Guo Shouyu, director of the National Astronomical Observatories, came to Luo Jia, hoping that Xingchen Technology would help solve the problem of Starlink satellites interfering with space observations, but what Director Guo never expected was that Xingchen Technology already had a set of countermeasures.

The reason why this plan has not been launched for a long time is not because Luo Jia does not pay attention to it, but because the plan is too huge, and the madmen of Xingchen Technology are ready to completely solve the problem of space observation for many years to come.

"Lagrange point!?" Guo Shouyu was in high spirits and said: "You are going to put the eye of the stars on the Lagrange point and do a full-star field observation!?" ”

Luo Jia nodded slightly, "Yes, in addition to the Eye of the Stars, we will also install more than a dozen large and small observation equipment on the Zero space station, and if necessary in the future, we can also install the space telescope in the base on the far side of the moon." ”

"In short, please rest assured that we are not unconcerned about the field of space observation, but because we want to solve the problem completely, it took some time to build the equipment."

Luo Jia explained, and Director Guo burst into tears with excitement, as if he had seen a huge space telescope, standing quietly somewhere in the solar system, helping human beings observe and recognize the boundless depths of the universe.

The eye of the stars is undoubtedly epoch-making, and if you have seen Liu Cixin's three-body problem, you will know that making accurate predictions when three celestial bodies are moving together is something that even highly civilized three-body people cannot do.

However, after adding certain constraints, we can still find five points that are relatively stationary, and these five points are called Lagrangian points.

All in all, all celestial bodies in the universe are constantly moving in complex motion, only the Lagrange point is relatively stationary, which is more worry-free to use to place observation equipment, and the discovery of these five points is not all the credit of Lagrange, before him, the Swiss Euler has found three points, and it was completed by the Italian Lagrange in the later period.

"So where are you going to put the Eye of the Stars? L1 or L2? Guo Shouyu asked in a hoarse voice because of excitement.

Luo Jia smiled and said lightly: "There is no difference, as we all know, there are hundreds of millions of celestial bodies in the universe, and there are 400 billion solar system-like existences in the Milky Way alone, all of which exert gravity together, making the movement of the universe extremely complicated." ”

"The so-called Lagrange point is a relative stationary point obtained under the condition of only considering the sun and the earth, and the influence of the rest of the stars is not calculated, no matter where we stop the eye of the stars, we need to constantly adjust, but because the Lagrange point is relatively stationary, it is more fuel-efficient."

"Our ultimate goal is not to use the Lagrange point, but to kill the Lagrange point, relying on powerful controlled fusion to provide the Eye of the Stars with a steady stream of energy that can appear wherever we want it to be."

"It's a pity that at this stage, our controllable fusion technology is not yet mature, so we have to settle for the next best thing, and let the Eye of the Stars stay at the Lagrange point first."

Listening to Luo Jia's words, Guo Shouyu nodded again and again, and the awe in his heart spontaneously arose, not to use the Lagrange point, but to kill the Lagrange point, which is probably the unique domineering of the tough guy Tiantuan.

Do you think we're going to occupy the Lagrange point?

Actually, it's just that we put the telescope there before the controlled fusion is complete!

"Let's put it at the L2 point, the North American space telescope Webb, China's lunar exploration relay communication satellite Queqiao, ESA's exploration spacecraft Planck, and a large number of probes and communication satellites are all piled up at the L2 point of Lagrange, and there are not many of us." When Luo Jia said this, she looked like she was normal.

"Great! I'm looking forward to it! Director Guo blushed excitedly and said, "Your eyes of the stars are directly on the face of the Webb Space Telescope!" Just by imagining that wonderful picture in my mind, I was about to explode with excitement! ”

Slap in the face of the Webb Space Telescope?

Luo Jia shrugged his shoulders, he didn't mean to target North America, but who made the Lagrange points only five in total, of which L1 and L2 points are relatively close to the earth, which is the most suitable for parking space exploration equipment, and it is also inevitable that equipment from various countries will be piled up at L2 points.

"Well, since Director Guo said it, let's slap Webb's face with the space telescope!" Luo Jia smiled and made a gesture of please, "Please here, our space observation equipment will open up part of the right to use it to the three major domestic observatories, but as the old saying goes, there are no rules, there is no circle, we still have to sign a cooperation agreement." ”

"That relationship is good, and we can't get enough of cooperating with the toughest guy in the technology industry." Guo Shouyu said excitedly.

