When Director Li finally succeeded in meeting Lu Zhou, it was already the evening of the next day.

"You did it simply, saying that you couldn't see anyone, and you didn't even reply to a message."

Hearing the complaint in this sentence, Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly, but he didn't give any explanation, just pretended not to hear, and made a gesture of please to the teacup on the coffee table.

"I'm tired after such a long journey, so let's have a sip of tea first."

Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't intend to reflect at all, Director Li lost his temper for a while, and said with a sigh.

"It's not that I'm talking about you, such a big thing, you don't say a word, pat your ass/stock and leave, it's really a little unreasonable, right? Of course, I'm not here to blame you for anything, I just want to talk to you, and now the whole world is waiting for you to come out and squeak, even if it's just a casual word, you won't refuse to do all this little thing. ”

Lu Zhou: "Senior Brother Luo has already said it, I have watched the video of him making a report, and what he said is very good, even if I am allowed to go, it is just a repetition of his point of view, and the significance is not particularly great." ”

"Professor Luo is Professor Luo, why don't you understand, what everyone wants to hear is your voice, not him or anyone else's."

Could this thing be any different?

Looking at Director Li with a sincere face, Lu Zhou couldn't say anything, so he sighed lightly and said.

"What do you want to know?"

Director Li immediately said: "How much is the possibility of achieving faster-than-light travel through hyperspace technology!" If so, how long will it take? ”

Taking a sip of the coffee on the table, Lu Zhou thought for a while before speaking.

"Hyperspace technology for transgalactic navigation is a promising direction, and my intuition tells me that this path is probably possible. However, it will be at least a century before this direction becomes a reality. ”

"A century later...... Is it? ”

"That's right," looking at Director Li with a disappointed expression on his face, Lu Zhou nodded and continued, "It is not so fast to go from theory to reality, and it takes time for any science to precipitate in the direction of technology. Moreover, I am not optimistic about making faster-than-light navigation a strategic goal as soon as it comes up. ”

Director Li: "Why? ”

"Because it doesn't make much sense."

Putting down the coffee cup in his hand, Lu Zhou looked at the old man and continued, "Compared with faster-than-light travel, it is more realistic to realize faster-than-light communication between planets through hyperspace technology, and the hope of achieving it within a century will be greater. And the research of the former will certainly enlighten the latter, and before sending a massive spacecraft to a greater distance, we must first figure out how to realize our plan on photons or electrons, μ particles, τ particles, and so on......"

Looking at Director Li, who took out his notebook and took notes seriously, Lu Zhou was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile.

"There's nothing to remember about these things, even if you write them down, it's useless, and no one knows what it will be like in fifty years."

"How could it be useless? I remember everything you said! ”

Looking at Director Li, who had become a little paranoid, Lu Zhou shook his head. Just as he was about to say something, the old man who had finished taking the notes closed the scribbled notes, looked at him and said seriously.

"What you said is very important, it just so happens that CCTV is planning to do a program in this area recently, if you have time...... Do you want to think about it? ”

"Let's talk about the show next time," judging by the tone of the old man's speech, Lu Zhou estimated that it was not an important matter, so he didn't pay attention to it, but changed the topic and continued, "Speaking of which, you happened to be here, and I also have something I want to discuss with you." ”

As soon as he heard that Lu Zhou had something to discuss with him, Director Li immediately raised his spirits.

"Speak!"

"Don't be so nervous," Lu Zhou smiled and continued, "In the long run, I propose to start the Mars program. ”

The moment he heard this, the expression on Director Li's face was stunned for a moment.

Expecting him to make such an expression, Lu Zhou didn't care, just continued.

“…… In addition, the kind of launch I am talking about is not just a symbolic start-up, but a concrete work that will be implemented as part of the long-term development strategy of China's space program. ”

Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't seem to be joking, Director Li gradually restrained the surprised expression on his face, and his expression gradually became serious.

"Did you find anything?"

“…… What found what? ”

Sitting up straight, Director Li stared at Lu Zhou with blazing eyes, and continued in an eager tone: "For example, that hyperspace passage...... Have you found a stable way to open it? ”

Seeing that he seemed to have misunderstood what he meant, Lu Zhou sighed and explained patiently.

"You're overestimating what I'm capable of. This kind of problem, which requires the concentration of the wisdom of the entire civilization and takes tens or even hundreds of years to solve, cannot be solved by someone patting his head on the spur of the moment. However, if there is anything to do with hyperspace channels, there is actually something to do with it. ”

Director Li: "What's the relationship?" ”

"Think about why there is no high-speed rail in Singapore."

