There is urgency in China's demand for energy, but not for aerospace.

Even if the success of the controlled fusion project saves the country far more than two trillion yuan a year in energy costs, it is unlikely that this money will be put into the space program.

Where each money is spent and what kind of effect it produces needs to be decided through a strict set of procedures.

Especially with the solution of rocket recovery technology, the launch cost is not as good as before.

Taking the launch of low-earth orbit satellites as an example, according to international quotations, Space-X's Falcon rocket has been able to achieve 1,141 US dollars / kg, compared with the cost of 11,660 US dollars / kg of the Delta 4 rocket designed by NASA in the nineties, which has been reduced by nearly ten times.

The launch cost of the Kuaizhou-1A rocket, which has the most commercial advantage in the world, has also dropped from $10,000 per kilogram to about $5,000.

If a manned lunar landing program requires a spacecraft with a mass of about 50 tons to be launched into low-earth orbit first, ignoring the practical factor that the spacecraft is not a satellite and cannot be sent into space in more than a dozen times, the launch cost of this part can theoretically be controlled within $250 million.

Therefore, there is simply no need to build a mass projector just to get on board.

But what Lu Zhou wants is not just to send people up and plant a flag, but to establish a semi-permanent or even permanent scientific research station on the moon, and even a resource extraction base.

With this long-term goal in mind, it is necessary to project mass from the surface to extra-atmospheric low-Earth orbit in a theoretically less costly way of launching.

If chemically powered rockets have been used, when the number of launches exceeds 1,000 times, or even rises to the order of 10,000 times, space exploration will truly become an industry from a scientific research activity, not to mention the cost, I am afraid that the problem of environmental protection alone is enough to cause headaches.

It is important to know that nitrous tetroxide and metamethylhydrazine are toxic.

Of course, Lu Zhou also knew very well in his heart that it was impossible to convince the House of Elders with such a trillion-level project with just one idea, especially in a project like aerospace that did not have an urgent need.

However, I believe that when he comes up with enough results, what he says should be more convincing.

The meeting was divided into two parts, the morning was held at 12 o'clock and the intermission was announced, and after everyone had a light meal in the middle of the meeting, the meeting continued at 1:30 p.m.

The afternoon session was mainly home to researchers and engineers, and the discussions were mainly focused on the technical field.

At the meeting, representatives of major research units spoke enthusiastically and put forward their own views.

In addition to the concept drawing of a Long March 9 rocket shown by the Aviation Science Group, many people also put forward very interesting technical ideas.

For example, a senior researcher at the Space Science and Application Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed a model of the plasma engine, which is different from Lu Zhou's idea in the details of acceleration technology, which is also a very interesting idea.

In this meeting, Lu Zhou did not speak much, but simply talked about his idea of the technical route of Hall thrusters.

Part of it is his own opinion, and part of it is some of the ideas that came out of casual conversations with researchers from the AF-MPD project team during his time as a consultant in the PPPL lab.

Originally, he thought that his views were avant-garde enough, but he didn't expect that there were other people's opinions that were more sci-fi than him, and even threw out the idea of non-working fluid propulsion at the meeting.

In fact, the non-working fluid is not exactly science fiction, at least NASA has done research in this area, and you can even find relevant papers on Arixv.

After all, no one dares to say what is absolute about the future. Even the most eminent scholars did not dare to make "absolutely impossible" assertions about the "future", even if those things seemed unthinkable at the time.

But in any case, such a distant thing as work-free propulsion does not belong to the topic of this era.

Everyone just smiled when they heard it, and they didn't take it too seriously.

There is nothing taboo about this kind of seminar itself, it is basically a free speech, everyone can say anything, and there will be no kind of arguing and not arguing.

As for the final adoption of the technical route, it is natural to look at the results.

That is, in the middle of the year, there will be a bidding conference for the most critical large-load spacecraft in the lunar landing program.

Whether it is a rocket or a space shuttle, whoever can put at least 30 tons of load into the Earth-Moon transfer orbit and bring it back safely will have a chance of winning the bid.

At present, the most promising one to undertake this important task is probably the Long March 9.

However, the first flight in 2028, even if it is not postponed, is still eight years away.

If the national lunar landing program intends to complete the manned lunar landing within five years in order to achieve the strategic goal of containing the United States and Europe, the Long March 9, which is still in the design stage, may miss this battle.

In this context, if other companies can come up with a lower-cost and more time-ahead launch plan, it will also be competitive.

About whether or not to join in the fun......

In fact, Lu Zhou hadn't thought too much about it.

As for the electric propulsion engine, he is only in the research stage, not to mention whether he can reverse the technology in the wreckage, and whether it can be used in the atmosphere after reversing is not yet clear.

Could it be that the spacecraft of such an advanced civilization was itself assembled on a space station or some kind of space port? There is no need to think about breaking through the atmosphere and launching into orbit from the surface.

The possibility is entirely there.

In short, without absolute certainty, or a clear expectation of the implementation of the technology, what he said was only to express his own opinion, as for the year-end bidding project, probably will not participate......

After the meeting, Lu Zhou walked out of the venue.

Then he suddenly noticed that there were more people outside than when he first entered.

Judging from the long guns, short cannons and microphones they carry, there is no need to guess the identities of these people, and there is no doubt that they are all reporters.

As soon as the representatives of Penguin and Ali stepped out of the venue, those reporters suddenly swarmed around like sharks smelling fish.

Looking at the movements of these reporters, Lu Zhou's eyebrows couldn't help jumping, but before he could rejoice that it was not he who was surrounded, a sharp-eyed reporter soon found that he was also here, and immediately surrounded him quickly.

Even with Wang Peng in the way, one microphone after another still drilled through.

"Hello Professor Lu, we are reporters from the Wangyi News Technology Channel, did you propose to restart the manned lunar landing program of Huaguo?"

"Hello Professor Lu, we are reporters from Penguin News Technology Channel, and it is rumored on the Internet that China will soon achieve space travel, what do you think?"

“…… There are rumors that you will be the chief designer of the manned space program, is this true? ”

The scalp was numb from the questions that followed, and seeing that it was impossible to break through, Lu Zhou immediately arrested the reporter closest to him, and suddenly replied: "Fake." ”

Reporter: "Uh...... So, then excuse me—"

Taking the initiative in hand, Lu Zhou took a deep breath and said in a rigorous manner: "The resumption of the manned space program is not entirely because of my suggestion, but because the country does have a strategic need in this regard." As for the chief designer of the manned lunar landing, I don't know where you heard about it, but as far as I know, the relevant departments have only invited me to take up the post of adviser. ”

However, at this time, Secretary Xu, who didn't know when to walk next to him, suddenly smiled and added: "It's the general counsel." ”

General Counsel!

These three short words completely detonated the atmosphere of the scene......

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