, I heard some interesting rumors."

Lu Zhou: "What rumor?"

Wang Peng: "Recently, several extraterrestrial system colonization funds are publicly raising funds, intending to build colonization ships to other galaxies. Has Dongya Heavy Industry started to industrialize the warp drive? I have no news at all."

Colonial ship?

Hearing this word, Lu Zhou was slightly taken aback.

What surprised him was not that someone took his idea to a world outside the solar system, but that people actually took the initiative to walk in front of him this time.

"Probably not yet. The related technology is still in the experimental stage, but we do have plans to use this technology for civilian use."

"That's it, then it's hard to say," picked up the mineral water bottle on the table and unscrewed it. After taking a sip, Wang Peng continued after resting for a while, "At first I thought it was some new type of financial scam, and I was going to report it. To colleagues in other departments, but later I found out that this matter is not so simple. Guess what, this project is actually endorsed by the Mars Academy of Sciences!"

"Oh?" Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows slightly, and cast an unexpected look at him, "Are you sure the source of the news is true?"

"I haven't verified it yet, but I can't be wrong," Wang Peng continued after thinking for a moment, "I remember the expert who endorsed the alien system colonization plan, it seems to be... Yang Chongping?"

Sorry, I'm a little late today QAQ