A success rate of 49% was already very good.
At least according to the calculation results of the supercomputer on Ceres, even if the 51% probability really happened, the design plan that Lu Zhou came up with failed, and the risk of causing a major accident was far lower than several other plans.
After the discussion of the expert group, the space elevator project team finally decided to use this design plan as the construction blueprint, and East Asia Heavy Industries and other engineering units were responsible for the construction.
After a three-day meeting, after all the preparations were ready, Academician Ge Huaizhi rushed to Jinling in the Yangtze River Delta city group and found Academician Lu's home.
When Academician Ge arrived, Lu Zhou happened to be fiddling with the newly bought equipment in the laboratory in his front yard, so he asked him to wait outside the laboratory for a while. After finishing the things at hand, he asked Xiao Ai to invite him in.
"Academician Lu, I finally found you!"
Academician Ge Huaizhi walked over the cardboard boxes piled at the door of the laboratory toward Lu Zhou.
Lu Zhou probably guessed something from his expression.
"It seems that you have something to discuss with me. How is it? Does that design plan work? "
A wry smile appeared on Academician Ge's face as he said, "I don't know if this works or not … but for now, that is the best choice."
Lu Zhou frowned slightly. He looked at him strangely and asked.
"What do you mean?"
Without hiding anything, Academician Ge told Lu Zhou everything that happened at the expert review meeting and the results calculated by the quantum supercomputer array on Ceres.
After listening to Academician Ge's words, Lu Zhou sighed and said, "Calculations are just calculations after all.
It does not mean absolute. At most, it can be used as a reference. There is no modeling that can completely restore reality. Any small variable that is not taken into account may affect the final calculation results. "
Academician Ge sighed and said, "Of course, we have considered what you said, but after all, there is no precedent for the things in the space elevator. Apart from this method, we can't think of a better way to compare which plan is more suitable. "
"So you need to think about how to innovate." Lu Zhou filled a tube of metal powder with special markings into the 3D printer. He pressed a few buttons on the 3D printer and said, "Just like the earliest controllable fusion reactor, it was also unprecedented for people at that time. Creating miracles and making the impossible possible, isn't that what we scholars should do? "
Academician Ge: "You are right, I very much agree with your point of view! But I have to admit that not everyone has the ability to create miracles. "
Hearing this, Lu Zhou's hand movements paused slightly. He suddenly had a bad premonition.
How should he put it?
Every time he had a similar feeling, trouble would come knocking on his door.
Sure enough, before he could speak, Academician Ge looked at him intently and spoke sincerely.
"After discussion and research by our group of experts, we all agree that it's overkill to let you be the chief consultant."
"… What do you guys want?"
Academician Ge smiled embarrassedly and spoke with a dry cough.
"… We hope that you will be the chief designer of this space elevator project. We have already applied to the chairman of the board for this matter, and he has approved it. He said that as long as we can convince you, everything is OK. "
Lu Zhou: "…"
Seeing that Lu Zhou's expression seemed reluctant, Academician Ge spoke quickly.
"Don't be in a hurry to refuse. If you have any requirements, you can put forward them. We will try our best to meet your requirements!"
Looking at Academician Ge Huaizhi's sincere appearance, Lu Zhou couldn't say anything to refuse him for a while.
After a moment of silence, he sighed and spoke.
"It's not that I don't want to be the chief designer, but you should try to learn to think about some problems on your own. You can't expect me to always come up with wonderful ideas or have a brainwave to solve all the problems you encounter."
Why not?
Academician Ge wanted to ask this in his heart, and he almost asked it out loud.
However, looking at the expression on Lu Zhou's face, he guessed that this big shot probably wouldn't want to hear this answer, so after hesitating for a moment, he changed to a euphemistic statement.
"I don't quite understand. Why do you insist on letting us solve these problems alone? You are still young. Even after I die, maybe you will still be in your prime … At my age, I can understand your feelings, but for you, isn't it too early to start thinking about cultivating a successor? "
Too early?
Lu Zhou smiled when he heard this sentence, but he didn't know how to answer this question for a while.
At this moment, the 3D printer that was placed on the side suddenly stopped its rumbling.
As the pitch-black metal shell unfolded, the finished product in the cabin also appeared.
Academician Ge's attention was attracted by the hourglass-shaped object with two oblate and wide ends located on the printer. He asked curiously and casually.
"What is that?"
"Z particle oscillation device."
"… Z particle oscillation device?"
"Hmm, is there no one who studies this stuff anymore? In layman's terms, it is the key to open the hyperspace channel, the core of the warp drive or the faster than light communication device … "Seeing the gradually dull expression on Academician Ge's face, Lu Zhou quickly added," Of course, this thing is just a part of the experimental product. It is far from the kind of thing you understand. "
"Beyond the speed of light … Can this kind of thing really be done?"
Looking at Academician Ge, whose face was full of disbelief, Lu Zhou sighed after being silent for a while.
He sighed and said, "To be honest, I didn't expect that today, 100 years after the discovery of the Z particle, someone would still ask this question."
A hundred years ago, he had already proved the hyperspace theory and the related physical properties of the Z particle through experiments. Although Academician Ge Huaizhi was not a researcher in the relevant field, it was understandable that he didn't understand the research in this area. However, he hadn't even heard of it. The research on the Z particle had not received much attention in the past hundred years.
Looking at Academician Ge, who gradually had a trace of shame on his face, Lu Zhou continued.
"About 100 years ago, or to be precise, 101 years ago, I once opened a hyperspace channel through two Z particle clocks, but due to the conditions at the time, there was no way to make it stable. After coming to this era, I consulted a lot of literature and had some new ideas on how to maintain the hyperspace channel. If it weren't for that damn mission … I mean, the trouble that a certain chairman threw at me, I would actually want to solve this problem more. "
"Why …"
"There is no why, because I want to travel to a very distant place. If I want to go there, a warp drive is necessary. I once promised someone to leave a legend about us on it. "
Academician Ge opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he suddenly seemed to think of something, so he closed his mouth.
He thought of a rumor.
Or a legend.
That was a century ago. Academician Lu once promised to give his fiancée a star and set up a future fund in her name, hoping to send a colonial ship to the distant Tau Ceti one day in the future and engrave the legend of the two people there.
Is this the romance of a scientist …
Although he was also a scholar, he did not particularly understand this crazy idea.
Although the academic community's view was that, considering the brightness of Tau Ceti's star, there might be a habitable Earth-like planet there, sending oneself to a desolate planet without civilization was no different from self-exile.
No, this is suicide …
Academician Ge's throat moved slightly. With an expression of disbelief on his face, he spoke with difficulty.
"You're not … serious, are you?"
"Do I look like I'm joking?" Lu Zhou glanced at him and said, "Don't mention the chief designer. I still hold the same view. You should learn to solve some problems on your own, instead of pinning all your hopes on me. If you encounter any trouble, just come and ask me. I will try my best to help you. "
After a pause, Lu Zhou continued.
"Besides, I have helped you solve the problems of materials and design drawings. If you still can't build this space elevator …"
"Then it can only be said that the conditions are not ripe. We don't deserve it now."
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