With a roar piercing the clear sky, the Xiaguang landed vertically on the tarmac against the backdrop of four azure plumes.

Surrounded by ground crew, the two astronauts walked down the ramp to the spacecraft, waved to the reporters in the distance, and then got into the commuter car and went to the infirmary for a brief examination.

The 72-hour mission has come to an end!

The success of this test flight can be called textbook.

As it turned out, Lu Zhou's conclusions were correct.

Although there is still a certain deviation from the theoretical data, the loss of working fluid has been significantly reduced during the return of the Xiaguang from low earth orbit to the atmosphere.

Especially in the dense part of the atmosphere.

Not only that, but because the speed of the spacecraft outside the space has dropped to a low level, the heat production of the spacecraft in the return stage has also decreased a lot, which has also indirectly reduced the maintenance cost of the Xiaguang.

With the success of this test mission, Xiaguang will officially serve at the Jinling Space Launch Center, and jointly undertake the launch mission of the Earth-Moon transfer orbit with Xiangrui.

At the same time, the day after the Xiaguang completed its 72-hour cruise and returned to the surface, Xiangrui, which was on a mission in lunar orbit, also landed on the runway of the Jinling Launch Center.

By the time Nie Yun and the others left the lunar orbit, the service time of the core module of the Moon Palace had reached two weeks. During this two-week observation period, the core module was operating very well, and there were no situations that were taken into account in the emergency plan.

Looking at the two astronauts Nie Yun and Nie Han who walked down from the Xiangrui, Academician Yuan Huanmin, who was standing in the command tower, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past three days, he and several of his students, as well as engineers and technicians of the Aviation Science Group, have stayed in the Jinling Space Launch Center for almost all of their food and lodging.

Now that the Moon Palace is finally on the right track, they can also relax a little.

At the same time, it is not only China that has a unique scenery, but the United States, far away on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, is also in a sea of jubilation.

Space-X's BFS spacecraft successfully left the Earth-Moon system and carried three astronauts to Mars, tens of millions of kilometers away.

This is the first time that humans have left the Earth-Moon system.

It was also the first time that humanity sent colonies to planets other than Earth.

Although it was taken by Huaguo for the first time in the lunar orbital space station, NASA re-established its superiority in the technology of far-planetary system navigation. At the same time, NASA said in an interview with the media that the Ares program will not crowd out the funds of the "Deep Space Gate" program.

Not only that, but they also want to advance the "Deep Space Gate" space station, which was originally scheduled to start construction in 2022, to the second half of 2021. Space-X's Dragon spacecraft was tasked with sending the Atlanta-based Air Portal-designed Deep Space Gateway core module into lunar orbit.

If you can do what your opponent can't, and you can do what they can, it's undoubtedly the best proof of victory.

America seems to have become the light of humanity again?

At least in the eyes of foreign-pro-foreigners in China and conservatives in North America......

The Moon Palace Project and the Ares Project have each entered the deep water area, and the scientists and related practitioners of the two countries are walking on thin ice every step.

In this environment, it seems that some good-sounding news is born every day, and it seems that new technologies are born every day.

The contest between the two superpowers in the field of space cannot help but give people the illusion of being in the future.

In fact, it's not entirely a delusion.

Stimulated by the space race, a large amount of money has flowed into the research field, and major universities have opened majors related to outer space exploration and resource development, and related research topics have entered the green light lane of rapid approval...... These changes are visible.

The dividends brought about by the technological progress in the aerospace field, along with other technical fields other than aerospace, are also growing at a speed that is unimaginable in ordinary times.

Perhaps the most obvious of these is the medical industry.

In the second week of the BFR rocket traveling to Mars with the BFE Golden Heart spacecraft, the Washington Post released another piece of news.

Johnson & Johnson has made significant progress in the hibernation chamber technology developed in collaboration with Blue Origin, successfully thawing and waking up monkeys that have been cryo-frozen and dormant for 67 days!

As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused a huge repercussion in the international community.

Although the monkey's body tissues were damaged to varying degrees, and he showed some dementia after waking up, this "resurrection ritual" still caused an eight-magnitude earthquake in the entire clinical medical community and biology community!

The project was led by Professor Grantst of Harvard University, whose article in Nature even used the phrase "Controlled Nuclear Fusion in Biology!" Such an exaggerated description to describe this groundbreaking research.

In fact, while biological cryo-dormancy may sound sci-fi, it's not impossible to find real-world examples in nature.

Taking the Siberian salamander as an example, the salamander that lives in Yakutia, after entering the harsh winter, will actively crawl into the cracks of the permafrost and can stay in it for a considerable time.

As for how long this period is, the longest recorded time is 90 years.

