Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Chapter 589: Shortcuts to Overtaking a Bend

Connecting the control terminal of the industrial robot to Em's server, the ark turned away from the underground laboratory after instructing it not to move what it had put in the laboratory without permission.

The items listed on the list given to her by Em are not particularly difficult to obtain, and there is no need to buy such hassle online.

After ordering one on behalf of the Institute of Computing Materials, the ship moved the items into the underground laboratory.

I couldn't even say thank you, got Em the “new toy” and immediately played it vibrantly.

Standing next to the ark, he watched it operate a six-axis general purpose robotic arm, skilfully opened the toolbox, pulled a hammer out of it, and then another robotic arm sandwiched an aluminum alloy plate sent by a logistics truck and hit it on the cement floor.

Watching a mindless operation, the Ark doesn't know what it's trying to do.

Listening to the knock knock knock knock, his eyebrows twitched, but after a while, he didn't stop it. He simply said not to break the ground and then turned away from the lab.

In two days, he will have to go to the capital for a meeting. We don't have time for this.

The only thought the Ark has now is, hopefully when he gets back, this guy won't toss his lab too strangely...

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Morning of March 6th.

A red banner appeared on the doorstep of the Shangjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and welcomed the convening of the lunar engineering seminar.

Neither the organizers nor the participants in the conference were small, and the topics discussed at the conference were naturally extraordinary, as was the security work that had been done from the school lobby.

A strange look at the police explosion-proof car parked next to Asphalt Road, crossing the ear canal from two young ladies passing outside the library.

“Which big man came to the school to inspect? ”

“No, I heard it sounded like a meeting to get people on the moon or something. ”

“A ride to the moon?” A slightly taller girl wonders, "When can we get a ride to the moon? ”

“I don't know… but it's just because I can't get on, that's why I have a meeting to discuss how to get on. ”

At this very moment, a gentle voice came from the side.

“Classmate, how do I get to your auditorium? ”

When the voice of the conversation was heard, the girls stopped.

He was thrown a line of sight for questioning, and the slightly taller girl asked.

“Are you here for that meeting? ”

The ark nodded: "Well, sort of. ”

The tall girl pointed to the road to the right and continued.

“… just follow this road straight and turn right at the second intersection. ”

Looking in the direction she was pointing, the ark was going to say thank you, and the other little girl next to her suddenly shouted.

“Wait, you, you, you, is it Lu Shen? ”

Seeing her excited reaction, the ark stunned for a moment, and she was embarrassed to smile.

“Call me Ark or Professor Lu. ”

What a coincidence to meet a fan around his neck here.

The little girl looked at him with a straight eye and said excitedly: "It's quite a long way from the auditorium, I'm afraid if you come here for the first time, it won't be easy to find, or I'll take you there! ”

Looking at her enthusiasm, Ark couldn't help but laugh, "Don't bother, I'll just walk over there myself. ”

He thanked the two men, then turned around and walked away in the direction the girl had previously pointed at.

“… it turns out to be Lu Shen!” Looking at the shadow of the gradual distance, the petite girl said with emotion, but at this moment, it seemed to suddenly think of something, the emotion of the full face instantly turned into remorse, "ah! I forgot to ask him for an autograph! ”

The tall girl looked at her silently: "What's the use of finding him to sign? ”

“Do you have to ask? Bless me for not hanging up! ”

“ …… ”

……

Without much effort, following the path the student pointed out, the ark quickly found the grand auditorium.

Presenting his own conference pass, he walked into the venue after passing the ark of the door security inspection.

Through the logo in the venue, not only the space technology group, the space science and engineering group, but also the three giants of the BAT Internet, as well as private high-tech companies such as Huawei, can be seen on the list of participating enterprises.

Influenced by Space-X, global private space companies are gradually moving from cold doors to warming, as is the case in China.

Although space-related technologies are essentially monopolized by the central enterprises of Aeronautics and Aeronautics, the relevant policies have in fact been gradually liberalized since the elevation of civil-military integration into a national strategy was proposed at a conference in 15 years.

For example, the first private space company in the country, onespace, such as Satellogic, where penguins are silently investing, and Ali's anticipated launches of the Skymao International communications satellite and the Candy Tank mini-space station, are gradually becoming important in exploring space technology.

It has to be acknowledged that private enterprises do perform better than State enterprises in terms of new technologies, exploration of new areas and the capacity and dynamics of innovation.

