Professor Zhang nodded quickly and tapped a few times on the holographic keyboard with his fingers. Soon, the simulation results of the Yanda team's design plan were presented in the holographic beam.
Academician Liu is also a great leader. Although he is 60 years old, he is still active on the front line of aerospace engineering research. And unlike Professor Zhang from Yanda, he has considerable practical experience in the design of large space stations.
"This is the design plan of our Yanda Aerospace Research Institute."
As a man about 40 years old walked to the center of the circular conference room, he placed a thumb-sized cassette on the projection equipment located in the center of the conference room.
Academician Ge pondered for a while and then spoke.
But because both of them looked good, he didn't know what to choose for a while.
"It's quite satisfactory," Academician Ge touched his chin, and after pondering for a moment, he continued, "Just looking at it this way, I don't see any problem."
Most of the waiting time is consumed in the long communication distance and relatively narrow communication bandwidth.
The so-called matrix is the quantum computer array captured from the awakened ones.
As for the purpose of this meeting, it is naturally to review the design plans of these research institutions and enterprises - the so-called expert bid evaluation session.
"Twelve hours?"
…
What the hell? !
After Academician Ge pondered for a moment, he nodded and said as if talking to himself.
Considering the investment scale and strategic significance of the project, almost all scientific research units or enterprises engaged in space station design or aerospace engineering research within Pan-Asia Cooperation participated in the bidding for this project.
Listening to his explanation, whispers spread in the conference room.
Although he knew that his academic status was not enough to criticize the big boss, Ge Huaizhi couldn't help but sigh heavily at his unreliability.
It is precisely for this reason that this space station located above the synchronous orbit can be said to be the most important component besides the ladder itself.
However, the moment they saw this result, almost everyone had a surprised expression on their faces, and their mood instantly hit rock bottom.
Considering that this supercomputer is used for scientific research, especially in the field of computing simulation, Academician Ge deliberately used the privileges of the space elevator project team in scientific research priorities and applied to the organization to use this supercomputer. Computational simulation of space elevator design.
When describing this design plan, the man had a confident smile on his face.
The next step is to conduct computational simulation verification on supercomputers.
"Let's start with the Yanda team's plan."
"Would you consider it? Judging from this... he probably won't come," Academician Ge glanced at the people in the conference room. After being silent for a moment, Academician Ge lowered his voice, still not giving up to his assistant. He said, "Go outside for a walk. If he can't find a place... just bring him here."
Then from this space station, lower the "ladder" bit by bit, and finally land on the anchorage.
He stretched out his knuckles and knocked on the table hard. After the conference room became quiet for a while, he spoke in a serious tone.
Regarding Professor Zhu's plan, his first sense is quite good, and he should be able to get a good evaluation result.
"Referring to the design of the Tianzhou space station, we divided the entire space station into three areas: residential, commercial, and industrial, distributed in sequence from the inside to the outside."
"Now, the meeting begins."
Although it is not yet clear where this 'matrix' comes from and for what purpose it was built by whom, after research by the Pan-Asian Academy of Sciences, most of the dangers have been eliminated.
Just a few minutes may be enough.
After seeing the plan proposed by Academician Liu, the expression on Academician Ge's face became more complicated.
It's not because the plan is bad.
If it's just calculations, for the quantum computer array buried deep under the surface of the asteroid, twelve hours is simply superfluous.
For such an important meeting, as the general counsel, he didn't even come.
Looking directly at the holographic blueprint suspended in the beam, Professor Zhang, who was sitting next to Academician Ge, whispered to him and asked.
"He... stated in his reply to our email that he would consider our invitation, but he didn't seem to say clearly that he would definitely come."
What is this guy doing
Only less than 3%!
The conference room on the first floor of the Pan-Asia Science and Technology Department was crowded with people at this moment.
"makes sense."
As we all know, although the name of the space elevator contains the word "elevator", it is not the same as the elevator that people often understand. This kind of elevator is not built from bottom to top, but from top to bottom.
The originally expected picture of the stable operation of the medium space elevator did not appear. Instead, there were space junk scattered in synchronous orbit, and those calculation parameters marked in red.
"Which one to start with?"
"Go through all the options first... wait until the end before making a choice." After making a mark on the form, Academician Ge glanced at Professor Zhang next to him and continued to ask, "How are the preparations for the matrix? Has the application been processed?”
