He hesitated for a moment.

Handing the drink to the two academicians, Liu Feng sat back on the sofa, considered his sentences, and continued.

"What do the two academicians think we are researching antimatter weapons for? Is it really just to establish superiority, catch up with Mao and surpass M, and eventually dominate the earth? In today's high-power nuclear weapons such as hydrogen bombs and atomic bombs, I am afraid that there are no more and no more and no less than one less energy weapon! Moreover, the cost of antimatter weapons is definitely much more expensive than that of hydrogen bombs and atoms, and it is absolutely not something that ordinary countries can afford. ”

"So, what does Professor Liu mean is that we are researching antimatter weapons in order to launch a space war in the interstellar era in the future?" Academician He took a sip of water and glanced at Liu Feng deeply, as if he was smiling.

"Poof......

Liu Feng almost choked himself to death after taking a sip of tea! This academician's imagination is really unbridled......

It's just that although the truth is not so exaggerated, in his imagination, it is not far from ten.

The devastating function of antimatter weapons, even in the interstellar age of science fiction movies, is definitely a killer weapon, if the future is really as imagined in many science fiction movies, this kind of thing is absolutely unstoppable.

Of course, if the problem of its miniaturization can also be solved, antimatter weapons will definitely become an absolutely universal individual weapon like the automatic rifle in today's era, and thus change the pattern of war in the world.

It's just a pity that the proposition of miniaturization, with the scientific and technological level of today's era, don't even think about it, otherwise, the two academicians would not be 'frightened' and 'retreat'.

However, talents are rare, and Liu Feng really doesn't want to lose these two experienced academicians, otherwise, who can provoke his anti-matter weapons and ammunition projects?

This is something that he can never accept, who has always been accustomed to being the shopkeeper.

"Yes, the fundamental purpose of the antimatter weapon I wanted to develop at the beginning was not to use it on the earth, but to serve as the main battle weapon for our human beings to develop the universe and defend the earth in the future interstellar era. After all, compared to the universe, the earth is only so big, and with the power of antimatter weapons, 1000g can basically annihilate our earth civilization, so unless it can be miniaturized, antimatter weapons have no use on the earth at all. ”

Liu Feng explained seriously, but there was a hint of yearning in his expression.

Is it really going to be developed into a space weapon?

It's a pity that when he heard Liu Feng's sworn answer, Academician He Chengbi was really incredulous, and then he couldn't laugh or cry.

"Professor Liu, I was just joking just now. The main battle weapon of the interstellar era, don't you think that with the current level of science and technology on Earth, it is a bit too early to say these words?"

Academician Shi Lerong on the side was even more stunned, and even got up and brushed away after reacting!

How did he not know that Liu Feng was a big fool!

The interstellar age, the main battle weapon, why don't you go to the sky!

The so-called minimum standard of the interstellar age, not to mention the easy wormhole jump, near-light speed flight or something, then human beings must also go out of the earth and be able to use the resources of other planets, right?

But is this possible for today's Earth?

If you don't talk about it, let's talk about the moon.

So far, only the M family has boarded it, and the things they brought back are only a few thousand grams of soil!

There are still 108,000 miles away from reaching the point where the resources of the moon can be exploited, let alone the resources of the solar system and even other planets beyond the solar system.

Young people talk about expanding outer space and developing strategic weapons for future spacecraft, which is unrealistic and completely a big fool!

……

Joke?

Too early?

Unrealistic?

Liu Feng smiled.

Whether you believe it or not, you will even think that this is a fantasy, but he believes it anyway!

Moreover, even back in the development of antimatter engineering, he had already planned it.

The biggest technological bottleneck for human beings to leave the earth and fly into outer space comes from two major limitations: energy and engines.

Needless to say, if you want to propel a spacecraft to fly out of the earth and out of the solar system, you must get rid of the limitations of the first, second, or even third cosmic speeds.

It's not that it can't be done at all, it's a matter of capacity and speed.

Here's an example.

So far, the rocket with the largest thrust produced in human history is the N1 rocket of the former Hairy Bear Country, with a thrust of 3,800 tons, but unfortunately after 4 explosions in a row, it was finally stillborn;

In the post-hairy bear period, the new "Energy" launch vehicle was developed through the technology of the N-1 rocket, which became the world's largest thrust rocket at present, with a powerful thrust of 3,600 tons.

