I really just want to be a scholar

For countries around the world, it is almost an open secret that Qin Ke is the technical core figure of Xia State's "Five-Year Plan to Mars".

It is not surprising to think about it. No country would leave such a world-class great scientist who is in his thirties in his prime and not use him, allowing him to concentrate on teaching and educating people. Even if they have to beg for mercy, they will definitely let him participate in engineering projects that are extremely important to the country.

Now, the "Five-Year Plan to Mars" represented by the "Xia State Houyi Mars Rover Research Project" and with breakthroughs in space aerospace engine technology as the key point is undoubtedly a great project that is worthy of Xia State's "mobilization" of Academician Qin Ke in the eyes of all countries.

The evidence that further confirms everyone's speculation is that in addition to Ning Qingjun who also holds the title of "Deputy Chief Technical Consultant", Qin Ke's father-in-law Ning Zongxun and mother-in-law Ji Xiuyu are also core members of the "Xia Kingdom Houyi Mars Rover Research Project" and both hold the title of deputy chief engineer.

——As for the chief engineer, he is an old senior in the scientific community of Xiaguo who is over 80 years old and has long been retired. He is only the person in charge in name only. Therefore, Ning Zongxun and Ji Xiuyu are actually the main persons in charge of this project.

Countries around the world have paid great attention to Ning Zongxun and Ji Xiuyu, two mysterious academicians who had "disappeared" from the public's sight for a long time, but suddenly appeared in the scientific research community of Xia State as aerospace technology experts five years ago. According to public information, this couple of academicians in their fifties used to study rocket propulsion technology. As to whether it is true or not, and what research results they had achieved before, not many people can find out.

Four academicians from one discipline are all focused on the "Five-Year Plan to Mars". Such a gorgeous lineup is enough to attract the attention of countries around the world.

This was also what Qin Ke did intentionally. After all, by guiding the world to focus on a certain public research project, he could better conceal the fact that he and Ning Qingjun were secretly involved in the research and development of quantum core technology, the commercialization of controlled nuclear fusion technology, and even the research and development projects of the silver mecha, and avoid the disclosure of the identity of "Mr. Q".

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Of course, this cannot be called "misleading". Qin Keming has indeed invested a lot of energy in the "Five-Year Plan to Mars".

At this moment, he was in his office, remotely convening a symposium on spacecraft engine technology.

Engine technology is the key to the "Xia Guo Houyi Mars Rover Research Project", but achieving a major breakthrough in the speed of the Mars rover is only a preliminary goal. Xia Guo's real goal is to achieve ultra-high-speed navigation of manned spacecraft.

The probe and the manned spacecraft are incomparable in terms of both volume and carrying capacity. The probe is generally between 400 and 600 tons, while the manned spacecraft, especially the large spacecraft that can carry 1800 passengers and a large amount of living and construction materials, weighs more than million tons. The two are not at the same order of magnitude.

Among them, the abundant kinetic energy provided by the engine is of paramount importance for manned spacecraft to break through the atmosphere and enter space.

The current mainstream technology is that the engine controls the combustion of a mixture of fuel and oxidizer, and then rapidly ejects high-temperature and high-speed gases outward, using this as a reaction force to propel the spacecraft into space at an accelerated speed.

But the technology route taken by Xiaguo is much more advanced. After mastering the application technology of small-scale fusion reactors, Xiaguo has an energy source comparable to that of the sun. In terms of energy generated and cost, small-scale fusion reactors far exceed the mainstream chemical fuel combination with oxidants and fuels such as liquid oxygen-kerosene, liquid oxygen-liquid hydrogen, and liquid oxygen-methane as the core.

The key to the Houyi Mars probe being able to achieve an ultra-high speed that exceeds our current speed is the application of small fusion technology in the engine.

Now, in order to provide more powerful power for huge spacecraft, the application of fusion reactors needs to go a step further, realizing the transformation from "miniaturization" to "medium-sized clusters", and increasing the energy conversion efficiency to more than 85% as much as possible.

Even if the energy problem is solved, there are still many difficulties in developing an engine to match it.

At a minimum, the technologies that need to be overcome include: high-efficiency, stable, and long-life thrust chamber technology, high-power, high-efficiency turbopump technology, and power cluster technology.

The above-mentioned technologies involve many disciplines such as materials science, dynamics, thermal energy, and electricity. Only by overcoming the above-mentioned technical difficulties one by one can we achieve the goal of maintaining a high life margin for the engine under long-term high-power operation.

At the normal rate of technological progress, it will take at least thirty to fifty years of research to achieve the above goals.

Fortunately, the Xia Kingdom has two major advantages, which are enough to shorten this time to five years - this is also the origin of the "five years" in the "Five-Year Plan to Mars".

The first advantage is that Ning Zongxun and Ji Xiuyu serve as deputy chief engineers. More than 20 years ago, this academician couple led a large scientific research team to conduct long-term research on the "Noah's Ark"-style air fortress based on the design sketch attached to the mysterious prophecy. They have conducted in-depth research on the long-term operation and clustered energy supply of super-powered engine technology, and have been able to directly put it into practice.

The second advantage is naturally Qin Ke.