"The counterweight rod located in the center of the space station is the core of the entire design. Considering that as the mass of the space station changes, the center of gravity of the space elevator will float up and down in the synchronous orbit. This design can ensure that the center of gravity of the space elevator is always in the appropriate position."
Although he has an ordinary face, the experts in the aerospace field sitting here are familiar with this young and middle-aged professor.
"Don't say that. No one has really seen this new thing like the space elevator, and past experience can't be said to be experience at all. We are all crossing the river by feeling the stones, and no one is better than the other," paused After a moment, Academician Ge made a mark on the form in his hand and continued without making any comments, "Let's take a look at a few more plans."
"Academician Ge... the meeting will begin soon."
In fact, it didn't take as long as twelve hours at all.
Soon a blue beam of light appeared in the center of the conference room, and a circular space station about half a person tall and two steps wide appeared in front of everyone.
Including the Lagrange point space base of Pan-Asian cooperation and the new orbital transfer station serving over Tiangong City, his research results are included.
"What do you think of this plan?"
All the data was transmitted to Ceres, hundreds of millions of kilometers away. After being verified by the quantum supercomputing array there, the staff of the space elevator project team received the returned data from the Pan-Asian Academy of Sciences.
Although the evaluation is based on the plan, rather than the qualifications of the bidding unit and the academic resume of the project leader, it has to be admitted that the results produced by these industry leaders are much better than those that are sent away by low-level research institutions like they are just joining in the fun. The designs that came over were indeed much better.
That is, first select an area on the ground with relatively stable geological activities as an anchorage, and then build a space station in a synchronous orbit above this anchorage.
"The Ministry of Science and Technology has contacted the military through the chairman, and they have agreed to us using the 'Matrix' for twelve hours."
The meeting quickly got down to business.
After finally going through all the design plans, and after considering the opinions of other scientific researchers in the project team, Academician Ge announced the shortlist and expressed his gratitude to the research units that had not been successfully shortlisted for their active participation.
Both Academician Ge and Professor Zhu Haiqing are full of confidence in the results of the evaluation!
"This meeting is very critical. I hope everyone can work up to 120 points."
After completing the final explanation, Professor Zhu Haiqing, who was standing in the center of the meeting, bowed slightly to the members of the review committee who walked into the conference room, and then left the review site with his own plan.
"The meeting outline has been sent out, so I'll keep it short."
Professor Zhang, who is also one of the review committee, nodded and agreed.
Especially the most eye-catching number stung everyone's eyes.
Seeing that the time was about to come, the assistant sitting next to him did not calm down after all, and whispered a reminder.
Considering the importance of this space, the Space Elevator Project Office has launched a public bidding process for the design of this space station to solicit design proposals from academia and industry within the Pan-Asian Cooperation territory.
Hearing this, a wry smile appeared on the assistant's face, but he didn't say anything. He just nodded and walked out of the conference room.
Looking at the project list projected on the holographic screen, Professor Zhang cast a questioning look at Academician Ge sitting next to him.
The design plan launched by the Yanda Aerospace Research Institute this time was completed by the research team led by Professor Zhu.
As an expert in the field of aerospace engineering, Professor Zhu Haiqing, who teaches at Yanda University, once participated in the design of the Atlantis space station and is considered a well-known expert in both industry and academia. The only difference between him and the title of academician is some qualifications and accumulation.
"I know," he replied impatiently. Academician Ge once again looked at the door and said casually, "Where is Academician Lu? Is he coming?"
Professor Zhang said with a smile: "Even you, the old man, can't see any problems, so isn't it stable?"
"That should be enough."
A wry smile appeared on the assistant's face and he spoke in a low voice.
And if the first news heard is good news, it will undoubtedly be a huge boost to the morale of the entire space elevator project team.
Professor Zhang nodded.
The first thing to be displayed was the design plan of the Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology of Yenching University.
The expert team that evaluated the bids was personally led by Academician Ge, and almost the entire core researchers of the space elevator project team participated in this evaluation process.
After watching his assistant leave, Academician Ge sighed and turned his attention to the bustling conference room until the door of the conference room was closed again.
The next person to take the stage was Academician Liu Binrui from the Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology of Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.
Plan success rate—
The time for the meeting was getting closer and closer, but Academician Ge Huaizhi, who was sitting at the head of the conference table, had no intention of announcing the start of the meeting. He just switched his eyes between his watch and the door from time to time.