When Wen Chengling talked about fullerene, the word liar immediately came to Luo Jia's mind, because the antioxidant capacity of fullerene is one hundred and twenty-five times that of vitamin C, so it is often used in the field of cosmetics to collect IQ taxes from female compatriots and make products that claim to be able to whiten quickly.

But Luo Jia never expected that the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory would make a breakthrough in fullerene, if the content of the anonymous letter was true, it would have to attract Luo Jia's attention, after all, the East and the West are now trying to improve human lifespan, and even further grasp the secrets of life.

"How likely do you think this letter is true, and why did the person who wrote it remind us?" Luo Jia asked the Wen brothers.

Wen Chengling frowned and said: "I can't figure out why someone would remind us that the people who can learn about the research and development progress of the Cold Spring Port Laboratory must be their internal personnel, according to reason, the people of Cold Spring Port should hate us, after all, in the field of immune activation, Cold Spring Port lost to us, it can be said that it was a complete defeat, quite miserable." ”

"Could it be because of a safety hazard?" An Ran touched his chin and said: "Just like last time, the immune activation technology of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory caused heavy casualties, and there are kind scientists, in order to avoid a recurrence of the tragedy, so remind us to prepare early." ”

Luo Jia shook his head, "It's unlikely, it's a top team led by James Watson and Reinhardt, last time they had a problem, it was because they were anxious, if they were more cautious, they might not lose, I don't believe that a big bull like Watson and Reinhardt would fall twice in the same place, that would be too insulting to people's IQ." ”

Everyone nodded one after another, the world's top scientist at the bull level fell twice in a row because of safety, and the probability was too low.

"Deliberately luring us in? Let's spend our energy on fullerenes and buy time for Cold Spring Harbor? Shen Lang guessed.

"It's possible." Wen Chengfeng nodded slightly, "Fullerene is a three-dimensional cage structure composed of carbon molecules, and the number of carbon molecules is not fixed, it can be twenty, three, or five hundred, because fullerenes produced in nature usually have sixty carbon molecules, so it is also called C60." ”

"To put it simply, even if we know that Cold Spring Harbor is studying fullerenes, we can't know which structure of fullerenes they are studying, whether there are any substances that match them, etc., and if we open another fullerene research line, it will undoubtedly increase the burden."

Luo Jia bowed his head slightly, and after listening to everyone's opinions, he made a final decision.

"In response to all changes, the Department of Life Sciences maintains the original plan, not seeking the fastest, but seeking the most stable, Cold Spring Harbor yesterday is a lesson for us, once they were the most famous life science laboratory on the planet, but now it has become notorious, for no other reason, the pace is too fast, and it is just an egg." Luo Jia said.

Wen Chengling nodded and agreed: "I understand, don't care about any anonymous letters, we continue to stick to our own rhythm, our character is shaky, and I will stand still." ”

Luo Jia nodded, "Very good, then let's break up." ”

"By the way, An Ran, you ask the secretary to arrange a time, Director Guo Shouyu of the National Astronomical Observatory will come in the afternoon, it seems that he is quite anxious, we had better meet him together."

An Ran showed a strange expression, "National Astronomical Observatory? What's the matter with them? The world is in danger of discovering a comet that is about to hit the Earth, so you come to us for help? ”

Puff~

Everyone laughed, in addition to Luo Jia, the second most powerful person in the company is Enron, but this brother still retains a bit of innocence in his heart, as soon as Luo Jia said that the people from the observatory came, he immediately thought of the end of the earth, and his thinking was strange enough.

Luo Jia smiled, "If it's really that serious, it won't be the director of the observatory, at least it will be the minister or something." ”

"Don't think too much, Director Guo is here to complain to us, the National Astronomical Observatories, the Purple Mountain Observatory, the Hudu Observatory, the three major domestic observatories have all been in trouble recently, and they urgently need our help."

……

"Bastard!"

"Musk, this bastard!"

Director Guo of the National Astronomical Observatories, sure enough, came to Xingchen Technology to complain, and just met and chatted in the office in the afternoon, this Taiwan's elder with black-framed glasses and a very strong scholarly atmosphere began to swear words.

"It's only been half a year, and Musk's damn Starlink plan has shot more than 4,000 satellites up, and it's fucking occupied in low-earth orbit!"

"How do we observe this!?"

"If this continues, our entire astronomical observation system will be collapsed by Musk!"

"It's money inside and out!"

"There is not only one observatory under the command of the National Astronomical Observatories, but dozens of large and small, from the capital to the western Xinjiang, how much money has the country invested in these projects, and how much youth have my colleagues dedicated!?"

"Yangbajing, Kashgar, Ali, Xilin Gol, in order to better observation conditions, many observation stations are located in remote and barren places, and many of our researchers stay in these places for a lifetime, which is really too bitter!"

"It's good now, Musk's Starlink plan is getting more and more crazy, I can't wait to hit a thousand satellites a week, we just need to open the mirror, satellites, satellites, satellites are all Musk's satellites, more than 4,000 satellites have brought great trouble to our space observation work, originally our group of astronomical observations have been very hard, Musk directly tripled our hard work! The probability of mistakes has also tripled! ”

"I heard that according to Musk's plan, he will eventually place more than 100,000 communication satellites in low-earth orbit, which is simply our life!"

