Even though Lu Zhou was curious about how Luo Wenxuan exposed this cheater's conspiracy, he didn't want to ask.
The two of them ate grilled fish and talked about random things. The topic changed from what to do on New Year's Day to the Riemann conjecture.
"… I'm sure that as long as we can solve the Riemann conjecture, we can find the secret behind the Riemann zeta function. I'm excited just thinking about it. It's like the timeline has changed at some unnatural point!"
"Do you think there's a possibility that Riemann, who proposed the Riemann zeta function, actually came from the future? Otherwise, how do you explain the pairing function of the eigenvalues of the random Hermitian matrix and the pairing function of the non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function? There was no quantum mechanics in the 18th century! "
Even though Lu Zhou knew that Luo Wenxuan was joking, he still laughed and spoke in a joking tone.
"How do you know that the history we know isn't the result of the 'time traveler' changing it? How could you not know that our past is actually just a future that has been modified? "
"The history we know is actually the result of the time traveler changing it. You're saying that the past we know is actually our future?" Luo Wenxuan suddenly snapped his fingers and excitedly slapped his chopsticks on the table. He looked up and said, "I thought of a new idea. I'll wait until after New Year's … How about I start working on it when I get back?"
Because his voice was too loud, the guests next to him looked over.
Lu Zhou coughed awkwardly and signaled him to sit down.
"Sit down, don't be so nervous."
Luo Wenxuan realized that he was in a public place after Lu Zhou reminded him, so he sat down awkwardly.
However, this guy's awkwardness only lasted for half a second.
Soon after, he placed his hands on the table and looked at Lu Zhou with excitement in his eyes.
"You don't know what I just thought of! I bet you'll be amazed by my new ideas! I am a f * cking genius! "
Looking at his senior brother who had returned to his seat, Lu Zhou, who was relieved, continued to speak in a gentle tone.
"… No matter what new idea it is, I don't want my name to appear in your thesis."
Luo Wenxuan smiled smugly.
"Don't regret it."
Lu Zhou pursed his lips.
"Haha, I'm sure I won't regret it."
The so-called time traveler was just a joke.
He was sure that this time paradox idea must have been done before, and there must be more than one paper.
Isn't this what theoretical physicists do?
Let's assume that string theory is true, then come up with a theory. Then, assuming that string theory didn't work, he came up with another theory to explain why it didn't work.
In this contradiction of self-affirmation and self-denial, he slowly moved forward.
From this, it could be seen that Einstein was like God.
This included the true appearance of a black hole that was only completed a few years ago, as well as the observation of gravitational waves earlier.
Since his death, all the results of the physics community through experimental means seemed to be consistent with his theoretical framework.
Even to this day, the experimental physics community had not been able to fully test the theory left behind by the great man. As a result, the geniuses living in this era could only write and draw on a "castle in the air" called theoretical physics. Faced with the strong development of condensed matter physics, they were stuck in a dilemma …
Wait a minute.
Lu Zhou suddenly fell into deep thought.
It seemed that Einstein wasn't the only one who made scholars in the same field fall into a dilemma.
It was true that time travel was just a joke, and there was not enough evidence to support this view.
However, how could he prove that the history that had already happened was indeed not the result of a change in time?
There seemed to be no way to prove it …
Especially at this time, he suddenly thought of the existence of the system.
Emmmm …
"Seems … interesting?"
Lu Zhou rubbed his chin and thought of a possibility. He suddenly muttered to himself and went into deep thought.
"Hey, I heard what you said. You said it's interesting, do you want to join forces?" Luo Wenxuan looked at Lu Zhou and said excitedly.
"You must have heard wrong." Lu Zhou came back to his senses and smiled. He tried to hide the trace of surprise in his eyes as he said, "As for joining forces … Let's wait until we have results on our current project."
"Okay then." Luo Wenxuan spread his hands and made a helpless expression as he said, "Can I be happy for a bit? At least you didn't directly reject me. "
Lu Zhou immediately said, "Then just pretend I rejected you directly."
Luo Wenxuan: "…"
…
On New Year's Day 2020, the "Pangu" fusion reactor lit up the future of controllable fusion research and civilization.
On New Year's Day 2021, China's first ion thruster propulsion system spacecraft, "Skyglow", had a successful test flight, paving the way for the subsequent manned moon landing and lunar orbit.
The New Year's Day of 2022 seemed a bit dull. Other than the construction of the fifth largest semiconductor industry cluster, which shocked the entire mathematics community, as well as the Riemann's conjecture proof, and the Jinling report, there didn't seem to be anything that would surprise the entire world.
On New Year's Day.
An unexpected guest came to Lu Zhou's home.
Because Director Li from the State Administration for National Defense had to go to the Jinling high-tech zone and aerospace industrial park, he stopped by Purple Mountain.
It was lunchtime, so Lu Zhou ordered a few dishes from a nearby hotel and had a drink with his old friend.
Coincidentally, the international news was playing on TV.
The content of the news happened to be the topic of aerospace that the two were talking about …
"… According to NASA's announcement at the White House press conference, NASA will launch the Lunar Gateway project this year.
"This project is part of NASA's lunar exploration plan announced in 2018. According to the content disclosed in the draft budget, NASA will launch a power and propulsion device into lunar orbit in early 2022. This will become the first launch components of the Lunar-Orbital-Ptfateway.
"However, because the best orbit is already occupied by the Moon Palace space station, NASA is considering using an elliptical orbit with a longer orbit period and a more affordable construction cost.
