was suddenly named by Director Li, and Lu Zhou, who was flipping through the minutes of the meeting, didn't react yet, but only when he met the eager eyes did he realize that he was calling himself.

emmmm……

Isn't this thing taking the initiative to speak?

Although he wasn't ready to say anything yet, Director Li gave face like this, and Lu Zhou was embarrassed to continue to sit there.

So, he closed the minutes of the meeting in his hand, stood up, and coughed lightly.

"I agree with Academician Yuan's view. The moon is so big, and there is a lot more we can do, since the Americans are more interested in Mars...... Let's do something on the moon that they haven't done before. For example, planting flowers and plants, or studying how to mine on them, is much more meaningful than just stepping on footprints. ”

Whose point of view is this?

Forget it, no matter.

Just as Lu Zhou sat back in his seat, there were many voices of agreement behind him.

Yes, a manned landing on the moon is only the first step, there are many things that can be done on the moon, and there are many "firsts" to take, there is no need to be led by the nose by the Americans, running all the way to land on Mars, just to make a footprint on it, or pick up a few stones to come back.

At this point in the discussion, there is no need to continue.

A veteran of the aerospace industry and a bigwig in the academic world, both of them agree to take the lunar route, and even if others have different opinions, they can only hold back at this time.

What's more, the vast majority of people agree with the proposal of the two, and the dissidents are only a minority.

Regarding the opinions of the experts present, Director Li symbolically asked if the others had any other opinions, and when he saw that no one else raised his hand, he spoke.

"It seems that there is no longer a need to debate the question of whether to take the route of the moon or the route of Mars, and the opinions discussed by the central government are similar, and it is more worthy of our struggle than some empty honors or some practical things."

After a pause, Director Li continued.

"Then in the next stage of work, we will still focus on the Earth-Moon system."

"After consultations with the Space Agency and other departments, and considering the increase in space activities in the future, our idea is to build a space station in outer space to resupply spacecraft fuel and other materials, and at the same time carry out some scientific research missions that cannot be completed on the surface in the deep space environment."

"Regarding this space station, the space agency has come up with two sets of plans, one is in low-earth orbit, which is aimed at the International Space Station, and the other is in lunar orbit, which is aimed at the lunar space station program that the United States will launch within the year."

"Where is this space station built? I hope you will actively express your opinions! ”

As soon as the words fell, a noisy discussion broke out in the conference room.

What is different from the previous one is that this time, whether it is the experts present or the representatives from the business side, they want to speak. The hope is obviously much stronger, and the voice of controversy is much louder.

For no other reason, this major issue of national strategic direction is related to the vital interests of everyone, whether it is for scholars or enterprises.

Some people are more conservative in their view that the space station should be built in low-Earth orbit first, and then gradually upgraded to lunar orbit over a five-year period.

The views of some people are more radical, believing that since China has mastered the projection capability of 25 tons of Earth-Moon transfer orbit, it is completely possible to build a space station in lunar orbit, and there is no need to build an exclusive space station in one move when the International Space Station already exists.

After all, one of the most critical aspects of controlled fusion negotiations is to relax the entry threshold for international scientific research cooperation projects such as the International Space Station, and go to China to participate in it on equal terms.

If you want to ask which side of Lu Zhou supports, it is undoubtedly the latter.

After all, the system is in charge, and if he doesn't take advantage of the state funds, the little money he has on his own is really not enough to take down this second stage of the task.

In addition, although the current international situation is a bit difficult, he has always supported openness and cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win results, and used science to achieve common progress and prosperity for all mankind.

It's just that at this time, he was also a little hesitant in his heart, whether it was better to accumulate experience in low-earth orbit first, or be brave and take steps directly towards the lunar orbit.

Listening to the quarrel in his ears, Lu Zhou glanced sideways at Academician Yuan, who was sitting next to him, and found that the old gentleman was the same at the moment, frowning tightly and falling into deep thought.