"At that time, not only us, but also observatories all over the world except North America will have to lie on their stomachs!"

Director Guo was very excited, he had been engaged in astronomical observation work all his life, and he was almost forced to the brink of collapse, and his voice choked up several times when he talked about his colleagues.

Luo Jia's brows tightened, of course he knows the importance of astronomical observation, without astronomical observation ability, you are like a blind man without eyes, and you don't even know that a meteorite hit the earth.

Without astronomical observation, there would be no star maps, and you wouldn't even know where the starship was heading.

"Why other than North America? Musk's Starlink occupies low-earth orbit resources, and the North American Observatory should also be affected, right? An Ran asked casually.

"They have two space telescopes, Hubble and Webb, of which the Webb space telescope costs more than 10 billion US dollars, and its astronomical observation capabilities are unique in the world.

"In short, North America has been preparing since a very early stage, they know that the Starlink program will cause the ground observatory to lose its function, so they are ready to move the telescope to space, and my country's space program started late, so far, we do not have our own space telescope, as for the survey-level super space telescope like the Origin, it is even more out of reach."

Speaking of this, Luo Jia and Enron glanced at each other, they didn't expect that things would collapse so quickly, Musk is absolutely crazy, he launches rockets into space three times a week, even four times, and throws a lot of satellites in low earth orbit.

On November 11, 2019, just when the Chinese people welcomed Double 11 and sent money to merchants to pay IQ tax, a major event occurred at Cape Canaveral Air Base in Florida, North America.

When Musk launched the Starlink communication satellite, he found that one of the satellites was malfunctioning, and according to reason, the faulty satellite should be removed and replaced with a new one.

However, Musk made a move that surprised everyone, and the faulty satellite Lao Tzu didn't want it! Launch it first, and then let the faulty satellite fall on its own.

Only those who really understand aerospace engineering will understand the meaning behind this event.

It means that the Starlink program has entered the stage of real commercial operation, and the cost of communication satellites is so low that the cost of the Falcon 9 rocket has reached the point where Musk can waste it unscrupulously!

Once it enters this launch rhythm, Musk is too lazy to dismantle the unqualified satellites, and directly send them to space and throw them away, the symbolism behind them is too great, if Huaxia does not stop it, Starlink may really be completed, from now on, the earth's low earth orbit will be surrounded by North American communication satellites layer by layer, like an iron wall, it is difficult for others to insert their own satellites into it.

This is a typical space non-renewable resource hegemony!

Once Starlink succeeds, it will inevitably have a serious impact on the global telecommunications network, a giant industry worth ten trillion US dollars!

After listening to Director Guo's words, An Ran scratched his head, first, he felt that things were a bit tricky, the three major observatories are the lifeblood of China's space research, and they have suffered heavy losses due to this huge impact, which cannot be measured by money.

In addition, he is also a little weak-minded, everyone knows that Musk is so crazy about Starlink, he is not forced by Xingchen Technology, if he doesn't hurry up to get Starlink out, he will only lose even worse, because Xingchen Technology is even crazier, they built a space elevator and Space Station Zero, these two super projects, in contrast, the super space project in North America only has Starlink.

Of course, a short period of backwardness does not mean anything, and other plans of North America against Xingchen Technology are still under intense preparation, and I believe that they will be launched soon.

After thinking for a while, Luo Jia raised his head, only to see a smile on his face, and said to An Ran: "It seems that the plan must be advanced." ”

An Ran nodded and said: "Well, although it is a little troublesome to adjust the plan, it is also forced by the situation, Musk, this guy, is much faster than we imagined." ”

Luo Jia rubbed his hands, "Then let's decide like this, there is no need for the Bureau to discuss, you are responsible for adjusting the plan, I will personally go to the Optics Department and find Old Man Lu." ”

An Ran slapped his thigh and stood up, "Okay, but the plan is a bit complicated, and I need at least ten days." ”

"It should be fine." Luo Jia thought for a while and said, "After all, Old Man Lu also has his own difficulties. ”

Director Guo was confused when he heard this, he frowned, and asked puzzledly: "Two, what are you talking about?" ”

"We're talking about space telescopes." Luo Jia said calmly and unhurriedly: "If you still have an impression, last year, we poached Jean from the European Space Agency. Dr. Pierre and his team. ”

"Now Dr. Pierre is working with Zhang Yuechuan and Mr. Lu Chengfeng in our subsidiary, Xingchen Optics Group, to prepare our first space telescope."

Director Guo was stunned suddenly, and his pupils dilated rapidly, "ESA's chief observation expert, Dr. Pierre, who is in charge of the Gaia-2 program?" ”

"Yes, Director Guo knows him?"

Guo Shouyu nodded heavily, and said very excitedly: "I know, we have participated in several academic conferences together, but we are not particularly familiar, by the way, how is your space telescope project going?" ”

Luo Jia listened, habitually picked up the whiteboard and scribbled on it.

"Space Station Zero is like a big house, and the space telescope is like furniture in a house, according to normal logic, the house must be built first, renovated, and then the furniture can be installed, and the last step is for people to live in it."

"Space Station Zero hasn't been built yet, so it's too early to talk about furniture."

"But it doesn't matter, I told An Ran to adjust the plan, and install the space telescope on it now without waiting for the zero space station to be completed!"