"What kind of high-speed rail does Singapore want," Director Li said with a smile, "In their sesame place, you can drive a car around the national land line, unless it is a cross-border high-speed rail, there is no need to build that thing, right?" ”

"That's right," Lu Zhou continued, snapping his fingers, "Many people actually get the logic of the development of science and technology wrong, not because of the hyperspace channel, so we can expand to the more distant world, but because we have expanded our borders to the distant world, so we have to develop technology that can bring them under our actual control." ”

"Science is pure, but technology is born to solve problems, and it is only possible if we have a realistic need for faster-than-light travel and communication. And if we stay on Earth all the time, or in the Earth-Moon system, there is a high probability that we will never be able to solve this problem. ”

Director Li frowned and said thoughtfully, "So...... According to you, we should also plan a place on Mars like the Guanghan Special Zone? Create demand to solve this problem? ”

"That's not in a hurry, you still have to eat one bite at a time," smiling faintly, Lu Zhou continued in a serious tone, "But like I said, no matter whether the hyperspace channel can be stably opened or not, Mars is an indispensable part of our space strategy." In the long term, we could first consider building a settlement on Mars similar to a lunar research station, and then slowly move forward with our plans. ”

Director Li asked seriously: "How long is the cycle of this long-term?" ”

"One hundred years."

"Hiss......" gasped, and Director Li said in a stammered manner, "One hundred years...... It's a long enough cycle. ”

"So I still have a corresponding medium-term plan," Lu Zhou said with a smile, "Because of the change in the orbit of Mars, it is difficult for us to plan stable flights for it at present, and it is also difficult to ensure the safety of the colonists on the Martian settlements." However, as a medium-term goal, we don't need to focus directly on Mars, but can consider the less difficult Lagrange point. ”

Director Li frowned slightly: "Lagrange point? ”

Lu Zhou nodded: "That's right." ”

"The Lagrange point, also known as the translational point, is the five special solutions to the restrictive three-body problem in celestial mechanics. Among them, the L2 point is the hot spot of international deep space exploration, which is located at the far point on the line connecting the Sun and the Earth. But I'm not talking about L2, I'm talking about L4 and L5, also known as Trojan points. ”

"As a medium-term plan, my idea is to build a permanent space station on L4 or L5 to undertake tasks such as material transit, mineral resource processing, ship docking, repair, and even manufacturing."

"If the Moon Palace is our outpost to control the Earth and Moon, then the base of the Lagrange point will be our outpost to control the solar system. Not only can it be a stopover for us to Mars, but it can also help us reach for the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and become our factory in space. ”

Dumbfounded and listening to Lu Zhou's description, Director Li involuntarily opened his mouth wide and wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to describe the surprise in his heart for a while.

After a long pause, he spoke slowly.

"That sounds too ......"

Lu Zhou: "It's too unbelievable, isn't it?" ”

Director Li didn't speak, but his expression clearly acquiesced to this.

"I admit that this plan sounds a bit bizarre, but from the perspective of time, it is definitely hopeful. As I said before, we don't need to make it a three-year or five-year goal, but we can think of it as a long-term plan with a 50-year or 100-year engineering cycle. ”

"In the short term, this project may be loss-making, but I believe that all the losses will be worth it in the future. This wealth will bring great benefits to our descendants, even if it is not at all profitable now. ”

After a pause, Lu Zhou continued, "To correct it, it's not unprofitable, at least our space industry will prosper because of this centennial plan." ”

Perhaps he was touched by the last words of the last Lu Zhou.

After thinking seriously for a long time, Director Li nodded with a serious expression.

"I will take your opinion to Chang'an Avenue, I can't guarantee whether it can be passed...... In fact, I am afraid that even His Excellency the Great Elder has no way to decide this kind of matter, and I can only give you a result after a meeting has discussed it. ”

Lu Zhou nodded with a relaxed expression.

"Then I'm bothering you."

Director Li asked tentatively, "Do you have anything like a plan here?" If you can, please give me a copy. After all, there is no basis for words, and if there is a visible plan, it will be more convincing. ”

"I know you're going to say that, I'm ready."

With a faint smile, Lu Zhou took out a thick stack of document bags from under the coffee table, put it on the coffee table, and gently pushed it in front of Director Li.

Looking at the document bag on the table, Director Li was slightly stunned, picked it up from the coffee table, opened the cotton thread at the seal, and casually pulled out a piece of paper from it.

"It's ......"

As soon as the two words came out, the half-spoken question was stuck in his throat.

Looking at the contents of the paper in disbelief, Director Li's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

“…… A Stanford Ring Orbital Habitat in which every engineering parameter on the blueprint has been rigorously calculated, and if conditions allow, it can be thrown directly to the construction company to do so. ”

Admiring the face that fell into a stupor because of surprise, Lu Zhou picked up the coffee cup on the coffee table, took a sip lightly, and continued in a pleasant tone, "Although it's not a plan, this thing is ...... Enough should be enough, right? ”

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