Despite this, this high-thrust rocket can only send the Apollo spacecraft weighing a few tens of tons to the moon at most (in fact, it uses the Saturn V rocket of country M, whose thrust is only more than 100 tons smaller than that of Energy). ）

Here's another example.

The farthest human vehicle to date is Voyager 1, which has just reached the Kuiper Belt at the edge of the solar system, and has been in space for 34 years!

For more than 30 years, the young man has become an uncle......

Moreover, the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which carries the exploration of extraterrestrial interstellar matter in country M, weighs only 815 kilograms, and uses three radioisotope thermostats as the power source, and its current flight speed has benefited from several gravitational accelerations, which is faster than any man-made spacecraft at present, but it can only reach the third cosmic speed!

As for the issue of energy, not to mention.

A rocket has a thrust of more than 3,000 tons, but it can only carry dozens of tons at most, and the rest of the capacity can only be used to load fuel, isn't this very revealing?

However, all these problems will not be a problem until antimatter engineering, especially the large-scale production of antimatter and the engines powered by antimatter energy, will not be a problem.

Because the antimatter engine must use the annihilation of antimatter to propel the spacecraft, and this power has an extremely high specific impulse and thrust-to-weight ratio, and is extremely fast, the third cosmic speed that Voyager can only reach in more than 30 years, and the antimatter spacecraft can easily achieve.

Moreover, one of the advantages of using antimatter engines is that the annihilation of antimatter can be generated spontaneously, and does not require many conditions like the nuclear reaction in the Voyager nuclear engine, so it does not need a large reactor, which can greatly reduce the weight of the spacecraft;

Compared with the Saturn V rocket, 99% of the capacity must be used for refueling, and I don't know how many times stronger!

Scientists have previously predicted that it will only take 24 hours to 2 weeks for a spacecraft using a particle beam core antimatter engine to fly from Earth to Mars (depending on the relative position of Earth and Mars in the revolution), while it will take 1 to 2 years for the current chemical rocket engine to fly to Mars!

With the Particle Beam Core Antimatter Engine, it only takes a few milligrams of antimatter to allow a spaceship to travel within the solar system, and if you want to go to Proxima Centauri, the closest star system to the Sun, it will take a few kilograms!

In this comparison, the advantages of the antimatter engine, like the F-22's engine versus the motor of a toy four-wheel drive, are already obvious.

The spacecraft only needs kilograms of antimatter to fly across galaxies, so that most of the spacecraft's capacity can be used to carry scientific research equipment and living materials.

It is conceivable that once the antimatter engine is successfully developed, the journey of human exploration of the universe will usher in such rapid development, which is simply another Age of Discovery!

Shaking his head, Liu Feng argued: "No, no, no, Academician Shi, I think that in no more than twenty years at the latest, we will be able to achieve the plan of flying out of the earth and developing outer space." ”

Academician Shi's face was a little unpleasant: "Oh, I don't know where Professor Liu got this confidence?"

Not noticing Academician Shi's dissatisfaction, Liu Feng smiled: "I wonder how much the two academicians know about antimatter engines?"

"Antimatter engine?"

Academician Shi looked skeptical, but Academician He was thoughtful.

"Could it be the project team led by Academician Jin Donghan?"

Although there are a variety of applied projects under the umbrella of antimatter engineering, everyone has a project that everyone is responsible for.

therefore

Except for a few people such as Liu Feng and Zhang Qin who know exactly what these projects do, others are not very clear about this.

If it weren't for the fact that he had contact with Academician Jin Donghan at the beginning, and knew that this kinetics expert was the first group of people who agreed to join the antimatter engineering project, Academician He would not have made such a guess.

"That's right!"

Liu Feng nodded, even such a bizarre project as antimatter can be launched, and Jin Donghan, a dynamics expert, joined in, what kind of project is he leading, and he can't hide it from smart people like Academician He.

So, he simply admitted it generously.

"Could it be that Academician Jin has already made a major breakthrough in the antimatter engine project?"

Academician He was curious, but then shook his head,

"No, it can't be. Professor Liu, it has only been less than a year since the antimatter project was established, and in a few months, no matter how powerful Academician Jin is, there will not be many breakthroughs, right?"

Academician Shi listened to the conversation between the two with a suspicious expression, and finally understood what the two were talking about.

He shook his head at the fact that Liu Feng pinned all his hopes on the successful development of the antimatter engine.