"Reportedly, the project was approved by the Congressional Budget Office in 2021, and it has now entered the launch preparation stage. According to the NASA spokesperson, the project will be like the Moon Palace space station, serving the international community as an international lunar orbit space station. According to the analysis of international relations experts, this project can be seen as the White House's determination to regain aerospace dominance. For the global market, the aerospace project may become the next wind … "
In fact, due to the success of Skyglow's test flight, the plan had already begun in the middle of last year.
However, because of the failure of the Ares program, the three astronauts were trapped on Mars, causing NASA to fall into a huge trust crisis. Over the past six months, both NASA and space-X had been quite low-key.
Now that it was a new year, history had turned to a new page.
Lu Zhou obviously didn't think that one failure would destroy the ambition and determination of the aerospace superpower. Otherwise, this victory would be too boring.
After learning from their failures, they would become stronger and more united. The race of the space age had only just begun.
"The Americans really don't want to fall behind." Director Li looked at the scene in the news and sighed while drinking and eating braised food.
"No one wants to fall behind, and we can go further in this kind of competition." Lu Zhou looked at Director Li and smiled as he said, "Speaking of which, why did Director Li suddenly come here? Aren't you busy with work? "
"I'm busy, but I can't just ignore my old friend." Director Li smiled and said, "I heard that you plan on going back to your hometown for New Year's, so I came to visit you. I hope I didn't disturb Chief Designer Lu's rest?"
Lu Zhou felt a little weird calling him an old friend.
Even though the two had been working together since the controllable fusion project, the age gap made Lu Zhou feel like he was being taken advantage of.
It was the same when he chatted with Professor Faltings last time. It seemed like people who talked to him couldn't help but talk to him like they were peers.
Speaking of which, I'm still young, okay?
I'm not even thirty …
Lu Zhou coughed and tried to get rid of this strange feeling in his mind. He then said, "Why would I? No matter how busy I am, it's still New Year's Day. "
"That's good, I was just worried that I would disturb your rest, so I hesitated for a while." Director Li didn't notice what Lu Zhou was thinking. He put down his glass and looked at Lu Zhou. He then said in a solemn tone, "Academician Lu, I'm sure you know that I came to Jinling with a mission."
Lu Zhou nodded and said, "Someone told me."
Director Li nodded and continued, "The construction of the Lunar Gateway in the United States has begun.
"The construction of the Lunar Gateway in the United States has begun. The budget NASA received this time is said to be more than 100 billion US dollars. It can be said that it has far exceeded the original expectation of 21 billion US dollars."
"Our experts from the Academy of Social Sciences have analyzed that the White House's plan this time is not as simple as returning to the Moon. Their real intention is probably to reunite their allies through economic and diplomatic means, draw an iron curtain in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and let the world, which is becoming more and more diverse, enter a new Cold War.
As for the purpose of doing this, it was obviously to contain the rise of China and rebalance the balance of international relations.
This would be a new challenge for China, which finally opened up the international scene through controllable fusion technology and aerospace. Even though the semiconductor industry was still in full swing, even Lu Zhou, who didn't know much about politics, could feel that the focus of development in the next ten years would inevitably be in the aerospace field.
Director Li looked at Lu Zhou and spoke in a solemn tone.
"So far, the United States has opened their doors to us, inviting our domestic aerospace companies to participate in this US $100 billion project. Do you think we should export space capacity to them? "
This was a very interesting question.
If they opened up space capacity, that meant that Star Sky Technology, the two major aerospace companies, and other Chinese aerospace companies, would participate in the construction of the Lunar Gateway.
After thinking for a while, Lu Zhou suddenly asked with a smile. "If Huawei had the opportunity to sell chips to Apple, would you stop them?"
"Of course not." Director Li laughed and said, "As long as they dare to buy it, even if we have to refund the tax to Huawei, we will let them do it."
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Yeah, I'm just afraid they won't pay."
Director Li understood the meaning behind Lu Zhou's words. He nodded in understanding.
"I understand what you mean."
Lu Zhou smiled and nodded.
"Lunar Gateway is not a big threat to us. It's just a space station. The real competition with us is not the spacecraft or space station they own, but the aerospace companies that are about to master these forces, or those who can send spacecraft to the moon or even more distant places."
"If we can steal the launch missions from North America companies like Space-X, Blue Origin, and Boeing, we can weaken their market competitiveness in the long run. We can use our cost advantage to further widen the gap between us and them."
Ever since the opening of the Jinling Aerospace Industrial Park and the successful development of the Magpie Bridge, China's aerospace industry and outer space transportation had become large-scale. The cost of the transfer orbit from the Earth to the Moon was on the same order of magnitude as the cost of low-Earth orbit launches in many countries.
This meant that Star Sky Technology could easily lower Space-X's bid price to zero, and still make a profit.
Under these circumstances, even if they were obstructed by trade protectionism, Star Sky Technology could still steal from North America's aerospace companies.
"… If one day in the future, their colonies in distant galaxies will need our spaceships to maintain their supply lines. Even if they build a space station on Mars and send their immigrants to the edge of the solar system, it won't be a problem."
Director Li still had some doubts in his heart, so he said, "If the White House is thinking about this, why do you think they asked us to enter the Lunar Gateway project?"
"To balance costs. Even if they want local companies to buy all of the orders, they can't afford the soaring costs caused by the imbalance of supply and demand." Lu Zhou smiled and said, "This is a good thing, it means they are starting to think about some practical problems."
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