Qin Ke, as the world's top god-level physicist who is proficient in all sub-disciplines, also possesses SS-level black technology knowledge "A complete series of ultra-high-speed spacecraft design drawings suitable for large-scale immigration". It can be said that he knows all the construction details of ultra-high-speed spacecraft, including the new next-generation power system "X108AII". This next-generation power system named "X108AII" far exceeds the mainstream "Hall thruster" series of spacecraft in the world today in terms of performance, power and architectural sophistication. Unfortunately, Xiaguo is still inferior to the West in precision manufacturing, especially in materials science, and there is still a considerable gap, which makes Qin Ke unable to directly manufacture "X108AII". He can only settle for the second best and design a weakened version of the "X108A" power system.

Don't underestimate this weakened version. The "X108A" power system that uses eight medium-sized low-temperature fusion reactors still leads the world in all aspects and is at least fifteen years ahead of the world.

However, the "X108A" power system is actually very troublesome to build, and Qin Ke naturally does not have enough time to follow up the entire process, so the specific development matters are left to his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Ning Zongxun and Ji Xiuyu once again burst out with a strong passion for scientific research. The two workaholics devoted almost all their energy to the "X108A" power system that surprised them so much. Using their rich research experience, they tried their best to overcome the current technical difficulties and gradually turned it from a design drawing into a real product. For this reason, they only returned to Beijing to visit their two grandsons four or five times a year at most, and each time was only for two or three days.

But even if they work day and night, they still encounter difficult-to-solve "roadblocks" from time to time, which can last for half a month or even a month. Often, this is when Qin Ke comes on the scene.

At this moment, Qin Ke was in his office, holding an erasable pen in his hand, explaining his latest ideas to hundreds of researchers and senior engineers on the other end of the video conference.

"In fact, the solution to the heat 'overload effect' caused by the high-speed injection of composite ions is not limited to the 'superconducting cooling sheet' cooling solution I designed earlier, especially when the current material technology is not up to standard and cannot provide superconducting cooling sheets with a sufficiently low cost and sufficient yield. Here I will introduce a more conventional solution that I redesigned in the past few days. Well... In order to make it easier for everyone to understand, I will start from the initial design idea. My main idea can be explained by these dozen mathematical formulas."

Qin Ke wrote as he spoke:
“F=q0/4πε0∫Ω1*Ω2*ρ1(γ1)ρ2(γ2)/|γ1-γ2|^3*（γ1-γ2）dΩ1dΩ2……”

He has always believed that mathematics is the best language to describe engineering, clear, accurate and without any procrastination.

While writing, he also explained in detail so that some researchers with relatively lower mathematical skills could fully understand his ideas.

"From these formulas, it can be seen that I mainly use the electromagnetic effect and the rotational force generated by the joint action of the inscribed patterns on the inner wall of the heat dissipation path to make the hot gas circulate around the heat dissipation channel. What I use is the charge density and interaction force between the charged systems..."

In a remote desert research base, the huge conference room was packed with people, including young new researchers and gray-haired old researchers.

But like Ning Zongxun and Ji Xiuyu, they all looked carefully at the "young boy" on the big screen who was talking eloquently, calmly and confidently.

Qin Ke is almost 34 years old this year. In this age when 35 is considered a "workplace outcast", this age can really not be considered young.

Of course, Qin Ke's appearance has hardly changed since his college days. He has a gentle smile and a firm but fierce gaze, which gives people the illusion that he is just an ordinary, handsome and sunny boy. However, the people present at the scene could only sigh, "Academician Qin looks so young," and no one looked down on him.

Whether it was Ning Zongxun, Ji Xiuyu or those senior engineers, designers and researchers who had been working in the industry for decades, they all listened to Qin Ke's words attentively, afraid of missing a word, and took notes quickly with their pens in their hands.

As usual, Qin Ke's meeting was very efficient and there was no nonsense. After he neatly proposed a solution to the technical difficulties, he made a few jokes with everyone with a relaxed look, gave some encouragement, and then ended the call.

Next, Ning Zongxun and his wife stood on the podium, summarized Qin Ke's plan, and re-arranged new tasks to implement the solution Qin Ke had just proposed as soon as possible.

Today, no one doubts whether the solution proposed by Qin Ke can solve the problem - even if it cannot, it is definitely not Academician Qin's fault, but that they, the researchers and engineers, are unable to implement it 100% - this really makes them feel both emotional and ashamed.

At the end of the meeting, Academician Meng Zhenli, who is nearly 70 years old, took off his glasses, rubbed his sore eyes, and sighed: "In just three days, he was able to come up with such a highly feasible new solution. Academician Ning and Academician Ji, your son-in-law is really convincing. What I admire most is that he is not only knowledgeable, but also has a unique way of thinking. He can not only figure out advanced design solutions, but also start from the ordinary and turn decay into magic with ingenious ideas. Just like today's heat dissipation solution, it easily solves the heat 'overload effect' that has been bothering us."

Ji Xiu Yu smiled and said, "We can't praise him too much. His plan today can only be used for a few years. If we really want to solve this problem once and for all, we still have to work hard to produce the superconducting cooling sheet he proposed earlier and commercialize it on a large scale." Although she said this "modestly", she couldn't hide the pride in her eyes.

Even though she was so proud, she was already convinced of her son-in-law, a true super genius, and was proud of him. She and her husband had been "retired" for many years, and the reason why they could easily "have the final say" in this research base that brought together the elites of the national scientific research community was largely due to Qin Ke's huge influence.

As they were talking, the assistant hurriedly handed over a phone call: "Academician Ji, there's a call for you from your family, and it seems like there's something urgent." (End of this chapter)