Most of the time, the reason why China's scientific research results weren't as good as expected wasn't entirely because China's scholars weren't good enough, but a large part of the reason was because of the industry. After all, a lot of things couldn't be solved by drawing a blueprint. Being able to research something didn't mean that it could be built.
Whether it was the development of science or technology, they all had to follow a certain law and move forward step by step.
If it was possible, Lu Zhou obviously wanted to focus on theoretical research and leave the work of transforming technology to other people.
However, if he really did that, he might not even see the results of his research being brought into reality until he was in his twenties.
The next morning, outside the space shuttle assembly center.
After the car stopped, Wang Peng looked at the building outside the window and asked casually.
"What do you plan on doing in space?"
When Lu Zhou heard this question, he smiled.
"I haven't thought about it yet, but I'll build an astronomical observatory first."
"Astronomical observatory?" Wang Peng looked at him with surprise and said, "When did you become interested in stars?"
"An astronomical observatory isn't necessarily used to look at stars. There's a branch of physics called astrophysics. For theoretical physics, experimental physics is a way to prove conclusions, but it's not the only way. Especially for those problems that are difficult to solve with the current level of technology, using astrophysics to find clues from the universe is a more economical and practical choice. "
In fact, many great discoveries were made this way.
For example, the most famous discovery of gravitational waves was a result of astrophysics. Through the observation of two black holes 1.3 billion light-years away that were in the final stage of merging, people observed the existence of gravitational waves for the first time.
Wang Peng: "… Sounds a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack."
"Scientific research itself is like looking for a needle in a haystack." Lu Zhou unbuckled his seatbelt and asked, "… Do you want to go in with me?"
Wang Peng: "Is it okay if I go in?"
Lu Zhou smiled.
"If you want to come, then come. It's just a few iron lumps. It's not inconvenient."
After getting off the car, Wang Peng followed Lu Zhou into the mysterious space shuttle assembly center.
From the outside, the assembly center had high walls and barbed wire, and the patrolling security guards with electric batons. The security was as tight as a prison. However, after entering the assembly center, the environment was actually no different from other large processing centers.
They walked all the way to the entrance of the factory in the most central area.
At this time, a staff member wearing a hard hat walked over to them.
"Zhongshan New Materials has delivered the materials. This is the inventory list."
After taking the note board from the staff, Lu Zhou briefly flipped through it. After confirming that all the materials he needed were on it, he picked up the pen and signed his name on it. Then, he returned it to the staff and gave a simple instruction.
"Ask the people at the warehouse to transport the materials to the assembly center."
"Alright!"
The staff member nodded and quickly walked toward the warehouse.
Lu Zhou gestured to Wang Peng and led him into the factory.
After entering the factory, Wang Peng looked around.
The last time he was here, the equipment and boxes were piled up randomly. Now, they were neatly arranged, and it looked like a manufacturing base.
The only thing he didn't understand was that the equipment was complete, but where were the people using the equipment?
Are they going to move by themselves?
Wang Peng had a weird expression on his face as he looked around the factory. He then looked at Lu Zhou.
"We're starting today?"
Lu Zhou nodded and gave a simple reply.
"Yeah, the China National Nuclear Corporation sent me the blueprints yesterday. I plan on building one first."
Wang Peng couldn't help but ask.
"But how come I don't see any workers inside?"
Lu Zhou smiled and spoke.
"Because we don't need them."
Wang Peng paused for a second and didn't know how to react.
But soon after, he understood what Lu Zhou meant.
On the other side of the factory, a large logistics vehicle was parked at the unloading point.
As the materials on the vehicles were unloaded, the small AVG logistics vehicles seemed to have come to life. They swarmed toward the pile of materials, grabbing, releasing, and other actions in one go. Wang Peng's eyes were a little overwhelmed.
However, this was only the beginning.
The AVG logistics vehicles were like red blood cells in blood vessels, delivering materials to various production equipment that acted as "organs".
In a short while, the alloy plate was processed into a streamlined outer shell of the generator set. This shell was then transported by the AGV logistics vehicles to an industrial robot.
Then, a few metallic mechanical arms moved up and down the streamlined outer shell, filling the inner part of the ferrofluid electric energy generator with the current regulator, heating device, and other parts at an incredible speed. Then, they quietly waited for the magnetic coil device to be delivered to complete the next step of the assembly …
Industrial cameras and neural network algorithms were embedded into every detail of the production process. The operation of the entire production line was completely dominated by AI. The efficiency of each production process was maximized as much as possible under the coordination of AI.
The only place in the entire production line that required workers was the large logistics vehicle that was used to load and unload goods.
Wang Peng stood on the side and witnessed everything in front of him. Even though his facial expression didn't change much, his eyes were almost popping out.
After a while, he finally snapped back to reality and spoke emotionally.
"If this equipment is popularized, how many people will lose their jobs?"
When Lu Zhou heard this, he smiled and spoke.
"You're thinking too much. Even developed countries can't completely popularize this equipment. Even if we take a step back, it might not be a bad thing if these things are popularized one day. "
The innovation of production technology would cause the labor force to migrate to a higher level. Even though this would cause a series of social problems in the short term, in the long term, it was a necessary part of the development of civilization.
Just when Lu Zhou was about to say something, a technician happened to walk in from the door.
"Professor, someone is looking for you."
Lu Zhou looked away from the robotic arm and looked back at the technician.
"Who?"
"They claim to be from the Navy Equipment Research Institute, and the leader seems to be Academician Zhang Jianrong."
Academician Zhang Jianrong?
Lu Zhou had heard of this name before, but he couldn't remember who mentioned it to him.
He vaguely remembered that this old man seemed to be engaged in ship power research, and he was an alumnus of Academician Li Jiangang from the Fuyang Institute of Matter Research.
No matter what, he had come all the way from Shangjing to pay a visit, so he had to respect him.
Therefore, Lu Zhou reluctantly looked away from the industrial equipment in the factory and spoke to the technician.
"Take me there."
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