Engines, especially aircraft engines, are known as the heart of the industry, bringing together a country's top theoretical design, material technology and high-precision processing, the accumulation of basic science and technology can not reach a certain level, and it is extremely difficult to make important progress in this area.

For example, Huaguo itself has always been a long-standing problem in this regard.

Shouldn't the engine of a spacecraft powered by a new energy source such as antimatter be more difficult than an aero engine?

At least, it's an order of magnitude more difficult than when they designed antimatter weapons!

Even so, he, Academician He Chengbi, and others have spent more than half a year conducting research and demonstration work on weapons research, and only now have they basically figured out the way of antimatter weapons, and they have even retreated halfway.

Therefore, he didn't believe that the situation would be much better on Academician Jin Donghan's side.

in a word

This time, he wouldn't believe Liu Feng's fooling if he said anything.

glanced at Academician He, and both of them could see the resoluteness in each other's eyes......

However, the 'young' Liu Feng didn't notice the thoughts of the two academicians at all, and was still there talking eloquently and arguing with reason.

For example, the engine powered by antimatter energy is actually not very difficult, as long as there is antimatter fuel, on this basis, how huge spaceship can be studied, and then what kind of antimatter weapons can be installed on the spaceship, and finally God blocks and kills gods and Buddhas, flies out of the solar system, and by the way, transforms and transforms several planets to allow human beings to reproduce and establish a great Chinese galactic empire......

Well, to be honest, in fact, what he narrated, except for the establishment of the Huaxia Galactic Empire, other ideas are his imagination from the heart, and he is also very confident, in his lifetime...... No, it will be as short as five years and eight years, or as long as one or two decades, and it will definitely be realized!

In short, follow me Liu Feng, and the future is definitely bright......

It's just that the two academicians who have already identified Liu Feng as a "big fool" can't listen to it at all.

And fly out of the solar system? And build a galactic empire? Why don't you rule the universe?

Sure enough, it's still a young man!

Shaking their heads, the two academicians continued to look at each other, and they both had already left their minds.

In any case, they have already said the intention of resigning, and they will submit their resignation when they go back, and as for the above who disagree, hehe, no one can stay if they want to leave.

However, just as the two were about to get up to say goodbye, the office doorbell suddenly rang.

……

Frowning, being interrupted by someone to imagine it, Liu Feng was a little impatient.

Still patiently got up, walked to the door, and opened the office door.

"Professor Jiang, hey, who are these guys?"

may have seen Liu Feng's impatience.

Jiang Yang smiled, and was about to explain his intentions, but Du Bochao beside him couldn't wait to step forward and take Liu Feng's hand, and said excitedly:

"You are the famous Professor Liu Feng, I am Du Bochao, Dean of the School of Materials Engineering of the Naval University of Engineering, you can call me Lao Du or Professor Du. For your name, we are like thunder, I can't wait to see you as soon as possible, and today I can finally get what I want!"

Who is this? We know each other very well?

Liu Feng was a little speechless, he was not in a very good mood,

"Dean Du Bochao, right......"

"You still call me Lao Du or Professor Du, it's really not good, it's okay to call me Teacher Du, what dean is not a dean, it's just a false name, a false name. ”

Du Bochao is very familiar, and he is reluctant to let go of Liu Feng's hand.

Liu Feng: "......"

Others: "......"

Jiang Yang: "......"

As if it was the first time he met this old friend, Professor Jiang Yang's eyes widened, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into!

This guy is too thick-skinned!

"Fortunately, I will be lucky!"

Although Liu Feng was speechless, he still 'quietly' withdrew the hand that was fiercely grasped in his hand by this 'Teacher Du'.

"Who is this?"

I don't know why, then, Liu Feng 'fell in love' with a slender man with bright eyes about 50 years old, and his heart moved suddenly.

"I'll introduce you!"

Jiang Yang hurriedly stood up, lest Du Bochao 'embarrass him' again,

"This is Academician Ma Mingwei from the School of Electrical Engineering of the Naval University of Engineering......

was about to continue the introduction, but he didn't expect that Ma Mingwei and Liu Feng seemed to have known each other for many years, and the two right hands that were not very wide did not know when, but they had already held together.

"Hello, Professor Liu, I'm Ma Mingwei, I've been looking up for a long time!"

"Hello, Academician Ma, just a cheap name, why bother, for your name, I am the real long-admiring long-awaited name!"

What's the situation?