When Director Li finally met Lu Zhou, it was already the evening of the next day.
"You're quite decisive. You said you didn't want to see him, but you didn't even reply to my message."
Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly, but he didn't explain anything. He pretended not to hear it and gestured to the teacup on the coffee table.
"You must be tired after such a long journey. Have some tea first."
Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't seem to intend to reflect on himself, Director Li sighed and spoke.
"It's not that I want to scold you, but it's such a big deal. You just left without saying a word. It's really a bit unreasonable, right? Of course, I'm not here to blame you, I just want to tell you that the whole world is waiting for you to come out and say something. Even if you just say a few words, you can't refuse this small matter, right? "
Lu Zhou: "Luo Wenxuan has already said what needs to be said. I've seen the video of his report, and he said it quite well. Even if I go, I'll just be repeating his point of view. It doesn't make much sense."
"Professor Luo is Professor Luo, why don't you understand? Everyone wants to hear your voice, not his or anyone else's."
What difference could there be between these things?
Looking at Director Li's sincere face, Lu Zhou didn't know what to say, so he sighed and spoke.
"What do you want to know?"
Director Li immediately said, "What is the possibility of achieving faster than light navigation through hyperspace technology! If it is feasible, how long will it take to achieve it? "
After taking a sip of the coffee on the table, Lu Zhou spoke after thinking for a while.
"Using hyperspace technology to achieve cross-galaxy navigation is a very promising direction. My intuition tells me that this path is probably possible. However, it will take at least a century for this direction to become a reality. "
"A century …?"
"That's right." Looking at Director Li, who had a disappointed expression on his face, Lu Zhou nodded and continued, "It's not that fast to go from theory to reality. It takes time for any science to move in the direction of technology. Moreover, I don't think that they should focus on FTL navigation as a strategic goal. "
Director Li: "Why?"
"Because there's not much point in doing so."
After putting down the coffee cup in his hand, Lu Zhou looked at the old man and continued, "Compared to faster than light navigation, it is more realistic to achieve faster than light communication between interplanetary systems through hyperspace technology, and the hope of achieving it within a century will be greater. And the research of the former will certainly inspire the latter. Before sending massive spacecraft to further places, we must first figure out how to realize our plan on photons or electrons, muons, tau particles, and other leptons … "
Lu Zhou looked at Director Li, who was taking notes in his notebook. He paused for a second and spoke with a smile.
"There's nothing to remember about these things. Even if you remember them, it's useless. No one knows what the situation will be like in 50 years."
"How is it useless? I remember everything you told me! "
Lu Zhou looked at Director Li, who had become a little paranoid, and shook his head. Just when he was about to say something, the old man who had finished taking notes closed his scribbled notes and looked at him seriously.
"What you said is very important. It just so happens that CTV is planning to do a show on this topic. If you have time … Why don't you think about it?"
"Let's talk about the show next time." From the old man's tone, Lu Zhou guessed that it wasn't an important matter, so he didn't take it to heart. He changed the topic and continued, "Speaking of which, since you're here, I also have something to discuss with you."
When Director Li heard that Lu Zhou had something to discuss with him, he immediately perked up.
"Please go ahead!"
"Don't be so nervous." Lu Zhou smiled and continued, "From a long-term perspective, I suggest launching the Mars project."
The moment Director Li heard these words, the expression on his face suddenly froze.
Lu Zhou expected him to have such an expression, so he didn't care.
He just continued, "In addition, the launch I'm talking about is not just a symbolic launch, but a part of the long-term development strategy of our country'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 something?"
"What do you mean found something?"
Director Li sat up straight and stared at Lu Zhou with bright eyes. He continued eagerly, "For example, the hyperspace channel … Did you find a stable way to open it?"
Seeing that Director Li seemed to have misunderstood him, Lu Zhou sighed and explained patiently.
"You overestimate my abilities. This kind of problem requires the wisdom of an entire civilization and takes decades or even hundreds of years to solve. It's not something that can be solved by a single person. However, as for whether it has anything to do with the hyperspace channel or not, it actually has something to do with it. "
Director Li: "What is it?"
"Think about it, why doesn't Singapore have a high-speed rail?"
"Why would Singapore need a high-speed rail?" Director Li said with a smile, "They're so small, you can drive around the country by car. Unless it's an international high-speed rail, there's no need to build a high-speed rail, right?"
