Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Shock! The US Ares program was launched, and the target was Mars!

Office at the end of the corridor of the College of Jinling University.

I was sitting at my desk drinking coffee, browsing the web's ark, and I saw the title of the line.

He shook his head with a smile when he searched the Internet for the original text of the news and finished reading the text.

“Looks like Americans can't sit down either. ”

According to press reports, NASA will launch the "Ares” Mars colonization program during the year and will use open tendering to split the entire project into several sub-projects, allocate it to space companies native to the United States and its allies such as Space-X, Blue Origin, and recruit volunteers worldwide.

Based on what has been disclosed, the entire plan will be divided into three parts, the first of which will be the delivery of life support devices to the surface of Mars.

Upon confirmation that the life-support device is functioning properly, the launch plan for Part II will be activated.

In other words, manned spacecraft were launched on Mars and 2-3 colonists were dispatched to the "New World” in preparation for subsequent colonial plans.

From the point of view of the Ark itself, NASA suddenly announced such a plan, undoubtedly in a hurry. Most surprisingly, Congress had approved the budget for the plan so quickly.

However, accidents were accidental, and he could not understand why they had occurred.

The series of policies introduced by the Chinese State in the field of space, as well as Xiangrui's electric propulsion technology bend overtaking, have deeply stimulated the most sensitive nerves in the United States.

In particular, the Sparkling Programme, as well as the forthcoming Human Moon Climbing Programme, to be launched in mid-February, not only showed the determination of the Chinese State to exploit the resources of outer space, but also made the White House feel constrained.

After all, space technology is not only a guarantee of defense forces, but also part of the national glory of the United States.

It is precisely for this reason that NASA has encountered little resistance in the Congressional Budget Committee.

On the other hand, while the NASA has made great strides this time, even involving the NSC flag of the National Space Commission, the United States remains a formidable opponent in the space arena, even for the Ark.

In the 1960s, it completed its first flight of Saturn V, with a near-Earth orbit carrying capacity of up to 140 tons, with an even greater success rate of 1313. As an alternative to Saturn V, the SLS system is known as the most powerful delivery system in history.

By contrast, China's first-flight Long March 5 in 2016 had just reached 25 tons of near-Earth orbit capacity, with a success rate of only 12.

Although the electric propulsion system used by the Xiangrui achieved some bend overtaking, it also achieved a near-Earth orbit capacity of only 50 tons. And because of the short plate on the thrust of the electrical propulsion system, this number is difficult to increase further.

And most importantly, he's not the only one studying electrical systems.

At least until he left Princeton, PPPL Labs was working on a new Hall thruster for deep space navigation outside the Earth Moon system...

Dropping the coffee cup in your hand, just as the ark was about to end its lunch break and start working, the hallway outside the door heard footsteps, and the sound of knocking quickly rang from the door.

Lin Yuxiang, sitting at the door, stopped penciling and stood up to open the door, and a loud voice quickly came through the door.

“Long time no see, Professor Lu. ”

“Secretary Yang?” I stopped the pen in my hand, and the ark cast an unexpected gaze at the door and stood up and said with a smile, "What are you doing here? ”

Secretary Yang is not someone else, he is a second-in-command of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In the past, during the national banquet, the Ark had an edge on him and spoke briefly to him. The Blue Room Dinner in Stockholm and the meetings of the International Organization for Controlled Fusion Cooperation had been preceded by his invitation, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to the Ark.

It's just a shame you didn't make it because of the timing.

“Of course I'm here to pay you a visit,” the old man smiled and walked into the office, "I chose the time after lunch, didn't I interrupt your work? ”

“No, please have a seat… Lin Yuxiang, help me pour some tea. ”

“Okay. ”

After working in the office for more than a year, Assistant Lin has long practiced her ability to pour water with tea.

In less than five minutes, a hot cup of tea and an instant coffee were placed on the table.

Sitting opposite the ark, Secretary Yang took a sip of the teacup and looked intoxicatingly emotional.

“Nice tea. ”

The ark laughed with some embarrassment and did not speak.

That's a really bad sentence to answer.

After all, he does not drink tea himself, and every time he brings a little "tea without a license" from Shanghai, it is divided by several old professors in several houses.

And these in the office are actually bought on a treasure...

The old god put down the teacup in his hand on the ground. Secretary Yang glanced at the cup of the ark and asked with a smile: "Professor Lu likes coffee? ”

The ark coughed softly and said, "Well, the tea is too light for me, I have a heavy taste. ”

Secretary Yang smiled and said, "Ha ha, I knew you liked coffee, so I brought some beans from my international friends last time I visited South America. ”

“Don't do this," said the Ark. "I'm not used to coffee beans being milled out. After all these years, I still like to drink instant solution. ”

“Your taste is really unique, don't forget, I'll keep it to myself,” Secretary Yang shook his head with a smile. After a moment of pause, he changed his face and continued, "This time I came to Jinling's side, an important diplomatic summit was held here, and the second was to ask for your opinion on something for the central government. ”

Dropping the coffee cup in his hand, the ark looked at him unexpectedly: “What is it? ”

Ask for advice?

I have something to say.

“You must have heard the recent rumors about the Spark Project," paused for a moment, seemed to think that the sentence was inaccurate, so Secretary Yang added, “Of course, I mean internationally. ”

The ark nodded down: “Have you heard of some… Is there a problem? ”

Secretary Yang waved and said, “It's not a big deal, it's just some exchanges with international academia. About two days ago, the International Federation of Biological Organizations and the International Council of Sciences sent us an application to participate in our artificial biosphere program. ”

Hiddenly guessed something, the ark nodded thoughtfully and continued to ask.

“What about the plans of the top? ”

“There has been no decision yet, but there has been no refusal," said Secretary Yang, looking at the Ark, "and there is also disagreement at the senior level on the matter at present. Although we very much welcome the involvement of international scholars, the plan is, after all, related to our space strategy, in which the risks are difficult to assess. I happen to be on Jinling's side, and the executives would like me to ask for your opinion. ”

Speaking of which, he looked solemnly at the ark and continued.

“What do you think would be more appropriate? ”