Although he knew it was a joke, Lu Zhou still laughed along with him and said casually in a teasing tone.
As for the purpose of doing this, it is naturally to curb the rise of China and rebalance the balance of international relations.
Of course, Lu Zhou didn't think that just one defeat could destroy the ambition and determination of this aerospace power, otherwise this victory would be too boring.
Although the two had been dealing with each other since the beginning of the controllable fusion project, the age gap always made Lu Zhou feel like he was being taken advantage of.
Isn’t this what theoretical physicists do
Just in time for lunch, Lu Zhou ordered a few dishes from a nearby hotel and had a drink with this old friend who he had worked with for some time.
At this time, international news was shown on the TV.
If the output of transportation capacity is opened up, it means that Chinese companies operating in the space launch business, including Star Technology and the two major aviation groups, will participate in the construction of the Deep Space Gate.
This old friend always sounds weird.
On New Year's Day.
"You said there is a possibility that Riemann who proposed the Riemann zeta function actually comes from the future. Otherwise, how can we explain the pair correlation function of the eigenvalues of the random Hermitian matrix and the pair correlation function of the non-trivial zero points of the Riemann zeta function completely? Consistent? There was no quantum mechanics in the 18th century!"
"...Okay," spreading his hands, Luo Wenxuan said with a helpless expression, "...can I be happy? At least you didn't reject me directly."
"How do you know that the history we know as we know it is not the result of being changed by 'time travelers'? How do you not know that our past is actually just a modified future?"
However, due to the miscarriage of the Ares program, three astronauts were stranded on Mars, causing NASA to fall into a huge crisis of trust. In the past six months, both NASA and Space-X and other aerospace companies have been quite low-key. .
"Sit down and talk when you have something to say, don't be surprised."
"Currently, the United States has opened its door to us and invited our domestic aerospace companies to participate in this $100 billion project. Do you think we should export space transportation capabilities to them?"
Even today, the experimental physics community has not been able to fully test the theory left by that great man, so that the geniuses living in this era can only write and draw on a "castle in the air" called theoretical physics. The development of strong condensed matter physics is in a dilemma...
Still having some doubts in his heart, Director Li continued: "If the White House can also take this into consideration, why do you think they would ask us to enter the Deep Space Gate project?"
First assume that string theory is true, and then make a theory. Then assume that string theory does not hold, and make another theory to explain why it does not hold.
"You must have heard wrong," Lu Zhou came back from his thoughts and smiled lightly, hiding the hint of surprise in his eyes, "As for joining forces... let's wait until the results of the project we are cooperating with come to fruition. talk later."
Lu Zhou touched his chin and thought of a certain possibility. He suddenly muttered to himself and fell into deep thought.
"Our experts from the Academy of Social Sciences have analyzed that the White House's plan this time may not be as simple as returning to the moon. Their real intention may be to reunite their allies through economic and diplomatic means and draw an iron chain in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The end of the world will bring the diversified world into a new Cold War pattern."
He was certain that someone must have done this idea about time paradox, and there must be more than one paper.
This is a very interesting question.
Luo Wenxuan: "..."
Because his voice was too loud, the guests next to him looked over.
"I'm busy. I can't leave my old friend alone when I'm busy," Director Li said with a smile, "I heard that you plan to go back to your hometown for the holidays this year, so I came over to visit you in advance so as not to disturb Chief Designer Lu's rest. Bar?"
After being reminded by Lu Zhou, Luo Wenxuan realized that he was in a public place, so he sat back awkwardly.
"... I am now certain that as long as we can solve the Riemann Hypothesis, we will be able to discover the unknown secrets hidden behind the Riemann zeta function. It is exciting to think about it. The theories that are separated by centuries can actually echo each other. It’s like the timeline has changed at some unnatural point!”
Although he was very curious about how Brother Luo exposed the cheater's conspiracy, Lu Zhou was still too embarrassed to ask in detail.
An unexpected guest came to Lu Zhou's home.
