Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

NASA.

In a conference room.

Just hang on the screen in front of the conference room with a simple line of titles.

"Discussion of the Feasibility of Fusion Battery Technology and Electric Propulsion Systems in the Field of Space"

This is the timely subject of today's meeting and the title of a paper.

Although the words were not very long, the amount of information was unusually large, so long as the minutes had been circulated and the meeting had begun, but so far no one had spoken.

Looking around at the person sitting in the conference room, Director Sun closed his eyes and pondered for a while, slowly opening his eyes, breaking the silent opening.

“… This paper was written by Professor Lu, and was completed about two days ago. After receiving this paper, the central government attached great importance to it. My superiors specifically instructed me to hold this meeting at the bureau for discussion. ”

Speaking of which, Director Sun paused for a moment and confirmed that no information had been omitted before continuing.

“I would like to hear your views on this paper… or on the space shuttle. ”

The voice dropped and there was still no sound in the conference room.

It took a while for the whispers to come out of the conference room.

“This route of the space shuttle was shot dead by Mr. Qian himself. If you change the route at this time... isn't it a good idea? ”

“What does money say for the rest of your life? And his old man denied the route, just out of contemporary circumstances. If you want to build a jet a hundred years ago, do you see anybody treating you like a normal person? ”

“I share the view of Professor Metaphor that both the NASP programme in the United States and the Sanger programme in West Germany now use reusable space shuttles as a focal point for the development of future systems of transport to and from Earth. Being convinced that Americans have suffered so much on board the shuttle, it must be more painful to understand the pain than we do, and it must be enough and careful to allow them to make such a choice. So even if we don't pay attention, we can't ignore it! ”

At the top of the table, Director Sun listened quietly to the discussion.

Although the discussion was all shallow, there was no way.

After all, Professor Lu's paper referred to a number of very sensitive items that were not suitable for public discussion, even such closed expert meetings, so the information sent to various participants was somewhat modified. For example, part of a fusion battery is speculation as an unfinished technique, described in hypothetical descriptions.

For this unreliable hypothesis, it is clear that most people will not take it into account.

In fact, a similar argument had arisen a long time ago, even in this conference room, but there were no such advanced multimedia devices at that time, and the people sitting here had changed their minds.

Looking at the noise in the conference room, Deputy Director Wang, sitting next to Sun Bureau, lowered his voice and whispered a reminder.

“Director. ”

“What's the matter? ”

“I said this discussion… is it necessary to continue? ”

Director Sun picked out his eyebrows.

“What do you mean? ”

Deputy Director Wang continued: "Is it not obvious what it means to take Professor Lu's paper seriously? ”

Slightly pulled the corner of his mouth, Director Sun said with no expression: “We still need to discuss it. If something goes wrong before the time comes, you will be responsible? ”

The deputy director smiled and stopped talking.

The controversy gradually became white heat.

Those who support and those who oppose each other stand on opposite sides, and no one can convince anyone.

Lifting his cuffs, he looked at the table below and saw that the time was almost up. Director Sun cleared his voice and raised the volume to speak.

“… in order to ensure that the meeting can proceed more effectively, here I will show you something that has not yet been made public. I hope that you will once again confirm that you do not carry communications equipment and that you will ensure strict confidentiality of what you see today. ”

The conference room gradually calmed down.

The experts sitting in the room face to face, and there was a slight expression in the eyes of many people.

Of course, there are those who are still full of confusion, throwing their questioning gaze at Director Sun, who sits at the table.

Director Sun also did not explain, just looked at the secretary standing next to him and gently lowered his head.

The secretary standing next to the multimedia desk immediately noticed that a CD-ROM had been placed on the laptops on the multimedia desk, and then the mouse was operated to quickly retrieve the original of the paper from the CD-ROM, releasing data that was not readily available, as well as some information about the fusion battery.

As soon as this information is displayed on the screen, the silence in the conference room is as quiet as if a needle could be heard clearly on the ground.

About five minutes later, about five minutes later, after reading this information, the sound of amazement spread from all corners of the conference room like a sweeping wave.

“100MW! That's impossible! ”

“If the power output of the power supply device reaches 100MW… it is not theoretically possible to generate KN-grade thrust. ”

“That's incredible! What kind of electric thrust engine can provide this type of KN thrust even with 100MW of power?! ”

At present, the world's largest thrust engine is the NASA's NEXT system, which has a power of 6.9 KW, but thrust is only 0.236 N.

KN scale thrust...

Energy at the MW magnitude may be possible, but there is no electric propulsion system in the world that can harness that energy.

Staring at the data displayed on the screen, the old professor with glasses couldn't help but say.

“What kind of electric propulsion system is required to achieve this level...”

“It's not a scam, is it? ”

“Impossible, it's Professor Lu who wrote this report. Will the guy be short of money? ”

“That can't be all that nonsense! ”

“Maybe he can do it? ”

“Quiet! ”

Loud voices interrupted the noise in the conference room.

Looking around at the experts in the room, the Director was silent for a while and said.

“This project is unreliable, and I can't evaluate a single outsider. After all, I've flown a lot, but I haven't flown a space shuttle once. ”

“You are experts in space, and over the past two decades, our space industry has progressed dramatically in your experience, breaking the blockade of technology and completing many other developments. Things that the State does not even dare to think about. ”

“I therefore believe in your experience and in your judgment. ”

After a moment of pause, Director Sun concluded the debate with one sentence.

“Let's vote by show of hands. ”

The conference room was silent for a long time.

Looking carefully at the data on the screen, the experts sitting at the table were caught in contemplation.

Gradually, one hand raised.

Then the second one…

The third...

After a minute of silence, Director Sun looked around the conference room and roughly counted.

Eleven of the twenty raised their hands.

Regardless of a few abstentions, at least the opposition did not constitute a majority.

Relaxed, looking at the people in the conference room, Director Sun nodded and slowly stood up with his hands against the table, saying concisely the decision he had already made.

“Approve the project! ”

“The meeting is adjourned! ”