Jinling Institute of higher learning.

Some laboratories of the Institute of computational materials.

Yang Xu, who was doing the experiment meticulously, suddenly raised his head, pushed his glasses, looked at the boat standing at the door of the laboratory, and said.

"Are you here? I really want to find you. That piece of cloth Where on earth did you get it? "

"It's a matter of state secrets from the relevant departments. I'll tell you this question after the confidentiality period," Lu Zhou said, putting the report on the table instead of answering Yang Xu's question. "Is there any way to make this thing?"

Listening to the "national secret" that has been heard for countless times, Yang Xu made a helpless expression and stopped asking questions. At the same time, he put the test tube back on the test tube rack and spoke at the same time.

"Do you mean laboratory or industrial?"

Lu Zhou: "both."

After thinking for a moment, Yang Xu said seriously, "I can do the former now, but the latter I'm afraid it's a little difficult. "

"What's the ratio with SG-1 superconductor?" asked Lu immediately

Yang Xu said with a wry smile, "the industrial preparation difficulty of the two is not at the same level at all."

Hearing Yang Xu's words, Lu Zhou's face showed a solemn expression.

As he guessed, this thing is not so easy to get out.

Because he often stays in the laboratory, Yang Xu's ability in the experimental field is slightly stronger than that of him who is better at theoretical research.

If he said that, that would be it.

"In a word, let's make a point about this material first. No matter whether it's difficult or not, let's try to solve it first By the way, there's another thing I need to ask you. "

Yang Xu: "what's up?"

Lu Zhou thought for a while and said, "are there any pharmaceutical companies that have a good relationship with us?"

"Pharmaceutical companies?" Yang Xu was slightly shocked. His index finger touched his chin subconsciously. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head. "Probably not. Most of the enterprises that cooperate with us are material and chemical enterprises. Pharmaceutical enterprises have not Any questions? "

Lu Zhou nodded his head and said, "I have two interesting compounds here. I may need some professional organizations to help me with the clinical experiments, and if possible, I need to ask them to help with the OEM."

At best, I'll help you solve the problem of marketing.

After all, solo is not as good as zhonglele, but its cost is too expensive. If the active ingredient extracted from liquid food and the special amino acid extracted from future cola are respectively applied to the fields of food, health care products and even medicine, you can make more money for him.

Then there is the liquid food, which can also be used in the aerospace field.

Yang Xu pushed down his glasses and asked, "is it of economic value? Or is it just the reagents that will be used in the experiment? "

Lu Zhou nodded his head: "there must be economic value, at least in my personal sense, it must be useful in the field of food and medical treatment."

"That's not a problem at all," Yang Xu said with a smile and a joking tone. "The Nobel Prize winners want to find someone to cooperate with, just in case the people who come to ask for cooperation can line up here and go to the property court."

……

Arizona.

A Hummer galloped along the road in a deserted desert.

Sitting in the back of the Hummer, musk, wearing sunglasses, looked out the window at the desert and cactus, said the director of Carson, who sat next to him vividly.

“…… In fact, Mars is more suitable for colonization than the moon, where there is a rich atmosphere Although the density is very low. There are also rich mineral resources, as well as methane and other resources for our colonists to develop light and heavy industries. If necessary, we can also consider melting the dry ice at the poles, liberating the carbon dioxide stored in the Martian rocks, and using the greenhouse effect to revive the planet's atmosphere. "

Listening to this fantastic plan, director Carson asked with a smile, "how many centuries are you going to finish it?"

"Maybe ten centuries?" Musk said? Or a hundred. But these are not the key points. That's not the task of space-x. I have a very clear positioning of space-x. we will play the role of "railway company" in the space age in the future. Their task is to open up the air route in space, manufacture the transportation system, and lay down the front position for human beings on Mars. "

"It sounds ridiculous, even a little funny," said Carson

To be honest, he didn't want to fantasize about such a distant thing.

If there is such technology, instead of developing Mars tens of millions of kilometers away, it is better to turn Arizona's desert into an oasis, which is far more practical than colonizing Mars.

Of course, he just said it in his heart.

After all, he's NASA's director, directly in charge of the Ares program. The success or failure of this operation is related to the glory of America and the future of his official career.Even if he didn't believe that colonizing Mars would bring any direct benefits, he would still fully support the plan.

After all, he has put all his chips on the plan.

Musk didn't take director Carson's teasing seriously. He had heard a lot of similar and sharper teasing over the years, and didn't care so much.

Looking out of the window at the rolling red sand, he said in a relaxed voice: "when building the United Pacific Railway, some people also called it a stupid project, but looking back today, no one can deny the benefits of this project for the United States. It's the same with flying to Mars, which can bring great opportunities to mankind, and also enable us to have the power and courage to challenge the future Here we are. "

While they were talking, they had arrived at their destination.

Next to a canyon, a white oval shaped building sits on the desert.

Next to him, there are several engineering equipment and engineers wearing safety helmets, who are doing the final debugging around this strange building.

Push open the Hummer's door and walk down. Look at the giant hemispherical egg standing in the desert. Director Carson squints.

"This is it?"

"Yes." Coming to the side of the road, musk smiled and opened his arms, "welcome to the oasis of Arizona, which will be our new home for future colonists. Although he may be a little lacking in beauty from the outside, I'm sure his interior will be so luxurious that you will be surprised. "

Looking at the giant egg, director Carson squinted and asked, "you know I don't care about this. What I want to know is, are you sure our colonists can spend 26 months in this strange building?"

Musk smiled and said: "of course, although time does not allow us to do longer testing, but through the reserve change function of food, fresh water, oxygen and other living materials, under the condition of ensuring the continuous input of electricity, even if our colonists do not engage in any production activities, they can survive for at least 30 months."

Director Carson continued, "how are you going to send it to Mars?"

"With our BFR super rocket, of course," Musk grinned as he patted director Carson on the shoulder, "believe me, we're winning this race and we're in control."