"Exactly." Lu Zhou snapped his fingers and continued, "Many people actually misunderstand the logic of technological development. It is not because of the hyperspace channel that we can expand to more distant worlds, but because we have expanded our borders to distant worlds, we have to develop technology that can bring them under our actual control.
"Science is pure, but technology is born to solve problems. Only when we have a realistic need for faster than light navigation and communication can the problem be solved. If we stay on Earth 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 similar to the Guanghan Special Zone on Mars? Create a need to solve this problem? "
"That's not urgent, we still have to take it one step at a time." With a faint smile, Lu Zhou continued in a serious tone, "But like I said, regardless of whether the hyperspace channel can be opened stably or not, Mars is an indispensable part of our space strategy. As for the long-term goal, we can first consider building a settlement on Mars similar to the lunar scientific research station, then slowly advance our plan. "
Director Li asked in a serious tone, "How long is this long-term period?"
"A hundred years."
"Oh …" Director Li took a deep breath and said, "A hundred years … This cycle is really long."
"So I also have a corresponding medium-term plan." Lu Zhou said with a smile, "Because of the orbital changes on Mars, it is difficult for us to plan a stable flight for it at present, and it is difficult to ensure the safety of the colonists on Mars. However, as a medium-term goal, we don't need to directly set our sights on Mars. We can consider the Lagrange point, which is less difficult. "
Director Li frowned slightly and said, "Lagrange point?"
Lu Zhou nodded and said, "That's right."
"The Lagrange point, also known as the libration point, is one of the five special solutions of the restricted three-body problem in celestial mechanics. The L2 point is the hot spot of international deep space exploration, located at the farthest point on the line between the Sun and the Earth. But I'm not talking about L2 here, but L4 and L5, also known as the Trojan point.
"As a medium-term plan, my idea is to build a permanent space station on L4 or L5 to undertake tasks such as material transfer, mineral resource processing, ship docking, repair, and even manufacturing.
"If the Moon Palace is our outpost to control the Moon, then the Lagrange point base will become our outpost to control the solar system. Not only can it become a transit station for us to Mars, but it can also help us reach the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and become our factory in space. "
Director Li listened to Lu Zhou's description with his mouth wide open. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to describe the surprise in his heart.
After a while, he slowly opened his mouth and said.
"This sounds too …"
Lu Zhou: "It's too weird, right?"
Director Li didn't speak, but his expression clearly indicated that he agreed with this.
"I admit that this plan sounds a bit outrageous, but looking at it from the perspective of time, it definitely has a chance of being realized. Like I said before, we don't need to do it as a three-year or five-year goal. Instead, 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 a loss, but I believe that all the losses can be realized in the future. This wealth will bring great benefits to our descendants, even if it doesn't seem profitable now. "
After a pause, Lu Zhou continued, "It's not unprofitable. At least our aerospace industry will usher in prosperity because of this 100-year plan."
Perhaps Director Li was touched by Lu Zhou's last sentence.
After thinking about it for a long time, Director Li nodded with a serious expression.
"I will take your opinion to Chang 'an Avenue, but I can't guarantee whether it will pass or not … In fact, I'm afraid that even the President can't make a decision on this matter. I can only give you a decision after a meeting."
Lu Zhou nodded with a relaxed expression.
"Then I'll have to trouble you."
Director Li asked tentatively, "Do you have anything like a plan here? If you can, please give me a copy. After all, words are useless. If there is a plan, it will be more convincing. "
"I knew you would say that, I'm ready."
Lu Zhou took out a thick stack of documents from under the coffee table. He placed it on the coffee table and gently pushed it in front of Director Li.
Director Li looked at the document bag on the table. He was slightly stunned. He picked it up from the coffee table, removed the cotton thread on the seal, and took out a piece of paper.
"This is …"
As soon as the two words left his mouth, the question that he was about to ask got stuck in his throat.
Director Li looked at the content of the paper in disbelief. His eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"… An orbital habitat using the Stanford ring configuration. Every engineering parameter on the blueprint has been rigorously calculated. If conditions permit, there will be no problem even if it is directly given to the construction unit."
Lu Zhou looked at Director Li's stunned face. He picked up the coffee cup on the coffee table and took a sip. He then continued in a happy tone, "Even though it's not a plan, this thing … should be enough, right?"
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