The three of them left the workshop with a smile, this trip to Xingchen Optics, in fact, it was just a walk, Luo Jia is not stupid, please Guo Shouyu to look at the equipment, boost the confidence of the three major astronomical observatories, the specific parameters, technical details, and not all of them.

As for cooperation, the telescopes that will be sent into space are not one, but a complete set, dozens of large and small, and the observatory can use them in free time, without any problems, and it is quite reasonable.

……

A week later, Washington, D.C.

"Can any of you tell me? What is the big mirror that Xingchen Technology sent to Station Zero!? ”

The president's roar echoed in the conference room, and he called the space telescope of Star Technology a large mirror, which made many people want to laugh, but looking at the president's blue face, everyone restrained their smiles again.

"Musk, you're our chief scientific advisor, tell me, what the hell is that mirror for!?"

The president pinched his waist, pointed to the spy photo on the tactical board, and asked Musk, and Musk looked listless, it was the weekend, he was resting at his home in Los Angeles, but he was pulled here by a special plane overnight, and his heart was actually quite depressed.

"It is clear that this is a refractive space telescope, with a traditional Newtonian structure, which can be clearly seen from the spy photographs, with a lens diameter of more than twenty-five meters, equipped with a NIRCam NIR camera, NIRSpec NIR spectrograph, MIR mid-infrared device, FGS fine guide star sensor..."

The president waved his hand impatiently and interrupted Musk's speech, "I'm not asking about that, but why is this space telescope in synchronous orbit?" Those guys at Xingchen Technology, what the hell are they going to do!? ”

With such a large space telescope, if it were aimed at the White House, perhaps even the president's underwear of what color would be clearly photographed, so it can be seen that the president is very angry today.

For a long time, North America has been the person who stands in space and monitors the world, probably because he feels that from now on, he will be exposed to the super-large telescope in China, and he is very unhappy, anyway, today the president is particularly angry, except for Musk, the Joint Chief of Staff, the director of the CIA, and all the senior officials he can find have been called to the White House.

Musk frowned, "According to our monitoring, this telescope set sail from the Hudu Wharf four days ago and was sent to Weigu Island overnight, and then Xingchen Technology used the space elevator Line 1 and Line 2 to send it to the No. 1 synchronous orbit space station as a whole, and the robot engineering team stationed there carried out the final assembly and testing." ”

"As for their purpose, please forgive me for not being able to make an accurate judgment, because its shape is not the shape of a traditional space telescope, and the huge graphene fixed bracket and sunshade are obviously unnecessary and a waste of resources."

Musk said that in addition to the lenses and the necessary mechanical structure, the space telescope also has a huge base to facilitate the installation of more telescopes on the base in the future, and eventually become a complex space observation array.

Musk doesn't know this, he only knows that the size of the base is too exaggerated, which is extraordinary, if the space telescope is compared to a cannon, then the telescope of Xingchen Technology is like a warship, and the naval gun is only a small part of it.

"It's moving! Look, the telescope is moving! Suddenly, someone exclaimed.

Everyone in the conference room hurriedly looked at the screen, and through the spy satellite of North America in synchronous orbit, it could be clearly seen that the huge telescope was moving, the altitude of the space station zero was 36,000 kilometers, and the final deployment target of the telescope was at the Lagrange L2 point of 1.5 million kilometers.

"Looks like we're heading towards Lagrange L2!"

"L2 point? Our state-of-the-art space telescope, Webb, is also at L2! ”

"Uh, it would be weird if this big guy was standing with the Webb, right?"

Odd...

Musk shook his head slightly, he is worthy of being a member of the White House, he has a deep grammar foundation, and he can say such a thing as a slap in the face so fresh and refined.

I'm afraid that tomorrow morning, the world's media will publish such a photo, next to the huge and incomparable eye of the stars, is the Webb that looks as small as an ant, then the world's melon-eating people, what will they think?

Thinking of this, Musk sighed helplessly.

To be sure, he doesn't believe that bigger is better, but in nature, sometimes, big is justice.