It is clear that this is precisely why the relevant markets will be gradually opened up through reforms at the senior level.

Just as the Ark was preparing to sit in a seat, suddenly someone shouted his name from behind.

Stopped and looked back, only a man in a suit, about fifties or sixties years old, walked this way with a smile on his face.

After staring at him for a while, the ark gradually remembered his name.

Xu Yuanming, second-in-command of the Science and Technology Department.

He had a few chats with this man at the recognition conference for this controllable fusion project.

“Secretary Xu?” Smiling and holding his extended right hand, he swayed, and the ark chilled, "Long time no see. ”

“Haha, in fact, it's only two months,” he warmly shook the right hand of the ark. After it was released, Xu Yuanming smiled and said, “The meeting is about to begin, let's walk and talk. ”

At Xu Yuanming's invitation, the ark walked with him in the direction of the auditorium.

Along the way, through a conversation with Secretary Xu, the Ark also had a preliminary understanding of the current state of the domestic space industry.

Especially in terms of the budget he cares about most.

Overall, the situation is very disappointing.

Currently, China's space budget is only about $2 billion a year, and this is the sum of Long March, Beidou, Yi, Shenzhou, Skyboat, Heavenly Palace, etc.

At the time, total US spending on the Apollo program amounted to $22.5 billion, or 0.57% of US GDP at the time! How much this $22.5 billion is worth so far is not a good calculation, but it was more than enough to build a carrier battle group at the time.

How much money space burns, and you can see it!

Not to mention the industrial heritage, the accumulation of engine technology… these are problems that cannot always be solved by spending money.

Secretary Xu's seat is right next to the ark.

After sitting down with the ark, he slowly opened his mouth and continued.

“We are not inferior to Western countries on small rockets, but there is a considerable gap between us and the United States, and Russia, in the carrying capacity of large rockets. ”

“Long March V has a near-Earth orbit capacity of only 25 tons, a synchronous orbit of only 18 tons and a monthly Earth transfer orbit of only about 8 tons. And our Shenzhou 11 manned spacecraft, which has a take-off quality of almost eight tons. Considering that the moon ship must be redesigned for the moon's magnetic field environment and must carry at least 3 tons of moon deck and more than 5 tons of living compartment, the final weight of the entire moon deck may exceed the figure of 20 tons. ”

“With our current rocket technology, it's almost impossible to complete a human moon landing. ”

The ark nodded thoughtfully.

Engine is a thing that involves an entire industrial system, something that can't be solved overnight. If you want to overtake the bend, you have to find another way.

At this moment, his heart suddenly moved slightly and said.

“Why not consider an electric push? ”

“An electric push?” Xu Yuanming slightly stunned, then shook his head with a smile. "The thrust at the point of the electric push, used to divert the orbit still fits, used to launch the rocket is still too far off. ”

"We can build an electromagnetically accelerated ground-based mass transmitter on the ground, send unmanned components into near-Earth orbit, and then push them to the moon with a plasma engine," the Ark continued. ”

The controllable fusion power station is also built, and the electricity cost is not too high. It is a shame not to use it. Although this device may sound a little sci-fi, it is not technically unlikely to be realized.

After all, across the Pacific coast, we have also considered launching satellites with artillery...

Xu Yuanming: “How do astronauts get up there? ”

Ark: “Boarding from the space station. ”

The ability to send people to the moon is temporarily absent from China, but there's nothing wrong with sending people to space.

Seems stunned by this amazing suggestion. Xu Yuanming stopped there for a while and didn't speak. It took him a long time to smile and say: "… this sounds interesting, it's just a little crazy. ”

The Ark laughed and didn't deny it.

“Be bold and carefully attested. How can it be achieved without even thinking about it? ”

Xu Yuanming himself was not a technician after all, just because he had a little understanding of the contact at work, he did not continue discussing the issue with the Ark.

Paused for a moment, he continued.

“At present, our strategic focus remains on the construction of cross-regional power grids and controllable fusion power plants. It was agreed at the senior level that it was more important to focus on current interests than on distant interests. ”

“A number of people have proposed to postpone the Moon to 2030, but the leaders believe that your opinion is equally important, so a compromise solution was discussed at the meeting. ”

The Ark asked: "A compromise solution? ”

Secretary Xu smiled mysteriously and did not go into detail. Instead, he looked to the stage: “The meeting is about to begin. It is just about time to talk about this. You can read on. ”