Time travel is just a joke, and there is simply not enough evidence to support this view.
Lu Zhou curled his lips.
"You don't know what I suddenly thought of just now! I bet you will be surprised by my new idea! I am a genius!"
"However, since the best orbit is already occupied by the Moon Palace space station, NASA is considering using an elliptical orbit with a larger orbit and more acceptable construction costs."
"Haha, I'm sure I won't regret it."
"How is that possible?" Director Li laughed and said, "As long as they dare to buy it, even if we refund the tax to Warwick, we have to let them continue this business."
"...According to separate announcements by NASA at the White House press conference, NASA will launch the Deep Space Gate project this year."
Looking at Lu Zhou who was deep in thought, Director Li continued in a solemn tone.
Without asking who told him, Director Li nodded and continued.
Lu Zhou coughed slightly in embarrassment and motioned him to sit down quickly with his eyes.
"Don't regret it."
Because he had to go to Jinling High-tech Park and Aerospace Industrial Park for business, Director Li from the Science and Industry Bureau stopped by when passing by Purple Mountain.
In this contradiction of self-affirmation and self-denial, we move forward slowly.
Especially at this time, he suddenly thought of the existence of the system.
However, how can he prove that the history that has happened is indeed not the result of changes
"Construction of the Deep Space Gate in the United States has begun. The budget NASA received this time is said to be more than 100 billion U.S. dollars, which can be said to have far exceeded the original expectation of 21 billion U.S. dollars."
The content in the news happened to be what the two of them had talked about before, about the topic of aerospace...
On New Year's Day in 2021, China's first aerospace aircraft "Xiangrui" using an electric propulsion system successfully completed a test flight, paving the way for subsequent manned moon landings and lunar orbit.
Soon he put his hands on the table, looked at Lu Zhou with excited eyes, and continued.
"The Deep Space Gate is not a big threat to us. It is just a space station. What really competes with us is not the spacecraft or space station they own, but the aerospace companies that are about to master these powers, or those who can use the spacecraft A living force sent to the moon and even farther away.”
The so-called time traveler is just a joke.
It can be seen that Einstein is simply like God.
Understanding what Lu Zhou meant, Director Li nodded understandingly.
etc.
By the way, I'm obviously still young, okay
Not even thirty yet…
This means that in the face of Space-X's bidding documents, Star Technology can easily lower the price by 0 and still make a profit.
"This project is part of the lunar exploration plan announced by NASA in 2018. According to the content disclosed in its budget draft, NASA will launch a power and propulsion device into the lunar orbit in early 2022, and this will become the lunar orbit station (Lunar -Orbital-Platform-Gateway)'s first launch components."
It seems that Einstein is not the only one who has left scholars in the same field in a desperate situation.
Since his death, all the results achieved through experimental methods in the physics community seem to have not departed from the theoretical framework he created.
"Americans really refuse to fall behind even a step." Looking at the pictures on the news, Director Li sighed with emotion while drinking and eating braised vegetables.
Between the dream of space hegemony and the thin reality...
While eating grilled fish, the two chatted about various things. The topic unknowingly shifted from what to do on New Year's Day to the irrelevant Riemann Hypothesis.
“If we can take away launch missions from North American companies such as Space-X, Blue Origin, Boeing, etc., we can weaken their market competitiveness in the long term and further expand their market competitiveness with the cost advantages we have established. The gap between us.”
"... If one day in the future, their colonies in distant galaxies will need our spacecraft to help maintain their supply lines, even if they build a space station on Mars and send immigrants to the outskirts of the solar system, it will not be enough. consider."
Lu Zhou, who found it troublesome, immediately said, "Then you'd better treat me as straightforward and refuse."
For China, which has finally opened up the international situation through controllable fusion technology and aerospace strategy, this will be a new challenge. Although the fifth largest semiconductor industry group is still in full swing, even Lu Zhou, who does not have much political sense, can feel that the focus of development in the next ten years must still be in the aerospace field.
