I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

"That's basic science."

Ye Changsi refined the most critical words. What Penrose said all depends on the progress of basic science and is not entirely a technical issue.

Everyone agrees with his summary, and this is also their field. It can be said that half of the world's basic science is here.

Frank Yang: "I just briefly looked at the development plan of the base. Do you also plan to take the weak force controlled plasma fusion route provided by the data?"

Ye Changsi: "At least someone has proven that this is successful, and Yu Qian's formula is there,"

Frank Young: “Then we have to put TEPA into use as quickly as possible, ten years, I should be dead in ten years.

Even the vast majority of people present are the same. The base still has many advanced theories. I believe that in the next few years we can move forward together, but it will stop here without experimental support. "

His words immediately resonated with others. The best in the field of basic science are old people who are approaching the limit of their lives. They are eager to make some achievements as soon as possible, but their time and energy are greatly limited.

It took 10 to 15 years for TEPA to be completed and put into use. The speed itself is normal, but at that time one-third of the people present may have died, and not many people still have scientific research capabilities - now they all have it. This momentum.

"Then we will work on a two-pronged approach. The advisory committee will promote the construction of TEPA as much as possible, and the base will try to extend human life."

Lin Ju was silent for a while after speaking. Ye Changsi, who was familiar with him, knew that he was taking advantage of the system.

"In the next year, I plan to increase investment in the biological laboratory. The actual funding is estimated to be 5 billion, and the systematic research funding is 5 billion. A total of 10 billion yuan will be able to find ways to improve your body and extend your life.

You are all the elites of human science and should not fall on the eve of the outbreak. I hope that everyone present when TEPA is completed will still be able to work enthusiastically. "

These words cheered up the originally pessimistic scientists. They all knew about the base's research capabilities. Not to mention getting better, as long as it could maintain its current status ten years later, it would be enough.

However, Penrose noticed that Hawking was in a low mood. After all, the latter's body was on the verge of running out of fuel and he could no longer work even if he was alive. He was destined not to see the completion of TEPA.

But this did not make him too depressed, and soon a line of words was typed on the computer screen:

"Roger, I'm going to go first and talk to God."

Penrose smiled slightly, he could understand how Hawking felt now.

…

"Xiao Lin, you..."

Academician She looked at Lin Ju, whose dark circles were about to become real. He wanted to say something but finally sighed, and finally said meaningfully:

"You need to be moderate when you are young, and you need to be moderate when staying up late."

"..."

Lin Ju couldn't refute every word of teasing. He couldn't say that he held a discussion all night last night.

The scientist on the Advisory Committee can take a break because he is old and works hard in the car. He still has things to do today.

The Nine Chapter spacecraft has been fully equipped in the assembly hangar, and today you can see the actual spaceship with an extremely sci-fi appearance.

In the next week, the base will conduct an overall test on it except the engine, and then it will also be transported to Qiongzhou via waterway.

Academician She also has great expectations for the conventional scaled-down version of the XN90, which is why he has been staying at the base until now.

Walking into the final assembly hangar, the huge black and gray figure of the Nine Chapters immediately came into view. Its body was also covered with scaffolding, and engineers were conducting various inspections.

Although the "Nine Chapters" is smaller than the H2 space shuttle as a whole, it looks thicker because it has no wings, and the angular sci-fi shape also looks very oppressive, like a beast with thick limbs and almost no neck. Big snapping turtle.

Just from this appearance, you can feel that its design concept is completely different from traditional spacecraft. For a while, veteran aerospace experts like Academician She were a little confused and didn't know where to evaluate it.

Serev, who personally supervised the work, rested earlier yesterday and took the two of them directly to between the two propulsion modules on the side of the Nine Chapters. There was a hatch for unloading cargo, which was open at this time.

The Jiuzhang has a total of five hatches. There are two hatches on each side of the head of the spacecraft for personnel to enter and exit. It is also equipped with cabins for decontamination and transition to ensure that the crew cabin is not contaminated by lunar dust.

There is a large hatch like the tail door of a transport aircraft on the side and the front. The side hatch is only half the size of the front hatch that opens downward. It opens faster and is more conducive to the entry and exit of small cargo. The front hatch is Used for large cargo transportation.

So after the three of them walked into the cargo hold of the Nine Chapters, they saw that the interior decoration was extremely simple, and the floor was covered with various protrusions and openings to facilitate the fixation of cargo.

Serev: “The XH40’s cargo hold size is 22*10*7.5, which can provide a total effective volume of 1,650 cubic meters and load 220 tons of cargo. Only one spacecraft is enough for the mission.

Although the cargo compartment cannot be pressurized, it can still be equipped with seats to transport people. There is no problem in carrying forty or fifty people at a time. "

Academician She patted the somewhat hollow-sounding bulkhead. The height of 7.5 meters was already more than two stories high. Standing inside the cargo hold, it looked extremely spacious. It didn't look like something that humans could have now.

"It's a pity that a lot of weight has to be wasted for protection when it breaks through the atmosphere, otherwise I believe it can be lighter."

Serev: "Yes, but we have weakened its protective capabilities and designed it so that it can only be used to pass through the atmosphere during launch. In fact, even if we make a larger fairing, it cannot be used. Then it will be difficult for Xinyuan 4 to be launched. Only Able to resist."

"Another thing...will there be too many landing personnel at the end of the year? There are 17 astronauts prepared to go there, more than 40 experts and scholars invited by United Mining, and so many people working on hydrogen bombs , adding up to more than 100 people.

Even if we can go up in several batches, the supply of daily necessities is still a big problem. "

Academician She looked at Lin Ju. The lunar-orbiting Wutu Space Station can accommodate up to seven or eight people for a short period of time. Such a large number of lunar expedition groups still makes the space agency tremble.

"Then don't leave so many people on the moon."

Lin Ju answered quickly, obviously he had already thought of a solution:

"The ferry spacecraft has been built and can be launched this month. We will first send people to the Tiangong Space Station in batches, and then use the ferry spacecraft to run the Earth-moon route every week, so that 9 people can use 3 It will take 4 days to stay on the moon.

By the time they came back on the ferry, the space shuttle had already sent the next batch to the space station, where the handover was completed and they returned to the ground and headed to the moon.

The Wutu Space Station and the lunar surface can each maintain long-term stationing of three people, and basically complete all tasks in batches within two months. "

“And by that time, our first expansion plans were completed.”

Serev then added:

"Now the base's production capacity has been completely freed up. In the next three months, we plan to manufacture 11 new cabins, three 50-ton cabins for expansion in Wutu space, and eight for the lunar surface. A living cabin of about 20 tons for long-term stationing.”

There are two more chapters to be released tomorrow morning, so there will be no delays in the morning