Theoretically, organisms can survive the harsh environment through cryodormancy, and realize the time jump from the past to the future, and many insects in extreme environments will have more or less similar abilities.

The question, however, is how to get homeothermic mammals to do the same!

When the researchers studied this technique, they found that when freezing and resuscitating animal cells, there was an obvious dangerous temperature zone, that is, the range of 0~-60°C.

The slightest invincibility during this period can lead to the permaculture of the organism.

How to survive the dangerous temperature zone and reach -120°C safely is the core difficulty of the whole technology.

Professor Francher, who works for Johnson & Johnson, uses a cryo-release agent, in which the organism is anesthetized and then soaked in a special extended-release agent before the freezing procedure is initiated.

At present, this technology has been sponsored by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, especially many billionaires with assets and the royal family of the Arab world have shown considerable interest in this technology!

The vast majority of sponsors have said in interviews that they hope the technology will send them to the distant future.

According to their view, in that distant era, perhaps human society had developed enough to eliminate the vast majority of diseases, and to achieve immortality in the full sense, and to enter a utopia in the complete sense.

Meanwhile, a royal from the desert said he would consider dividing his wealth into seven cents and giving them to four different fund houses and three banks to manage before going into hibernation.

If the situation is optimistic, when he wakes up, he can still continue to be his rich man in that era of technological explosion.

Even, over the centuries, he will become one of the richest people in the world......

If inflation is not particularly exaggerated.

Of course, while the plutocrats and transhumanists are generally optimistic about the technology, the technology has caused a lot of self-esteem. by the concerns of the thealists and sociologists.

In particular, Professor Angus Deaton, a well-known Nobel laureate in economics, said in an interview with the media that the technology is not as good as imagined, and the ordinary use of this technology is likely to exacerbate the solidification of the class.

If everyone dreams of going to the future, no one will build the present.

Especially when the 3% of these people who dream of going to the future control 97% of the world's social resources and wealth, the problems brought about by this will not only be as simple as class solidification, but may even push the global economy into the lane of reverse growth, and eventually lead the global society to a dystopian end......

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2015 for his "research contributions to consumption, poverty and welfare", Professor Angus Deaton is a master of using mathematical tools to build economic models, and is currently a chair professor in the Department of Economics at Princeton University.

His remarks may sound alarmist, but because of Professor Angus Deaton's own reputation in the academic field, it has attracted the attention of many knowledgeable people.

People native to North America. Class liberation groups even arranged a tour at the gates of the White House. calling for legislation to ban the research in the same way as human cloning......

Of course, for the people of North America, who treat demonstrations as ordinary as eating and drinking to earn extra money, the so-called protests may not have any real meaning.

Especially when the entire upper class is coveted by technology......

At the same time, Lu Zhou, who is far away at the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, also saw Professor Grantster's article set as a highlight in the latest issue of Nature.

When he saw the article at the end, he couldn't help but sigh softly.

"The last time I saw a relevant report in the newspaper, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical also said that the relevant technology is still in the technical demonstration stage, but I didn't expect that it has only been a few months, and they have even completed clinical trials."

Sitting on the sofa in the office drinking tea, Yang Xu, who looked up at Lu Zhou's side, said with a smile.

"Looks like they're pretty tight."

"Yes, but now it seems that it is indeed necessary for them to do this, at least to save a lot of trouble," Putting down the "Nature" in his hand, Lu Zhou pondered for a while, looked at Yang Xu who was sitting on the sofa drinking tea, and asked, "How do you answer from Hengrui Pharmaceutical?" ”

Yang Xu: "They are very interested in our proposal and agree that cryonics technology will be promising in the near future...... However, they also expressed considerable doubts about the risks of the project. ”

Lu Zhou smiled and asked, "Are they worried that they won't be able to do it?" ”

Yang Xu shook his head, "That's not it, their worries come from the policy side." ”

Lu Zhou frowned and asked, "Policy?" ”

"Yes," putting down the teacup in his hand, Yang Xu looked at Lu Zhou and continued, "Now the international research attitude towards cryonics dormancy is still very ambiguous. Not only are there constant debates in academic circles, but also non-governmental organizations are also making a fuss, and it is estimated that there is even a lot of commotion. Hengrui Pharmaceutical is worried that China will prohibit the research of this kind of technology for diplomatic reasons and international image considerations. ”

After hearing Yang Xu's words, Lu Zhou shook his head with a smile.

"Is that a risk?"

Yang Xu made a helpless expression and said, "You may not know if you haven't done this business, after all...... This kind of thing is not without precedent. ”

"Then you tell them for me that their worries are completely unnecessary," after a pause, Lu Zhou smiled faintly and continued, "As long as my eyes are still open, no one can stop me from studying anything." ”