Since the opening of the Jinling Aerospace Industrial Park and the successful development of Queqiao, China's aerospace industry and outer space transportation have achieved scale. The cost of transferring the orbit from the earth's surface to the moon can even be compared with that of many countries' low-Earth orbit launches. This site is on the same order of magnitude.
There seems to be no way to prove...
However, this guy's embarrassment only lasted less than half a second.
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Yeah, I'm afraid they won't dare to pay."
On New Year's Day in 2020, the fire of the "Pangu" fusion reactor illuminated the future of controllable fusion research and civilization.
"No one wants to fall behind, and in this kind of mutual competition we can go further," Lu Zhou looked at Director Li and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, why did Director Li suddenly come to my place? Are you not working? busy?"
Lu Zhou suddenly fell into deep thought when he thought of this.
"The history we know is actually the result of being changed by time travelers. Do you mean that the past we know is actually our future?" After chewing this sentence repeatedly, Senior Brother Luo, who was deep in thought for a while, suddenly said He snapped his fingers, slammed his chopsticks on the table excitedly, raised his head and said, "I've thought of a new idea. Wait until New Year's Day is over... or I'll start working on it when I go back soon."
"I probably understand what you mean."
The same thing happened when I chatted with Professor Faltings last time. It seemed that the people chatting with him couldn't help but use the tone of communication with their peers.
"... Whatever the new idea is, I hope my name won't appear in your paper."
…
Under such circumstances, even if it is blocked by trade protectionism, Star Technology can still snatch away the cakes that originally belonged to North American aerospace companies from the Americas.
"That's good. I was just worried that it would disturb your rest. I hesitated for a while before coming." Director Li didn't notice what Lu Zhou was thinking. Director Li put down his wine glass, looked at Lu Zhou, and changed into a serious tone. He continued, "Academician Lu must also know that I came to Jinling this time with a mission."
After coughing lightly and driving the strange feeling out of his mind, Lu Zhou responded casually: "...How could it be? I'm so busy that I can't even spare time during the New Year's Day."
Lu Zhou nodded: "Someone told me."
emmmm…
Lu Zhou smiled, nodded, and continued.
In fact, influenced by the successful test flight of Xiangrui, the plan had already started preparations in the middle of last year.
It's a new year now, and history has turned a new page.
Today, New Year's Day in 2022 seems a bit dull. Except for the new construction of the fifth largest industrial cluster that shocked the entire semiconductor industry, the proof of the quasi-Riemann hypothesis that shocked the entire mathematics world, and Jinling's report conference, nothing much seems to have happened. Something that would surprise the entire world.
After Lu Zhou thought for a while, he suddenly asked with a smile. "If Warwick had the opportunity to sell chips to Apple, would you stop Warwick from selling them?"
Including the true appearance of the black hole that was mapped just a few years ago, and the gravitational waves that were observed earlier.
"...Hey, I heard what you said. You seem to be interested. Do you want to join forces?" Luo Wenxuan said excitedly, looking at Lu Zhou who was deep in thought.
"It is reported that the project passed the approval of the Congressional Budget Committee in 2021 and has now entered the launch preparation stage. According to the content announced by a NASA spokesperson, the project will serve as an international lunar orbiting space station like the Yuegong space station. to the international community. According to analysis by international relations experts, this project can be seen as the White House’s determination to reestablish aerospace hegemony. For the global market, the aerospace project may become the next trend... "
After learning from their failures, they will become stronger and more united. This race on the eve of the space age has just begun.
"It seems... interesting?"
Luo Wenxuan smiled proudly.
"In order to balance costs, even if they want local companies to take all the orders, they can't bear the soaring costs caused by the imbalance of supply and demand." Lu Zhou smiled and continued, "This is a good thing, indicating that they have begun to consider some It’s a real issue.”
Seeing his senior brother sitting back in his seat, Lu Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and continued in a gentle tone.