Perhaps sensing Lu Zhou's gaze, or perhaps planning to ask Lu Zhou's opinion, Yuan Huanmin raised his head and looked at him and asked.

"What do you think?"

Unexpectedly, he would suddenly ask himself this question, Lu Zhou was just about to say what he thought, but suddenly thought about it and said, "You say it first." ”

Seeing that Lu Zhou kicked the ball back, Academician Yuan was silent for a while, sighed and said.

"Honestly, I don't know."

Lu Zhou's eyebrows raised slightly, and he asked with some surprise, "I don't know?" ”

Don't know?

Aren't you always quite assertive?

"Well," Yuan Huanmin nodded, and his tone suddenly brought a little emotion, "Our country's aerospace started very late, and it can be regarded as a blessing to those pioneers, and there are many detours." I'm not afraid of your jokes, when Columbia was successfully launched, we planned to build a space shuttle. Why didn't you do it later? It's one thing for Mr. Qian to support rockets, but what really plays a decisive role is that the Americans themselves don't do it, do you know what I mean? ”

After listening to the short words, Lu Zhou nodded, and was silent for a while before speaking.

"I understand, but it's nothing to laugh at."

Scientific research itself is a process of learning and discovery, and no one is born with an understanding of other people's fart. There is no shame in walking behind the stock, the key is to be able to summarize what belongs to you after learning.

During his time at Princeton, he met and learned from many respected scholars, and this valuable knowledge and experience contributed to his current achievements.

Lu Zhou also understood what Mr. Yuan's concerns were.

Now that China has successfully sent astronauts to the moon, it has been at the forefront of the world in terms of both hard power and soft power.

By now, the stones in the river have been touched clean, and past examples can no longer be used as references.

The road ahead can only be tried little by little by themselves to find the right path from their mistakes.

Looking at Academician Yuan with a sad face, Lu Zhou suddenly smiled and said, "I think this is not a good thing for us. ”

Academician Yuan frowned and said, "What do you say?" ”

Lu Zhou: "This means that we will go from chasers to pioneers, and in the future, it will be up to us to set the standards of this world and watch others touch us across the river." ”

After hearing this, Academician Yuan was obviously stunned, and then shook his head with a smile.

"Your generation is really interesting, isn't it good to make a lot of money in silence?"

"Of course it's good," Lu Zhou sighed, "but the strength doesn't allow it." ”

and made a fortune in a muffled voice.

Counting on being the second child in life?

Others are not stupid!

Mr. Yuan smiled and said, "Come on, you, when this space station is built into the orbit of the moon, you are bragging to me." ”

Lu Zhou: "......?" ”

Hey?

When did our relationship become so friendly that we could joke about it?

But what Lu Zhou didn't understand the most was how did this guy know that he supported the idea that the space station was in lunar orbit.

The debate at the meeting continued.

While the two were talking, an expert from the space group stood up, the beard on his chin shook violently, and said in an unquestioning tone.

"Low Earth Orbit, of course!"

"First, there are examples of the International Space Station to refer to, and although the difficulty of our engineering implementation exists, it will not be very large. Second, we can accumulate construction experience in low-earth orbit, steadily push our space strategy, and accumulate experience for the construction of a space station in lunar orbit in the future! ”

Many conservative people at the meeting voiced their voices.

There are also some representatives of enterprises whose main business projects are in rocket launch projects, and they have also nodded their heads.

However, at this moment, an abrupt voice sounded.

"I disagree."

A pair of eyes looked in the direction where the sound came from.

I saw that the one who stood up was Professor Lu, who sent the three astronauts to the moon.

Director Li, who was still having a headache when he was looking at the arguments in the conference room, immediately lifted his spirits, sat up straight, and said seriously: "Please speak." ”

Lu Zhou smiled and said in a relaxed tone: "Anyway, a space station will be built, I think it is better to build it directly in the lunar orbit!" ”

The voice fell.

The entire conference hall was instantly lively.