Beijing.
A conference room on Chang 'an Avenue.
Academician Wang Rongjun, who was wearing a gray coat, slowly walked into the conference room. He found a seat with his name on it and sat down. He then placed his vacuum flask on the table.
He glanced at the table and wanted to find the conference document, but he didn't find it at all.
Academician Wang Rongjun felt a little strange. He was about to get up and ask the staff for the document when he heard an unexpected voice.
"Old Wang, why are you here?"
Wang Rongjun turned around and saw the chief engineer of Huatie Group, Academician Li Qingquan, walking over from the back of the aisle with his eyes wide open.
When Wang Rongjun saw his old friend, he paused for a second and spoke.
"I was going to ask you the same thing! The day before yesterday, you said you were having a meeting in Southwest China, why are you in Beijing now? "
"Ahem, I was having a meeting in Southwest China the day before yesterday, but I suddenly received a call from the State Administration for National Defense, asking me to come here for a secret meeting. They even bought me a ticket. I didn't want to tell you, so I didn't tell you. "Academician Li Qingquan coughed and said," I didn't expect you to be invited as well. "
"Ah, even you were invited, of course they invited me." Academician Wang picked up his vacuum flask and took a sip. He looked back at the crowded conference room and said, "The people sitting here are all big names."
It wasn't just a few big names from the railway system, even old academicians from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation were invited.
Other than that, there were some people he wasn't familiar with. They didn't look like they were from the Chinese Academy of Sciences or universities. They looked like military research units.
He couldn't help but think back to the phone call from two days ago.
Although that person didn't tell him what they were going to discuss during the meeting, looking at the situation, the content of the meeting wouldn't be simple …
"Yeah." Academician Li Qingquan sat down next to him. He nodded and said, "Half of the big names in the rail transportation industry are sitting here. Could it be … that the country is planning on building a high-speed rail project? "
Academician Li Qingquan's eyes trembled, and a trace of excitement gradually appeared on his face.
The so-called super-high-speed railway was the concept of a "high-speed flying train" proposed by the Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation. Using the technology of "magnetic levitation and low-vacuum tubes", it could achieve supersonic "near-earth flight". In theory, it could reach a speed of more than 1,000 kilometers per hour.
Ever since China's high-speed rail reached 350 kilometers per hour, they had been talking about this. The technical feasibility study had been completed a long time ago, and there were many academician level big names supporting them. However, the specific project had never been discussed.
Firstly, it was for safety reasons. Secondly, China had just built a 350-kilometer-per-hour high-speed railway. There was not much need to build a faster high-speed railway immediately.
In contrast, exporting high-speed rail technology to Africa and other third-world countries to help China seize the global market was more practical.
But now, the State Administration for National Defense suddenly gathered so many big names in the field of rail transportation, as well as experts from the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation. It was hard not to think about this.
"… It's hard to say." Academician Wang Rongjun frowned and pondered for a second. He shook his head and said, "Let's see what the leaders from the State Administration for National Defense have to say."
"You're right." Academician Li Qingquan smiled and said, "We can't just wait until the conference starts and not talk about today's topics, right?"
The clock struck ten o 'clock, and almost all of the participants had arrived. The staff in the conference room closed the door, and the conference finally began.
The person hosting the conference was the head of the State Administration for National Defense. When Director Li walked onto the stage, the whispering in the conference room gradually stopped, and many people had a serious look on their faces.
"Thank you all for taking the time to come here and participate in this meeting." Director Li stood in front of the microphone and cleared his throat. He said slowly, "The reason why I brought you all here is because there is an important matter that I need to consult with all of you."
"Because this matter is of great importance, it is inconvenient to discuss it in public. Therefore, I didn't inform everyone of the content of the conference in advance. I hope everyone can understand.
"Also, I hope everyone can keep the content of the conference strictly confidential. At the same time, I hope everyone can give their opinions. If you have any good ideas, please be sure to raise them at the conference. "
As he spoke, an image was gradually projected on the screen in front of the conference room.
The moment they saw this scene, the originally quiet conference room was suddenly filled with noisy discussions.
They exchanged surprised looks with the people sitting next to them, and many of them saw the surprised expressions on each other's faces.
Lunar mass projector!
Even though many people sitting here had imagined all kinds of topics that might be discussed today, they didn't expect the head of the State Administration for National Defense to come up with something like this.
When Academician Li Qingquan saw that the content that appeared on the screen wasn't "super high-speed rail", he looked slightly disappointed, but he didn't say anything. Academician Wang Rongjun, who was sitting next to him, had his mouth wide open.
After a long time, he finally spoke.
"Are they going to build a high-speed rail on the Moon?"
Director Li, who was standing on the stage, cleared his throat and spoke in a serious voice.
"According to the construction plan provided by the Lunar Orbit Committee, we plan to build a circular acceleration track based on a crater.
"Through electromagnetic acceleration, the working medium will be directly accelerated to the Moon's escape velocity, then launched into a lunar orbit through a second inclined track.
"The project will start at the same time as the lunar research facility. The first phase of the project has a budget of 200 billion yuan. It is expected that more than 70 universities, research institutes, and corporate R&D units will be involved."
When Academician Li Qingquan heard about the State Administration for National Defense's generosity, he had a slightly emotional expression on his face.
The first phase of the project has a budget of 200 billion yuan!
This was like building another Moon Palace on the surface of the moon!
Academician Wang Rongjun, who was sitting next to him, frowned as he stared at the PowerPoint on the screen.
"I'm afraid it's not easy to build this thing, and even if it's completed, I'm afraid the power consumption will be astronomical! I'm afraid we'll have to build a supporting fusion power station on the Moon to power this lunar cannon. "
"Lunar cannon?" Academician Li Qingquan raised his eyebrows and smiled as he said, "That's a good name."
Academician Wang Rongjun smirked.
"Yeah, it's a cannon."
Using an electromagnetic track to accelerate the working medium to more than two kilometers per second.
This speed is much faster than a cannonball.
Academician Li Qingquan, who was sitting next to him, squinted his eyes and looked at the PowerPoint screen. He suddenly spoke emotionally.
"This super-high-speed rail project has been going on for at least five or six years, right?"
Academician Wang Rongjun didn't know why his old friend was suddenly thinking about this.
"I think so … Why?"
Academician Li Qingquan: "There are a lot of academicians supporting this project, right?"
Academician Wang Rongjun: "What are you trying to say?"
Academician Li Qingquan sighed.
"Nothing, I'm just a little emotional."
This was also a 200 billion yuan project, but the super-high-speed rail project had been going on for five or six years without any results. But now, this "lunar cannon" project was decided by just one sentence from that person.
There were so many big names supporting this project, but they couldn't even compare to one sentence from that person.
In all the years of the Republic's history, there probably wasn't a second scholar with such prestige, even if one were to go back in time to that era …
(Recommend two books, "The Turbulent Years of Rebirth" and "Fairy, Please Behave". Those who are interested in rebirth and harem novels can read them ~)
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