China National Space Administration.
Inside a conference room.
A simple title was printed on the curtain hanging in front of the conference room.
[The Feasibility of Fusion Battery Technology and Ion Thruster Propulsion Systems in the Aerospace Field]
This was the theme of today's conference, and it was also the title of a thesis.
Although the words were not very long, the amount of information was abnormally large, so much so that the minutes of the meeting had been passed down for a long time, and the meeting had also been going on for a long time, but until now, no one had spoken.
Director Sun looked around at the people sitting in the conference room. He closed his eyes and thought for a while. He then slowly opened his eyes and broke the silence.
"… This thesis was written by Professor Lu, and it was completed about two days ago. After receiving this thesis, the Communist Party of China attached great importance to it. My superior even asked me to hold a meeting at the bureau for everyone to discuss."
Director Sun paused for a second and made sure that he didn't miss any information.
He then continued, "Regarding this thesis … or the space shuttle, I want to hear your opinions."
As his voice faded, there was still no sound in the conference room.
After a while, people began to whisper in the conference room.
"Mr. Qian was the one who killed the space shuttle. If we change the route now … Isn't that a bad idea?"
"Can Mr. Qian's words last forever? Moreover, the old man rejected this route only out of consideration for the conditions of the times. If you wanted to build a jet a hundred years ago, would anyone think you were a normal person? "
"I agree with Professor Yu's point of view. Right now, the American NASP program and West Germany's Sanger program both focus on reusable space shuttles as the future development of round-trip transportation systems. I'm sure the Americans suffered a lot on the space shuttle, so they should have a better understanding of pain than us. For them to make this kind of decision, they must have carefully considered it. Therefore, even if we don't take this seriously, we can't ignore it! "
Director Sun sat at the head of the conference table and quietly listened to everyone's discussion.
Even though the content of the discussion was superficial, there was nothing he could do about it.
After all, Professor Lu's thesis mentioned a lot of sensitive things, so it wasn't suitable for public discussion. Even a closed-door expert meeting like this was inappropriate. Therefore, the information that was sent to the participants was modified. For example, the fusion battery part was treated as an unfinished technology, and it was described in a hypothetical way.
Most people obviously wouldn't take such an unreliable assumption into consideration.
In fact, a similar debate had happened a long time ago, and it even broke out in this conference room. However, at that time, there was no such advanced multimedia equipment, and the people sitting here had changed.
Deputy Director Wang, who was sitting next to Director Sun, lowered his voice and reminded him in a low voice.
"Chief."
"What happened?"
"I say … is there a need to continue this discussion?"
Director Sun raised his eyebrows.
"How so?"
Deputy Director Wang continued, "The higher-ups want us to take Professor Lu's thesis seriously. Isn't it obvious enough?"
The corner of Bureau Chief Sun's mouth twitched as he said expressionlessly, "We still have to discuss it. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, will you be responsible?"
The Deputy Director smiled awkwardly and immediately shut his mouth.
The debate gradually became white-hot.
The people who supported and the people who opposed each had their own opinions. They stood on opposite sides, and no one could convince the other.
Director Sun rolled up his sleeves and looked at his watch. When he saw that it was almost time, he cleared his throat and raised his voice.
"… In order to ensure that the conference can be carried out more effectively, I will show you some things that haven't been made public yet. I hope everyone can confirm that you don't have any communication devices on you, and that you must keep what you see today strictly confidential. "
The conference room gradually quieted down.
The experts sitting at the table looked at each other, and many of them had a thoughtful look in their eyes.
Of course, some people were still confused, and they looked at Director Sun, who was sitting at the head of the conference table.
Director Sun didn't explain. He looked at the secretary standing next to him and gently nodded.
The secretary standing next to the multimedia desk immediately understood. He put a CD into the notebook on the multimedia desk, then he quickly moved the mouse and retrieved the original thesis from the CD. He then played the data that was not convenient to be made public, as well as some information about fusion batteries.
The second the data was displayed on the screen, the conference room was dead silent. It was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop on the ground.
About five minutes later, when everyone had finished reading the information, exclamations of surprise spread from every corner of the conference room like a wave.
“100M！ This is impossible! "
"If the output power of the power supply device can reach 100 meters … Theoretically, it's not impossible to produce a KN-class thrust."
"That's just too unbelievable! Even if it can reach 100 meters, what kind of ion thruster engine can provide this kind of KN-class thrust?! "
Currently, the world's most powerful ion thruster engine was NASA's NEXT system. It had a power of 6.9K, but the thrust was only 0.236N.
KN-class thrust …
It might be possible with M-class energy, but there was no ion thruster propulsion system in the world that could control this kind of energy.
The old professor with glasses stared at the data on the screen and couldn't help but speak.
"What kind of ion thruster propulsion system can achieve this …"
"It's not a scam, right?"
"No way, Professor Lu wrote this report, why would he need funding?"
"But you can't just spout nonsense like that!"
"What if he can do it?"
"Quiet!"
A loud voice interrupted the noise in the conference room.
The director looked around at the experts in the conference room and went silent for a while before he spoke.
"I'm a layman, I can't comment on whether this project is reliable or not. After all, I've been on many airplanes, but I've never been on a space shuttle before.
"You are all experts in the aerospace field. Over the past two decades, our aerospace industry has made great strides with your experience. Not only have we broken through technological barriers, but we've also accomplished many things that other developing countries can't even imagine.
"Therefore, I believe in your experience, and I believe in your judgment."
After pausing for a moment, Director Sun ended the debate with one sentence.
"Let's vote."
The conference room went silent for a long time.
The experts carefully looked at the data on the screen and began to contemplate.
Gradually, one hand was raised.
Then the second hand …
The third hand …
After a minute of silence, Director Sun looked around the conference room and roughly counted the number of people.
Out of the twenty people, eleven raised their hands.
Regardless of how many people abstained, at least it wasn't the majority.
Director Sun looked at the people in the conference room and nodded. He placed his hands on the table and slowly stood up. He then concisely stated his decision.
"Project approved!"
"Meeting dismissed!"
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