Chapter 1308: 100-Year Road Map
This is more than enough…
This looks like a fortress!
After flipping through a few pages, Director Li could no longer describe his feelings in words. He was shocked.
From the dimensions and size of each rivet to the materials and screws, to the equipment needed for each functional module, and how many people would be needed, almost all of the requirements were listed on this blueprint.
Many things in the aeros.p.a.ce industry were not possible, such as a cable with a “Young’s modulus of 2.07TPa and a breaking strength of 79N/m”, or a “density ρ≤3.7g/cm3, t.i.tanium alloy material with modulus ≥1333MPa and hardness ≥HB400…”, etc.
However, according to the current development trend, as long as sufficient funds were invested in these research directions, it was still quite possible to produce materials that could meet the standards one day in the future.
Therefore, this was not just an idea, but rather, it was a rigorous manual!
A general road map that outlined the development direction of the aeros.p.a.ce industry for the next 100 years!
“This thing… Where did you get it?”
Director Li realized that he wouldn’t understand Lu Zhou’s explanation anyway.
Even if Lu Zhou explained it to him, it would be useless.
“I’ll take this blueprint for now, I’ll return to Beijing tonight!”
Director Li put the blueprint back into the doc.u.ment bag, wrapped it with the cotton thread, and sealed it. Director Li looked at Lu Zhou and said in a serious tone, “If it is okay, I want to show it to the experts at the China Aeros.p.a.ce Science and Technology Corporation, then take it to Chang’an Avenue. Is that fine?”
“No problem.” Lu Zhou said with a smile, “I recommend you give Academician Yuan Huanmin a look at it, he will understand.”
Even though the old academician was a bit stubborn at times, his skills were unrivaled. Lu Zhou believed that after seeing this blueprint, he should be able to understand the meaning behind the blueprint.
“That’s what I planned to do.” Director Li said, “If Academician Yuan feels that there are no problems, it will be more persuasive when discussing at the meeting. Okay then. I still have to drive later. I won’t stay for dinner.”
Lu Zhou: “How about you wait until tomorrow? There seems to be a celebration banquet tomorrow night.”
“No can do!”
Director Li got up from the sofa and said, “The celebration banquet can be held anytime. There are important things to get done!”
Director Li got up and walked toward the hallway. Lu Zhou also got up from the sofa and took him to the front door.
Lu Zhou wanted to say that the important things could wait, but seeing how important Director Li viewed this blueprint, he decided not to persuade him otherwise.
Just like this, the blueprint of the “Stanford Torus...o...b..tal Habitat” and plans for the Lagrange point s.p.a.ce station and the Mars outpost were taken by Director Li and were on a maglev train heading straight to Beijing.
As for other things, Lu Zhou didn’t want to worry about it for the time being.
Before starting the third piece of void memory and the next system mission, he just wanted to take a good rest.
On the one hand, he wanted to spend some time with his girlfriend, and on the other hand, he wanted to relax his brain and think about which research area to tackle next…
The next morning.
After accepting the interview, the CTV media van drove to Lu Zhou’s mansion.
At the request of Lu Zhou himself, the interview was changed to a one-on-one interview.
Before coming here, the director of the media outlet repeatedly ordered Wu Xinran, the host in charge of the interview, to keep the interview within half an hour. This was so that they wouldn’t disturb Academician Lu’s rest.
Because of this, before coming here, Wu Xinran was still a little nervous. She did her homework a long time in advance, for fear that she might offend this “peculiar” scholar.
However, the result was unlike what she had imagined. When Lu Zhou opened the door and invited her in, he didn’t seem to be as uncomfortable as she had thought.
They sat down on the sofa. Wu Xinran watched the coffee being delivered by the home robot. She looked at Lu Zhou and said, “You look younger than I imagined. It looks like you’re in your twenties.”
Lu Zhou smiled and nodded.
“Thank you.”
“Is there any secrets to staying young?”
“Secrets to staying young? I haven’t really done anything special.” Lu Zhou said with a smile, “Perhaps it is because of the pure environment of the laboratory. I know many scholars who look very young.”
For example, Professor Tao.
Even though he was almost in his fifties, he looked like he was in his early thirties. When he was in his thirties, he looked like he was in his early twenties. When Professor Tao got married, it looked like he was walking around with his older sister.
“That’s quite enviable.” Wu Xinran smirked and said, “We won’t waste your time, can we start now? I only have half an hour with you.”
“No need to be so anxious, I’m not that busy.” Lu Zhou said with a smile, “If there is not enough time, we can extend the interview. As long as it’s before the evening. I have a banquet to attend in the evening.”
“Please rest a.s.sured that this won’t go past noon. I will try my best to control the interview time to less than half an hour.”
The host smiled at Lu Zhou, then looked at the reporter, who was carrying the camera, and nodded. This indicated that she was ready to start shooting.
All of the preparations were done; the interview officially began.
“First of all, the question that everyone is concerned about… What do you think the Z particle will bring to our future?”
Lu Zhou thought about it for a while before replying, “The future is a very broad concept, how it will affect our future depends on how long you mean by the future. If it is five or ten years, hypers.p.a.ce theory will still be a very esoteric thing for ordinary people. Maybe it will affect the development trajectory of physics, but the impact on ordinary people will be quite small.”
After a pause, he continued, “However, if we’re talking about fifty or even a hundred years, its impact will be huge. Let your imagination run wild.”
Wu Xinran said, “Imagination runs wild?”
“Yes.” Lu Zhou nodded and smiled as he said, “Actually, think about it carefully. From living on farms to living in reinforced concrete buildings, it only took thirty years. Human civilization as a whole is much more adaptable than we think.
“A century ago, people couldn’t even imagine that, one day in the future, people will sleep in tall high-rise buildings, with neighbors in all directions.
“For the same reason, things that seem unbelievable now might be nothing more than ordinary routines in the future a hundred years from now. Perhaps by then, most people will live in s.p.a.ce stations. Resources will come from mining asteroids, extracting energy from stars, and using the infinite s.p.a.ce of the universe to solve various problems facing our social development.”
Wu Xinran asked curiously, “How are these things related to Z particles and the hypers.p.a.ce theory?”
“Everything I talk about is related to the Z particle.” Lu Zhou leaned back on the sofa, crossed his fingers on his knees, and said with a smile, “s.p.a.ce was a vast and distant concept before, but now, it’s been pulled near us.
“Because of the birth of hypers.p.a.ce theory, we have found a shortcut from low-Earth orbit to the distant universe. Because of this, the things I said will become a reality in the near future.
“It might seem like it is too early to talk about these things.
“But time will show that I’m not joking around.”