Chapter 818 Big Things to Do Before Leaving Office

Speaking of mind, in fact, Lu Zhou asked himself, he can't talk about any particularly lofty ambitions.

It's just that now he has more or less discovered it.

In the face of the mysteries of the universe, the power of a person is small after all.

For a calculation or a conjecture, he can spend a month or even several months shutting himself in a small room of ten square meters to find the answer quietly, but a systematic scientific research project composed of countless questions , is no longer a task that a certain scholar, or even a single subject field, can undertake alone.

Even if he can design the electric propulsion system perfectly, he still can't perfect every screw on the engine, and these essential details need to be done by someone.

If he wanted to see the more distant world, he had to rely on the power of ordinary people.

As an academic leader, his responsibilities are no longer just exploration and discovery, but also include guiding latecomers, and other things.

At the same time, the more one moves towards the boundary of knowledge, the importance of the latter becomes more and more prominent...

As Lu Zhou expected, less than a week after he joined the teaching and research group, the policy of the Light of Youth class came down from the Ministry of Education.

As a class dedicated to cultivating academic talents, the department with the Light of Youth class will allow students to sign up from the sophomore year, and the top 30 students will be selected based on their grade points.

Not only is he named as the general counsel, but Lu Zhou also put forward a lot of valuable opinions on the talent training plan of the Light of Youth class itself.

No matter how useful these opinions can be, he hopes that his own experience can help the younger students to some extent, and at least let them avoid detours...

Although the work of the teaching and research group took up part of Lu Zhou's time, it did not affect his work in the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee.

As October gradually came to an end, there was also good news from the Hangke Group.

After countless days and months of design and practice, the second component of the lunar mining plan, the automatic vacuum arc melting unit, finally turned from a drawing into a reality under the joint efforts of more than 20 scientific research units.

With the ignition and launch of the Long March 5 carrier rocket, the vacuum arc melting unit was sent to the cargo compartment of the International Space Station, and was transferred by Queqiao to complete the Earth-Moon transfer orbit.

After a week of intense work, the vacuum arc melting unit finally landed on the surface of the moon under the remote operation of the Moon Palace staff, and successfully docked with the previously deployed automated mining unit.

With the activation of the automated mining unit, the sharp drill bit crushes the shallow titanium ore deposit buried under the lunar soil, and sends it to the vacuum arc melting unit to be smelted into titanium ore.

Although the production efficiency of the whole set of equipment is not high, titanium alloy materials of acceptable quality are indeed being produced slowly.

Looking at the numbers slowly jumping up on the task list, Lu Zhou's heart is also quite good. It seems that the system has recognized the automated mining facilities he deployed on the moon.

If this trend continues, he will be able to win another side mission in a month at the latest.

The side missions are progressing steadily, and the main mission of the second phase of Earth-Moon Control has not yet been missed.

In order to cure the comatose colonists, and to properly preserve and study the X-0172 bacterial samples, the lunar surface research facilities have been scheduled for construction as funding from various countries is gradually in place.

The results will be seen in the first half of next year at the latest.

At the same time, with the installation of several experimental modules and multi-functional service modules, the second phase of the Moon Palace project will soon come to an end.

Seeing that Huaguo's Moon Palace is only about to be completed in the last phase and a half of the project, and the "Gate to Deep Space" on my side has just started, the voices of criticism about the Ares plan are like waves , washing the east and west coasts of the North American continent.

How they once supported the New Virginia, which pioneered the frontiers of human civilization, are now so disappointed with all this. Looking back on the past two decades, even NASA has achieved countless results, but at this moment all the light seems to be overshadowed by the failure of the Ares project.

Some well-known figures in North America commented that the past two decades have been lost.

They are losing the space supremacy that has been established since the Cold War...

For the people standing on the land of Huaxia, they don't have much special feelings for the so-called hegemony, but every time they look up at the jade plate hanging in the air, they can't help but feel a world away.

All these changes are really too fast.

It's like plugging in a rocket...

It seems that in the blink of an eye, the whole world has changed...

...

There are only three days left before the return schedule of the two astronauts planned by Ares.

Lu Zhou took the high-speed train to Beijing and participated in the last Martian rescue work report meeting held in the Great Hall.

After the meeting, Lu Zhou did not return to the hotel immediately. Instead, he went to the Science and Industry Bureau and sent a plan that had been prepared to Director Li.

"...The plan for the reorganization of the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee?" After seeing the things Lu Zhou brought over, Director Li pushed down his glasses and looked at him in surprise, "You won't... plan to let go of it again, right? "

The same is true of the controlled fusion plan.

On the eve of success, this boss began to arrange future affairs. Not long after the ignition was successful, he resigned as chief designer and handed over everything to the latecomers.

Seeing Chief Li's worried expression, Lu Zhou replied with a smile.

"It's still early. When the lunar surface research facilities are completed, there is at least one major event waiting for me to do. I will step down from the position of chief designer. I have to wait until this major event is completed."

Hearing this sentence, Director Li sighed and sighed softly.

"Sometimes I really admire you, no matter how powerful you are, you can afford to let go."

"Wine is good, but don't be greedy," Lu Zhou smiled, and continued, "For me, this kind of thing that has nothing to do with the research itself is good enough, and it's a waste if I give it too much. "

Director Li: "What about after that? After finishing the project on the moon, what are you going to do next? Second-generation nuclear fusion? Or Mars?"

"None." Lu Zhou shook his head. "I have done enough for you, and the rest... I have to set aside some time for myself to explore the things that really interest me."

"That's it..."

Although he didn't quite understand what Lu Zhou was really interested in, Director Li could somewhat understand what Lu Zhou was thinking about.

After a pause, he solemnly spoke.

"When you step down from the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee, and I haven't retired yet, if there is anything I can help, you can call me. As long as I can help, I will help you."

Lu Zhou smiled lightly.

"must."

Director Li: "By the way, I can ask, before you leave office... What is the big thing you plan to do next?"

When Director Li asked about this matter, Lu Zhou could not help but smile, and said.

"Remember the moon landing project seminar more than a year ago?"

"Of course I remember," Director Li smiled and said with some emotion, "Speaking of which, time flies so fast. In a blink of an eye, what we are discussing is not how to land on the moon, but how to build a house on the moon."

"What we can do is not only to build a house, but also to bring back the resources on the moon." Lu Zhou picked up a ballpoint pen from his desk and drew two lines on the white paper.

Looking intently at the two straight lines that looked like they were drawn on a set of triangles, Chief Li frowned slightly and asked in confusion.

"……This is?"

"I am the last link of the entire Earth-Moon transportation system," Lu Zhou continued after a pause, "Do you still remember the mass projector I mentioned?"

"With today's technology, it might be a little too difficult to build one on the ground."

"But on the moon, we are fully capable of giving it a try!"